Conditions of Use
Welcome to our online directory! ChicagoContractors.org and its associates provide their services to you subject to the following conditions.
Privacy
Please review our Privacy Notice, which also governs your visit to our website, to understand our practices.
Electronic Communications
When you visit ChicagoContractors.org or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on this site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
Your Membership Account
If you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. If you are under 18, you may use our website only with involvement of a parent or guardian. ChicagoContractors.org and its associates reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in their sole discretion.
Reviews, Comments, Emails & Other Content
Visitors may post reviews, comments, and other content: and submit suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other information, so long as the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of “spam.” You may not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of a card or other content. ChicagoContractors.org reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content, but does not regularly review posted content. If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant ChicagoContractors.org and its associates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You grant ChicagoContractors.org and its associates and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post: that the content is accurate: that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity: and that you will indemnify ChicagoContractors.org or its associates for all claims resulting from content you supply. ChicagoContractors.org has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any activity or content. ChicagoContractors.org takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party.
Directory Listing Terms and Conditions
Important Terms
You are strictly prohibited from using duplicate content. When writing about your business, please do not copy descriptions from other websites or pages. Please write unique text. It is recommended that you write longer business descriptions to rank better on the search engines.
The business name must be either your legal or your trading name. Do not stuff random keywords into the business name. The search engines are focusing more on brands now and in SEO terms, you should be focusing on building your brand.
Please only use your own images. We strictly prohibit the use of images from the public domain. Just take out your phone and snap up some awesome pictures of your business.
Please ensure that your business profile is as full as possible. Complete profiles tend to perform much better on the search engines and convert much better with website visitors.
We recommend that you add as “featured in” section on your website and add a link to your listing. Additionally, we recommend that you also add our badge on your website and share your listing on social media. This will help you to build trust with your customers.
Here are our T&C’s in a nutshell:
All new Listings will be checked by an editor before the Listing goes live on the Website. This is so we can check that links are working, and proof-read content for spelling & grammatical errors.
We aim to approve all Listings within 24 hours of receipt, and often much sooner. If there are any problems with the Listing we will contact you on the email address that you provided
It is your responsibility to update your Listing should any information change.
We reserve the right to reject any Listings that we do not deem appropriate for the site. In this case any money paid would be refunded in full.
If you wish to cancel your membership at any time you must notify us in writing at portal@ChicagoContractors.org no later than 7 days before the renewal period.
You will be sent a renewal notice 7 days before your membership is due for renewal. Should you not make payment by the renewal date your listing will be removed or hidden until we receive payment from you.
If you cancel a membership half way through a membership period you will not be entitled to refund of the time remaining
And here are our T&C’s in more detail:
By applying to be listed in the directory you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions:
Definitions and Interpretation
In this Agreement the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Account”
means collectively the personal/identifying information, payment information and credentials used by Users to access parts of the Website and to create Listings;
“Content”
means any text, graphics, images, audio, video, software, data compilations and any other form of information capable of being stored in a computer that appears on or forms part of this Website;
“Listing”
means a directory listing posted on the Website by a User which shall provide details of that User’s business including, but not limited to, contact details;
“Listed Business”
means any business which features in a Listing;
“Listing Fee”
means the fee payable to post a Listing;
“Service”
means collectively any online facilities, tools, services or information that ChicagoContractors.org makes available through the Website either now or in the future;
“System”
means any online communications infrastructure that ChicagoContractors.org makes available through the Website either now or in the future. This includes, but is not limited to, Listings, email addresses and online forms;
“User” / “Users”
means any third party that accesses the Website and is not employed by ChicagoContractors.org and acting in the course of their employment;
“Website”
means the website that you are currently using (ChicagoContractors.org) and any sub-domains of this site unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions.
2. Intellectual Property
2.1 All Content included on the Website, unless contained in Listings, including, but not limited to, text, graphics, logos, icons, images, sound clips, video clips, data compilations, page layout, underlying code and software is the property of ChicagoContractors.org, or our affiliates. By continuing to use the Website you acknowledge that such material is protected by applicable United Kingdom and International intellectual property and other laws.
2.2 You may print, reproduce, copy, distribute, store or in any other fashion re-use Content from the Website unless given express written permission to do so by ChicagoContractors.org. Specifically you agree that:
2.2.1 You will not systematically copy Content from the Website with a view to creating or compiling any form of comprehensive collection, compilation, directory or database unless given express written permission to do so by ChicagoContractors.org;
3. Links to Other Websites
This Website may contain links to other sites including, but not limited to, those of Listed Businesses. Unless expressly stated, these sites are not under the control of ChicagoContractors.org or that of our affiliates. We assume no responsibility for the content of such Websites and disclaim liability for any and all forms of loss or damage arising out of the use of them. The inclusion of a link to another site on this Website does not imply any endorsement of the sites themselves or of those in control of them.
