copyright

This Web site and all its contents
-- including this page and all pages at this site that are linked to it --
are copyright © 1987-2004 by thatsdandy.com & shortdwarf.com. In addition, all files, images & photographs on this web site are the copyrighted property of the individual authors, artists and creators and have been posted with their permission. All rights reserved. To obtain legal copies of these photographs for any purpose whatsoever, contact the webmaster @ thatsdandy.com or shortdwarf.com

privacy and security

We are committed to protecting your privacy...

your e-mail address...will NOT be shared with general inquiries, your friends, business contacts or associates from our files. If necessary, we will direct the inquiry to you for you to return contact to the inquirer. We will never disclose to others, e-mail addresses or other contact info inadvertently or intentionally provided to us by you or any third parties. If you desire to have the info we have on file for you changed, deleted or added to, please contact us.

your postal address...will NOT be shared (see above) with anyone.

your phone number...will NOT be shared (see above). Your private and home phone numbers will NOT be shared from our files.

security credit cards & payment

at this time, most web pages maintained by thatsdandy.com & shortdwarf.com are NOT secure server software (SSL) encrypted to protect submitted credit card or private, confidential information over the internet or through e-mail. At this time, if it is necessary to submit that info to us in a timely manner, you may submit it through other traditional means...phone, fax or postal mail. All other necessary info may be submitted over e-mail or the internet and matched with the credit card or private, confidential information that you have previously submitted.

We will inform and post when secure server (SSL) encrypted transmission of credit card / private info is available through our site.

Credit card info submitted to us in any other fashion other than over the internet or e-mail, remains most & VERY secure with us.

solicitation internet hoaxes

will not be transmitted to you from our e-mail or postal mail. As much as we both may want to increase our income, get a cyberhug, help a charity or disadvantaged situation; we will not send, forward or return these types of solicitations.

chain letters

again, will not be forwarded to others, sent to you or returned to you for your financial or emotional growth. Financial and emotional growth, in our eyes, doesn't happen that way.

subject lines

will remain consistent with the content of the e-mail sent and returned to you. We use descriptive & pertinent "subject lines" to sort, delete and manage our communications. We would ask senders to try using descriptive, pertinent subject lines as well. Without it, you'll get lost or deleted.

affiliates, links & referrals

will never receive your personal contact info from our files. If you are ever solicited and it appears as though we have compromised your personal contact info, please contact us ASAP.

direct mail

occassionally we will send direct mail to addresses that you have provided to us or from addresses that are publically available. If you desire to change receipt of that mail in any way...please contact us.

disclosure

we do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others. We may choose to do so in the future with trustworthy third parties, but you can tell us not to by contacting us. (If you use more than one e-mail address to communicate with us, send this message from each e-mail account you use.)

update/change

You may update or change information...on file with us and related to your past contact with our companies by contacting us.

summary

We are committed to protecting your privacy. We use the information we collect on the site and from past contact with us to make and enhance your entertainment and relational experience more enjoyable and efficient. We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others. We may choose to do so in the future with trustworthy third parties, but you can tell us not to by contacting us. If you never want to receive any announcements or special offers from us, please contact us. Remember to change your preferences for each of the e-mail, postal and phone accounts you have given us. By using our web site or contacting us in the past, you consent to the collection and use of this information by us. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.

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Contact us to have info we have on file for you changed, deleted or updated.

terms & conditions of use

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE.

By using this site, you signify your assent to these terms of use. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please do not use the site.

RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF MATERIALS.

This site is owned and operated by thatsdandy.com & shortdwarf.com (referred to as "we," "us" or "our" herein). No material from http://thatsdandy.com or http://shortdwarf.com or any Web site owned, operated, licensed or controlled by us may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, without our prior written permission, except that you may download one copy of the materials on any single computer for your personal, non-commercial home use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. Modification of the materials or use of the materials for any other purpose is a violation of our copyright and other proprietary rights.
In the event you download software from the site, the software, including any files, images incorporated in or generated by the software, and data accompanying the software (collectively, the "Software") are licensed to you by us. We do not transfer title to the Software to you. You own the medium on which the Software is recorded, but we retain full and complete title to the Software, and all intellectual property rights therein. You may not re-sell, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise reduce the Software to a human-perceivable form.

TERMINATION.

This agreement is effective until terminated by either party. You may terminate this agreement at any time by destroying all materials obtained from any and all of our sites and all related documentation and all copies and installations thereof, whether made under the terms of this agreement or otherwise. This agreement will terminate immediately without notice from us if, in our sole discretion, you fail to comply with any term or provision of this agreement. Upon termination, you must destroy all materials obtained from this site and any and all of our other sites and all copies thereof, whether made under the terms of this agreement or otherwise.

DISCLAIMER.

THE MATERIALS IN THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE MATERIALS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. WE DO NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE MATERIALS IN THIS SITE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. YOU (AND NOT US) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.

Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall we be liable for any special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the materials in this site, even if we or our authorized representative has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. In no event shall our total liability to you for all damages, losses, and causes of action (whether in contract, tort (including, but not limited to, negligence) or otherwise) exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for accessing this site.

OTHER.

This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. If any provision of this agreement shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. This is the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter herein and shall not be modified except in writing, signed by both parties.