Terms of Use

This Web site (the "site") is owned and operated by CSA America, Inc. ("CSA America"). By accessing and using the site, you agree that your use of this site, the information on the site and the various services offered on the site is at all times subject to, and you agree to be comply fully with, these Terms of Use (the "Terms of Use"). If you do not wish to be bound by the Terms of Use, you should not use this site.

1. Terms of Use of Site: These Terms of Use contain the complete understanding relating to your use of the site. CSA America may modify or amend these Terms of Use at any time and for any reason. Changes will be posted to this site and are effective upon posting. We recommend that you review the site for changes by referring to the date of "Last Update" at the top of this page.

2. Changes to Site: CSA America may change, suspend, or terminate, temporarily or permanently, this site (or any part thereof) at any time and from time to time with or without notice. CSA America may restrict access to parts of the site. CSA America shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any change, suspension, or termination of the service provided by this site.

3. Services Provided: CSA America directly, or indirectly through an unaffiliated Internet Service Provider, shall make available to you electronic access, through your computer or other electronic device (collectively "computer") to the information and services provided on the site and the ability to communicate electronically with the site with computers and persons external to the site ('e-mail").

4. Intellectual Property and Usage: CSA America is the owner of the contents of this site, such as the services provided through the site, and all information, text, opinions, views, graphics, images, trademarks, trade names, HTML code, multimedia clips, Java code, and the selection and arrangement of information (the "Content"), except as otherwise noted to the contrary. The Content is the property of CSA America or its affiliates or licensors and are protected by applicable copyright, patent, trademark or other intellectual property laws. The unauthorized use, modification or copying of the Content may violate copyright, trademark, patent and other laws that protect the intellectual property of CSA America, and may give rise to a right in CSA America to seek legal redress for such use, modification, or copying. You may download and print Content from this site for personal, non-commercial use only. You must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices displayed on the Content, and you may not make any changes to the Content. CSA America reserves all other intellectual property rights in the Content. Any use, reproduction or dissemination of the Content for public or commercial purposes is strictly prohibited except as permitted by a license agreement entered into between you and CSA America. Some of the Content may be subject to the copyright of a third party, in which instance there may be additional restrictions on its use. Particulars relating to such copyright ownership and additional restrictions are set out on the relevant pages of this site and such restrictions should be observed.
   Logos displayed on this site are trademarks owned by CSA America or Canadian Standards Association. Notwithstanding any other provision in these Terms of Use, you are prohibited from downloading or otherwise copying or using any trademark of CSA America or Canadian Standards Association without the express written permission of CSA America or Canadian Standards Association respectively, and you shall comply with any request of CSA America or its affiliates or licensors to protect their respective rights in the Content of the site.
   Disclaimer of Warranties: YOUR USE OF THIS SITE AND ANY RELIANCE ON CONTENT IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE CONTENT INCLUDED ON THIS SITE IS PROVIDED FOR CONVENIENCE AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. CSA AMERICA MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, QUALITY, TIMELINESS OR RELIABILITY OF THE CONTENT, OR OF ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED IN ANY SITE LINKED TO THIS SITE, NOR TO TITLE, OR TO THE ABSENCE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS SUCH AS SOFTWARE VIRUSES. CSA AMERICA DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE ACCESS TO THIS SITE OR TO ANY SITE LINKED TO THIS SITE, OR TO THE AVAILABILITY OF INTERNET E-MAIL LINKS PROVIDED ON THIS SITE. THE INTERNET IS NOT A SECURE MEDIUM AND THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSMISSIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET CANNOT BE ENSURED BY CSA AMERICA.

5. Exclusion of Liability: CSA America takes no responsibility for the non-delivery, loss, delay, defect or alteration to communications and transmissions through the Internet. CSA America is not responsible for any damages you or any third party may suffer as a result of the transmission of confidential information through the Internet, e-mail links or otherwise through the electronic exchange of information through this site.
   IN NO EVENT SHALL CSA America, ITS VOLUNTEERS, MEMBERS, AFFILIATED COMPANIES, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, CONTRACTORS OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO A SITE USER OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INJURY, LOSS, COSTS OR EXPENSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST REVENUE OR GOODWILL, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOST OR DAMAGED DATA OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL OR ECONOMIC LOSS, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY THAT ARISE IN ANY WAY FROM USE OF THE INTERNET OR USE OR RELIANCE ON SERVICES OR INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS SITE, WHETHER THROUGH THIS SITE OR ITS HYPERLINKS, OR ANY HYPERLINKED WEBSITES. BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SITE OR WITH THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE. The foregoing exclusion shall apply even if CSA America has been advised or should have known of the possibility of such damages.