4. Listing on the Website
4.1 When submitting a Listing to the Website you should do so in accordance with the following rules:
4.1.10 Your Listing must be placed into the appropriate category and ChicagoContractors.org reserves the right to change this category should they deem another category to be more appropriate
4.1.11 You must not copy and paste content from any other sites. All content must be 100% unique and non-plagiarised. For example, when writing about your business, make sure that you write only unique content. You must also use your own images. We strictly prohibit images and pictures from the internet. Please take your own pictures. Not only will your profile look better and more personal, but you will also avoid any legal issues. Please do not spam and only select the relevant categories.
4.1.12 If you go out of business, you would no longer be eligible to list in the ChicagoContractors.org Directory and agree to remove your listing(s) forthwith, or have them removed by an editor.
4.2 You acknowledge that ChicagoContractors.org or any of its editors shall screen, approve (or reject), edit and/or remove any Listing submitted to the Website.
4.3 ChicagoContractors.org may edit your Listing without prior consultation. In cases of severe breaches of the provisions of sub-Clause 4.1, your Listing may be removed and your Account may be suspended or terminated. You will be informed in writing of the reasons for any such alterations or removals.
4.4 In order to submit a Listing, you are required to submit certain personal details and/or business details. By continuing to use this Website you represent and warrant that:
4.4.1 any information you submit is accurate and truthful; and
4.4.2 you will keep this information accurate and up-to-date.
4.5 By submitting a Listing you warrant and represent that you are the author of that Listing or that you have acquired all of the appropriate rights and / or permissions to submit it. ChicagoContractors.org accepts no responsibility or liability for any infringement of third party rights by such Listings or Content.
4.6 ChicagoContractors.org will not be liable in any way or under any circumstances for any loss or damage that you may incur as a result of such Listings, nor for any errors or omissions in Listings. Use of and reliance upon Listings is entirely at your own risk.
5. Accounts and Listing Fees
5.1 In order to post a Listing on this Website you must create an Account which will contain certain personal details. By creating an Account you represent and warrant that:
5.1.1 all information you submit is accurate and truthful; and
5.1.2 you will keep this information accurate and up-to-date.
5.3 A Listing Fee will be charged for each Listing you post on this Website. Current listing fees can be obtained in writing from INFO@ChicagoContractors.org.
5.3.1 If you have opted to pay by PayPal your account will be billed at the time at which your listing goes live and monthly or yearly thereafter until cancellation or termination.
5.3.2 If you have opted to pay by invoice you will be sent a reminder 30 days before your renewal payment is due. Failure to pay the invoice before the renewal date may result in the termination of your Listing
5.4 Your first payment will be at the price advertised at the time. ChicagoContractors.org reserve the right to change Listing Fees from time to time and any such changes may affect your recurring payments
5.4.1 Should an increase in price be necessary you will be notified 30 days prior to your renewal date of such an increase and have the option to cancel your Listing
5.6 If you terminate a Listing and/or your Account, your Listing(s) will be removed at the end of the paid term unless you request them to be removed sooner.
5.7 Listings which ChicagoContractors.org rejects in accordance with sub-Clause 4.1 shall not be charged for, or in the case that a payment has already been made the monies shall be returned in full.
6. Termination and/or Suspension
6.2 If ChicagoContractors.org terminates or suspends your Account as a result of your breach of these Terms and Conditions you may not be entitled to any refund.
7. Privacy
7.1 Use of the Website is also governed by our Cookie and Privacy Policy which is incorporated into these terms and conditions by this reference.
7.2 Save for the screening and approval of Listings, ChicagoContractors.org has neither control over, nor involvement in, any Listed Business and accepts no responsibility for any actions taken, or any goods or services provided, by any Listed Business.
7.3 Whilst every reasonable endeavour has been made to ensure that all information provided on this Website will be accurate and up to date, ChicagoContractors.org makes no warranty or representation that this is the case. We make no guarantee of any specific results from the use of our services.
8. Availability of the Website and Modifications
8.1 ChicagoContractors.org accepts no liability for any disruption or non-availability of the Website resulting from external causes including, but not limited to, ISP equipment failure, host equipment failure, communications network failure, power failure, natural events, acts of war or legal restrictions and censorship.
8.2 ChicagoContractors.org reserves the right to alter, suspend or discontinue any part (or the whole of) the Website including, but not limited to, the products and/or services available. These Terms and Conditions shall continue to apply to any modified version of the Website unless it is expressly stated otherwise.
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