Terms of Service

Visitors Agreement

Limitations on Our Liability
Intellectual Property Rights Registration
Advertising Jurisdiction
Disclaimers  

 

 

 

 

Visitor Agreement

eSchool News Online is provided to you by IAQ Publications Inc.("we" or "us"). This visitor agreement is a binding legal contract between you and us. Please read this visitor agreement; by using this service, you accept its terms. The internet is an evolving medium; as such, we may change the terms of this agreement from time to time. By continuing to use the service after we post any such changes, you accept this agreement, as modified. Please also see our Privacy Policy, which is part of these Terms of Service.

We reserve the right to deny access to this web site, or any service provided via this web site, to anyone who violates this visitor agreement or who, in our judgment, interferes with the ability of others to enjoy this web site, or infringes the rights of others.

We invite you to send in your questions or comments about this web site, or to bring to our attention any material you believe to be inaccurate. Please send such comments, including a copy of any material you wish to discuss to:

Nancy Thrush 1-800-394-0115 ext 110 or eMail her.

Intellectual Property Rights

Our Limited License to You: Although we make this web site freely accessible, we don't intend to give up our rights, or anyone else's rights, to the materials appearing on the service. The materials available through this web site are the property of eSchool News Online and its affiliates or licensors, and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. You are free to display and print for your personal, non-commercial use information you receive through this web site. But you may not otherwise reproduce any of the materials without the prior written consent of the owner. You may not distribute copies of materials found on this web site in any form (including by eMail or other electronic means) without prior written permission from the owner. Of course, you're free to encourage others to access the information themselves on our web site and to tell them how to find it. Requests for permission to reproduce or distribute materials found on this web site can be sent to Lee Calloway at 1-800-394-0115 ext. 131, or via eMail.

License to Us: By submitting material to eSchool News Online, you are representing that you are the owner of the material, or are making your submission with the express consent of the owner. By submitting material to any public posting areas on this web site, such as any message boards, classifieds, forums, or community publishing areas, you agree that eSchool News Online, including our partners, agents, affiliates, and service providers (collectively, "Third Party Providers"), may reproduce, modify, and distribute such material as we see fit in any medium and for any purpose. You also agree that eSchool News Online and its Third Party Providers may identify you as the author of any of your postings by name, eMail address or screen name as we see appropriate. eSchool News Online also reserves the right (but assumes no obligation) to delete, move, or edit any postings that come to our attention or that we consider unacceptable or inappropriate, whether for legal or other reasons. Requests for permission to license materials found on this web site can be sent to Gregg W. Downey, editor, at 1-800-394-0115 ext. 107, or via eMail.

Links: We welcome links to our service. You are free to establish a hypertext link to this site, so long as the link does not state or imply any sponsorship of your site by eSchool News Online. Please contact Nancy Thrush at 1-800-394-0115 ext. 110 or eMail her with any questions. You may also want to visit our Link Exchange section for more information.

No Framing: Without our prior written permission, you may not frame, or in-line link, any of the content on this web site, or incorporate into another web site, or other service, any of our intellectual property. Requests for permission to frame our content or in-line link to our web site may be sent to Nancy Thrush by eMail.

Trademarks: You may not use any trademark or service mark appearing on this web site without the prior written consent of the owner of the mark. eSchool News Online and eSchool News Online Online is a trademark of IAQ Publications Inc.

Notice of Copyright Infringement: If you are an owner of intellectual property who believes your intellectual property has been improperly posted or distributed via our web site, please notify us through our feedback procedure or by sending a notice by U.S. Mail to Nancy Thrush, Online Director, eSchool News Online, 7920 Norfolk Ave. Suite 900, Bethesda, MD 20814. A written notice must contain at least the same information as requested in our online form. You should only use the Intellectual Property Notification form or send a written notice if you believe that your work has been used or copied in a manner that infringes your intellectual property rights and believe such infringement has occurred on this web site.

AP Materials: Some of the material on our web site is provided by the Associated Press. Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio, and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. Neither these AP materials, nor any portion of these materials may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use. The AP will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors, or omissions in these materials or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part of these materials or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing.

Advertising

eSchool News Online reserves the right to reject any ad copy. All orders are subject in all respects to our current rules and regulations and current demands upon advertising space. Our liability for an error will not exceed the cost of the space occupied by the error, and in no event shall our liability for your use of our classified advertising services exceed the amount paid for the use of the services. We reserve the right to edit, reclassify, revise, or cancel any advertisement at any time. Rates and specifications are subject to change. eSchool News Online does not knowingly accept advertising that discriminates or intends to discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, or familial status. Requests or questions on this website can be sent to Gregg W. Downey at 1-800-394-0115 ext. 107, or via eMail.

