Terms of Use

www.aefreedman.me & www.aefreedman.us

Welcome to wwwwww.aefreedman.me & www.aefreedman.us.(collectively the “Website”) operated by Adam Freedman Photography & Design., a subsidiary of The Freedman Group, Inc. a Virginia corporation located at 19301 Winmeade Drive, Suite 216 Leesburg, Va 20176 (“Adam Freedman Photography & Design”) PLEASE READ THESE Terms of Use (“Agreement”) CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE. This Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions which govern your use of the Website. By accessing the Website, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and by the Adam Freedman Photography & Design Privacy Policy which is located at www.aefreedman.me and which is incorporated into this Agreement by reference. If you do not wish to be bound by this Agreement, you are not authorized to use this Website.

The Website provides the means for anonymous browsers (”Visitors”) to learn more about us. Visitors who are at least eighteen (18) years of age and who affirmatively indicate their agreement to abide by this Agreement, by means of a click-through consent, (”Registrants”) may submit an on-line application to Adam Freedman Photography, it’s affiliates and partners (“Application”). By submitting your information on the modeling information and request page(s). You may not register if you are under the age of 18.

Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing the Website. Adam Freedman Photography & Design reserves the right to modify the Agreement at any time. You agree to review the Agreement periodically to be aware of such modifications. You further agree that your continued use of the Website will be deemed conclusive evidence of your acceptance of any modified Agreement. We will indicate that changes to this Agreement have been made by updating the date shown after “Last Updated” at the end of this Agreement. If you do not agree to abide by any modified version of this Agreement, you are not authorized to use this Website. A current version of the Agreement is accessible via the footer of the Website’s homepage.

1. Registrants.

1. Capacity. In order to submit an application you must become a Registrant by affirmatively accepting this Agreement. By clicking on the “I Accept” tab, the Registrant acknowledges that he or she is at least eighteen (18) years of age and has read, agrees with and accepts to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Failure to click the “I Accept” tab will prevent an individual from becoming a Registrant. . If you are under the age of 18 but at least 13 years of age you may have your parent/legal guardian register on your behalf. Visitors under the age of 13 may not register..
2. Accurate Information. Registrants agree to provide Adam Freedman Photography & Design with accurate, complete and current information, and to update such information if and when it should change.
3. Charges. While use of the Website is currently free of charge, you acknowledge that we may, in our sole discretion, decide at any time to charge for such use.

2. Submissions.

1. Applications. The Website enables Registrants to submit Applications to Adam Freedman Photography & Design which contain (i) personally identifiable information (“PII”) about Registrants, including without limitation their name, address, telephone number and email address, (ii) a detailed description about such Registrant’s physical attributes, and (iii) photographs/videos of such Registrants (collectively, the “Content”). Registrants understand submission of an Application does not mean they will become a Adam Freedman Photography & Design model and does not guarantee that Adam Freedman Photography & Design will contact them or make an offer of a modeling contract or modeling opportunity.
2. Grant of License to Content. By posting content (“Content”) to the Website or by otherwise submitting Content to us, Registrants automatically grant, and represent and warrant that they have the right to grant to Adam Freedman Photography & Design, a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, sub-licensable (through multiple tiers), assignable, fully paid, royalty free, worldwide license to use, copy, modify, adapt, publish, make, sell, create derivative works of or incorporate into other works such Content, derive revenue or other remuneration from, communicate to the public, distribute (through multiple tiers), perform or display such Content (in whole or in part) and/or to incorporate such Content in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing through multiple tiers of sub-licensees, including the right to exercise the copyright, publicity, and any other rights in and to any of the materials contained in such Content for any purpose, including for purposes of advertising and publicity on the Website and elsewhere. Adam Freedman Photography & Design shall not be limited in any way in its use, commercial or otherwise, of any such Content, and Registrants hereby waive any moral rights or approval rights in or to, such Content as well as the right to receive a credit or payment of any royalty or fee whatsoever to the anyone associated with the Content, including without limitation the photographer/videographer, author, composer producer or the subject of such Content.
3. Registrants acknowledge and agree that (i) Adam Freedman Photography & Design has the right to post, or take down, Content submitted by you at any time; (ii) Adam Freedman Photography & Design has no obligation to use your Content; (iii) the submission of your Application and/or Content in no way imposes any obligation on Adam Freedman Photography & Design, whether of confidentiality, attribution, or otherwise, and Adam Freedman Photography & Design shall not be liable for any use or disclosure of any Content contained in the Content; (iv) you hereby waive any claims (including, without limitation, claims based upon invasion of privacy, defamation, false light, or right of publicity) arising out of any use, alteration, distortion or illusionary effect, or use in any composite form of your (or your child’s) image/likeness, photographs and/or videos, (v) you will pay for all royalties, fees and any other monies that may be due or owing to any person by reason of any Content submitted by you to the Website, and (vi) Content submitted to the Website may be subject to size and usage limitations, and Registrants are responsible for adhering to such limitations.
4. Restrictions. Registrants agree NOT to submit to the Website any Content that:

