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Privacy Policy, Terms of Use Disclaimers
Welcome to the web site at http://www.ncfedo.org/ ("Site") which is owned by the National Council for Economic Development Organizations ("the Council"). This Site is operated by the Council and materials on the Site are primarily owned by the Council, its affiliates or licensees. The Site may also include materials owned by third parties and posted on the Site by virtue of a license, grant or some other form of agreement between the third party and the Council. The Council has created this Site for your personal use as an informational and educational source. However, you are only authorized to access this Site or to use the materials contained in it (regardless of whether your access or use is intended) if you agree to abide by all applicable laws, and to these Terms of Use and Privacy Policy which constitute an Agreement between you and The Council. Please read these Terms of Use carefully and save them. If you do not agree with them, you should leave this Site immediately. Any questions or comments regarding, or problems with, this Site should be sent to the Site Administrator . The Council reserves the right to modify or amend this Agreement without notice at any time. It is, therefore, important that you read this page regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes. If you become aware of misuse of this Site by any person, please contact the Site Administrator with your concerns. ACCESS AND USE All materials contained in this Site are protected by international trademark and copyright laws and must only be used for personal, non-commercial purposes. This means that you may only view or download material from this Site for your own use and you must keep all copyright and other proprietary notices attached to the downloaded material. The reproduction, duplication, distribution (including by way of email, facsimile or other electronic means), publication, modification, copying or transmission of material from this Site is STRICTLY PROHIBITED unless you have obtained the prior written consent of The Council or unless it is expressly permitted by this Site. The material covered by this prohibition includes, without limitation, any text, graphics, logos, photographs, audio or video material or stills from audiovisual material available on this Site. The use of materials from this Site on any other web site or networked computer environment is similarly prohibited. Requests for permission to reproduce or distribute materials found on this Site can be made by contacting The Council in writing at Business and Legal Affairs, NCFEDO, Post Office Box 3419, Pensacola, Florida, 32516-3419, or via E-mail . You are also strictly prohibited from creating works or materials that derive from or are based on the materials contained in this Site including, without limitation, fonts, icons, link buttons, wallpaper, desktop themes, on-line postcards and greeting cards and unlicensed merchandise. This prohibition applies regardless of whether the derivative materials are sold, bartered or given away. UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONS The Council does not knowingly accept unsolicited submissions including, without limitation, submissions of scripts, story lines, articles, fan fiction, characters, drawings, information, suggestions, ideas or concepts. The Council's policy is to simply delete any such submission without reading it or forwarding it to other The Council staff. Therefore, any similarity between an unsolicited submission and any elements in any of The Council's creative work including, without limitation, a film, series, story, title or concept would be purely coincidental. If unsolicited submissions are sent to The Council via this Site, however, these submissions become the property of The Council, its affiliates or licensees and may be used, copied, sublicensed, adapted, transmitted, distributed, publicly performed, published, displayed or deleted as The Council sees fit. You agree that you are not entitled to any compensation, credit or notice whatsoever and that by sending an unsolicited submission you waive the right to make any claim against The Council, its parents or affiliates relating to unsolicited submissions, including, without limitation, unfair competition, breach of implied contract or breach of confidentiality. SOLICITED SUBMISSIONS From time to time the Council may solicit data or information from you or your organization for use on this site. By submitting these materials you agree that the Council, its affiliates or licensees may use them in an unrestricted manner and will not be responsible to pay you or your organization for the use or sale of such information or programs which may contain it. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES The Council may, from time to time, post Council employment opportunities on the Site and/or invite users to submit resumes to it. If you choose to submit your name, contact information, resume and/or other personal information to the Council in response to employment listings, you are authorizing the Council to utilize this information for all lawful and legitimate hiring and employment purposes. The Council also reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to forward the information you submit to its, affiliates and licensees for legitimate business purposes. Nothing in these Terms of Use or contained in the Site shall constitute a promise by the Council to interview, hire or employ any individual who submits information to it, nor shall anything in these Terms of Use or contained in the Site constitute a promise that the Council will review any or all of the information submitted to it by users. LINKED SITES AND ADVERTISING If you are interested in creating hypertext links to this Site, you must contact The Council in writing at Business and Legal Affairs, NCFEDO, Post Office Box 3419, Pensacola, Florida, 32516-3419, or via e-mail before doing so. In establishing hypertext links, you must not represent in any way, expressly or by implication, that you have received the endorsement, sponsorship or support of this Site or the Council, including its respective employees, agents, directors, officers and shareholders. If the Council has provided links or pointers to other web sites, no inference or assumption should be made and no representation should be implied that the Council is connected with, operates or controls these web sites. The Council is not responsible for the content or practices of third party web sites that may be linked to this Site. This Site may also be linked to other web sites operated by companies affiliated or connected with the Council. When visiting other web sites, however, you should refer to each such web site's individual "Terms of Use" and not rely on this Agreement. The Council takes no responsibility for third party advertisements which are posted on this Site, nor does it take any responsibility for the goods or services provided by its advertisers. