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Web Site Rules and Regulations
EDEA®
the idea clearing house!®
All visitors to our site(s) on the World Wide Web (the "Site") are required
by EDEA to adhere to the following Rules and Regulations. When you access
this Site you indicate your acknowledgment and acceptance of these terms
and conditions.
COPYRIGHT/TRADEMARKS
The trademarks and logos ("Marks") shown on the Site are the property of
EDEA and creators, inventors and business owners who post their
intellectual property on the Site. Users are prohibited from using any
Marks without the written permission of EDEA or such third party which
may own the Marks. All content on the Site is protected by copyright. Users
may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, publish, sell,
license, create similar works or use any content on the Site for commercial
or public purposes except for content posted on FREEDEA®
LAWS AND REGULATIONS
All applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations govern user
access to and use of the Site.
NO WARRANTIES
ALL INFORMATION ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE,
NON-INFRINGEMENT, SECURITY OR ACCURACY. EDEA does not endorse and is not
responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice or statement
made through the Site by any party other than EDEA. It is the responsibility
of the user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any
information, opinion, advice or other content available through the Site. The
advice of professionals should be sought, as appropriate, regarding the
evaluation of any specific information, opinion, advice, or other Site content.
Other than as required under consumer protection law, under no circumstance
will EDEA be liable for any loss or damage caused by a user's reliance on
information obtained through the Site.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Whether based in contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, EDEA
specifically disclaims any liability for any direct, indirect,
consequential, incidental, or special damages arising out of or in any way
connected with use of or access to the Site, including liability associated
with any viruses which may infect a user's computer equipment, even if
EDEA has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
LINKED INTERNET SITES
Access to any other Internet sites linked to the Site is at the user's own
risk. EDEA is not responsible for the content available on any other
Internet sites linked to the Site.
CONFIDENTIALITY OF USER COMMUNICATIONS
Except as required by law, EDEA will maintain the confidentiality of all
user communications which contain personal user information and which are
transmitted directly to EDEA, except that which the user wishes to post
on his website. Postings by a user on
the message board or in the chat room will not be protected as confidential.
POSTINGS
EDEA reserves the right to reject inappropriate or non-legitimate
material. However, it is under no obligation to review any messages,
information or content ("Postings") posted on the Site by users and assumes
no responsibility or liability relating to any such Postings.
Notwithstanding the above, EDEA may from time to time monitor the
Postings on the Site and may decline to accept and/or remove any Postings
that contain:
- Any abusive, defamatory, harassing, harmful, hateful, obscene, profane,
threatening, unlawful, vulgar, racially, ethnically or otherwise
objectionable material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any
material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense,
give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local,
state, national or international law.
- Advertisements or solicitations of any kind without express written
permission from EDEA
- Messages posted by users impersonating others.
- Personal information such as messages which state phone numbers, social
security numbers, account numbers, addresses, or employer references.
- Messages that offer unauthorized downloads of any copyrighted or private
information.
- Multiple messages by the same user restating the same point.
- Chain letters of any kind.
TRANSMISSION OF PERSONAL DATA
User acknowledges and agrees that by providing EDEA with any personal or
proprietary user information through the Site, user consents to the
transmission of such personal or proprietary user information over
international borders as necessary for processing in accordance with the
standard business practices of EDEA
VIOLATIONS OF RULES AND REGULATIONS
EDEA reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law and in
equity for violations of these Rules and Regulations, including the right
to block access from a particular Internet address to the Site.
ACCESS TO PASSWORD PROTECTED/SECURE AREAS
Access to and use of password protected and/or secure areas of the Site is
restricted to authorized users only. Unauthorized individuals attempting to
access these areas of the Site may be subject to prosecution.
CHANGES TO RULES AND REGULATIONS
EDEA reserves the right to revise these Rules and Regulations at any time
and users are deemed to be apprised of and bound by any changes to these
Rules and Regulations.
OFFERS
If you provide us with your E-mail address, or have done so in the past, we
may upon occasion send you E-mail offers, unless you request otherwise. We
may use information you have given us to, for example, provide a service,
ensure proper billing, measure consumer interest in our various services
and inform you about products and services. These offers may be based on
information you provided in your initial or any subsequent transaction with
us. Primarily, these E-mail offers will come from EDEA. We may also, upon
occasion, share E-mail addresses with certain establishments that advertise
on the Site, or with other well-established companies so that they can send
you product and service offers that may be of interest.
All offers are carefully developed to ensure that they meet our standards.
The lists used to send you product and service offers are developed and
managed under strict conditions designed to safeguard the security and
privacy of customer personal information.
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