Employment Advertising: eSchool News Online does not knowingly accept advertisements regarding employment that are not ads for bona fide job opportunities. We also do not knowingly accept advertisements that discriminate or intend to discriminate on any illegal basis, or that are otherwise illegal. If you think that an advertisement posted on this service discriminates on any illegal basis, or is otherwise illegal, please contact Nancy Thrush at 1-800-394-0115 ext. 110, eMail her. From time to time, eSchool News Online may provide advertisements or online services relating to career counseling firms. A career counseling firm does not guarantee actual placement in a job as the result of its services. Make certain you read fully and understand any agreement that you enter into with a career counseling firm before you pay for the firm's services.

Disclaimers

eSchool News Online works hard to make this web site an interesting and enjoyable place. We cannot guarantee, however, that our users will always find everything to their liking; nor could we provide a free service if we were exposed to substantial liability. Please read these Disclaimers carefully before using this web site.

Use at Your Own Risk: We provide the material available through this web site for informational purposes only. You may only use the material and the services available through this web site for your personal and non-commercial use. We try to ensure that information we post to this site is both timely and accurate, and that the services offered are reliable. Yet despite our efforts, errors may occur from time to time. In addition, some reports, such as stock quotes and related financial news, may be delayed at least 20 minutes due to requirements of the stock exchanges and/or financial information services. Before you act on any information you've found on our site, you should confirm any facts that are important to your decision. IF YOU RELY ON ANY INFORMATION OR SERVICE AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEB SITE, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS YOU MAY INCUR THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR USE OF ANY SERVICE OR ANY MATERIAL AND/OR DATA DOWNLOADED FROM OR OTHERWISE PROVIDED THROUGH THIS WEB SITE.

Materials Submitted by Other Users: eSchool News staff cannot and do not review every posting made in our chat rooms, forums, and other areas available for public postings. You may well read any given posting before anyone on our staff does. Take what you find with a grain of salt. You can expect these areas to include information and opinions from a variety of individuals and organizations other than us. We do not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of any posting, regardless of whether the posting comes from a user, from a celebrity or "expert" guest, or from a member of our staff. There is no substitute for healthy skepticism and your own good judgment.

No Endorsements: We are not responsible for, and cannot guarantee the performance of, goods and services provided by our advertisers or others to whose sites we link. A link to another web site does not constitute our endorsement of that site (nor of any product, service, or other material offered on that site).

No Warranties: THIS WEB SITE AND ALL MATERIALS, INFORMATION, AND SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH IT, ARE PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS," "WITH ALL FAULTS," AND "AS AVAILABLE." WE, OUR AFFILIATES, AGENTS, AND LICENSORS CANNOT AND DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENTNESS, NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE MATERIALS, INFORMATION AND SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEB SITE, NOR DO WE GUARANTEE THAT THE MATERIALS, INFORMATION, OR SERVICES WILL BE ERROR-FREE, OR CONTINUOUSLY AVAILABLE, OR FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

 

Limitations on Our Liability

 

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL WE, OR OUR AFFILIATES, AGENTS, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF USE OF THIS WEB SITE OR ANY SERVICE AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEB SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, EVEN IF WE ARE ADVISED BEFOREHAND OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. (BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH STATES, OUR LIABILITY AND THE LIABILITY OF OUR AFFILIATES, AGENTS, AND LICENSORS IS LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY SUCH STATE LAW.) YOU AGREE THAT OUR LIABILITY AND THE LIABILITY OF OUR AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS, IF ANY, ARISING OUT OF ANY KIND OF LEGAL CLAIM IN ANY WAY CONNECTED TO THE SERVICE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE USE OF THE SERVICE.

Use of Communication Services: eSchool News Online may provide a variety of services on this web site through which you can directly interact with others, such as eMail services, chat rooms, communications tools, forums, classifieds, and other user-submitted advertising, and other public posting areas ("Communications Services"). eSchool News Online encourages an open exchange of information and ideas, so long as each and every user has equal opportunity to fully enjoy these Communications Services.

We will not, in the ordinary course of business, review private electronic messages that are not addressed to us. However, we maintain the right to do so and to use any other forms of information available to us by virtue of your use of our web site (including, for example, reverse IP address inquiry) in order to comply with the law, to enforce our Visitor Agreement, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of visitors to our web site, our customers, the public, or IAQ Publications and its employees, agents, partners, and affiliates.

