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Privacy Statement
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
This site and its content are provided to you as a service of SIS. By accessing and using this site, you agree to certain terms and conditions as outlined herein.
Your use of this information is entirely at your own risk and it is your sole responsibility to evaluate the usefulness of all information.
Timeliness of Content:
The information displayed on this site, including, but not limited to, reports and other opinions, is current as of the date appearing on such information and is subject to change without notice.
Copyrights, Trademarks, Intellectual Properties:
SIS is the owner of this site and is the owner of all intellectual
property rights in all materials and/or data used herein,
including the marks SIS, Navigate the Global Economy, GMIT
and Global Market Intelligence Tracking Service. All trade
names, trademarks, service marks and other product and service
names and logos on this site (collectively, "Marks")
are proprietary to their respective owners and are protected by applicable
trademark and copyright laws. Nothing contained on this site should be construed
as granting any license or right to use any of the Marks displayed without
the express written permission of SIS or the applicable Mark's owner. Any
unauthorized use of any Mark or any other content is strictly prohibited.
This site is for your personal business use only. You may
not copy, modify, adapt, reproduce, translate, reverse engineer,
decompile, disassemble, sublicense or assign any aspect of
any information accessed via this site. All forms of sub-licensing,
reselling republication or other form of distribution, including,
but not limited to, any internet posting, electronic mailing,
faxing, archiving in a public database or redistributing through any computer
network, or in any printed form, to third parties, is strictly
prohibited unless previously agreed to by SIS in writing.
Governing Law:
Your use and access to this site shall be governed by the
laws of the State of New York. BY ACCESSING INFORMATION FOUND
AT THIS SITE, YOU HEREBY AGREE THAT ANY LEGAL ACTION ARISING
OUT OF, OR RELATING TO THIS SITE SHALL BE UNDER THE EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICAITON OF THE FEDERAL OR STATE COURTS IN THE STATE
AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK. You hereby consent to such jurisdiction
and irrevocably waive any objections thereto, including on
the grounds of forum non conveniens. This site and its contents are not
intended for use or distribution by any person in any jurisdiction where
such use or distribution would be contrary to local law, rule or regulation.
Regardless of where you access any such information, you agree to comply
with all applicable United States laws, rules, and regulations, including,
but not limited to, those laws, rules and regulations regarding the export
of data. You are also responsible for complying with all other rules, laws
and regulations that may be applicable to your use of any SIS information.
Liability Restrictions:
YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK OF LOSS RESULTING
FROM YOUR USE OF THIS SITE AND ANY INFORMATION ON THIS SITE.
WE CANNOT BE HELD LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY EVENT THAT
RESULTS FROM USE OF ANY INFORMATION OR SERVICES PROVIDED
BY US, NOT LIMITED TO FINANCIAL LOSSES OR ANY OTHER NEGATIVE
OUTCOMES. YOU COMPLETELY ABSOLVE US OF ANY RESPONSIBILITY,
FINANCIAL OR OTHERWISE, FOR HOW YOU USE THIS INFORMATION.
IN NO EVENT WILL SIS, THE OPERATORS OF THIS WEB SITE, THEIR
EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MEMBERS OR ASSOCIATES,
BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE,
SPECIAL OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR ANY USE OF
THIS WEB SITE, OR ANY OTHER HYPERLINKED WEB SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF PROGRAMS, EVEN IF WE
ARE EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Further, SIS does not assume any liability to you based upon
the use, or the results of the use, of any SIS service or
data base, including, without limitation: (a) any financial
results based on the use of any SIS service, rating or information;
(b) any delay, or loss of use of, any such service, rating
or information, or any system performance; and (c) any effect
on, or damage to, any software and hardware in connection
with any use of tis site or any service or information contained
on this site.
In addition to, and without limiting the foregoing, SIS shall
not be liable for any harm caused by the transmission, through
this site or any service or information contained on this
site, of any computer virus or other computer code or programming
device that might be used to access, modify, delete, damage,
corrupt, deactivate, disable, disrupt or otherwise interfere,
in any manner, with the operation of this site, any information
or services contained on this site, or any of your software,
hardware, data, network or property.
Termination:
SIS may deny you access to all or part of this site, or any
service or information contained on this site, without notice
if you engage in any conduct or activity that SIS, in its
sole discretion, believes violates any term of these Terms
and Conditions or any applicable law, rule or regulation.
Miscellaneous:
SIS failure to insist upon, or enforce strict performance
of, any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not
be construed as a waiver of any such provision or of any
right of SIS. Neither any course of conduct between parties,
nor any industry practice, shall act to modify any provision
of these Terms and Conditions.
In the event that any portion of these Terms and Conditions
is held to be unenforceable, such portion shall be construed
in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations
to reflect, as closely as possible, the original intentions
of these Terms and Conditions and the remainder of the provisions
of these Terms and Conditions shall remain in full force
and effect.
