Privacy Statement for EFETc Website
EFETc has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website--EFETc Website.
We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Website. We use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests.
Our Website's registration form requires users to give us contact information (like their name and email address) and unique identifiers (like mailing address). The customer's contact information is used to contact the visitor when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. Unique identifiers (such as mailing address) are collected to verify the user's identity and for use as account numbers in our record system.
Security
This Website has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control.
Choice/Opt-Out
Our Website provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners at the point where we request information about the visitor.
This Website gives users the following options for removing their information from our database to not receive future communications, to no longer receive our service, change and modify information previously provided, or if you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this Website, or your dealings with this Website, you can contact us at:
EFETc
ATTN: IT Privacy
PO Box 22467
Philadelphia, PA 19110
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Terms and Conditions for Access and Use of EFETc Website
The EFETc Website (the "Website") is an online communication and vendor information service provided by EFETc. ("Educational Furniture, Equipment, and Technology contract"). Access and use of the Website is subject to compliance with the terms and conditions set forth in this agreement ("Agreement"). Please take the time to examine this document carefully and understand its full contents before accessing or using the Website. By accessing or using the Website, you will agree to be legally bound by the terms and conditions set forth below. You should not access or use the Website if you not want to be bound by these terms and conditions, without exception. This Agreement may be modified at any time without notice, and any such modification shall be effective immediately upon posting. By accessing and using this Web site you agree to periodically review this Agreement and be bound by any modifications or amendments to this Agreement.
Usage Agreement
By accessing and using the Website you hereby agree to fully comply with the Operational Polices ("Policies") set forth below. The Policies are the rules that govern the use of, and activity in connection with the Website. EFETc has the right to amend such Policies without notice and from time to time as it in its sole discretion deems appropriate.
EFETc is the sole decision-maker as to the use of the Web site and as such it has the right to prohibit or remove any materials or communications, which EFETc believes in its sole discretion to be in violation of such Policies.
Operational Policies
The additional legal terms and conditions stated below, as well as the legal terms and conditions above, apply to use of the Website. Use of and/or access to the Website constitutes acceptance of these legal terms and conditions. Excluding the editing of testimonials for Website display, Your communications on, or through, the Website are not edited, censored, or otherwise controlled by EFETc. EFETc cannot and does not screen all content provided by users of the Website. Notwithstanding the foregoing, EFETc reserves the right to monitor content on the Website and to remove content which EFETc in its sole discretion, determines to be harmful, offensive, or otherwise in violation of these operation policies. In order to maintain an informative and valuable service that meets the needs of the users of the Website and avoids the harm that can result from the dissemination of statements that are false, malicious, violate of the rights of others, or otherwise harmful, it is necessary to establish the following rules to protect against abuse:
While using the Website you may not:
(I) transmit any message anonymously or under a false name;
(II) transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, profane, or otherwise objectionable information of any kind, including without limitation any transmission constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise under any applicable law. EFETc reserves the right to take such action as it deems appropriate, including, but not limited to, the immediate removal of such content, where the Website is used to disseminate statements which are offensive or harmful.
(III) transmit any message which discloses private or personal matters concerning any person, including, but not limited to, messages or information which would violate a persons rights as privacy or publicity;
(IV) transmit any information, file or software that contains a virus, worm, Trojan Horse or any other contaminating or destructive features;
(V) transmit any message, data, image or program that would violate the property rights of others, including unauthorized copyrighted text, images or programs, trade secrets, or other confidential proprietary information, and trademarks or service marks used in an infringing fashion;
(VI) interfere, in any way, with other use of or access to the Website;
(VII) offer for sale illegal items, including counterfeit goods.
If you are dissatisfied with the Website or with any terms, conditions, rules, policies, guidelines or practices of EFETc in operating the Website, your sole remedy is to discontinue using the Website.
Disclaimer
EFETc is a company registered under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania. The commitments and responsibilities are set forth elsewhere in this Website and are included by reference here, as an integral part of this Agreement. EFETc retains sole discretion as to decisions made regarding any use of this Website.
EFETc reserves the right to void or delete listings for any reason, without notice, and as it deems necessary.
EFETc will not be responsible for errors or technical difficulties with the functionality of the Website, or for electronic mail transmissions. EFETc accepts no responsibility for errors in specifications, pictures or illustrations, typographical or photographic errors, or functioning of this Website's software or hardware.
EFETc does not represent, warrant, or guarantee that any products listed on the Website will be available for purchase listed or otherwise. Any and all items may be withdrawn by the listing vendor at any time.
EFETc, at no time, represents any party posting items on the Website and is not responsible in any way for the accuracy, functionality, specifications, or any other aspect of the items posted.
You understand that, except for information, products or services clearly identified as being supplied directly by EFETc does not operate, control, endorse, guarantee, represent, or warrant any information, products or services on, or accessed through, this Website in any way.
