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distribute in any way any material, including code and software,
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to these Terms of Service. You agree to use the Service in
accordance with these Terms of Service. Accessing our Service, in
any manner, for the purpose of obtaining information, technical
or otherwise, about the Service constitutes use of the Service
such that the party accessing the Service is bound by these Terms
of Service. Because the Web is an evolving medium, we may need to
change these Terms of Service or impose new conditions on use of
the Service, from time to time, in which case we will post the
revised Terms of Service on this website. By continuing to use
the Service after we post any such changes, you accept the Terms
of Service, as modified.
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limited to rights under copyright, trademark, service mark or
patent laws under any relevant jurisdiction.
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information from you. This privacy policy does not apply to any
information you may provide to us or that we may collect
offline and/or through other means; for example, at a live
event, via telephone, or through the mail. We may collect and
store information, personal or otherwise, that you voluntarily
supply to us online as part of the Service. We also collect and
store information that is generated automatically as users
navigate online through the Service. Unless you inform us
otherwise, oregonbusiness.com reserves the right to use, and to
disclose to third parties, information collected from you while
you are using the Service (e.g., your name and e-mail address)
for a variety of reasons and purposes, such as providing users
with information about products and services. If you do not
wish to be included in such uses, you must send an e-mail or a
letter to us requesting to be taken off any lists of
information that may be used for these purposes or that may be
given or sold to third party vendors.
In addition, please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily
disclose personal information online, for example on message
boards, through email, or in chat areas, that information can
be collected and used by others besides oregonbusiness.com.
oregonbusiness.com cannot be responsible for any unauthorized
third party use of information that you disclose online.
We use "cookies" in a limited way to help deliver
advertisements and to identify unique browsers that visit us
and to track usage throughout our site. Some of our business
affiliates and advertisers use cookies, which can be used to
tell when your computer has contacted a web site. Because we do
not control the privacy policies of our business affiliates,
advertisers or any other sites to which we may provide
hyperlinks, you should check the privacy policy of the site you
are visiting if you have any concerns about that site's use of
cookies or about that site's use of your information.
We also make some content, products and services available
through our Service through cooperative relationships with
third party providers, where the brands of our provider partner
appear prominently on the Service. We may share with our
provider partner any information you provide, or that is
collected, in the course of visiting any pages that are made
available in cooperation with our provider partner. In some
cases, the provider partner may collect information from you
directly, in which cases the privacy policy of our provider
partner may apply to the provider partner's use of your
information. The privacy policy of our provider partners may
differ from ours. If you have any questions regarding the
privacy policy of one of our provider partners, you should
contact the provider directly for more information.
Be aware that we may occasionally release information about
our visitors when release is appropriate to comply with law, to
enforce our Terms of Service agreement, or to protect the
rights, property or safety of users of our Services, the
public, or oregonbusiness.com.
Please also note that as our business grows, we may buy or
sell various assets. In the unlikely event that we, some or all
of our assets, or one or more of our websites is acquired by
another company, information on our users may be among the
transferred assets.
Questions?
If you have any questions about the privacy practices of
oregonbusiness.com, or your dealings with oregonbusiness.com,
you can contact:
oregonbusiness.com User Services
610 S.W. Broadway
feedback@oregonbusiness.com
503.223.0304
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content and services provided by third parties.
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imply an endorsement or sponsorship of such sites, or the
information, products or services offered on or through the
sites. In addition, neither oregonbusiness.com, its parent or
subsidiary companies nor their affiliates operate or control in
any respect any information, products or services that third
parties may provide on or through the Service or on websites
linked to by oregonbusiness.com. The materials, information,
products and services offered on or through the Service and any
third-party sites are provided "as is" and without warranties
of any kind either express or implied. To the fullest extent
permissible pursuant to applicable law, oregonbusiness.com
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not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and
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that any part of this Service, including bulletin boards, or
the servers that make it available, are free of viruses or
other harmful components.
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representations regarding the use or the results of the use of
the Service or materials in this Service or in third-party
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reliability or otherwise. You (and not oregonbusiness.com)
assume the entire cost of all necessary maintenance, repair or
correction.
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is not intended for trading or investing purposes, or for
commercial use. Stock and mutual fund quotes, and related
financial news stories may be delayed at least 20 minutes, as
may be required by the stock exchanges and/or the financial
information services. The Service should not be used in any
high risk activities where damage or injury to persons,
property, environment, finances or business may result if an
error occurs. You expressly assume all risk for such use.
