ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS.
The services that the ALI provides to you are subject to the following Terms
of Use ("TOU"). ALI reserves the right to update the TOU at any
time without notice to you. The most current version of the TOU can be reviewed
by clicking on the "Terms of Use" hypertext link located at the bottom
of our Web pages.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES.
Through its websites, ALI provides you with access to a
variety of resources, including lesson plans, tools, download areas, communication
forums and product information (collectively "Services"). The
Services, including any updates, enhancements, new features, and/or the addition
of any new Websites, are subject to the TOU.
PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE LIMITATION.
Unless otherwise specified, the Services are for your personal and
non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display,
perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or
sell any information, software, products or services obtained from the Services.
PRIVACY AND PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.
See the Privacy Statement
disclosures relating to the collection and use of your information.
NOTICE SPECIFIC TO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE ON THIS WEB SITE.
Permission to use Documents (such as white papers, press releases, datasheets
and FAQs) from the Services is granted, provided that (1) the below copyright
notice appears in all copies and that both the copyright notice and this
permission notice appear, (2) use of such Documents from the Services is for
informational and non-commercial or personal use only and will not be copied or
posted on any network computer or broadcast in any media, and (3) no
modifications of any Documents are made. Accredited educational institutions,
such as K-12, universities, private/public colleges, and state community
colleges, may download and reproduce the Documents for distribution in the
classroom. Distribution outside the classroom requires express written
permission. Use for any other purpose is expressly prohibited by law, and may
result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to
the maximum extent possible.
Documents specified above do not include the design or layout of the
Action Learning Institute Web site or any other ALI owned, operated, licensed or
controlled site.
MEMBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD, AND SECURITY.
If any of the Services requires you to open an account, you must complete the
registration process by providing us with current, complete and accurate
information as prompted by the applicable registration form. You also will
choose a password and a user name. You are entirely responsible for maintaining
the confidentiality of your password and account. Furthermore, you are entirely
responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account. You agree
to notify ALI immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any
other breach of security. ALI will not be liable for any loss that you may
incur as a result of someone else using your password or account, either with or
without your knowledge. However, you could be held liable for losses incurred by
ALI or another party due to someone else using your account or password.
You may not use anyone else's account at any time, without the permission of the
account holder.
NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE.
As a condition of your use of the Services, you will not use the Services for
any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and
notices. You may not use the Services in any manner that could damage, disable,
overburden, or impair any ALI server, or the network(s) connected to any
ALI server, or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of any
Services. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any Services, other
accounts, computer systems or networks connected to any ALI server or to
any of the Services, through hacking, password mining or any other means. You
may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any
means not intentionally made available through the Services.
USE OF SERVICES.
The Services may contain e-mail services, bulletin board services, chat areas,
news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, photo albums,
file cabinets and/or other message or communication facilities designed to
enable you to communicate with others (each a "Communication Service"
and collectively "Communication Services"). You agree to use the
Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that
are proper and, when applicable, related to the particular Communication
Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using
the Communication Services, you will not:
- Use the Communication Services in connection with surveys, contests,
pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk email, spamming or any duplicative or
unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise).
- Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal
rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
- Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate,
profane, defamatory, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or
information.
- Upload, or otherwise make available, files that contain images,
photographs, software or other material protected by intellectual property
laws, including, by way of example, and not as limitation, copyright or
trademark laws (or by rights of privacy or publicity) unless you own or
control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consent to do the
same.
- Use any material or information, including images or photographs, which
are made available through the Services in any manner that infringes any
copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other proprietary right of
any party.
- Upload files that contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs,
cancelbots, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that
may damage the operation of another's computer or property of another.
- Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business
purpose, unless such Communication Services specifically allows such
messages.
- Download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that
you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally reproduced,
displayed, performed, and/or distributed in such manner.
- Falsify or delete any copyright management information, such as author
attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or
labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a
file that is uploaded.
- Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the
Communication Services.
- Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable
for any particular Communication Service.
- Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail
addresses.
- Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
- Create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others.
- Use, download or otherwise copy, or provide (whether or not for a fee) to
a person or entity any directory of users of the Services or other user or
usage information or any portion thereof.
ALI has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However,
ALI reserves the right to review materials posted to the Communication
Services and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. ALI reserves
the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services
at any time, without notice, for any reason whatsoever.
ALI reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as
ALI deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal
process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any
information or materials, in whole or in part, in ALI's sole discretion.
Always use caution when giving out any personally identifiable information
about yourself or your children in any Communication Services. ALI does
not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any
Communication Services and, therefore, ALI specifically disclaims any
liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting
from your participation in any Communication Services.
Materials uploaded to the Communication Services may be subject to posted
limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination; you are responsible for
adhering to such limitations if you download the materials.
MATERIALS PROVIDED TO ALI OR POSTED AT ANY ALI WEB SITE.
ALI does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to ALI
(including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any
Services or its associated services for review by the general public, or by the
members of any public or private community, (each a "Submission" and
collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading,
inputting, providing or submitting ("Posting") your Submission you are
granting ALI, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees
permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their
Internet businesses (including, without limitation, all ALI Services),
including, without limitation, the license rights to: copy, distribute,
transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and
reformat your Submission; to publish your name in connection with your
Submission; and the right to sublicense such rights to any supplier of the
Services.
No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as
provided herein. ALi is under no obligation to post or use any Submission
you may provide and ALI may remove any Submission at any time in its sole
discretion.
By Posting a Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise
control all of the rights to your Submission as described in these Terms of Use
including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide,
post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
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