TERMS & CONDITIONS
conditions of use
Use of the Dieter’s Close Quarters Defense, Inc. (“DCQD”) website constitutes agreement to our terms of use. We encourage you to review the following information carefully.
trademarks
Close Quarters Defense® and CQD® are trademarks owned exclusively by Dieter’s Close Quarters Defense, Inc. The use of these trademarks and trade dress is prohibited if used in connection with the sale of any product that is not owned by DCQD, in any manner that seeks to disparage or discredit DCQD or in any manner that may cause confusion among our customers.
copyright
All content on this website is the exclusive property of Dieter’s Close Quarters Defense, Inc. Said content includes text, graphics, logos, icons, images, audio and video clips, digital downloads, and software. Our content is protected by United States and international copyright laws and we reserve all rights contained therein. In case of dispute or infringement, we will rigorously defend our rights to this material.
protecting your account
Some portions of this website permit username and passwords to be used. You are responsible for protecting your unique username and password and you agree to be responsible for all activities performed under your user account.
license and site access
Dieter’s Close Quarters Defense, Inc. grants you (the user) a limited license to access and make personal use of this website. This license does not include the right to download any material (other than routine page caching), modify any material, or any portion thereof, without the express written consent of DCQD. This license excludes the download or collection of logos, product descriptions, pricing, text, graphics, audio and video clips, and/or copying account information. This website or any portion of this website may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written permission of DCQD. You are prohibited from using meta tags or any other hidden text utilizing the name or trademarks of DCQD without the express written consent of DCQD. Any unauthorized use of this website voids the limited license granted by DCQD.
CONTENT SUBMITTED BY SITE USERS
If you do post content to this site or otherwise submit material (including, but not limited to, photographs and testimonials), you grant Dieter’s Close Quarters Defense, Inc. and its affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. By your submission, you represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify DCQD or its affiliates for all claims resulting from content you supply. DCQD reserves the right to remove any content at our sole discretion.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
This site is provided by Dieter’s Close Quarters Defense, Inc. on an "as is" and "as available" basis. DCQD makes no warranties, either expressed or implied, as to the operation of the site or the content contained therein. You expressly agree that your use of www.cqd.net is at your own risk.
Dieter’s Close Quarters Defense, Inc. cannot warrant that this site, our servers, or email communications affiliated with the use of this website, are free from viruses. DCQD will not be responsible for any damages of any kind resulting from use of this website, including but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, and consequential damages.
REDEMPTION OF FREE PRODUCT AND COUPON OFFERS
From time to time, Dieter’s Close Quarters Defense, Inc. offers its clients special offers and discount codes to be used in conjunction with this website. These offers are frequently disseminated via this website and through email to those who have registered for our email database. They are sometimes posted on our home page (www.cqd.net) or announced via other means of communication in conjunction with the promotion of the DCQD product collection, including radio and TV broadcasts, internet forums, and various online websites.
We encourage our clients to redeem these special offers, but we respectfully ask that you not exploit them. Dieter’s Close Quarters Defense, Inc., at its sole discretion, will determine if all purchasing criteria has been met to qualify for stated discount or free product. If you successfully circumvent the software safeguards of this website in order to receive several free products or free shipping with your order, then we will (at our sole discretion) remove any extraneous free product or free shipping from your order or cancel the order in its entirety. You will be informed of any order changes via the phone number or email address listed with your order. Please, play fair.
APPLICABLE LAW
By visiting www.cqd.net, you agree that the laws of the State of Maryland, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Conditions of Use and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and Dieter’s Close Quarters Defense, Inc. You shall be responsible to check all applicable federal, state, and local laws concerning the purchase, ownership, use, and possession of any products sold to you on the website.
CHANGES IN POLICY
Dieter’s Close Quarters Defense, Inc. reserves the right to modify, alter, delete, and update these policies at any time. Such alterations do not nullify its rights if infringements or breaches occurred under a previous version of these conditions.
PRIVACY POLICY
This privacy policy states how Dieter’s Close Quarters Defense, Inc. uses and protects any information that you include when you use this website.
Dieter’s Close Quarters Defense, Inc. is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
Dieter’s Close Quarters Defense, Inc. may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from January 1, 2011.
what we collect
We may collect the following information:
· name and job title
· contact information including email address
· demographic information such as zip code, preferences, and interests
· other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION WE GATHER
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
· Internal record keeping.
· We may use the information to improve our products and services.
· We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
SECURITY
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
HOW WE USE COOKIES
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us to analyze data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
CONTROLLING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties. You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us at info@cqd.net, as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
PAYMENT METHODS
- Credit / Debit Cards
- PAYPAL
- Offline Payments