1. General
1.1 This agreement governs your use of the HRPS-WNE site, including any existing and potential areas, which is operated by HRPS-WNE. Additional terms and conditions of use applicable to specific areas of HRPS-WNE may also be posted in such areas and, together with this agreement, govern your use of those areas. This agreement, together with any such additional terms and conditions, are referred to as the "Agreement."
1.2 HRPS-WNE reserves the right, in its discretion, to change or modify all or any part of this Agreement at any time, effective immediately upon notice published on the Service. Your continued use of the Service constitutes your binding acceptance of these terms and conditions, including any changes or modifications made by HRPS-WNE as permitted above. If at any time the terms and conditions of this Agreement are no longer acceptable to you, you should immediately cease all use of the HRPS-WNE site.
2. Use of Content
2.1 You acknowledge that the service contains information, software, photographs, audio and video clips, graphics, documents, links and other material (collectively, the "Content") that are protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights of HRPS-WNE or third parties. All Content on the Service is copyrighted as a collective work of HRPS-WNE pursuant to applicable copyright law. You agree to comply with any additional copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in any Content available on or accessed through the HRPS-WNE site. Users of the HRPS-WNE site may use the Content only for their personal, noncommercial use.
2.2 You may not modify, publish, transmit, transfer or sell, reproduce, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, display, or in any way exploit any of the Content, in whole or in part, except as expressly permitted in this Agreement.
2.3 You may download or copy the Content only for your own personal use, provided that you maintain all copyright and other notices contained in such Content. You shall not store electronically any significant portion of any Content. Except as expressly permitted by the copyright laws, no copying, storage, redistribution or publication of any Content is permitted without the express permission of HRPS-WNE or the owners of such Content or their authorized persons, if other than HRPS-WNE. You may download from the HRPS-WNE site any Content in the public domain for your own personal use or for non-commercial redistribution.
3. Rules of Conduct
You shall not post (includes e-mail correspondence) on the HRPS-WNE site any Content which (a) is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, harassing or threatening, (b) contains viruses or other contaminating or destructive features, (c) violates the rights of others, such as Content which infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or violates any right of privacy or publicity, or (d) otherwise violates any applicable law. You may not post on the HRPS-WNE site any links to any external Internet sites that are obscene or pornographic. You shall not use the HRPS-WNE site for any commercial purpose, to distribute any advertising or solicitation of funds or goods and services or to solicit users to join competitive online services.
4. Managing Content
HRPS-WNE reserves the right to delete, move or edit any Content (including Content posted in e-mail correspondence) that it may determine, in its sole discretion, violates this Agreement or is otherwise unacceptable. You shall remain solely responsible for all Content posted by you. HRPS-WNE shall have the right, but not the obligation, to correct any errors or omissions in any Content, as it may determine in its sole discretion.
5. No Endorsement
5.1 HRPS-WNE does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any Content posted on any e-mail and you acknowledge that any reliance upon such Content is at your sole risk. Any Content placed on any e-mail by users are the views of the user posting the statement, and do not represent the views of HRPS-WNE.
5.2 The Service may contain links to sites on the Internet, which are owned and operated by third parties (the "External Sites"). You acknowledge that HRPS-WNE is not responsible for the availability of, or the content located on or through, any External Site. You should contact the site administrator or Webmaster for those External Sites if you have any concerns regarding such links or the content located on such External Sites.
6. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold HRPS-WNE and its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, owners, agents, information providers and licensors (collectively, the "HRPS-WNE Parties") harmless from and against any and all claims, liability, losses, costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by any HRPS-WNE party in connection with any use or alleged use of the Service under your password by any person, whether or not authorized by you. HRPS-WNE reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and in such case, you agree to cooperate with HRPS-WNE defense of such claim.
7. Termination of Service
HRPS-WNE reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to restrict, suspend or terminate your access to all or any part of the Service, including the e-mail correspondence, at any time for any reason without prior notice or liability. HRPS-WNE may change, suspend or discontinue all or any aspect of the Service at any time, including the availability of any feature, database, or Content (including the Interactive Areas), without prior notice or liability.
8. Disclaimer of Warranties; Limitation of Liability
8.1 Neither HRPS-WNE nor any provider of third party content or their respective agents warrant that the service will remain uninterrupted or error free; nor does HRPS-WNE, any third party content provider, or their respective agents make any warranty as to the results that are obtained from use of the service or the content. The service and the content are distributed on an "as is, as available" basis. None of HRPS-WNE, third party content providers and their respective agents make any warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to the service, any content or any products or services sold through the service.
8.2 Neither HRPS-WNE, any third party content provider nor their respective agents are liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages arising out of the use of or inability to use the service, even if such party was advised of the possibility of such damages.
8.3 Some states do not allow exclusion of implied warranties or limitation of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you. In such states, the liability of HRPS-WNE, third party content providers and their respective agents shall be limited to the greatest extent permitted by law.
9. Miscellaneous
This Agreement is construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Connecticut, and the parties irrevocably consent to bring any action to enforce this Agreement in the federal or state courts located in Hartford, Connecticut. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all previous written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such subject matter. If any inconsistency exists between the terms of this agreement and any additional terms and conditions posted on the Service, such terms shall be interpreted as to eliminate any inconsistency, if possible, and otherwise, the additional terms and conditions shall control. Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 shall survive any termination of this Agreement as well as any other provisions, which by their terms or sense are intended to survive. |