Updated as of February 1, 2008
This website is owned by the Silicones Environmental, Health and Safety Council of North America (“SEHSC”). Please be sure to read these Terms and Conditions carefully, especially the disclaimers and limitations of our liability, since use of this site constitutes your acceptance of, and/or agreement with, these Terms and Conditions. This site is operated in the United States and any information you provide will be transferred to the United States. This site shall be governed by the laws of the United States, and as applicable, the laws of the District of Columbia, without regard to conflicts of law provisions.
We may make changes to these Terms and Conditions or remove any of these Terms and Conditions from this website from time to time, so please review these Terms and Conditions each time you visit this site. Your continued use of this site constitutes your acceptance of any new or amended terms. If you do not agree with these Terms and Conditions do not use this website.
Intellectual Property Ownership
SEHSC owns (or uses with permission) all registered and unregistered trademarks, logos, wallpaper, icons, characters, artwork, images, audio clips, graphics, music, sound, information, text, data, studies, research, articles, comments, postings, submissions, pictures, videos, and other materials and content on this site, as well as the arrangement and selection of such materials and content (collectively “Content”) unless otherwise noted. Your unauthorized use of the Content may violate copyright, trademark, patent, privacy, and other U.S. and/or international laws, and may infringe upon the rights of SEHSC and third parties not owned by or affiliated with SEHSC. Such unauthorized use may result in your personal liability, including potential criminal liability.
Except for Content you have posted or submitted for posting on the website in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, or unless expressly permitted by SEHSC, you may not alter, archive, copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, transmit, modify, adapt, translate, display, distribute, sell, license, prepare derivative works based upon, or otherwise use or exploit the Content; however, you are granted a limited, non-sublicensable right to access and use the site, and copy any part of this website to your own computer for your personal use. Except for your own personal use, you may not use any material here without our written permission. You may not use bots, data mining technology, or any other technique intended to extract data or information from this site.
Trademarks
Unless otherwise specified, all trademarks used on this site are the property of SEHSC.
User-Generated Content
This website may include features where users can post content or submit content to SEHSC for posting on the website. In providing content to this site, you warrant and represent that:
- You are the owner or licensee of such content and have a right to provide it;
- The content does not and will not violate the intellectual property or publicity rights of any person or entity; and
- The content, and your provision of the content, do not and will not violate these Terms and Conditions.
By providing or posting content, you grant SEHSC, its successors and assigns, and its or their agents and service providers, a perpetual, royalty-free right to commercially exploit, display, post, duplicate, disseminate, create derivative works based upon, or otherwise use the content for any commercial or non-commercial purpose, in any manner and in any medium whatsoever, in SEHSC’s sole discretion.
SEHSC reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to review, modify, edit, remove, or refuse to post any material provided by users, including without limitation, material that is unlawful, untruthful, misleading, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable or which violates a party’s intellectual property or these Terms and Conditions, without undertaking any responsibility to do so. While SEHSC reserves this right, you expressly acknowledge and agree that in no event shall SEHSC be responsible or liable for any information or materials provided by any user or for any Content contained on this website or any linked sites or for the conduct of any visitor to this site or any other third party.
Third Party Content
This website may also contain Content owned by third parties. The use of the names or trademarks of such third parties does not constitute an endorsement by SEHSC of such parties or their products or services, nor does SEHSC endorse or warrant the accuracy or reliability of, or assume any liability in connection with, any Content provided by third parties, or any of their products or services.
Links to Third Party Websites
This website may contain links to or from third party sites, including without limitation, sites operated by SEHSC’s allied associations and member companies. SEHSC is not responsible for the content of any such sites linked to this website. Your use of any linked site is subject to the terms and conditions of use and privacy policy imposed by the operator of the linked site, so you should review them carefully. SEHSC disclaims all liability in connection with your use of linked sites.
Privacy Policy
Please read our Privacy Policy to learn what personal information we collect at this site and how we manage and use it.
Use of this Site: Limitation of Liability and Disclaimer
To the extent permitted by law, this website and all Content on this site is provided "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT (BUT EXCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OR CONDITION WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED). This site and the Content on this site is not intended to provide specific advice, legal or otherwise, on particular products or processes. Visitors should consult with their own legal and technical advisors, their suppliers, and other appropriate sources (including, but not limited to, material safety data sheets, product or package labels, technical bulletins, or sales literature) which contain information about known and reasonably foreseeable health and safety risks of proprietary products and processes. SEHSC, and its directors, officers, members, employees, agents, and contributors do not assume any responsibility for the user's compliance with applicable laws and regulations, nor for any person’s reliance on any Content at this site.
SEHSC DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE CONTENT OR FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT THIS SITE, OR ANY SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE, IS FREE FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT SUCCESSFUL RESULTS OR OUTCOMES WILL RESULT FROM YOUR USE OF INFORMATION AT THIS SITE. WE ALSO DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THIS SITE OR ANY CONTENT OR OTHER FEATURE OF THIS SITE WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE TO YOU.
IN NO EVENT SHALL SEHSC’S TOTAL LIABILITY, OR THE LIABILITY OF ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS, TO YOU FOR ANY AND ALL LOSSES, DAMAGES, AND/OR CAUSES OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THIS SITE, UNLESS SEHSC OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES HAS ACTED WILLFULLY OR WITH GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR HAS BREACHED A STATUTORY DUTY UNDER WHICH LIABILITY MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY LIMITED OR EXCLUDED. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, NEITHER SEHSC NOR ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS, WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE.
THE DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS OF THIS SECTION ARE A MATERIAL PART OF OUR AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE THIS WEBSITE.
Other
If any provision of this Agreement is found to be void, unlawful or unenforceable for any reason, that portion shall be deemed severable from these terms and shall not otherwise affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. We reserve the right to pursue any remedy available to us at law or in equity if you breach this Agreement.
Updated: February 1, 2008