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PermitsPlusOnline.com ("PPOLI") is pleased to give you access to this Web site free of charge. Your use of this Web site (the "Site"), and all information, products and services on the Site, including our world-class search and specialty services (collectively, the "Services") are subject to the binding legal terms set forth below ("Terms"). You understand we may update these Terms from time to time without giving you any notice. Unless we let you know by giving you a notice, any new features or updated Services that we put on the Site will be subject to these Terms. BY USING THE SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO EACH OF THE TERMS SET FORTH BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY TERM OR CONDITION SET FORTH BELOW, YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO USE THE SERVICES FOR ANY PURPOSE.
The Site contains links to Web sites, Web pages and services that are also operated by
PPOLI or other companies that we are affiliated with (each an "PPOLI
Site"). Your use of each PPOLI Site is subject to the terms of use, if any, contained within each of the
PPOLI Sites. If there is any conflict between the Terms set forth below and any of the terms or notices set forth on any other
PPOLI Site, then the terms at that PPOLI Site will control your use of that
PPOLI Site. Please review the terms of use for each PPOLI Site so that you understand all of the terms that will apply.
In order to use the Services, you need Internet access. You also need equipment to access the Services, including computer, modem and other devices. You agree to pay for Internet access and the equipment needed, and
PPOLI is not responsible for any of these costs.
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Privacy Concerns
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Any information that we may collect from you during your use of the Site is subject to our privacy policy. For the full text of our privacy policy, please
click here.
Categories of Information:
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Registration
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When you sign up to use PPOLI, you will be asked to give us some information about yourself. If you are not registered with us, please
register now to be eligible for our extensive membership benefits.
During the registration process, you agree to give us true, accurate and complete information about yourself, and to update this information when it changes. If you do not update it, we may suspend or terminate your use of the Site or the PPOLI
Sites, as explained below. Any personal information that you provide to us is subject to the terms of our privacy policy-please
click here to read our privacy policy.
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Account Information and Password Protection
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When you sign up, you will select a user name and a password so that you can access your account with us. You agree that you will keep this information confidential. You are completely responsible for activities regarding your account and password. You agree to log off of the Services at the end of each session to prevent fraud on your account by third parties. If you think there has been unauthorized use of your account or password, you agree to immediately notify
PPOLI and cooperate with us to resolve it. You understand that if you do not follow the terms of this paragraph, we may suspend or terminate your use of this Site or the
PPOLI Sites, as explained below. You understand that we are not responsible in any way, and will not be liable to you or to any third person, if you do not comply with the terms of this paragraph.
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How You Can Use the Services
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The Services are protected by U.S. and international copyright, patent and trademarks laws-for more information about this, please
click here.
You may use the Services on the Site and the PPOLI Sites for your personal, non-commercial use. You may make a single copy of the individual screens you see when you use the Services, but only for your personal use, and not for further distribution or transfer to others. You may not-and agree not to-modify, reformat, copy, display, distribute, transmit, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any information, products or services obtained from the Services, except as set forth below. This means that you may not mirror the home page or results pages of the Site or any
PPOLI Site on your own Web site or Web page.
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No License Granted
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Except for allowing you to use the Site and the PPOLI Sites for your personal use as set forth in the paragraph above, when you use the Site or the PPOLI
Sites, you are not receiving a license or any other rights from us, including intellectual property or other proprietary rights of PPOLI
or other companies with which we are affiliated. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS TO THE SERVICES OR ANY OTHER
PPOLI PROPERTY EXCEPT AS WE INDICATE IN THESE TERMS.
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Your Postings to this Site
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On some parts of our Site, you can post or tell us your comments on a given topic, or start a new topic for others to respond to. If you post anything, you guarantee to us that:
- You have legal rights to post your material and it will not violate any law or the rights of any person; and
- You are at least 18 years old if you are in an "adults only" area.
