Last updated: Feb. 11, 2025
Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle (“we” or “us”) operate an online newspaper (“Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle”) located at hfchronicle.com from which you may purchase subscriptions.
These Terms of Use apply to the content and functionality of the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle.
1. Information that you provide to us
You may give us information about yourself when you visit the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle. Our Privacy Policy: We do not sell or share our subscribers’ contact information with third parties. We may need to send you email and text messages in order to, for example, verify your identity or provide you with important information. You authorize us to send those messages when you visit the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle and provide your contact details.
2. Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle IP
Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle IP is protected by copyright, and all rights in Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle IP not expressly granted to you in these Terms of Use are reserved.
3. Access to Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle
Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle.
4. Subscriptions
a. Subscription terms. Terms specific to a subscription will be disclosed to you at or prior to the time at which you purchase the subscription, and by purchasing the subscription you are agreeing to those terms.
b. Free trials and promotional periods. If a subscription commences with a free trial or a promotional period, you will have the right to cancel the subscription prior to the end of the trial or period. If we do not provide you with an online cancellation mechanism, then you may exercise this cancellation right by contacting us. We will email you prior to the end of the free trial or promotional period to remind you that the trial or period is coming to an end, and to give you an opportunity to cancel before the commencement of the paid period. If you do not cancel, we will bill you at the end of the free trial or promotional period, and your subsequent cancellation rights will be in accordance with the terms specific to the subscription.
c. Cancellation. Your cancellation rights, and the mechanism via which you may notify us of your decision to cancel, will be disclosed to you at or prior to the time at which you purchase a subscription.
5. Your account
We may require that you create an account to access the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle. You must provide accurate information about yourself when you create an account and ensure that you update us if that information changes. You must ensure that your login details remain confidential. You are responsible for any activity under your account. We reserve the right to terminate your account at any time and for any reason.
6. No warranties
We provide the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle “as is” and “as available,” without any express, implied, or statutory warranties of title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, noninfringement, or any other type of condition, warranty or guarantee. No data, documentation or any other information provided by Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle or obtained by you from or through the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle – whether from Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle or another entity, and whether oral or written – creates or implies any warranty from Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle to you.
Nothing in these Terms of Use operates to exclude, restrict or modify the application of any implied condition, warranty or guarantee, or the exercise of any right or remedy, or the imposition of any liability under law to the extent that doing so would: (a) contravene that law; or (b) cause any term of this agreement to be void.
7. Limitation of liability
Under no circumstances will Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle be responsible or liable to you for any indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential, or exemplary damages resulting from your use or inability to use the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle or for the unavailability of the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle, or for lost profits, personal injury, or property damage, or for any other damages arising out of, in connection with, or relating to these Terms of Use or your use of the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle, even if such damages are foreseeable, and whether or not you or the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle is not liable, and denies responsibility for, any damages, harm, or losses to you arising from or relating to hacking, tampering, or other unauthorized access or use of the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle or your failure to use or implement anti-fraud measures, security controls, or any other data security measure. Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle further denies responsibility for all liability and damages to you or others caused by (a) your access or use of the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle inconsistent with our instructions; (b) any unauthorized access of servers, infrastructure, or data used in connection with the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle; (c) any bugs, viruses, or other harmful code that may be transmitted to or through the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle; (d) any errors, inaccuracies, omissions, or losses in or to any data provided to us; (e) third-party content provided by you; or (f) the defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of others.
8. Disputes
a. Binding Arbitration: In the event that there is a dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to statutory or common law claims, the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity of any provision of these Terms of Use, and the determination of the scope or applicability of your agreement to arbitrate any dispute, claim or controversy originating from these Terms of Use, but specifically excluding any dispute principally related to either party’s intellectual property (which such dispute will be resolved in litigation before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois), will be determined by arbitration in before a single arbitrator.
9. Applicable law
By using the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle, you agree that the laws of the state of Illinois, USA, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Terms of Use and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle.
10. Modification and severability
We have the right to change or add to the terms of these Terms of Use at any time, solely with prospective effect, and to change, delete, discontinue, or impose conditions on use of the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle by posting such changes on our website. You can access a copy of the current version of these Terms of Use on our website at any time. You can find out when these Terms of Use were last changed by checking the “Last updated” date at the top of the page.
11. Our address
Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle
P.O. Box 461
Flossmoor, IL 60422
hfchronicle.com
