Terms of Use

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE. BY USING THIS SITE, YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS SITE.

General

This site is owned and operated by Corporate Signature Inc. (referred to as “Corporate Signature”). Corporate Signature reserves the right at any time to change or discontinue any aspect or feature of the site, including, without limitation, the content, hours of availability, and the equipment needed for access or use of the site.

Equipment

You are responsible for obtaining and maintaining all telephone, computer hardware, and other equipment needed to access and use the site and all charges related thereto.

Restrictions on Use

You shall use the site for lawful purposes only. You shall not post or transmit through the site any material that violates or infringes upon the rights of others, is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane, or otherwise objectionable. Additionally, you shall not post or transmit any material that encourages conduct constituting a criminal offense, gives rise to civil liability, or otherwise violates any law. Without Corporate Signature’s express prior approval, you shall not post or transmit through the site any material containing advertising or any solicitation regarding products or services. You shall not use the site to advertise or perform any commercial solicitation, including without limitation, the solicitation of users to become subscribers of other online information services competitive with the site. Any conduct by you that, at Corporate Signature’s discretion, restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying the site will not be permitted.

The site contains copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information, including, without limitation, text, software, photos, video, graphics, music, and sound. The content of the site is protected under United States copyright laws. You may not modify, publish, transmit, display, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, without the express written permission of Corporate Signature and the copyright owner. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution, or publication of copyrighted material, no changes or deletions of author attribution, trademark legend, or copyright notice shall be made, and no ownership rights shall be transferred.

You shall not email, upload, post, or otherwise make available on the site any material protected by copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights without the express permission of the owner of such rights. The burden of determining that any material is not protected by copyright rests with you. You shall be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such a submission. Subject to Corporate Signature’s privacy policies, any emails, notes, message postings, ideas, suggestions, concepts, or other material submitted will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary and will become the property of Corporate Signature throughout the universe. By submitting material to Corporate Signature, you automatically grant, or warrant that the owner of such material has expressly granted, Corporate Signature the royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, display, translate, and distribute such material (in whole or in part) and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter developed. You also permit any other user of the site to access, view, store, or reproduce the material for that user’s personal use. You grant Corporate Signature the right to edit, copy, display, publish, and distribute any materials made available on the site by you.

The foregoing provisions of this section are for the benefit of Corporate Signature, its subsidiaries, affiliates, and third-party content providers and licensors, and each shall have the right to assert and enforce such provisions directly or on its own behalf.

Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability

YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. NEITHER CORPORATE SIGNATURE, ITS AFFILIATES, NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS, OR LICENSORS WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SITE, OR AS TO THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICE, OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED THROUGH THE SITE.

THE SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH ARE IMPLIED BY AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION, OR MODIFICATION UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES AS TO THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SITE.

THIS DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY APPLIES TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INACCURACY, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF THIS SITE, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR (INCLUDING STRICT LIABILITY), NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW. THIS DOES NOT AFFECT ANY STATUTORY RIGHTS WHICH MAY NOT BE DISCLAIMED. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CORPORATE SIGNATURE IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD-PARTIES OVER WHICH IT HAS NO CONTROL.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL CORPORATE SIGNATURE’S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING ITS OWN NEGLIGENCE), OR UNDER ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY (INCLUDING STRICT LIABILITY) EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THIS SITE. THIS DOES NOT AFFECT ANY STATUTORY RIGHTS WHICH MAY NOT BE DISCLAIMED.

Monitoring

Corporate Signature shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to refuse to post or remove any material submitted to or posted on the site. Without limiting the foregoing, Corporate Signature shall have the right to remove any material that, in its sole discretion, it finds to be in violation of the provisions hereof or otherwise objectionable.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Corporate Signature and its affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, actions, demands, damages, costs, liabilities, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of your use of the site.

Trademarks

Corporate Signature and each of its logos are trademarks of Corporate Signature Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks appearing on the site are the property of their respective owners.

Third-Party Content

Corporate Signature is not a publisher of content supplied by third parties and users of the site. Accordingly, Corporate Signature has no more editorial control over such content than does a public library, bookstore, or newsstand. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including information providers and users, are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of Corporate Signature. Corporate Signature neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice, or statement made on the site by anyone other than authorized Corporate Signature employee spokespersons while acting in their official capacities.

Viruses

Corporate Signature assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to or viruses that may infect your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing on the site, or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from the site.

Export Control

Software and other materials from this site may be subject to United States Export Control laws. The United States Export Control laws prohibit the export of certain technical data and software to certain territories. No software from this site may be downloaded or exported (1) into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Syria, or any other country to which the United States has embargoed goods; or (2) anyone on the United States Treasury Department’s list of Specially Designated Nationals or the United States Commerce Department’s Table of Deny Orders. Corporate Signature does not authorize the downloading or exportation of any software or technical data from this site to any jurisdiction prohibited by the United States Export Laws.

Business Associates

The business associates of Corporate Signature identified on this site are independent contractors of Corporate Signature. The business associates are not joint venturers or partners of Corporate Signature. No employee or representative of the business associates is under the control of Corporate Signature.

Changed Terms

Corporate Signature has the right at any time to change or modify the terms and conditions applicable to the use of the site, or any part thereof, or to impose new conditions, including without limitation, adding fees and charges for use. Such changes, modifications, additions, or deletions shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by any means including, without limitation, posting on the site, or by electronic or conventional mail, or by any other means. Any use of the site by you after such notice shall be deemed to constitute acceptance of such changes, modifications, additions, or deletions.

Miscellaneous

These terms of use constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all previous written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such subject matter. These terms of use shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. You hereby consent to the personal jurisdiction of the State of Georgia, acknowledge that venue is proper in any state or federal court in the State of Georgia, agree that any action related to these terms of use must be brought in a state or federal court in the State of Georgia, and waive any objection that may exist, now or in the future, with respect to any of the foregoing. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not be given any legal import.

The Corporate Signature website may incorporate links to other websites. Corporate Signature does not in any way endorse, nor is it responsible for, the content on those other websites.