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Terms And Conditions Of Use
Please Read These Terms Carefully Before Using This Site
This Web site is provided by the Exterior Design Institute (EDI) and
may be used for informational purposes only. By using the site or downloading
materials from the site, you agree to abide by the terms and conditions
set forth in this notice. If you do not agree to abide by these terms
and conditions do not use the site or download materials from the site.
Limited License
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, EDI
grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to access,
use
and display this site and the materials thereon. You agree not to interrupt
or attempt to interrupt the operation of the site in any way.
EDI authorizes you to view and
download the information ("Materials")
at this Web site ("Site") only for your personal, non-commercial
use. This authorization is not a transfer of title in the Materials and
copies of the Materials and is subject to the following restrictions:
1) you must retain, on all copies of the Materials downloaded, all copyright
and other proprietary notices contained in the Materials; 2) you may
not modify the Materials in any way or reproduce or publicly display,
perform, or distribute or otherwise use them for any public or commercial
purpose; and 3) you must not transfer the Materials to any other person
unless you give them notice of, and they agree to accept, the obligations
arising under these terms and conditions of use. You agree to abide by
all additional restrictions displayed on the Site as it may be updated
from time to time. This Site, including all Materials, is copyrighted
and protected by worldwide copyright laws and treaty provisions. You
agree to comply with all copyright laws worldwide in your use of this
Site and to prevent any unauthorized copying of the Materials. Except
as expressly provided herein, EDI does not grant any express or implied
right to you under any patents, trademarks, copyrights or trade secret
information.
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Disclaimer
THE MATERIALS MAY CONTAIN INACCURACIES AND TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. EDI
DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE MATERIALS OR
THE RELIABILITY
OF ANY ADVICE, OPINION, STATEMENT OR OTHER INFORMATION DISPLAYED OR
DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE SITE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY RELIANCE ON
ANY SUCH OPINION, ADVICE, STATEMENT, MEMORANDUM, OR INFORMATION SHALL
BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. EDI RESERVES THE RIGHT, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION,
TO CORRECT ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY PORTION OF THE SITE. EDI
MAY MAKE ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE SITE, THE MATERIALS AND THE PRODUCTS,
PROGRAMS, SERVICES OR PRICES (IF ANY) DESCRIBED IN THE SITE AT ANY
TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.
THIS SITE, THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS ON THE SITE,
AND THE SOFTWARE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE SITE, ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT
ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT, OR
FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR
THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT
APPLY TO YOU.
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Third Party Sites
As a convenience to you, EDI may provide, on this Site, links to Web
sites operated by other entities. If you use these sites, you will
leave
this Site. If you decide to visit any linked site, you do so at your
own risk and it is your responsibility to take all protective measures
to guard against viruses or other destructive elements. EDI makes no
warranty or representation regarding, and does not endorse, any linked
Web sites or the information appearing thereon or any of the products
or services described thereon. Links do not imply that EDI or this
Site sponsors, endorses, is affiliated or associated with, or is
legally
authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol
displayed in or accessible through the links, or that any linked site
is authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol
of EDI or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries.
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External Links to the Site
All links to the Site must be approved in writing by EDI, except that
EDI consents to links in which: (i) the link is a text-only link containing
only the name "Exterior Design Institute"; (ii) the link "points" only
to www.exterior-design-inst.com or www.eifshotline.org and not to deeper
pages;(iii) the link, when activated by a user, displays that page
full-screen
in a
fully
operable
and navigable
browser window and not within a "frame" on the linked website;
and (iv) the appearance, position, and other aspects of the link may
neither create the false appearance that an entity or its activities
or products are associated with or sponsored by EDI nor be such as
to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with the name and trademarks
of EDI or its Affiliates. EDI reserves the right to revoke this consent
to link at any time in its sole discretion.
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Information Provided By You
Any personally identifiable information you may provide to EDI via this
Site is protected by the Privacy Policy associated with this Site.
