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Terms of Use

Copyright and Reproduction Notice and Limited License

The information, content, graphics, text, sounds, images, buttons, trademarks, service marks, trade names and logos ("Materials") contained in this website are protected by copyright, trademark, database rights, sui generis rights and other intellectual property laws, under national laws and international treaties. You are granted a limited license solely for your own personal, non-commercial use to refer to, bookmark or point to any page within this website, and to download the Materials contained on this website to a single personal computer, and to print a single hard copy of the Materials contained on this website for your own personal reference, provided however that all copyright, trademark and other proprietary notices are left intact. The grant of this limited license is conditional on your agreement to, and compliance with, the Terms of Use. Any other use of the Materials on this website, including any form of copying or reproduction (for any purposes other than those stated above), modification, distribution, re-publication, extraction, re-utilization, incorporation or integration with other materials or works or re-delivery using framing technology, without the prior written permission of Informa Research Services, Inc., (“Informa”) is strictly prohibited and is in violation of the proprietary rights of Informa.

Hypertext links to this website by other users and websites are permitted provided that the link to this website is in a simple list of companies pointing to Informa’s home page (www.informars.com). This limited license entitles other users and websites to link to Informa’s home page only, and linking to other content on or information in this website is prohibited without Informa’s express written consent.

Intellectual Property Rights Notice

Informa and/or its suppliers (as the case may be) retain all right, title, interest and intellectual property rights in and to the Materials. Nothing in the Terms of Use shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right under any copyright, patent, trademark, database right, sui generis right or other intellectual property or proprietary interest of Informa, its affiliates or any third party.

Disclaimers

All use of this website is at your own risk. You assume complete responsibility for, and for all risk of loss resulting from, your downloading and/or using of, or referring to or relying on, Materials, or any other information obtained from your use of this website. You agree that Informa will not be liable for damages arising out of your use or your inability to use this website, and you hereby waive any and all claims with respect thereto, whether based on contract, tort or other grounds.

This website is available to all users "as is" without any representations or warranties of any kind, either express or implied. Informa makes no representations, warranties or undertakings that this website, or the server that makes it available, will be compatible with your equipment or free from defects, including, but not limited to viruses or other harmful elements. Informa accepts no liability for any infection by computer virus, bug, tampering, unauthorized access, intervention, alteration or use, fraud, theft, technical failure, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay, or any event or occurrence beyond the control of Informa, which corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness and integrity or proper conduct of any aspect of this website or your equipment. There are certain inherent risks in using the Internet and the World Wide Web, and by using this website you agree to bear the costs and liabilities of such risks. Informa makes no representations, warranties or undertakings about:

• Any of the Materials on this website (including without limitation, their accuracy, their completeness or their merchantability, quality or fitness for any particular purpose; or
• Any content of or information on any other website referred to or accessed by hypertext link through this website or from which this website is referred to or accessed by hypertext link ("Third Party Site"). Informa does not endorse or approve the content of any Third Party Site, nor will Informa have any liability in connection with any Third Party Site (including but not limited to liability arising out of the merchantability, quality or fitness of the materials on any Third Party Site or any allegation that the content of or information on any Third Party Site infringes any law or the rights of any person or entity). No judgment or warranty is made with respect to the accuracy, timeliness or suitability of the content of any Third Party Site, and any and all liability which might arise out of, or in connection with, your use or reliance on the content of or information on, or the performance of, any Third Party Site is excluded.

Any content or information received on or via this website should not be relied on for important personal, financial or business decisions, and you should consult an appropriate professional for advice which is specifically tailored to your particular circumstances. Nothing in this website constitutes or shall be deemed to constitute an offer or invitation to invest or otherwise deal in shares or securities of Informa or any of its associated companies. You acknowledge and understand that Informa may have opinions from time to time with regard to any of the content of or information on this website which may be different from those obtained by using or accessing the content of and information on this website, and that Informa is not advising you in relation to the nature, potential, value or suitability of any particular asset or security, portfolio of assets or securities, transactions, investment strategy or other matter, and that no mention of a particular asset or security on this website constitutes a recommendation to buy, sell or hold that or any other asset or security. Content and information received via this website is supplied by sources believed to be reliable. However, calculations made using such data, and opinions expressed in relation to such data, are not guaranteed by these sources, Informa, or any other person or entity, and may not be complete.

