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Privacy Note
ExpertBase™ & The Knowledge Brokers |
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| Last Update |
This page was last updated on March 28, 2012 by Webmaster. We welcome your comments - and should you have any queries related to the content of this page please submit it here |
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| Introduction |
This
page states the "Terms and Conditions"
under which you may use The Knowledge Brokers'
Global ExpertBase™ as an expert
posting your or other people's profiles. Please
read this page carefully. If you do not accept
the Terms and Conditions stated here, do not
use www.the-knowledge-brokers.com (this web site)
and service. By using this web site, you are
indicating your acceptance to be bound by the
terms of these Terms and Conditions. The Knowledge Brokers
(the "Company") may revise these Terms
and Conditions at any time by updating this
page. You are advised to visit this page periodically
to review the Terms and Conditions, because
they are binding on you. The terms "You"
and "User" as used herein refer to
all individuals and/or entities accessing this
web site for any reason. |
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| Use of Material |
The Company
authorises you to view and download a single
copy of the material on the-knowledge-brokers.com
(the "Web Site") solely for your personal,
noncommercial use.
The
contents of this Web Site, such as text, graphics,
images, logos, button icons, software and
other "Material", are protected
under international copyright, trademark and
other laws. All Material is the property of
the Company or its content suppliers or clients.
The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement
and assembly) of all content on this Web Site
is the exclusive property of the Company and
protected by U.S. and international copyright
laws. Unauthorised use of the Material may
violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.
You must retain all copyright, trademark,
service-mark and other proprietary notices
contained in the original Material on any
copy you make of the Material. You may not
sell or modify the Material or reproduce,
display, publicly perform, distribute, or
otherwise use the Material in any way for
any public or commercial purpose. The use
of the Material on any other web site or in
a networked computer environment for any purpose
is prohibited.
You shall not copy or
adapt the HTML code and or Scripts that the Company creates
to generate its pages. All codes are protected
by the Company's copyright. |
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| Acceptable Site Use |
General Rules:
Users may not use the Web Site in order to
transmit, distribute, store or destroy material
(a) in violation of any applicable law or
regulation, (b) in a manner that will infringe
the copyright, trademark, trade secret or
other intellectual property rights of others
or violate the privacy, publicity or other
personal rights of others, or (c) that is
defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive
or hateful.
Web Site Security Rules:
Users are prohibited from violating or attempting
to violate the security of the Web Site, including,
without limitation, (a) accessing data not
intended for such user or logging into a server
or account which the user is not authorised
to access, (b) attempting to probe, scan or
test the vulnerability of a system or network
or to breach security or authentication measures
without proper authorisation, (c) attempting
to interfere with service to any user, host
or network, including, without limitation,
via means of submitting a virus to the Web
Site, overloading, "flooding", "spamming",
"mailbombing" or "crashing",
(d) sending unsolicited e-mail, including
promotions and/or advertising of products
or services, or (e) forging any TCP/IP packet
header or any part of the header information
in any e-mail or newsgroup posting. Violations
of system or network security may result in
civil or criminal liability. The Company will
investigate occurrences which may involve
such violations and may involve, and co-operate
with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting
users who are involved in such violations. |
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| Specific
Prohibited Uses |
The Website
may be used only for lawful and intended purposes
by individuals seeking engagements and other
information and Clients seeking experts.
The Company specifically prohibits any use
of the Web Site, and all users agree not to
use the Web Site, for any of the following:
Posting any incomplete, false
or inaccurate biographical information or
information which is not your own accurate
CV (living individual seeking consulting or
other engagements).
Deleting or revising any material
posted by any other person or entity.
Using any device, software
or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere
with the proper working of this Web Site or
any activity being conducted on this site.
Taking any action which imposes
an unreasonable or disproportionately large
load on this Web Site's infrastructure.
If you have a password allowing
access to a non-public area of this Web Site,
disclosing to or sharing your password with
any third parties or using your password for
any unauthorised purpose.
Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained herein, using or attempting
to use any engine, software, tool, agent or
other device or mechanism (including without
limitation browsers, spiders, robots, avatars
or intelligent agents) to navigate or search
this Web Site other than the search engine
and search agents available from the Company
on this Web Site and other than generally
available third party web browsers (e.g.,
Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer).
