Thanks for coming to patriciacornwell.com! Before You (the person identified in the registration form being submitted), begin chatting and uploading text and generally enjoying patriciacornwell.com (referred to here as the "Website"), read this agreement with care. This is an agreement between CEI Enterprises, Inc. ("CEI") and You that outlines the terms and conditions applicable to Your use of the Website.

• PLEASE READ THE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY. This is a legally binding agreement.
• The Website is for Your personal use only. You may not use the Website for any commercial purpose or any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by the Terms of Use.
• If You do not agree to the Terms of Use by clicking on "I Agree" on the Website registration form, or any other form, You may not register at the Website.

The Website is comprised of its visible and audible contents as well as related software applications, media search engines, plug-ins, and other services and applications as well as the methods by which they are distributed in all media, including (without limitation) broadband media.

CEI reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or delete portions of the Terms of Use at any time in accordance with the procedures set forth below in the paragraph labeled "Amendment." When using particular services of CEI, You may be subject to additional posted guidelines or rules applicable to such services that may be posted from time to time. All of these guidelines and rules are deemed incorporated into the Terms of Use.

By clicking "I Agree" on this registration form, You confirm that You are at least 13 years of age. The Website is not intended for children under the age of 13, and they may not register for it. If You are under the age of eighteen (18) You also affirm, by clicking on "I Agree" that You have obtained the consent of Your parent or legal guardian to use the Website and to agree to the Terms of Use.

Please review our Privacy Policy, which governs our gathering and use of information about You, located at www.patriciacornwell.com/privacy. The Privacy Policy is part of the Terms of Use and by accepting these Terms of Use, You accept our Privacy Policy.

Your uploading Your content to the Website will not limit or otherwise affect what You may do with it on Your own, or what You may permit parties other than CEI to do with it.

• When You upload content to the Website, You are granting to CEI and its affiliated persons and entities (and to third parties authorized by CEI) a non-exclusive perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide license to host, exhibit, cache, store, publish, translate, reproduce, distribute, transmit, publicly perform, publicly display, and otherwise use and re-use that content in and in connection with the Website, as well as in related advertising and promotion, by and through any and all means and media, both now known and later invented or discovered. This right includes (without limitation) the right to compile your content with the content of others and use it, and permit others to use it, in that form.
• You understand that CEI permits its viewers to copy and share content from visitors that they find on the Website, provided they abide by CEI's rules. Accordingly You agree that under this license, we may permit visitors to the Website to copy Your content, share Your content with whomever they please, and invite them to share it with whomever they please, and on and on.

You will receive no royalty or other compensation for this license or for any such licensed use. You agree that having Your content considered by, and/or used in or in connection with the Website, is adequate consideration for this license and for Your agreement generally to the Terms of Use. You waive all moral rights, ancillary rights, and similar rights in and to the content You upload. CEI is not responsible for any unauthorized use by persons or entities other than CEI of Your content. CEI is not required to use any content You upload in or in connection with the Website.

You permit CEI, its affiliated persons and entities, and third parties authorized by CEI to use Your username in connection with any content You upload, to identify its source as You. You warrant that You own or have the necessary rights, licenses, consents and permissions, without the need for any permission from or payment to any other person or entity, to use, and to authorize CEI to use, distribute or otherwise exploit in all ways permitted by the Terms of Use, all copyrights, trademarks, privacy and publicity rights (including, without limitation, names, likenesses and voices) and/or other proprietary rights contained in any content that You upload. You agree not to upload any content that is inconsistent with this warranty. Without limitation, if any recognizable persons, or any intellectual property belonging to third parties, are included in any content You upload, You warrant that You have authority to do so and to permit CEI to make use of that content as provided in the Terms of Use. CEI is not responsible for any unauthorized use of such names or any third party property, in Your content.

