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American Express Incentive Services, L.L.C., a joint venture of Maritz
and American Express, requires that all the visitors to our site(s)
on the World Wide Web (the "Site") adhere to the following rules and
regulations. By accessing the Site you indicate your acknowledgment
and acceptance of these terms and conditions.
1.LAWS
AND REGULATIONS
User access
to and use of the Site is subject to all applicable federal, state and
local laws and regulations.
2.COPYRIGHT/TRADEMARKS
The trademarks,
logos and service marks ("Marks") displayed on the Site are the property
of American Express Incentive Services and other parties. Users are
prohibited from using any Marks without the written permission of American
Express Incentive Services or such third party which may own the Marks.
All content on the Site is protected by copyright. Users are prohibited
from modifying, copying, distributing, transmitting, displaying, publishing,
selling, licensing, creating derivative works or using any content on
the Site for commercial or public purposes.
3.NO
WARRANTIES
ALL INFORMATION
ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND
EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, SECURITY OR ACCURACY.
American Express
Incentive Services does not endorse and is not responsible for the accuracy
or reliability of any opinion, advice or statement made through the
Site by any party other than American Express Incentive Services. Other
than as required under consumer protection law, under no circumstance
will American Express Incentive Services be liable for any loss or damage
caused by a user's reliance on information obtained through the Site.
It is the responsibility of the user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness
or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content available
through the Site. Please seek the advice of professionals, as appropriate,
regarding the evaluation of any specific information, opinion, advice,
or other content.
4.LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY
American Express
Incentive Services specifically disclaims any liability (whether based
in contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise) for any direct, indirect,
incidental, consequential, or special damages arising out of or in any
way connected with access to or use of the Site, (even if American Express
Incentive Services has been advised of the possibility of such damages)
including liability associated with any viruses which may infect a user's
computer equipment.
5.CONFIDENTIALITY
OF USER COMMUNICATIONS
Except as
required by law, American Express Incentive Services will maintain the
confidentiality of all user communications which contain personal user
information and which are transmitted directly to American Express Incentive
Services. Postings by a user on any message board or in any chat room
will not be protected as confidential and American Express Incentive
Services may use and provide information contained in any such postings
(including any ideas, concepts, know-how or other intellectual property)
to any of its parent company, subsidiaries and affiliates for any purpose
whatsoever and as deemed appropriate by American Express Incentive Services.
6.LINKED
INTERNET SITES
American Express
Incentive Services is not responsible for the content available on any
other Internet sites linked to the site. Access to any other Internet
sites linked to the Site is at the user's own risk.
7.POSTINGS
[For use in
connection with message boards or chat rooms on the Site.]
American Express
Incentive Services is under no obligation to review any messages, information
or content ("Postings") posted on the Site by users and assumes no responsibility
or liability relating to any such Postings. Notwithstanding the above,
American Express Incentive Services may from time to time monitor the
Postings on the Site and may decline to accept and/or remove any Postings
that contain:
- Any unlawful,
harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene,
profane, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable
material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material
which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense,
give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local,
state, national or international law.
- Advertisements
or solicitations of any kind (Note - This is not applicable for those
Sites with message boards containing classified advertisements).
- Messages posted
by users impersonating others.
- Personal information
such as messages which state phone numbers, social security numbers,
account numbers, addresses, or employer references.
- Messages by non-spokesperson
employees of American Express Incentive Services purporting to speak
on behalf of American Express Incentive Services.
- Messages that
offer unauthorized downloads of any copyrighted or private information.
- Multiple messages
placed within individual folders by the same user restating the same
point.
- Chain letters
of any kind.
8.TRANSMISSION
OF PERSONAL DATA
[For use in
connection with Sites through which proprietary Cardmember/Customer
account data may be transmitted.]
User acknowledges
and agrees that by providing American Express Incentive Services with
any personal or proprietary user information through the Site, user
consents to the transmission of such personal or proprietary user information
over international borders as necessary for processing in accordance
with American Express Incentive Services' standard business practices.
9.CHANGES
TO RULES AND REGULATIONS
American Express
Incentive Services reserves the right to revise these Rules and Regulations
at any time and users are deemed to be apprised of and bound by any
changes to these Rules and Regulations.
10.VIOLATIONS
OF RULES AND REGULATIONS
American Express
Incentive Services reserves the right to seek all remedies available
at law and in equity for violations of these Rules and Regulations,
including the right to block access from a particular Internet address
to the Site.
11.ACCESS
TO PASSWORD PROTECTED/SECURE AREAS
Access to
and use of password protected and/or secure areas of the Site is restricted
to authorized users only. Unauthorized individuals attempting to access
these areas of the Site may be subject to prosecution.
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