Except as set forth under "Community Content" below, all information and materials of any kind, including graphics, text or otherwise posted by someone on our Site ("Member Content") are subject to the following terms:
1. By posting Member Content you give us the royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right to:
- allow other people to use the Member Content as described in these Terms; and
- to use, distribute, display and create derivative works from this Member Content, in any and all media, in any manner, in whole or in part, without any restriction or responsibilities to you;
2. You understand that we are not responsible for the truth, completeness, objectivity or usefulness of any Member Content, nor do we endorse any Member Content;
3. We do not verify the identity of people using our Site, and you assume the risk of believing any Member Content you read;
4. We do not screen, monitor, edit or review Member Content. We do have the right to monitor or remove any Member Content at any time and without notice if we believe it will improve our Site. We can also suspend or terminate use of the Services by anyone who does not follow these Terms.
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Community Content
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Some areas of the Site deserve special treatment because they contain information that most people would expect to be private. These sections include e-mail communications, instant message communications, homepages that are not marked "public," and personal photo albums that are not marked "public" ("Community Content"). Please note: marking a homepage or photo album "public" means that all visitors to our Site will be able to see the homepage or photo album and that the content will be licensed to us as "Member Content" under the terms explained above.
In general, we will not monitor, edit or disclose Community Content. We will only do so when we have reason to believe that disclosing it is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who is causing you injury, or is injuring or interfering with the Services or
PPOLI's rights, or with other visitors to the Site. We may also reveal Community Content when we are required by the law, which includes responding to demands by law enforcement, civil and administrative authorities usually in the form of a subpoena for information (see below). We may also disclose the Community Content to identify or fix technical problems or respond to complaints about the Services.
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Conduct of Members and Visitors
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We believe that all members and visitors benefit from basic rules regarding conduct while using the Services so that everyone feels free to share opinions and ideas. The free flow of ideas is jeopardized when a few individuals act irresponsibly. To help everyone have a positive experience, we ask-and you agree-to follow the following basic rules of conduct when using the
PPOLI Sites:
1. You will follow these Terms and all applicable laws;
2. You will never give your password to anyone (no PPOLI employee will ask for it) and you will not provide your billing or credit information except to make a purchase;
3. You will not harass, threaten or abuse other people when using the Site in any manner;
4. You will not interfere with others' use of the Site, including by interrupting other users' sessions, scrolling down (automatically or manually) to make it difficult for them, or otherwise act in a way that negatively affects other users' enjoyment of the Services;
5. You will not post any Member Content that is obscene or may be hateful or offensive on racial, ethnic, sexual or any other grounds; is harmful, vulgar or distasteful; or is defamatory, libelous, or invades another person's privacy or proprietary rights;
6. You will not attempt to harvest any screen names of e-mail addresses for any commercial use;
7. You will not collect or store personal information about any other individual on the Site, or otherwise stalk, repeatedly contact or harass another user;
8. You will not impersonate any other person or misrepresent a relationship with any person or entity, including misrepresenting a relationship with
PPOLI; similarly, you will not adopt a false identity if the purpose of doing so is to deceive or defraud another;
9. You will not use the Services to harm minors in any way, or encourage interactions with minors of a sexual nature;
10. You will not manipulate the Services so as to hide your identity or participation in Services on the Site (by using another person's identity, changing headers, or otherwise modifying any other possible identifier);
11. You will not post any Member Content that contains any viruses, cancel bots, Trojan horses, harmful code, or other computer software or program designed to interrupt the Services we provide, users' ability to enjoy the Services, or the proper functioning of any software, hardware or equipment or materials used in connection with the Services;
12. You will not send any bulk unsolicited advertising, promotional information, email or other solicitation (including without limitation junk mail, "spam," chain letters or pyramid schemes of any sort) to any person through the use of the Services, except in areas that specifically authorize you to do so (auction forums, for instances);
If you violate any of the guidelines set forth above, or any other aspect of these Terms, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your rights to use the Services without giving you any notice.
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Disclosure of Your Identity
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From time to time we receive requests to disclose the identities of our users. We do not disclose the identities of ours users unless we are legally required to do so.
