We are glad you have decided to use
the services we offer on our Site and we hope you find them useful. For both
your protection and ours, we have established the following Terms of Use
document that we expect all parents, students, teachers, administrators, and
other visitors, registered or otherwise, to follow while in (or at) our site.
Your continued use of our Site means that you acknowledge these Terms and agree
to abide by them at all times. Because we reserve the right to modify these Terms
of Use at any time, please check them regularly. We will also notify you as
described below if any material terms should change. Please note that you will
be referred to as "User" from time to time in this Agreement.
GENERAL
RULES
You agree and continue to agree to
use our Web Site (further referred to as the Site) in a manner consistent with
all applicable laws and regulations and in accordance with the Terms and
Conditions set out in the policies and guidelines outlined below.
RULES OF CONDUCT FOR USE OF OUR
MESSAGE BOARDS AND OTHER INTERACTIVE AREAS
We strive to provide the best user
experience possible by ensuring that our community fosters learning in a safe
and respectful manner. The KMS&T Community provides an atmosphere of trust
in which users are encouraged to teach and learn from each other while having
fun. We encourage you to model positive community behavior and to let us know
when you feel that another user is not doing so. In order to maintain our
community standards, certain behaviors will not be tolerated. By continuing to
use our Site, you are agreeing that you will not post any of the following
material on any of our Message Boards, Galleries, or other interactive posting
areas found at (or in) the Site:
1. Advertising or any form of commercial
solicitation
2. Material that personally
identifies a child or a student
3. Material that is untrue, defames,
abuses, harasses, or threatens others
4. Statements that are bigoted,
hateful, mean-spirited, or ethnically or racially offensive
5. Material that advocates illegal
activity or discusses illegal activities with the intent to commit them
6. Unauthorized copyrighted material
(including, but not limited to, text, sound, or graphic files)
7. Material that contains vulgar,
obscene, pornographic, or indecent language or images
Statements or postings that violate
the above terms or that we believe in our sole and absolute discretion should
not be posted will either not be posted, will be edited prior to posting, or
will be removed from the Message Boards or other Postings upon discovery.
Furthermore, such User will be responsible for all of our damages arising from
such posting. Depending on the nature and extent of the violation, we may, at
our sole discretion, terminate such User's account.
E-COMMERCE
TRANSACTIONS
We make certain products available
to you through our online Store. To protect your online order information, KMS&T
uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology provided by VeriSign. This
technology is the industry standard for providing secure online transactions.
Please see our Security page and our Privacy Policy for more information.
LICENSE
TO USE OUR SITE
KMS&T, Inc. grants you a
personal, non-exclusive, non-assignable and non-transferable license to use and
display the services made available on the Site on any machine(s) of which you
and/or members of your family or class(es) are the primary User(s). Except for
items on the Site that registered users are expressly authorized to copy or use
in accordance with the Fair Use Guidelines, or use of the Site specifically in
classroom or home projects where KMS&T is given attribution, or use of our
logo(s) including those on our Link to Us page to link back to our Site,
unauthorized copying or duplication of the services in any manner, including
software that has been modified, merged, or included with the services, or the
written materials associated therewith is expressly forbidden. You acknowledge
that you may not sublicense, transfer, sell, or assign this license or the
services received thereunder. Any attempt to sublicense, transfer, sell, or
assign this license is void.
Unauthorized access to subscription
areas of the Site by non-subscribed Users is prohibited.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND WARRANTY
YOU AGREE THAT USE OF OUR SITE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. OUR SITE AND THE
SERVICES PROVIDED HEREIN ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY
FOR INFORMATION, SERVICES, UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS, OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED THROUGH
OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION OUR SOFTWARE OR
SERVICES LICENSED TO YOU AND THE RESULTS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE (UNLESS
SUCH WARRANTIES ARE LEGALLY INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION). SPECIFICALLY, WE DISCLAIM
ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION: 1) ANY WARRANTIES
CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, OR CONTENT OF INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, OR
SERVICES; AND 2) ANY WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
THIS DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY APPLIES
TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION,
INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER
VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS
TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF RECORD, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS
OR BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION. YOU SPECIFICALLY
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT KMS&T, INC. IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE,
OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD-PARTIES AND THAT THE RISK OF INJURY
FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU.
KMS&T'S ENTIRE LIABILITY AND
YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OF OUR SITE OR PRODUCTS SHALL BE
LIMITED TO THE REPLACEMENT OF ANY PRODUCT FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE OR RETURN OF
YOUR MONIES PAID. YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY OTHER DISPUTE WITH US
IS THE CANCELLATION OF YOUR REGISTRATION WITH US.
NEITHER KMS&T, INC. NOR ANY OF
ITS AGENTS, AFFILIATES OR CONTENT PROVIDERS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, LOST PROFITS, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
OUT OF USE OF THE SERVICE OR INABILITY TO GAIN ACCESS TO OR USE THE SERVICE OR
OUT OF ANY BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY. YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL CONTENT AND SERVICES ON THE SITE.
SERVICE
MARKS AND TRADEMARKS
KMS&T.com, KMS&T, kmsandt.com
are all service marks and/or trademarks of KMS&T, Inc. Other trademarks
appearing on the Site are trademarks of their respective owners. Except as
permitted through our Link to Us page and our partners page, you shall not
display, disparage, dilute, or taint our trademarks and service marks or use
any confusingly similar marks or use our marks in such a way that would
misrepresent who the proper owner of such marks is. Any permitted use of our
service marks or trademarks by you or your classroom shall inure to the benefit
of KMS&T.
INDEMNIFICATION
Upon our request, you agree to
defend, indemnify and hold us harmless from any dispute that may arise from
your breach of the terms of this Agreement. You agree to hold KMS&T and its
affiliates, employees, contractors, officers, directors, and/or content
providers harmless from any and all claims and expenses, including attorney's
fees and court costs, related to your violation of this Agreement, including
the Rules of Conduct or any information, software, files, messages, or other
content placed on our Site by you. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to
assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to
indemnification by you. In that event, you shall have no further obligation to
provide indemnification of us in that matter.
TERMINATION
OF SERVICE
User may terminate this Agreement
and User's right to use our Site and services at any time by notification to us
as set forth above. We may terminate your account or access rights to the Site
at any time, without notice, for conduct that we believe violates this
Agreement or other policies or guidelines that we have posted on our Site.