Terms Of Service

Welcome to the annenordhausbike.com website, a service of ANB Communications.

You’ll find information about administration for this site on this page. It covers our terms of service in detail.

We provide the https://annenordhausbike.com website and its related services to you subject to these terms of service. Please read these terms and conditions carefully and ensure that you understand them.

Background

These terms and conditions, together with any and all other documents referred to herein, set out the terms of use under which you may use this website, https://annenordhausbike.com ("our site"). Your agreement to comply with and be bound by these terms and conditions is deemed to occur upon your first use of our site.

If you do not agree to comply with and be bound by these terms and conditions, do not access or use this site or any information contained within the site.

The https://annenordhausbike.com website and ANB Communications may change these terms at any time by posting updated terms of service on this site. If any changes are not acceptable to you, you must stop using this site; if you continue using the site, you will be deemed to have accepted the changes.

Definitions and Interpretation

In these terms and conditions, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:

  • Account - where required, and it is not always required, means an account required for a visitor to access and/or use certain areas of our site.
  • Content - means any and all text, images, audio, video, scripts, code, software, databases, and any other form of information capable of being stored on a computer that appears on, or forms part of, our site.
  • Expert Review - means a review posted on our site by one of our employees or associates.
  • User - means a visitor to or user of our site.
  • User Review - means a review posted on our site by a user.
  • We/Us/Our - means ANB Communications, a division of Central Park Communications, Inc., a company registered in the United States, in the State of Illinois, whose registered address is 6160 W. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60638.

Information About Us

Our site, https://annenordhausbike.com, is owned and operated by ANB Communications, a division of Central Park Communications, Inc., a company registered in the United States, in the State of Illinois, whose registered address is 6160 W. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60638.

Access to Our Site

  1. Access to our site is free of charge.
  2. It is your responsibility to make any and all arrangements necessary in order to access our site.
  3. Access to our site is provided "as is" and on an "as available" basis. We may alter, suspend, or discontinue our site (or any part of it) at any time and without notice. We will not be liable to you in any way if our site (or any part of it) is unavailable at any time and for any period.

Email List Sign Up

  1. Certain parts and features of our site (including the ability to enter free drawings) may require you to sign up to our email list in order to take part.
  2. You may not sign up to our list if you are younger than 18 years of age.
  3. When signing up to our list, the information you provide (for example your name) must be accurate and complete. If any of your information changes at a later date, it is your responsibility to ensure that your sign up details are kept up to date.
  4. We will award prizes only to subscribers who have provided accurate contact information (name and email address)
  5. You may unsubscribe from a list at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any email that you have received from us.

For more information about emails and personal data used to deliver them, see our Privacy page.

Intellectual Property Rights

  1. With the exception of user reviews, all content included on our site and the copyright and other intellectual property rights subsisting in that content, unless specifically labeled otherwise, belongs to or has been licensed by us. All content (including user reviews) is protected by applicable United States and international intellectual property laws and treaties.
  2. You may not reproduce, copy, distribute, sell, rent, sub-license, store, or in any other manner re-use content from our site unless given express written permission to do so by us.
  3. You may, however, access, view, and use our site in a web browser (including any web browsing capability built into other types of software or app).
  4. You may, however, download our site (or any part of it) for caching as part of your normal browser function.
  5. You may, however, print one copy of any page from our site.
  6. Our status as the owner and author of the content on our site (or that of identified users and/or licensors, as appropriate) always must be acknowledged. This requirement does not prohibit the normal access, viewing, and use of our site for general information purposes whether by business users or consumers.
  7. Nothing in these terms limits or excludes the provisions of U.S. copyright law, covering in particular the making of temporary copies; research and private study; the making of copies for text and data analysis for non-commercial research; criticism, review, quotation, and news reporting; caricature, parody, or pastiche; and the incidental inclusion of copyright material.

