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This page described the terms and conditions that govern your use of certain Next Generation Filtration Systems digital products, including http://www.nextgenfiltration.com/ (hereinafter the “Site”) and applications offered on the Site (hereinafter the “Applications”).

1.1 Agreement by use. If the User chooses to use Site and Applications, any of the features of this site, including but not limited to RSS, API, software and other downloads (collectively, the "Services"), the User will be agreeing to abide by all of the terms and conditions of these Terms of Service between the User and Next Generation Flirtation Systems.

1.2 We may change, add or remove portions of these Terms of Service at any time, which shall become effective immediately upon posting. It is the User‘s responsibility to review these Terms of Service prior to each use of the Site and by continuing to use this Site, the User agrees to any changes.

1.3 We may change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Services at any time, including the availability of any Services feature, database, or content. We may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict the User’s access to parts or all of the Services without notice or liability.

Content of the Service

2.1 The contents of the Services, including the Site, are intended for the User’s personal, noncommercial use. All materials published on the Services (including, but not limited to white papers, press releases, date sheets, articles, photographs, images, illustrations, audio clips and video clips, also known as the "Content") are protected by copyright, and owned or controlled by Next Generation Filtration Systems or the party credited as the provider of the Content. The User shall abide by all additional copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in any Content accessed through the Service.

2.2 Permission to use the Services and factual information contained in the Site is granted to the extent it is for used in connection with the purchase or maintenance of Next Generation Filtration Systems products only. Such use is, however, conditioned on the following: (1) the below copyright notice appears in any copies and that both the copyright notice and this permission notice appear on any copies specifically permitted herein or by express permission of Next Generation Filtration Systems, (2) use of such Content from the Services 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, and (3) no modifications of any Content is made. Accredited educational institutions, such as K-12, universities, private/public colleges, and state community colleges, may download and reproduce the Content for distribution in the classroom. Distribution outside the classroom requires express written permission. Use for any other purpose is expressly prohibited by Next Generation Filtration Systems and by law, and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties.

2.3 NEXT GENERATION FILTRATION SYSTEMS AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE CONTENT AND RELATED GRAPHICS PUBLISHED AS PART OF THE SERVICES FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH CONTENT AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. NEXT GENERATION FILTRATION SYSTEMS AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL NEXT GENERATION FILTRATION SYSTEMS AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THE SERVICES.

2.4 THE CONTENT AND RELATED GRAPHICS PUBLISHED ON THE SERVICES COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. NEXT GENERATION FILTRATION SYSTEMS AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE PRODUCT(S) AND/OR THE PROGRAM(S) DESCRIBED HEREIN AT ANY TIME.

2.5 The Content specified above does not include the design or layout of the http://www.nextgenfiltration.com/ Site or any other Next Generation Filtration Systems owned, operated, licensed or controlled site. Elements of the Site are protected by trade dress, trademark, unfair competition, and other laws and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part. No logo, graphic, sound or image from the Site or any other Next Generation Filtration Systems owned, operated, licensed or controlled site may be copied or retransmitted unless expressly permitted by Next Generation Filtration Systems.

Use of Services

3.1 The Services may contain e-mail services, bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, photo albums, file cabinets and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable the User to communicate with others (each a "Communication Service" and collectively "Communication Services"). The User agrees to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and, when applicable, related to the particular Communication Service.

3.2 The User agrees that when using the Communication Services, the User will not do the following: use the Communication Services in connection with surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk email, spamming or any duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise); defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others; publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information; upload files that contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer or property of another; advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Services specifically allows such messages; restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services; harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses; create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others; use, download or otherwise copy, or provide (whether or not for a fee) to a person or entity any directory of users of the Services or other user or usage information or any portion thereof.

3.3 The User further agrees that they shall not: upload, or otherwise make available, files that contain images, photographs, software or other material protected by intellectual property laws, including, by way of example, and not as limitation, copyright or trademark laws (or by rights of privacy or publicity) unless the User owns or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consent to do the same; use any material or information, including images or photographs, which are made available through the Services in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other proprietary right of any party; download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that the User knows, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally reproduced, displayed, performed, and/or distributed in such manner; falsify or delete any copyright management information, such as author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.

3.4 By using this Site the User agrees (a) that no materials of any kind submitted by the User will (i) violate, plagiarize, or infringe upon the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, trade secret, privacy or other personal or proprietary rights; or (ii) contain libelous or otherwise unlawful material; and (b) that the User is least eighteen years old. The User hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Next Generation Filtration Systems and all officers, directors, owners, agents, information providers, affiliates, licensors and licensees (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") from and against any and all liability and costs, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred by the Indemnified Parties in connection with any claim arising out of any breach by the User of these Terms of Service or the foregoing representations, warranties and covenants. The User shall cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defense of any such claim. Next Generation Filtration Systems reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by The User .

3.5 The User agrees that the use of the Site by the User has not and shall not violate any applicable local, national or international law, including, without limitation, any regulations having the force of law. The user agrees not to impersonate another person in the use of the Site or sending of any email to address listed on the site.

