Terms of Use
PLEASE READ the FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY. the following Terms and Conditions, as they may be modified from time to time ("Terms"), govern your use of the website at www.cnthehecgroup.com (the "Site"). By accessing and using the Site, you acknowledge and accept the Terms. the Site is provided by the HEC Group, LLC (“the HEC GROUP”) for your personal informational use, subject to the Terms. the HEC Group may change the Terms from time to time and at any time, and without actual notice to you. By using the Site after we post any changes, you shall be deemed to have accepted those changes, whether or not you have reviewed them. If at any time you choose not to accept the Terms, please do not use the Site.
the Site and any software accessible therefrom, as well as any communications service, including the capability to contribute material through a form, chat room, message board, newsletter, blog, or other interactive service that may be available to you on or through the Site (collectively, the "Services") are provided to you solely for your personal informational purposes. By using the Site and Services you agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the HEC Group forms. If any information provided by you is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, the HEC GROUP reserves the right to terminate your use and/or to refuse any and all current or future use of the Services.
Unless otherwise noted, all software, information, text, articles, data, images, screens, web pages or other materials appearing on the Site ("Materials") are the exclusive property of the HEC GROUP unless a different ownership is indicated. You may make one copy of the Materials for your personal informational use only, provided that the copy includes each copyright or trademark notice or attribution as it appears on the pages copied, and provided the copy indicates the HEC Group copyright notice (see Intellectual Property Rights, below). the Materials may not otherwise be copied, displayed, distributed, downloaded, licensed, modified, published, reposted, reproduced, reused, sold, transmitted, used to create a derivative work or otherwise used for public or commercial purposes, except as provided in these Terms, without the express written permission of the HEC GROUP. You may not use anything contained in the Materials in any manner that may give a false or misleading impression or statement. Nothing on this Site shall be construed as conferring any license of any intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication or otherwise, except as to any software which is separately and specifically licensed to you.
Prohibited Acts
You may not use the Site or Services to:
· Upload, post, publish, e-mail, reproduce, distribute or otherwise transmit any information, data, text, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials ("Content") that:
o is unlawful, harmful, threatening, embarrassing, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of another's privacy, or hateful, or that contains explicit or graphic descriptions or accounts of sexual acts;
o Victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or Group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
o Constitutes another’s proprietary or confidential information including that learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements;
o Infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, moral right, personal right, or other proprietary rights of any party;
o Constitutes unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation;
o Contains software viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment or any other similarly destructive activity, or surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information;
· "Stalk" another;
· Harm minors in any way;
· You shall not (directly or indirectly): (i) decipher, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to derive any source code or underlying ideas or algorithms of any part of the Service, except to the limited extent applicable laws specifically prohibit such restriction, (ii) modify, translate, or otherwise create derivative works of any part of the Service, or (iii) copy, rent, lease, distribute, or otherwise transfer any or all of the rights that you receive hereunder. You shall abide by all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations.
· Impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a the HEC GROUP official, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
· Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted to or through the Site;
· Act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in the Site or Services;
· Engage in any activity that is contrary to or which would adversely affect the purpose or intention of the Site or Services including but not limited to, actually or attempting to manipulate, corrupt or otherwise affect the outcome of the Services, in whole or part, by, among other methods, registering another party or submitting another party’s personal information without their authorization or registering or submitting information multiple times under the same or different names;
· Interfere with or disrupt the Services or servers or networks related to the Services, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies, or regulations of networks connected to the Services;
· Harvest, collect or store information about the users of the Site or the Content posted by others on this Site or use such information for any purpose inconsistent with the purpose of this Site, or in violation of any law, or for the purpose of transmitting or facilitating transmission of unsolicited bulk electronic mail or communications; or
· Intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law.
Materials and Content Submitted
You understand and acknowledge that:
· the HEC GROUP is not responsible for Content submitted to the HEC GROUP or posted to the Site by users;
· the HEC GROUP does not pre-screen, monitor, review, or edit the Content posted by users;
· the HEC GROUP may preserve Content and may also disclose Content if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to:
o comply with legal process;
o enforce the Terms;
o respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third-parties; or
o protect the rights, property, or personal safety of the HEC GROUP, its users, or the public.