Acceptable Usage Policy

You may use our site only in a manner that is lawful and that complies with the provisions below. Specifically:

  1. You must ensure that you comply fully with any and all applicable local, national, and international laws and/or regulations.
  2. You must not use our site in any way, or for any purpose, that is unlawful or fraudulent.
  3. You must not use our site to knowingly send, upload, or in any other way transmit data that contains any form of virus or other malware or any other code designed to affect adversely any computer hardware, software, or data of any kind.
  4. You must not use our site in any way, or for any purpose, that is intended to harm any person or persons in any way.
  5. When submitting forms (or communicating in any other way using our site), you must not submit, communicate, or otherwise do anything that:
  • is obscene, deliberately offensive, hateful, or otherwise inflammatory;
  • promotes violence;
  • promotes or assists any form of unlawful activity;
  • discriminates against, or is in any way defamatory of, any person, group, or class of persons or any race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age;
  • is intended or otherwise likely to threaten, harass, annoy, alarm, inconvenience, upset, or embarrass another person;
  • is calculated or is otherwise likely to deceive;
  • is intended or otherwise likely to infringe (or threaten to infringe) another person’s right to privacy;
  • misleadingly impersonates any person or otherwise misrepresents your identity or affiliation in a way that is calculated to deceive;
  • implies any form of affiliation with us where none exists;
  • is intended to advertise or market any product or service (including, but not limited to, that which is being reviewed) or is of an advertising or marketing nature;
  • infringes, or assists in the infringement of, the intellectual property rights (including, but not limited to, copyright, patents, trademarks, and database rights) of any other party; or
  • is in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party including, but not limited to, contractual duties and duties of confidence.

We hereby exclude any and all liability arising out of any actions (including, but not limited to those set out above) that We may take in response to breaches of these Terms and Conditions.

Links

Links to Our Site

You may link to our site provided that:

  1. You do so in a fair and legal manner;
  2. You do not do so in a manner that suggests any form of association, endorsement, or approval on our part where none exists;
  3. You do not use any logos or trademarks displayed on our site without our express written permission; and
  4. You do not do so in a way that is calculated to damage our reputation or to take unfair advantage of it.

Links to Other Sites

Links to other sites may be included on our site. Unless expressly stated, these sites are not under our control. We neither assume nor accept responsibility or liability for the content of third party sites. The inclusion of a link to another site on our site is for information only and does not imply any endorsement of the sites themselves or of those in control of them.

Advertising

We may feature automatic, preference-based advertising on our site. We are not responsible for the content of any advertising on our site. We will not be responsible for any advertising on our site including, but not limited to, any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions.

Disclaimers and Legal Rights

  1. Nothing on our site, including but not limited to user reviews and expert reviews, constitutes advice on which you should rely. It is provided for general information purposes only. Professional or specialist advice always should be sought before taking any action relating to your personal situation.
  2. Insofar as is permitted by law, we make no representation, warranty, or guarantee that our site will meet your requirements, that it will not infringe the rights of third parties, that it will be compatible with all software and hardware, or that it will be secure.
  3. We make reasonable efforts to ensure that the content on our site is complete, accurate, and up to date. We do not, however, make any representations, warranties, or guarantees (whether express or implied) that the content is complete, accurate, or up to date.
  4. The opinions, views, and values expressed in content on our site, including but not limited to user reviews and expert reviews, are those of the authors of that content and do not represent our opinions, views, or values.
  5. To the fullest extent permissible by law, we accept no liability to any user or visitor for any loss or damage, whether foreseeable or otherwise, in contract, tort (including negligence), for breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with the use of (or inability to use) our site or the use of or reliance upon any content included on our site.
  6. To the fullest extent permissible by law, we exclude all representations, warranties, and guarantees (whether express or implied) that may apply to our site or any content included on our site.
  7. Our site is intended for non-commercial use only. If you are a business user, we accept no liability for loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue; loss of business opportunity, goodwill, or reputation; loss of anticipated savings; business interruption; or for any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
  8. We exercise all reasonable skill and care to ensure that our site is free from viruses and other malware, however, we accept no liability for any loss or damage resulting from a virus or other malware, a distributed denial of service attack, or other harmful material or event that may adversely affect your hardware, software, data, or other material that occurs as a result of your use of our site (including the downloading of any content from it) or any other site referred to on our site.
  9. We neither assume nor accept responsibility or liability arising out of any disruption or non-availability of our site resulting from external causes including, but not limited to, ISP equipment failure, host equipment failure, communications network failure, natural events, acts of war, or legal restrictions and censorship.

