The following Terms and Conditions of Use apply to any visitor or user (hereinafter referred to as “You”) of the website located at http://www.ci-systems.com and any websites (singularly and collectively, “the Website”) that CI Systems., or its subsidiaries (singularly and collectively referred to as “CI”) own and control. By accessing and using the Website, you hereby agree to be bound by these terms and conditions of use. If you do not agree to such terms and conditions, you must not use the Website.
The following terms govern your access to and use of the Website, and apply to all materials, software, content, services, online communications and other information incorporated thereto including, inter alia, articles, graphical images, pictures, diagrams and video materials that is or becomes available on or through our Website (collectively, the “Material”).
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to change, modify or otherwise alter the terms and conditions of this Agreement with or without notice to you. Such changes and/or modifications shall become effective immediately upon the posting thereof on the Website. Your continued use of the Website shall constitute your continuing acceptance of any and all revised terms and conditions. We may terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Website, including the availability of any features of the Website, at any time without notice to you. We may also impose limits on certain features or services or restrict your access and use of the Website without notice or liability.
1. General Conduct & Limited License
1.1 The Material is our property, and is protected by copyright, author rights and/or other intellectual property rights which are CI's property or other third parties. We hereby grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-assignable, non-sublicensable and non-transferable license to use and display, for non-commercial and personal use only, one copy of the Material that you download from the Website, except as may otherwise be expressly provided on our Website. You agree that the copy of the Material shall retain all copyright, trademark and other proprietary notices in the same form and in the same manner as such notices appear on the Material or on the Website. You shall not otherwise reproduce, modify, distribute, transmit, post, or publish (including, without limitation, display and distribution via a third party website), the Material, in whole or in part, in any way whatsoever, without our prior written consent. Except as expressly set forth herein, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel, or otherwise any license or right under any patent, trademark or copyright of us or any third party.
1.2 You understand and agree that the Material is provided hereunder “AS IS” without warranty of any kind and that your use of the Material is at your sole discretion and risk. You shall be solely responsible for any damage to your network, software or computer system and any loss of data that may result from your use of the Website and/or the Material.
1.3 The Material on this Website is provided for general information only and should not be relied upon in making any business decision or transactions of any kind whatsoever.
1.4 While visiting the Website, you shall not submit, post, publish, distribute or transmit: (a) material that is illegal, indecent, obscene, libelous, defamatory, disparaging, false or misleading; (b) material other than that which may be requested by an interactive application or tool on the Website; (c) unsolicited advertising, promotional material, or other forms of solicitation; (d) material that would infringe the intellectual property, privacy or other rights of third parties; (e) a computer virus, worm, Trojan horse or other element destructive to the Website or any CI's hardware or software accessible through the Website; or (f) a digital or manual signature, password, or other element impersonating an CI employee, or affiliate, or any forged TCP/IP headers or parts of a header, in an attempt to gain unauthorized access to our computers, software, data, accounts or databases.
1.5 You shall not, without our prior written consent, use any computer code, data mining software, “robot,” “bot,” “spider,” “scraper” or other automatic device, or program, algorithm or methodology having similar processes or functionality, or any manual process, to monitor or copy any of the web pages, Material, data or content found on the Website or accessed through the Website. You shall not engage in the mass downloading of files from the Website; use the computer processing power of the Website for purposes other than those permitted hereunder; or flood the Website with electronic traffic designed to slow or stop its operation. You shall not disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer or otherwise modify the Material. Any unauthorized or prohibited use shall subject the offender to civil liability or criminal prosecution under applicable laws.
1.6 Access to and use of password protected and/or restricted areas of the Website is restricted to authorized users only. Unauthorized individuals attempting to access these areas of the Website may be subject to civil liability or criminal prosecution under applicable laws.
1.7 In an effort to make online information about us, we may use the Website as an entry into other networked web pages and websites operated by us and our subsidiaries and affiliates (together, the "Linked Sites"). Please note that individual Linked Sites may adopt terms of use particular to the purpose of such Linked Site. If a Linked Site has imposed its own terms of use by posting on such Linked Site, separate agreement or otherwise, the provisions of those Linked Site terms shall control the use in the event of a conflict with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Except as supplemented or superseded as described herein, this Agreement applies to the entire network of the Linked Sites, and control your use thereof.
