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Terms of Use & Service
IMPORTANT! THESE TERMS OF SERVICE (TOS)
GOVERN YOUR USE OF THIS SITE, WHICH IS PROVIDED BY OUR COMPANY.
BY ACCESSING THIS SITE, YOU ARE INDICATING YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT
AND ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS OF USE. THESE TERMS OF USE ARE
SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY OUR COMPANY AT ANY TIME IN ITS DISCRETION.
YOUR USE OF THIS SITE AFTER SUCH CHANGES ARE IMPLEMENTED
CONSTITUTES YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGES.
PLEASE CONSULT THESE TERMS OF USE REGULARLY.
Access To This
Site
YOU MUST BE EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OR OLDER TO
ACCESS THIS WEB SITE. IF YOU ARE UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, YOU
ARE NOT PERMITTED TO ACCESS THIS WEB SITE FOR ANY REASON. DUE TO
THE AGE RESTRICTIONS FOR USE OF THIS WEB SITE, NO INFORMATION
OBTAINED BY THIS WEB SITE, FALLS WITHIN THE CHILD ONLINE PRIVACY
ACT (COPA) AND IS NOT MONITORED AS DOING SO.
To access this site or some of the resources it
has to offer, you may be asked to provide certain registration
details or other information It is a condition of your use of this
site that all the information you provide on this site will be
correct, current, and complete. If our Company believes the
information you provide is not correct, current, or complete, we
have the right to refuse you access to this site or any of its
resources, and to terminate or suspend your access at any time,
without notice.
Restrictions On
Use
You may use this site for purposes expressly
permitted by this site. You may not use this site for any other
purpose, including any commercial purpose, without our Company 's
express prior written consent. For example, you may not (and may
not authorize any other party to) (i) co-brand this site, or (ii)
frame this site, or (iii) h-link to this site, without the express
prior Terms of Use, "co -branding" means to display a name, logo,
trademark, or other means of attribution or identification of any
party in such a manner as is reasonably likely to give a user the
impression that such other party has the right to display,
publish, or distribute this site or content accessible within this
site You agree to cooperate with our Company in causing any
unauthorized co -branding, framing or hyper-linking immediately to
cease.
Proprietary
Information
The material and content (hereinafter referred
to as the "Content") accessible from this site, and any other
World Wide Web site owned, operated, licensed, or controlled by
our Company is the proprietary information of our Company or the
party that provided the Content to our Company , and our Company
or the party that provided the Content to our Company retains
distributed, republished, uploaded, posted, or transmitted in any
way without the prior written consent of our Company , or unless
authorized in writing elsewhere on our site, except that you may
print out a copy of the Content solely for your personal use. In
doing so, you may not remove or alter, or cause to be removed or
altered, any copyright, trademark, trade name, service mark, or
any other proprietary notice or legend appearing on any of the
Content. Modification or use of the Content except as expressly
provided in these Terms of Use violates our Company 's
intellectual property right Neither title nor intellectual
property rights are transferred to you by access to this site.
Hyper-Links
This site may be hyper -linked to other sites
which are not maintained by, or related to, our
by or affiliated with this site or our Company . Our Company has
not reviewed any or all of
such sites and is not responsible for the content of those site
Hyper -links are to be accessed at the user's own risk, and our
Company makes no representations or warranties about the content,
completeness or accuracy of these hyper -links or the sites
hype-linked to this site. Further, the inclusion of any hyper
-link to a third -party site does not necessarily imply
endorsement by our Company of that sit.
Submissions
You hereby grant to our Company the
royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non -exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt,
publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute,
perform, and display all content, remarks, suggestions, ideas,
graphics, known as the "Submission"), and to incorporate any
Submission in other works in any form, media, or technology now
known or later developed. Our Company will not be required to
treat any Submission as confidential, and may use any Submission
in its business (including without limitation, for products or
advertising) without incurring any liability for royalties or any
other consideration of any kind, and will not incur any liability
as a result of any similarities that may appear in future Company
operations.
Our Company will treat any personal information
that you submit through this site in accordance with its Privacy
Policy as set forth on this site.
Disclaimer
Available for downloading from the Internet
will be free of viruses, worms, Trojan horses or
other code that may manifest contaminating or destructive
properties. You are responsible for implementing sufficient
procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements
for accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means
external to this site for the reconstruction of any lost data. Our
Company does not assume any responsibility or risk for your use of
the Internet. The Content is not necessarily complete and up
-to-date and should not be used to replace any written reports,
statements, or notices provided by Company . Investors, borrowers,
and other persons should use the Content in the same manner as any
other educational medium and should not rely on the Content to the
exclusion of their own professional judgment. Information obtained
by using this site is not exhaustive and does not cover all
issues, topics, or facts that:
YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE
CONTENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND,
EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. OUR COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES,
INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR NON -INFRINGEMENT . OUR COMPANY DOES
NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS OR CONTENT CONTAINED IN THIS SITE
WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR -FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE
CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE
ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. OUR COMPANY DOES
NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION REGARDING USE, OR THE
RESULT OF USE, OTHERWISE. THE CONTENT MAY INCLUDE TECHNICAL
INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS, AND COMPANY MAY MAKE CHANGES
OR IMPROVEMENTS AT ANY TIME. YOU, AND NOT OUR COMPANY , ASSUME THE
ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION IN
THE EVENT OF ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE
OR ITS CONTENT . OUR COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTIES THAT YOUR USE OF
THE CONTENT WILL NOT INFRINGE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS AND ASSUMES NO
LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN SUCH
CONTENT.
