Terms of Use for Website
Last modified: February 30, 2020
AOC (referred to in these Terms of Use as "AOC," "we," "us," or "our"), operates this website, including the web pages located on the domains aocresins.com, myaoc.aocresins.com, access.aocresins.com, and any other website affiliated with aocresins.com. (collectively, the "Site"). By using or accessing the Site, or by clicking to accept or agree to these Terms of Use and AOC's Privacy Policy when this option is made available to you, you signify your agreement to these Terms of Use and AOC's Privacy Policy, which can be found at www.aocresins.com/en-ema/home/privacy-policy and is incorporated herein by reference. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, do not access the Site, or any pages thereof.
We may modify these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion. You are expected to carefully review these Terms of Use from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you. However, if we make material changes to these Terms of Use, we will notify you by means of a prominent notice on the Site before the changes become effective or by requiring you to acknowledge that you have read and agree to the changes prior to logging in to the Site. Your continued use of the Site after such changes become effective will constitute your binding acceptance to these Terms of Use, including any changes or modifications that we may make. If any part of these Terms of Use or any future changes to these Terms of Use are not acceptable to you, do not use or access the Site.
This Site is offered and available to users who are 13 years of age or older. By using this Site, you represent and warrant that you meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements. If you do not meet all of these requirements, do not access or use the Site.
Intellectual Property
These Terms of Use permit you to use the Site exclusively for business use as it relates to your relationship to AOC. The Site and all information and content contained therein is protected by contract law and various intellectual property laws, including domestic and international copyright laws. Except as otherwise set forth in these Terms of Use, you must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store or transmit any of the material on the Site, except that your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials, and you may store files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display enhancement purposes. You may print or download information from the Site only for business use as it relates to your relationship with AOC, and not for further reproduction, publication or distribution, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietarynotices.
These Terms of Use do not grant you any right, title, interest, license (express or implied) to any patent, trademark, service mark, copyright, trade secret or other intellectual property right of AOC. Modification of any content on the Site is explicitly prohibited. You are also prohibited from utilizing this Site in any way that would damage its content or visibility for other visitors. As between AOC and you, AOC has and retains exclusive and valid ownership of the Site, the names and marks thereof, and all intellectual property, proprietary rights and documentation therein, and you acknowledge that the foregoing constitute valuable assets and may constitute trade secrets of AOC. AOC, and its associated logos, and all page headers, custom graphics, and other icons are service marks, trademarks, registered service marks, or registered trademarks of AOC. All other product names and company logos mentioned on the Site or in the information or content contained therein are trademarks of their respectiveowners. In addition to complying with all applicable laws, you agree that you will not use any such trademarks, service marks, trade dress, or other logos from this Site without the prior written authorization of AOC. You agree that you will not remove, alter or obscure any copyright, legal or proprietary notices in or on any portions of the Site or the information and content contained therein. AOC accommodates and does not interfere with standard technical measures used by copyright owners to protect their materials. Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. Section 512 as amended by Title II of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the "Act"), AOC reserves the right to terminate your use of the Site or the information and content contained therein if it determines in its sole and absolute discretion that you are involved in infringing activity, regardless of whether such alleged infringement is a first-time or repeat occurrence and/or whether the material or activity is ultimately determined to be infringing.
Prohibited Uses
You may use the Site only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to: (i) use the Site in any way that violates federal, state, local or international law or regulation; (ii) introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful; (iii) attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, disrupt or circumvent any of the security features of any part of the Site, the server on which the Site is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to the Site; (iv) use the Site if you are accessing the Site with a user account belonging to an organization with whom you are not employed; and (v) otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site
Informational Content
The information presented on or through the Site is made available solely for informational purposes. The Site is limited to the dissemination of general information of the product and/or service offerings provided by AOC. AOC uses reasonable efforts to update the information on the Site. However, the contents of the Site are subject to change without notice. AOC makes no representations or warranties as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of any information on the Site. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the Site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.
This Site may include content provided by third parties. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all content other than the content provided by AOC, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of AOC. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third-party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.
Please contact us at americas@aocresins.com if you have questions about the information presented on the Site.
Linking to the Site
You may link to our homepage at aocresins.com, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part without our express written consent. Subject to the foregoing, you must not:
Establish a link from any website that is not owned by you.
