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TERMS OF SERVICE
Visitor Agreement
Christopher Webster Investigations (C.W.I.). provides IT information
portal to our registered visitors. This visitor agreement ("Visitor Agreement")
is a binding legal contract between you and us. Please read this visitor agreement;
by using this service, you accept its terms.
The Internet is
an evolving medium; we may change the terms of this agreement from time to time.
By continuing to use the service after we post any such changes, you accept
this agreement, as modified.
We invite you to send in your questions or comments about C.W.I.,
or to bring to our attention any material you believe to be inaccurate. Please
send such comments, including a copy of any material you wish to discuss, to
our content manager.
PRIVACY
We may use and disclose information we collect from you in accordance with our
privacy policy.
Please take a few minutes to review it.
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS
Our Limited License to You. Although we make our sites freely accessible,
we don't intend to give up our rights, or anyone else's rights, to the materials
appearing on the service. The materials available through our sites are the
property of C.W.I. or its subsidiaries or licensors, and are protected by copyright,
trademark and other intellectual property laws. You are free to display and
print for your personal, non-commercial use information you receive through
our sites. But you may not otherwise reproduce any of the materials without
the prior written consent of the owner. You may not distribute copies of materials
found on our sites in any form (including by email or other electronic means),
without prior written permission from the owner. Of course, you're free to encourage
others to access the information themselves on our sites and to tell them how
to find it. Requests for permission to reproduce or distribute materials found
on our sites should be sent to C.W.I., P.O. Box 1712, Burlingame, CA 94010
or emailing us at our corporate
email.
Your License
to Us. By submitting material to our sites, you are representing that you
are the owner of the material, or are making your submission with the express
consent of the owner. By submitting material to any public posting areas of
our sites, such as our chat rooms, message boards, classifieds, or community
publishing areas, you agree that we, including our partners, agents, affiliates
and service providers (collectively "Third Party Providers"), may
reproduce, modify, and distribute such material as we see fit in any medium
and for any purpose. You also agree that we, including our Third Party Providers,
may identify you as the author of any of your postings by name, email address
or screen name as we see appropriate.
Links. We
welcome links to our service. You are free to establish a hypertext link to
this site so long as the link does not state or imply any sponsorship of your
site by C.W.I..
No Framing.
Without the prior written permission of C.W.I., you may not frame any of the content
of our sites, or incorporate into another Web site or other service any of our
intellectual property. Requests for permission to frame our content may be sent
to C.W.I., P.O. Box 1712, Burlingame, CA 94010
or emailing us at our corporate
email.
Trademarks.
We don't want anyone to be confused as to which materials and services are provided
by us and which aren't. You may not use any trademark or service mark appearing
on our sites without the prior written consent of the owner of the mark. "
C.W.I. " and the C.W.I. logo are trademarks
of C.W.I..
Notice of Violations.
If you are an owner of intellectual property who believes your intellectual
property has been improperly posted or distributed via one of our Web sites,
please notify us by sending a notice by U.S. Mail to C.W.I., P.O. Box 1712, Burlingame, CA 94010.
You should only send a written notice if you believe that your work has been
used or copied in a manner that infringes your intellectual property and such
infringement occurs on this site. All other inquiries directed to us will not
be responded to.
USE OF COMMUNICATIONS
SERVICES
We provide a variety of services through our sites through which you can directly
interact with others, such as email services, chat rooms, communications tools,
message boards, classifieds, jobs and other public posting areas ("Communications
Services"). We want to encourage an open exchange of information and ideas,
but at the same time we want everyone to be able to enjoy these Communications
Services.
We reserve the
right to deny access to any Communications Service to anyone who violates this
visitor agreement or who, in our judgment, interferes with the ability of others
to enjoy our sites or infringes the rights of others. We also reserve the right
(but assume no obligation) to delete, move, block access to, or edit any postings
that come to our attention that we consider unacceptable or inappropriate, whether
for legal or other reasons. We will not, in the ordinary course of business,
review private electronic messages that are not addressed to us. However, we
maintain the right to do so or to use any other forms of information available
to C.W.I. by virtue of your use of our sites (including, for example, reverse IP
address inquiry), in order to comply with the law, to enforce our Visitor Agreement,
or to protect the rights, property or safety of visitors to our sites, the public,
or C.W.I. and its employees, agents, partners and affiliates.