Except for EFETc identified information, products or services, all information, products and services offered on the Website are offered by third parties that are not affiliated with, nor under the control of, EFETc and EFETc will not and does not guarantee, represent or warrant that files or software of any kind, or from any source, available for use or downloading through the Website, will be free of infection or viruses, worms, Trojan Horses, or other code or defects that manifest contaminating or destructive properties.
You are responsible for implementing sufficient firewalls, protections, procedures, and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for protection of your system and/or accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to the Website for the reconstruction of lost data.
BY ACCESSING OR USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU ASSUME ANY AND ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK OF USE OF THE WEBSITE AND ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES CONTAINED THEREIN. THE WEB SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR TITLE. EFETc ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THIS WEBSITE OR ANY OTHER WEBSITE WHICH MAY BE REFERENCED OR LINKED TO THIS WEBSITE. REFERENCES TO CORPORATIONS, THEIR SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR PRODUCTS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR TITLE. EFETc MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY CONCERNING THE FUNCTION OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEBSITE WHEN HANDLING DATES IN OR AFTER THE YEAR 2000, AND DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR THEIR FAILURE TO HANDLE SUCH DATES PROPERLY.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL EFETc BE LIABLE TO A USER OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA, SALES, GOODWILL, OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT EFETc HAS BEEN ADVISED OF SUCH POSSIBILITY, OR UNDER ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY OF LIABILITY, IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE, COMMUNICATION OR TRANSMISSION WITH OR BY THE WEBSITE. THE INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS WEBSITE MAY INCLUDE TECHNICAL OR OTHER INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. EFETc DOES NOT REVIEW OR SUBSTANTIATE ANY OF THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, OR CLAIMS MADE ON THE WEBSITE. IMPROVEMENTS, MODIFICATIONS AND/OR AMENDMENTS (COLLECTIVELY "CHANGES") ARE PERIODICALLY MADE TO THIS AGREEMENT; THESE CHANGES WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE WEBSITE. EFETc MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR AMENDMENTS TO THE WEB SITE AT ANY TIME WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE ANY AND ALL PORTIONS OF THIS DISCLAIMER SHALL AUTOMATICALLY APPLY TO ALL IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR AMENDMENTS AS THEY APPEAR. IT IS SOLELY THE USERS RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS AND USEFULNESS OF ALL INFORMATION, SERVICES, MERCHANDISE PROVIDED THROUGH THE WEB SITE. EFETc DOES NOT AND WILL NOT GUARANTEE, REPRESENT, OR WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE WEBSITE WILL BE CORRECTED.
EFETc DOES NOT SUPPLY DETAILED LEGAL INFORMATION OR LEGAL ADVICE AND ANY ADVICE OR INFORMATION THAT YOU MAY RECEIVE THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR PERSONAL LEGAL ADVICE.
EFETc CANNOT AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT ANY OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU MAY RECEIVE THROUGH THE WEBSITE NOR TO THE LINKS TO SUCH THIRD PARTY WEBSITES. SUCH PAGES ARE FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE AND THE INCLUSION OF SUCH LINK OF THE WEBSITE DOES NOT IMPLY ANY ENDORSEMENT, GUARANTEE, WARRANTY, OR REPRESENTATION BY EFETc OF THE PRODUCT OR SERVICES PROVIDED TO YOU BY ANY SUCH WEBSITE. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF LEGAL INFORMATION OR SUPPORT, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONTACT YOUR ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL LEGAL ADVICE.
THIRD PARTY DISCLAIMER
Links to Third Party Sites
This Website may contain links and pointers to Websites maintained by third parties. EFETc does not operate or control, in any respect, any software, hardware, information, products or services received on or through such third-party Websites. Third-party links and pointers are included solely for the convenience of Partners, and do not constitute any endorsement, representation, warranty, or guarantee by EFETc of such third-party sites. PARTNER assumes sole responsibility and risk for use of such third-party links and pointers.
Third Party Sources
In order to provide a comprehensive resource for the procurement professional, EFETc has collected product and service offering information from many sources. The accuracy of listings has not necessarily been verified by the organizations listed. Offerings shown may no longer be available from the listed organization or may not be available in all countries. If you believe any information is inaccurate, please contact EFETc at:
EFETc
ATTN: IT Accuracy
PO Box 22467
Philadelphia, PA 19110
PRIVACY
Your Privacy on EFETc
EFETc holds the confidentiality of its members and visitors in the highest regard. Information provided via www.EFETc.com is not sold or given to other parties and is only forwarded to vendors you select at your request.
Web Site Property
The computer programs contained on the Website or other electronic media contains the intellectual property and other proprietary information of EFETc. All title to, ownership of, and rights in and to the software including and enhancements, improvements, and other additions thereto shall remain the sole and exclusive property of EFETc.
