USER AGREEMENT IMPORTANT - READ CAREFULLY: THIS USER
AGREEMENT (THE "AGREEMENT") IS BETWEEN YOU AND
AFFINIGENT, INC. ("AFFINIGENT"). THIS AGREEMENT
SETS FORTH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS REGARDING YOUR USE
OF THE AFFINIGENT DESIGNED SITE KNOWN AS "BH-BA.COM"
(THE "WEB SITE"). BY REGISTERING AS A USER OF BH-BA.COM AND THE WEB SITE, YOU AGREE TO FOLLOW AND
TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS
AGREEMENT. YOU ARE PERMITTED TO USE, REPRODUCE, AND DISPLAY
MATERIALS ON THE WEB SITE ONLY UPON THE CONDITION THAT
YOU ACCEPT ALL OF THE TERMS CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, PLEASE EXIT IMMEDIATELY,
AND DO NOT USE THIS WEB SITE. THE USE, REPRODUCTION, OR
DISPLAY OF ANY MATERIALS ON THE WEB SITE BY YOU OR BY
A THIRD PARTY ON YOUR BEHALF CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE
OF THIS AGREEMENT.
GENERAL
USE PROVISIONS
All materials provided on this Web Site, including but
not limited to information, documents, products, logos,
graphics, sounds, images, software, and services ("Materials"),
are provided either by Affinigent or by its respective
third party manufacturers, authors, developers, licensors
and vendors ("Third Party Providers") and
are the copyrighted work of Affinigent and/or its Third
Party Providers. The Third Party Providers, including
but not limited to Affinigent, are the intended beneficiaries
of this Agreement and may enforce the terms of this
Agreement against you. Except as stated herein, none
of the Materials may be copied, reproduced, distributed,
republished, modified, downloaded, displayed, posted
or transmitted in any form or by any means, including
but not limited to electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
recording, or other means, without the prior express
written permission of Affinigent or the appropriate
Third Party Provider. Also, you may not "mirror"
any Materials contained on this Web Site on any other
server without Affinigent's prior written consent. Affinigent
hereby grants you permission to use, reproduce, and
display Affinigent's Materials on this Web Site only,
provided that: (1) both the copyright notice identified
below and this permission notice appear in the Materials;
(2) the use, reproduction, and display of such Materials
is solely for your own internal, personal, non-commercial
and informational use and will not be distributed, provided,
or displayed to third parties, posted on any networked
computer, or broadcast in any media; (3) such use, reproduction,
and display is only in accordance with the documentation,
instructions, and other restrictions regarding the Materials;
and (4) the Materials are not modified in any way. This
permission terminates automatically without notice immediately
upon the breach of any of the terms of this Agreement
by you or by any person or entity acting on your behalf.
Upon termination, you will immediately destroy any downloaded,
copied, reproduced or printed Materials.
Any unauthorized use of any Materials contained on this
Web Site may violate copyright laws, trademark laws,
the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications
regulations and statutes.
LINKS
TO THIRD PARTY SITES
This Web site may contain links to web sites controlled
by persons other than Affinigent. Affinigent is not
responsible for and does not endorse or accept any responsibility
for the contents or use of these third party web sites
or any transactions completed through such sites. It
is your responsibility to take precautions to ensure
that whatever materials you select for your use are
appropriate for your purposes and are free of viruses
or other items of a destructive nature.
SOFTWARE
USE RESTRICTIONS
Any
software that may be made available to download from
this Web Site ("Software") is the copyrighted
work of Affinigent and/or Third Party Providers. Use
of the Software is governed by this Agreement and the
additional terms set forth in this Section ("Software
Use Restrictions"). For purposes of this Agreement,
the term "Software" includes without limitation
computer software and/or materials provided with or
incorporated into the Software, and any related materials
or documentation thereto. You agree to the Software
Use Restrictions by installing, copying, downloading,
or using the Software. The Software is made available
for downloading solely for use by end users in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement, including without
limitation the Software Use Restrictions. Without limiting
the foregoing, the copying or reproduction of the Software
to any other server or location for further reproduction
or redistribution is expressly prohibited. Any reproduction
or redistribution of the Software not in accordance
with this Agreement is expressly prohibited and may
result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators
will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible. Title
and copyrights in and to the Software, and any copies
thereof, are owned by and remain with Affinigent and/or
its Third Party Providers. The Software is protected
by copyright laws, other intellectual property laws,
and international treaties. Unauthorized use or copying
of the Software or otherwise failing to comply with
the terms and conditions of this Agreement will result
in automatic termination of this license and will entitle
Affinigent and/or its suppliers to other legal remedies.
Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever:
(i) you must immediately cease using the Software, (ii)
all of the rights granted to you hereunder shall immediately
cease, and (iii) you must promptly destroy or erase
all copies (including back-up copies) of the Software.
THE
SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED TO YOU STRICTLY ON AN "AS
IS" BASIS AND AFFINIGENT AND THE THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS
MAKE NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND REGARDING THE SOFTWARE
OR THE USE OR PERFORMANCE THEREOF. AFFINIGENT AND THE
THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, GUARANTIES, AND
CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES,
GUARANTIES, AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
AFFINIGENT AND THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS DO NOT WARRANT
THE PERFORMANCE OR RESULTS YOU MAY OBTAIN BY USING THE
SOFTWARE OR THE ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION. AFFINIGENT
AND THE THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY
FOR ANY YEAR-2000 RELATED ISSUES OR FOR ANY VIRUSES
RELATED TO THE SOFTWARE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY
OF THE FOREGOING, AFFINIGENT AND THE THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS
DO NOT WARRANT THAT (A) THE SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR
REQUIREMENTS; (B) THE SOFTWARE WILL OPERATE IN COMBINATION
WITH OTHER HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, SYSTEMS OR DATA; (C)
THE OPERATION OF THE SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED
OR ERROR-FREE; (D) ANY PROGRAM ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED;
OR (E) SECURITY PROCEDURES USED WILL PROTECT CONFIDENTIAL
OR PRIVATE INFORMATION THAT YOU PLACE ON THE SOFTWARE.
SUBMISSIONS
Except where expressly provided otherwise by Affinigent,
all comments, feedback, information or materials submitted
to Affinigent through or in association with this Web
Site ("Submissions") shall be considered non-confidential
and Affinigent's property. By providing such Submissions
to Affinigent, you assign to Affinigent, at no charge,
all worldwide rights, title and interest in copyrights
and other intellectual property rights to the Submissions.
You acknowledge that you are responsible for the Submissions
that you provide, and that you, not Affinigent, have
full responsibility for the Submissions, including their
legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality
and copyright.
PRIVACY POLICY
You agree to the Affinigent Privacy Policy set forth below
(the "Privacy Policy").
Affinigent has created this Privacy Policy in order to
demonstrate our commitment to privacy. Affinigent recognizes
your need for appropriate protection and management of
personally identifiable information that you share with
Affinigent, which includes any information by which you
can be identified, such as name, address, and telephone
number. Affinigent has established this privacy policy
so that you can understand the care with which we intend
to treat the information that you provide to the Web Site.
Affinigent assures you that we will take reasonable steps
to see that this Privacy Policy is followed within our
company.
When you register with Affinigent, we collect certain
information about you, including your Internet address.
We track the Internet address of the domains from which
users visit us and analyze this data for trends and statistics.
We also use your Internet address to help diagnose problems
with our server and to administer our Web Site. Your Internet
address is used to help identify you and your purchases
through Affinigent and to gather demographic information.
Some
of the pages on the Web Site utilize "cookies"
so that we can better serve you with more tailored information
when you return to our site. Cookies are identifiers
that a web site can send to your browser to keep on
your computer to facilitate your next visit to our site.
You can set your browser to notify you when you are
sent a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether
or not to accept it. The information we collect and
analyze is used to improve our service to you. We use
cookies to deliver content specific to your interests,
to save your password so you don't have to re-enter
it each time you visit our site, and for other purposes.