You may not upload to the Website any content that is pornographic, harassing, threatening, obscene, vulgar, offensively violent, abusive, sexually explicit, defamatory, bigoted, hate-related, invasive of privacy, confidentiality, or publicity rights, infringing of copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights, advocating illegal activity or discussion of illegal activity, or otherwise in violation of any law or rule. You remain solely responsible for all such content, and CEI disclaims all liability relating to it. CEI may remove content from the Website for any reason, and reserves the right to edit or otherwise modify content that You upload to cause it to conform to CEI's policies, all in its sole and absolute discretion.

At no time will You upload any virus, Trojan horse, worm, back door, time bomb, drop-dead device or any other software routines or hardware components designed to: (a) disable, erase, or otherwise harm software, hardware, data, text or any other information stored in electronic form; (b) cause any of the foregoing with the passage of time; or (c) place a program or hardware under the positive control of a person or entity other than an owner or licensee of the program or hardware.

You may not use the Website in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Website or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of it. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website, to accounts other than Your own, or to computer systems or networks connected to the Website, through hacking, use of third party passwords, or any other unauthorized means. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through the Website.

CEI, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to terminate or suspend Your access to and/or use of the Website, or any part of it for any reason, including, without limitation, if CEI believes that You have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the Terms of Use. Any such termination or suspension may be effected without prior notice to You and CEI shall not be liable to You or any third-party for any such termination or suspension.

CEI makes no representation that the contents of this site, including without limitation, its Privacy Policy, and any transactions offered, are appropriate or authorized in locations other than the United States of America. Those who choose to access the Website from locations outside the United States do so at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. Software from this site is subject to United States export controls and may not be downloaded or otherwise exported or re-exported to a national or resident of, or into, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Iran, Syria or any other country to which the United States has restricted or controlled export; or to anyone forbidden by the government of the United States.

CEI may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other web sites or resources. CEI has no control over such sites and resources, is not responsible for their availability, and does not endorse and shall not be liable to You or any third party, for any advertising, goods or services, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. Also, CEI shall not be liable to You or any third party, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.

All elements of the Website, other than content uploaded by visitors, including without limitation, software, text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, streams, downloads, and data compilations, are the sole property of CEI or its licensors, and protected by United States and international law, including copyright law. All rights are reserved.. The mark "Scarpetta" and the Scarpetta logo design are trademarks of CEI. All other trademarks on the Website are the property of their respective owners. Except for content for which CEI gives explicit authorization, or as otherwise permitted under law, no material from the Website may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, publicly performed, publicly displayed or distributed in any way.

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:

YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. CEI EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

CEI MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE WEBSITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE WEBSITE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS.

YOUR DOWNLOADING ANY MATERIAL FROM OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.

NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM OR THROUGH CEI SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS OF USE.

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE EXPRESSLY THAT CEI SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF CEI HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE; (ii) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE WEBSITE; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION CONTENT YOU UPLOAD; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE WEBSITE; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE WEBSITE.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

CEI respects the intellectual property of others and asks its visitors to do the same. If You believe that any copyrighted work of Yours has been used on or in connection with the Website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide the Copyright Agent of CEI the following information:

1. an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
2. a description of the copyrighted work that You claim has been infringed;
3. a description of where the material that You claim is infringing is located on the Website;
4. Your address, telephone number, and email address;
5. a statement by You that You have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
6. a statement by You, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in Your notice is accurate and that You are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

The Copyright Agent of CEI Enterprises, Inc. for notice of claims of copyright infringement on its Service is Neil J. Rosini, Esq. who can be reached at Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo, P.C., 488 Madison Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10022. His telephone number is 212 935 5500 and his fax number is 212 308 0642. Email: CEI@fwrv.com. Please write “copyright” in the subject matter box when sending an email or other correspondence in this regard.

The Copyright Agent is to be contacted solely to give notice of copyright infringement or otherwise communicate about copyright protection issues, pursuant to the Copyright Act of the United States. This address does not connect with Ms. Patricia Cornwell or persons in her employ. It should not be used to attempt to contact them.

Without limitation of any of its other rights and remedies under the Terms of Use, the policy of CEI is to terminate access to the Website by repeat infringers of copyright.

