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Privacy and
Terms of Use TERMS OF USE Welcome to www.ryangroupinc.com, the official website
of THE RYAN GROUP, INC. ("the Site"). THE RYAN GROUP, INC. and
its affiliates have made this site available to you subject to the
following notices, disclaimers, terms and conditions ("Terms Of
Use"). PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING
THIS SITE. BY USING THIS SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE FOLLOWING
TERMS OF USE. THE RYAN GROUP, INC. reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, at any time and without advance notice, to make changes to
this Site and these Terms Of Use. COPYRIGHT This Site contains copyrighted material, trademarks
and other proprietary information, including, but not limited to, text,
graphics, logos, button icons, photos, images, video and audio clips,
programs, software, data, scripts, and coding (collectively
"Content"). Unless otherwise noted herein, all Content on the
Site, including both displayed and undisplayed content of source files and
databases, is the exclusive property of THE RYAN GROUP, INC. or its
software suppliers and protected, both individually and as a collective
work, by United States and international copyright laws. The design, layout, content and other elements of the
Site are protected by trade dress, trademark, copyright, unfair
competition, and other laws and may not be copied, duplicated or
reproduced in whole or in part without the written permission of THE RYAN
GROUP, INC. and its parent company The Ryan Group, Inc. TRADEMARKS THE RYAN GROUP, INC.’s logos are registered
trademarks of THE RYAN GROUP, INC. in the United States and other
countries. Unless otherwise noted, all trademarks, graphics, logos, and
service names appearing on the Site are the property of THE RYAN GROUP,
INC. THE RYAN GROUP, INC.’s trademarks may not be used in connection
with any product or service that is not manufactured or offered by THE
RYAN GROUP, INC., in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among
customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits THE RYAN GROUP,
INC. USE OF SITE THE RYAN GROUP, INC. hereby grants you limited
permission to use and reproduce textual and graphical Content appearing on
this Site, including any accompanying graphics, provided that (1) THE RYAN
GROUP, INC.'s copyright notice (i.e., Copyright © 2003 THE RYAN GROUP,
INC. All rights reserved.) appears in all copies or reproductions; (2)
such Content is used for lawful and non-commercial informational or
personal purposes; (3) such Content is not reposted to the Internet or any
other commercial network or broadcast in any media; (4) to the extent
used, graphical Content is identically reproduced as currently integrated
with existing textual Content and is not used, copied or reproduced
separately from any accompanying text; and (5) no modification to any such
Content is made. The limited license granted hereunder does not give
either you or any other person other than THE RYAN GROUP, INC. any
ownership or copyrights in the Content or any right to use or exploit any
trademarks owned by THE RYAN GROUP, INC. Any rights to use, copy or
reproduce the Content which are not expressly granted to you in this
section are retained by THE RYAN GROUP, INC. and under no circumstances is
permission granted to use or copy the site's design, layout or other
protected elements. Except as permitted above, no portion, element,
design, or feature of the Site may be reproduced, duplicated, copied,
sold, resold, or otherwise exploited for any purpose that is not
authorized in writing by THE RYAN GROUP, INC. THE RYAN GROUP, INC. and
its affiliates reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts,
and/or cancel orders in its discretion, including, without limitation, if
THE RYAN GROUP, INC. believes that customer conduct violates applicable
law or is harmful to the interests of THE RYAN GROUP, INC. and its
affiliates. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE Any items, such as, but not limited to services and
products, purchased from THE RYAN GROUP, INC., either directly from this
site or otherwise, are subject to THE RYAN GROUP, INC.'s Standard Terms
and Conditions of Sale which should be reviewed carefully prior to placing
an order for any product or item manufactured or offered for sale by THE
RYAN GROUP, INC. THIRD PARTY LINKS As a convenience to you, THE RYAN GROUP, INC. may
provide on the Site, links to Web Sites operated by other entities. If you
use these third party links, you may or may not leave this Site. Linked
sites not within the www.ryangroupinc.com domain are not under the control of
THE RYAN GROUP, INC. and THE RYAN GROUP, INC. is not responsible for the
contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site, or any
changes or updates to such sites. If you decide to visit any linked site,
you do so at your own risk and it is your responsibility to take all
protective measures to guard against viruses or other destructive
elements. THE RYAN GROUP, INC. makes no warranty or
representation regarding, and does not endorse, any linked Web sites or
the information appearing thereon or any of the products or services
described thereon. Links to third party Web sites do not imply that THE
RYAN GROUP, INC. endorses, is affiliated with, or is legally authorized to
use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyrighted work displayed in or
accessible through such links or that any linked Web site is authorized to
use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol of THE RYAN GROUP,
INC. or any of its affiliates. PRIVACY POLICY The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you,
as a welcome visitor to this Site, what kinds of information we may gather
about you when you visit this Site, how we may use that information,
whether we disclose it to anyone, and the choices you have regarding our
use of, and your ability to correct the information. Finally, please note
