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Terms of Service

Last updated: August 13, 2026

 

Please read this Terms of Service (“Terms”, “Terms of Service”) carefully before using the blakeford.com website (the “Website”) operated by Blakeford, Inc., a(n) Not For Profit formed in Tennessee, United States (“us”, “we”, “our”) as this Terms of Service contains important information regarding limitations of our liability. Your access to and use of this Website is conditional upon your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. These terms govern your access and use of the Website, including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through the Website. These Terms apply to everyone, including but not limited to visitors, users and others, who wish to access and use the Website.

 

By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you disagree with any part of the Terms, then you do not have our permission to access or use the Website.

 

INFORMATION ABOUT YOU AND YOUR VISITS TO THE WEBSITE

 

All information we collect on this Website is subject to our Privacy Policy (link). By using the Website, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.

 

PROHIBITED USES

 

You agree that you will use this Website in accordance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and these Terms at all times. The following is a non-exhaustive list of prohibited uses of this Website. You agree that you will not perform any of the following prohibited uses:

 

  1. Impersonating or attempting to impersonate Blakeford, Inc. or its employees, representatives, subsidiaries or divisions;
  2. Misrepresenting your identity or affiliation with any person or entity;
  3. Sending or attempting to send any advertising or promotional material, including but not limited to spam, junk mail, chain mail or any similar material;
  4. Engaging in any conduct that restricts or inhibits any person’s use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined in our sole discretion, may harm us or the users of this Website or expose us or other users to liability;
  5. Using the Website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage or impair the Website or interfere with another party’s use of the Website;
  6. Using any robot, spider or other similar automatic technology, process or means to access or use the Website for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on this Website;
  7. Using any manual process or means to monitor or copy any of the material on this Website or for any other unauthorized purpose;
  8. Using any device, software, means or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Website, including but not limited to viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or other such materials;
  9. Attempting to gain unauthorized access to, interfering with, damaging or disrupting any parts of the Website, the server(s) on which the Website is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to the Website;
  10. Attempting to attack or attacking the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack;
  11. Otherwise attempting to interfere with the proper working of the Website;
  12. Using the Website in any way that violates any applicable federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations.

 

TERMINATION/ACCESS RESTRICTION

 

We reserve the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Website and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice.

 

NO WARRANTY ON WEBSITE

 

THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”. NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED (INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE) SHALL APPLY TO THIS WEBSITE, WHETHER ARISING BY LAW, COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, USAGE OF TRADE OR OTHERWISE.

 

AVAILABILITY, ERRORS AND INACCURACIES

 

We assume no liability for the availability, errors or inaccuracies of the information, products or services provided on this Website. We may experience delays in updating information on this Website and in our advertising on other websites. The information, products and services found on the Website may contain errors or inaccuracies or may not be complete or current. Products or services may be incorrectly priced or unavailable. We expressly reserve the right to correct any pricing errors on our Website. The inclusion or offering of any product or service on this Website does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation of such product or service by us.

 

DAMAGES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

 

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL BLAKEFORD, INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH YOUR ACCESS TO, DISPLAY OF OR USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO ACCESS, DISPLAY OR USE THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO YOUR RELIANCE UPON OPINIONS OR INFORMATION APPEARING ON THIS WEBSITE; ANY COMPUTER VIRUSES, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, LINKED WEBSITES OPERATED BY THIRD PARTIES, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OBTAINED THROUGH THIS WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON A THEORY OF NEGLIGENCE, CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, CONSUMER PROTECTION STATUTES OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF BLAKEFORD, INC. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE WEBSITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE BLAKEFORD, INC. WEBSITE.

 

THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF BLAKEFORD, INC. ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS WEBSITE, WHETHER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT OF FEES ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY BLAKEFORD, INC. FROM YOU.

 

THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY REFLECTS THE ALLOCATION OF RISK BETWEEN YOU AND US. THE LIMITATIONS SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION WILL SURVIVE AND APPLY EVEN IF ANY LIMITED REMEDY SPECIFIED IN THESE TERMS OF USE IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY PROVIDED IN THESE TERMS OF USE INURE TO THE BENEFIT OF BLAKEFORD, INC.

 

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

 

This Website may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by third parties and not by us. We provide such hyperlinks for your reference and convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. We do not control such websites and are not responsible for their contents or the privacy or other practices of such websites. Further, it is your responsibility to take precautions to ensure that whatever links you click on or software that you download, whether from this Website or other websites or applications, is free of such items as viruses, worms, trojan horses, defects and other items of a destructive nature. Our inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any association with their operators. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to this Website, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.

 

USE OF COMMUNICATION SERVICES

 

The Website may contain bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the public at large or with a group (collectively, “Communication Services”). You agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Communication Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Communication Service, you will not:

 

  • Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
  • Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.
  • Upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.
  • Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer.
  • Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages.
  • Conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters.
  • Download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
  • Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
  • Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services.
  • Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service.
  • Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent.
  • Violate any applicable laws or regulations.

 

We have no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, we reserve the right to review materials posted to a Communication Service and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. We reserve the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

 

We reserve the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in our sole discretion.

 

Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information in any Communication Service. We does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Service and, therefore, we specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Service. Managers and hosts are not authorized our spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of Blakeford, Inc.

 

Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination. You are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you download the materials.

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DMCA NOTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT CLAIMS

 

All contents of this Website are © 2000––2026 Blakeford, Inc. or third parties. All rights reserved. Unless specified otherwise, this Website and all content and other materials on this Website including but not limited to all logos, designs, text, graphics, pictures, information, data, software, sound files and arrangement thereof (collectively, “Content”) are the proprietary property of Blakeford, Inc. and are either registered trademarks, trademarks or otherwise protected intellectual property of Blakeford, Inc. or third parties in the United States and/or other countries.