• is fraudulent;
• is designed to interrupt, or destroys or limits the functionality of, any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
• interferes with or disrupts the Website, services connected to the Website, or otherwise interferes with operations or services of this Website in any way;
• infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights of any party; including the promoting of an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person’s copyrighted work, or is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
• is patently offensive to us, such as Content that promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
• harasses or harms, or advocates the harassment or harming of another person;
• displays pornographic or sexually explicit material of any kind or contains photographs/videos which are in bad taste, contain nudity, obscene, lewd or otherwise offensive or objectionable matter;
• causes us to lose (in whole or part) the services of our ISPs or other suppliers; or
• violates any applicable local, state, national, or international law.

1. Use. You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, display, perform, modify, create derivative works of, transmit, sell, or in any way exploit any portion of the Website, except that you may download Content from the Website as machine readable copies and/or print copies of any web page, provided that such copies will be used for your own personal (non-commercial) use and not for the purposes of competing in any manner with Adam Freedman Photography & Design.

3. Intellectual Property.

1. Copyright. Please feel free to browse the Website. You may download or make single copies of materials displayed on the Website for your own personal and noncommercial use, provided that all copies will retain the copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices displayed with the materials on the Website. You may not distribute, transmit, copy, download or otherwise make available any material from the Website, including any text, images, audio or video clips, for public or commercial use, without the prior written permission of Adam Freedman Photography & Design. You may also not reproduce, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, license, modify, rewrite, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any material contained on the Website without prior written permission. None of the material contained on the Website (including all software, HTML code and other code) may be reverse-engineered, disassembled, decompiled, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language or computer language, retransmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photo-reproduction, recordation or otherwise), resold or redistributed without the prior written permission of Adam Freedman Photography & Design.
   Except as otherwise noted, all content of the Website is:

   ©2010 ADAM FREEDMAN PHOTOGRAPHY & DESIGN, INC. All Rights Reserved

   Adam Freedman Photography & Design reserves the right to terminate service to users who willfully and/or repeatedly infringe intellectual property right.
   For further information regarding permission to use material, please contact us. We can be reached by email at adam@aefreedman.com

2. Trademarks. “The trademarks/service marks and logos (collectively the “Marks”) displayed on the Website identify the products and services of Adam Freedman Photography & Design, its advertisers and other third parties and inform the public as to the source of those products and services. Nothing contained on this Website should be construed as granting any right or license to use any Mark displayed on the Website in any manner whatsoever. Your misuse of any Mark is strictly prohibited, including, without limitation, your use of any Mark: (i) in any manner likely to cause confusion; (ii) to identify your products or services; (iii) in, as or part of your own trademarks or service marks; (iv) in any manner that implies inaccurately a sponsorship, endorsement or other connection with your products, services or other activities; or (v) in a manner that disparages or dilutes any of the Marks or Adam Freedman Photography & Design.
   You are also advised that Adam Freedman Photography & Design reserves the right to enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law. You agree not to display or use the Marks without the prior written permission of Adam Freedman Photography & Design. Please make any such request by email to adam@aefreedman.com. We will evaluate your request and respond.

