Introduction

This electronic communication medium published on the Internet ("Website") is owned, published, and maintained by WRB, Inc. of Minnesota who has and continues to do business under the trade name of Hammer-Schlagen ("we," "us," "our"). The viewer/user of this Website ("you," "your,") has knowingly, willingly, and accessed this Website and therefore agrees to the following terms and conditions (this "TOU"). If you do not agree with anything in this TOU, your only recourse shall be to not use or visit this Website. Visitors under 18-years of age should not submit or post any information on our Website.

We'll notify you about changes to our TOU by changing the effective date on this page: the effective date of this TOU is Monday, February 27, 2017.

Privacy Policy

Information We Collect

We may collect e-mail addresses from you and other users who voluntarily indicate that they would like to receive additional information from us. We will not sell, rent, or trade your e-mail address or any other information you submit to us. If you send any information by e-mail, said e-mail is not a secure form of communication and can be intercepted. We cannot guarantee that unauthorized third-parties will never be able to defeat any security measures that are in place or use your personal information for improper purposes. No personal information is automatically collected from visitors to our Website. We may from time to time collect certain non-personal information about visitors to our Website, through direct questions. We may also track certain Website operating information, like the browser you are using or the identity of your Internet service provider. We, and our affiliates and related companies, can use this information generally to enhance and refine our operations, product development, and for internal and operating purposes. Our third party agents, subsidiaries, affiliates and related companies sometimes will have access to information collected on our Website to fulfill business objectives and for other commercial purposes. We also have the right to use aggregated, data collected about you and other users as a group for our business purposes.

Cookies

Third Party Links

The display of URLs or hypertext links anywhere on this Website or any other form of re-direction of your connection to, with, or through this Website ("Link") is not an endorsement, nor do we have any obligation, responsibility or liability resulting from any Links. We do not verify or have any responsibility for any other parties or websites (including their privacy policies) or for any of their goods or services even if we separately have a marketing, advertising, or other promotional arrangement with them. If a third party obtains information from or about you, we have no responsibility or liability for their conduct or activities.

Our Website may provide Links to websites which are not under our control and are not covered by this TOU. If you use the Links, you do so at your own risk. We encourage you to review the privacy policies posted on these (and all) websites.

Warranties & Representations

The information contained on this Website is provided AS IS, and without any express or implied warranty of any kind. We can change the information anytime, and you must understand that it could contain inaccuracies or errors. We try to keep our Website running well, but do not warrant or guarantee its proper operation. You use this information and this Website entirely at your own risk.

Copyright and Trademark Notice

This Website contains our intellectual property. We are the exclusive owner of the trademarks, logos, trade dress, copyrights, graphic displays, text, and other identifiers ("Identifiers"). You must not use any of our Identifiers without our express written permission. You also must not, without our express written permission, copy, modify, upload, publish, post, or otherwise distribute our Identifiers, which are our exclusive property.

Limitations of Liability

We are not, and will not be, liable for any damage or injury caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, delay in operation of transmission, computer virus, or line failure, or any other events. We have no liability for any damages or injury, including but not limited to, special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, this Website and/or the information it contains. The above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you to the extent that applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages.

Third-Party Use

We are allowing other entities to use portions of this Website. They are as follows: HS Franchising, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company. We are not obligated to tell you what sections of this website are being used by said other entities. You make the same warranties and representations to said third-parties as you do to us in this TOU.

Franchises

The information contained on this website is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, a Hammer-Schlagen® franchise. An offer to grant a Hammer-Schlagen® franchise is made solely by the delivery of our most current franchise disclosure document.

In the future, we might make Hammer-Schlagen® franchises available, but only to qualified prospective franchisees and only in certain states. We will not offer or sell a franchise unless our offer complies with federal law and our offer is registered (or exempt from registration) in the state where the prospective buyer resides or where the franchise will be located. Any potential offers are not being directed to any resident of the following states, or of any other state, province, country, or jurisdiction where we are not currently registered to offer or sell franchises (or business opportunities) unless and until we register to offer and sell franchises, business opportunities, or qualify for an exemption therefrom:

California; Connecticut; Florida; Georgia; Hawaii; Illinois; Indiana; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Michigan; Minnesota; Nebraska; New York; North Carolina; North Dakota; Rhode Island; South Carolina; South Dakota; Texas; Utah; Virginia; Washington; and Wisconsin.