The Web Site's registration form requires you to give
us your contact information (such as your name and Internet
address, password, and ZIP code). We use your contact
information from the registration form to send you information
about Affinigent, the Web Site, and promotional materials
from Affinigent and others. Your contact information
is also used to contact you when necessary and may be
shared with other companies who may want to contact
our users. Affinigent provides users the opportunity
to elect not to receive e-mail updates regarding the
Web Site. If you do not want to receive these communications
from us, please indicate this when you are registering
or send an e-mail to info@affinigent.com.
Certain
portions of the Web Site may prompt you to provide other
personal information in your user profile. You may choose
not to provide this information, but if you do so you
may be unable to access certain options, offers, and
services on the Web Site. Affinigent does not currently
sell, trade, or rent any personal information that identifies
particular individuals to any third parties; however,
we may choose to do so in the future. Affinigent may
also use this information for Affinigent marketing purposes.
The user profile will provide you the option to elect
not to receive future mailings, or you may send an e-mail
to info@affinigent.com.
Also, Affinigent may provide aggregate statistics about
our customers, sales, traffic patterns, and related
site information to third parties, but these statistics
will not include information that identifies particular
individuals.
Affinigent may, from time to time, ask demographic or
personal preference questions. You are never required
to answer these questions; however, the information
that you provide may be used for analyzing overall site
demographics, user preferences and tastes, and similar
"getting to know our customers" purposes.
This information may also be disclosed to third parties.
Affinigent may include certain functions that permit
you to enter personal information, such as contact information
on your customers or prospective customers. Affinigent
will take reasonable steps to attempt to protect the
individual contact information that you enter into the
functions on Affinigent from unauthorized access or
disclosure. The Web Site has certain security measures
in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration
of the information under our control; however, no security
measure is foolproof.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED TO YOU STRICTLY ON AN "AS
IS" BASIS AND AFFINIGENT AND THE THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS
MAKE NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND REGARDING THE SOFTWARE
OR THE USE OR PERFORMANCE THEREOF. AFFINIGENT AND THE
THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, GUARANTIES, AND
CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES,
GUARANTIES, AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
AFFINIGENT AND THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS DO NOT WARRANT
THE PERFORMANCE OR RESULTS YOU MAY OBTAIN BY USING THE
SOFTWARE OR THE ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION. AFFINIGENT
AND THE THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY
FOR ANY YEAR-2000 RELATED ISSUES OR FOR ANY VIRUSES
RELATED TO THE SOFTWARE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY
OF THE FOREGOING, AFFINIGENT AND THE THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS
DO NOT WARRANT THAT (A) THE SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR
REQUIREMENTS; (B) THE SOFTWARE WILL OPERATE IN COMBINATION
WITH OTHER HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, SYSTEMS OR DATA; (C)
THE OPERATION OF THE SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED
OR ERROR-FREE; (D) ANY PROGRAM ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED;
OR (E) SECURITY PROCEDURES USED WILL PROTECT CONFIDENTIAL
OR PRIVATE INFORMATION THAT YOU PLACE ON THE SOFTWARE.
Affinigent
uses an online order form for you to order information,
products, and services through the Web Site. We collect
financial information (like your account or credit card
numbers) when you complete this online order form. Financial
information that we collect is used to bill you for
the information, products, and services that you order.
We
may use an outside advertising company to display ads
on our site. These ads may contain cookies. While we
use cookies in other parts of our Web Site, cookies
received with banner ads may be collected by ad companies,
and we may not have access to this information or be
able to control its distribution.
The Web Site may make chat rooms, forums, message boards,
and/or news groups ("Forums") available for
you to use. Please remember that any information that
is disclosed in these areas becomes public information
and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose
your personal information. Affinigent is not responsible
in any manner, and shall not be liable for, any materials,
statements or information that may be presented, posted
or broadcast in any Forums and Affinigent shall have
no duty or obligation to review, edit, remove, correct
or comment on any such materials, statements or information.
