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SmithBayes Limited and its affiliates ("SmithBayes" or "we")
provides its content on this Web site (the "Site") subject to the
following terms and conditions (the "Terms"). We may periodically
change the Terms, so please check back from time to time. By accessing
and using this Site, you agree to these Terms. For an explanation of
SmithBayes's practices and policies related to the collection, use, and
storage of our users' information, please read the Privacy Policy below.
1. Copyrights
All content and functionality on the Site, including text, graphics,
logos, icons, and images and the selection and arrangement thereof, is
the exclusive property of SmithBayes or its licensors and is protected
by U.K. and international copyright laws. All rights not expressly
granted are reserved.
2. Trademarks
The trademarks, service marks, designs, and logos (collectively, the
"Trademarks") displayed on the Site are the registered and unregistered
Trademarks of SmithBayes and its licensors. You agree that you will not
refer to or attribute any information to SmithBayes or its licensors in
any public medium (e.g., press release, Web sites) for advertising or
promotion purposes, or for the purpose of informing or influencing any
third party and that you will not use or reproduce any Trademark of, or
imply any endorsement by or relationship with, SmithBayes or its
licensors.
3. Use of Site Content
SmithBayes hereby grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license
for the term hereof to access and download, display, and print one copy
of the content and functionality displayed on the Site (the "Site
Content") on any single computer solely for your internal, business
use, provided that you do not modify the Site Content in any way and
that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices displayed
on the Site Content. You may not otherwise reproduce, modify,
distribute, transmit, post, or disclose the Site Content without
SmithBayes's prior written consent.
4. User Postings
You acknowledge and agree that SmithBayes shall own and have the
unrestricted right to use, publish, and otherwise exploit any and all
information that you post or otherwise publish on the Site in postings,
survey responses, and otherwise, and you hereby waive any claims
against SmithBayes for any alleged or actual infringements of any
rights of privacy or publicity, moral rights, or rights of attribution
in connection with SmithBayes's use and publication of such
submissions. You covenant that you shall not post or otherwise publish
on the Site any materials that (a) are threatening, libelous,
defamatory, or obscene; (b) would constitute, or that encourage conduct
that would constitute, a criminal offense, give rise to civil
liability, or otherwise violate law; (c) infringe the intellectual
property, privacy, or other rights of any third parties; (d) contain a
computer virus or other destructive element; (e) contain advertising;
or (f) constitute or contain false or misleading statements. SmithBayes
does not and cannot review all information posted to the Site by users
and is not responsible for such information. However, SmithBayes
reserves the right to refuse to post and the right to remove any
information, in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason.
5. Notices of Infringement and Takedown by SmithBayes
SmithBayes prohibits the posting of any information that infringes or
violates the copyright rights and/or other intellectual property rights
(including rights of privacy and publicity) of any person or entity. If
you believe that your intellectual property right (or such a right that
you are responsible for enforcing) is infringed by any content on the
Site, please write to SmithBayes at the address shown below, giving a
written statement that contains: (a) identification of the copyrighted
work and/or intellectual property right claimed to have been infringed;
(b) identification of the allegedly infringing material on the Site
that is requested to be removed; (c) your name, address, and daytime
telephone number, and an e-mail address if available; (d) a statement
that you have a good faith belief that the use of the copyrighted work
and/or exercise of the intellectual property right is not authorized by
the owner, its agent, or the law; (e) a statement that the information
in the notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that
the signatory is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the right
that is allegedly infringed; and (f) the signature of the intellectual
property right owner or someone authorized on the owner's behalf to
assert infringement of the right. SmithBayes will remove any posted
submission that infringes the copyright or other intellectual property
right of any person under U.K. law upon receipt of such a statement.
U.K. law provides significant penalties for submitting such a statement
falsely. Under appropriate circumstances, persons who repeatedly submit
infringing or unlawful material will be prohibited from posting further
submissions. SmithBayes's contact for submission of notices under this
Section 5 is: SmithBayes Limited, Dashwood House, 69 Old Broad Street,
London, EC2M 1NR, UK.
6. Disclaimers
THE CONTENT AND FUNCTIONALITY ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT SmithBayes IS NOT HEREIN ENGAGED IN RENDERING
PROFESSIONAL ADVICE AND SERVICES TO YOU. ALL CONTENT AND FUNCTIONALITY
ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SmithBayes AND
ITS THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, AS TO THE OWNERSHIP, ACCURACY, OR ADEQUACY OF THE SITE
CONTENT. SmithBayes SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY
INFORMATION PUBLISHED ON LINKED WEB SITES, CONTAINED IN ANY USER
SUBMISSIONS PUBLISHED ON THE SITE, OR PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES.
NEITHER SmithBayes NOR ITS THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS SHALL BE
LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES
OR FOR LOST REVENUES OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSSES AND REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF
LIABILITY.
7. Third-Party Web Sites
We may provide links to third-party Web sites. SmithBayes has no
responsibility for these third-party Web sites, which are governed by
the Terms of Use and privacy policies, if any, of the applicable
third-party content providers.
8. Governing Law; Jurisdiction
These Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales without
reference to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof. Any dispute
arising from these Terms shall be resolved exclusively in the courts of
England and Wales.
PRIVACY POLICY
SmithBayes Limited and its affiliates ("SmithBayes" or "we")
is committed to protecting the privacy of the personally-identifiable
information that we collect from you as you use this Web site (the
"Site"). The scope of SmithBayes's commitment is detailed in this
Privacy Policy. By submitting information, you agree to SmithBayes's
use of such information as described herein. Please see our Terms of
Use for more information about our on-line policies in general
What personally-identifiable information is collected?
