Terms of Use

Welcome to the MarketPlace: Handwork of India Website (the "Site"). MarketPlace provides this Site as a service to its customers. Please review the following basic rules that govern your use of our Site (the "Agreement"). Please note that your use of our Site constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by these terms. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use this Site.

Although you may "bookmark" a particular portion of this Site and thereby bypass this Agreement, your use of this Site still binds you to the terms. Since MarketPlace may revise this Agreement at any time, you should visit this page periodically to review the terms of your use.

Site Contents User Comments, Feedback, Postcards and other Submissions Product Information Colors Links to other web sites and services Disclaimer Message Board

Indemnification Miscellaneous Termination Privacy Policy Consent Information Collection Registering Active Data Passive Data

Use & Disclosure of Information Privacy of Young Chlidren Security Links E-Mail Promotions Third Parties Other Terms Policy Changes and Questions

Site Contents

Unless otherwise noted, all materials, including images, illustrations, designs, photographs and written and other materials that are part of this Site (collectively, the "Contents") are copyrights, trademarks, trade dress and/or other intellectual property owned, controlled or licensed by MarketPlace: Handwork of India. The Site as a whole is protected by copyright and trade dress, all worldwide rights, titles and interests in and to which are owned by MarketPlace: Handwork of India

This Site and all its Contents are intended solely for personal, non-commercial use. You may download or copy the Contents and other downloadable materials displayed on the Site for your personal use only. No right, title or interest in any downloaded materials or software is transferred to you as a result of any such downloading or copying. You may not reproduce (except as noted above), publish, transmit, distribute, display, modify, create derivative works from, sell or participate in any sale of or exploit in any way, in whole or in part, any of the Contents, the Site or any related software.

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User Comments, Feedback, Postcards and other Submissions

All comments, feedback, postcards, suggestions, ideas, and other submissions disclosed, submitted or offered to MarketPlace on or by this Site or otherwise disclosed, submitted or offered in connection with your use of this Site (collectively, the "Comments") shall be and remain MarketPlace's property. Such disclosure, submission or offer of any Comments shall constitute an assignment to MarketPlace of all worldwide rights, titles and interests in all copyrights and other intellectual properties in the Comments. Thus, MarketPlace will own exclusively all such rights, titles and interests and shall not be limited in any way in its use,commercial or otherwise, of any Comments.

MarketPlace is and shall be under no obligation:

• To maintain any Comments in confidence
• To pay to user any compensation for any Comments
• To respond to any user Comments

You agree that no Comments submitted by you to the Site will violate any right of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary right(s). You further agree that no Comments submitted by you to the Site will be or contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, abusive or obscene material. You are and shall remain solely responsible for the content of any Comments you make.

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User Comments, Feedback, Postcards and other Submissions

The MarketPlace products displayed at the Site are available only for delivery to Customers in the United States of America.

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Colors

We have made every effort to display as accurately as possible the colors of our products that appear at the Site. However, as the actual colors you see will depend on your monitor, we cannot guarantee that your monitor's display of any color will be accurate.

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Links to other web sites and services

This Site may contain links to other websites that are not under the control of MarketPlace. MarketPlace has no responsibility for the linked websites nor does it necessarily endorse the linked websites. MarketPlace provides the links solely for the convenience and information of its Site users.

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Disclaimer

MarketPlace provides the materials on this site "as is" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation, warranties of title, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement of intellectual property. MarketPlace expressly disclaims any duty to update or revise the materials on this site, although MarketPlace may modify the materials at any time without notice. By your use of this site, you acknowledge that your use is at your sole risk and that you assume full responsibility for all costs associated with all necessary servicing or repairs of any equipment you use in connection with your use of this site. You further acknowledge that MarketPlace shall not be liable for any damages or any kind related to your use of this site.

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Message Board

You shall not upload to, or distribute,or otherwise publish on the message boards (the "Forums") any libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, or otherwise illegal material. You are solely responsible for the content of your messages. However, while MarketPlace does not and cannot review every message posted by you on the Forums and is not responsible for the content of these messages, MarketPlace reserves the right to delete, move, or edit messages that it, in its sole discretion, deems abusive, defamatory, obscene, in violation of copyright or trademark laws, or otherwise unacceptable.

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Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold MarketPlace harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising from or related to your use of the Site.

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Miscellaneous

Unless otherwise specified, this Site and the Contents thereof are displayed solely for the purpose of promoting MarketPlace's products and services available in the United States. This Site is controlled and operated by MarketPlace from its offices in Evanston, Illinois. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to any conflict of law provisions. Any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be resolved exclusively by the state and/or federal courts of the State of Illinois.

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Termination

These terms are effective unless and until terminated by either you or MarketPlace. You may terminate this Agreement at any time. MarketPlace also may terminate this Agreement at any time and may do so immediately without notice, and accordingly deny you access to the Site, if in MarketPlace's sole discretion you fail to comply with any term or provision of this Agreement. Upon any termination of the Agreement by either you or MarketPlace, you must promptly destroy all materials downloaded or otherwise obtained from this Site, as well as all copies of such materials, whether made under the terms of use or otherwise.

