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ACCEPTANCE
OF TERMS
S&C
Electric Company("S&C") makes available for your use on this
Web site (the "Site") information, documents, software and products
(collectively, the "Materials") and various services operated by
S&C (collectively, the "Services"), subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this document (the "Terms of Use"). By accessing
or using this Site, which includes your access to or use of any
of the Services, you agree to the Terms of Use. S&C reserves
the right to change the Terms of Use from time to time at its sole
discretion. Your use of the Site will be subject to the most current
version of the Terms of Use posted on the Site at the time of such
use. In addition, when using particular Services or Materials on
this Site, you shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules
applicable to such Services or Materials that may contain terms
and conditions in addition to those in the Terms of Use. All such
guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the
Terms of Use. If you breach any of the Terms of Use, your authorization
to use this Site automatically terminates and you must immediately
destroy any Materials downloaded or printed from the Site.
COPYRIGHT;
LIMITED LICENSE
The Materials and Services on this Site are protected by copyright
and/or other intellectual property laws and any unauthorized use
of the Materials or Services at this Site may violate such laws.
Except as expressly provided herein, S&C and its suppliers do
not grant any express or implied right to you under any patents,
copyrights, trademarks, or trade secret information with respect
to the Materials and Services.
Except
as specifically permitted herein, no portion of the information
or documents on this Site may be reproduced in any form or by any
means without the prior written permission of S&C.
Use
of Software.The software and accompanying documentation that
are made available to download or use directly from this Site are the copyrighted
work of S&C and/or its suppliers. Use of the software is governed
by the terms of the end user license agreement that accompanies
or is included with such software. You will not be able to download, install, or use any software that is accompanied by or includes an end
user license agreement unless you agree to the terms of such end
user license agreement. If you do not agree to such terms, you will
not be able to use the software. You may not decompile, reverse
engineer or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the
software available on the Site.
Use
of Site Information.Except as otherwise indicated elsewhere
on this Site, you may view, download and print the documents and
information available on this Site subject to the following conditions:
- The
documents and information may be used solely for personal, informational,
internal, non-commercial purposes.
- The
documents and information may not be modified or altered in any
way.
- The
documents and information on the Site may not be distributed.
- You
may not remove any copyright or other proprietary notices contained
in the documents and information.
- S&C
reserves the right to revoke the authorization to view, download
and print the documents and information available on this Site
at any time, and any such use shall be discontinued immediately
upon written notice from S&C.
- The
rights granted to you constitute a license and not a transfer
of title.
The
rights specified above to view, download and print the documents
and information available on this Site are not applicable to the
design or layout of this Site. Elements of this Site are protected
by trade dress and other laws and may not be copied or imitated
in whole or in part.
USE AND PROTECTION OF ACCOUNT NUMBER AND PASSWORD
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your
account number and/or password, if applicable. You are responsible
for all uses of your account, whether or not actually or expressly
authorized by you.
WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMERS
EXCEPT
AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED OTHERWISE IN A WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU
AND S&C, ALL MATERIALS AND SERVICES ON THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED
"AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR THE WARRANTY OF NON-INFRINGEMENT.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, S&C MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i)
THE SERVICES AND MATERIALS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE
SERVICES AND MATERIALS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR
ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE
OF THE SERVICES OR MATERIALS WILL BE EFFECTIVE, ACCURATE OR RELIABLE,
(iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, OR INFORMATION PURCHASED
OR OBTAINED BY YOU FROM THE SITE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND
(v) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE OBTAINED FROM THE SITE WILL BE CORRECTED.
SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OR LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY MAY LAST,
SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE,
ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED TO NINETY (90) DAYS.
THIS
SITE COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL OR OTHER MISTAKES, INACCURACIES OR
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. S&C MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THE MATERIALS
AND SERVICES AT THIS SITE, INCLUDING THE PRICES AND DESCRIPTIONS
OF ANY PRODUCTS LISTED HEREIN, AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. THE MATERIALS
OR SERVICES AT THIS SITE MAY BE OUT OF DATE, AND S&C MAKES NO
COMMITMENT TO UPDATE SUCH MATERIALS OR SERVICES.
S&C
ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE INFORMATION,
DOCUMENTS, SOFTWARE, MATERIALS AND/OR SERVICES WHICH ARE REFERENCED
BY OR LINKED TO THIS SITE. REFERENCES TO OTHER CORPORATIONS, THEIR
SERVICES AND PRODUCTS, ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
IN
NO EVENT SHALL S&C OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY
THIRD PARTY FOR ANY SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, THOSE RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER
OR NOT S&C HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES,
AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE USE OF THIS SITE OR OF ANY WEB SITE REFERENCED OR LINKED
TO FROM THIS SITE. SOME JURISDICTIONS PROHIBIT THE EXCLUSION OR
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES,
SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
THE
USE OF THE SERVICES OR THE DOWNLOADING OR OTHER ACQUISITION OF ANY
MATERIALS THROUGH THE SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK
AND WITH YOUR AGREEMENT THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR
ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS
FROM SUCH ACTIVITIES. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR
WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM S&C OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SITE
SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS OF USE.
