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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:
- do not have the right to post, including proprietary material of any
third party;
- illegal activity or discusses an intent to commit an illegal act;
- is vulgar, obscene, pornographic, or indecent;
- not pertain directly to this site;
- threatens or abuses others, libels, defames, invades privacy, stalks,
is obscene, pornographic, racist, abusive, harassing, threatening or
offensive;
- exploits or harms children by exposing them to inappropriate content,
asking for
- 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;
- a 'pyramid' or similar scheme;
- obeys any policy or regulations established from time to time
regarding use of this site or any networks connected to this site; or
- 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.
Miscellaneous
These Terms of Use
will be governed and interpreted pursuant to the laws of Illinois,
United States of America, notwithstanding any principles of conflicts of
law. You specifically consent to personal jurisdiction in Illinois in
connection with any dispute between you and Company arising out of these
Terms of Use or pertaining to the subject matter here on 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 Sycamore, Illinois . 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. |