If you present, post or broadcast any materials, statements
or information in any Forum, you agree to indemnify
and hold harmless Affinigent, and its officers, directors,
employees and representatives from and against any claim,
cost or demand (including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys' fees) arising therefrom.
The Web Site may contain links to other sites. Affinigent
is not responsible for the privacy practices or the
content of such web sites, notwithstanding the inclusion
on such site of the trademarks of Affinigent.
You may update information previously provided to Affinigent
by sending an email to info@affinigent.com
This
Privacy Policy is a part of the agreement between you
and Affinigent. Your use of the Web indicates your agreement
to the terms of this Privacy Policy. You agree that
the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (the "ECPA")
shall not apply to any communications with Affinigent.
Affinigent has the right to revise this Agreement, including
this Privacy Policy, at any time without notice by notice
of the revisions posted to the Web Site. If you have
any questions about this Agreement or this Privacy Policy,
the practices of this Web Site, or your dealings with
this Web Site, please contact info@affinigent.com
PERSONAL
WEB SITE
Affinigent may offer a Personal Web Site that you may
purchase from Affinigent. Affinigent may host this site
for you and provide a web address for you. You are responsible
for all content, images, links and text (collectively
"content") displayed on pages within your
Personal Web Site, including content provided by you
or by any person that you give editing rights to. However,
Affinigent reserves its sole right to remove or modify
your content if, in the sole opinion, Affinigent believes
it may create liability for Affinigent or is inappropriate
in any respect.
The content distributed through your Personal Web Site:
(a) shall not infringe any third party's copyright,
patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary
rights or rights of publicity or privacy; (b) shall
not violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation
(including without limitation the laws and regulations
governing export control, unfair competition, antidiscrimination
or false advertising); (c) shall not be defamatory,
trade libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully
harassing; (d) shall not be obscene or contain pornography;
and (e) shall not contain any viruses, trojan horses,
worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming
routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally
interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate
any system, data or personal information.
FEES
You agree to pay all fees due by reason of your
use, reproduction, downloading, or display of Materials
on the Web Site. Fees do not include tax and, where
applicable, you agree to pay any sales, use, property,
value-added, withholding or other taxes that may be
assessed in connection with such fees. All fees incurred
in connection with the Web Site are non-refundable.
If (i) you have paid fees associated with the Web Site
and you believe that you did not receive the Materials
and/or services that you ordered or (ii) you would like
to cancel a subscription, please contact the individual
listed in "Contact Information" below.
Affinigent
may terminate the offering of the Web Site and any or
all Personal Web Sites at its sole discretion. Following
termination, we may remove some or all of your Submissions
from the Web Site or some or all of your Content from
any or all Personal Web Sites. If Affinigent terminates
the Web Site or Personal Web Sites, you are entitled
to a refund of any unused monthly maintenance fees on
a prorata basis. You may request that the Content of
your Personal Web Site be provided to you in electronic
form, at your expense.
DISCLAIMER
THE MATERIALS ON THE WEB SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO SOFTWARE, ARE PROVIDED STRICTLY ON AN "AS IS"
BASIS. AFFINIGENT AND THE THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS HEREBY
DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES,
GUARANTEES, AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DETERMINING WHETHER
THE MATERIALS ARE ACCURATE OR SUFFICIENT FOR YOUR PURPOSES.
AFFINIGENT AND THE THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS DO NOT MAKE
ANY REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, GUARANTIES, OR CONDITIONS
AS TO THE QUALITY, SUITABILITY, TRUTH, ACCURACY, OR
COMPLETENESS OF ANY OF THE MATERIALS CONTAINED ON THE
WEB SITE.
LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY
AFFINIGENT AND THE THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS SHALL NOT BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF USING,
MODIFYING, CONTRIBUTING, COPYING, DISTRIBUTING, OR DOWNLOADING
THE MATERIALS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SOFTWARE.
