ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS.
The services that Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau provides to you are subject to the
following Terms of Use ("TOU"). Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau reserves the right
to update the TOU at any time without notice to you. The most current version of the
TOU can be reviewed by clicking on the "Terms of Use" hypertext link located at the
bottom of our Web pages.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES.
Through its network of Web properties, Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau provides you with
access to a variety of resources, including communication forums and product information
(collectively "Services"). The Services, including any updates, enhancements, new features,
and/or the addition of any new Web properties, are subject to the TOU.
PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE LIMITATION.
Unless otherwise specified, the Services are for your personal and non-commercial use.
You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish,
license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software,
products or services obtained from the Services.
PRIVACY AND PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.
See the Privacy Statement disclosures relating to the collection and use of your information.
NOTICE SPECIFIC TO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE ON THIS WEB SITE.
Permission to use Documents (such as white papers, press releases, datasheets and FAQs) from
the Services is granted, provided that (1) the below copyright notice appears in all copies
and that both the copyright notice and this permission notice appear, (2) use of such Documents
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 Documents are made. Use for any other purpose is expressly prohibited by law, and may
result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum
extent possible.
Documents specified above do not include the design or layout of the aotourism.com Web site
or any other Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau owned, operated, licensed or controlled site.
Elements of Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau Web sites 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 any Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau Web site may be copied
or retransmitted unless expressly permitted by Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau.
Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau and/or its respective suppliers make no representations
about the suitability of the information contained in the documents and related graphics
published as part of the services for any purpose. All such documents and related graphics
are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau
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, title and non-infringement. In no
event shall Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau 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.
The documents and related graphics published on the services could include technical inaccuracies
or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information herein. Auburn - Opelika
Tourism Bureau 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.
NOTICES REGARDING SOFTWARE, DOCUMENTS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE ON THIS WEB SITE.
IN NO EVENT SHALL Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau 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 SOFTWARE, DOCUMENTS, PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO
PROVIDE SERVICES, OR INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THE SERVICES.
MEMBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD, AND SECURITY.
If any of the Services requires you to open an account, you must complete the registration process
by providing us with current, complete and accurate information as prompted by the applicable registration
form. You also will choose a password and a user name. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality of your password and account. Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any and all
activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau immediately
of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security. Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau will
not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of someone else using your password or account, either
with or without your knowledge. However, you could be held liable for losses incurred by Auburn - Opelika
Tourism Bureau or another party due to someone else using your account or password. You may not use anyone
else's account at any time, without the permission of the account holder.
NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE.
As a condition of your use of the Services, you will not use the Services for any purpose that is unlawful
or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use the Services in any manner that could
damage, disable, overburden, or impair any Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau server, or the network(s) connected
to any Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau server, or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of any
Services. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any Services, other accounts, computer systems
or networks connected to any Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau server or to any of the Services, through hacking,
password mining or any other means. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information
through any means not intentionally made available through the Services.
USE OF SERVICES
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 you to communicate with others (each a "Communication Service" and collectively "Communication
Services"). You agree 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. By way of example, and
not as a limitation, you agree that when using the Communication Services, you will not:
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, 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 you own 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.
Upload files that contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancel bots, 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.
Download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, 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.
Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services.
Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service.
Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses.
Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
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.
Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, Auburn - Opelika
Tourism Bureau reserves the right to review materials posted to the Communication Services and to remove any
materials in its sole discretion. Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau reserves the right to terminate your access to
any or all of the Communication Services at any time, without notice, for any reason whatsoever.
Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as Auburn - Opelika
Tourism Bureau 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 Auburn - Opelika
Tourism Bureau's sole discretion.
Always use caution when giving out any personally identifiable information about yourself or your children in any
Communication Services. Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau does not control or endorse the content, messages or
information found in any Communication Services and, therefore, Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau 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 Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau spokespersons,
and their views do not necessarily reflect those of Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau.
Materials uploaded to the Communication Services may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or
dissemination; you are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you download the materials.
MATERIALS PROVIDED TO AUBURN AND OPELIKA TOURISM BUREAU OR POSTED AT ANY AUBURN AND OPELIKA TOURISM BUREAU WEB SITE.
Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to Auburn - Opelika Tourism
Bureau (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 you are granting Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau, its affiliated companies and necessary sub-licensees
permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses (including, without
limitation, all Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau Services), including, without limitation, the license rights to: copy,
distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; to
publish your name in connection with your Submission; and the right to sublicense such rights to any supplier of the
Services.
No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. Auburn - Opelika Tourism
Bureau is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and Auburn - Opelika Tourism Bureau may
remove any Submission at any time in its sole discretion.
By Posting a Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission
as described in these Terms of Use including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post,
upload, input or submit the Submissions.
In addition to the warranty and representation set forth above, by Posting a Submission that contain images, photographs,
pictures or that are otherwise graphical in whole or in part ("Images"), you warrant and represent that (a) you are the
copyright owner of such Images, or that the copyright owner of such Images has granted you permission to use such Images
or any content and/or images contained in such Images consistent with the manner and purpose of your use and as otherwise
permitted by these Terms of Use and the Services, (b) you have the rights necessary to grant the licenses and sublicenses
described in these Terms of Use, and (c) that each person depicted in such Images, if any, has provided consent to the
use of the Images as set forth in these Terms of Use, including, by way of example, and not as a limitation, the distribution,
public display and reproduction of such Images. By Posting Images, you are granting (a) to all members of your private
community (for each such Images available to members of such private community), and/or (b) to the general public (for
each such Images available anywhere on the Services, other than a private community), permission to use your Images in
connection with the use, as permitted by these Terms of Use, of any of the Services, (including, by way of example, and
not as a limitation, making prints and gift items which include such Images), and including, without limitation, a
non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free license to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce,
edit, translate and reformat your Images without having your name attached to such Images, and the right to sublicense such
rights to any supplier of the Services. The licenses granted in the preceding sentences for a Images will terminate at the
time you completely remove such Images from the Services, provided that, such termination shall not affect any licenses granted
in connection with such Images prior to the time you completely remove such Images. No compensation will be paid with respect
to the use of your Images.
NOTICES AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.
Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be
sent to Service Provider's Designated Agent. ALL INQUIRIES NOT RELEVANT TO THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE.
See Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement.
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FOR NEW ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS, NEW PROMOTIONS, NEW PRODUCTS OR TECHNOLOGIES, PROCESSES, MATERIALS, MARKETING PLANS OR
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