CEI may change all or part of the Terms of Use from time to time. When CEI does so, it will give notice of changes in this space so You can be kept abreast by visiting this page from time to time. CEI may also in its sole discretion and at any time modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Website (or any part of it), with or without notice.

CEI will not be liable to You or any third party for failure or delay in performing any obligations to You if such failure or delay is due to circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of any governmental body, war, insurrection, sabotage, computer viruses, terrorism, embargo, fire, flood, strike or other labor disturbance, interruption of or delay in transportation, unavailability of interruption or delay in telecommunications or third party services, failure of third party software or hardware or inability to obtain raw materials, supplies, or power used in or equipment needed for provision of the Website.

You release CEI and its affiliated persons and entities, from all liability for the use in accordance with the Terms of Use of content You upload, and information related to You. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless, CEI, and its affiliated persons and entities (including without limitation, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, suppliers and any third-party information providers to the Website), from and against all losses, expenses, damages, and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from any violation by You of the Terms of Use.

The Website is based in and operated from the United States of America. Content and information from You is held and processed in the United States of America. The Terms of Use shall be binding upon and inure to CEI's benefit, and its successors, and assigns. You may not assign the Terms of Use without CEI's prior written consent. The Terms of Use contain the entire understanding of the parties regarding their subject matter, and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings between the parties regarding their subject matter. The Terms of Use and the relationship between You and CEI shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York and the United States of America without regard to any conflict of law provisions. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any right, power or privilege under the Terms of Use shall operate as a waiver thereof. The invalidity or unenforceability of any of the Terms of Use shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other of the Terms of Use, all of which shall remain in full force and effect. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Website or the Terms of Use must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. The section titles in the Terms of Use are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.

The patriciacornwell.com Website is provided by CEI Enterprises, Inc. c/o Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo, P.C., attention: Neil J. Rosini, Esq., 488 Madison Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10022. Email: CEI@fwrv.com.

This contact information leads to a law firm that represents CEI Enterprises, Inc.; it does not connect with Ms. Patricia Cornwell or persons in her employ and is not a means to contact them.

The patriciacornwell.com Website is provided by CEI Enterprises, Inc. which may be reached at CEI@fwrv.com. CEI's mailing address is CEI Enterprises, Inc. c/o Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo, P.C., attention: Neil J. Rosini, Esq., 488 Madison Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10022. Let us know if you have any questions about this privacy policy. Please write “privacy policy” in the subject matter box when sending an email or other correspondence in this regard.

This Privacy Policy describes how CEI Enterprises, Inc. ("CEI"), collects, uses and shares personally identifiable information (referred to as "Personal Information" below), such as your name, address, email address, and telephone number, that CEI obtains from individuals located in the U.S., in connection with patriciacornwell.com (referred to as the "Website" below). Protecting and respecting your Personal Information is very important to CEI.

• This Privacy Policy applies to adults and all children who have reached their 13th birthday. CEI does not knowingly permit children under the age of 13 to use the Website and does not knowingly collect Personal Information from anyone under the age of 13.
• If You do not agree to this Privacy Policy (and other elements of the Terms of Use) by clicking on "I Agree" on the Website registration form, or any other form, You may not register at the Website.

The effective date of this policy is July 1, 2008. Except as explicitly stated below, CEI will not affirmatively notify users of changes in our Privacy Policy; but we will abide by the Privacy Policy in effect at the time CEI collects Personal Information from a visitor, respecting uses of that Personal Information.

By using the Web Site, you agree to and accept the terms of this Privacy Policy, which is part of the Terms of Use.

When you register with Website or submit any data on this Website, you may be asked for basic information, such as your email address and an acceptable username that CEI will use to identify you as the source of content you upload.

From time to time, CEI may also ask you about your likes and dislikes in order to provide information and services to you that suits your preferences. Apart from retaining your e-mail address and IP address when you visit the Website, CEI only collects Personal Information from you when you voluntarily submit information to CEI in order to participate in activities offered at the Website.