All of the information in this site, whether
historical in nature or for-looking, speaks only as of the date
the information is posted on this site, and Company does not
undertake any site if it is not, or is no longer, accurate or
complete.
Limitation On
Liability
COMPANY, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES,
LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, CONTENT PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES,
AGENTS, OFFICERS, AND DIRECTORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY
INCIDENTAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, ACTUAL, CONSEQUENTIAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR OTHER DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF REVENUE OR
INCOME, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, OR SIMILAR
DAMAGES, EVEN IF COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL THE COLLECTIVE LIABILITY OF
PROVIDERS, CONTENT PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, AND
DIRECTORS, TO ANY PARTY (REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER
IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE GREATER OF $100 OR THE
AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID TO COMPANY FOR THE APPLICABLE CONTENT,
PRODUCT OR SERVICE OUT OF WHICH LIABILITY AROSE.
Indemnity
You will indemnify and hold Company , its
subsidiaries, affiliates, licensors, content providers, service
providers, employees, agents, officers, directors, and contractors
(hereinafter known as the "Indemnified Parties") harmless from any
breach of these Terms of Use by you, including any use of Content
other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use. You
agree that the Indemnified Parties will have no liability in
connection with any such breach or unauthorized use, and you agree
to indemnify any and all resulting loss, damages, judgments,
awards, costs, expenses, and attorney's fees of the Indemnified
Parties in connection therewith. You will also indemnify and hold
the Indemnified Parties harmless from and against any claims
brought by Trademarks.
Trademarks, service marks, and logos appearing
in this site are the property of Company or the party that
provided the trademarks, service marks, and logos to Company .
Company and any party that provided trademarks, service marks, and
logos to Company retain all rights with respect to any of their
respective trademarks, service marks, and logos appearing in this
site.
Information You
Provide
You may not post, send, submit, publish, or
transmit in connection with this site any material that:
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do not have the right to post, including
proprietary material of any third party;
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illegal activity or discusses an intent to
commit an illegal act;
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is vulgar, obscene, pornographic, or
indecent;
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not pertain directly to this site;
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threatens or abuses others, libels, defames,
invades privacy, stalks, is obscene, pornographic, racist,
abusive, harassing, threatening or offensive;
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exploits or harms children by exposing them
to inappropriate content, asking for
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infringes any intellectual property or other
right of any entity or person, including violating anyone's
copyrights or trademarks or their rights of publicity;
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violates any law or may be considered to
violate any law;
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impersonates or misrepresents your connection
to any other entity or person or otherwise manipulates headers or
identifiers to disguise the origin of the content;
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advertises any commercial endeavor (e.g.,
offering for sale products or services) or otherwise engages in
any commercial activity (e.g., conducting raffles or contests,
displaying
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sponsorship banners, and/or soliciting goods
or services) except as may be specifically authorized on this
site;
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solicits funds, advertisers or sponsors;
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includes programs which contain viruses,
worms and/or Trojan horses or any other computer code, files or
programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality
of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications;
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disrupts the normal flow of dialogue, causes
a screen to scroll faster than other users are able to type, or
otherwise act in a way which affects the ability of other people
to engage in real time activities via this site;
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includes MP3 format files;
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a 'pyramid' or similar scheme;
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obeys any policy or regulations established
from time to time regarding use of this site or any networks
connected to this site; or
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links to other sites that contain content
that falls within the descriptions set forth above.
Although under no obligation to do so, our
Company reserves the right to monitor use of this site to
determine compliance with these Terms of Use, as well the right to
remove or refuse any information for any reason. Notwithstanding
these rights, you remain solely responsible for the content of
your submissions. You acknowledge and agree that neither Company
nor any third party that provides Content to Company will assume
or have any liability for any action or inaction by Company or
such third party with respect to any submission
Security
Any passwords used for this site are for
individual use only. You will be responsible for the security of
your password (if any). Company will be entitled to monitor your
password and, at its discretion, require you to change it. If you
use a password that Company considers insecure, Company will be
entitled to require the password to be changed and/or terminate
your account.
You are prohibited from using any services or
facilities provided in connection with this site to compromise
security or tamper with system resources and/or accounts. The use
or distribution or network probing tools) is strictly prohibited.
If you become involved in any violation of system security,
Company reserves the right to release your details to system
administrators at other sites in order to assist them in resolving
security inside Company reserves the right to investigate
suspected violations of these Terms of Use.
Company reserves the right to fully cooperate
with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or
directing Company to disclose the identity of anyone posting any e
-mail messages, or publishing or otherwise making available any
materials that are believed to violate these Terms of Use.
BY ACCEPTING THIS AGREEMENT YOU WAIVE AND HOLD
HARMLESS COMPANY FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN
BY FROM ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF INVESTIGATIONS BY
EITHER [COMPANY] OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.
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