2. Third Party Material
2.1 The Website may include content owned or licensed by third parties, as well as links to websites owned by third parties (singularly and collectively “Third Party Material”). Access to and use of any Third Party Material is at your sole risk and we shall not be responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any information, data, opinions, advice or statements made in such Third Party Material.
2.2 Our inclusion of Third Party Material on the Website shall not be construed as our endorsement of any third party or the Third Party Material, and no rights or licenses are granted to you in the Third Party Material. You agree to defend and hold us harmless from any and all liability that may result from your use of the Third Party Material.
3. CI Marks
3.1 Any trademarks, trade names, trade dress, service marks, logos, domain names, and URLs (collectively, the “Marks”) provided in the Material or displayed on the Website are the property of CI or third parties, and no right to use such Marks is granted to you herein.
4. Accuracy and Timeliness of Information and Historical Information
4.1 We assume no responsibility to monitor the accuracy, completeness, timeliness or reliability of any Material on the Website. As such, Material may not be updated when errors are uncovered or as new information becomes available. You understand that certain Material, including, but not limited to, press releases and product information, may become stale or incomplete over time, and you hereby release us from any and all liability associated with same.
4.2 Our original content and other Material which may be archived on our provided Websites is believed to be accurate at the time of creation and original date of posting. However, you should understand that the passage of time, subsequent events and other changes may make the posting stale.
4.3 Although such original content and other Material may be included on such Websites as archival Material, we may not have updated, edited, changed or removed the content, and disclaim any obligation to do so. To the extent reliance on dated Material is made, it is done so at your sole risk.
5. Submissions to the Website
5.1 Any information, including, but not limited to, feedback, questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, graphics, computer files, links, or other material you submit to the Website (“Submissions”), whether via e-mail or otherwise, regardless of any terms you propose that may be included therewith, shall be considered non-confidential and you hereby grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to use the Submissions in any way we choose. Therefore, we may, among other things, reproduce, transmit, distribute, adapt, perform, display and create derivative works from or based upon your Submissions, and sublicense others to do any or all of the foregoing activities. You agree that your Submissions shall meet all requirements for appropriate content in accordance with Section 1.4 above. We reserve the right at any time and without notice, to refuse to receive, post or remove any Submission.
6. Disclaimers
6.1 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, SHALL CI, ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, OR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN PROVIDING THE WEBSITE, BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS OR REVENUES, COSTS OF REPLACEMENT GOODS, LOSS OR DAMAGE TO DATA, SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE, INTERRUPTIONS, ERRORS, DEFECTS, MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, DELETIONS OF FILES, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, NONDELIVERY OF INFORMATION, DISCLOSURE OF COMMUNICATIONS, OR ANY OTHER FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE OF THE WEBSITE, THE MATERIAL, ANY CI PRODUCT OR SERVICE, OR ANY OTHER HYPERLINKED WEBSITE, OR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF OR RELIANCE ON THE WEBSITE AND/OR THE MATERIAL PRESENTED, EVEN IF CI HAS BEEN ADVISED, KNEW, OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
6.2 ALL MATERIAL PROVIDED ON THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. CI DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR THOSE ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE, OR TRADE PRACTICE. THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SALE OF GOODS, THE UNIFORM COMPUTER INFORMATION TRANSACTIONS ACT AND THE UNIFORM ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED.
6.3 CI MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES THAT ACCESS TO THIS WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, THAT THIS WEBSITE (THE MATERIALS AND/OR ANY INFORMATION INCORPORATED THERETO) WILL BE SECURE AND FREE OF VIRUS OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
7. Termination and Survival; Miscellaneous
7.1 Some of the provisions of this Agreement are for the benefit of CI, its officers, directors, employees, agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, and any third-party information providers. Each of these persons or entities shall have the right to enforce these provisions directly against you on its own behalf if you violate any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement.
7.2 our failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Neither the course of conduct between the parties nor trade practice shall act to modify any provisions of this Agreement. We may assign our rights and duties under this Agreement to any party at any time without notice to you.
7.3 This Agreement shall expire when you discontinue using the Website.
7.4 In the event of breach of these terms, we may terminate your access to and your use of the Website and the Materials.
7.5 Obligations and duties arising under these terms, which by their nature extend beyond the termination of this Agreement, shall survive any termination and shall remain in effect for a period of one (1) year thereafter.