IN NO EVENT SHALL AFFINIGENT OR THE THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS
BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO LOSS OF BUSINESS, REVENUE, PROFITS, USE, DATA OR
OTHER ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE), HOWEVER ARISING, INCLUDING
WITHOUT LIMITATION WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEB SITE, EVEN IF AFFINIGENT
HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGE. YOU HAVE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUATE
PROTECTION AND BACKUP OF DATA AND/OR EQUIPMENT USED
IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEB SITE AND YOU WILL NOT MAKE
A CLAIM AGAINST AFFINIGENT FOR LOST DATA, RE-RUN TIME,
INACCURATE OUTPUT, WORK DELAYS, LOST PROFITS, OR LOST
OPPORTUNITIES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE MATERIALS.
YOU AGREE TO HOLD AFFINIGENT AND THE THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS
HARMLESS FROM, AND YOU COVENANT NOT TO SUE AFFINIGENT
OR THE THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS FOR ANY CLAIMS BASED ON
OR RELATED TO THE USE OF THE WEB SITE.
LOCAL
LAWS; EXPORT CONTROL
Affinigent controls and operates this Web Site from
its headquarters in various locations in the United
States of America and makes no representation that these
Materials are appropriate or available for use in other
locations. If you use this Web Site from other locations,
you are responsible for compliance with applicable local
laws including but not limited to the export and import
regulations of other countries. Unless otherwise explicitly
stated, all marketing or promotional materials found
on this Web Site are solely directed to individuals,
companies or other entities located in the United States
of America. You acknowledge and agree that Materials
are subject to the U.S. Export Administration Laws and
Regulations. Diversion of such Materials contrary to
U.S. law is prohibited. You agree that none of the Materials,
nor any direct product therefrom, is being or will be
acquired for, shipped, transferred, or re-exported,
directly or indirectly, to proscribed or embargoed countries
or their nationals, nor be used for nuclear activities,
chemical biological weapons, or missile projects unless
authorized by the U.S. Government. Proscribed countries
are set forth in the U.S. Export Administration Regulations.
Countries subject to U.S. embargo are: Cuba, Iran, Iraq,
Libya, North Korea, Syria, and the Sudan. This list
is subject to change without further notice from Affinigent,
and you must comply with the list as it exists in fact.
You certify that you are not on the U.S. Department
of Commerce's Denied Persons List or affiliated lists
or on the U.S. Department of Treasury's Specially Designated
Nationals List. You agree to comply strictly with all
U.S. export laws and assume sole responsibility for
obtaining licenses to export or re-export as may be
required.
GENERAL
This Web Site may include inaccuracies or typographical
errors. Affinigent and the Third Party Providers may
make changes in the products, services, Software, and
prices described in this Web Site at any time without
notice. Affinigent may periodically make changes to
the Web Site. Any action related to this Agreement will
be governed by Pennsylvania law and controlling U.S.
federal law. No choice of law rules of any jurisdiction
will apply. This Agreement represents the entire understanding
relating to the use of the Web Site and prevails over
any prior or contemporaneous, conflicting or additional,
communications, including but not limited to statements
on the Web Site. Affinigent has the right to revise
this Agreement at any time without notice by updates
posted to the Web Site. Any rights not expressly granted
herein are reserved by Affinigent.
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY NOTICES
Elements of the Web Site are protected by trademark
and other laws and may not be copied or imitated in
whole or in part. No logo, graphic, sound or image from
the Web Site may be copied or retransmitted unless expressly
permitted by Affinigent.
Affinigent,
the Affinigent logo, and/or other Affinigent products
or services referenced herein are trademarks of Affinigent,
Inc., and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
All other product names, company names, marks, logos,
and symbols may be the trademarks of their respective
owners.
Copyright
© 2000 Affinigent, Inc., 4 Kent Road, Suite 200,
York, PA 17402. All rights reserved.
If
you have any questions about this Agreement, or if you
would like to cancel your subscription or request a
refund for Materials that were not delivered in accordance
with the accompanying terms, please contact Affinigent
Customer Support at (717) 600 0033, (717)600 2341 (fax)
or info@affinigent.com