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Terms and Conditions
IMPORTANT! THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS 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 PRIOR TO EVERY USE FOR ANY CHANGES.
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)
hyper-link to this site, without the express prior written permission
of an authorized representative of our Company. For purposes of these
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 all right, title, and
interest in the Content. Accordingly,
the Content may not be copied, 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
rights. 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 Company.
Hyper-links to such sites are provided as a
service to users and are not sponsored 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 sites. 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 hyper-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 site.
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, or other information communicated to our Company
through this site (together, hereinafter 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
You
understand that our Company cannot and does not
guarantee or warrant that files 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 may be relevant to your goals.
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, of the content in
terms of accuracy, reliability, or 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
forward-looking, speaks only as of the date the information is posted
on this site, and Company does not undertake any
obligation to update such information after it is posted or to remove
such information from this 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 COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES,
AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, SERVICE 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 third parties arising out of your use of
the information accessed from this site.
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:
·
you do not have the right to
post, including proprietary material of any third party;
·
advocates illegal activity or
discusses an intent to commit an illegal act;
·
is vulgar, obscene, pornographic,
or indecent;
·
does not pertain directly to this
site;
·
threatens or abuses others,
libels, defames, invades privacy, stalks, is obscene, pornographic,
racist, abusive, harassing, threatening or offensive;
·
seeks to exploit or harm children
by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally
identifiable details or otherwise;
·
infringes any intellectual
property or other right of any entity or person, including violating
anyone’s copyrights or trademarks or their rights of publicity;
·
violates any law or may be
considered to violate any law;
·
impersonates or misrepresents
your connection to any other entity or person or otherwise manipulates
headers or identifiers to disguise the origin of the content;
·
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 sponsorship banners, and/or soliciting goods or
services) except as may be specifically authorized on this site;
·
solicits funds, advertisers or
sponsors;
·
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;
·
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;
·
includes MP3 format files;
·
amounts to a 'pyramid' or similar
scheme;
·
disobeys any policy or
regulations established from time to time regarding use of this site or
any networks connected to this site; or
·
contains hyper-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 of tools designed
for compromising security (e.g., password guessing programs, cracking
tools 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 incidents. 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 COMPANY DURING OR AS A RESULT OF ITS
INVESTIGATIONS AND/OR FROM ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF
INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER [COMPANY] OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.
Miscellaneous
These
Terms of Use will be governed and interpreted pursuant to the laws of
New York, United States of America, notwithstanding any principles of
conflicts of law. You
specifically consent to personal jurisdiction in New York in
connection with any dispute between you and Company
arising out of these Terms of Use or pertaining to the subject matter
hereof. The parties
to these Terms of Use each agree that the exclusive venue for any
dispute between the parties arising out of these Terms of Use or
pertaining to the subject matter of these Terms of Use will be in the
state and federal courts in Suffolk County, New York.
If any part of these Terms of Use is unlawful,
void or unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and will not
affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement among the parties
relating to this subject matter. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any additional terms and conditions on this site will
govern the items to which they pertain.
Company may revise these
Terms of Use at any time by updating this posting.
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