Viruses, Malware, and Security

  1. We exercise all reasonable skill and care to ensure that our site is secure and free from viruses and other malware.
  2. You are responsible for protecting your hardware, software, data, and other material from viruses, malware, and other internet security risks.
  3. You must not deliberately introduce viruses or other malware or any other material that is malicious or technologically harmful either to or via our site.
  4. You must not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of our site; the server on which our site is stored; or any other server, computer, or database connected to our site.
  5. You must not attack our site by means of a denial of service attack, a distributed denial of service attack, or by any other means.
  6. By breaching the provisions above you may be committing a criminal offense under the U.S. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act as well as other legislation in other countries and internationally. Any and all such breaches will be reported to the relevant law enforcement authorities, and we will cooperate fully with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. Your right to use our site will cease immediately in the event of such a breach.

Privacy and Cookies

Use of our site also is governed by our cookie and privacy policies, both available from our privacy policy page. These policies are incorporated into these terms and conditions by this reference.

Law and Jurisdiction

  1. These terms and conditions, and the relationship between you and us (whether contractual or otherwise), shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, United States law and by the laws of the State of Illinois.
  2. If you are a consumer, you agree that anything related to your use of or access to this site, including any disputes concerning these terms and conditions, the relationship between you and us, or any matters arising therefrom or associated therewith (whether contractual or otherwise), shall be subject to the laws of the United States and the laws of the State of Illinois, regardless of any conflict in provisions of these entities' laws. You also agree to personal jurisdiction and venue in the courts, both State and Federal, of Cook County, Illinois, and you waive any right to or objection to this venue and jurisdiction. If you live in the European Union, other claims provisions apply; consult applicable law and jurisdiction in that case.) If you live outside the United States and the European Union, then the laws of the United States and the laws of the State of Illinois shall apply, and you agree to personal jurisdiction and venue in the courts, both State and Federal, of Cook County, Illinois, and you waive any right to or objection to this venue and jurisdiction.
  3. If you are a business, any disputes concerning these terms and conditions, the relationship between you and us, or any matters arising therefrom or associated therewith (whether contractual or otherwise) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the United States and the State of Illinois.

Copyright

All content on this site–including text, data, logos, original paintings, original photography, graphics, design, audio, music, and videos–is the property of Anne Nordhaus-Bike, the https://annenordhausbike.com website and/or ANB Communications. Everything on this website is protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual property laws. No part of this website may be reproduced, published, copied (in whole or in part), uploaded, downloaded, posted, e-mailed, sold, transmitted, or distributed in any form or by any means without express written permission from Anne Nordhaus-Bike or from ANB Communications. No part of this site may be exploited in any way for any commercial purposes. By using this website, you agree not to reproduce, publish, copy (in whole or in part), upload, download, post, e-mail, sell, transmit, or distribute in any form or by any means without express written permission from Anne Nordhaus-Bike or ANB Communications. You also agree never to use this site or any portion of it for commercial purposes.

ANB Communications® is a trademark registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol, or design, or a combination thereof, that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of others. A federal trademark registration on the federal Principal Register is public notice of ANB Communications’ claim of ownership of the mark; a legal presumption of ANB Communications’ ownership of the mark; provides the ability to use its US registration as a basis to obtain registration in foreign countries; provides the ability to prevent importation of infringing foreign goods; provides the right to use the federal registration ® symbol; and lists ANB Communications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s database.

Products And Services

Writing

The https://annenordhausbike.com website publishes a blog, the online newsletter Living in Harmony, and other online communications from time to time. We also offer the book Follow the Sun: A Simple Way to Use Astrology for Living in Harmony, which features original artwork and writing by Anne Nordhaus-Bike that are protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual property laws. No part of these publications may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author, Anne Nordhaus-Bike, and of our company, ANB Communications.

Art

Our newsletter, website, and other online communications contain original paintings and photography, logos, graphics, and other images. All such images are protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual property laws and may not be reproduced, published, copied (in whole or in part), uploaded, downloaded, posted, e-mailed, sold, transmitted, or distributed in any form nor exploited in any way for any commercial purposes.

Anne Nordhaus-Bike’s original art is available for purchase. If you purchase any of her original art, or a print or other reproduction, you may enjoy them for personal use or give them as gifts, and the artist retains full copyright. Images and text on all prints or other reproductions are protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual property laws and may not be reproduced, published, copied (in whole or in part), uploaded, downloaded, posted, e-mailed, sold, transmitted, or distributed in any form nor exploited in any way for any commercial purposes.

