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DATE LAST MODIFIED: …October 22,
2003
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
Welcome and thank you for visiting the GLADSTONE INCORPORATED website
("Website") and reviewing our Terms and Conditions of Use ("Terms
of Use"). GLADSTONE INCORPORATED makes this Website, including all
information, documents, photos, communications, files, text, graphics,
and computer aided designs (collectively, the "Materials") available
for your use subject to the Terms of Use set forth in this document. These
Terms of Use may be changed at any time, without prior notice to any visitor.
Please check these Terms of Use periodically for changes.
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE BY ACCESSING, USING, OR DOWNLOADING
IN ANY WAY, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY MATERIALS FROM THIS WEBSITE OR MERELY
BROWSING THIS WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO AND ARE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE.
GLADSTONE INCORPORATED reserves the right to change these Terms of Use
at any time, without prior notice to any visitor. Your use of this Website
will be subject to the most current version of the Terms of Use posted
on this Website at the time of use. If you breach any of the Terms of
Use, your authorization to use this Website automatically terminates,
and any of the Materials downloaded or printed from this Website must
be immediately destroyed.
PRIVACY POLICY AND PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
This Privacy Policy describes the information collected from visitors
to this Website and how this information is to be used. The information
presented below is for informational purposes only and is not meant to
be either an express or an implied contract. This Privacy Policy may be
changed at any time, without prior notice to any visitor. Please check
this Privacy Policy periodically for changes.
INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM A VISITOR
In order to enhance the content contained on this Website, GLADSTONE INCORPORATED
may gather and store certain information about your visit. This information
will not identify a visitor personally, but does include some or all of
the following items:
- The Internet Protocol ("IP") Address of your Internet Service
Provider ("ISP") and/or your computer if it has its own IP
address. The domain name may also be collected.
- The date, time, length of stay, and specific GLADSTONE INCORPORATED
webpages, images, or forms accessed at this Website.
- Whether the visitor is viewing the Website for the first time or is
a return visitor.
- The Uniform Resource Locator ("URL") of the website that
referred the visitor to GLADSTONEINC.COM, the search engine that referred
a visitor, and any search strings or phrases entered in a search engine
to find this Website.
- The type and version of the Internet browser used to visit this Website,
the operating system on the visitor's computer, and information regarding
client errors viewing this Website.
This information is used to assess the performance of this Website, ensure
compatibility of the technology on this Website with a visitor's computer,
understand the importance of information on this Website, assess technical
design specifications, and identify system performance problems. GLADSTONE
INCORPORATED may conduct a statistical analysis of the data it collects.
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY A VISITOR
Providing your personal information to GLADSTONE INCORPORATED is each
visitor's choice. Information volunteered by a visitor filling out any
online form or sending an e-mail is used by GLADSTONE INCORPORATED to
respond to a visitor or send product information to the requesting visitor.
Information submitted by a visitor via the "Contact Us" webpage
is used by GLADSTONE INCORPORATED to enhance this Website or reply to
questions or comments made by individual visitors. Unless legally required
to do so, GLADSTONE INCORPORATED will not sell, rent, or otherwise disclose
a visitor's information (including your e-mail address) to any outside
company or organization. This policy excludes data that may be stored
or transmitted from/to the Internet company hosting this Website.
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
All Materials and the compilation of all content included on this Website
are the property of GLADSTONE INCORPORATED or the copyright owner and
are protected by United States and international copyright laws. Under
the terms of U.S. Copyright laws, you may not modify, remove, delete,
augment, add to, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale
of, create derivative works from or in any way exploit any of the content
on this site without the explicit permission of the copyright owner.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
This Website may contain links to other websites. Neither GLADSTONE INCORPORATED,
nor any officers, directors, partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, employees,
agents, or suppliers of GLADSTONE INCORPORATED, is responsible for the
content, privacy policies, products, services, reliability, viewpoint,
or accuracy of information on such websites. Visitors to other websites
are encouraged to examine the privacy policies and/or terms and conditions
of use policies of that website.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
This website is provided by GLADSTONE INCORPORATED on an "as is"
and "as available" basis. GLADSTONE INCORPORATED makes no representations
or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of
this website or the information, content, materials, or products included
on this website. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained
by you from GLADSTONE INCORPORATED or through or from this website shall
create any warranty not expressly stated in the terms of use or in a contract
for the purchase of GLADSTONE INCORPORATED products. You expressly agree
that your use of this website is at your sole risk.