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Privacy Policy

GREETINGS!!!! Welcome to Marketplaceindia.com! This site is owned by MarketPlace: Handwork of India. This Privacy Policy is designed to tell you about our practices regarding collection, use, and disclosure of information that you may provide via this site. Please be sure to read this entire Privacy Policy before using or submitting information to this site.

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Consent

By using this site, you agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy. Whenever you submit information via this site, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

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Information Collection

MarketPlace collects customer information to improve your overall shopping experience with us. We respect your right to privacy and are committed to maintaining and using this information responsibly.

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Registering

Some areas of this site may require you to submit information in order for you to benefit from the specified features (such as catalog requests or order processing) to participate in a global dialogue, or engage in other activities. You will be informed at each information collection point what information is required and what information is optional.

Personal information relating to you is only available to you if you provide the correct password that you created for your username profile. After providing your password, you can edit your profile at any time.

If you forget your password, you can request that it be emailed to your email address. We will not give passwords out over the phone, nor will we email them to a different email address than the one used to register. To have your password emailed to your email address of record, please click here.

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Active Data

Like many web sites, this site actively collects information from its visitors both by asking you specific questions and by permitting you to communicate directly with us via ordering, e-mail and customer service forms. Some of the information that you submit may be personally identifiable information (that is, information that can be uniquely identified with you, such as your full name, address, e-mail address, and so on).

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Passive Data

As you navigate through a Web site, certain information can be passively collected (that is, gathered without your actively providing the information) using various technologies and means, such as Internet Protocol addresses, cookies, Internet tags, and navigational data collection.

We use cookies to recognize you and your preferences to make shopping easier & provide you with a customized experience on our website. Cookies are bits of information that we automatically store on your computer if your computer accepts cookies. Cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information such as your name, address or any financial information on your computer. MarketPlace places a unique user ID number on your cookie which allows us to access information that will improve your shopping experience - such as keeping your shopping basket accurate or remembering your login.

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Use & Disclosure of Information

Except as otherwise stated, we may use your information to improve the content of our site, to customize the site to your preferences, to communicate information to you (if you have requested it), for our marketing and research purposes, and for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy.

If you provide personally identifiable information to this site, we may combine such information with other actively collected information unless we specify otherwise at the point of collection. We will take reasonable measures to prevent personally identifiable information from being combined with passively collected information, unless you consent otherwise.

We may disclose your personally identifiable information to our partners that agree to treat it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. In addition, we may disclose your personally identifiable information to third parties, located in the United States and/or any other country, but only contractors we use to support our business (e.g., fulfillment services, technical support, delivery services, and financial institutions).

In cases where contractors have access to your information, we ask them to respect your rights of privacy and only use it in a manner to support our information and sale activities with you, our customer. We reserve the right to make full use of all information acquired through this site that is not in personally identifiable form.

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Privacy of Young Children

MarketPlace is concerned about the privacy of young children and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from a child under 13. MarketPlace does not sell products for purchase by children and all children's products we sell are for purchase by adults only.

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Security

We take reasonable steps to protect your personally identifiable information as you transmit your information from your computer to our site and to protect such information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. We use a secure server with Secure Socket Layer protocol running throughout the site. E-mail sent to or from this site may not be secure, and you should therefore take special care in deciding what information you send to us via e-mail. Moreover, where you use passwords, usernames, or other special access features on this site, it is your responsibility to safeguard them.

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Links

This site may contain links or references to other web sites. Please be aware that we do not control other web sites and that, in any case, this Privacy Policy does not apply to those web sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every web site you visit.

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E-Mail Promotions

If you give us your email address, either on the home page or as part of the registration or ordering process, you may receive emails about our mission and sales promotions. Removal instructions are included with those emails.

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Third Parties

Many organizations in the fair trade movement find our customers share our concern and appreciate other fairly traded products. From time to time, MarketPlace may share your information with other similar fair trade organizations to promote living wage, environmentally friendly products. If you would not like your information share with any other retailer, please click here.

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Other Terms

Your use of this site is subject to our Terms of Use.

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Policy Changes and Questions

MarketPlace: Handwork of India may update our privacy policy from time to time and use of the information we collect now is subject to the privacy policy in effect at the time of use. Whenever we make a change we will post updated information at this site and we encourage you to check our policy periodically. By using our website following the posting of a change in the privacy policy, you consent to the updated policy. If you have any questions or concerns regarding our privacy policy, please contact us:

Email: customerservice@marketplaceindia.com
Phone: 847-328-4011
Hours: M-F: 9am - 5pm CST
Fax: (847) 328-4111
Although MarketPlace is helpful to our artisans in India and friends worldwide, this site is governed solely by applicable Federal and State laws and governmental regulations in the United States. By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

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Privacy policy last updated 02/19/08