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY AND WARRANTIES While the Council does its best to ensure the optimal performance of the Site, you agree that you will use this Site and rely on material contained in this Site at your own risk. The Site, and all materials in this Site, are provided "as is" and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, are provided without warranties of any kind either express or implied. This means, without limitation, that the Council DOES NOT WARRANT that the Site is fit for any particular purpose; that the functions contained in the materials in the Site will be uninterrupted; that defects will be corrected; that the Site is free of viruses and other harmful components or that the Site is accurate, error free or reliable. You acknowledge that the Council, its affiliates and licensees together with their respective employees, agents, directors, officers, members and shareholders, ARE NOT LIABLE for any delays, inaccuracies, failures, errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects, viruses, communication line failures or for the theft, destruction, damage or unauthorized access to your computer system or network. You acknowledge that the Council is not liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct or material found in connection with this Site, including such conduct or material transmitted by any means by any other person. You acknowledge that the Council is not liable for any damages, including, without limitation, direct, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, in connection with or arising from your use or from your inability to use the Site. INDEMNITY You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Council, its affiliates and licensees together with their respective employees, agents, directors, officers, members and shareholders, from and against all the liabilities, claims, damages and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees and costs) arising out of your use of this Site; your failure to use the Site; your breach or alleged breach of this Agreement or your breach or alleged breach of the copyright, trademark, proprietary or other rights of third parties. TERMINATION The Council reserves the right to immediately terminate your use of, or access to, this Site at any time if the Council decides at its sole discretion that you have breached this Agreement or any relevant law, rule or regulation or you have engaged in conduct that the Council considers to be inappropriate or unacceptable. PRIVACY POLICY Because the primary objective of this site is to foster better communication between Members and economic development prospects and their agents, the Council may regularly provide data domiciled on this site to interested parties. However, it is not the policy of the Council to share any confidential information solicited from Members with any other Members. Data received from Members and not recorded on this site is held private and confidential and is for the use of the Council only. Anyone with knowledge of any distribution of such data is requested to notify the Site Administrator as soon as possible. The Council may not be held responsible for the distribution of data which it utilizes on this site, but does not own. COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT If you believe that any material contained in this Site infringes your copyright, you should notify the Council of your copyright infringement claim in accordance with the following procedure. The Council will process notices of alleged infringement which it receives and will take appropriate action as required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") and other applicable intellectual property laws. The DMCA requires that notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to this Site's Designated Agent who is: Our Designated Agent To be effective, the notification must be in writing and contain the following information (DMCA, 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3)):
OTHER This Agreement operates to the fullest extent permissible by law. If any provision of this Agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision is deemed severable from this Agreement and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. This Agreement is governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Florida without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Florida or, if appropriate, the United States District Court with jurisdiction over Pensacola, Florida, for resolution of any dispute, action or proceeding arising in connection with this Agreement or your use or non-use of the Site including, without limitation, any dispute, action or proceeding between you and a third party, and you further irrevocably waive any right you may have to trial by jury in any such dispute, action or proceeding. MISCELLANEOUS If any of these terms of use are held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining portions of the terms of use shall continue to be valid and will be performed, construed, and enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law, and the invalid, illegal or unenforceable term will be amended and limited to the extent necessary to permit the maximum enforceability and/or validation of such term or provision under applicable law. COPYRIGHTS © / TRADEMARKS TM (C) 2002 The National Council for Economic Development Organizations. All trademarks are owned by The National Council for Economic Development Organizations or are used under license. All rights reserved. All materials contained in the Council's web sites are protected by copyright and trademark and shall not be used for any purpose whatsoever other than private, non-commercial viewing purposes. Reproduction, duplication, distribution, derivative works, and other unauthorized copying or use of stills, audio, video footage, or any other materials contained herein are expressly prohibited. |
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