Your access to and use of the Tri-Cities Local Area Guide Site (www.localareaguide.com);
hereafter, the LAG; is subject to all applicable laws and the following
"Terms and Conditions" which may be updated by us from time to time
without notice to you. In consideration of your use of the LAG, you
accept, without limitation or qualification, the following "Terms
and Conditions".
Please feel free to make use of the LAG. You may print or download
material displayed on the LAG for noncommercial, personal use only,
provided you also retain all copyright and other proprietary notices
contained on the materials. You may not, however, sell, reverse engineer,
distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, repost, use, or create derivative
works based on the content of the LAG in whole or part for any purpose,
without written permission from SAMSA, Inc. or the owner of such content
in each instance.
SAMSA, Inc. currently provides users with access to a rich
collection of on-line resources, including, names and contact information
for local organizations, online information, administrative services,
personalized content and branded programming through its website:
http://www.localareaguide.com (the "LAG"). You understand and agree
that the LAG is provided "AS IS" and that SAMSA, Inc. assumes no responsibility
for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any
user communications or personalization settings. In order to use the
LAG, you must obtain access to the World Wide Web, either directly
or through devices that access web-based content, and pay any service
fees associated with such access or utilize free public access available
through public libraries or other sources. In addition, you must provide
or obtain access to all equipment necessary to make such connection
to the World Wide Web, including a computer and modem or other access
device. SAMSA, Inc. maintains the LAG for your personal use, information,
education, and communication.
SAMSA, Inc. lists local organizations at the LAG free of any charge
to the organization being listed. Organizations may request
to be removed from the LAG by contacting SAMSA, Inc. using various
communication links provided on the LAG site.
SAMSA, Inc. offers value-added services to listed local organizations
("Sponsor Organizations"), on a fee basis, and under a separate agreement.
These value-added services include preference in listing order of
searches, advanced communication techniques, electronic coupons, event
listings, secured shopping-cart ordering, and custom website development.
Your Registration Obligations
In consideration of your use of the LAG, you agree to:
Provide true, accurate, current and complete information about
yourself as prompted by the LAG's various forms (such information
being the "Registration Data").
If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not
current or incomplete, or SAMSA, Inc. has reasonable grounds to
suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current
or incomplete, SAMSA, Inc. has the right to suspend or terminate
your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the
LAG.
Account Password and Security
Sponsor Organizations of LAG will receive a password and account
designation upon completing the Lag's registration process. You
are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password
and account, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur
under your password or account. You agree to (a) immediately notify
SAMSA, Inc. of any unauthorized use of your password or account
or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from
your account at the end of each session. SAMSA, Inc. cannot and
will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure
to comply with this Section.
Copyright Information
You should assume that everything you see or read on the
LAG is copyright protected unless otherwise noted, and may not be
used except as provided in these Terms and Conditions. All other
use shall require the written permission of SAMSA, Inc. or such
third party that may own the materials. SAMSA, Inc. neither warrants
nor represents that your use of materials displayed on the LAG will
not infringe rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated
with SAMSA, Inc.
Use Of Images
Images of people or places displayed on the LAG are either
the property of, or used with permission by, SAMSA, Inc. The use
of these images by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is prohibited
unless specifically permitted by these Terms and Conditions. Any
unauthorized use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark
laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations
and statutes.
Trademark Information
The trademarks, logos, and service marks displayed on the
LAG Site are registered and common law trademarks of SAMSA, Inc.
and others (collectively the "Trademarks"). Nothing contained on
the LAG should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppels,
or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademarks without
the written permission of SAMSA, Inc. or such third party that may
own the Trademarks. Your use of the Trademarks, or any other content
on the LAG, except as provided in these Terms and Conditions, is
strictly prohibited. You are also advised that SAMSA, Inc. will
aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest
extent of the law, which may include, without limitation, the seeking
of criminal prosecution.
SAMSA, Inc. Use of Material
Any communication or material you transmit to the LAG by
electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments,
suggestions or the like is, and will be treated as, non-confidential
and non-proprietary. By transmitting or posting anything to SAMSA,
Inc. or the LAG, you grant SAMSA, Inc. or its affiliates an irrevocable,
perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free nonexclusive and sub-licensable
right and license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish such materials,
in whole or in part for any purpose, including, but not limited
to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast
and posting in any media now known or later developed. Furthermore,
SAMSA, Inc. is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques
contained in any communication you send to the LAG for any purpose
whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing
and marketing products or services using such information. Through
your usage of this site, you may submit and/or SAMSA, Inc. may gather
certain limited information about you and your website usage. SAMSA,
Inc. may use such information to improve your Internet experience.
