Terms and Conditions

Last updated: 10/01/23

These Terms and Conditions (the “Terms and Conditions”) govern the use of http://www.lucyteachesenglish.com (the “Site”). This site is owned and operated by Lucy Hales. This site is a Blog.

Please read these Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Site. By visiting and using this Site, you indicate that you have read and understand these Terms and Conditions and agree to abide by them at all times.

This Site is intended for individuals who are 18 years of age or older. By visiting and using this Site, you represent and warrant that you are of legal age and meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements.

Intellectual Property

All information and content made available on our Site is owned by Lucy Hales, owner and author of Lucy Teaches English. This includes, but is not limited to images, text, logos, documents, downloadable files, and anything that contributes to the composition of our Site.

The copying, redistribution, use, or publication by you of any of our content as described above is strictly prohibited. Your use of our Site does not grant you any ownership rights to the Content of our Site. The reproducing in any format (including on another website) of any part of our Site (including content, images and designs) without our prior written consent is strictly prohibited.

Requests for prior written consent should be addressed to the following email: hello@lucyteachesenglish.com 

Links to our Site are permitted, providing you adhere to the following:

  1. you give credit to Lucy Teaches English as the author,
  2. you include a hyperlink to our Site,
  3. you do not remove or obscure any portion of our Site, 
  4. your website does not engage in illegal or pornographic activities, and 
  5. you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. 

You must not provide links in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part without our prior written consent. You must not provide links from any website that is not owned by you. You must cease providing links to our Site immediately upon our request.

Third Party Sites

From our Site, you can visit other websites by following hyperlinks to such external sites. While we strive to provide only quality links to useful and ethical websites, we have no control over the content and nature of these sites. These links to other websites do not imply a recommendation for all the content found on these sites. Site owners and content may change without notice and may occur before we have the opportunity to remove a link which may have gone ‘bad’. We do not bear any liability for the content found by following hyperlinks from our Site to websites or services of third parties.

Please be also aware that when you leave our Site, other sites may have different privacy policies and terms which are beyond our control. Please be sure to check the Privacy Policies of these sites as well as their “Terms of Service” before engaging in any business or uploading any information.

Embedded Content from Other Sites 

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. YouTube, Pinterest, WordPress.org, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged into that website.

Affiliate Links

From time to time, we use the Amazon Affiliate program to provide our users with recommended products. When a user clicks on an affiliate link from our Site, they will be taken to a product page on Amazon.com where they can purchase the item. When a user makes a purchase through our affiliate link, Lucy Teaches English makes a small commission, at no additional cost to the user. Cookies are used to track the user’s clicks to this page. 

Use of Downloadable Digital Content

When downloading digital files from our Site, you are granted a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license of our materials for your personal or internal business use only. 

Under this license you have no right to:

– modify, copy, reproduce or sell the materials;

– use the materials for any commercial purpose;

– decompile or reverse engineer;

– remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; 

– transfer the materials to another person;

– create derivative works based upon the materials;

– offer any competing products based upon the materials.

Governing Law

These Terms and Conditions of Use and any dispute or claim arising from or in connection with them shall be governed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Limitation of Liability Disclaimer

Lucy Hales, owner and author of Lucy Teaches English, is not liable for any actions, claims, losses, damages, liabilities and expenses including legal fees that result from your use of our Site. 

By using the Site, you accept full personal responsibility for any harm or damage you suffer as a result of your actions arising out of or in connection with the use of the Site or its content. You agree to use judgment and conduct due diligence to verify any information obtained from the Site before taking any action or implementing any suggestions or recommendations set out on the Site. 

You can read more about our Disclaimer here: https://www.lucyteachesenglish.com/disclaimer

Indemnity

Except where prohibited by law, by using this Site you indemnify and hold harmless Lucy Hales from any actions, claims, losses, damages, liabilities and expenses including legal fees arising out of your use of our Site or your violation of these Terms and Conditions.

Severability

If at any time any of the provisions set forth in these Terms and Conditions are found to be inconsistent or invalid under applicable laws, those provisions will be deemed void and will be removed from these Terms and Conditions. All other provisions will not be affected by the removal and the rest of these Terms and Conditions will still be considered valid.

Amendments

These Terms and Conditions may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes in the way we operate our Site. We reserve the right to revise these Terms and Conditions of Use at any time by amending this page. 

If you do not agree with the changes to these Terms and Conditions of Use, you can choose to discontinue your use of our Site.

Contact

Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns at the following email: hello@lucyteachesenglish.com