SmithBayes collects personally-identifiable information on certain
areas of the Site when users register, request publications or other
information, sign up for conferences and events, apply for jobs, and
participate in user posting areas, such as bulletin boards, discussion
forums, and surveys. The personally-identifiable information collected
may consist of a unique access ID, company or school affiliations,
titles, and contact information, such as names, mailing addresses,
e-mail addresses, and telephone and fax numbers, and, for recruiting
purposes, any other personally-identifiable information on your resume.
You may have the opportunity to purchase publications on the Site, in
which case we may collect order information and your credit card
information in order to facilitate shipment and payment.
How may my personally-identifiable information be used?
SmithBayes uses your personally-identifiable information to fulfill
your requests for publications or other information, to process your
requests to participate in conferences and events, and to evaluate any
job applications or other employment-related inquiries that you may
submit. We may keep any of your personally-identifiable information on
file and use it to contact you for recruiting purposes. SmithBayes also
uses personally-identifiable information to perform statistical
analyses of user behavior in order to measure interest in specific
areas and articles posted on our Site. The e-mail addresses provided at
registration allow SmithBayes to send e-mail to individuals based on
the areas of interest that they indicate during the registration
process. If you do not wish to receive e-mailed advance notice of
articles, simply do not check off any of the subject boxes on the
registration page. SmithBayes uses personally-identifiable information
collected from cookies and IP addresses as described below. SmithBayes
may provide your personally-identifiable information to any of its
affiliates worldwide for such purposes.
Are cookies and IP addresses used?
The Site uses cookies to identify you and your interests and to track
usage of the Site. Cookies are small pieces of text stored on your
computer that help us know which browser you are using and where you
have been on the Site and on Web sites to which you may link in order
to use some of our features. Cookies also let us know whether you have
registered with us and otherwise enable us to relate your current usage
of the Site to prior usage of this or other Sites of SmithBayes or its
affiliates. By accepting our cookie, you will be permitted access to
certain pages of the Site without having to log in each time you visit.
A user who does not accept the cookie from the Site may not be able to
access certain areas of the Site. SmithBayes also logs IP addresses, or
the location of computers on the Internet, to help diagnose problems
with our server and to administer the Site.
Is personally-identifiable information disclosed to third parties?
SmithBayes shall not intentionally disclose (and shall take
commercially reasonable steps to prevent the accidental disclosure of)
your personally-identifiable information to third parties (i.e. persons
or entities that are not affiliates of SmithBayes), whether for such
third parties' marketing purposes or otherwise, subject only to the
following four exceptions:
1. SmithBayes may disclose your personally-identifiable
information to third parties as required or permitted by the laws,
rules, and regulations of any nation, state, or other applicable
jurisdiction;
2. SmithBayes may disclose your personally-identifiable
information to third parties who deliver information from us to you for
the purpose of performing such delivery;
3. SmithBayes may disclose your personally-identifiable
information if, in connection with submitting the information, you
consent to such disclosure;
4. SmithBayes may disclose contact information for you in
response to inquiries by bona-fide rights owners in connection with
allegations of infringement of copyright or other proprietary rights
arising from information you have posted on the Site or otherwise
provided to SmithBayes;
5. If SmithBayes and/or any of its affiliates merges with or
sells substantially all of its assets or a majority of its equity to a
third party, information collected by SmithBayes or such affiliates on
their Web sites may be disclosed to and owned by the merged entity or
third party.
Links to third-party sites
We may provide links to third-party Web sites as a service to our
users. In addition, some of the content appearing to be on this Site is
in fact supplied by third parties, for example, in instances of framing
of third- party Web sites or incorporation through framesets of content
supplied by third-party servers. Please be aware that we cannot control
and are not responsible for the information collection practices of
such third-party Web sites, which may differ from those of this Site.
We encourage you to review and understand the privacy policies on these
Web sites before providing any information to them.
How can I access, change, and/or delete information?
You may access, correct, update, and/or delete any
personally-identifiable information that you submitted to the Site. You
may also unsubscribe from mailing lists or any registrations on the
Site. To do so, please either follow instructions on the page of the
Site on which you have provided such information or subscribed or
registered, or send us an e-mail at [email protected]
Security
SmithBayes has implemented generally accepted standards of technology
and operational security in order to protect personally-identifiable
information from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. Only
authorized SmithBayes personnel are provided access to
personally-identifiable information, and these employees are required
to treat this information as confidential. Despite these precautions,
SmithBayes cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will not obtain
access to your personally-identifiable information.
Transborder hosting and transfer of information
Personally-identifiable information collected on the Site may be
transferred from time to time to SmithBayes offices located throughout
the world, including offices located outside the European Economic Area
(EEA), and the Site may be viewed and hosted anywhere in the world,
including countries (such as the United States) that may not have laws
regulating the use and transfer of personally-identifiable data. By
using the Site and submitting such information on it, you voluntarily
consent to such transborder transfer and hosting of such information.
Children's on-line privacy protection
SmithBayes understands the importance of protecting children's privacy,
especially in an on-line environment. The Site is not intentionally
designed for or directed at children 13 years of age or younger, and
SmithBayes will not intentionally collect or maintain information about
anyone under the age of 13.
Consent
By using the Site, you consent to the collection, use, and storage of
your information by us in the manner described in this Privacy Policy
and elsewhere on the Site. We reserve the right to make changes to this
Privacy Policy from time to time. We will alert you to any such changes
by updating this Privacy Policy.
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