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Terms of Use

EL FARO LATINO MEDIA GROUP LLC

  1. Website and Operator Identification

These Terms of Use govern access to and use of the website operated by El Faro Latino Media Group LLC, accessible at https://elfarolatino.com.

Operator
El Faro Latino Media Group LLC
2389 Main Street, Suite 100
Glastonbury, Connecticut 06033
United States

Editorial Contact
[email protected]

Legal Contact
[email protected]

Phone
+1 267-625-8694

  1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing, browsing, subscribing to, registering with, contributing to, interacting with, or otherwise using this website or any related services, features, content, newsletters, accounts, interactive tools, or digital services, users acknowledge that they have read, understood, and agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Use and all related policies incorporated by reference.

If a user does not agree with these Terms, the user must immediately discontinue all use of the website.

Continued access or use constitutes legally binding acceptance.

  1. Eligibility

This website is intended for users who are legally capable of entering binding agreements under applicable law.

Users under the age of 13 are prohibited from using services involving submission of personal data.

Where registration, subscriptions, comments, or interactive participation are offered, users represent that they meet all legal eligibility requirements.

  1. Permitted Use

Users may access and use this website solely for lawful, legitimate, informational, journalistic, editorial, subscription, and authorized personal purposes.

Commercial exploitation, automated extraction, republication, unauthorized redistribution, or systematic copying is prohibited unless expressly authorized in writing.

  1. Prohibited Conduct

Users shall not:

• use the website for unlawful, fraudulent, abusive, defamatory, threatening, harassing, deceptive, harmful, or malicious purposes

• interfere with, disrupt, overload, damage, or impair website functionality, hosting infrastructure, databases, security systems, or associated networks

• attempt unauthorized access to restricted systems, administrative areas, accounts, databases, APIs, servers, source code, credentials, or infrastructure

• impersonate El Faro Latino, its staff, journalists, contributors, or third parties

• submit false identity information

• distribute malware, ransomware, spyware, viruses, malicious scripts, or harmful code

• conduct denial-of-service attacks or other disruptive activity

• scrape, harvest, crawl, extract, mirror, index, cache, copy, train automated systems on, or systematically collect website content, metadata, databases, feeds, layouts, or archives without prior written authorization

• use bots, automation tools, AI agents, content harvesting systems, machine learning extraction tools, automated querying tools, or similar technologies without express written authorization

• circumvent access controls, paywalls, subscription protections, rate limits, authentication systems, or security mechanisms

• exploit editorial submission systems for abusive, fraudulent, defamatory, or unlawful purposes

• interfere with the experience, rights, or lawful use of other users

  1. User Accounts and Subscription Access

Where account registration, subscriptions, newsletters, memberships, or access-controlled services are offered, users agree to:

• provide accurate, current, truthful information

• maintain confidentiality of credentials

• accept responsibility for all activity conducted through their account

• promptly notify El Faro Latino of unauthorized access or suspected compromise

El Faro Latino reserves the right to suspend, restrict, terminate, investigate, or disable accounts at its sole discretion for violations, abuse, security concerns, fraud risk, operational necessity, or legal compliance.

Subscription services, if applicable, may be governed by separate commercial terms.

  1. User-Generated Content and Interactive Participation

Users may be permitted to submit comments, polls, letters, feedback, surveys, messages, submissions, or other materials.

Users remain solely and exclusively responsible for all submitted content.

By submitting content, users represent and warrant that:

• they own or control necessary rights

• the content is lawful

• the content is not defamatory, fraudulent, abusive, misleading, invasive of privacy, infringing, threatening, obscene, or otherwise unlawful

• submitted content does not violate third-party rights

Users grant El Faro Latino Media Group LLC a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, publish, archive, display, edit, translate, adapt, modify, format, promote, and otherwise exploit submitted materials in any media or format.

El Faro Latino reserves sole editorial discretion to review, moderate, reject, edit, restrict, remove, archive, disable, or refuse user submissions.

  1. Communications Decency Act Protection

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, El Faro Latino Media Group LLC acts as an interactive computer service provider with respect to user-generated content.

Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 230 and related legal protections, El Faro Latino shall not be treated as the publisher or speaker of third-party user content where such protections apply.

Nothing in these Terms creates an obligation to monitor or pre-screen all submissions.

  1. Contributor Content

Contributor, columnist, freelancer, guest writer, syndication, and external contributor submissions are additionally governed by the Contributor and Columnist Policy.

Contributors remain legally responsible for submitted materials.