4. Links Adam Freedman Photography & Design may provide links to other websites of possible interest to you. Because we have no control over such websites, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of such websites and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, services, products, or other materials on or available from such websites. You also acknowledge and agree that Adam Freedman Photography & Design will not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any content, advertising, services, products, or other materials on or available from such websites. All such websites will be subject to the policies and procedures of the owner of such websites.

5. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT:

1. ADAM FREEDMAN PHOTOGRAPHY & DESIGN IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR INCOMPLETE, LOST, DAMAGED, ILLEGIBLE OR MISDIRECTED APPLICATIONS OR ANY TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, MALFUNCTIONS OF ANY TELEPHONE LINES, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, SERVERS, PROVIDERS, HARDWARE/SOFTWARE, LOST OR UNAVAILABLE NETWORK CONNECTIONS OR FAILED, INCOMPLETE, GARBLED OR DELAYED COMPUTER TRANSMISSIONS OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS, UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE, AND THE OPERATION OF THE WEBSITE MAY BE INTERFERED WITH BY NUMEROUS FACTORS OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL
2. USE OF THE WEBSITE BY REGISTRANTS AND VISITORS IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. ADAM FREEDMAN PHOTOGRAPHY & DESIGN DOES NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY AS TO THE ACCURACY, CORRECTNESS, COMPLETENESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY CONTENT APPEARING ON THE WEBSITE AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT APPERING ON THE WEBSITE OR GENERALLY FOR THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR QUALITY OF ANY CONTENT APPEARING ON THE WEBSITE.
3. THE MATERIALS ON THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, ADAM FREEDMAN PHOTOGRAPHY & DESIGN MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND TO YOU, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. SPECIFICALLY, ADAM FREEDMAN PHOTOGRAPHY & DESIGN DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.

1. IN NO EVENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE, WILL ADAM FREEDMAN PHOTOGRAPHY & DESIGN BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR LOST PROFITS OR BUSINESS, OR ANTICIPATED LOST PROFITS OR BUSINESS, EVEN IF YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBLITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. ADAM FREEDMAN PHOTOGRAPHY & DESIGN’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF ((I) THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU IF ANY TO ACCESS THIS WEBSITE OR (II) $100.
2. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS IN SECTIONS 5 OR 6 HEREOF MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

7. Representations and Warranties. You represent and warrant that (i) you will abide by the terms of this Agreement, (ii) the submission of an Application does not violate any restrictions to which such you may be bound, (iii) Content submitted by you will be accurate does not and will not infringe the copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property law of any third party or defame or invade the publicity rights or the privacy of any person, living or deceased, and (iv) the submission of Content does not violate the terms of this Agreement or any applicable laws or regulations.

8. Indemnification You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Adam Freedman Photography & Design harmless from any claim, expense or demand, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of this Agreement, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party. You agree that under no circumstances will Adam Freedman Photography & Design be liable in any way for the accuracy, reliability, or quality of any Content, and that you will hold Adam Freedman Photography & Design harmless for (i) any errors or omissions in Content submitted by you, or (ii) any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of Content submitted by you.

9. Notification and Procedure for Making Claims.

Adam Freedman Photography & Design respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask you to do the same. If you believe your work has been used in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, the following information in the form of a written notification (pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(c) must be provided to the designated Copyright Agent of Adam Freedman Photography & Design:

1. Identification of the copyrighted work(s) that you claim has been infringed;
2. Identification of where the material that you claim to be infringing is located;
3. A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the disputed material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law;
4. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner of an exclusive copyright that is allegedly infringed or are authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf;
5. Your address, telephone number, and email address; and
6. Your physical or electronic signature.

Email – adam@aefreedman.com
Similarly, if you believe any of your trademarks or service marks have been infringed, please notify the designated Adam Freedman Photography & Design agent.

10. Third Parties. Your participation, correspondence or business dealings with any third party found on or through the Website are solely between you and such third party. You agree that Adam Freedman Photography & Design shall not be responsible or liable for any loss, damage, or other matters of any sort incurred as the result of such dealings.

11. Commercial Use. You acknowledge and agree that the Website is for the personal use of Registrants and Visitors only and may not be used by you directly or indirectly in connection with any commercial endeavors.