We reserve the right to deny access to any Communications Service to anyone who violates this visitor agreement or who, in our judgment, interferes with the ability of others to enjoy our web site, or infringes the rights of others. We also reserve the right (but assume no obligation) to delete, move or edit any postings that come to our attention that we consider unacceptable or inappropriate, whether for legal or other reasons. We will comply with the requirements of the law regarding disclosure of any messages to others, including law enforcement agencies.

Specific Prohibited Uses: Without limiting the foregoing, we may immediately terminate your use of any Communications Service if you engage in any of the following prohibited activities:

  • Uploading, posting, eMailing, transmitting, or otherwise making available any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, libelous, or obscene;
  • Impersonating any person or entity, or falsely stating or otherwise misrepresenting your affiliation with a person or entity;
  • Forging headers or otherwise manipulating identifiers in a manner that disguises the origin of any content you transmit through any Communications Service;
  • Uploading, posting, eMailing, transmitting, or otherwise making available any content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under any contractual or fiduciary relationship (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships, or under nondisclosure agreements);
  • Uploading, posting, eMailing, transmitting or otherwise making available any content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary right of any party;
  • Uploading, posting, eMailing, transmitting or otherwise making available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, or any other form of solicitation, without our express written approval;
  • Gathering for the purpose of unsolicited commercial or noncommercial eMail ("spam") any eMail addresses that appear anywhere on this site, including that which users post in our chat rooms, forums, and other public posting areas;
  • Uploading, posting, eMailing, transmitting or otherwise making available any content or material that contains software viruses, worms or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications or other equipment, or to cause a security breach of such software, hardware or telecommunications or other equipment;
  • Uploading or posting any off-topic or irrelevant material to any chat room or forum;
  • Interfering with or disrupting any servers or networks used to provide the Communications Services, or disobeying any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of the networks we use to provide the Communications Services;
  • Violating any applicable local, state, national or international law, including, but not limited to (i) all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside, (ii) regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, and (iii) any rules of any national or other securities exchange, including, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ;
  • "Stalking" or otherwise harassing another;
  • Instigating or encouraging others to commit illegal activities or cause injury or property damage to any person;
  • Collecting or storing personal data about other users;
  • Gaining unauthorized access to our web site, or any account, computer system, or network connected to this web site, by means such as hacking, password mining, or other illicit means; or
  • Obtaining or attempting to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through this web site.

Spam: eSchool News Online will immediately terminate any account which we believe is being used to transmit, or is otherwise connected with, any spam or other unsolicited bulk eMail. In addition, because damages are often difficult to quantify, if actual damages cannot be reasonably calculated, then you agree to pay us liquidated damages of $2 for each item of spam or unsolicited bulk eMail transmitted from, or otherwise connected with, your account. Otherwise, you agree to pay actual damages, to the extent such actual damages can be reasonably calculated.

Viruses: Because of the volume of eMail messages sent by us and users of this web site, we cannot and do not always monitor such eMail messages and attachments. You acknowledge and agree that such eMail messages may contain viruses, worms or other harmful components. You also acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for screening the eMail messages and attachments for viruses, worms, and other harmful components.

Indemnity: You agree to indemnify and hold us and our affiliates, agents, and licensors, harmless from any claim that may arise from your use of any free eMail service available through this web site.

 

Registration

 

To obtain access to certain services on our site, you may be given an opportunity to register with us. You agree that you will register only if you are 13 years or older. You agree that the information you supply during that registration process will be accurate and complete and that you will not register under the name of, nor attempt to enter the service under the name of, another person. We reserve the right to reject or terminate any user name that, in our judgment, we deem offensive. You will be responsible for preserving the confidentiality of your password and will notify Nancy Thrush at 1-800-394-0115 ext. 110, or eMail her, of any known or suspected unauthorized use of your personal account.

 

 

Jurisdiction

 

This visitor agreement has been made in and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland. By using this service, you consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the State of Maryland and the United States of America in all disputes arising out of or relating to this agreement or this web site.

Additional Information or to Report a Problem

Please contact Nancy Thrush at 1-800-394-0115 ext. 110 or eMail her.


Address:

eSchool News Online
Attention: Nancy Thrush, Online Director
7920 Norfolk Ave., Suite 900
Bethesda, MD 20814