Informa reserves the right to change the content, presentation, performance, user facilities and availability of any part of this website at its sole discretion, including the Terms of Use. You should check the Terms of Use regularly for any changes.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, neither Informa nor any of its directors, employees, affiliates or other representatives will be liable for loss or damages arising out of or in connection with your use of, or your inability to use, the Materials, and/or facilities or services offered through this website, any error in the provision of this website or any computer virus transmitted through this website including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, economic or consequential loss or damages, loss of data, income, profit or opportunity, loss of or damage to property and claims of third parties, even if Informa has been advised of the possibility of such loss or damages, or such loss or damages arise from our negligence or were reasonably foreseeable.

Data Protection and Privacy Statement

Informa and its associated companies respect your right to privacy. Visitors should be aware that each time they visit a website two general levels of information about their visit can be retained. The first level comprises statistical and other analytical information collected on an aggregate and non-individual specific basis of all browsers who visit the site, and the second is information that is personal or particular to a specific visitor who knowingly chooses to provide that information.

The statistical and analytical information provides us with general and not individually specific information about the number of people who visit this website; the number of people who return to this site; the pages that they visit; where they were before they came to this site and the page in the site at which they exited. This information helps us monitor traffic on our website so that we can manage the site's capacity and efficiency. It also helps us to understand which parts of this site are most popular, and generally to assess user behavior and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas of the site.

This type of non-personal information and data can be collected through the standard operation of our internet servers and logs as well as cookies. "Cookies" are small text files that a website can use in order to recognize visitors who revisit a site so as to facilitate their ongoing access to and use of the site. It enables usage behavior to be tracked and aggregate data to be compiled that would facilitate more targeted advertising and improved content. Typically, cookies involve the assigning of a unique number to the visitor. Visitors should be aware that Informa is unable to control the use of cookies or the resulting information by other third parties such as advertisers or parties hosting data for Informa. One simple way to prevent the use of cookies is to activate the facility that is available in most web browsers that enables the user to deny or accept cookies. However, visitors should realize that certain cookies may be necessary in order to provide the visitor with certain features such as the customized delivery of certain information.

While using this website you may have an opportunity to send us information, such as through the "contact us" pages or any other area where you may send e-mails, request brochures, enter contests or respond to any promotions. By choosing to participate in these, you will be providing us with some level of personal information. This information will only be used by Informa for the purposes for which it was provided by you, for verification purposes, and for statistical analysis. Informa may use such information to inform you of products and/or services, which may be of interest to you. If you do not want such information to be used for this purpose, please e-mail customer support at info@informars.com

Refund/Cancellation Policy

Our research and reports are information and analysis contained in a digital form. The value is in the information communicated. Once delivered, the information cannot be returned.

Prior to delivery, cancellation in writing is possible in some cases. Please contact the company representative with whom the order was placed or email your request to info@informars.com.

Requests for refund should be made in writing to our corporate office:

Accounting Department/Refund Request
Informa Research Services, Inc.
26565 Agoura Road, Suite 300
Calabasas, California 91302-1942
Fax 818-880-8448

Governing Law

This website is controlled and operated by Informa Research Services, Inc., in Calabasas, California. Informa does not make any representation that Materials and/or the facilities or services offered through this website are appropriate or suitable for use in countries other than the United States of America, or that they comply with any legal or regulatory requirements of such other countries. In accessing this website, you do so at your own risk and on your own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, to the extent any local laws are applicable. If it is prohibited to make this website, the Materials, and/or facilities or services offered through this website or any part of them, available in your country, or to you (whether by reason of nationality, residence or otherwise), this website, the Materials and/or facilities or services offered through this website or any part of them are not directed at you.

These terms and conditions of use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States of America. By using this website, you hereby irrevocably agree to submit to the jurisdiction of, and agree to take proceedings related to these Terms of Use before, a court of competent jurisdiction in state or federal courts of the state of California in the county of Los Angeles, which shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any action or proceedings that may arise out of or in connection with these Terms of Use. The foregoing shall not prejudice Informa’s right to bring such proceedings in any other competent court of jurisdiction in the United States of America, to which you irrevocably submit to such jurisdiction.

Miscellaneous

Any waiver of any provision of these terms and conditions must be in writing and signed by the president of Informa to be valid. A waiver of any provision hereunder shall not operate as a waiver of any other provision, or a continuing waiver of the same provision in the future. If any court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of these terms and conditions to be void or unenforceable for any reason, then such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of the court's finding without affecting the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. These terms and conditions represent the entire understanding and agreement between you and Informa relating to use of this website, and supersede any and all prior statements, understandings or agreements whether oral or written, and shall not be modified except in writing, signed by you and by the President of Informa.