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Terms Of Use
AGREEMENT BETWEEN USER AND ENERGY EDUCATION, INC.
The Energy Education Web site is comprised of various Web pages operated by
Energy Education, Inc. (“Energy Education”).
The Energy Education Web site is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance
of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein ( collectively “Terms of
Use”). Your actual use of the Energy Education Web site constitutes your
agreement to such Terms of Use.
MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS OF USE
Energy Education reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices
under which the Energy Education Web site is offered.
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
The Energy Education Web site may contain links to other Web sites ("Linked
Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of Energy Education and
Energy Education is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site,
including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes
or updates to a Linked Site. Energy Education is not responsible for webcasting
or any other form of transmission received from any Linked Site. Energy
Education is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the
inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement or sponsorship by Energy
Education of the site or any association or affiliation with its operators. If
you decide to access Linked Sites, you do so at your own risk.
NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE
As a condition of your use of the Energy Education Web site, you warrant to
Energy Education that you will not use the Energy Education Web site for any
purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices.
You may not use the Energy Education Web site in any manner which could damage,
disable, overburden, or impair the Energy Education Web site or interfere with
any other party's use and enjoyment of the Energy Education Web site. You may
not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means
not intentionally made available or provided for through the Energy Education
Web site.
USE OF COMMUNICATION SERVICES
The Energy Education Web site may contain bulletin board services, chat areas,
news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, and/or other
message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with
the public at large or with a group (collectively, "Communication Services"),
you agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive
messages and material that are proper and related to the particular
Communication Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree
that when using a Communication Service, you will not:
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Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights
(such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
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Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane,
defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, harmful, threatening, abusive,
harassing, tortious, vulgar, libelous, or unlawful topic, name, material or
information.
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Upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual
property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control
the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.
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Programs that may damage or are designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the
operation or functionality of another's computer software, hardware, network or
telecommunications equipment.
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Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business
purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages.
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Conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters.
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Download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you
know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
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Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or
proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other
material contained in a file that is uploaded.
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Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication
Services.
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Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for
any particular Communication Service.
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Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail
addresses, without their consent.
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Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
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Violate any applicable provisions of these Terms of Use
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Impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent
your affiliation with any person or entity.
Energy Education has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services.
However, at all times, Energy Education reserves the right, but shall have no
obligation to pre-screen, flag, filter, modify, refuse or review materials
posted to a Communication Service and to remove any materials in its sole
discretion. Energy Education reserves the right to terminate your access to any
or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice for any reason
whatsoever.
Energy Education reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as
necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or
governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or
materials, in whole or in part, in Energy Education's sole discretion.
Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information about
yourself in any Communication Service. Energy Education does not control or
endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Service
and, therefore, Energy Education specifically disclaims any liability with
regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your
participation in any Communication Service. Managers and hosts are not
authorized Energy Education spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily
reflect those of Energy Education.
Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to posted
limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination. You are responsible for
adhering to such limitations if you download the materials.
MATERIALS PROVIDED TO ENERGY EDUCATION OR POSTED AT ANY ENERGY EDUCATION WEB
SITE
By submitting, posting or displaying content you give Energy Education a
perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to
reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly
display, use, and distribute any content which you submit, post or display on or
through the Energy Education Web site.
LIABILITY DISCLAIMER
THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE
THROUGH THE ENERGY EDUCATION WEB SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL
ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. ENERGY
EDUCATION AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE
ENERGY EDUCATION WEB SITE AT ANY TIME. ADVICE RECEIVED VIA THE ENERGY EDUCATION
WEB SITE SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR PERSONAL, MEDICAL, LEGAL OR FINANCIAL
DECISIONS AND YOU SHOULD CONSULT AN APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE
TAILORED TO YOUR SITUATION.
ENERGY EDUCATION MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY,
AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS,
SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE ENERGY EDUCATION WEB SITE FOR ANY
PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH
INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED “AS
AVAILABLE” AND "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. ENERGY
EDUCATION HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS,
SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, QUALITY, PERFORMANCE,
NON-INTERFERENCE WITH INFORMATION, ACCURACY OF INFORMATIONAL CONTENT AND
NON-INFRINGEMENT.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL ENERGY
EDUCATION AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA, GOODWILL OR
PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF
THE Energy Education WEB SITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE Energy
Education WEB SITE OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE
SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED
GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE Energy Education WEB SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING
OUT OF THE USE OF THE Energy Education WEB SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT,
TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF Energy Education OR ANY
OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME
STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR
CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE Energy Education WEB SITE, OR
WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE
USING THE Energy Education WEB SITE.
TERMINATION/ACCESS RESTRICTION
Energy Education reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your
access to the Energy Education Web site and the related services or any portion
thereof at any time, without notice. In the event of termination, all
representations, warranties, indemnifications, and promises made by you shall
survive.
GENERAL
The Energy Education Web site is controlled by Energy Education from its offices
within the State of Texas, United States of America. To the maximum extent
permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Texas,
U.S.A., without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof and you hereby
consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Dallas, Texas,
U.S.A. in all disputes or other matters arising out of or relating to the use of
the Energy Education Web site. Use of the Energy Education Web site is
unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of
these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph. You
agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship
exists between you and Energy Education as a result of this agreement or use of
the Energy Education Web site. Energy Education's performance of this agreement
is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this
agreement is in derogation of Energy Education's right to comply with
governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to
your use of the Energy Education Web site or information provided to or gathered
by Energy Education with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is
determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including,
but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth
above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by
a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the
original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.
Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire
agreement between you and Energy Education with respect to the Energy Education
Web site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and
proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between you and Energy Education
with respect to the Energy Education Web site. A printed version of this
agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in
judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement
to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business
documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.
COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARKS AND TRADEMARK NOTICES:
All contents of the Energy Education Web site are: © 2007 Energy Education,
Inc..
The logos, and other trademarks service marks, trade names and service names
of Energy Education are owned or licensed by Energy Education. You agree not to
copy, display or otherwise use any of the Marks without the prior written
permission of Energy Education. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Marks may not
be used in any manner likely to cause confusion, disparage or dilute these marks
and/or in connection with any product or service that is not authorized or
sponsored by Energy Education.
Content copied, downloaded or printed from the Energy Education Web site must
retain all the copyright, trademark and other proprietary notices. For
commercial use of any portion of the contents you must secure written consent of
Energy Education.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
PASSWORDS
You agree and understand that you are responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality of passwords associated with any account you use to access any
part of the Energy Education Web site.
Accordingly, you agree that you will be solely responsible to Energy Education
for all activities that occur under your account. If you become aware of any
unauthorized use of your password or of your account, you agree to notify Energy
Education immediately.
If you have a comment or question, or if you need to contact Energy Education
for any other reason, please email to: websupport@energyed.com
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