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» Your Acceptance of These Terms and Conditions
Please take a few minutes to carefully review these terms and conditions. By accessing and using this website you agree to follow and be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to follow and be bound by these terms and conditions, you may not access, use or download materials from this website.
» These Terms and Conditions May Change
CheckOrphan reserves the right to update or modify these terms and conditions at any time without prior notice. Your use of this website following any such change constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by the terms and conditions as changed. For this reason, we encourage you to review these terms and conditions every time you use this website. These terms and conditions were last revised on March 18, 2009.
» Copyright Notice and Limited License
Everything you see and hear on this website (the "Content"), including, for example, all of the text, photographs, illustrations, graphics, audio clips, video clips, and audio-video clips, except for the articles found within the CheckOrphan database, is copyrighted under Swiss law and applicable international copyright laws and treaty provisions. Articles written by, or on behalf of, CheckOrphan will be designated as such within the article. Such articles are copyrighted and belong to CheckOrphan. The copyrights in the Content are owned by CheckOrphan or by third parties who have licensed their materials to CheckOrphan. The entire Content of this site is copyrighted as a collective work under Swiss law and applicable international copyright laws and treaties, and CheckOrphan owns the copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of the Content.
CheckOrphan does not claim ownership or property rights to the articles that have been stored in the database, with the exception of those written by, or on behalf of, CheckOrphan. The articles may be used for non-commercial or private use by visitors of CheckOrphan, who should respect the copyright of the original owner. CheckOrphan respectfully asks that the original source of a given article is respected and well-represented upon reproduction.
You may download, store, print, and copy selected portions of the Content of this site, provided you only use the Content you download for your personal, noncommercial use or to further your business dealings with CheckOrphan.
Except as expressly stated above, you may not copy, download, print, publish, display, perform, distribute, transmit, transfer, translate, modify, add to, update, compile, abridge or in any other way transform or adapt all or any part of the Content of this site without first obtaining written permission from CheckOrphan.
Except as expressly stated above, no right, title or interest in the downloaded Content is transferred to you when you download Content from this site. Except for the limited, non-exclusive license expressly granted above, nothing contained in these terms and conditions or on this website shall be construed as conferring a license, be it by implication, estoppel or otherwise, or any other right under any copyright, trademark, patent, or other intellectual property right of or any third party.
» Unsolicited Ideas
CheckOrphan welcomes your comments and feedback regarding this website. All information and materials submitted to CheckOrphan through this website, such as any comments, feedback, ideas, questions, designs, data or the like, will be considered NON-CONFIDENTIAL and NON-PROPRIETARY. For this reason, we ask that you not send us any information or materials that you do not wish to assign to us, including, without limitation, any confidential information or any original creative materials such as product ideas, computer code, or original artwork.
By submitting communications and/or materials to CheckOrphan through this website, you assign to CheckOrphan, free of charge, all worldwide rights, title and interest in all copyrights and other intellectual property rights in the information and/or materials you submit. CheckOrphan will be entitled to use any information and/or materials you submit through this website, and any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in any such information and/or materials, for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information or materials without restriction and without compensating you in any way.
However, CheckOrphan will not use any information or materials you submit through this website in a way that violates applicable privacy laws. In particular, CheckOrphan will not release your name or otherwise publicize the fact that you submitted information or materials to us unless: (a) we obtain your permission to use your name; or (b) we first notify you that the materials or other information you submit to a particular part of this site will be published or otherwise used with your name on it; or (c) we are required to do so by law.
You are responsible for the information and other content contained in any communications you submit through this website, including, without limitation, their truthfulness and accuracy.
» Third-Party Information
Some of the information, articles and other materials available through this site are provided to CheckOrphan by third parties, including third-party news. Wherever practical, in our opinion, the source of these third-party materials is identified. These third-party materials are provided for your interest and convenience only. CheckOrphan does not endorse these materials or the vendors who supply them to us, nor does CheckOrphan warrant or represent that these materials are current, accurate, complete or reliable. CheckOrphan accepts no responsibility for any use to which third-party information is put.
» Links to Other Websites
This site contains links to websites that are not operated by CheckOrphan. These hyperlinks are provided for your reference and convenience only, and do not imply any endorsement of the material on these third-party websites or any association with their operators. CheckOrphan does not control these websites and is not responsible for their contents. You access and use these websites solely at your own risk.