that this policy applies only to this Site and not to other companies' or
third party Web sites to which we link. I. General Statement THE RYAN GROUP, INC. is strongly committed to
protecting the privacy of its customers. II. Information About All Site Visitors In general, our service automatically gathers certain
usage information like the numbers and frequency of visitors to the Site
and its areas. We only use such data in the aggregate. This collective
data helps us determine how much our customers use parts of the site, so
we can improve our site to assure that it is as useful as possible. For
example, the Site uses a technology often referred to as
"cookies" that tells us how, who and when pages in our site are
visited, and by how many people. III. Information About You Sometimes, we may specifically ask for information
about you when you order or inquire about a service or product. We will
need certain information -- such as name, Internet address or screen name,
billing address, type of computer, credit card number - in order to
provide the product or any related services to you. We may also use that
information to let you know of additional products and services about
which you might be interested. You can choose not to receive such
information if you don't want to by letting us know on the registration
screen when you sign up for the product or service. IV. Disclosure We do not use or disclose information about your
individual visits to the Site or information that you may give us, such as
your name, address, email address or telephone number, to any outside
companies. V. Privacy Policy Changes If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will
post those changes here so that you will always know what information we
gather, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose it
to anyone. VI. Questions Questions regarding the above statement should be
directed to customerservice@ryangroupinc.com
for clarification. DISCLAIMER
THE RYAN
GROUP, INC. AND ITS CONTENT SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR
WARRANTIES ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT,
MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. THIS SITE AND ALL CONTENT IS
PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE RYAN GROUP,
INC. AND ITS CONTENT SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH
REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND
CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND
NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE RYAN GROUP, INC. OR ITS CONTENT
SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR
ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF DATA OR LOSS OF
REVENUES OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR
OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE SITE OR THE
CONTENT AVAILABLE FROM THIS SITE OR SERVER. USERS ARE ADVISED THAT CONTENT
MAY INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. THE RYAN
GROUP, INC. OR ITS CONTENT SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS OR CHANGES IN
THE SITE, CONTENT, OR IN ANY OF THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES DESCRIBED ON THE
SITE, AT ANY TIME AND WITHOUT ADVANCE NOTICE. APPLICABLE LAW This Site is created and controlled by THE RYAN
GROUP, INC. in the State of Texas, USA. As such, the laws of the State of
Texas will govern these Terms Of Use, without giving effect to any
principles of conflicts of laws. OUR ADDRESS AND CONTACT INFORMATION THE RYAN GROUP, INC. Dallas, Texas 75254-4379 Facsimile: (972) 385-7884 SAFE HARBOR PRIVACY PRINCIPLES Your privacy and the privacy of all users of this web
product and the pages of our Network partners' sites are important to us.
Therefore, we adopt the following principles (the "Principles").
The Principles are based on the principles of notice, choice, and access
security in the collection and use of all information regarding our users
and their activities at our Site. It incorporates by reference, and is
intended to evidence our full intent to comply with the Safe Harbor
Privacy Principles issued and published by the U.S. Department of Commerce
(the "Safe Harbors"). You are encouraged to review the Safe
Harbors by accessing the following link: http://www.export.gov/safeharbor.
These Principles further incorporate by reference, and are intended to
evidence our full intent to comply with the requirements of the Data
Directive enacted and enforced by the European Commission (the "Data
Directive"). Materials relating to the Data Directive can be accessed
at http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/dataprot/
. 1. Notice
This Policy tells you, among other things, what
information we gather from you through our Site, how we may use or
disclose that information, and our efforts to protect it. Please read this
Policy carefully and feel free to contact us at support@ryangroupinc.com
if you have any inquiries or complaints, or questions regarding its
contents. Before or in connection with your use of our Site, we may
collect a variety of information from and about you in different ways.
When we create your account we store certain personally identifying
information such as your name and e-mail address. As part of our services,
you may create or submit information to be stored on-line with us. Or
alternatively our clients may enter the information as they have control
over some of the information as well. This is because part of our site
functions as an application that provides a service to our clients.
Client's may enter personal information into our system. In some cases
those candidates may enter the information themselves. However, under no
circumstance do we use the personal information submitted beyond the scope
of providing our service. It is our commitment to preserve the
confidentiality of this information as our client's assets, particularly
on those sites where we have branded the site with their name and logo.
But at the same time care for the privacy of the end users of our site.
