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hrVillage.com (“HRV”) is an online community designed to empower human resources professionals and businesses with information and uncommon insight. Your use of HRV is subject to your acceptance and compliance with the following terms and conditions. PLEASE READ THESE PROVISIONS BELOW. BY USING HRV, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

By using HRV, you acknowledge that you have read and accept the Terms and Conditions of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions of Use, please do not access or otherwise use HRV. These Terms and Conditions of Use govern your use of HRV and all services provided in connection with HRV. These Terms and Conditions of Use may be modified from time to time without notice. Please check this area before using HRV to determine whether a change has been made to these Terms and Conditions of Use. Each time you log on to HRV, you will be deemed to have accepted any such changes.

HRV reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to immediately, without notice suspend or terminate your use of the website or any other service provided to you by HRV upon any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions of Use.

The entire contents of the HRV website (the “Content”) is protected by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation, pursuant to United States copyright laws, international conventions, and other copyright laws. The Content is for your personal, non-commercial use. All materials contained on the HRV website are protected by copyright, and are owned or controlled by HRV or the party credited as the provider of the Content. You agree to abide by any and all additional copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in any Content on the HRV website. You may download and make copies of the Content and other downloadable items displayed on the HRV website for personal, noncommercial use only, provided that you maintain all copyright and other notices contained in such Content. Copying or storing of any Content for other than personal, noncommercial use is expressly prohibited without the prior written permission from HRV or the copyright holder identified in the individual Content’s copyright notice.

hrVillage reserves the right to file a Digital Millenium Copyright Act complaint to Google, Yahoo, your web host, and your domain name registrar for the purpose of shutting down any website that violates our copyright on the content contained on this website. We will prosecute plagiarists to the fullest extent of the law.

Any trademarks, logos and/or service marks displayed on HRV are owned or licensed to HRV and are for your use only in connection with using the HRV website. No license or right to use any of the trademarks, logos and/or service marks are granted to you other than to download the trademarks, logos and/or service marks for personal, noncommercial use while visiting the HRV website.

HRV may change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the HRV website at any time, including the availability of any HRV website feature, database or Content. HRV may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access to parts or all of the HRV website without notice or liability.

You agree that you: (a) will not upload, post or transmit to or distribute or otherwise publish through the HRV website any materials which (i) restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the HRV website, (ii) are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, offensive, pornographic, profane, sexually explicit or indecent, (iii) constitute or encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate law, (iv) violate, plagiarize or infringe the rights of third parties including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, rights of privacy or publicity or any other proprietary right, (v) contain a virus or other harmful component, (vi) contain any information, software or other material of a commercial nature, (vii) contain advertising of any kind, or (viii) constitute or contain false or misleading indications of origin or statements of fact; and (b) are at least eighteen (18) years old.

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold HRV, and all its officers, directors, owners, agents, employees, information providers, affiliates, licensors and licensees (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) harmless from and against any and all liability and costs incurred by the Indemnified Parties in connection with any claim arising out of any breach by you of these terms and Conditions of Use, including without limitation, attorneys fees and costs. You agree to cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defense of any claim. HRV reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you and you will not in any event settle any matter without the written consent of HRV.

The HRV website contains links and pointers to other related World Wide Web Internet sites, resources, and sponsors of the HRV website. Links to and from the HRV website to other third parties, maintained by third parties, do not constitute an endorsement by HRV or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates of any third party resources, or their contents.

HRV does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any advice, opinion, statement, or other information displayed or distributed through the HRV website. Any reliance upon any such information is at your sole risk. HRV reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to correct any errors or omissions in any portion of the HRV website.

HRV does not and cannot review all materials posted to the HRV website by users, and HRV is not responsible for any such materials posted by users. However, HRV reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or government request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that in HRV’s sole discretion are objectionable or in violation of this Agreement.

THE HRV WEBSITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS,” AND HRV AND ITS AFFILIATES WILL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR THE USE OF THE HRV WEBSITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE CONTENT AND ANY ERRORS IN THE SITE. HRV AND ITS AFFILIATES MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER FOR THE CONTENT OF OR INFORMATION IN OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE HRV WEBSITE, FOR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OR HYPERTEXT LINKS TO THIRD PARTIES OR FOR ANY BREACH OF SECURITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION THROUGH THE HRV WEBSITE OR ANY LINKED SITE. HRV AND ITS AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. HRV DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS, MATERIALS, OR CONTENT IN THE HRV WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE HRV WEBSITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

By posting messages, uploading files, inputting data or engaging in any other form of communication (the “Communications”) to the HRV website, you hereby grant to HRV a perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, unrestricted, non-exclusive, royalty free license to use, copy, license, sublicense, adapt, distribute, display, publicly perform, reproduce, transmit, modify, edit and otherwise exploit such Communications, in all media now known or hereafter developed. You hereby waive all rights to any claim against HRV for any alleged or actual infringements of any proprietary rights, rights of privacy and publicity, moral rights, and rights of attribution in connection with such Communications.

You acknowledge that transmission to and from this HRV website are not confidential and your Communications may be read or intercepted by others. You acknowledge that by submitting Communications to HRV, no confidential, fiduciary, contractually implied or other relationship is created between you and HRV other than pursuant to these Terms and Conditions of Use.

These Terms and Conditions of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of California, without regard to conflicts of laws provisions. Sole and exclusive jurisdiction for any action or proceeding arising out of or related to this agreement shall be an appropriate state or federal court located in the state of California.

 
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