ATENCIÓN VISITANTE: Su uso de nuestros sitios web en PUERTORICAN.COM, PUERTORICAN.NET, PUERTORICAN.ORG, ABOGADONOTARIO.COM, ABOGADO-NOTARIO.COM, ABOGADONOTARIO.NET, ABOGADONOTARIO.ORG, ABOGADANOTARIO.COM, SUATO.COM y SOTOMUNIZ.COM lo vincula legalmente a los siguientes Términos y Condiciones de Servicio, Seguridad de Sitio Web y Política de Privacidad, redactados y publicados aquí en el idioma inglés. De usted no estar de acuerdo con esta disposición entonces usted no está autorizado a usar los servicios de nuestros sitios web para propósito alguno y tiene que abandonar los mismos inmediatamente.

(1) The following terms of service, web security and privacy policy apply to our web sites (or sites) at PUERTORICAN.COM, PUERTORICAN.NET, PUERTORICAN.ORG, ABOGADONOTARIO.COM, ABOGADO-NOTARIO.COM, ABOGADONOTARIO.NET, ABOGADONOTARIO.ORG, ABOGADANOTARIO.COM, SUATO.COM, AND SOTOMUNIZ.COM.

(2) Your use of our sites, and all information, products and services on our sites are subject to the following binding legal Terms and Conditions of Service, Web Site Security and Privacy Policy. We may update these Terms of Service, Web Site Security and Privacy Policy from time to time without giving you any notice. Unless we let you know by giving you a notice, any new features or updated services that we put on our sites will be subject to these terms of service, web security and privacy policy. BY USING THE SERVICES OF OUR SITES, YOU AGREE TO EACH OF THE TERMS OF SERVICE, WEB SITE SECURITY AND PRIVACY POLICY SET FORTH HERE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY TERM, WEB SITE SECURITY AND PRIVACY POLICY OR CONDITIONS SET FORTH HERE, YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO USE THE SERVICES OF OUR SITES FOR ANY PURPOSE.

(3) GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION - Our web sites are controlled from our offices within the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. By accessing our web sites, you agree that all matters relating to your access to, or use of, our web sites shall be governed by the statutes and laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof. You also agree and hereby submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the courts of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico with respect to such matters. We make no representation that materials on our web sites are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access our web sites from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

(4) We may at any time revise these Terms and Conditions of Service, Web Site Security and Privacy Policy by updating this posting. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the then current Terms and Conditions of Service, Web Site Security and Privacy Policy to which you are bound.

Terms and Conditions of Service

(1) Our sites are are privately owned and are not affiliated with any government, political, cultural, or social entity.

(2) No material from any site owned, operated, licensed, or controlled by us may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, except that you may download one copy of the materials on any single computer for your personal, noncommercial home use only, provided that (i) you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices, (ii) you make no modifications to the materials, (iii) you do not use the materials in a manner that suggests an association with any of our products, services, or brands, and (iv) you do not download quantities of materials to a database that can be used to avoid future downloads from any of our sites. You may not, however, distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, re post, or use the content of our sites for public or commercial purposes, including the text, images, audio, and video without our written permission.

(3) You represent and warrant that you are at least 13 years old. This Service is available only for individuals aged 13 years or older. If you are 13 or older but under the age of 18, you should review these terms and conditions with your parent or guardian to make sure that you and your parent or guardian understand these terms and conditions.

(4) You should assume that everything you see or read on our sites is copyrighted unless otherwise noted and may not be used except as provided in these Terms and Conditions of Service or in the text on our sites without our written permission. We neither warrant nor represent that your use of materials displayed on the our sites will not infringe rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated with us.

(5) While we use reasonable efforts to include accurate and up to date information in our sites, we make no warranties or representations as to its accuracy. We assume no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of our sites.

(6) Your use of and browsing in our sites are at your risk. Neither we nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the our sites is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, our sites. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the sites is provided to you "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you. Check your local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding the exclusion of implied warranties. We also assume no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in our sites or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from our sites.

(7) Images of people or places displayed on our sites are either the property of, or used with permission by, us. The use of these images by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by these Terms and Conditions of Service or specific permission provided elsewhere on our sites. Any unauthorized use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.

(8) The trademarks, logos, and service marks (collectively the "Trademarks") displayed on our sites, including PuertoRican.com, PuertoRican.net, PuertoRican.org, AbogadoNotario.com, Abogado-Notario.com, AbogadoNotario.net, AbogadoNotario.org, AbogadaNotario.com, Suato.com, and SotoMuniz.com, are ours and others registered and unregistered Trademarks. Nothing contained on our sites should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on our sites without our written permission or such third party that may own the Trademarks displayed on our sites. Your misuse of the Trademarks displayed on our sites, or any other content on our sites, except as provided in these Terms and Conditions of Service, is strictly prohibited. You are also advised that we will aggressively enforce our intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law, including the seeking of criminal prosecution.