  1. Editorial Content and Investigative Reporting

El Faro Latino publishes journalistic, investigative, editorial, opinion, commentary, and public-interest reporting in good faith under recognized journalistic standards.

Coverage may involve:

• public records

• court filings

• official statements

• interviews

• documentary materials

• confidential or protected sources where lawfully appropriate

• time-sensitive developing events

• matters of public controversy

• allegations under active public review

Published reporting may evolve as facts develop.

No guarantee is made that all reporting remains permanently complete, final, or unchanged.

  1. Opinion and Commentary

Opinions, commentary, guest analysis, editorials, interviews, contributor perspectives, and third-party viewpoints reflect the views of their respective authors and do not necessarily represent El Faro Latino Media Group LLC.

  1. Editorial Control

El Faro Latino retains full and exclusive editorial discretion over all published or submitted content.

El Faro may:

• edit

• adapt

• revise

• correct

• clarify

• update

• annotate

• archive

• restrict

• reject

• remove content

at any time, without prior notice, for editorial, legal, reputational, operational, or risk management reasons.

  1. Intellectual Property

All website content, including articles, archives, investigative materials, layouts, graphics, multimedia, branding, logos, databases, designs, and original editorial content, is protected by United States and international intellectual property laws.

Unauthorized reproduction, republication, systematic extraction, redistribution, commercial exploitation, derivative use, database harvesting, or republication is prohibited except where expressly permitted by law.

  1. Copyright Enforcement and DMCA

Copyright claims are governed by the Copyright and DMCA Policy.

El Faro reserves all enforcement rights regarding infringement, unauthorized republication, scraping, content theft, and misuse.

  1. External Links and Third-Party Services

The website may link to third-party platforms, tools, embedded media, advertising systems, payment processors, analytics providers, or external services.

El Faro Latino does not control and assumes no responsibility for third-party services, content, availability, privacy practices, or conduct.

Use of third-party services is at the user’s own risk.

  1. Disclaimer of Warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the website, services, and content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.

El Faro Latino Media Group LLC disclaims all express or implied warranties, including:

• merchantability

• fitness for particular purpose

• uninterrupted availability

• security

• accuracy

• reliability

• timeliness

• non-infringement

  1. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, El Faro Latino Media Group LLC, its officers, editors, employees, journalists, contractors, affiliates, contributors, licensors, and representatives shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, exemplary, punitive, reputational, commercial, or special damages arising from:

• website use

• inability to access services

• reliance on content

• editorial decisions

• evolving reporting

• corrections or removals

• service interruptions

• cyber incidents

• third-party services

• user content

• technical failures

• data loss

• lost profits

  1. Indemnification

Users agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless El Faro Latino Media Group LLC and its officers, employees, journalists, editors, contractors, affiliates, and agents from claims, liabilities, damages, costs, losses, judgments, and reasonable attorneys’ fees arising from:

• violation of these Terms

• misuse of the website

• unlawful conduct

• submitted content

• infringement claims

• defamatory submissions

• abusive use of services

  1. Pre-Litigation Notice

Before initiating legal claims relating to website use, users agree to provide written notice to:

[email protected]

This does not waive rights required by law but creates an opportunity for review and informal resolution.

  1. Injunctive Relief

El Faro Latino may seek immediate equitable or injunctive relief for intellectual property violations, unauthorized scraping, system abuse, security threats, or misuse without requirement of prior bond where legally permitted.

  1. Force Majeure

El Faro Latino shall not be liable for delays or failures caused by events beyond reasonable control, including:

• cyberattacks

• hosting outages

• infrastructure failures

• governmental actions

• internet disruptions

• force majeure events

  1. Relationship with Other Policies

These Terms must be read together with:

• Legal Notice

• Privacy Policy

• Cookie Policy

• Disclaimer

• Editorial Policy

• Contributor and Columnist Policy

• Sponsored Content Policy

• Copyright and DMCA Policy

Where conflict exists, the more specific governing document controls.

  1. Modifications

El Faro Latino reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time.

Changes become effective upon publication unless otherwise required by law.

Continued use constitutes acceptance.

  1. Severability

If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, remaining provisions remain in full force.

  1. No Waiver

Failure to enforce any provision does not constitute waiver.

  1. Assignment

Users may not assign rights or obligations under these Terms without written consent.

El Faro Latino may assign rights as part of business operations, restructuring, acquisition, or corporate transfer.

  1. No Third-Party Beneficiaries

These Terms do not create enforceable rights for third parties except where law expressly requires otherwise.

  1. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Connecticut, United States, without regard to conflict of law principles.

Exclusive jurisdiction lies in state or federal courts located in Connecticut.