If a governmental agency (for example, the Securities and Exchange Commission, law enforcement agencies, US Attorneys' offices or similar governmental agencies) sends us a subpoena, we will comply with it. If we receive a subpoena by a third party that is not a governmental agency (for example, a subpoena in connection with civil litigation), we will contact the user whose identity has been requested using the contact information the user provided during the registration process. We will wait 10 days after notifying the user before complying with the subpoena, unless the subpoena requires us to disclose this information before then. If we cannot wait 10 days because of the deadline in the subpoena, we will let the user know the deadline included in the subpoena when we provide notice that we received it.
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Indemnity
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You understand that you are personally responsible for your behavior while on the Site and the
PPOLI Sites, and agree to indemnify and hold PPOLI and its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, and their officers, directors, employees and agents harmless from and against any loss, damage, liability, cost or expense of any kind (including attorneys' fees) that we may incur in connection with a third party claim or otherwise, in relation to your use of the Services or access to the Site or the
PPOLI Sites, or your violation of either these Terms or the rights of any third party.
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Disclaimer of Warranties
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SEARCH RESULTS: THE WEB CHANGES CONSTANTLY AND NO SEARCHING OR INDEXING TECHNIQUES CAN POSSIBLY INCLUDE ALL PAGES ACCESSIBLE ON THE WEB IN ITS INDEX OF SITES (THE "INDEX"). AS A RESULT,
PPOLI DOES NOT AND CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT YOUR SEARCH RESULTS WILL BE COMPLETE OR ACCURATE OR THAT THE LINKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INDEX WILL BE ACCURATE OR ACTIVE AT THE TIME OF YOUR SEARCH. THE WEB SITES INCLUDED IN THE INDEX ARE DEVELOPED BY PEOPLE WE DO NOT CONTROL. THE PROCESS OF INCLUDING SITES IN THE INDEX IS LARGELY AUTOMATIC.
PPOLI CANNOT AND DOES NOT SCREEN THE SITES INCLUDED IN THE INDEX. FOR THESE REASONS, WE ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONTENT OF ANY SITE INCLUDED IN THE INDEX, AND ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS CONTAINED IN THE SITE OR ANY
PPOLI SITE (OR ANY SITE YOU MAY LINK TO FROM THE SITE OR ANY OF THE PPOLI SITES), OR ANY OFFENSIVE OR OTHERWISE OBJECTIONABLE CONTENT CONTAINED IN THE SITE OR ANY
PPOLI SITE (OR ANY SITE YOU MAY LINK TO FROM THE SITE OR THE PPOLI SITES).
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES (INCLUDING ANY DOWNLOAD FROM THE SERVICES AND ANY LOSS OF DATA OR OTHER DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM YOU EXPERIENCE FROM USING THE SERVICES) IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE SERVICES, INDEX AND ALL INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND OTHER CONTENT (INCLUDING THIRD PARTY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND CONTENT) INCLUDED IN OR ACCESSIBLE FROM THE SITE AND THE
PPOLI SITES, ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" "WHERE-IS" AND "WHERE AVAILABLE" BASIS, AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
PPOLI MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE. YOU
UNDERSTAND THAT PPOLI DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, CAN MODIFY THE TERMS OF THE DISCLAIMER SET FORTH IN THIS DOCUMENT.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, PPOLI DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND (EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS) AS TO THE SERVICES, INDEX AND ALL INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND OTHER CONTENT (INCLUDING THIRD PARTY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND CONTENT) INCLUDED IN OR ACCESSIBLE FROM THE SITE AND THE
PPOLI WEB SITES.