Cause the Site or portions of it to be displayed, or appear to be displayed by, for example, framing, deep linking or in-line linking, on any other site.
Link to any part of the Site other than the homepage at aocresins.com.
Otherwise take any action with respect to the materials on the Site that is inconsistent with any other provision of these Terms of Use.
You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking immediately to cease. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
Third-Party Sites and Content
This Site may contain links to other Internet sites that our business partners and other third parties own or operate. Your use of each of those sites is subject to the terms and conditions, if any, that each of those sites have posted. We have no control over third-party sites and we are not responsible for any changes to or content on such third-party sites. Our inclusion of any content or link is not an endorsement, authorization, sponsorship or affiliation with respect to such content or link or of the companies that own or operate the content or linked sites.
Risk Allocation
WE DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, LEGALITY, RELIABILITY, OR OPERABILITY OR AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION OR CONTENT. WE DISCLAIM ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY HARM RESULTING FROM DOWNLOADING OR ACCESSING ANY INFORMATION OR CONTENT FROM THE SITE. WE DO NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SITE. THE SITE AND THE CONTENT ARE DISTRIBUTED ON AN "AS IS, AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. ANY CONTENT DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY POTENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH CONTENT. WE DO NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOU WILL ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE AND THE ACCURACY ORCOMPLETENESS OF ITS CONTENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL AOC, ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, RELATED COMPANIES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, PARTNERS, AND LICENSORS (THE "COMPANY ENTITIES") BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, PERSONAL INJURY/WRONGFUL DEATH, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE AOC SITE, THE CONTENT, OR ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE COMPANY ENTITIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Modifications, Interruption of Service and Account Security
AOC reserves the right to modify or discontinue this Site with or without notice to the user. AOC shall not be liable to the user or any third-party should AOC exercise its right to modify or discontinue the Site. We do not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to the Site. The operation of the Site may be interfered with or adversely affected by numerous factors or circumstances outside of our control or through acts of God.
Some pages within the Site may be password protected. Only registered users may access password protected pages. AOC reserves the right to deny registration to any user. To register, you will be asked to provide certain registration details or personal information. It is a condition of your use of the Site that all the information you provide on the Site is correct, current and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with this Site or otherwise is governed by our Privacy Policy.
If you choose, or are provided with, a user name, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to this Site or portions of it using your user name, password or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your user name or password or any other breach of security. We have the right to disable any user name, password or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.
AOC may designate one user account per organization as an administrative account for that organization. If your user account is designated as an administrative account for your organization, you will (i) have the ability to add, change, delete, or otherwise administer user accounts for other individuals within your organization, (ii) be solely responsible for disabling, terminating, or deleting all of your organization's user accounts that are no longer being used or should no longer be used, including, without limitation, all user accounts for individuals no longer employed by your organization, and (iii) assume all risks for administering all users accounts for your organization. AOC disclaims all liability and responsibility arising from any access to the Site from a user account belonging to your organization that should have been disabled, terminated, or deleted.
Geographic Restrictions
AOC makes no representations that the information on the Site is appropriate or available for use in all locations. Use of or access to the Site may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. By using or accessing this Site, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.
By using or accessing the Site, you consent to the transmission of your personal information, including your user id, password, name, company, title, address, phone number, fax number, email address to the United States, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, you acknowledge and accept all liability and responsibility arising from the transmission of such information to the United States.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Company Entities and their successors and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Site, including, but not limited to, any use of the Site's content or services other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use or your use of any information obtained from the Site.
General
These Terms of Use are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Tennessee, exclusive of its choice of law rules. In any action to enforce these terms and conditions, the prevailing party will be entitled to costs and reasonable attorneys' fees. Nothing in these Terms of Use limits either party's ability to seek equitable relief. AOC shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys' fees and costs in connection with enforcing any provision of these Terms of Use. No waiver by AOC of any term or condition set forth in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition, and any failure by AOC to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and the Parties with respect to the Site, and supersedes all previous written or oral agreements. If any part of these Terms of Use is determined to be invalid or unenforceablepursuant to applicable law, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the Terms of Use shall continue in effect. Some states do not allow exclusion of implied warranties or limitation of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you. In such states, our liability and that of our third-party content providers and their respective agents shall be limited to the greatest extent permitted by law.
Contact Information
All feedback, comments, requests for technical support and other communications relating to the Site should be directed to AOC at americas@aocresins.com.