You may also choose to store personal contact information of others and
personal documents. We use the personally identifying information you
provide to register you as a user of the Site, to administer Site usage to
monitor traffic-levels, and to contact you regarding improvements we can
make to our Site and our services, if necessary. We may use your e-mail
address to contact you directly regarding services, products, or
information that we believe may be of interest to you. Beyond this, we
will not use your information for any purpose that you have not
authorized. We do not sell or rent any information we collect as
part of our services to any third parties without your consent. From time to time, we may also disclose information
to fulfill certain legal and regulatory requirements or if we believe, in
good faith, that such disclosure is legally required or necessary to
protect others' rights or to prevent harm. 2. Surveys
From time-to-time our site requests information from
users via surveys. Participation in these surveys is completely voluntary
and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this
information. The requested information typically includes contact
information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic
information (such as zip code). Contact information will be used and/or
shared with the survey sponsors. Anonymous survey information will be used
for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this
site. Users' personally identifiable information is not shared with third
parties. Though we may use an intermediary to conduct these surveys, they
may not use users' personally identifiable information for any secondary
purposes. 3. Log Files
Like most standard Web site servers we use log files.
This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet
service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time
stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track
user's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information
for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally
identifiable information. IP addresses are tied to personally identifiable
information to enable our Web-based service. We use a tracking utility
called Webtrends that uses log files to analyze user movement. 4. Networking
Forum and Member's Chat Within the networking forum and member's chat feature
information such as name, screen name, email address, and country are used
in a quasi public way and can be viewed only by other users of the system.
This is done through intrasite mail to intracompany contacts and is not
disclosed to third party agents. The purpose of these two elements is for
communication between other members only. 5. Choice
You may choose to restrict our use of your
information. If you are a user of our Site or services, you may restrict
distribution of your information by indicating such restrictions in your
account when asked. On our Site, you have the option to remove your name
and personal information from any information that will or may be
disclosed to a third party (opt out). For particularly sensitive categories of information,
such as your medical or health conditions, ethnic or racial origin,
political or religious beliefs, trade union membership or information
concerning your health or other personal information, we will not disclose
such information to any third party without your affirmative authorization
(opt in) on the Site. We will not use your information for any purpose
other than for those purposes you have authorized and we will not use your
information for a purpose that is incompatible with the purpose for which
it was originally authorized by you. We will treat as sensitive any
information that we receive from a third party where the third party
treats and identifies it as sensitive. When you opt in to receive any
Newsletters you may opt out in two ways. We offer potential customers,
clients and candidates a way to opt out and facilitate opt-out interaction
with client administrators. You may opt out of receiving any Newsletters
by canceling your subscription. You may also opt out by clicking on the
opt-out feature found at the bottom of each newsletter. When you click on
this opt-out feature you will be prompted to send and email to support@ryangroupinc.com
where your information will be noted and you will not longer receive the
newsletter. 6. Onward
Transfer (Transfers to Third Parties) We will apply the Notice and Choice policies
discussed above in the event we propose to disclose your information to a
third party. If we propose to disclose your information to a third party
that is acting as our agent or on our behalf, we will ensure that the
third party has agreed to abide by the Safe Harbors or is subject to the
Data Directive, or can otherwise assure adequate protection of your
information. We may seek to assure adequate protection, for example, by
entering into written agreements with third parties requiring such parties
to provide at least the same level of privacy protection as is required by
the Safe Harbors and/or the Data Directive. 7. Access
You can access your information by logging into your
account on the Site. Once there, you can modify, correct, amend or delete
your information. Ordinarily, we will not restrict access to your
information except in rare cases where we reasonably believe that the
rights of persons other than yourself would be violated. 8. Security
Your account containing your information is password
protected. Only those who log on with your password can access your
account. We have taken reasonable precautions to protect your personal
information from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure,
alteration and destruction. However, please remember that you play a
valuable part in security as well. Your password to access your account
should never be shared with anyone. After you have finished using the
Site, you should log off and exit your browser so no unauthorized persons
can use our Site with your name and account information. Furthermore, if
you provide any information to parties who operate Web sites that are
linked to or from our Site, different rules may apply to their collection,
use, or disclosure of your personal information. We encourage you to
review the privacy policies of such other sites before revealing any
sensitive or personal information. Regardless of the precautions taken by
you or by us, "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet.
We cannot ensure or warrant the ultimate security of any information you
transmit. 9. Data
Integrity We make every effort to ensure that your information
is reliable for the use you intend, and that it is accurate, complete, and
current. To assist us in ensuring that your information is relevant on an
on-going basis for its intended purposes, we encourage you to update your
information on the Site as frequently as is necessary. We may periodically
send you a notice asking you to visit the Site and update your
information. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those
changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem
appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect,
how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We
will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the
information was collected. ACCESSIBILITY THE RYAN GROUP, INC. recognizes a responsibility to
develop a product that is accessible and useable by all people, including
those with disabilities. We will devote energy and resources to ensure all
users enjoy access to our products, technologies, and services. As part of our special commitment to the
accessibility and usability of our product by disabled persons, we
challenge our industry to continually develop specialized technology that
assists our developers to bring information to all people regardless of
disability. Concurrently, we will work to improve our
understanding of how persons with disabilities interact with the Internet
and our products by encouraging feedback from disabled users, keeping up
with news, trends and research results.
We will build relationships with organizations that represent the
interests of disabled persons and learn ways we can work together to meet
the special needs of their members.
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