6. HYPERLINKS: This site contains hyperlinks to other sites, some of which are owned and operated by CSA America or Canadian Standards Association or other divisions within Canadian Standards Association, and some of which are not. These hyperlinks are provided solely as a convenience to you, and CSA America assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or appropriateness of the information or links contained on such sites. The inclusion of any link to a non-CSA America site does not imply endorsement of the content or practices of any such site by CSA America. If you decide to access linked third party web sites, CSA America disclaims any warranty or liability for damages associated to the use of such links.
   If you hyperlink to other sites of CSA America you may only use the text and images provided or approved by CSA America, in the manner and location specified by CSA America, and you must abide by the terms and conditions provided by CSA America at that time. If you hyperlink to another CSA America site, CSA America will be providing you with a non-exclusive, limited license to use the trade-marks of CSA America solely for the purpose of hyperlinking to such other sites of CSA America, and these Terms of Use will apply.

7. Computer Viruses: While CSA America makes reasonable efforts to ensure that all Contents provided on this site, and all e-mail communications sent by CSA America representatives, do not contain computer viruses, CSA America cannot guarantee that a virus will not be distributed. You are responsible to take the appropriate precautions to scan communications for computer viruses. Under no circumstances will CSA America be liable in any way for the unintentional distribution of any such viruses. You must not intentionally, and by using this site or another CSA America website, you agree to use best efforts not to, post or send communications to CSA America that contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, or surreptitiously intercept any system, data or information.

8. Indemnity: To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless CSA America and its affiliates and their respective directors, officers and employees from and against all claims, expenses, damages and liability, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising from or related to your breach of any provision of these Terms of Use or your use of this site and its Contents or any use of a hyperlinked site.

9. General: You agree that you will not use the site to:
   1. interfere with or disrupt the site or servers or networks connected to the site, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the site; or
   2. mirror any "material" contained on this site on any other server; or
   3. meta tag search the site; or
   4. cache, create an unauthorized hypertext link to the site, or frame any content available through the site; or
   5. deep-link to a web site of Canadian Standards Association which is hyperlinked to this site, nor will you deep link to this site; or
   6. intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, provincial, national or international law, and any regulations having the force of law
   7. Limitation on Use: You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purpose, any portion of the Content, use of the site, or access to the site.
   8. Compliance with Laws: Recognizing the global nature of the Internet and the fact that Users may be resident in many countries, you agree to comply with all local rules regarding use of this site. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which the you reside.
   9. Jurisdiction: You agree that your use of this site shall be deemed to have taken place entirely in the State of Ohio, in the United States. You agree that these Terms of Use are governed by and shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio, without regard to its conflict of laws rules, and the laws of the United States applicable therein. You expressly consent to the exclusive jurisdiction, and venue of the courts of the State of Ohio in all actions, disputes, or controversies relating hereto.
   10. Entire Agreement; Severability: The Terms of Use and guidelines and rules referred to herein represent the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding between you and CSA America regarding your rights to access and use the information and services on the Site, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and representations regarding such subject matter. Except as provided herein, no waiver, modification or amendment of any provision of the Terms of Use shall be effective against CSA America unless the same is in writing and signed by an authorized officer of CSA American. If any provision of these Terms of Use is be found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then such provision shall be deemed severed herefrom and will not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of any remaining provisions.

10. Contact Us: We ask that you promptly report to us any problems that you encounter, so that we can work together to monitor and improve the service provided by this site. Please contact Cathy L. Rake at cathy.rake@csa-america.org, or by telephone at 216-524-4990 ext. 8321 or write to:

    CSA America, Inc.
    8501 E. Pleasant Valley Rd.
    Cleveland, Ohio 44131
    Attn: Cathy L. Rake
    

11. Interpretation: The term "you" in this text means the "User".

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