Your access to the website of Bridge-Linguatec
(“we,” “us” or “our”) is
subject to the following Terms of Use (including our Privacy
Policy), which we may update from time to time without notice
to you. By accessing and using our website, you agree that you
have read, understand and agree to our Terms of Use then in
effect. You can determine when our Terms of Use was last revised
by checking the date at the bottom of these Terms of Use. If
you do not agree with our Terms of Use, your sole remedy is
to discontinue use of our website.
There is no cost to use our non-fee based services. Our website
may not be available at all times or in all areas. We reserve
the right at any time in our sole discretion, without notice
or liability to you, to deny service to you, to modify or discontinue
our website or the services we offer or to charge fees for the
use of our website.
1. Our Proprietary Rights.
The information and materials provided on and through our website,
including any data, text, graphics, images, audio and video
clips, logos, icons, software and links (collectively, “materials”),
are and shall remain the property of us and our licensors and
suppliers and are protected by copyright, trademark, patent
and other proprietary rights and laws. You may use one copy
of the materials for your personal use (and not for any public
or commercial use) if you retain all copyright and other proprietary
notices on the materials and do not use any graphics without
the accompanying text. Except as expressly permitted in these
Terms of Use, you may not reproduce, distribute, display or
perform (publicly or otherwise), prepare derivative works of,
modify, make, sell, offer to sell, import or otherwise exploit
any materials without our prior written consent, and if we require,
the prior written consent of our licensors and suppliers. The
trademarks, trade names and service marks on our website are
the property of us or others. No use of any of our trademarks,
trade names or service marks may be made without our prior written
consent, except to identify our products or services. Except
as permitted above, no license or right, express or implied,
is granted to any person under any of our or our licensors’
patents, trademarks, copyrights or other proprietary rights.
Misuse of any of our or our licensors’ intellectual property
rights is prohibited. We will aggressively enforce our intellectual
property rights, including via civil and criminal proceedings.
2. Code of Conduct.
While using our website and materials, you agree to comply with
all applicable laws, rules and regulations. In addition, we
expect users of our website to respect the rights and dignity
of others. You agree not to:
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• Restrict or inhibit any other
visitor or member from using our website, including, without
limitation, by means of “hacking” or defacing
any portion of our website;
• Transmit or otherwise
make available in connection with our website:
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any content or information that is fraudulent, threatening,
intimidating, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene,
indecent, pornographic or otherwise objectionable or would
give rise to criminal or civil liability;
•
any material, non-public information about companies without
the authorization to do so;
• any content or
information that encourages conduct that constitutes a
criminal offense or that encourages or provides instructional
information about illegal or potentially illegal activities;
• any content or information that is or may
be protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, right
of publicity or other proprietary right without the express
consent of the owner of such right; or
• any
advertisements, solicitations, chain letters, pyramid
schemes, investment opportunities or other unsolicited
commercial communication (except with our prior written
consent);
• Engage in spamming or flooding;
• Transmit any software or other materials that
contain any viruses, worms, trojan horses, easter eggs,
web bugs, cancelbot, “spyware,” defects, date
bombs, time bombs or any other computer code, file or
program that may or is intended to damage or hijack the
operation of any hardware, software or telecommunications
equipment or any other actually or potentially harmful,
disruptive or invasive code or component;
•
Interfere with or disrupt the operation of our website
or the servers or networks that host our website or make
our website available or disobey any requirements, procedures,
policies or regulations of such servers or networks;
• Impersonate any person or entity, including but
not limited to any of our agents or representatives, falsely
state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with
any person or entity or express or imply that we endorse
any statement you make, without our prior written consent;
• “Frame” or “mirror” any
part of our website without our prior written consent;
• Use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application
or other manual or automatic device or process to retrieve,
index, “data mine” or in any way determine,
archive, reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure
or presentation of our website or its contents;
•
Create a database by systematically downloading and storing
all or any of the materials from our website; or
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Interfere with or violate any other website visitor's
or user's right to privacy or other rights or harvest
or collect information about website visitors or users
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3. Our Information.
Although we strive to provide materials that are both useful
and accurate, laws, regulations, data and other information
change frequently and are subject to varying interpretations.
In addition, the facts and circumstances of every situation
differ. Accordingly, although we endeavor to use reasonable
care in assembling the materials, the materials may not be up-to-date,
accurate or complete. Please contact us via our contact information
provided on the bottom of each page of the website to determine
whether you have the most recent version of the materials made
generally available by us. We note that even the most recent
version available from us may not be up-to-date, accurate or
complete.
Portions of the materials have been contributed to our website
by various industry specialists and service providers. The inclusion
of such information does not indicate any approval or endorsement
of such providers, and we expressly disclaim any liability with
respect to the foregoing.
