These Terms of Use governs your use of the doghabitat.org. (“bestdigs,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) website, doghabitat.org (the “Site”).  By using the Site, you agree, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy.  If you do not agree, please do not use this Site.

We may revise these Terms of Use at any time.  Your continued usage of this Site will mean you accept those changes, and you agree comply with all applicable laws and regulations.  The materials provided on this Site are protected by law, including, but not limited to, United States copyright laws and international treaties.

The terms “you,” “your,” “user,” and “users,” as used herein, refer to all individuals and/or entities accessing this Site for any reason.

PLEASE NOTE: THESE TERMS OF USE CONTAIN AN ARBITRATION CLAUSE AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER. THE WAIVER AFFECTS HOW DISPUTES WITH US ARE RESOLVED. BY ACCEPTING THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS ARBITRATION PROVISION. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.

1. ELIGIBILITY

You must be 18 years of age or older to visit or use the Site in any manner. By visiting the Site or accepting these Terms of Use, you represent and warrant to us that you are 18 years of age or older, and that you have the right, authority, and capacity to agree to and abide by these Terms of Use. You also represent and warrant to us that you will use the Site in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.

2. USE OF THE SITE

2.1 DISCLAIMERS

Our Site is supported by readers purchasing products we feature. Product links on the Site are referral links. If you use one of those links and buy something, we earn a commission from the sale.  See additional disclosures here.

We do not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any information’s, content or advertisements contained on, distributed through, or linked, downloaded or accessed from any of the services contained on this website, nor the quality of any products, information’s or any other material displayed, purchased, or obtained by you as a result of an advertisement or any other information’s or offer in or in connection with the services herein.

2.2 USE RESTRICTIONS

The content on this Site, such as text, graphics, images, photographs, illustrations, trademarks, trade names, service marks, logos, information obtained from our licensors, and other materials (“Contents”) is protected by copyright under both United States and foreign laws.  Title to the Contents remains with doghabitat.org.  Any use of the Contents not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.  Except as stated herein, none of the Contents may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of doghabitat.org or its licensors.

doghabitat.org authorizes you to view and download and print a single copy of the Contents solely for your own lawful, personal, non-commercial use if you include the following copyright notice:  “Copyright © 2018, doghabitat.org.  All rights reserved” and retain other copyright and proprietary rights notices which were contained in the Contents.  Any special rules for the use of other items provided on the Site may be included elsewhere within the Site and are incorporated into these Terms of Use by reference.  The use of the Contents on any other site or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited.  All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to doghabitat.org and its licensors.  If you violate any of these Terms of Use, your permission to use the Contents automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of any portion of the Contents.

So long as you are in compliance with these Terms of Use, we grant a non-exclusive limited, non-transferable license to use the Site. You may not distribute or make the Site available over a network where it could be used by multiple devices at the same time.  You may not rent, lease, lend, sell, redistribute or sublicense the Site. You may not copy, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, attempt to derive the source code of, modify, or create derivative works of the Site, any updates, or any part thereof. Any attempt to do so is a violation of these Terms of Use.  If you breach this restriction, you may be subject to prosecution and damages. These Terms of Use will govern any upgrades provided by us that replace and/or supplement the original Site, unless such upgrade is accompanied by separate or updated Terms of Use. If you violate any of these Terms of Use, your permission to use the Contents automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of any portion of the Contents.

You may not, without our written permission, “mirror” any Contents contained in this Site or any other server.  You may not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use.  You may not use the Site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site, or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Site.  You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site through hacking, password mining or any other means.  doghabitat.org reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Site, or any portion thereof, at any time, for any reason or for no reason at all, without prior notice or any notice.

2.3 USER SUBMISSIONS

The personal information you submit to doghabitat.org is governed by our Privacy Policy.  To the extent there is an inconsistency between the Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy, the Privacy Policy shall govern.

Except as provided under Submission of Ideas (below), doghabitat.org does not claim ownership of any information or material a user provides to doghabitat.org or posts, uploads, input, submits, or transmits to this Site (“Submission”).  You agree that you will not make any Submission that is, in whole or in part, libelous; scandalous; inflammatory; discriminatory; defamatory; false; threatening; vulgar; obscene; pornographic; profane; abusive; harassing; invasive of another’s privacy; hateful or bashing; aimed at gender, race, color, sexual orientation, national origin, religious views, or disability; in violation of local, state, national, or international law; or that infringes on, or violates, any right of any party.  Additionally, you agree that you will not: (a) make any Submission that is an advertisement or solicitation of business; (b) disrupt the normal flow of dialogue or make a Submission unrelated to the topic being discussed (unless it is clear the discussion is free-form); (c) post a chain letter or pyramid scheme; impersonate another person; (d) distribute viruses or other harmful computer code; (e) harvest or otherwise collects information about others, including email addresses, without their consent; (f) post the same note more than once or “spamming”; or (g) engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Site, or which, in the judgment of doghabitat.org, exposes doghabitat.org or any of its licensors, partners, or customers to any liability or detriment of any type.

By making a Submission, you agree that such Submission is non-confidential, non-proprietary, and may be disseminated or used by doghabitat.org.  If you make a Submission, you automatically grant—or warrant that the owner of such content has expressly granted— doghabitat.org a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide nonexclusive license to use, reproduce, create derivative works from, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display the Submission in any media or medium, or any form, format, or forum now known or hereafter developed.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, doghabitat.org is not required to use any Submission.

You are solely responsible for your Submission, the consequences of making a Submission, and your reliance on any Submissions.  We are not responsible for the consequences of any Submission.  We are not responsible for screening or monitoring Submissions made to this Site by users.  If notified by a user of a Submission allegedly in violation of these Terms of Use, we may investigate the allegation and determine in good faith and its sole discretion whether to remove such Submission.  doghabitat.org will have no liability or responsibility to users for performance or nonperformance of such activities.

We reserve the right (but are not obligated) to: (a) record the dialogue on the Site; (b) investigate an allegation that a Submission does not comply with these Terms of Use and determine in its sole discretion to remove or request the removal of the Submission; (c) remove Submissions which are abusive, illegal, disruptive, or outdated, or that otherwise fail to comply with these Terms of Use; (d) terminate a user’s access to any or all parts of the Site upon any breach of these Terms of Use or the law; (e) monitor, edit, or disclose any Submission; (f) edit or delete any Submission posted on the Site, regardless of whether such Submission violates these Terms of Use.

2.4 SUBMISSION OF IDEAS

Our policy is to not accept or review unsolicited ideas or suggestions from persons outside the company.  Notwithstanding such policy, any ideas, suggestions, know-how, or concepts that are offered or communicated to doghabitat.org through this Site or otherwise (solicited or unsolicited) shall be the property of doghabitat.org, and may be treated by us as non-confidential information.  doghabitat.org shall have the unrestricted right to use and disclose such ideas, suggestions, know-how or concepts for any purpose without compensation or obligation to any party.

3. PROMOTIONS

Any and all offers or promotions advertised on this Site are void where prohibited, and are subject to the posting of any official rules to such offers or promotions.

Our address for copyright issues relating to this website is as follows:

In an effort to protect the rights of copyright owners, we maintain a policy for the termination, in appropriate circumstances, of users of this Site who are repeat infringers.

4. COMPLETE AGREEMENT

Except as expressly provided in a particular notice or disclaimer posted by or on behalf of doghabitat.org on this Site, these Terms of Use, including the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and doghabitat.org with respect to the use of the Site and Contents.