TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF USE
1. INTRODUCTION.
Welcome to the web site ("Site") for
P4 Performance Management.
2. ACCESS TO THE SITE.
BY ACCESSING, BROWSING AND/OR USING THE SITE, YOU
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD AND
AGREED TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF USE
("TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF USE") INCLUDING THE PRIVACY POLICY ("PRIVACY
POLICY")
(COLLECTIVELY THE "TERMS") AND TO COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE U.S.
LAWS AND REGULATIONS. In addition, you hereby represent and certify that
you are at
least eighteen (18) years of age. If you do not or cannot agree to the Terms,
you are not authorized to use the Site or any of the services offered through
the Site. P4 Performance Management reserves the right, in its sole discretion,
to update, revise, supplement and to otherwise modify these Terms, and to
impose
new or additional terms and conditions on your use of the Site from time
to time. Such updates, revisions, supplements, modifications and additional
rules, policies,
terms and conditions (collectively referred to in these Terms as "Additional
Terms") shall be effective immediately and incorporated into these Terms
upon notice thereof, which may be given by any reasonable means including
by posting to the Site. Your continued viewing or use of the Site following
such
notice shall be deemed to conclusively indicate your acceptance of any and
all such Additional Terms.
3. ACCEPTABLE USE OF THE
SITE.
In order to use the Site, you must obtain access
to the Internet and pay any and all service fees
associated with such access.
(a) Individual Use. You agree that you are only authorized to visit, view
and to retain a single copy of pages of the Site for your own internal
use and
not on behalf of any other person or entities, and that you shall not duplicate,
download, publish, modify or otherwise distribute any material on the Site
for
any purpose other than for your own internal use unless otherwise specifically
authorized by P4 Performance Management in writing. P4 Performance Management posts
legal notices and various credits on pages of the Site, which you shall
not remove
even in your permitted copies.
(b) Deep Links; Linking. You agree not to "deep-link" to
the Site, meaning that you shall not create, post, display, publish or
distribute any link
to any page other than the front (home) page of the Site for any purpose,
unless specifically authorized by P4 Performance Management in writing
to do so. If you
do want to link to the Site in any manner, you may contact P4 Performance
Management to seek approval.
(c) Framing. You agree not to create any frames at any other web sites
pertaining to or using any of the content located at the Site for any purpose,
unless
specifically authorized by P4 Performance Management in writing to do so.
(d) Security, Cracking and Hacking. You are prohibited from violating
or attempting to violate the security of the Site. Accordingly, you agree
not to: (i) access
data or materials not intended for you; (ii) log into a server or account
which you are not authorized to access; (iii) attempt to probe, scan or
test the
vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication
measures without
proper authorization; or (iv) attempt to interfere with service to any
user, host or network, including without limitation, by means of submitting
a virus
to the Site, overloading, "flooding", "mailbombing" or "crashing" the
Site. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal
liability. P4 Performance Management reserves the right to investigate
occurrences which may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate
with, law enforcement
authorities in prosecuting users who have participated in such violations.
You understand that data and communications, including e-mail and other
electronic
communications, may be accessed by unauthorized third parties when communicated
over the Internet.
(e) You Are Responsible For All of Your Activities and All of The Content
You Post or Submit. You represent and warrant that any information and/or
material
you post or provide to P4 Performance Management by means of the Site,
including, without limitation, as part of any registration or subscription
or to gain
access to or use any services offered on the Site ("Submissions"),
is truthful, accurate, not misleading, not confidential property of others,
not in violation
of any other third party's rights and offered in good faith. You agree
NOT to use the Site for or in connection with any of the following activities:
(i) transmitting
or relaying spam, spoofing or otherwise impersonating any person or entity,
or falsely stating or otherwise misrepresenting your identity or affiliation
in
any way; (ii) using the Site for any fraudulent or illegal purpose; (iii)
e-mailing, uploading, or otherwise transmitting or using the Site in furtherance
of the
use, distribution or transmission of any unlawful, harassing, defamatory,
tortious, libelous, sexually explicit, obscene, hateful, racially, ethnically
or otherwise
objectionable material of any kind; and (iv) transmitting material that
contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other
computer programming
routines or engines that are intended to damage, destroy, disrupt or otherwise
impair a computer's functionality or the operation of the Site.