We offer zodiac gifts featuring Anne Nordhaus-Bike's original zodiac sign paintings and other artwork. These images may be offered on gifts such as fine art prints, mugs, pillows, blanket throws, ceramic tiles, posters, cards, and other items. All designs are created by Anne Nordhaus-Bike based on her original paintings and photography. If you purchase any of our zodiac gifts, you may enjoy them for personal use or give them as gifts, and the artist retains full copyright. Images and text on all gifts are protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual property laws and may not be reproduced, published, copied (in whole or in part), uploaded, downloaded, posted, e-mailed, sold, transmitted, or distributed in any form nor exploited in any way for any commercial purposes.

All artwork exhibited on the Woman Made Member Gallery for Anne Nordhaus-Bike is protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual property laws and may not be reproduced, published, copied (in whole or in part), uploaded, downloaded, posted, e-mailed, sold, transmitted, or distributed in any form nor exploited in any way for any commercial purposes. The Woman Made logo and other Woman Made intellectual property belong to Woman Made Gallery and are protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual property laws.

All paintings, photography, text, and video as well as audio, music, and spoken word contained in Anne Nordhaus-Bike's videos are original creations by Anne. These works may be featured on this website and are available on YouTube and Vimeo as a service to our visitors. You may enjoy them for personal use only. Images, audio, music, video, paintings, and photography as well as the original concepts and final video or film products are protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual property laws and may not be reproduced, published, copied (in whole or in part), uploaded, downloaded, posted, e-mailed, sold, transmitted, or distributed in any form nor exploited in any way for any commercial purposes. In the case of videos created from audio interviews, intellectual property laws as well as additional copyright apply to portions contributed by other parties; see their websites for more information on terms of service regarding content and intellectual property.

Third Parties Involved In Providing ANB Communications Products And Services

The https://annenordhausbike.com website uses various third parties to assist in providing products and services featured on this website. As needed, we provide links to other websites enabling our visitors to access these resources. The https://annenordhausbike.com website has no control over these sites; if you use these services, you acknowledge and agree that the https://annenordhausbike.com website is not responsible for making these services and sites available and is not responsible or liable for any content or advertising or other products featured on those sites.

The https://annenordhausbike.com website uses AWeber to manage our customer database, deliver e-mail, and track results of e-mail campaigns. More information about AWeber’s privacy policy and terms of service can be found on the company’s website. Also, see the Mailing Lists section of our privacy policy below for more details on how we work with AWeber and the types of data they collect and process. You may view AWeber’s privacy policy here: https://www.aweber.com/privacy.htm.

The https://annenordhausbike.com website may use PayPal as well as other payment providers to process payment for original artwork and reproductions. If you purchase art from us, full payment is due before artwork is shipped. More information about privacy policies and terms of service for PayPal and other payment providers can be found on each company’s website.

The https://annenordhausbike.com website may use Fine Art America to process and fulfill orders for fine art prints and fine art greeting cards. More information about Fine Art America’s privacy policy and terms of service can be found on the company’s website.

The https://annenordhausbike.com website may use Zazzle, Inc. to process and fulfill orders for zodiac art gifts. More information about Zazzle's privacy policy and terms of service can be found on the company’s website.

Social Media

The https://annenordhausbike.com website provides social media widgets and links throughout this website as a convenience for visitors. All social media logos and other intellectual property belong to their respective social media entities and are protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual property laws. More information about each social media service and its terms of service (including policies regarding intellectual property) may be found on these respective services’ websites. The https://annenordhausbike.com website has no control over these sites; if you use these social media services, you acknowledge and agree that the https://annenordhausbike.com website is not responsible for making these services and sites available and is not responsible or liable for any content or advertising or other products featured on those sites.

Communications From Us

  1. If we have your contact details, we may from time to time send you important notices by email. Such notices may relate to matters including, but not limited to, service changes and changes to these terms and conditions.
  2. We will never send you marketing emails of any kind without your express consent. If you do give such consent, you may opt out at any time. Any and all marketing emails sent by us include an unsubscribe link. If you opt out of receiving emails from us at any time, it may take up to 1 business day for your new preferences to take effect.

For questions about communications from us (including, but not limited to, marketing emails), please use the form on the contact us page.

Changes to these Terms and Conditions

We may alter these terms and conditions at any time. Any such changes will become binding on you upon your first use of our site after the changes have been implemented. You therefore are advised to check this page from time to time.

In the event of any conflict between the current version of these terms and conditions and any previous versions, the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless expressly stated otherwise.

These terms and conditions have been updated as of February 2024.

Contacting Us

To contact us, use the form on the contact us page.