To the full extent permissible by applicable law, GLADSTONE INCORPORATED
disclaims all warranties related to the operation of this website or the
information, content or materials on it, whether express or implied, including,
but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness
for a particular purpose. GLADSTONE INCORPORATED does not warrant that
this website, its servers, materials, or e-mail sent from GLADSTONE INCORPORATED
are free of viruses, worms, or other harmful components. Warranties for
products purchased from GLADSTONE INCORPORATED are covered under separate
contract and are available to the customer at the time of purchase.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
In no event, including, without limitation, negligence, shall GLADSTONE
INCORPORATED, its officers, directors, partners, affiliates, subsidiaries,
employees, agents, or suppliers be liable to you or any third party for
any special, punitive, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages
of any kind, or any damages whatsoever, including, without limitation,
those resulting from loss of use, data, or profits, whether or not GLADSTONE
INCORPORATED has been advised of the possibility of such damages, and
on any theory of liability, arising out of or in connection with the use
of or the inability to use this website or materials, the statements or
actions of any third party on or through this website, any dealings with
vendors or other third parties, any unauthorized access to or alteration
of your transmissions or data, any information that is sent or received
or not sent or received, any failure to store or loss of data, files,
or other content, any services available through this website that are
delayed or interrupted, or any website referenced or linked to from this
website.
This website could include technical or other mistakes, inaccuracies,
or typographical errors. GLADSTONE INCORPORATED may make changes to the
materials and services at this website, including the descriptions of
any products listed herein, at any time without notice to any visitor.
The materials or services at this website may be out of date, and GLADSTONE
INCORPORATED makes no commitment to update such materials or services.
The use of the services or the downloading or other use of any materials
through this website is done at your own discretion and risk and with
your agreement that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your
computer system, loss of data, or other harm that results from such activities.
GLADSTONE INCORPORATED assumes no liability for any computer virus, worm,
or other similar software code that is downloaded to your computer from
this website or in connection with any services or materials offered through
this website. GLADSTONE INCORPORATED will not be liable for any damages
of any kind arising from the use of this website, including, but not limited
to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, and consequential damages,
whether in an action of contract or negligence or other tortious action.
Some jurisdictions prohibit the exclusion or limitation of liability
for consequential or incidental damages. Accordingly, the limitations
and exclusions set forth above may not apply to you.
If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision
of these terms of use, or any portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that
provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to
affect the intent of these terms of use, and the remainder of these terms
of use shall continue in full force and effect.
INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify and hold GLADSTONE INCORPORATED, and its officers,
directors, partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, agents, and
suppliers, harmless from any liability, loss, claim and expense, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, related to your violation or alleged violation
of these Terms of Use of this Website.
TERMINATION
These Terms of Use are effective until terminated by either party. You
may terminate these terms at any time by discontinuing use of the GLADSTONE
INCORPORATED Website and destroying all Materials obtained from this Website
and all copies thereof, whether made under these Terms of Use or otherwise.
Your access to the GLADSTONE INCORPORATED Website may be terminated immediately
without notice from GLADSTONE INCORPORATED if in our sole discretion you
fail to comply with any term or provision of these Terms of Use. Upon
termination, you must cease use of the GLADSTONE INCORPORATED Website
and destroy all Materials obtained from this Website and all copies thereof,
whether made under these Terms of Use or otherwise.
NON-TRANSFERABILITY
Your right to use this Website is NOT transferable.
APPLICABLE LAW
By visiting GLADSTONEINC.COM Website, even if accessed from a location
outside the United States, you agree that the laws of the State of Florida,
without regard to conflict of laws principles, will govern these Terms
of Use, the Privacy Policy, and any dispute of any sort that might arise
between you and GLADSTONE INCORPORATED and its officers, directors, partners,
affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, agents, or suppliers.
INTERNATIONAL USERS
The GLADSTONE INCORPORATED Website can be accessed from locations around
the world. GLADSTONE INCORPORATED makes no representations that this Website
or the Materials available through it are appropriate for use at other
locations outside the United States. Access to this Website from locations
where this Website or any of its Materials are illegal is prohibited.
If you access this Website from a location outside the United States,
you are responsible for compliance with all local and/or international
laws.
CHILDREN
GLADSTONE INCORPORATED does not solicit information from minors or children
under the age of thirteen. Furthermore, there are no computer applications
on this Website to determine the age of a visitor. All information volunteered
on this Website will be treated the same as information given by an adult.
The Internet browsing behavior of any minor should be carefully supervised
by a responsible adult at all times.
SECURITY
GLADSTONE INCORPORATED reserves the right to monitor all network traffic
to this Website to identify and/or block unauthorized attempts or intrusions
to upload or change information or cause damage to this Website in any
fashion. Anyone using this Website expressly consents to such monitoring.
HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have any questions or concerns about these terms and conditions
of use, please send us an e-mail by clicking on the following link: Contact
Us.
These Terms of Use may be changed at any
time, without prior notice to any visitor.
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