(f) Information Disclosed via the Site. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER
WARRANTY DISCLAIMER PROVIDED IN THE TERMS, ANY INFORMATION DISCLOSED TO
YOU VIA
THE SITE INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY CONTENT,
PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS, PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS, PRODUCT SAFETY AND/OR EFFECTIVENESS
MATERIALS, ARE NOT OFFERED WITH ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION AS TO ABILITY,
ACCURACY,
PERFORMANCE OR SUITABILITY FOR YOUR INTENDED PURPOSE OR COMPLIANCE WITH
APPLICABLE LAW. P4 Performance Management ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY, AND
DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY
FOR, ANY ILLNESS OR INJURY RESULTING FROM USING ANY PRODUCTS OR FOLLOWING
ANY
ADVICE CONTAINED ON THIS SITE.
(g) Do Not Violate Third Party Intellectual Property Rights. Without
limiting the foregoing, you shall not, and by using the Site you agree
not to, use
the Site to: (i) transmit or post any Submissions that are copyrighted,
unless you are the copyright owner or have obtained the permission of the
copyright
owner
to transmit it; (ii) transmit or post any Submissions that reveal trade
secrets, unless you own them or have the permission of the owner to so
transmit them;
or (iii) transmit or post any Submissions that infringe on any Intellectual
Property Rights (as defined below) of others or violates the privacy or
rights of publicity
of others. Furthermore, unless otherwise expressly provided, you acknowledge
and agree that: (a) all Submissions shall become property of P4 Performance
Management; (b) P4 Performance Management has the right to publish the
Submissions for
any type of use including for promotional and advertising purposes, in
accordance with the terms set forth in the Privacy Policy, without compensation
to you
of any kind; (c) any Submissions that you submit to any part of the Site
are non-confidential
for all purposes; and (d) that if you make any such Submission, you automatically
grant, represent and warrant that the owner of such content has expressly
granted P4 Performance Management a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable,
world-wide exclusive
license to use the Submissions in any manner, media or form now known or
hereafter developed. P4 Performance Management shall have the right to
sublicense its rights.
The term "Intellectual Property Rights" shall mean, collectively,
rights under patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret laws, and any
other intellectual
property or proprietary rights recognized in any country or jurisdiction
worldwide, including, without limitation, moral rights and similar rights.
(h) Ownership. P4 Performance Management puts a lot of content on the Site
for you to examine from time to time including, without limitation, text,
graphics,
photographs,
pictures, drawings, animation, audio, video, literature and any other material
distributed by P4 Performance Management on, through or in connection with
the Site. Moreover, P4 Performance Management attempts to display the content
in
a way that
will be easily accessible and useful for you, the user. All content and
materials on the Site including, without limitation, text, graphics, logos,
button
icons, images, audio clips and software included in the Site and any services
offered
on the Site, are the property of P4 Performance Management, its sponsors or
business affiliates, and/or their respective licensors, and are subject
to U.S. and
international Intellectual Property Rights laws. The compilation of all
content on the Site
is the exclusive property of P4 Performance Management and is protected by
U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used on the Site is
the property
of
P4 Performance Management or its licensors and is subject to U.S. and international
copyright laws. Except to the minimum extent otherwise expressly permitted
under copyright law, no copying or exploitation of material from the Site
is permitted
except expressly in accordance with these Terms or with the express written
permission of P4 Performance Management and any other applicable copyright
owner. You acknowledge
that you do not acquire any ownership rights by virtue of downloading copyrighted
material from the Site. All rights not expressly granted hereunder are
expressly reserved to P4 Performance Management.
4. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER.
THE CONTENT, SERVICES, INFORMATION AND ACCESS TO
THE SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS
IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SATISFACTORY QUALITY AND NONINFRINGEMENT. P4 Performance
Management DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ANY PART OF THE SITE WILL OPERATE UNINTERRUPTED
OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SITE OR THE
SERVER THAT
MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR
THAT TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE SITE AND ACCESS TO THE SITE WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED, CONTINUOUS
OR ERROR-FREE. P4 Performance Management DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY
REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE SITE
IN TERMS OF ITS QUALITY,
CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE
VERIFY ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE SITE BEFORE ACTING ON IT.
EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED, P4 Performance Management EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY, CONTENT, AVAILABILITY
OF INFORMATION,
PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR MERCHANDISE FOUND ON THIRD PARTY SITES THAT LINK
TO OR FROM THE SITE.
P4 Performance Management DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR PRODUCT OR SERVICE
ORDERING FUNCTIONS, ORDER FULFILLMENT OR COMPLIANCE OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES
WITH ANY
MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTIES OR SPECIFICATIONS. P4 Performance Management CANNOT
BE HELD RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE MATERIAL CONTAINED ON THIRD PARTY SITES AND/OR RELATED SERVICES
NOR DOES P4 Performance Management MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES
AS TO THE
SECURITY
OF ANY INFORMATION YOU MIGHT BE REQUESTED TO GIVE TO THIRD PARTY SITES.
5.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. TO THE FURTHEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, P4 Performance Management'
NEGLIGENCE, SHALL P4 Performance Management, ITS AFFILIATES, RELATED ENTITIES,
VENDORS OR CONTENT PROVIDERS, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES
INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY
AND/OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO
USE THE SITE,
ANY CONTENT AND/OR ANY RELATED SOFTWARE, EVEN IF P4 Performance Management
OR AN AUTHORIZED
P4 Performance Management REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE CONTAINED IN THESE TERMS,
IN THE
EVENT
THE TERMS OF THIS SECTION, OR ANY PART OF THIS SECTION, SHALL BE HELD
INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, IN NO
EVENT SHALL
P4 Performance Management'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU, OR ANYONE CLAIMING
BY OR THROUGH YOU,
FOR ANY DAMAGES, LOSSES, CLAIMS AND/OR CAUSES OF ACTION, WHETHER IN
CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
($100).
6. INDEMNIFICATION
You shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless P4 Performance Management and its sponsors, business affiliates,
vendors, content providers,
subsidiaries,
related entities,
affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents,
from and
against any and all damages, claims and actions brought by you or
any third party resulting
from your use of the site in violation of these terms or the infringement
by you of any intellectual property rights of any person or entity.
7.
GOVERNING LAW AND ARBITRATION.
The laws of the State of North Carolina (excluding
any principles of conflicts of laws) govern
your use of the Site, the services and these
Terms.
You agree that the parties shall settle any claim or dispute relating
to
these Terms
by binding
arbitration in Raleigh, North Carolina under the Commercial Arbitration
Rules of the American Arbitration Association. To the fullest extent
permitted
by
applicable
law, no arbitration under these Terms shall be joined to an arbitration
involving any other party subject to these Terms, whether through
class arbitration
proceedings or otherwise. NOTWITHSTANDING THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH
ABOVE, FOR ANY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF RELATING TO YOUR ACCESS TO, OR
USE OF, THE SITE INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, RELATED SERVICES, YOU AGREE AND HEREBY SUBMIT
TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF THE APPROPRIATE STATE
OR FEDERAL
COURTS
LOCATED IN
WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, U.S.A.
8. WAIVER AND
SEVERABILITY.
Furthermore, no delay or omission by P4 Performance Management to exercise any right or any noncompliance
on your part with respect to the
Terms shall impair
any
such right or be construed to be a waiver by P4 Performance Management. If any provision of the Terms is found
by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be
invalid or unenforceable
in whole or in part, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be
ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability
without in any manner
affecting the validity or enforceability thereof in any other
jurisdiction or the remaining
provisions hereof in any jurisdiction, provided, however, if
such invalid or unenforceable provision may be
modified so as to be
valid and enforceable
as
a matter of law, such provision will be deemed to have been modified
so as to be valid and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted
by law.
9. CONTRACT ELECTRONICALLY
You agree that the Terms, combined with your act
of using the Site and/or the services offered
on or through the Site have
the same
legal force
and effect
as a written contract with your written signature and satisfy
any laws that require a writing or signature, including any
applicable Statute
of Frauds.
You further
agree that you shall not challenge the validity, enforceability
or admissibility of the Terms on the grounds that it was electronically
transmitted or
authorized. In addition, you acknowledge that you have had
the opportunity
to print
the Terms. |