12. Privacy. Adam Freedman Photography & Design is committed to safeguarding your privacy. The terms regulating the handling of PII and other information by you in connection with the Website is described in our Privacy Policy, which can be found at: http://www.aefreedman.com/misc/privacy_policy.html.

13. No Agency. No agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended or created between you and Adam Freedman Photography & Design by this Agreement.

14. Notices. Except as provided in the following sentence, all notices hereunder shall be given by certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested, to: Adam Freedman Photography & Design, Inc., 19301 Winmeade Drive, Suite 216 Leesburg, VA 20176

15. Governing Law; Venue. You acknowledge and agree that this Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States, including US copyright and trademark laws, and with the laws of the State of Virginia, excluding conflict of laws provisions thereof that would indicate the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction and you hereby submit to exclusive jurisdiction in the federal and state courts of Virginia. You agree to receive service of process through certified mail or by other means sanctioned by law, and you expressly waive any claim of improper venue and any claim that such courts are an inconvenient forum.

16. General. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced. You agree that this Agreement may be automatically assigned by Adam Freedman Photography & Design, in its sole discretion, to a third party. Section headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section. Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding and agreement between us with respect to the subject matter hereof. The provisions of this Agreement will survive termination or expiration to the extent necessary to carry out the intentions of the parties.

17. Contact Us. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Website, please contact us by e-mail at adam@aefreedman.com or write to us at Adam Freedman Photography & Design 19301 Winmeade Drive, Suite 216 Leesburg VA 20176.

Last Modified: April 2010

Privacy Statemant for Adam Freedman Photography & Design

www.aefreedman.me www.aefreedman.us
Welcome to wwwwww.aefreedman.me & www.aefreedman.us.(collectively the “Website”) operated by Adam Freedman Photography & Design., a subsidiary of The Freedman Group, Inc. a Virginia corporation located at 19301 Winmeade Drive, Suite 216 Leesburg, Va 20176 (“Adam Freedman Photography & Design”). This Privacy Policy is intended to inform you about how your personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) and other information is collected and used by us in operating the Website.

By participating in the Selection Process or other Adam Freedman Photography & Design Promotions, you consent to the collection and use of your information by Adam Freedman Photography & Design as described herein. Adam Freedman Photography & Design reserves the right to change how we handle the information. We will update this Privacy Statement to reflect any changes in our privacy collection and handling practices, and such changes will take effect immediately once posted or distributed.

How does the Website Work?

The Website offers anonymous browsers (“Visitors”) the opportunity to learn more about us. Visitors who register with the Website (“Registrants”) have the opportunity to submit an application to us, through the Website, to try to become a model for Adam Freedman Photography & Design or one of its clients or partners (“Application”). By using the Website, you acknowledge your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and your consent to the collection, use, disclosure, management and storage of your Personal Information by Adam Freedman Photography & Design as described herein. Adam Freedman Photography & Design reserves the right to change, at any time, the handling practices for information we collect through the Website.

We will update this Privacy Policy to reflect any changes in our data collection and handling practices, and will indicate that changes to this Privacy Policy have been made by listing a new date under “Last Updated” at the end of this Privacy Policy. Such changes will take effect immediately once posted to the Website.

What type of PII does Adam Freedman Photography & Design collect from you and how do we use it?

Adam Freedman Photography & Design does not require you to provide us with any PII in order to browse the Website. Adam Freedman Photography & Design does not collect Personal Information from individuals except when it is specifically and knowingly provided. For example, in order to submit an Application to Adam Freedman Photography & Design, Registrants must provide us with certain Personal Information, including without limitation (i) a Registrant’s name, address, telephone number and email address, (ii) a detailed description of the Registrant’s physical attributes, and (iii) photographs/videos of Registrants (collectively, the “Content”).

