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INTENDED AUDIENCE/USE: The Professional Development Academy provides this Web site to you, subject to these Terms of Use. Professional Development Academy may update the Terms of Use from time to time without notice to you. This site and sites that are linked to this site or affiliated with this site (collectively "the Site") and all the information, communications, software, scripting, photos, text, video, graphics, music, sounds, images and other materials and services found on the Site (collectively "content"), is intended for the lawful use of Professional Development Academy ’s customers, employees and members of the general public who are over the age of 13.
The Site is controlled and operated in whole or in part by Professional Development Academy from its offices within the U.S. Professional Development Academy makes no representation that these materials are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who access the site from other locations do so at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. You acknowledge that Professional Development Academy reserves the right in its sole discretion to refuse or terminate access to the Site by you at any time.
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RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF CONTENT: ©Copyright 2014 Professional Development Academy, Inc. All Rights Reserved. THE UNAUTHORIZED COPYING, DISPLAYING OR OTHER USE OF ANY CONTENT FROM THIS SITE IS A VIOLATION OF THE LAW. You acknowledge having been advised by Professional Development Academy that the content is protected in the U.S. and internationally by a variety of laws, including but not limited to, copyright laws and treaty provisions, trademark laws, patent laws, and other proprietary rights laws (collectively "rights").
In addition to Professional Development Academy’s rights in individual elements of the content, Professional Development Academy or its licensors own a copyright in the selection, coordination and arrangement of the content. You are hereby granted permission to access the content from the Site in whole or in part, solely for your personal, non-commercial use of viewing and browsing through the site or ordering products or services from the Site. This permission terminates automatically if you breach any of the Web site Terms of Use. If pursuant to an authorization from Professional Development Academy, you download software from the Site, the software, including all code, files, images, contained in or generated by the software, and accompanying data, are deemed to be licensed to you by Professional Development Academy.
Neither title nor intellectual property rights are transferred to you, but remain with Professional Development Academy, who owns full and complete title. You may not resell, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or otherwise convert the software to a perceivable form. Professional Development Academy does not grant you any permission to use the content other than the permission expressly stated in these Terms of Use.
All other use of content from the Site, including, but not limited to uploading, downloading, modification, publication, transmission, participation in the transfer or sale of, copying, reproduction, republishing, creation of derivative works from, distribution, performance, display, incorporation into another web site, reproducing the site (whether by linking, framing or any other method), or in any other way exploiting any of the content, in whole or in part, or downloading and using software repeatedly for uses other than those expressly permitted may not be made without Professional Development Academy ’s prior express written consent.
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For any non-confidential information you do send, post or submit you hereby grant Professional Development Academy an unrestricted, royalty-free, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit and distribute the non-confidential information, and agree that Professional Development Academy is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you send Professional Development Academy for any purpose whatsoever without compensation to you or any other person sending the non-confidential information, and you represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the non-confidential information and that public posting and use of your content by Professional Development Academy will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party.
Your personally identifiable information you submit to us shall be treated in accordance with our Privacy Policy. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from the Site any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material, or any other material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under the law.
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SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, Professional Development Academy TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL LOSSES, DAMAGES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THIS SITE, ITS CONTENT OR LINKS, SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO ACCESS THIS SITE.
TERMINATION: You agree that Professional Development Academy, in its sole discretion, may terminate or restrict your use or access to the Site (or any part thereof) for any reason, including, without limitation, that Professional Development Academy believes you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of these Terms of Service, or the terms, conditions, or rules of a sweepstakes, contest, or other promotion contained within the Site.
GENERAL INFORMATION: The Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and Professional Development Academy and govern your use of the Site, superseding any prior agreements between you and Professional Development Academy relating to your use of the Site. You may also be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use purchase products or services, participate in a sweepstakes, contest or other promotion, participate in the Professional Development Academy-sponsored Partner Program or service, or use or download software.
If any provision of these web site Terms of Use is held to be invalid by any law, rule, order or regulation of any government or by the final determination of any state or federal court, such invalidity shall not affect the enforceability of any other provision of the Terms of Use. The failure of Professional Development Academy to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
By accessing the Site you agree that the statutes and laws of the U.S. and the state of Oregon, USA without regard to conflicts of laws principles, will apply to all matters relating to use of the site, and you agree that any litigation shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state or federal courts in Oregon, USA. You agree 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 Site, or the Terms of Use must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. The section titles in the Terms of Service are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
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