When you use the Website, cookies may be set up in your computer to make your experience easier, more personalized and more enjoyable -- for example, to remember which media player you use, your password, or what type of bandwidth you prefer. Cookies also may help CEI monitor site usage and traffic so CEI can better configure the site for visitors' needs. We may record information about your usage and associate that information with your username, IP address, and/or email address through the use of a cookie; otherwise, Personal Information will not be collected by or stored on a cookie.

It goes without saying that should you voluntarily disclose any Personal Information or other information or content for public posting in book reviews, chat rooms, or otherwise within the Website, it will become publicly available. Also, any content that you submit may be distributed through the Internet and other media, and seen by the general public.

CEI may also obtain Personal Information from third parties, who might provide CEI with a mailing list for a newsletter or solicitation. CEI will always ask for confirmation that such Personal Information has been furnished to CEI in accordance with the privacy policy of the third party who provides the information. CEI is not responsible, however, for compliance with the privacy practices of third parties.

CEI may use Personal Information to address you personally throughout your visit at the Website; to otherwise provide personal services to you; and to authenticate your presence at the Website. CEI will also use your username and email to notify you should you win a contest. CEI may use Personal Information for internal purposes to better understand the use of the Website and how to make your use easier and more enjoyable. As long as you OPT IN, and then unless and until you OPT OUT, CEI will also use your name and/or email address, and survey responses you have provided: for customer service purposes, to send you news about the Website and Patricia Cornwell's books, and to give you the opportunity to participate in offers made by CEI and CEI's business partners and advertisers. CEI will not, however, share any of your Personal Information with third persons, except as provided in the following section.

If you win a contest, CEI will contact you for your street address to enable CEI to mail you your prize. In order to ensure your privacy, CEI will not retain this information, so if you win more than once, CEI will repeatedly request your street address.

When you give CEI information for a specific purpose, CEI will use that information solely for that purpose unless CEI tells you otherwise and gives you an opportunity to OPT OUT. When you sign up for E-Mail Alerts, CEI may share your personal information with the publishers of Patricia Cornwell's books for the purpose of delivering E-Mail Alerts to you; they, too, will give you an opportunity to OPT OUT. CEI may also share your Personal Information with other third parties who provide support for the internal operations of our website and who will not disclose or use that information for any other purpose. CEI may also share your Personal Information with a third party in the event of a transfer of ownership or assets, or bankruptcy, by CEI's owners. CEI may also disclose your Personal Information as required or permitted by law, to protect the interests or safety of CEI or a third party, or in an emergency situation. CEI may share with third parties aggregated non-personal information, which might include, for example, how many visitors watched a video or clicked on a specific advertisement, or responded in a particular way to a questionnaire. Such information does not identify you personally, however, and is not Personal Information.

CEI may contain links to other Internet sites operated by other companies. Although CEI chooses our business partners and advertisers carefully, CEI is not responsible for the privacy practices of websites operated by third parties that are linked to our website or of third parties that advertise on our website. Once you've left CEI via such a link or by clicking on an advertisement, you should check the applicable privacy policy of the third party to determine how they will handle any Personal Information they collect from you.

CEI uses reasonable administrative, technical, personnel and physical measures to safeguard Personal Information in its possession against loss, theft and unauthorized use, disclosure or modification.

If you would like to know the types of information that CEI collects from visitors to the Website, please contact us. If you would like to know whether CEI has collected Personal Information about you, please send CEI the activities that you participated in at the Website which requested Personal Information and after reviewing the relevant databases, CEI will confirm whether it has collected such information about you. You may review Personal Information about you in the CEI records at any time provided you first give CEI proof of your identity, such as by accurately stating a password. CEI will change any inaccuracies in the Personal Information that pertains to you in response to a reasonable request, and/or end any direct communications with you, or even delete your Personal Information altogether, except to the extent CEI is required to do otherwise under law. To convey any such request, contact CEI@fwrv.com and please put "privacy policy" in the subject heading.