This
Site contains links to third-party Web sites that are not under
the control of S&C. S&C makes no representations whatsoever
about any other Web site to which you may have access through this
Site. When you access a non-S&C Web site, you do so at your
own risk and S&C is not responsible for the accuracy or reliability
of any information, data, opinions, advice, or statements made on
these sites or for the quality of any products or services available
on such sites. S&C provides these links merely as a convenience
and the inclusion of such links does not imply that S&C endorses
or accepts any responsibility for the content or uses of such Web
sites.
This
Site can be accessed from other countries around the world and may
contain references to S&C products, services, and programs that
have not been announced in your country. These references do not
imply that S&C intends to announce such products, services or
programs in your country.
PERSONAL
INFORMATION AND PRIVACY
To learn about how S&C protects your personal information, such
as your name and address, refer to the S&C
Privacy Policy. Please note that any non-personal information
or material sent to S&C will be generally be deemed to NOT be
confidential.
PROHIBITED
COMMUNICATIONS
You may only submit to the Site, User Content that is (a) owned
by you, (b) submitted with the express permission of the owner,
or (c) in the public domain. You are prohibited from posting or
transmitting to or from this Site any unlawful, threatening, libelous,
defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or other materials that would
violate any law or the rights of others, including without limitation,
laws against copyright infringement. Violation of these restrictions
may result in limitations on access by you to this Site.
MANAGING
USER CONTENT AND COMMUNICATIONS
S&C reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to delete or
remove your User Content from the Site and to restrict, suspend
or terminate your access to all or part of this Site, at any time
for any reason without prior notice or liability.
S&C
may establish general practices and limits on the use of any Service,
including, but not limited to, limits on retention time, file size,
and storage space for User Content.
S&C
shall have no liability or responsibility for the deletion or failure
to store any information or materials in connection with any Service.
S&C
may, but is not obligated to, monitor or review (i) any areas on
the Site where users transmit or post User Content, including but
not limited to areas where Services are available, or chat rooms,
bulletin boards or other user forums, and (ii) the substance of
any User Content.
To
the maximum extent permitted by law, S&C will have no liability
related to User Content arising under the laws of copyright, libel,
privacy, obscenity, or otherwise. S&C also disclaims all liability
with respect to the misuse, loss, modification, or unavailability
of any User Content.
USER FORUMS
In addition to these Terms of Use, users of the S&C User To
User Forums must agree to a separate legal agreement located within
the Forums Registration area of the Site. Your access to the User
to User Forums will be denied for violation of the prohibitions
set forth in this Terms of Use under the Section entitled PROHIBITED
COMMUNICATIONS.
EXPORT
CONTROL LAWS; NOTICE TO U.S. GOVERNMENT USERS
The export and re-export of S&C software products are controlled
by the United States Export Administration Regulations and such
software may not be exported or re-exported to Cuba, Iran, Iraq,
Libya, North Korea, Sudan, or Syria or any country to which the
United States embargoes goods. In addition, S&C software may
not be distributed to persons on the Table of Denial Orders, the
Entity List, or the List of Specially Designated Nationals.
By
downloading an S&C software product you are certifying that
you are not a national of Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea,
Sudan, or Syria or any country to which the United States embargoes
goods and that you are not a person on the Table of Denial Orders,
the Entity List, or the List of Specially Designated Nationals.
All
S&C products and publications are commercial in nature. The
software and documentation available on this Site are "Commercial
Items," as that term is defined at 48 C.F.R. §2.101, consisting
of "Commercial Computer Software" and "Commercial Computer Software
Documentation," as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. §12.212 or 48
C.F.R. §227.7202, as applicable. Consistent with 48 C.F.R. §12.212
or 48 C.F.R. §§227.7202-1 through 227.7202-4, as applicable, the
Commercial Computer Software and Commercial Computer Software Documentation
are licensed to U.S. Government end users (A) only as Commercial
Items and (B) with only those rights as are granted to all other
end users pursuant to the terms and conditions herein.
INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold S&C, and its subsidiaries, affiliates,
officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees,
harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys'
fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of content you
submit, post to or transmit through the Site (including, without
limitation, any User Content), your use of the Site, your connection
to the Site, your violation of the Terms of Use, or your violation
of any rights of another person or entity.
GOVERNING
LAW AND JURISDICTION
This Site (excluding linked sites) is controlled by S&C from
its offices within the state of Illinois, United States of America.
By accessing this Site, you and S&C agree that all matters relating
to your access to, or use of, this Site shall be governed by the
statutes and laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to the
conflicts of laws principles thereof. You and S&C also agree
and hereby submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue
of the Circuit Court of Cook County and the United States District
Court for the Northern District of Illinois with respect to such
matters. S&C makes no representation that Materials or Services
available on this Site are appropriate or available for use in other
locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents
are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this Site
from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible
for compliance with local laws.
TRADEMARK
INFORMATION
The trademarks, logos and service marks ("Marks") displayed on this
Site are the property of S&C or other third parties. You are
not permitted to use the Marks without the prior written consent
of S&C or such third party which may own the Marks. S&C
and the S&C logo are trademarks of S&C Electric Company. |