Specific Prohibited
Uses. Without limiting the foregoing, we may immediately terminate your
use of any Communications Service if you engage in any of the following prohibited
activities:
· Uploading, posting, emailing, transmitting or otherwise making available
any content that in our discretion might be unlawful, harmful, threatening,
abusive, libelous, or obscene;
- Impersonating
any person or entity, or falsely stating or otherwise misrepresenting your
affiliation with a person or entity;
- Forging headers
or otherwise manipulating identifiers in a manner that disguises the origin
of any content you transmit through any Communications Service;
- Uploading, posting,
emailing, transmitting or otherwise making available any content or material
that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under any
contractual or fiduciary relationship (such as inside information, proprietary
and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships
or under nondisclosure agreements);
- Uploading, posting,
emailing, transmitting or otherwise making available any content or material
that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary
right of any party;
- Uploading, posting,
emailing, transmitting or otherwise making available any unsolicited or unauthorized
advertising, promotional materials, any illegal pyramid or "Ponzi"
type schemes, or any other form of solicitation, without our express written
approval;
- Gathering for
the purpose of "spamming" any email addresses that visitors post
in our chat rooms, message boards and other public posting areas;
- Uploading, posting,
emailing, transmitting or otherwise making available any content or material
that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs
designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer
software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
- Uploading or
posting any off-topic or irrelevant material to any chat room or message board;
- Interfering
with or disrupting any servers or networks used to provide the Communications
Services, or disobeying any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations
of the networks we use to provide the Communications Services;
- Violating any
applicable local, state, national or international law, including, but not
limited to (i) all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical
data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside, (ii)
regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and
(iii) any rules of any national or other securities exchange, including, without
limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the
NASDAQ;
- "Stalking"
or otherwise harassing another;
- Instigating
or encouraging others to commit illegal activities or cause injury or property
damage to any person;
- Collecting or
storing personal data about other users;
- Gaining unauthorized
access to any of our sites, or any account, computer system, or network connected
to any of our sites, by means such as hacking, password mining or other illicit
means; or
- Obtaining or
attempting to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally
made available through any of our sites.
Indemnity.
You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from any claim that may arise from
your use of any Communications Service available through our sites.
Spam. We
will immediately terminate any account that we believe is transmitting or is
otherwise connected with any spam or other unsolicited bulk email. In addition,
because damages are often difficult to quantify, if actual damages cannot be
reasonably calculated then you agree to pay to C.W.I. liquidated damages of $2
for each item of spam or unsolicited bulk email transmitted from or otherwise
connected with your account, otherwise you agree to pay our actual damages,
to the extent such actual damages can be reasonably calculated.
DISCLAIMERS
We work hard to make our sites an interesting and enjoyable place. We cannot
guarantee, however, that our users will always find everything to their liking;
nor could we provide a free service if we were exposed to substantial liability.
Please read these Disclaimers carefully before using our sites.
Use at Your
Own Risk. We provide the material available through our sites for informational
purposes only. You may only use the material and the Communications Services
available through our sites for your personal and non-commercial use. We try
to ensure that information we post to this site is both timely and accurate,
and that the Communications Services are reliable. Yet despite our efforts,
errors may occur from time to time. In addition, some reports, such as stock
quotes and related financial news, may be delayed at least 20 minutes due to
requirements of the stock exchanges and/or the financial information services.
Before you act on any information you've found on our site, you should confirm
any facts that are important to your decision. IF YOU RELY ON ANY INFORMATION
OR COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR SITES, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN
RISK. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS
YOU MAY INCUR THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR USE OF ANY COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE OR ANY
MATERIAL AND/OR DATA DOWNLOADED FROM OR OTHERWISE PROVIDED THROUGH OUR SITES.
Materials Submitted
by Other Users. We cannot and do not review every posting made in our chat
rooms, message boards, classifieds, jobs and other areas available for public
postings. You may well read any given posting before anyone on our staff does.
Take what you find with a grain of salt. You can expect these areas to include
information and opinions from a variety of individuals and organizations other
than us. We do not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of any posting, regardless
of whether the posting comes from a user, from a celebrity or "expert"
guest, or from a member of our staff. There is no substitute for healthy skepticism
and your own good judgment.
No Endorsements.
We are not responsible for, and cannot guarantee the performance of, goods and
services provided by our advertisers or others to whose sites we link. A link
to another Web site does not constitute our endorsement of that site (nor of
any product, service or other material offered on that site).
No Warranties.
THIS SERVICE IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS," "WITH ALL FAULTS,"
AND "AS AVAILABLE." C.W.I. AND OUR AFFILIATES,
AGENTS AND LICENSORS CANNOT AND DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENTNESS,
NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE
INFORMATION AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICE. NOR DO WE GUARANTEE THAT THE SERVICE
WILL BE ERROR-FREE, OR CONTINUOUSLY AVAILABLE, OR THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE FREE
OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
Limitations
on Our Liability. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL C.W.I. AND OUR AFFILIATES, AGENTS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR
ANY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF USE OF C.W.I., INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, LIABILITY FOR DIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT,
OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, EVEN IF WE ARE ADVISED BEFOREHAND OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES. (BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION
OF CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
IN SUCH STATES, THE LIABILITY OF C.W.I. AND OUR AFFILIATES,
AGENTS AND LICENSORS IS LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY SUCH STATE
LAW.) IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY MATERIAL, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES FOUND
ON OUR SITES, OR WITH ANY OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS VISITOR AGREEMENT,
YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING OUR SITES AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS
SERVICES.
MISCELLANEOUS
Registration. To obtain access to certain services on our sites, you
may be given an opportunity to register with us. If you do register, you agree
that you are 18 years or older. You also agree that the information you supply
during that registration process will be accurate and complete and that you
will not register nor attempt to enter the service under the name, mailing address,
email address, telephone number, or other personal information of, another person.
We reserve the right to reject or terminate any user that, in our judgment,
submits information that we deem offensive or inaccurate. You will be responsible
for preserving the confidentiality of your password (if you create one) and
will notify us at privacy policy of any known or suspected unauthorized use
of your account.
Jurisdiction.
This visitor agreement has been made in and shall be construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of California. By using this service, you consent to
the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in your county and
state, in all disputes arising out of or relating to this agreement or this
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