All software and hardware involved in this Website is the exclusive property of EFETc. This software, including without limitation all HTML (or similar) code, Java Programs, and ActiveX controls contained in this site, are exclusively owned by EFETc. EFETc is and shall, to the maximum extent possible, be protected by copyright laws and international treaty provisions.
Any reproduction, redistribution, public performance, display, or creation of a derivative work of the Website or software is expressly prohibited by this Agreement and breaches will be pursued by legal action to the fullest extent possible. To the extent this Website and software is covered by copyright law, violators are given notice that any such violations may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible. You shall have no right or claim of right to the Website or software or any unique ideas found on this Website.
All data and materials digitized by EFETc on your behalf, shall be exclusively licensed to EFETc for the sole purpose of use on the Website. You, or any agent or party on your behalf, agree that you shall not enter the Website in order to use data digitized by EFETc for any purpose other than those described in these terms and conditions, without the express written consent of EFETc.
COPYING OR REPRODUCTION OF THE WEBSITE OR SOFTWARE TO ANY OTHER SERVER OR LOCATION FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED.
US Government Restricted Rights
Use, duplication or disclosure of the Website or Software by the Government will be subject to restrictions set forth in subparagraphs (a) through (d) of the Commercial Computer-Restricted Rights clause at FAR 52.227-19 when applicable, or in subparagraph (c0 (1) (ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause in the FAR Supplement. Contractor/Manufacturer is EFETc URL: http://www.EFETc.com.
License Agreement
EFETc hereby grants to you a personal, non transferable license to use the Website and software for viewing and otherwise using this Website in accordance with these terms and conditions, and for no other purpose.
Indemnification
You shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless EFETc and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and their directors, officers, employees, agents, and subcontractors against all claims, actions, liabilities, losses, expenses, damages and costs, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees, that may at any time be incurred by reason of (any claim arising out of any breach or alleged breach of representations or warranties contained in this Agreement, (ii) any claim based upon alleged errors or omissions or misrepresentations in such Party's listing(s), (iii) any virus, worm, Trojan Horse, or other contaminating or destructive feature contained in such Party's listing(s), or (iv) any other claim brought by a third party having a basis in contract or tort, in law or in equity, including, but not limited to, interference with contract or prospective economic advantage, breach of contract, negligence, misrepresentation, gross negligence, products liability, or strict products liability.
Legal Advice Policy
EFETc does not supply legal guidance information or legal advice and any advice or information that you may receive through the Website is not a substitute for personal legal representation. EFETc cannot and does not guarantee or warrant any of the legal advice or information that you may receive through the Website. The links to such third party sites on such pages are for your convenience and the inclusion of such link of the Website does not imply any endorsement, guarantee, warranty or representation by EFETc of the quality or accuracy of the products or services provided to you by any such Website. If you are in need of qualified legal information or support for your firm, we recommend that you contact your attorney for advice.
Email Delivery Policy
Your email inquiry is neither reviewed nor edited by EFETc, which uses vendor-supplied information to deliver your message. EFETc does not warrant the accurate or timely delivery of your inquiry, but EFETc will undertake reasonable efforts to deliver your message in a timely fashion.
Inclusion and Deletion
This Agreement shall be deemed to include all other notices, policies, disclaimers, and other terms contained in this Website; provided, however, that in the event of a conflict between such other terms and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control.
Jurisdiction, Venue, Choice of Law, Arbitration
This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, USA without regard to conflicts of laws principals. Your consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Centre County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of this Internet Website.
Use of this Website is unauthorized in any jurisdiction, which does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph. EFETcs' performance of this Agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process in the State of Pennsylvania and nothing contained in this Agreement is in derogation of EFETcs' right to comply with law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of this Website or information provided to or gathered by EFETc with respect to such use.
If any part of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, such invalid or unenforceable provision shall be deemed to be superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that emulates the intent of such original provision and the remainder of the Agreement shall continue in effect.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and EFETc with respect to this Website and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous oral, written, or electronic communications and proposals between you and EFETc regarding this site. A printed version of this Agreement and of any notice given in electronic form will be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this Agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.
Arbitration
You agree that any dispute or controversy arising out of or relating to any interpretation, construction, performance, or breach of these Terms and Conditions or any agreement incorporating these terms and conditions be reference, shall be settled by arbitration to be held in Centre County, Pennsylvania, in accordance with the rules then in effect of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator may grant injunctions or other relief in such dispute or controversy. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final, conclusive and binding on the Parties to the arbitration. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator's decision in any court having jurisdiction. The Parties shall each pay one-half of the costs and expenses of such arbitration, and each shall separately pay its counsel fees and expenses.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
Copyright and Trademark Notices: The entire contents of the Website are copyrighted under the United States copyright laws.
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