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Credit Card Security: You can request astrological services (and books and/or other products) online from Elbert Wade/elbertwade.com with confidence, knowing that the financial (credit card) imformation you submit is secure using PayPal® services. You'll know your transaction is secure when a "complete key" icon or a "lock" icon appears in the system tray (bottom or top) of your system monitor display. To assure your privacy and information is safe, a 100% (128-bit SSL) secure horoscope order form for sending personal birth information and other data is provided at: Elbert Wade Deluxe Horoscope/Trends Secure Order page.

Restrictions on Use of Materials:
The contents of this site are protected by national and international copyright and trademark laws, and are the property of Elbert Wade and/or elbertwade.com and/or third parties--as clearly posted. Unless stipulated otherwise, you may access the materials located within the site solely for your personal use. This means you may download copies of posted materials on a single computer for personal, non-commercial in-home use only, so long as you neither change nor delete any author attribution, trademark, legend or copyright notice. When you download copyrighted materials you are NOT granted any ownership rights in said materials. You may NOT modify, copy, publish (this definitely includes on-line publishing--placing any copyrighted material in whole, in part, or in a modified form on another web or blog page or web site), display, transmit, alter, adapt or in any way utilize the content/properties of the elbertwade.com site UNLESS you first obtain prior written consent from Elbert Wade -- AND from all other parties with an interest in the relevant intellectual property. To request permission, you may email here. If permission is granted by Elbert Wade and by all other parties with an interest in the relevant intellectual property (if this should apply), you may use it only for the purpose requested but without any change, modification or deletion of any author's attribution, trademark, legend or copyright notice. Elbert Wade/elbertwade.com respects the intellectual property rights of others, and requires that persons who use the elbertwade.com site do the same. In appropriate circumstances, Elbert Wade/elbertwade.com will vigorously pursue those who are responsible for unlawful acts of copyright infringement.

[Some Astrology (and other) -- especially BLOG sites -- have stolen information (even whole pages) from this site to make their sites/pages more informative. Many of these 'pirates' have been discovered and dealt with appropriately, working through their blog/web site hosts and ISP's -- none of which can afford to continue service to subscribers/users who violate copyright laws. Others will, in time, be caught and dealt with as well.]

Remote (Off-Site) Links:
All remote links on elbertwade.com are provided as a public service only through a common internet practice known as "link exchange." While all listed sites are checked out before being included on elbertwade.com, there is no implied guarantee by Elbert Wade/elbertwade.com that they are the same as when originally validated. You are encouraged to visit these site but you do so at your own risk because you choose to visit.

Specific Locality "Illegal" Usage:
If for any reason Astrology is "illegal" in your particular locality, by accessing this site and/or by ordering/receiving astrological interpretations, information and/or advice, or astrological books from Elbert Wade/elbertwade.com, you agree that you do so of your own FREE WILL and that you will not hold Elbert Wade/elbertwade.com responsible in any way for any local legal ramifications which you might incur as a result.

Non-Acceptance to the Professional Astrology Web-Ring: [CURRENTLY CLOSED TO NEW MEMBERSHIPS]
SHOULD a site not be accepted to the PA Web-Ring--even though it seems to meet one or more of the GUIDELINES listed on Professional Astrology Web-Ring Home Page, a concise explanation will be given to any applicant whose site might not be accepted. Your site could be excellent in every way but not necessarily "on theme" with this Ring. In the best interests of all Ring members, the decision of the Ring Master must be final. (Please be advise that we are very, very selective regarding sites that are admitted to Professional Astrology Web-Ring.)

Some reasons for non-acceptance--in addition to failure to meet Ring's GUIDELINES mentioned in the linked page above -- could include the following:(1) Excessively slow downloads--usually caused by too many graphics, especially on the home page; (2) Too much emphasis on "disciplines" other than Astrology; (3) Poor navigation within the site; (4) Redirects; (5) One-page (or perhaps more) sites which are only ads for astrological services or products. Good astrological content is key; and, (6) An intolerable amount of persistent pop-up's/cookies--common with almost all the so-called free site-hosting services. (If you are a professional astrologer and provide services and/or products for money, you should seriously consider getting your own domain--or at the very least finding one of the better free hosters. More leeway is allowed sites that provide useful free astrological information--and offer no services or products for sale.)

Recently there has been an influx of applications from sites which claim their "horoscopes/reports" are not computer-generated, but are "hand-written" or "hand-selected" or "hand-prepared." Normally these prove to be operators who use the old "pigeon-hole" or "cook-book" technique. They, instead of a computer program, select from pre-written (copied from other sources and/or written by them) scripts of astrological description (text) stored on a computer, string them together and send reports to customers. Professional Astrology Web-Ring will not accept these types of sites.

Please do not make the mistake of submitting your site prematurely. Many site are rejected because their content is not yet developed. Your site will be accepted or rejected based on its present content, not by what you plan to offer in the future.

You are welcome to re-submit your site if you should wish after the suggested changes necessary for admission to the Professional Astrology Web-Ring are completed. Thank you for your understanding.

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