We may make changes to this site, any information or services
contained on this site, or these Terms and Conditions at
any time without any notice. You should periodically visit
this page to review current Terms and Conditions to which
you are bound.
Indemnification:
You hereby indemnify and hold harmless SIS and its affiliates,
shareholders, directors, officers, employees, control persons,
vendors, licensors and agents against any and all claims,
losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including
reasonable attorney's fees and costs) arising out of, or
related to, your breach of your agreements, representations
and warranties contained herein or your use of any services
or information: I) in violation of these Terms and Conditions;
II) in violation of any rights of SIS, including, but not
limited to, copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark or
other intellectual property rights and publicity and privacy
rights; III) in violation of any applicable rule, law or
regulation; or IV) your failure to maintain the security
of your user codes and passwords. This indemnification shall
be binding upon you and your executors, heirs successors
and assigns.
PRIVACY POLICY
Information We Collect:
The relationship between SIS and our clients is an important
asset to our firm. We strive to maintain your confidence
and trust by committing ourselves to protecting your confidential
information. We have not and will not disclose any personal
information to anyone unless it is, at your direction, needed
to service to your account, or is required by law or necessary
to protect our rights. We do not collect or store personally
identifiable information on you at our website or elsewhere,
unless, of course, you voluntarily provide that information
to us. When you place an order, open an account, sign up
for services or newsletters, communicate with the website
owner or customer service, or send us an email, you provide
us with information we may collect. Such information may
include your name, address, email, phone number, credit card
information, subscriptions and form downloads. We treat all
information you provide as confidential. For statistical
purposes only, the server of our Internet Service Provider
collects technical (or non-personally identifying) information about when
our website was accessed, the name of the website you came from before
visiting our website, which pages were visited, and which browser you used.
E-mail addresses and other personally identifiable information are not
available to us. We do not enable "cookies" on
our website.
Any information submitted in our Global Information Leadership
Form may be submitted to interested clients. By submitting
such information, any right to privacy with respect to such
information is expressly waived by the persons submitting
same.
Use and Disclosure of Information We Collect:
We do not rent, share, or sell mailing lists or information
about visitors to our website to third parties (other than
is reasonably required to fulfill orders, requests and process
payments). All newsletters, alerts or bulletins that you
are subscribed to will be sent to you individually, or as
a blind copy to ensure your email address is not disclosed
to other recipients. At our option we may notify you of any
changes to this Privacy Policy or our other terms and conditions
of this website (though you are bound by the terms of any
changes we post to our website whether or not we notify you
by email).
From time to time, we may be required to provide personal
information in response to a valid court order, subpoena,
government investigation, or as otherwise required by law.
Unless prevented by law, we will notify you prior to the
release of such information. Of course, this privacy policy
doesn’t apply to the websites of others that may be accessible
though www.sisinternational.com.
Notification of Changes:
Any changes in our Privacy Policy will be posted to this
website, and will become effective as of the date of posting
with respect to information we then collect in the future,
but will not be changed with respect to information that
we have already then collected. It is and will be your responsibility
to review our Privacy Policy from time to time to make sure
you are aware of any changes.
Effective Date:
This Privacy Policy is effective with respect to all data
that we have collected since the date we started collecting
data, which was September 5, 2000.
DISCLAIMER, LIABILITY RESTRICTION
This website is intended to provide accurate information.
However, in a time of rapid change, it is difficult to ensure
that all information provided is entirely accurate and up-to-date.
Nothing on this site, or any report contained on this site,
constitutes individual business, legal or tax advice. The
opinions and information contained on this site and the reports
contained on this site have been obtained or derived from
sources believed to be reliable, but SIS and its directors,
officers, agents, or employees makes no representation as
to their timeliness, accuracy or completeness, or assume
any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness,
or usefulness of any information contained therein. SIS does
not warrant that the information or services of SIS will
meet any specific requirements; nor will it be error-free
or uninterrupted; nor shall SIS be liable for any indirect,
incidental or consequential damages (including lost data,
information or profits) sustained or incurred in connection
with the use, operation, or inability to use this web site.
Under no circumstances will SIS, it affiliates, successors
or assigns be liable for any loss or damage caused by anyones
reliance on information contained in this web site.
Submission of information on our Global Opinion Leadership
Form does not in any way assure employment or use as a consultant
by SIS and/or any of its clients. Further, the inclusion
of information contained therein on this website does not
in any way imply that the persons’ submitting same are employed
by or utilized as consultants by SIS, and such persons are
explicitly prohibited from representing so in any media.
The information contained in our Global Opinion Leadership
Form is self-submitted and has not been reviewed or verified
in any way by SIS. The employment or use as a consultant of any person contained
therein is strictly at the discretion of our clients and
as stated above, SIS will not be liable in any way with regard
thereto.
Questions:
If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy
policy, or wish to be removed from our mailing lists, please contact us
at: research@sisinternational.com, or
Ruth Stanat, President
SIS International, Inc.
11 East 22nd Street, Second Floor
New York, NY 10010
Thank you.
Ruth Stanat
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