» Right to Alter Website
CHECKORPHAN RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ALTER THE CONTENT AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THIS WEBSITE IN ANY WAY, OR TO LIMIT ACCESS TO THIS WEBSITE, OR TO SHUT DOWN THIS WEBSITE, AT ANY TIME, FOR ANY REASON, WITHOUT PRIOR NOTIFICATION, AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH CHANGES.
» DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS," "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, CHECKORPHAN AND ITS AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, CHECKORPHAN DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THIS WEBSITE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION OR THAT ITS OPERATION WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. CHECKORPHAN DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE CONTENT OF THIS SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES, WORMS OR OTHER CODE THAT MAY MANIFEST CONTAMINATING OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES. ALTHOUGH CHECKORPHAN HAS MADE AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE GREAT EFFORTS TO PROVIDE ACCURATE AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION, INFORMATION PUBLISHED ON THIS WEBSITE MAY BE INCOMPLETE OR OUTDATED AND MAY CONTAIN INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHECKORPHAN DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE, VALIDITY, ACCURACY, CURRENCY OR RELIABILITY OF, OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF, OR OTHERWISE RESPECTING THIS WEBSITE OR ANY INFORMATION PUBLISHED ON THIS WEBSITE.
» LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, SHALL CHECKORPHAN OR ANY OF ITS EMPLOYEES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR ACCESS OF, USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEBSITE OR YOUR RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, CHECKORPHAN SHALL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR POSSIBLE ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE CONTENTS OF THIS SITE; THIS APPLIES IN PARTICULAR TO ANY REFERENCES TO PRODUCTS AND SERVICES SUPPLIED BY CHECKORPHAN. THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY THAT APPLIES TO ALL LOSSES AND DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT, GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF DATA, REVENUE OR PROFITS. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY APPLIES WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER BASIS AND EVEN IF AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF CHECKORPHAN OR ITS AFFILIATES HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
SOME COUNTRIES OR SOME POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF CERTAIN COUNTRIES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SET FORTH ABOVE, SO THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF ANY PART OF THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS FOUND TO BE INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF CHECKORPHAN AND/OR ITS AFFILIATES UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES FOR LIABILITIES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN LIMITED SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS (USD 100.00).
» Entire Agreement
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and CheckOrphan with respect to your access to and/or use of this website.
» Effective Date
The terms and conditions set forth above are effective as of March 20, 2007.
» Your Acceptance of These Terms and Conditions
Please take a few minutes to carefully review these terms and conditions. By accessing and using this website you agree to follow and be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to follow and be bound by these terms and conditions, you may not access, use or download materials from this website.
» These Terms and Conditions May Change
CheckOrphan reserves the right to update or modify these terms and conditions at any time without prior notice. Your use of this website following any such change constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by the terms and conditions as changed. For this reason, we encourage you to review these terms and conditions every time you use this website. These terms and conditions were last revised on March 18, 2009.
» Copyright Notice and Limited License
Everything you see and hear on this website (the "Content"), including, for example, all of the text, photographs, illustrations, graphics, audio clips, video clips, and audio-video clips, except for the articles found within the CheckOrphan database, is copyrighted under Swiss law and applicable international copyright laws and treaty provisions. Articles written by, or on behalf of, CheckOrphan will be designated as such within the article. Such articles are copyrighted and belong to CheckOrphan. The copyrights in the Content are owned by CheckOrphan or by third parties who have licensed their materials to CheckOrphan. The entire Content of this site is copyrighted as a collective work under Swiss law and applicable international copyright laws and treaties, and CheckOrphan owns the copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of the Content.
CheckOrphan does not claim ownership or property rights to the articles that have been stored in the database, with the exception of those written by, or on behalf of, CheckOrphan. The articles may be used for non-commercial or private use by visitors of CheckOrphan, who should respect the copyright of the original owner. CheckOrphan respectfully asks that the original source of a given article is respected and well-represented upon reproduction.
You may download, store, print, and copy selected portions of the Content of this site, provided you only use the Content you download for your personal, noncommercial use or to further your business dealings with CheckOrphan.
Except as expressly stated above, you may not copy, download, print, publish, display, perform, distribute, transmit, transfer, translate, modify, add to, update, compile, abridge or in any other way transform or adapt all or any part of the Content of this site without first obtaining written permission from CheckOrphan.
Except as expressly stated above, no right, title or interest in the downloaded Content is transferred to you when you download Content from this site. Except for the limited, non-exclusive license expressly granted above, nothing contained in these terms and conditions or on this website shall be construed as conferring a license, be it by implication, estoppel or otherwise, or any other right under any copyright, trademark, patent, or other intellectual property right of or any third party.
