Trademark
“The Blue Line” is a service mark of Blue Line, Inc.
Copyright
The contents of The Blue Line are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.
User Submittals
Through the Comment forms, Contact Us page and the Submit an Article page, users may post, upload, transmit and/or otherwise submit comments, messages, other text, photos, images, story ideas, essays, and other content and materials. You acknowledge that materials you submit are for public and not private communications. We reserve the right to screen, refuse to post, remove or edit materials that you submit at any time and for any reason.
You may not submit any materials anonymously or under a false name or a false e-mail address. You may not impersonate another user or provide any false information about yourself.
You may only submit materials for which you have the copyright or other necessary rights and permission to distribute electronically. You retain the copyright and other ownership rights to any materials that you submit through the Blue Line.
You are solely responsible for any materials submitted using your account. The Blue Line does not and cannot review all materials submitted and is not responsible for any materials submitted by you or others.
You may not submit any material that is libelous, defamatory, false, obscene, indecent, lewd, pornographic, violent, abusive, threatening, harassing, discriminatory, in violation of the law, harmful to children or in violation of third party privacy rights.
You may not submit any material containing any advertising, promotion, solicitation for goods and services, or recruiting.
Privacy
The Blue Line collects your name and email address when you register. The Blue Line also collects your email address when you subscribe to email updates. We do not provide this personal information to any party.
The Blue Line, through Google Analytics, collects information about visitors’ browsers, operating systems, monitor resolutions, domain names of Internet Service Providers and other data that are not personally identifiable.
When you sign up for Blue Line updates or receive e-mail messages from the Blue Line, you will always be given the chance to opt-out. You may remove your name or unsubscribe at any time.
Any information you disclose voluntarily in articles or comments on the Blue Line becomes public information. We cannot control the actions of our site users and advise you to use your discretion in sharing information about yourself on the Internet. All information sharing is optional and done so at your own risk.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Blue Line, its parent corporation, officers and directors from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees) arising from: (i) your use of and access to the Blue Line website; (ii) your violation of any term of these Terms of Service; (iii) your violation of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right; or (iv) any claim that one of your User Submissions caused damage to a third party.