Links
SAMSA, Inc. has not reviewed the sites linked to the LAG
and is not responsible for the content of any off-site pages or
any other sites linked to the LAG. Your linking to the LAG, off-site
pages or other sites is at your own risk and without the recommendation,
endorsement or liability of SAMSA, Inc.
The following "linking agreement" must be abided by to link
to the site(s) of SAMSA, Inc.:
May link to, but not replicate content
Must not create a browser or border environment around content
Must not imply that the SAMSA, Inc. or the LAG is endorsing
it or its products
Must not misrepresent its relationship with SAMSA, Inc. or the
LAG
Must not present false information about SAMSA, Inc. or LAG
services
Must not contain content that could be construed as distasteful,
offensive or controversial, and should only contain content that
is appropriate for all age groups.
SAMSA, Inc. User Conduct
Please understand that all information, data text, software,
music, sound, photographs, graphics, video or messages or other content,
whether publicly posted or privately transmitted are the sole responsibility
of the person from whom the content originated. You, not SAMSA, Inc.,
are responsible for all content you upload, post, email or otherwise
transmit. SAMSA, Inc. does not guaranty the accuracy, integrity or
quality of such content. SAMSA, Inc. is under no obligation to monitor
or review discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards,
and the like on the LAG and assumes no responsibility or liability
arising from content nor for any error, defamation, libel, slander,
omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, or
inaccuracy contained in any information within such locations on the
LAG site. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful,
threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory,
harassing, pornographic, or profane material or any material that
could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal
offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law.
You further agree not to upload, post, email or otherwise transmit
any confidential information, trade secrets, "junk mail," "spam",
"chain letters," "pyramid schemes," any other form of solicitation,
or software viruses. You acknowledge that SAMSA, Inc. does not pre-screen
content posted or transmitted by others, but that it shall have the
right to remove any content that violates the Terms and Conditions
or is otherwise objectionable in the sole determination of SAMSA,
Inc. SAMSA, Inc. will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities
or court order requesting or directing SAMSA, Inc. to disclose the
identity of anyone posting any such information or materials.
Disclaimer
SAMSA, Inc. makes no warranties or representations as to the accuracy
of content on the LAG site. SAMSA, Inc. assumes no liability or
responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content or operation
of the LAG.
Event Calendars and Event Listings ("Calendar") listed at the LAG
have been compiled in good faith by SAMSA, Inc. However, no representation
is made as to the completeness or accuracy of the information it
contains. In particular, you should be aware that this information
may be incomplete, may contain errors, or become out of date at
any time. SAMSA, Inc. makes no commitment and expressly disclaim
any duty to update any information. SAMSA, Inc. reserves the right
to add, modify or delete any information on this calendar at any
time. The Calendar may be linked to other sites not maintained
by SAMSA, Inc. SAMSA, Inc. does not endorse those sites and are
not responsible for the content of those sites.
On-line coupons ("Coupons") listed at the LAG have been compiled
in good faith by SAMSA, Inc., however SAMSA, Inc. is not responsible
for any of the listings or advertisements contained in this
web site. SAMSA, Inc. does not warrant, endorse or guarantee
any product or services advertised here and will not be a party
to any transaction between you and any advertiser or other listed
party. Furthermore, SAMSA, Inc does not assume the responsibility
of enforcing licensing requirements with respect to licensed professions
or trades, prior to publishing advertisements, nor does it assume
the responsibility of monitoring the use of trademarks, copyrights
or other rights of third parties.
Disclaimer of Warranties.
Your use of and browsing in the LAG are at your risk. You understand
and agree that SAMSA, Inc. assumes no responsibility for the timeliness,
deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any communications, payments
or personal settings. Please be aware that SAMSA, Inc. may create
or has created certain areas of the LAG that contain adult or mature
content. You must be at least 18 years old to access and view these
areas.
SAMSA, Inc. any of its affiliates, advertisers, its executives
and their directors, officers and employees, and any other party
involved in creating, producing, or delivering the LAG are not liable
for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive
damages arising out of your access to, or use of, the LAG. Without
limiting the foregoing, everything on the LAG is provided to you
"as is" and "as available" without warranty of any kind, either
expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied
warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose,
or noninfringement.
Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion
of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply
to you. SAMSA, Inc. also assumes no responsibility, and shall not
be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect your computer
equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of,
or browsing in the LAG or your downloading of any materials, data,
text, images, video, or audio from the LAG.
International Use
Software and other materials from this Site may also be subject
to United States Export Control. The United States Export Control
laws prohibit the export of certain technical data and software
to certain territories. No software from this Site may be downloaded
or exported:
into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North
Korea, Iran, Syria, Sudan or any other country to which the United
States has embargoed goods; or
anyone on the United States Treasury Department's list of Specially
Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of
Deny Orders. SAMSA, Inc. does not authorize the downloading or
exportation of any software or technical data from the LAG in
violation of United States Export Laws. By downloading or using
the software, you represent that you are not located in, under
the control of, or a national resident of any of the countries
on any of these lists.
Modifications to the LAG
SAMSA, Inc. reserves the right at any time and from time to time
to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the LAG (or
any part thereof) with or without notice for any reason or no reason
whatsoever. You agree that SAMSA, Inc. shall not be liable to you
or any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance
of the LAG.
Termination
You agree that SAMSA, Inc., in its sole discretion, may terminate
your password, account (or any part thereof) or use of the LAG,
and remove and discard any content within the LAG, for any reason,
including, without limitation, for lack of use or if SAMSA, Inc.
believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the
letter or spirit of the Terms and Conditions. You agree that any
termination of your access to the LAG under any provision of these
Terms and Conditions may be effected without prior notice, and acknowledge
and agree that SAMSA, Inc. may immediately deactivate or delete
your account and all related information and files in your account
and/or bar any further access to such files or the LAG. Further,
you agree that SAMSA, Inc. shall not be liable to you or any third-party
for any termination of your access to the LAG.
General Information
This constitutes the entire agreement between you and SAMSA,
Inc. regarding use of the LAG, superseding any prior agreement between
you and SAMSA, Inc. You may also be subject to additional Terms
and Conditions that may apply when you use affiliate services, third-party
content or third-party software. SAMSA, Inc. may at any time revise
these Terms and Conditions by updating this posting. You are bound
by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this
page to review the then current Terms and Conditions to which you
are bound. The failure of SAMSA, Inc. to exercise or enforce any
right or provision of the Terms and Conditions shall not constitute
a waiver of such provision. These Terms and Conditions and the relationship
between you and SAMSA, Inc. shall be governed by the laws of the
State of Michigan without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
You and SAMSA, Inc. agree to submit to the personal and exclusive
jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located within the
County of Saginaw, Michigan for any disputes or matters arising
out of the LAG or use of the LAG site.
NOTICE: Specific to software available on the LAG Site
Any software that is made available to download from the SAMSA,
Inc. server ("SAMSA-software") is the property of SAMSA, Inc. and/or
its suppliers. Use of the SAMSA-software is governed by the terms
of the end user license agreement, if any, which accompanies or
is included with the SAMSA-software ("license agreement"). An end
user will be unable to install any County-software or that is accompanied
by or includes a license agreement, unless he or she first agrees
to the license agreement terms.
The SAMSA-software is made available for downloading solely
for use by end users according to the license agreement. Any reproduction
or redistribution of the SAMSA-software not in accordance with
the license agreement is expressly prohibited by law, and may
result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will
be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible.
Without limiting the foregoing, copying or reproduction
of the software to any other server or location for further reproduction
or redistribution is expressly prohibited.
The software is warranted, if at all, only according to the terms
of the license agreement. Except as warranted in the license agreement,
SAMSA, Inc. hereby disclaims all warranties and conditions with
regard to the software, including all implied warranties and conditions
of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and
non-infringement.
NOTICE: Specific to documents available on the LAG Site
Permission to use documents (such as white papers, press releases,
datasheets and FAQ's) from the LAG site is granted, provided that:
The below copyright notice appears in all copies and that both
the copyright notice and this permission notice appear
Use of such documents from the LAG site is for informational
and non-commercial or personal use only and will not be copied
or posted on any network computer or broadcast in any media,
No modifications of any documents are made. Use for any other
purpose is expressly prohibited by law, and may result in severe
civil and criminal penalties.
Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible. Documents
specified above do not include the design or layout of the LAG or
any other SAMSA, Inc. owned, operated, licensed or controlled site.
No logo, graphic, sound or image from any SAMSA, Inc. website may
be copied or e-transmitted unless expressly permitted by SAMSA,
Inc.