Attempting to decipher,
decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer
any of the software comprising or in any way
making up a part of the Web Site. |
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| User Information |
As a user, you are responsible for your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of their posting. You must not, and by using this Web Site you agree not to, do the following things: post material that is copyrighted, unless you are the copyright owner or have the permission of the copyright owner to post it; post material that reveals trade secrets, unless you own them or have the permission of the owner; post material that infringes on any other intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others; post material that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing to another user or any other person or entity; post a sexually-explicit image or statement; post advertisements or solicitations of business, post chain letters or pyramid schemes; impersonate another person; or post material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming routines or engines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or information.
The Company does not represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of communications posted by users or endorse any opinions expressed by users. You acknowledge that any reliance on material posted by other users will be at your own risk.
The Company acts as a passive conduct for the online distribution and publication of user-submitted information and has no obligation to screen communications or information in advance and is not responsible for screening or monitoring material posted by users. If notified by a user of communications which allegedly do not conform to these Terms and Conditions, the Company may investigate the allegation and determine in good faith and its sole discretion whether to remove or request the removal of the communication. The Company has no liability or responsibility to users for performance or nonperformance of such activities. The Company reserves the right to expel users and prevent their further access to the Web Site for violating the Terms and Conditions or the law and the right to remove communications which are abusive, illegal, or disruptive. The Company may take any action with respect to user-submitted information that it deems necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion if it believes it may create liability for the Company or may cause the Company to lose (in whole or in part) the services of its ISPs or other suppliers.
By submitting content to any public or non-public area of the Web Site, including message boards, forums, contests and chat rooms, you grant the Company and its affiliates the loyalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicenseable (through multiple tiers), non-exclusive right (including any moral rights) and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, communicate to the public, perform and display the content (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, for the full term of any rights that may exist in such content. You also warrant that the holder of any rights, including moral rights in such content, has completely and effectively waived all such rights and validly and irrevocably granted to you the right to grant the license stated above. You also permit any subscriber to access, display, view, store and reproduce such content for personal use. Subject to the foregoing, the owner of such content placed on the Web Site retains any and all rights that may exist in such content. |
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| Privacy |
Please note that your information will be stored and processed on our computers in the UK. The laws on holding personal data in the UK may be less stringent than elsewhere but The Knowledge Brokers will hold and transmit your information in a safe, confidential and secure environment. The Knowledge Brokers will never sell or rent your personal information to third parties except as described in the Privacy Commitment. If you object to your Information being transferred or used in this way please do not register or apply |
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| Registration & Password |
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your information and password. You shall be responsible for all uses of your registration, whether or not authorised by you. You agree to immediately notify the Company of any unauthorised use of your registration or password. |
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| The Company's Liability |
The-Knowledge-Brokers.com and ExpertBase.org are the virtual venue of The Knowledge Brokers. These Web Sites act as a venue for people to post profiles and does not necessarily screen or censor the information offered. The Company is solely involved in the actual transaction between expert seekers and expertise suppliers. As a result, the Company maintains high control over the quality, safety or legality of the postings, the truth or accuracy of the listings.
Because user authentication on the Internet is difficult, The Knowledge Brokers cannot and does not confirm that each user is who one claims to be. Because we do not and cannot be involved in user-to-user dealings or control the behaviour of participants on the web site, in the event that you have a dispute with one or more users, you release the Company (and our agents and employees) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential, direct and indirect) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes. If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code d1542, which says: "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favour at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor."
The Material may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. The Company makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the Web Site or the Material. The use of the Web Site and the Material is at your own risk. Changes are periodically made to the Web Site and may be made at any time.
You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for the form, content and accuracy of any Posting or material contained therein placed by you on the Web Site. Expert seekers are solely responsible for their postings on the Web Site.
The Company is not to be considered to be an employer with respect to your use of the Web Site and the Company shall not be responsible for any employment decisions, for whatever reason made, made by any entity posting expert profiles on the Web Site.
THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEB SITE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE WEB SITE AND ITS SERVER ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL MECHANISMS. IF YOUR USE OF THE WEB SITE OR THE MATERIAL RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA, THE COMPANY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS.
THE WEB SITE AND MATERIAL ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. THE COMPANY, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS OF THE MATERIAL, SERVICES, SOFTWARE, TEXT, GRAPHICS, AND LINKS. |
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| Notification of Changes |
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our website so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected. |
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