· You may not rely on any information, data, text, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, or other Materials created by the HEC GROUP or Content submitted to the HEC GROUP;
· the views expressed on the Site do not necessarily reflect the views of the HEC GROUP;
· the HEC GROUP does not support or endorse Content posted or submitted by you or any user or Materials (whether or not edited by the HEC GROUP or its designee or presented on the Site edited or unedited, in whole or in part, or alone or with other content);
· Materials you view, and Content you submit or post is at your own discretion and risk, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content or Materials;
· The HEC GROUP and its designees have the right (but not the obligation) at their sole discretion to refuse or to remove any Content, in whole or part, that in the HEC GROUP's judgment, does not comply with the Terms or is otherwise undesirable, inappropriate, or inaccurate, however, the HEC GROUP is not responsible for any failure, non-failure, or delay in removing such Content;
· You will remain responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, decency, or any other aspect of submitted Content or other communication to the HEC GROUP;
· You will not upload or transmit any communications or Content of any type to the Site that infringes or violates the rights of any party;
· You will only upload media (such as photos, videos or audio) that you have taken yourself or that you have all rights to transmit and license;
· You will not submit any media or Content that contains personally identifiable information (like name, phone number, email address) of you or anyone else without written permission;
· By uploading any media or Content on the Site, you warrant that you have permission from all persons appearing in such media or Content for you to make this contribution and grant the rights described in the Terms;
· You will immediately notify the HEC GROUP of any unauthorized use of the Services or any other breach of security known or suspected by you;
· the technical processing and transmission of the Site, including Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. the HEC GROUP assumes no responsibility for the deletion or failure to store postings, contributions or other information submitted by you or other users, and any or all Content or Materials on the Site may be purged periodically in the HEC GROUP's sole discretion.
Restrictions On Use of Materials
This Site is intended for personal informational purposes only. Except as expressly permitted, you agree not to use the Site for sale, trade or other commercial purposes, and, you may not modify, copy, publish, display, transmit, adapt or in any way exploit the Content or Materials on the Site without the HEC GROUP’s prior written consent. To seek our permission, you may write to us at the email address provided. Unless permission is granted by us and by all other entities with an interest in the relevant intellectual property, you may not change or delete any author attribution, trademark, legend, or copyright notice. You agree to abide by all trademark and copyright notices or other restrictions contained on the Site.
Submissions and Confidential Materials
While we welcome your comments and feedback regarding the Site, the HEC GROUP is under no obligation to respond to all pieces of correspondence received through the Site, to maintain your submitted comments in confidence, or to pay compensation of any kind for your comments or submissions. We do not wish to receive any confidential or proprietary ideas, suggestions, materials, or information via the Site or any e-mail connection or otherwise. Any information or material submitted or sent to the HEC GROUP, or submitted to or via the Site, will be deemed not to be confidential or secret. All unsolicited comments, feedback, ideas, suggestions, and other submissions that are disclosed or submitted to us shall become and remain the property of the HEC GROUP. Any such submission by you is a declaration of the full release of all proprietary claims, confidentiality, and intellectual property rights regarding your submission.
You should note that the security of Internet email is uncertain. By sending sensitive or confidential email messages that are not encrypted, you agree to accept the risks of such uncertainty and possible lack of confidentiality over the Internet.
User's Grant of License
By communicating with the HEC GROUP, including submitting or sending Content or other information or material to or via the Site, you grant the HEC GROUP the royalty-free, unrestricted, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully sub-licensable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, publish, and display such Content (in whole or part), including any information, suggestions, ideas, drawings, or concepts contained in such Content, and to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed. You will remain responsible for the accuracy, intellectual property compliance, legality, decency, and any other aspect of Content you submit or other communication by you to the HEC GROUP. You also warrant that all "moral rights," “personality rights,” right of privacy and right of publicity in each such submission and Content have been waived.
Linked Sites
You may be able to link to third parties' websites ("Linked Sites") from the Site. the HEC GROUP reserves the exclusive right, at its sole discretion, to add, change, decline, or remove, without notice, any feature and any link to the Linked Sites and/or to introduce different features or links to different users. the fact that another party has linked to the Site does not necessarily mean that such link has been approved by the HEC GROUP. Linked Sites are not reviewed, controlled, or examined by the HEC GROUP in any way, and the HEC GROUP is not responsible for the content, availability, advertising, products, or other materials on or pertaining to such Linked Sites. the HEC GROUP provides the links to you only as a convenience and the inclusion of any such link on the Site does not imply the HEC GROUP's endorsement of the Linked Sites, the organization operating such Linked Sites, or any products or services of that organization. Your linking to any other websites is entirely at your own risk.
Under no circumstances will the HEC GROUP be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage that is caused or alleged to have been caused to you in connection with your use of, or reliance on, any content, goods or services available on any other website. It is your sole responsibility to comply with the appropriate terms of service of the Linked Sites as well as with any other obligation under all laws including copyright, secrecy, defamation, decency, privacy, and export laws. In no event shall the HEC GROUP be liable, directly or indirectly, to anyone for any loss or damage arising from or occasioned by the creation of links or your use of the Linked Sites or the information or material accessed through the Linked Sites. You should direct any concerns to the Linked Sites’ administrator or webmaster.
To seek the HEC GROUP’s permission to link to the Site, you may write to the HEC GROUP. We reserve the right, however, to rescind any permission granted by us to link through any type of link, and to require termination of any such link to the Site, at our discretion at any time.