The Legalese of Interstate275Florida.com

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This page sets forth the terms of use of Interstate275Florida.com; use of this website constitutes acceptance of the terms of use as stated below. 

MOST IMPORTANTLY

Interstate275Florida.com is a private noncommercial website owned and operated by Edward Ringwald and is not affiliated with the Florida Department of Transportation or any other federal, state or local government agency or any transportation related organization.

And for the rest of the Legalese...

All text and photos on Interstate275Florida.com are copyrighted by Edward Ringwald unless otherwise noted.  All rights reserved in the United States and throughout the world.  All material, including but not limited to, text, photography, and programming code, are protected by United States copyright law.  Unless otherwise indicated, these are the property of Edward Ringwald and may not be used without the prior written permission of Edward Ringwald.

Permission is never granted for commercial use of copyrighted material, in whole or part.  Use is granted, with proper permission, for personal or nonprofit use, providing no more than one photo or text article is used on any one web site or in any single print publication.

The name and/or likeness of Edward Ringwald is protected by various laws pertaining to the rights of publicity and privacy.  Any unauthorized use of the name and/or likeness of Edward Ringwald for commercial, marketing and/or fraudulent purposes, including any form of telemarketing to solicit goods and/or services, is prohibited and any unauthorized use will subject the offender to civil legal action.  This also includes the use of these names where any form of endorsement or sponsorship is implied.  WARNING:  Any unauthorized use of these names in the commission of an unlawful act will be reported to appropriate law enforcement for action, including the filing of criminal charges where appropriate.  In addition, any unauthorized use may also result in civil legal action.

While Interstate275Florida.com is principally maintained in Florida, the web and email servers for Interstate275Florida.com are located in Arizona.  The sending of any unsolicited email advertising messages to this domain will result in the imposition of civil liability against you in accordance with Florida Statutes Section 668.603 and 668.606 and Arizona Revised Statutes 44-1372.01, 44-1372.02 and 44-1372.05.  In addition, any persons who misrepresent the identity of a computer to cause unsolicited email to appear to have originated from or transited Interstate275Florida.com are subject to criminal charges under Title 18, United States Code, Section 1037.

The use of any image from Interstate275Florida.com for the purpose of selling items of any kind on eBay is strictly prohibited.  Violators will be reported to eBay and the listing may be ended at eBay's discretion.  Edward Ringwald is an eBay member and will cooperate in any investigation conducted by eBay.

There are hyperlinks in most of the web pages that will take you to sites outside of Interstate275Florida.com and are here for your convenience.  Edward Ringwald, the owner and webmaster of this website, has no control over the content of the web sites the external hyperlink takes you to.  Questions and/or comments about these sites should be directed to the webmaster of the sites involved.  The inclusion of any external link from Interstate275Florida.com does not imply endorsement.

Where mentioned, my web pages are not the official sites of the entities involved.  You are welcome to visit the linked web site for more information regarding the subject the web page covers.  Most importantly, Interstate275Florida.com is not affiliated with the Florida DOT or any federal, state and/or local government agency as mentioned earlier.

Interstate275Florida.com Privacy Policy

Interstate275Florida.com is a website designed for all ages.  Pursuant to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act here is a notice of our privacy practices:

Except for information collected in our Contact Us page no personally identifiable information is collected from visitors to our web site.  However, in our Contact Us page there are fields provided for your name and email address.  Providing your name and email address to us on our Contact Us page is completely optional; however, it is requested if in the event you desire a response from us.  Names and email addresses provided on our Contact Us page will only be used for the sole purpose of replying to you and will be held in the strictest form of confidence.  Moreover, names and email addresses submitted on our Contact Us page will never be rented nor sold to a third party.  Besides, collecting information such as an email address then aggregating and selling it to a third party is not good business practice.

Additionally, if you make a donation to keep Interstate275Florida.com operating your email address is collected by PayPal so that your donation is processed and is handled in accordance with their privacy policy.

If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy feel free to use our Contact Us page.

  Safety on the Interstate

Recently there was a guestbook entry at our sister website EdwardRingwald.com (which was unfortunately deleted and the user's IP address blocked due to the unsavory comments made) about the pictures that you see here at Interstate275Florida.com.

In order to satisfy everyone's concerns the following is offered:

1) All pictures are taken under safe driving conditions.  That means if there is extremely heavy traffic or road conditions are poor I wait until the conditions are favorable.  A good photo may have to wait a few days until the conditions are favorable.

2) There are many other interstate related sites out there and pictures are taken by their authors under safe driving conditions as well.

3)  Most importantly:  Taking a picture is not the same thing as talking on a cell phone while driving.  Granted, you still have to make sure that the road conditions are safe.

4) Speaking of cell phones and driving, your Webmaster at Interstate275Florida.com wholeheartedly supports laws enacted in an increasingly number of US states (and in most other countries around the world) that prohibit usage of cellular telephones while driving except in emergencies.  Remember, that all-important business transaction can wait until you are stopped in a safe place.  Besides, that's why we have voice mail for cell phones!

5) When you approach a construction zone, whether it is Interstate 275 or any other interstate highway in the good old USA, please remember to reduce your speed and give your driving your 100 percent attention while you transit the construction zone.  Plan your travel time accordingly.

So, with all that, 'nuff said.