Unless you provide your Personal Information to Adam Freedman Photography & Design through the Website, we will not collect any Personal Information from you. In the event you submit your Personal Information to us, we will use such Personal Information for internal purposes, for contacting you about events and media related to Adam Freedman Photography & Design’ activities and we may share such Personal Information with third parties who may contact you as well with news and offers. You may opt-out of such communications if they do not interest you. We may also release such Personal Information to third parties if we believe such release is necessary to comply with the law (e.g., a legal process or a statutory authorization), to apply or enforce our customer agreements, to protect our rights or property, if we reasonably believe that the physical safety of a person is threatened, or as part of a corporate reorganization, consolidation, merger, or sale of substantially all of the assets of Adam Freedman Photography & Design.

Please keep in mind that portions of the Content contained in your Application may be made publicly viewable on the Website by us. Do not submit any Content to the Website that you are not authorized to distribute to the public or that you don’t want others to see.

What other information does Adam Freedman Photography & Design collect?

We also may collect anonymous and aggregate information from you about your preferences in navigating the Website by using cookies, action tags and other methods. Cookies are small text files that identify your computer. We may use cookies to, among other things, monitor Website usage, customize Website features, identify your computer’s operating system and browser, and complete transactions. An action tag is a small, graphic image on a webpage that is designed to allow the website owner or a third party to monitor who is visiting a website by collecting the IP address of the computer to which the tag is sent, the URL of the webpage that the tag comes from and the time that such webpage was viewed. Tags may be associated with cookie information. We may also use such anonymous and aggregate information for promotional purposes.

If you do not want us to track such information about you, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies and refuse cookies when your browser alerts you to their presence. You can also adjust the settings in your browser to refuse all cookies.

You can be assured that Personal Information collected through the Website is maintained in a manner consistent with current industry standards. Your Personal information is protected in several ways. Your personal information resides on a secure server that only selected Adam Freedman Photography & Design, employees and contractors have access to via password. We encrypt your Personal Information and thereby prevent unauthorized parties from viewing such information when it is transmitted to us. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your Personal Information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations of the Internet which are beyond our control; (b) the security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged through the Website cannot be guaranteed; and (c) any such information and data may be viewed or tampered with in transit by a third party.

While we take reasonable efforts to protect Personal Information that you provide to us, we cannot guarantee that such information will not be lost, disclosed or accessed by accidental circumstances or by the unauthorized acts of others.

Does Adam Freedman Photography & Design provide links to other websites?

Adam Freedman Photography & Design may provide links to other websites or resources of possible interest to you. Because we have no control over unaffiliated websites to which we provide links, the collection and use of your Personal Information and other information by such websites shall be subject to the policies and procedures of such websites and not this Privacy Policy. Adam Freedman Photography & Design is NOT responsible for the privacy practices or the content on any of these other websites, including any sites that may indicate a special relationship or “partnership” with Adam Freedman Photography & Design. Adam Freedman Photography & Design does not disclose unique identifiers to those responsible for the linked sites. The linked sites, however, may collect personal information from you when you link to their site. To ensure protection of your privacy, always review the privacy policies of the sites you visit.

What are our policies regarding children?

Registrants must be eighteen (18) years of age or older in order to independently submit an Application to us.

Do we have a mechanism to address inquiries or complaints about the handling of information that we collect?

If you have questions or concerns about any of our information collection or handling practices, please contact us at adam@aefreedman.com.

You may contact Adam Freedman Photography & Design to ask if we are keeping Personal Information about you. If we have collected Personal Information about you, we will provide you with a readable copy of such Personal Information at no charge. Factual errors in your Personal Information, including out-of-date information, may be corrected by sending us a request that credibly shows our error.

You may always opt-out of receiving communications from us. To remove any personal information from our database or to not receive future e-mail communications from Adam Freedman Photography & Design, send an e-mail to adam@aefreedman.com with the word “REMOVE” in the subject line. Adam Freedman Photography & Design may revise this Privacy Policy over time as new features are added to the Website or as Internet law and standards evolve. We will post those changes prominently but we recommend that you read this Privacy Policy each time you visit the Website. Changes will not apply retroactively to Personal Information that was collected before the changes to the Privacy Policy, except as may be required by law.

Adam Freedman Photography & Design respects your privacy and exercises reasonable precautions to maintain the confidentiality of information provided by you in connection with your use of the Website.

Last Updated: April 2010