(9) Our services may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because we have no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that we shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of, linking to, or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.

(10) Although we may from time to time monitor or review discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards, and the like on our sites, we are under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such locations nor for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, or inaccuracy contained in any information within such locations on our sites.

(11) We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to include or remove content and/or links to third party sites on any of our sites.

(12) The information contained at AbogadoNotario.com, Abogado-Notario.com, AbogadoNotario.net, AbogadoNotario.org, and AbogadaNotario.com web sites is posted as a service to its readers and the internet community and is NOT INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE LEGAL ADVICE. AbogadoNotario.com, Abogado-Notario.com, AbogadoNotario.net, AbogadoNotario.org, and AbogadaNotario.com have used reasonable efforts in collecting, preparing and providing quality information and material, but do not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness, adequacy or currency of the information contained in or linked to our web sites. Users of information from our web sites or links do so at their own risk.

(13) Software from our sites is further subject to United States Export Controls. No software from our sites may be downloaded or exported (i) into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Syria, or any other country to which the United States has embargoed goods; or (ii) anyone on the United States Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Deny Orders. By downloading or using the software, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list.

Web Site Security and Privacy Policy

(1) We will not collect personal information about you just because you visit our sites. In order to improve the usefulness of our web sites for our visitors, we automatically collect and maintain statistical information from our sites' data logs that concern network traffic flow and volume. This information consists of: the name of the domain from which the visitor accesses the Internet (e.g., "a company.com"; "a school.edu"; or "an agency.gov"); the Internet Protocol Number; the date and time our web sites are visited; and web browser types and support for JavaScripts, DHTML, PNG graphics, and stylesheets. This information, which may entail cookies, does not identify individual visitors. Cookies are files placed on a visitor's hard drive that allows the web site to monitor the individual's use of the site.

(2) We may use advertising servers developed by a third parties to display ads on our sites. Some of these ads may contain cookies that are set by third parties (i.e., advertising agencies or advertising clients). We do not have access to these cookies or any information that they may contain.

(3) No attempts are made to identify individual users unless illegal behavior is suspected. So that these services remain available to you and all other visitors, we monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or otherwise cause damage to the web services. Use of these systems constitutes consent to such monitoring and auditing. Unauthorized attempts to upload information and/or change information on these web sites are strictly prohibited and are subject to prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and Title 18 U.S.C. Sec.1001 and 1030.

(4) You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. We will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials.

(5) We may disclose personally identifiable information in response to legal process, such as a court order or a subpoena. We may also disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency's request.

(6) Any communication or material you transmit to the our sites by electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like is, and will be treated as, nonconfidential and non-proprietary. Anything you transmit or post may be used by us or our affiliates for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting. Furthermore, we are free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to our sites for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information.

(7) The confidentiality of internet transmissions is not guaranteed. It is up to you if you want to assume the risk of an unauthorized person learning your email address or any personal information you provide.

"Link to us" Policy

Unless you have our written permission, you may only provide a hypertext link to any of our web sites on another web site, provided that you agree to the following requirements:

(a) The link must be a text-only link clearly marked with the web site’s domain name (i.e. "PUERTORICAN.COM");

(b) The link must "point" to the web site’s homepage URL (i.e. "http://www.PUERTORICAN.COM") and not to other pages within our web sites;

(c) The appearance, position and other aspects of the link may not be such as to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with our domain names and/or trademarks;

(d) The appearance, position and other aspects of the link may not create the false appearance that an entity is associated with or sponsored by our web sites;

(e) The link, when activated by a user, must display our web sites full-screen and not within a "frame" on the linked web site;

(f) The linker’s web site must not contain content and/or materials that could be construed as obscene, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, inappropriate for all ages, or otherwise objectionable to us;

(g) The linker’s web site must not contain content and/or materials that would violate any laws;

(h) We reserve the right to revoke our consent to the link at any time in our sole discretion.

Email from our Domain Names

(1) We DO NOT provide to the public email from our domain names PUERTORICAN.COM, PUERTORICAN.NET, PUERTORICAN.ORG, ABOGADONOTARIO.COM, ABOGADO-NOTARIO.COM, ABOGADONOTARIO.NET, ABOGADONOTARIO.ORG, ABOGADANOTARIO.COM, SUATO.COM, AND SOTOMUNIZ.COM. (Example: user_name@puertorican.com).

Questions or comments? Send an email to the following address: legal@puertorican.com

Revised: October 10, 2007