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Liability Disclaimer
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TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL PPOLI , ITS PARENT OR SUBSIDIARIES, ANY OF THE COMPANIES IT IS AFFILIATED WITH, OR ANY OF ITS CONTENT PROVIDERS BE LIABLE TO YOU (OR ANY THIRD PARTY MAKING CLAIMS THROUGH YOU) FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, PROFITS, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLES, OR THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO AND TAMPERING WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION OR TRANSMISSIONS, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, UNAUTHORIZED USE, PERFORMANCE OR NON-PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE, ANY
PPOLI SITE, THE SERVICES OR THE INDEX, EVEN IF PPOLI HAS BEEN ADVISED PREVIOUSLY OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARISE IN CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT, UNDER STATUTE, IN EQUITY, AT LAW OR OTHERWISE.
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Removal of Sites from Index
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We are sometimes asked to remove links from our search results pages or newsgroup postings from bulletin boards. We address these requests on a case-by-case basis and in general, follow the guidelines below:
- We identify, index and catalog Web sites automatically with software, which means there is no advance review by human beings.
- Given the enormous volume of information added to and changed on the Web on a daily basis, we cannot operate in any other way. This means that we do not screen information posted to the Site or on any
PPOLI Site.
- In general, we believe that people who make information available on the Web expect that it will be available publicly and indexed for distribution, much like
PPOLI indexes information to make it available for its users.
If you want to restrict access to your site, please let us know. If you do not let us know and take steps to prevent it, it is likely that our software will find it and index it again. For more information on how to request that your site not be indexed, please click here.
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Access Restrictions; Termination
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We can terminate your access to the Site, any PPOLI Site or the Services at any time. We may also remove any Member Content or Community Content that you post without cause and without notice to you. This includes all materials related to your use of the Services or membership, including email accounts, Free Access accounts, clubs, photo albums, homepages, postings, profiles or other personalized information you have created while on the Site.
We can also change these Terms at any time, without notice, and your continued use of the Services after any change we make will mean that you agreed with the changes. IN THE EVENT THAT YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ANY CHANGE, PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES IN ANY MANNER FOR ANY PURPOSE.
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Use of Our Logo and Static Screen Shots for Noncommercial Purposes
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You may use our screen shots and logo for noncommercial purposes. You can find more information by
clicking here. You may ask about using static screen shots of our Site for commercial purposes by contacting
info@ppoli.com .
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Linking to Our Site
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You may link to our site for noncommercial purposes. You can find more information by
clicking here.
If you are interested in using our Site for commercial purposes or licensing any of our many search technologies, please
click here for more information.
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Manipulation of Search Results
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We are committed to provide our users the most relevant search results presented in the order of greatest relevance. We rank search results automatically according to established ranking criteria (which may change from time to time). We do not guarantee any ranking results for any Web page. We also reserve the right in our sole discretion to adjust the ranking of search results for any Web page and to remove listings of Web pages if we believe people are abusing our Site. If you believe that our search results have been manipulated, please contact:
Legal Department - Terms of Use
Permits Plus Online
One Old Country Road, SUITE 225
Carle Place, NY 11514
Attention: Legal Department
info@ppoli.com
Please include "Search Results Manipulation" in the subject line if sending an email. Please give us enough details to understand your claim. We will evaluate your claims but we reserve the right to take action or not.
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Miscellaneous
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These Terms are the entire agreement between you and us. They supersede any and all prior or contemporaneous agreements between you and
PPOLI relating to your use of the Site, the PPOLI Sites or the Services. If any part of these Terms is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, it will not impact any other provision of these Terms, all of which will remain in full force and effect. These Terms are governed by, and will be interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, without regard to any choice of law provisions. Although you acknowledge that we will have the ability to enforce our rights in any court of competent jurisdiction, you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in
Nassau County, New York, U.S.A., regarding any and all disputes relating to these Terms, your use of the Site or any
PPOLI Site, or the Services.
You can direct any questions concerning these Terms to:
Legal Department - Terms of Use
Permits Plus Online
One Old Country Road, SUITE 225
Carle Place, NY 11514
Attention: Legal Department
info@ppoli.com
Copyright © 2002 PPOLI.COM | Permits Plus Online. All Rights Reserved.
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