EDI does not want you to, and you should not, send any confidential
or proprietary information to EDI via the Site. You agree that any
information or materials that you or individuals acting on your behalf
provide
to EDI will not be considered confidential or proprietary. By providing
any such information or materials to EDI, you grant to EDI an unrestricted,
irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, display,
publicly perform, transmit and distribute such information and materials,
and you further agree that EDI is free to use any ideas, concepts or
know-how that you or individuals acting on your behalf provide to EDI.
You further recognize that EDI does not want you to, and you warrant
that you shall not, provide any information or materials to EDI that
is defamatory, threatening, obscene, harassing, or otherwise unlawful,
or that incorporates the proprietary material of another.
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Limitations of Damages
IN NO EVENT SHALL GE OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES BE LIABLE TO ANY ENTITY
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF
INFORMATION OR PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION HANDLING
SYSTEM) THAT ARE RELATED TO THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE
CONTENT, MATERIALS, AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SITE OR ANY LINKED WEBSITE,
EVEN IF EDI IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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Changes
EDI reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add
or remove any portion of this Agreement in whole or in part, at any
time. Changes in this Agreement will be effective when notice of such
change is posted. Your continued use of the Site after any changes
to this Agreement are posted will be considered acceptance of those
changes.
EDI may terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any
aspect of the EDI Site, including the availability of any features
of the Site,
at any
time. EDI may also impose limits on certain features and services or
restrict your access to parts or all of the Site without notice or
liability.
EDI may terminate the authorization, rights and license given above and,
upon such termination, you shall immediately destroy all Materials.
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International Users and Choice of Law
This Site is controlled, operated and administered by EDI from its headquarters
within the United States of America. EDI makes no representation that
materials at this site are appropriate or available for use at other
locations outside of the United States and access to them from territories
where their contents are illegal is prohibited. You may not use the
Site or export the Materials in violation of U. S. export laws and
regulations. If you access this Site from a locations outside of the
United States, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws.
These Terms and Conditions of use shall be governed by the laws of
the State of Virginia, without giving effect to its conflict of laws
provisions.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between
EDI and you with respect to your use of the Site. Any cause of action
you may have with
respect to your use of the Site must be commenced within one (1) year
after the claim or cause of action arises. If for any reason a court
of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of the Agreement or portion
thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the
maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of the Agreement,
and the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and
effect.
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Privacy Policy
EDI is committed to protecting any personal
information that you may provide to us. In particular, we believe it
is important for you to know how we treat information about you that
we may receive from this Web site.
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Information Collected
In general, you can visit this Web site without telling us who you are
or revealing any information about yourself. Our web servers collect
the domain names, not the e-mail addresses, of visitors. In addition,
there are portions of this Web site where we may need to collect personal
information from you for a specific purpose, such as to provide you
with certain information you request.
This Web site is not intended for persons under 13 years of age. We do
not knowingly solicit or collect personal information from or about children,
and we do not knowingly market our products or services to children.
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Use of Collected Information
Domain name information that we collect is not used to personally identify
you and instead is aggregated to measure the number of visits, average
time spent on the site, pages viewed, etc. We use this information
to measure the use of our site and to improve the content of our site.
When other information is collected from you, such as your name and e-mail
address, we generally let you know at the time of collection how we will
use the personal information.
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Security of Collected Information
We maintain strict physical, electronic, and administrative safeguards
to protect your personal information from unauthorized or inappropriate
access. We restrict access to information about you to those EDI workers
who need to know the information to respond to your inquiry or request.
Workers who misuse personal information are subject to disciplinary
action.
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Access to Collected Information
You may review and update the information that you provide to us through
this Web site by contacting us as described below.
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Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please use the Contact
Us page. We welcome your questions and suggestions about our privacy
policy.
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Changes to this Policy
Please check this privacy policy periodically to inform yourself of any
changes. Although we reserve the right to modify or supplement this
privacy policy, we will provide notice to you on this Web site of any
major changes for at least 30 days following the change.
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