Ascension Lingerie & Swimsuit LLC Terms of Use

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Welcome to www.ASCENSION-USA.com.
The goal of this web site is to provide access to the best assortment of special and intimate occasion products and services to the largest group of people possible. To insure a safe, non offensive environment for all of our users, we have established our Terms of Use. It spells out what you can expect from us and what we expect from you. By accessing any areas of www.ASCENSION-USA.com, users ("Users") agree to be legally bound and to abide by the terms set forth below.

I. TRADEMARKS

Ascension Lingerie & Swimsuit, Miss Juliette, and www.ASCENSION-USA.com are all service marks of Ascension Lingerie & Swimsuit LLC. All rights reserved. These and other ASCENSION-USA.COM graphics, logos and service marks and trademarks of Ascension Lingerie & Swimsuit LLC and its affiliates may not be used without prior written consent of Ascension Lingerie & Swimsuit LLC or its affiliates, as the case may be. All other trademarks, product names, and company names and logos appearing on ASCENSION-USA.COM are the property of their respective owners.

II. DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

User expressly agrees that use of ASCENSION-USA.COM is at User's sole risk. Neither ASCENSION-USA.COM, nor its affiliates, nor any of their officers, directors, or employees, agents, third-party content providers, merchants, sponsors, licensors (collectively, "Providers"), or the like, warrant that ASCENSION-USA.COM will be uninterrupted or error-free; nor do they make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of Ascension Lingerie & Swimsuit LLC, or as to the accuracy, reliability, or currency of any information content, service, or merchandise provided through ASCENSION-USA.COM.
This site is provided by ASCENSION-USA.COM on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis. ASCENSION-USA.COM makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of the site, the information, content, materials or products, included o, this site. To the full extent permissible by applicable law, ASCENSION-USA.COM disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. ASCENSION-USA.COM will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of this site, including but not limited to direct, incidental punitive and consequential damages. No oral advice or written information given by ASCENSION-USA.COM. Nor its affiliates, nor any of their officers, directors, employees, agents, providers, or the like, shall create a warranty; nor shall user rely on any such information or advice.

Under no circumstances shall ASCENSION-USA.COM or any other party involved in creating, producing, or distributing ASCENSION-USA.COM be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages that result from the use of or inability to use ASCENSION-USA.COM, including but not limited to reliance by a User on any information obtained from

ASCENSION-USA.COM or that result from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files or email, errors, defects, viruses, delays in operation or transmission, or any failure of performance, whether or not resulting from acts of God, communications failure, theft, destruction, or unauthorized access to ASCENSION-USA.COM's records, programs, or services. User hereby acknowledges that this paragraph shall apply to all content, merchandise, and services available through ASCENSION-USA.COM. Because some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, in such states liability is limited to the fullest extent permitted by law.

III. CONTENT

a. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

User acknowledges that ASCENSION-USA.COM contains information, data, software, photographs, graphs, videos, typefaces, graphics, music, sounds, and other material (collectively "Content") that are protected by copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights, and that these rights are valid and protected in all forms, media and technologies existing now or hereinafter developed. All Content is copyrighted as a collective work under the U.S. copyright laws, and ASCENSION-USA.COM owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement, and enhancement of such Content. User may not modify, remove, delete, augment, add to, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, or in any way exploit any of the Content, in whole or in part.

b. SINGLE COPY LICENSE

Subject to all provisions herein, you may make one copy, by either downloading or copying, text, photographs, images, video, and audio contained in this site on a single computer for your personal, non-commercial use only. However, any use of ASCENSION-USA.COM, including the downloading or copying of our materials from this Web site for your personal use, will indicate your consent and agreement to the terms stated in this notice. No right, title or interest in our material downloaded or copied from this Web site is conveyed to you as a result of any such downloading or copying, and such downloaded or copied material may not be used for any commercial purpose.

This is a license, not a transfer of title to our material, and such license is subject to the following restrictions:
you may not reproduce, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display, modify, create derivative works from, sell, rent, or otherwise exploit this site or any of its contents without our prior written permission;
you may not post, upload, display or otherwise transmit our materials to another Web site, including but not limited to, any personal or commercial Web sites; and you agree to prevent any unauthorized copying of our materials.

