Policies & User Agreement

Please read this page thoroughly before continuing to use this website.  

By continuing to use this website, you agree to abide by the terms presented in this this Policies & User Agreement and you understand the conditions of the privacy policy, site security, and refund policy. 

Our Representations and Warranties

Material on The Triangle Tribune Online is available "as is." The Triangle Tribune Online does not, at any time, warrant or represent that access to this website will be uninterrupted and/or error-free. From time to time, you may experience delays, omissions, or interruptions and inaccuracies in the news, information or other materials available through The Triangle Tribune Online.

The Triangle Tribune Online makes no warranties, express or implied, including without limitation, with respect to The Triangle Tribune Online or any information or goods that are available on, or advertised or sold through, The Triangle Tribune Online.

The Triangle Tribune Online makes no representations, and does not endorse the accuracy, completeness, timeliness or reliability of any advice, opinion, statement or other material or database displayed, uploaded or distributed in www.triangletribune.com or available through links from this website.

At all times, The Triangle Tribune Online reserves the right to correct any errors or omissions which may appear on this website.

Persons of all ages may use this Service. However, you are completely responsible for all charges incurred while your online access account is being used, if any, including payment for any goods or services, and all statements or materials, including liability for harm caused by such statements or materials. You may not transfer, sell, or otherwise assign your rights or obligations under this Agreement.

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless The Triangle Tribune Online, its directors, officers, shareholders, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, and licensors, from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from any violation of this Agreement or www.triangletribune.com Service Discussion Guidelines, or the failure to fulfill any obligations relating to your account incurred by you or any other person using your account. We reserve the right to take over the exclusive defense of any claim for which we are entitled to indemnification under this Section. In such event, you shall provide us with such cooperation as is reasonably requested by us.

Limitations of Liability

The Triangle Tribune, its officers, directors, shareholders, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, or licensers are not liable for incidental, indirect, consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages of any kind, including lost revenues or profits, loss of business or loss of data, in any way related to this website or for any claim, loss or injury based on errors or omission, interruptions or any other inaccuracies appearing on The Triangle Tribune Online (including without limitation as a result of breach of any warranty or other term of this Agreement). Any claim against us shall be limited to the amount you paid, if any, to The Triangle Tribune for use of The Triangle Tribune Online.

Governing Law

This User Agreement shall, at all times, be governed by the laws of the United States of America and the State of North Carolina.

If you rely on this website and any materials available through this website, you do so solely at your own risk.

Copyright Notice

All rights reserved

Text, Photographs, Articles: The Charlotte Post 1999

Illustrations & Website Design: The Charlotte Post 2006

This Website (including, but not limited to text, content, photographs, video and audio) is protected by copyright as a collective work or compilation under U.S. copyright and other laws. You must abide by all additional copyright notices or restrictions contained in this Service.

All text, photographs and articles contained on this site are protected by United States copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, performed, modified published, broadcast, transmitted, or in any way, exploited without the prior written permission of The Triangle Tribune. Website design and illustrations are copyrighted to The Triangle Tribune and are also protected under U.S. copyright and other other laws. You may not alter or remove any trademark, copyright or other notice from copies of the content.

However, you may download material from The Triangle Tribune on the Web (one machine readable copy and one print copy per page) for your own personal, noncommercial use only.

You may also create Web links to any URL on The Triangle Tribune Online, including articles.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you may not distribute any part of this website over any network, including a local area network, nor sell nor offer it for sale. In addition, these files may not be used to construct any kind of database.

Privacy Policy

The Triangle Tribune Online is committed to bringing you up-to-date news and information. At the same time, we recognize the importance of protecting your privacy and protecting any identifiably information collected about you. We do not collect personally identifying information about individuals, except when specifically and knowingly provided by such individuals.

The web servers which host our website may automatically collect information about which pages each user visits and the domain name of visitors. This information may be used strictly for our own internal review so that we may better tailor our website for the needs of our visitors. We may also provide statistical information to our advertisers about our users on an aggregated, anonymous basis. We respect and are committed to protecting your privacy, Hence, be assured that we will not rent, sell or give your personally identifiable information to anyone, for any reason. We collect data for our private use only.

We do not control the privacy policies of our business partners, advertisers, sponsors or other sites to which we provide hyperlinks. You should be aware that, when you voluntarily disclose personal information in chat areas or bulletin boards, that information may be collected by others and may result in unsolicited messages from others.

Since users of all ages are free to use our website, we urge children to ask their parents for permission before sending any personal information, including name and address over the internet. We urge parents to become involved in their children's online usage.

Security Policy

The security of your personal information is of the utmost importance to us, and we ensure that your payment and personal information is always safe. Our transactions are layered through Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, the industry standard and among the best software available today for secure commerce transactions. It encrypts all of your personal information, including credit card number, name, and address, so that it cannot be read over the Internet. You can be certain that your information is 100 percent secure.

Refund Policy

100% refunds are available on all unused portions of any purchase except as stated by company product or service guidelines. Tickets purchased for events are refundable 24 hours prior to the event.

NOTE: BY CONTINUING TO USE THIS WEBSITE, THE TRIANGLE TRIBUNE ONLINE, YOU AGREE TO ABIDE BY THE TERMS OF THIS USER AGREEMENT AND YOU UNDERSTAND THE CONDITIONS OF THE PRIVACY POLICY, SITE SECURITY, AND REFUND POLICY.