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of This Website
We welcome interest in our methods.
However, it should be clearly understood that this website
is owned and operated by CSS Laboratories. All of the
content featured or displayed o this website, including, but
not limited to, all intellectual concepts related to our
humanistic work environment, all of our methods of doing
business, our terminology such as Idea Leadership, Humanism,
Shared Values, Quality Circles, text, graphics, photographs,
images, moving images, sound, illustrations and software
("Content"), is owned by CSS Laboratories, its
licensors and its content providers. Use of any of this
content in any form is only permitted with our express
written consent, and when such consent is given, such
consent is limited only to the specifically requested use in
question.
All
elements of CSS Laboratories websites, including, but not
limited to, the general design and the Content, are
protected by trade dress, copyright, moral rights, trademark
and other laws relating to intellectual property rights.
Except as explicitly permitted under this or another
agreement with CSS Laboratories or one of its subsidiaries,
no portion or element of the website or its Content may be
copied or retransmitted via any means and this website, its
Content and all related rights shall remain the exclusive
property of CSS Laboratories or its licensors unless
otherwise expressly agreed. You shall indemnify CSS
Laboratories, its subsidiaries, its affiliates and licensors
against any losses, expenses, costs or damages incurred by
any or all of them as a result of your breach of the terms
of this Agreement or your unauthorized use of the Content
and related rights.
"CSS
Laboratories", the CSS Laboratories logo, Idea
Leadership, and Shared Values are copyrighted terms or
service marks of CSS Laboratories or its subsidiaries and
may be registered in some countries.
CSS
Laboratories recognizes and respects your tights to privacy.
Accordingly, we have the following policy and practices
related to information you provide to us, or we obtain about
users of this website.
For the
purposes of fulfilling specific requests you make to us, we
may require you to provide certain information to us. Common
items may include, but are not limited to, your name,
address, email address, phone number, resume and other
information.
By
providing this information to CSS Laboratories, you are
agreeing to allow us to utilize this information for the
specific purpose related to your request through this
website and to disclose that information to CSS
Laboratories's various offices, subsidiaries and affiliates.
Because of the nature of the Internet, such data may not be
secure and may pass through any country.
By
registering at our site for information about our company,
or about our clients, you authorize us to send you
information about our services or clients. We may do so
using either the email or the mailing addresses you provided
on the registration screens. From time to time, we may
notify you of important news about our clients or company
but you may elect not to receive this information at any
time by contacting us via email or in writing and requesting
that you be removed from our database.
We do not
share any information you provide to us, including your
email and mail addresses, with any companies outside CSS
Laboratories, its subsidiaries and affiliates. If you would
like to revise the information provided to us, or feel that
what we currently have on record is incorrect, you may
update the information by sending us an email or writing us
with your changes.
About
Cookies
When you visit a CSS Laboratories
website, we may place a text file called a
"cookie" in the browser directory of your
computer's hard drive. A cookie is a small piece of
information that a website can store on your web browser and
later retrieve. The cookie cannot be read by an website
other than the one that set up the cookie. Cookies enable
this website to recognize the information you have consented
to give to this website, and help us determine what portions
of this website are most appropriate for your professional
needs. We do NOT use cookies to examine your surfing
behavior before or after leaving a CSS Laboratories website.
Disclaimers
THIS WEBSITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE
PROVIDED "AS IS" AND CSS LABORATORIES EXCLUDES TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY WARRANTY,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY
OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE FUNCTIONS EMBODIED
ON, OR IN THE MATERIALS OF, THIS WEBSITE ARE NOT WARRANTED
TO BE UNINTERRUPTED OR WITHOUT ERROR. YOU, NOT CSS
LABORATORIES, ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY
SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION DUE TO YOUR USE OF THIS
WEBSITE.
Except as
specifically stated in these Terms of Use or Privacy Policy,
or elsewhere on this website, or as otherwise required by
applicable law, neither CSS Laboratories nor its directors,
employees, licensors, content providers, affiliates or other
representatives will be liable for damages of any kind
(including, without limitation, lost profits, direct,
indirect, compensatory, consequential, exemplary, special,
incidental, or punitive damages) arising out of your use of,
your inability to use, or the performance of this website or
the Content whether or not we have been advised of the
possibility of such damages.
CSS
Laboratories uses reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy,
correctness and reliability of the Content, but we make no
representations or warranties as to the Content's accuracy,
correctness or reliability.
There may
be links to other websites from the CSS Laboratories
website; however, these other websites are not controlled by
CSS Laboratories and we are not responsible for any content
contained on any such website or any loss suffered by you in
relation to your use of such websites. You waive any and all
claims against CSS Laboratories regarding the inclusion of
links to outside websites or your use of those websites.
Some US
states and foreign countries do not permit the exclusion or
limitation of implied warranties or liability for certain
categories of damages. Therefore, some or all of the
limitations above may not apply to you to the extent hey are
prohibited or superseded by state or national provisions.
Governing Law and
Venue
This Agreement shall be
interpreted, construed and governed by the laws of the State
of California , USA , without reference to its laws relating
to conflicts of law and not including the provisions of the
1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the
International Sale of Goods. Venue for all disputes arising
under this Agreement shall lie exclusively in the Superior
Courts of the State of California or the Federal District
Courts of the Western District of California (as permitted
by law) and each party agrees not to contest the personal
jurisdiction of these courts. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
however, CSS Laboratories shall have the right to commence
and prosecute any legal or equitable action or proceeding
before any non-US court of competent jurisdiction to obtain
injunctive or other relief in the event that, in the opinion
of CSS Laboratories, such action is necessary or desirable.
No action
of CSS Laboratories, other than an express written waiver or
amendment, may be construed as a waiver or amendment of any
of these Terms of Use or Privacy Policy. Should any clause
of these Terms of Use or Privacy Policy be found
unenforceable, wherever possible this will not affect any
other clause and each will remain in full force and effect.
We reserve
the right to change these Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy,
prices, information and available contractual license terms
featured on this website without notice. These conditions
set out the entire agreement between CSS Laboratories and
you relating to your use of this website.
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