If no specific restrictions are displayed, Users may make one copy of select portions of the Content, provided that the one copy is made only for User's personal use and that User maintains any notices contained in the Content, such as all copyright notices, trademark legends, or other proprietary rights notices. Except as provided in the preceding sentence or as permitted by the fair use privilege under the U.S. copyright laws (see, e.g., 17 U.S.C. Section 107), User may not upload, post, reproduce, or distribute in any way Content protected by copyright, or other proprietary right, without obtaining permission of the owner of the copyright or other propriety

right. In addition to the foregoing, use of any software Content shall be governed by the software license agreement accompanying such software.

c. DISTRIBUTION/UPLOADING OF THIRD-PARTY CONTENT

Except as set forth in Section III a. above, User may upload to or otherwise distribute on ASCENSION-USA.COM only Content that is not subject to any copyright or other proprietary rights protection (collectively, "Public Content"), or Content in which the author has given express authorization for distribution on the World Wide Web. Any copyrighted or other proprietary Content distributed with the consent of a copyright owner should contain a phrase such as "Copyright, owned by [name of owner]; used by permission." The unauthorized submission or distribution of copyrighted or other proprietary Content is illegal and could subject the User to criminal prosecution as well as personal liability for damages in a civil suit. User will be liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights or proprietary rights, or from any other harm arising from such submission. Neither ASCENSION-USA.COM, nor its affiliates, nor any of their officers, directors, employees, agents, Providers, or the like, will be liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights or proprietary rights, or from any other harm arising from such User submission. In compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Users and other persons can report infringement to contact@ascension-usa.com.

By submitting Content to any User-submit areas, User automatically grants, or warrants that the owner of such Content has expressly granted ASCENSION-USA.COM the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive right and license to use, reproduce, publish, translate, sublicense, copy, and distribute the Content in whole or in part worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter developed for the full term of any copyright that may exist in such Content. User also permits any other User to access, store, or reproduce the Content for that User's personal use. Subject to this grant, the owner of Content placed on ASCENSION-USA.COM retains any and all rights that may exist in such Content.

d. THIRD-PARTY CONTENT

ASCENSION-USA.COM is a distributor and not a publisher of Content supplied by third parties and Users. ASCENSION-USA.COM has no more editorial control over such Content than does a public library or newsstand. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information that constitutes part of Content expressed or made available by third parties, including Providers or any other User of ASCENSION-USA.COM, are those of the respective authors or distributors and not of ASCENSION-USA.COM or its affiliates or any of their officers, directors, employees, or agents. Neither ASCENSION-USA.COM nor its affiliates, nor any of their officers, directors, employees, or agents, nor any third party, including any Provider, or any other User of ASCENSION-USA.COM, guarantees the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any Content, nor its merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. In many instances, the Content available through ASCENSION-USA.COM represents the opinions and judgments of the respective Provider, or User not under contract with ASCENSION-USA.COM. ASCENSION-USA.COM neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice, or statement made on ASCENSION-USA.COM by anyone other than authorized ASCENSION-USA.COM employees. Under no circumstances shall ASCENSION-USA.COM, or its affiliates, or any of their officers, directors, employees, or agents be liable for any loss, damage or harm caused by a User's reliance on information obtained through ASCENSION-USA.COM. It is the responsibility of User to evaluate the information, opinion, advice, or other Content available through ASCENSION-USA.COM.

e. EXPORT

The U.S. export control laws regulate the export and reexport of technology originating in the United States. This includes the electronic transmission of information and software to foreign countries and to certain foreign nationals. User agrees to abide by these laws and their regulations -- including but not limited to the Export Administration Act and the Arms Export Control Act and not to transfer, by electronic transmission or otherwise,
any Content derived from ASCENSION-USA.COM to either a foreign national or a foreign destination in violation of such laws.

f. LINKS

ASCENSION-USA.COM is not responsible for the availability of external sites or resources linked to this site, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. ASCENSION-USA.COM shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damages or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services available on or through any such site or resource.

g. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO WEBMASTERS

Regarding the use of trademarked names in metatags and/or hidden text, ASCENSION-USA.COM has a no-tolerance policy. The use of trademarked names in metatag keywords is trademark infringement, and the use of trademarked terms in page text, metatags, and/or hidden text for purposes of gaining higher rankings from search engines is unfair competition. Linking to any ASCENSION-USA.COM web page is prohibited absent express written permission from ASCENSION-USA.COM. Framing the ASCENSION-USA.COM web site with links, advertisements and/or other information not originating from the ASCENSION-USA.COM web site is expressly prohibited.

SHIPPING CHARGES, FEES AND METHODS

MERCHANDISE SUBTOTAL SHIPPING AND HANDLING CHARGE
$ 0.00 to $ 25.00 $ 4.95
$ 25.01 to $ 40.00 $ 6.95
$ 40.01 to $ 55.00 $ 8.95
$ 55.01 to $ 75.00 $ 10.95
$ 75.01 to $ 95.00 $ 12.95
$ 95.01 to $ 135.00 $ 14.95
$ 135.01 to $ 175.00 $ 16.95
$ 175.01 to $ 250.00 $ 17.95
$ 250.01 to $ 360.00 $ 18.95
Over $ 360.01 5% of the merchandise