» Unsolicited Ideas
CheckOrphan welcomes your comments and feedback regarding this website. All information and materials submitted to CheckOrphan through this website, such as any comments, feedback, ideas, questions, designs, data or the like, will be considered NON-CONFIDENTIAL and NON-PROPRIETARY. For this reason, we ask that you not send us any information or materials that you do not wish to assign to us, including, without limitation, any confidential information or any original creative materials such as product ideas, computer code, or original artwork.
By submitting communications and/or materials to CheckOrphan through this website, you assign to CheckOrphan, free of charge, all worldwide rights, title and interest in all copyrights and other intellectual property rights in the information and/or materials you submit. CheckOrphan will be entitled to use any information and/or materials you submit through this website, and any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in any such information and/or materials, for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information or materials without restriction and without compensating you in any way.
However, CheckOrphan will not use any information or materials you submit through this website in a way that violates applicable privacy laws. In particular, CheckOrphan will not release your name or otherwise publicize the fact that you submitted information or materials to us unless: (a) we obtain your permission to use your name; or (b) we first notify you that the materials or other information you submit to a particular part of this site will be published or otherwise used with your name on it; or (c) we are required to do so by law.
You are responsible for the information and other content contained in any communications you submit through this website, including, without limitation, their truthfulness and accuracy.
» Third-Party Information
Some of the information, articles and other materials available through this site are provided to CheckOrphan by third parties, including third-party news. Wherever practical, in our opinion, the source of these third-party materials is identified. These third-party materials are provided for your interest and convenience only. CheckOrphan does not endorse these materials or the vendors who supply them to us, nor does CheckOrphan warrant or represent that these materials are current, accurate, complete or reliable. CheckOrphan accepts no responsibility for any use to which third-party information is put.
» Links to Other Websites
This site contains links to websites that are not operated by CheckOrphan. These hyperlinks are provided for your reference and convenience only, and do not imply any endorsement of the material on these third-party websites or any association with their operators. CheckOrphan does not control these websites and is not responsible for their contents. You access and use these websites solely at your own risk.
» Right to Alter Website
CHECKORPHAN RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ALTER THE CONTENT AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THIS WEBSITE IN ANY WAY, OR TO LIMIT ACCESS TO THIS WEBSITE, OR TO SHUT DOWN THIS WEBSITE, AT ANY TIME, FOR ANY REASON, WITHOUT PRIOR NOTIFICATION, AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH CHANGES.
» DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS," "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, CHECKORPHAN AND ITS AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, CHECKORPHAN DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THIS WEBSITE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION OR THAT ITS OPERATION WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. CHECKORPHAN DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE CONTENT OF THIS SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES, WORMS OR OTHER CODE THAT MAY MANIFEST CONTAMINATING OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES. ALTHOUGH CHECKORPHAN HAS MADE AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE GREAT EFFORTS TO PROVIDE ACCURATE AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION, INFORMATION PUBLISHED ON THIS WEBSITE MAY BE INCOMPLETE OR OUTDATED AND MAY CONTAIN INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHECKORPHAN DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE, VALIDITY, ACCURACY, CURRENCY OR RELIABILITY OF, OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF, OR OTHERWISE RESPECTING THIS WEBSITE OR ANY INFORMATION PUBLISHED ON THIS WEBSITE.
» LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, SHALL CHECKORPHAN OR ANY OF ITS EMPLOYEES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR ACCESS OF, USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEBSITE OR YOUR RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, CHECKORPHAN SHALL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR POSSIBLE ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE CONTENTS OF THIS SITE; THIS APPLIES IN PARTICULAR TO ANY REFERENCES TO PRODUCTS AND SERVICES SUPPLIED BY CHECKORPHAN. THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY THAT APPLIES TO ALL LOSSES AND DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT, GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF DATA, REVENUE OR PROFITS. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY APPLIES WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER BASIS AND EVEN IF AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF CHECKORPHAN OR ITS AFFILIATES HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
SOME COUNTRIES OR SOME POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF CERTAIN COUNTRIES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SET FORTH ABOVE, SO THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF ANY PART OF THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS FOUND TO BE INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF CHECKORPHAN AND/OR ITS AFFILIATES UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES FOR LIABILITIES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN LIMITED SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS (USD 100.00).
» Entire Agreement
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and CheckOrphan with respect to your access to and/or use of this website.
» Effective Date
The terms and conditions set forth above are effective as of March 20, 2007.