3.6 Next Generation Filtration Systems has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, Next Generation Filtration Systems reserves the right to review materials posted to the Communication Services and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. Next Generation Filtration Systems reserves the right to terminate the User’s access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time, without notice, for any reason whatsoever.

3.7 Next Generation Filtration Systems reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as Next Generation Filtration Systems deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in Next Generation Filtration Systems’ sole discretion.

3.8 Always use caution when giving out any personally identifiable information about yourself or your children in any Communication Services. Next Generation Filtration Systems does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Services and, therefore, Next Generation Filtration Systems specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Services. Managers and hosts are not authorized Next Generation Filtration Systems spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of Next Generation Filtration Systems.

3.9 Materials uploaded to the Communication Services may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination; the User is responsible for adhering to such limitations if the User download the materials.

3.10 All transactions or communications that take place between the User and a Third Party that the User has identified through the use of this Site, including any purchase of services, take place solely between the User and that Third Party. Next Generation Filtration Systems is not involved in any such transactions or communications whatsoever. Any disputes arising from any such transactions or communications between Users and Third Party’s are solely matters to be resolved between those parties and in connection therewith, the User hereby agrees to release, indemnify and hold Next Generation Filtration Systems harmless from and against any and all claims, demands and damages of any kind arising from such circumstances.

User Generated Content

4.1 Next Generation Filtration Systems does not claim ownership of the materials the User provide to Next Generation Filtration Systems (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any Services or its associated services for review by the general public, or by the members of any public or private community, (each a "Submission" and collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting ("Posting") your Submission the User is granting Next Generation Filtration Systems a perpetual, nonexclusive, world-wide, royalty free, sub-licensable license to the Submissions, which includes, without limitation, the right for Next Generation Filtration Systems or any third party it designates, to use, copy, transmit, excerpt, publish, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, create derivative works of, host, index, cache, tag, encode, modify and adapt (including without limitation the right to adapt to streaming, downloading, broadcast, mobile, digital, thumbnail, scanning or other technologies) in any form or media now known or hereinafter developed, any Submission posted by the User on or to the Site or Services or any other web site owned by Next Generation Filtration Systems, including any Submission posted on or to the Site or Services through a third party.

4.2 The User is solely responsible for the content of his or her Submissions. However, while Next Generation Filtration Systems does not and cannot review every Submission and is not responsible for the content of these messages, Next Generation Filtration Systems reserves the right to delete, move, or edit Submissions in its sole discretion, including submissions Next Generation Filtration Systems deems abusive, defamatory, obscene, in violation of copyright or trademark laws, or otherwise unacceptable.

4.3 By making a Submission, the User is consenting to its display and publication on the Site and in the Services and for related online and offline promotional uses.

4.4 No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of the User’s Submission, as provided herein. Next Generation Filtration Systems is under no obligation to post or use any Submission the User may provide and Next Generation Filtration Systems may remove any Submission at any time in its sole discretion.

4.5 By Posting a Submission the User warrants and represents that he or she owns or otherwise controls all of the rights to the Submission as described in these Terms of Use including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for the User to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.

Unsolicited Idea Submission Policy

5.1 NEXT GENERATION FILTRATION SYSTEMS OR ANY OF ITS EMPLOYEES DO NOT ACCEPT OR CONSIDER UNSOLICITED IDEAS, INCLUDING IDEAS FOR NEW ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS, NEW PROMOTIONS, NEW PRODUCTS OR TECHNOLOGIES, PROCESSES, MATERIALS, MARKETING PLANS OR NEW PRODUCT NAMES. PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANY ORIGINAL CREATIVE ARTWORK, SAMPLES, DEMOS, OR OTHER WORKS. THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THIS POLICY IS TO AVOID POTENTIAL MISUNDERSTANDINGS OR DISPUTES WHEN NEXT GENERATION FILTRATION SYSTEMS’ PRODUCTS OR MARKETING STRATEGIES MIGHT SEEM SIMILAR TO IDEAS SUBMITTED TO NEXT GENERATION FILTRATION SYSTEMS. SO, PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR UNSOLICITED IDEAS TO NEXT GENERATION FILTRATION SYSTEMS OR ANYONE AT NEXT GENERATION FILTRATION SYSTEMS. IF, DESPITE OUR REQUEST THAT YOU NOT SEND US YOUR IDEAS AND MATERIALS, YOU STILL SEND THEM, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT NEXT GENERATION FILTRATION SYSTEMS MAKES NO ASSURANCES THAT YOUR IDEAS AND MATERIALS WILL BE TREATED AS CONFIDENTIAL OR PROPRIETARY.

Miscellaneous

6.1 This Agreement will be construed, governed, interpreted, and applied in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, exclusive of the provisions thereof relating to conflicts of laws. The parties consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Allegheny County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for all disputes arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

6.2 Correspondence should be sent to
service@nextgenfiltration.com.
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
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