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.
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