Terms of Service

Last Updated: March 1,2025

Welcome to Olive Oil Times (“Website”). By accessing or using this Website, you agree to comply with and be bound by the following Terms of Service(“Terms”). Please read them carefully.

1. Acceptance of Terms:

By accessing, browsing, or using this Website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use this Website.

2. Content Ownership and Use:

All content on this Website, including but not limited to articles, images, videos, graphics, logos, and trademarks (“Content”), is the property of Olive Oil Times or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.

3. Prohibited Activities:

You agree not to engage in any of the following activities:

• Scraping and Data Mining:You are strictly prohibited from using any automated means, including but not limited to bots, spiders, crawlers, scrapers, or other automated processes, to access, extract, download,or collect Content from this Website for any purpose, including but not limited to:
  • Creating or training artificial intelligence (AI) models, chatbots, or machine learning systems.
  • Aggregating Content for use on other websites or platforms.
  • Building databases or repositories of Content.
  
  
• Unauthorized Reproduction and Distribution:You may not reproduce, modify, distribute, display, perform, publish, or create derivative works from the Content without the express written permission of Olive Oil Times.
• Circumventing Security Measures:You may not attempt to circumvent any security measures implemented by Olive Oil Times to protect the Website and its Content.
• Any use that violates applicable laws or regulations.

4. Use in AI Chatbots and Machine Learning:

• Specifically, and without limiting the general prohibition on scraping, you are expressly prohibited from using any Content from Olive Oil Times, or any derivative works thereof, to train, develop, or improve any artificial intelligence models, chatbots, machine learning algorithms, or similar technologies. This includes but is not limited to, using Content to generate responses, create datasets, or for any other purpose related to AI development.

5. Enforcement:

Olive Oil Times reserves the right to take any legal or technical action it deems necessary to prevent or stop any unauthorized scraping, data mining, or use of its Content, including but not limited to:

• Blocking IP addresses.
• Implementing rate limiting.
• Pursuing legal action for copyright infringement or breach of contract.

6. Disclaimer of Warranties:

The Website and its Content are provided “as is” and “as available” without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied. Olive Oil Times disclaims all warranties, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

7. Limitation of Liability:

Olive Oil Times shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of your access to or use of the Website or its Content.

8. Changes to Terms:

Olive Oil Times reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and your continued use of the Website after such changes have been posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms.

9. Governing Law:

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Rhode Island, United States, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

10. Contact Us:

If you have any questions about these Terms, contact: [email protected]