 

You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our Website, except as follows:

 

  • Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.
  • You may store files that are automatically cached by your Web browser for display enhancement purposes.
  • You may print or download one copy of a reasonable number of pages of the Website for your own personal, non-commercial use and not for further reproduction, publication, or distribution.

 

You must not:

 

  • Modify copies of any materials from this site.
  • Use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences, or any graphics separately from the accompanying text.
  • Delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this site.

 

You must not access or use for any commercial purposes any part of the Website or any services or materials available through the Website.

 

If you print, copy, modify, download, or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Website in breach of the Terms of Service, your right to use the Website will stop immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title, or interest in or to the Website or any content on the Website is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by the Company. Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Service is a breach of these Terms of Service and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.

 

If you are aware of a potential infringement of our intellectual property, please contact Teresa McLean at communications@blakeford.com.

 

We respect the intellectual property rights of others. It is our policy to respond to any claim that Content posted on the Website infringes on the copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights of any person or entity.

 

If you believe in good faith that the Content infringes on your intellectual property rights, you or your agent may send us a written notice of such infringement titled “Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights – DMCA.” Your notice to us must include the following information:

 

  1. An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the intellectual property right’s interest;
  2. A description of the work that you claim has been infringed, including the URL (i.e., web page address) of the location where the work exists or a copy of the work;
  3. Your name, email, address and telephone number; and
  4. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the owner of the work, its agent or the law.

 

Please note that we will not process your complaint if it is not properly filled out or is incomplete. You may be held accountable for damages, including but not limited to costs and attorneys’ fees for any misrepresentation or bad faith claims regarding the infringement of your intellectual property rights by the Content on this Website.

 

You may submit your claim to us by contacting us at:

Blakeford, Inc.

Teresa McLean

communications@blakeford.com

615-665-3500

11 Burton Hills Blvd.

Nashville, TN 37215

United States

 

Dispute Resolution

 

Any dispute, claim, or controversy relating in any way to your use of the Website, or to any products or services sold or distributed by such Website, or otherwise arising out of or relating to these Terms, including the alleged breach, termination, validity, interpretation and performance thereof (“Dispute”), shall be resolved with the following procedures:

 

  1. Negotiation
    Upon written notice of any Dispute, the parties SHALL first attempt in good faith to resolve it by negotiation. Within 15 days after delivery of the notice, the receiving party shall submit to the other a written response. The notice and response SHALL include with reasonable particularity (a) a statement of each party’s position and a summary of arguments supporting that position, and (b) the name and title of the individual who will represent that party. Within 30 days after delivery of the notice, the representatives of both parties shall meet at a mutually acceptable time and place. This process should be completed within 30 days. At no time during this process shall either party initiate an arbitration or any other proceeding related to the Dispute.
  2. Mediation
    If the matter is not resolved by negotiation pursuant to this Section 1 above, the parties agree to endeavor to settle the Dispute by mediation administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) before resorting to arbitration. Either party may commence mediation by providing to AAA and the other party a written request for mediation, setting forth the subject of the dispute and the relief requested. The parties will cooperate with AAA and with one another in selecting a mediator from the AAA panel of neutrals and in scheduling the mediation proceedings. The parties agree that they will participate in the mediation in good faith and that they will share equally in its costs. At no time during this process shall either party initiate an arbitration or other proceeding related to the Dispute.
  3. Arbitration
    Any Dispute not resolved through negotiation or mediation in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be resolved by final and binding arbitration in accordance with the AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures. The arbitration will be held in Davidson County, Tennessee using one arbitrator, unless the Dispute exceeds one million dollars (USA) in which case there shall be three neutral arbitrators, as a panel. The parties understand that arbitration is final and binding and that they are waiving their rights to other resolution processes (such as court action or administrative proceeding).

 

GOVERNING LAW, SEVERABILITY, DISPUTE RESOLUTION, VENUE AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER

 

All matters relating to the Website and these Terms, and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Tennessee, United States, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. THESE TERMS SHALL NOT BE GOVERNED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON CONTRACTS FOR THE SALE OF INTERNATIONAL GOODS, THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE, NOR INCOTERMS.

 

Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of that right or provision. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in effect. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding our Website, and supersede and replace any prior agreements we might have had with you regarding the Website.

 

Subject to the arbitration provision above, any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms including but not limited to the interpretation or breach thereof will be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of Tennessee, in each case located in Davidson County, Tennessee. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.

 

YOU AND BLAKEFORD, INC. AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION.

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Blakeford, Inc., its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms or your use of the Website, including, but not limited to, any use of the Website’s content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms, or your use of any information obtained from the Website.

 

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

 

This Terms of Use, together with the Privacy Policy and other terms expressly incorporated by reference, constitutes the sole and entire agreement between you and Blakeford, Inc. regarding the Website and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, regarding the Website.

 

WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY

 

No waiver by the Blakeford, Inc. of any term or condition in these Terms is a further or continuing waiver of that term or condition or any other term or condition. If any provision is held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that provision will be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent necessary so the remaining provisions continue in full force and effect.

 

TRADEMARKS

 

The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. The example companies, organizations, products, people and events depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, person, or event is intended or should be inferred. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

 

CHANGES TO TERMS OF SERVICE

 

We reserve the right to make changes to these Terms of Service at any time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them, and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter. We will notify you immediately of making any changes to these Terms of Service by posting the updated terms of service to this website.

 

Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

 

QUESTIONS

If you have any questions about our Terms of Service, please contact us at brian.barnes@blakeford.com.

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