Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Terms of Service
The following terms and conditions govern all use of the curtisresearch.com website and all content, services and products available at or through the website. The Website is owned and operated by Curtis Research Group Intl. LLC ("CRG"). The Website is offered subject to your acceptance without modification of all of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other operating rules, policies (including, without limitation, CRG's Privacy Policy) and procedures that may be published from time to time on this Site by CRG (collectively, the "Agreement").
Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using the Website. By accessing or using any part of the web site, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the Website or use any services. If these terms and conditions are considered an offer by CRG, acceptance is expressly limited to these terms. The Website is available only to individuals who are at least 13 years old.
1. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. CRG disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by visitors of the Website, or from any downloading by those visitors of content there posted.
2. Content Posted on Other Websites. We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material made available through the websites and webpages to which Curtisresearch.com links, and that link to Curtisresearch.com. CRG does not have any control over those websites and webpages, and is not responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to a website or webpage, CRG does not represent or imply that it endorses such website or webpage. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. CRG disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your use of non-CRG websites and webpages.
3. Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy. As CRG asks others to respect its intellectual property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on or linked to by Curtisresearch.com violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify CRG, which will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material.
4. Intellectual Property. This Agreement does not transfer from CRG to you any CRG or third party intellectual property, and all right, title and interest in and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with CRG. Curtisresearch.com, the Curtisresearch.com logo, and all other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with Curtisresearch.com, or the Website are trademarks or registered trademarks of CRG or CRG's licensors. Other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Website may be the trademarks of other third parties. Your use of the Website grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any CRG or third-party trademarks.
5. Changes. CRG reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace any part of this Agreement. It is your responsibility to check this Agreement periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the Website following the posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those changes. CRG may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the Website. Such new features and/or services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
6. Termination. CRG may terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your Curtisresearch.com account (if you have one), you may simply discontinue using the Website. All provisions of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.
7. Disclaimer of Warranties. The Website is provided "as is". CRG and its suppliers and licensors hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Neither CRG nor its suppliers and licensors, makes any warranty that the Website will be error free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. If you're actually reading this, here's a treat. You understand that you download from, or otherwise obtain content or services through, the Website at your own discretion and risk.
8. Limitation of Liability. In no event will CRG, or its suppliers or licensors, be liable with respect to any subject matter of this agreement under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement or substitute products or services; (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data; or (iv) for any amounts that exceed the fees paid by you to CRG under this agreement during the twelve (12) month period prior to the cause of action. CRG shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond their reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.
9. General Representation and Warranty. You represent and warrant that (i) your use of the Website will be in strict accordance with the CRG Privacy Policy, with this Agreement and with all applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside) and (ii) your use of the Website will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.
10. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless CRG, its contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of your use of the Website, including but not limited to your violation of this Agreement.
11. Miscellaneous. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between CRG and you concerning the subject matter hereof, and they may only be modified by a written amendment signed by an authorized executive of CRG, or by the posting by CRG of a revised version. Except to the extent applicable law, if any, provides otherwise, this Agreement, any access to or use of the Website will be governed by the laws of the state of California, U.S.A., excluding its conflict of law provisions, and the proper venue for any disputes arising out of or relating to any of the same will be the state and federal courts located in San Francisco County, California. Except for claims for injunctive or equitable relief or claims regarding intellectual property rights (which may be brought in any competent court without the posting of a bond), any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be finally settled in accordance with the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service, Inc. ("JAMS") by three arbitrators appointed in accordance with such Rules. The arbitration shall take place in San Francisco, California, in the English language and the arbitral decision may be enforced in any court. The prevailing party in any action or proceeding to enforce this Agreement shall be entitled to costs and attorneys' fees. If any part of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that part will be construed to reflect the parties' original intent, and the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of this Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, will not waive such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof. You may assign your rights under this Agreement to any party that consents to, and agrees to be bound by, its terms and conditions; CRG may assign its rights under this Agreement without condition. This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.
Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting the Curtis Research Group International LLC (CRG) web site. All information submitted by visitors is voluntary. Submitting information constitutes your consent for CRG to use the information for the purpose stated only and indicates to us you are aware of CRG's Privacy Policy provisions. The specific practices outlined in this privacy statement apply to websites maintained by or on behalf of CRG. As you follow links on our website to visit other websites, you are encouraged to review their privacy policies. When you follow a link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policies of the new site.
Our sites do not use "persistent cookies" or any persistent tracking technologies that can identify a specific visitor, or information about that visitor, over multiple visits. However, the CRG website does use "session cookies" that identify the visitor for the duration of a browsing session.
CRG does collect certain non-personal information to help us better service our site visitors. Information collected includes for example: the IP (Internet Protocol) address from which you accessed our site; the IP address of the website from which you linked to us; the name of your domain; the type of browser and operating system you are using; the date and time our site is accessed; and the pages visited. This information does not identify you personally.
Information Collected from E-Mail, Forms and through Site Registration:
Information you submit may be viewed by various people within CRG. If you register on our web site, you may submit personally identifiable information, such as name, title, name/size of company, or address.
Security, Intrusion, and Detection:
Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage to our websites, are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under applicable Federal law. For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this government computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage to the information on our Web sites. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.
Links to Other Web Sites: Our websites contain links to other sites. Websites of those organizations may contain links to outside organizations. This linking does not constitute an endorsement by CRG. These links are provided for user convenience only.