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This page sets forth the terms of use of EdwardRingwald.com; use of this website constitutes acceptance of the terms of use as stated below.

All text and photos on the web pages maintained by Edward Ringwald are copyrighted by Edward Ringwald unless otherwise noted.  All rights reserved in the United States and throughout the world.  All material, including but not limited to, text, photography, and programming code, are protected by United States copyright law.  Unless otherwise indicated, these are the property of Edward Ringwald and may not be used without the prior written permission of Edward Ringwald.

Permission is never granted for commercial use of copyrighted material, in whole or part.  Use is granted, with proper permission, for personal or nonprofit use, providing no more than one photo or text article is used on any one web site or in any single print publication.

To request permission to use material EdwardRingwald.com, click on this link.  Select the “Permission to use EdwardRingwald.com material” on the first drop-down box.

The name and/or likeness of Edward Ringwald is protected by various laws pertaining to the rights of publicity and privacy.  Any unauthorized use of the name and/or likeness of Edward Ringwald for commercial, marketing and/or fraudulent purposes, including any form of telemarketing to solicit goods and/or services, is prohibited and any unauthorized use will subject the offender to civil legal action.  This also includes the use of these names where any form of endorsement or sponsorship is implied.  WARNING:  Any unauthorized use of these names in the commission of an unlawful act will be reported to appropriate law enforcement for action, including the filing of criminal charges where appropriate.  In addition, any unauthorized use may also result in civil legal action.

The use of any image from any of the Edward Ringwald web sites for the purpose of selling items of any kind on eBay is strictly prohibited.  Violators will be reported to eBay and the listing may be ended at eBay's discretion.  Edward Ringwald is an eBay member and will cooperate in any investigation conducted by eBay.

There are hyperlinks in most of the web pages that will take you to sites that are not maintained by Edward Ringwald and are here for your convenience.  Therefore, I have no control over the content of the web sites the hyperlink takes you to.  Questions and/or comments about these sites should be directed to the webmaster of the sites involved.  The inclusion of any external link from an Edward Ringwald web site does not imply endorsement.

Where mentioned, my web pages are not the official sites of the entities involved.  You are welcome to visit the linked web site for more information regarding the subject the web page covers.

WARNING TO E-MAIL SPAMMERS:  The use of any e-mail address maintained by Edward Ringwald by any e-mail telemarketer for the purpose of sending unsolicited e-mail (spam) without prior authorization is not permitted and will not be tolerated.  Any spammer engaging in such activity will be reported to the spammer's Internet Service Provider and/or e-mail provider for review and possible action, including termination of the spammer's e-mail and/or internet account.  This includes forging the email headers in order to make the spam email look like it came from EdwardRingwald.com and/or Interstate275Florida.com and anyone found doing so will be tracked and reported.  So don't do it!

While EdwardRingwald.com is principally maintained in Florida, the web and email servers for EdwardRingwald.com are located in Arizona.  The sending of any unsolicited email advertising messages to this domain will result in the imposition of civil liability against you in accordance with Florida Statutes Section 668.603 and 668.606 and Arizona Revised Statutes 44-1372.01, 44-1372.02 and 44-1372.05.  In addition, any persons who misrepresent the identity of a computer to cause unsolicited email to appear to have originated from or transited EdwardRingwald.com are subject to criminal charges under Title 18, United States Code, Section 1037.

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EdwardRingwald.com Privacy Policy

EdwardRingwald.com is a website designed for all ages.  Pursuant to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act here is a notice of our privacy practices:

Except for information collected in our Contact Us page no personally identifiable information is collected from visitors to our web site.  However, in our Contact Us page there are fields provided for your name and email address.  Providing your name and email address to us on our Contact Us page is completely optional; however, it is requested if in the event you desire a response from us.  Names and email addresses provided on our Contact Us page will only be used for the sole purpose of replying to you and will be held in the strictest form of confidence.  Moreover, names and email addresses submitted on our Contact Us page will never be rented nor sold to a third party.  Besides, collecting information such as an email address then aggregating and selling it to a third party is not good business practice.

Additionally, if you purchase anything featured at the Edward Ringwald Surplus Corner your transaction is handled through eBay and PayPal in accordance with their privacy policies.  If you are the winning bidder of an item sold at the Edward Ringwald Surplus Corner eBay forwards your information such as your name, address and email address to me so that I can get your purchase shipped to you.  If your address of record on eBay is that of a post office box you are still welcome to place a bid; however, I will only ask for your street address if the item mentioned in the listing requires FedEx shipping.  In any case, your name and address information that eBay supplies to me so that I can ship you your purchase is kept confidential and is never rented, sold, nor bartered to a third party.

In short, whenever you want to bid on an item at the Edward Ringwald Surplus Corner you can do so with confidence.  As mentioned earlier collecting personal information and then selling it to a third party is not good business practice.

If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy feel free to use our Contact Us page.