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The use of the Yacht Council web site ("Web site") is governed by the terms and conditions set forth below ("Terms of Use"). Please read them carefully. By using this Web site you agree to be bound by the Terms of Use. As a subscriber with access to Yacht Council, your use of this site is also governed by the terms and conditions set forth in the Service Agreement. This Web site is owned and operated by Yacht Council Limited (the Council). The Council reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to revise the Terms of Use at any time. A link to revisions will be posted at the home page of the Web site and it is your responsibility to check that page regularly to learn about the revisions. By using this Web site after the revision of the Terms of Use, you agree to be bound by such revisions. If you find the Terms of Use to be unacceptable to you, you must immediately terminate your use of this Web site.
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License |
Except as expressly provided in this Section, nothing contained in the Terms of Use or on the Web site shall be construed as conferring any license or right, expressly, by implication, by estoppel or otherwise, under any of The Council's intellectual property rights, or under any third party's intellectual property rights, and no part of this Web site may be reproduced, republished, copied, transmitted, or distributed in any form or by any means except as expressly stated in the Terms of Use.
You are hereby granted a nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocable, limited license to view, reproduce, print, and distribute the Content retrieved from this Web site provided that (a) such use of the Content does not interfere with The Council's business and (b) you do not remove or obscure the copyright notice or other notices displayed on the Content. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
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Subscriber Input |
All information, data, text or other materials ("Materials") posted by subscribers anywhere on the Web site, are the sole responsibility of the person from whom the Materials originated. The Council does not control the Materials posted by the subscribers and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Materials. Materials posted are not confidential and The Council may use or reproduce such Materials as it sees fit. The Council cannot and will not monitor all of the postings, but reserves the right (with no obligation) to delete, move or edit any postings that come to its attention that are considered by it unacceptable or inappropriate, whether for legal or other reasons. The Council HAS NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY TO SITE SUBSCRIBERS OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR CONTENT/MATERIALS POSTED ON THE WEB SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR MISREPRESENTATION IN ANY CONTENT/MATERIALS.
Every site subscriber agrees that s/he will not use the site to:
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Violate any local, state, national or international laws; |
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Post Materials that infringe the intellectual property rights, including without limitation, trademark, copyright, patent and trade secret rights, of others; |
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Post Materials that infringe the privacy or publicity rights of others; |
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Post information that the site subscriber knows to be false or misleading; |
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Post Materials that are unlawful, obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, tortious, libelous, vulgar, invasive of another's privacy, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or embarrassing to a third party; |
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Post chain letters, junk mail, pyramid schemes, spam or other forms of advertisements or solicitations; |
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Collect or store personal data about others; |
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Impersonate another person, whether a third party or a The Council representative or moderator; or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent site subscriber's affiliation with a person or entity; |
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Engage in any conduct that, in The Council'a opinion, exposes The Council or any of its affiliates, customers or suppliers to any liability or detriment of any type; |
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Alter, delete, interfere with or otherwise damage any Web site content. |
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Confidentiality |
| Your confidential use of the Web site cannot be guaranteed by The Council. The Council discourages you from sending any information that you consider to be confidential or proprietary through this Web site and The Council is not responsible for any harm that you or any person may suffer as a result of a breach of confidentiality with respect to your use of this site. Please note that if you do send us any such information or material, The Council will assume it is not confidential. By sending The Council information or material, you grant The Council an unrestricted, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit and distribute those materials or information, and you also agree that The Council is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you send us for any purpose. |
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No Representations or Warranties |
The Web site may include inaccuracies, outdated information, defects, omissions and/or other errors. The Council does not make any representations regarding the use of this site's content including its accuracy, reliability or correctness. The Council reserves the right to modify the information displayed on this Web site but it does not make any commitment to update the information displayed on this Web site. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE CONTENT PROVIDED ON THIS SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INFORMATION, DATA, TEXT, DOCUMENTS AND GRAPHICS, IS PROVIDED "AS IS". ALL EXPRESS AND/OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY RIGHTS (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF ANY KIND) ARE EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED.
Users of this Web site should not rely upon opinions expressed at this Web site when making business, financial, personal or any other decisions.
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Limitation of Liability |
IN NO EVENT WILL THE COUNCIL, ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS, SUPPLIERS, AGENTS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, ECONOMIC, SPECIAL OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSS OF GOODWILL OR LOSS OF PROFITS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THIS WEB SITE, OR USE OF ANY LINKED WEB SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY LIABILITY ARISING FROM BREACH OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE AND ANY OTHER STATUTORY, CONTRACT AND/OR TORT LIABILITY, EVEN IF THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE TERM "DAMAGES" INCLUDES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ATTORNEY FEES, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION AND LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM.
THE COUNCIL EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR THIRD-PARTY INFORMATION OR OPINIONS POSTED ON THIS WEB SITE THAT ARISES UNDER CRIMINAL OR CIVIL LAWS RELATING TO DEFAMATION, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT, PRIVACY, OBSCENITY, OR ANY OTHER AREA OF LAW.
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Links |
| This Web site provides links to other Web sites that are completely independent of this Web site. The Council makes no representation or warranty as to the content, ownership or legality of any such linked Web sites. In no event should any link to another Web site be construed as an endorsement by The Council of that Web site or of the products or services described therein. Site subscribers should also be aware that such linked Web sites may have privacy policies and/or terms of use which differ from those of The Council. |
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Termination of Use |
| The Council reserves the right to terminate any subscriber's use of this Web site by disabling that subscriber's access to yachtcouncil.org immediately without notice if The Council in its sole discretion determines that your use of this Web site does not comply with the Terms of Use, or violates any local, state, national or international laws, or interferes with others' use of this Web site, or adversely affects operations of the the Council business. |
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| The Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, without giving effect to its principles of conflicts of law. Any disputes or controversies arising out of the Terms of Use shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal Courts of the United States of America and/or the State Courts of Florida and the venue for such disputes shall rest solely in Broward County, Florida, USA. The Terms of Use constitutes the entire agreement with respect to your access to and use of this web site. Any provision of the Terms of Use that is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be severable from the Terms of Use in that jurisdiction without in any way invalidating the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use. The unenforceability of any provision in a given jurisdiction shall not make that provision unenforceable in any other jurisdiction. |
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Privacy |
| Our privacy policy is described in the Privacy Statement. Please refer to it to learn about The Yacht Council information collection practices. |
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