Terms of Use

1) Acceptance of Terms

The College provides its service to you, subject to the following Terms of Service ("TOS"), which may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you. The most up-to-date version of the TOS is located at http://www.cba.uri.edu/information/website/terms/.

2) Description of Service

The College provides this Web site for informational purposes only. The user understands and agrees that this service is provided "AS-IS" and that the College assumes no responsibility for the deletion, modification, timeliness, or accuracy of this service or the information provided therein. The user understands that they are responsible for all charges, fees, and equipment that is necessary to access these services, and under no circumstances shall the College reimburse the user for any charges they incur.

3) Privacy

The College's Privacy Policy is located at http://www.cba.uri.edu/information/website/privacy/.

4) Conduct

The user understands that all content is the responsibility of the user it originated from. In other words, the College is not responsible for any content uploaded or submitted by the users of its services. Under no circumstances will the College be liable in any way for any content, or accuracy thereof, made available via these services.

The user agrees not to:

1. Submit content to these services that is illegal, harmful, vulgar, or obscene, discriminating, defamatory, or otherwise objectionable.
2. Impersonate any person or entity.
3. Submit content that the user does not have legal rights to do so.
4. Submit content that is determined to be "spam", "junk mail", a "pyramid scheme", "chain letters", or other forms of solicitation unless expressly stated or implied otherwise.
5. Damage, degrade, or terminate a service in use by another user.
6. Harass another user of these services.
7. Damage, degrade, or terminate the network(s) that these services utilize.
8. Intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, federal, or international laws.

5) International Use

Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, the user agrees to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable content. Specifically, the user agrees to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside.

6) Indemnity

The user agrees to indemnify and hold the College, its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of content the user submits, posts, transmits or makes available through the Service, the use of the Service, the connection to the Service, the violation of the TOS, or the violation of any rights of another.

7) No Resale of Service

The user agrees not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of these services, use of these services, or access to these services.

8) Modifications to Service

The College holds the rights to suspend, either temporarily, permanently, or indefinately any of the services it offers at anytime without notice to the users of the services.

9) Termination

The College may terminate or suspend a users account, password, or any information pertaining to the user at anytime without prior or future consent or notice.

10) Advertisers

As subject to University bylaws, no advertisements are permitted on this Web site.

11) Links

Due to the nature of the internet, the College can not be held responsible for links outside of its domain (cba.uri.edu) and any content displayed outside of this domain does not necessarily reflect the feelings or intentions of the College.

12) Propriety Rights

The user acknowledges and agrees that the services provided by the College and its software contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by intellectual property rights and other laws. Unless expressly authorized by the College these services and software can not be sold, modified, rented, leased, reverse engineered, or used to derive other products, services, or software.

13) Disclaimer of Warranties

THE USER EXPRESSLY UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT:

1. THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT THE SOLE RISK OF THE USER. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. THE COLLEGE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
2. THE COLLEGE MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICE WILL MEET THE USERS REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET THE USER'S EXPECTATIONS, AND (V) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.
3. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT THE USER'S OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT THE USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO THE USER'S COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
4. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY THE USER FROM THE COLLEGE OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOS.

14) Limitation of Liability

THE USER EXPRESSLY UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT THE COLLEGE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF THE COLLEGE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE; (ii) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE.

15) Exclusions and Limitations

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

16) Notice

The College reserves the right to contact the users of its services via mail or email. The College may or may not contact the users of its services regarding updates to the TOS or other rules, regulations, or documents, services or products pertaining to the College.

17) Trademark Information

"College of Business", "College of Business Administration", associated logos, select services, and select products are trademarks of the College.

18) Copyright(s)

The College respects intellectual property rights and expects its users to do the same. In the event that a user's copyrights have been violated we urge you to contact our IT Department with complete details.

19) General Information

The TOS constitute the entire agreement between you and the College and govern the user of the service, superceding any prior agreements between the user and the College. The user also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use affiliate services, third-party content or third-party software. The user and the College agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the county that legal proceedings take place. The failure of the College to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TOS shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the TOS is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the TOS remain in full force and effect. The user agrees that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the College's services or the TOS must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.

20) Violations

Any violations to the TOS should be reported to the IT Department.