4. Your Information.
In order to register with us or purchase products or services
from us, you must provide us with certain information, including
your name, contact information and payment information. You
may also post information and materials on our website or otherwise
provide personal and other information to us, such as through
our “Request Information” option on our website.
By providing us with information or materials, unless you otherwise
specify in writing to us at such time, you grant to us a perpetual,
irrevocable, fully paid-up, transferable, sublicenseable (through
multiple levels), non-exclusive, worldwide right and license
to use, reproduce, distribute, display and perform (publicly
or otherwise), prepare derivative works of and modify, make,
sell, offer to sell, import and otherwise use and exploit all
or any part of such information and materials in any form or
media (now known or later developed) for any purpose, commercial
or otherwise, without compensation or other obligation to you
except as otherwise required by our Privacy Policy. You acknowledge
that we own all right, title and interest in any compilation,
collective work or derivative work created using or incorporating
your information and materials. You represent that your information
will be accurate, current and complete when posted or provided
to us. You also represent that you have the power and authority
or capacity to grant us the above license, that your information
and materials are not subject to any claims or encumbrances,
and that your information and materials and our exercise of
the above license do not and will not violate any law, rule
or regulation or infringe, misappropriate or violate any patent,
copyright, trademark, trade secret, publicity, privacy or other
rights of any third party.
5. Making Purchases.
By purchasing products or services described on our website
directly from us, you are providing us and/or our third party
providers with your personal information. Our use of such information
will be governed by our Privacy Policy and/or, as applicable,
the privacy policies of our third party providers. If you purchase
products or services described on our website from our business
partners, you are providing such partners with your personal
information, and you should refer to such partners’ privacy
policies with respect to how such information may be used. If
you register for an account with us, you agree that you will
not allow others to use your account and that you will have
sole responsibility for any unauthorized use of your account.
You also agree to keep your account information up to date and
accurate. You agree to pay all charges incurred by you or any
users of your account and credit card (or other applicable payment
mechanism) at the price(s) in effect when such charges are incurred.
You will also be responsible for paying any applicable taxes
relating to your purchases. If you make a purchase through our
website, you represent that you are at least 18 years of age.
Descriptions or images of, or references to, products or services
on our website do not imply our endorsement of such products
or services. We reserve the right, without prior notification,
to change such descriptions or references, to limit the order
quantity on any product or service and/or to refuse service
to you. Verification of information applicable to a purchase
may be required prior to our acceptance of any order. Price
and availability of any product or service are subject to change
without notice.
6. Links.
Our website contains links to other Internet websites which
may or may not be owned or operated by us. We have not reviewed
all of the websites that are linked to our website, and we have
no control over such sites. We are not responsible for the content
of such websites, any updates or changes to such sites or the
privacy or other practices of such sites. The fact that we offer
links to other websites does not indicate any approval or endorsement
of any material contained on any linked site. We are providing
these links to you only as a convenience. Accordingly, we strongly
encourage you to become familiar with the terms of use and practices
of any linked site. Further, it is up to you to take precautions
to ensure that whatever links you select or materials you download
(whether from our website or other sites) are free of such items
as viruses, worms, trojan horses, easter eggs, web bugs, cancelbot,
“spyware,” defects, date bombs, time bombs and other
items of a destructive nature.
7. Dealings with Third Party Providers.
Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation
in promotions sponsored by, any third party providers of goods
or services found on or through our website, and any terms,
conditions, warranties, or representations associated with such
dealings, are solely between you and such third party provider.
You agree that we are not responsible or liable for any loss
or damage of any sort incurred in connection with any such dealings
or as the result of the presence of such third parties’
materials on our website.
8. Jurisdictional Issues.
We make no representation that materials available on or through
our website are appropriate or available for use in locations
outside of the United States. If you choose to access our website
from locations outside of the United States, you do so on your
own initiative and at your own risk, and are responsible for
compliance with applicable laws. We reserve the right to limit
the availability of our website and the provision of any service,
program or other product described on our website to any person,
geographic area or jurisdiction, at any time and in our sole
discretion. You agree not to transport, import, export, or re-export
all or any part of the materials to (or to a national or resident
of): (a) Cuba, Iraq, Libya, Liberia, North Korea, Iran, Syria,
Serbia, Sudan or any other country to which the U.S. has embargoed
goods or (b) any person or entity on the U.S. Treasury Department’s
list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce
Department’s Table of Deny Orders. You also represent,
warrant and covenant to us that you are not located in or under
the control of any such country or on any such list.
9. Termination.
We may terminate your use of our website or any part of it and
your account with us at any time and for any reason without
any notice to you. Neither we nor any of our affiliates will
be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your
access to any part of our website or your account.
10. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability.
EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH ON OUR WEBSITE OR MATERIALS, OUR
WEBSITE, THE MATERIALS ON OUR WEBSITE AND ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE
OBTAINED THROUGH OUR WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”
AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED
OR STATUTORY. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO
APPLICABLE LAW, WE AND OUR AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS,
AND AGENTS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT,
ACCURACY, MERCHANTABILITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
AND ANY WARRANTIES THAT MAY ARISE FROM COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE
OF PERFORMANCE OR USAGE OF TRADE. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW
THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS
MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. NEITHER WE NOR ANY OF OUR AFFILIATES,
LICENSORS SUPPLIERS, OR AGENTS, NOR OUR OR THEIR DIRECTORS,
OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONSULTANTS, AGENTS OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES,
ARE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR OTHER DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF DATA OR LOST
PROFITS), UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR
OTHER THEORY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO OUR WEBSITE
OR MATERIALS CONTAINED ON OUR WEBSITE, ANY LINKED SITE OR ANY
MATERIALS, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OBTAINED THROUGH OUR WEBSITE,
EVEN IF WE HAD BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES
IN ADVANCE. WE AND OUR AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS, AND
AGENTS DO NOT WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF OUR WEBSITE OR MATERIALS
WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE OR SECURE, THAT DEFECTS WILL
BE CORRECTED OR THAT OUR WEBSITE, THE SERVER(S) ON WHICH OUR
WEBSITE IS HOSTED OR OUR MATERIALS ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER
HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR OBTAINING AND MAINTAINING ALL TELEPHONE, COMPUTER HARDWARE
AND OTHER EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO ACCESS AND USE OUR WEBSITE, AND
ALL CHARGES RELATED THERETO. NO OPINION, ADVICE OR STATEMENT
OF US OR OUR AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS, AGENTS OR VISITORS,
WHETHER MADE ON OUR WEBSITE OR OTHERWISE, SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY.
YOUR SOLE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH OUR WEBSITE, MATERIALS
OR ANY LINKED SITE IS TO STOP USING OUR WEBSITE, MATERIALS OR
LINKED SITE, AS APPLICABLE. THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE MAXIMUM LIABILITY
TO US FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION, WHETHER
IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, NEGLIGENCE)
OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY,
TO ACCESS OUR WEBSITE OR USE OUR MATERIALS. YOUR USE
OF OUR WEBSITE AND ANY MATERIALS PROVIDED THROUGH OUR WEBSITE
IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
A possibility exists that our website or materials could include
inaccuracies or errors, or information or materials that violate
these Terms of Use (specifically, the Code of Conduct above).
Additionally, a possibility exists that unauthorized alterations
could be made by third parties to our website or materials.
Although we attempt to ensure the integrity of our website,
we make no guarantees as to its completeness or correctness.
If a situation arises in which our website’s completeness
or correctness is in question, please contact us via our contact
information provided on the bottom of each page of the website
with, if possible, a description of the material to be checked
and the location (URL) where such material can be found on our
website.
11. Indemnification.
You agree to indemnify, defend (if we so request) and hold us,
our affiliates, licensors and suppliers and our and their directors,
officers, employees, consultants, agents and other representatives
(collectively, “indemnified parties”), harmless
from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, costs
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees and other legal
costs) and other expenses (collectively, “losses”)
that arise directly or indirectly out of or from (a) your breach
of these Terms of Use, including any violation of the Code of
Conduct, above; (b) any allegation that any information or materials
you submit to us or transmit to our website infringe or otherwise
violate the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual
property, privacy or other rights of any third party; and (c)
your activities in connection with our website. You also agree
to reimburse each indemnified party on demand for any losses
incurred by such indemnified party to which this indemnity relates.
12. Notice for California Users.
Under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, California website
users are entitled to the following specific consumer rights
notice: California residents may contact the Complaint Assistance
Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California
Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 400 R Street,
Suite 1080, Sacramento, California 95814, or by telephone
at (916) 445-1254 or (800) 952-5210.
13. Miscellaneous.
These Terms of Use are governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Colorado, United States of America,
without regard to its principles of conflicts of law. You
agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of any State
or Federal court located in the County of Denver, Colorado,
United States of America, and waive any jurisdictional, venue
or inconvenient forum objections to such courts. If any provision
of these Terms of Use is found to be unlawful, void or for
any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed
severable from these Terms of Use and shall not affect the
validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. This
is the entire agreement between us relating to the subject
matter herein and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous
written or oral agreements between us with respect to such
subject matter. These Terms of Use are not assignable, transferable
or sublicenseable by you except with our prior written consent.
No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder
shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent
breach or default. Any heading, caption or section title contained
in these Terms of Use is inserted only as a matter of convenience
and in no way defines or explains any section or provision
hereof.
14. Questions.
This website is provided by Bridge-Linguatec. If you have
any questions, comments or complaints regarding these Terms
of Use or our website, feel free to contact us via our contact
information provided on the bottom of each page of our website.
Adopted July 15, 2005.
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