Online Commerce
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different types of products and services online that are
provided by third parties. oregonbusiness.com is not
responsible for the quality, accuracy, timeliness, reliability
or any other aspect of these products and services. If you make
a purchase from a merchant on the oregonbusiness.com or on a
site linked to by oregonbusiness.com, the information obtained
during your visit to that merchant's online store or site, and
the information that you give as part of the transaction, such
as your credit card number and contact information, is
collected by the merchant. A merchant may have separate privacy
and data collection practices. oregonbusiness.com has no
responsibility or liability for these independent policies. For
more information regarding a merchant, its online store, and
its privacy policies, return to that merchant's home page and
click on its information links or contact the merchant website
directly. You release oregonbusiness.com and its affiliates
from any damages that you incur, and agree not to assert any
claims against them, arising from your purchase or use of any
products or services made available by third parties through
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When you purchase products or services on or through the
oregonbusiness.com, you may be subject to additional terms and
conditions that specifically apply to your purchase or use of
such products or services. If you have any questions about
these additional terms and conditions, you should contact the
merchant of such products or services directly.
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by you or someone acting on your behalf through the Service.
You agree to use the Service and to purchase services or
products through the Service for legitimate, non-commercial
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speculative, false or fraudulent purposes or for the purpose of
anticipating demand for a particular product or service. You
agree to only purchase goods or services for yourself or for
another person for whom you are legally permitted to do so.
When making a purchase for a third party that requires you to
submit the third party's personal information to
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obtained the express consent of such third party to provide
such third party's personal information.
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Directories
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be provided on the Service is provided for business lookup
purposes and is not to be used for marketing or telemarketing
applications. This information may not be copied or
redistributed and is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any
kind. In no event will oregonbusiness.com or its suppliers be
liable in any way with regard to such information.
Interactive
Features
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bulletin boards, chat rooms, and email services, that allow
feedback to oregonbusiness.com and real-time interaction
between users and other features, such as personalized homes
pages and e-mail services, that allow users to communicate with
others. Responsibility for what is posted on bulletin boards,
chat rooms and other public posting areas on the Service lies
with each user ®¢ you alone are responsible for the
material you post. oregonbusiness.com does not control the
messages, information or files that others may provide through
the Service. It is a condition of your use of the Service that
you do not:
* Restrict or inhibit any other user from
using and enjoying the Service.
* Use the Service to post or transmit any
unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene,
vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent information of any
kind, including without limitation any transmissions
constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a
criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise
violate any local, state, national or international law.
* Use the Service to post or transmit any
information, software or other material that violates or
infringes upon the rights of others, including material that is
an invasion of privacy or publicity rights or that is protected
by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, or
derivative works with respect thereto, without first obtaining
permission from the owner or right holder.
* Use the Service to post or transmit any
information, software or other material that contains a virus
or other harmful component.
* Use the Service to post, transmit or in
any way exploit any information, software or other material for
commercial purposes, or that contains advertising.
* Use the Service to advertise or solicit to
anyone to buy or sell products or services, or to make
donations of any kind, without the express written approval of
oregonbusiness.com.
* Gather for the purpose of spamming e-mail
addresses that have been posted by other users of the
Service.
You understand that oregonbusiness.com has no obligation to
monitor any bulletin boards, chat rooms, or other areas of the
Service through which users can supply information or material.
However, oregonbusiness.com reserves the right at all times to
disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law,
regulation or governmental request, or to refuse to post or to
remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that
in oregonbusiness.com's sole discretion are objectionable or in
violation of these Terms of Service.
Limitation of
Liability
Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to,
negligence, shall oregonbusiness.com, its subsidiary and parent
companies or affiliates be liable for any direct, indirect,
incidental, special or consequential damages that result from
the use of, or the inability to use, oregonbusiness.com
materials, products, or services, or third party materials,
products, or services made available through the Service, or
any part of the Service, even if oregonbusiness.com is advised
beforehand of the possibility of such damages. (Because some
states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain
categories of damages, the above limitation many not apply to
you. In such states, the liability of oregonbusiness.com, its
subsidiary and parent companies or affiliates is limited to the
fullest extent permitted by such state law.) You specifically
acknowledge and agree that oregonbusiness.com is not liable for
any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of any user. If
you are dissatisfied with any oregonbusiness.com materials,
products, or services, or with any of oregonbusiness.com's
terms and conditions, your sole and exclusive remedy is to
discontinue using the Service.
Other
This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between
oregonbusiness.com and you with respect to the subject matter
contained in this agreement and supersedes all previous and
contemporaneous agreements, proposals and communications,
written oral. You also may be subject to additional terms and
conditions that may apply when you use the products or services
of a third party that are provided through the Service. In the
event of any conflict between any such third party terms and
conditions and these Terms of Service, these Terms of Service
shall govern. This agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without
giving effect to any principles or conflicts of law. If any
provision of this agreement shall be unlawful, void or for any
reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed
severable from this agreement and shall not affect the validity
and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
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