SHIPPING FEES
Standard Shipping to the Continental U.S See shipping rates above. Delivery within
5 to 9 business days for in-stock orders
Standard Shipping to Alaska, Hawaii, APO/FPO
 military addresses and U.S. territories
Add $4.95 to standard ground charges: Delivery within 6 to 10 business days for in-stock orders
3-4 Business Day Express to the Continental U.S Add $9.95 to standard ground charges: Delivery within 5 business days for in-stock orders placed by Noon, Pacific Time, Monday-Friday.
3-4 Business Day Express to Alaska,
 Hawaii and U.S. Territories
Add $16.95 to standard ground charges: Delivery within 3 to 4 business days for in-stock orders placed by Noon, Pacific Time, Monday-Friday.
Delivery to Canada See shipping rates above: Delivery within 2 to 4 weeks for in-stock orders, due to customs regulations
Next Business Day Express: send an email to contact@ascension-usa.com to request this service Add $14.95 to standard ground shipping charges: Within the continental U.S., next business day delivery for in-stock orders placed by Noon, Pacific Time, Monday-Friday.
International Standard international shipping is the only method currently available. Additional tariffs and/or duty charges for your country are not calculated here. Additional freight charges will be added to your order based on the weight and destination. For the exact charges, you may send an email to contact@ascension-usa.com or fax us at 1-305-535-7373. ASCENSION-USA.COM does not currently charge additional freight charges during checkout. All receipt and order totals will be adjusted at the time of shipping.
Backorders If any item on a multiple-item order is temporarily out of stock, the merchandise that is in stock will be shipped immediately. Back-ordered items are typically shipped within 30 days or more. All in-stock merchandise on your order will be shipped immediately. Backordered merchandise will not be billed until time of shipment.

We regret that Express and Overnight orders cannot be shipped to P.O. Boxes or APO/FPOs.
Shipping and handling charges are determined by the merchandise dollar amount of your order before any deductions
Not subject to special offers
Charges are calculated before taxes
Shipping and handling fees are not refundable
If you have an exchange for the same dollar amount as the original purchase, no additional shipping or handling charges will be incurred

 

ONLINE CONDUCT

User agrees to use ASCENSION-USA.COM only for lawful purposes. User is prohibited from posting on or transmitting through ASCENSION-USA.COM any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, sexually explicit, profane, hateful, racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including but not limited to any material that encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law.
If ASCENSION-USA.COM is notified of allegedly infringing, defamatory, damaging, illegal, or offensive Content provided by User, ASCENSION-USA.COM may investigate the allegation and determine in its sole discretion whether to remove or request the removal of such Content from ASCENSION-USA.COM. ASCENSION-USA.COM may disclose any Content or electronic communication of any kind to satisfy any law, regulation, or government request; if such disclosure is necessary or appropriate to operate ASCENSION-USA.COM; or to protect the rights or property of ASCENSION-USA.COM, its Users or Providers.
ASCENSION-USA.COM reserves the right to prohibit conduct, communication, or Content that it deems in its sole discretion to be harmful to individual Users, ASCENSION-USA.COM, the communities that make up ASCENSION-USA.COM, or any rights of ASCENSION-USA.COM or any third party, or to violate any applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither ASCENSION-USA.COM nor its Providers can ensure prompt removal of questionable Content after online posting. Accordingly, neither ASCENSION-USA.COM, nor its affiliates, nor any of their officers, directors, employees, or agents, nor Providers shall assume liability for any action or inaction with respect to conduct, communication, or Content on ASCENSION-USA.COM.

PRIVACY POLICY

In accordance with the terms of ASCENSION-USA.COM Privacy Policy, ASCENSION-USA.COM respects the privacy of its Users.

I. TERMINATION OF USAGE

ASCENSION-USA.COM may terminate User's access, or suspend any User's access to all or part of ASCENSION-USA.COM, without notice, for any conduct that ASCENSION-USA.COM, in its sole discretion, believes is in violation of any applicable law or is harmful to the interests of another User, a third-party Provider, a service provider, or ASCENSION-USA.COM.

II. USAGE BY MINORS

ASCENSION-USA.COM cannot prohibit minors from visiting this site. ASCENSION-USA.COM must rely on parents, guardians and those responsible for supervising minors to decide which materials are appropriate for such children to view.
ASCENSION-USA.COM requires that all purchases be made by an adult.
EACH TIME YOU PURCHASE A PRODUCT AT ASCENSION-USA.COM, YOU ARE REPRESENTING TO ASCENSION-USA.COM THAT YOU ARE AN ADULT.

III. SEVERABILITY

The provisions of these Terms of Use are intended to be severable. If for any reason any provision of these Terms of Use shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without in any manner affecting the validity or enforceability thereof in any other jurisdiction or the remaining provisions hereof in any jurisdiction. ACKNOWLEDGMENT The Terms of Use, including all documents referenced herein, represents the entire understanding between you and ASCENSION-USA.COM regarding your relationship with ASCENSION-USA.COM and supersedes any prior statements or representations. YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF USE by using the ASCENSION-USA.COM web site. The aforementioned Terms of Use are subject to change.

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