Terms of Use
By browsing and/or using www.laresinstitute.com, (the Site), you are agreeing to accept, unconditionally and without modification, the terms and conditions which follow, together with all applicable laws (“Terms of Use”). You also agree to review our privacy policy by clicking the link at the bottom of any page on the Site.
If any of the Terms of Use are not acceptable to you, do not browse or use this Site.
We reserve the right to modify these Terms of Use from time-to-time, without notice, and you agree to be bound by such modifications. Accordingly, you should periodically review the most recent version of these Terms of Use.
Use of Site.
This Site is intended primarily for the purpose of providing general information about us and our services, and is for your personal and non-commercial use. The Site has been compiled and is maintained by us, but we make no representation as to the completeness or accuracy of the information it contains. You should be aware that some information may be incomplete, may contain errors or may be outdated. We reserve the right to add, modify or delete any information contained in this Site without notice to you. This website does not provide legal advice and the Lares Institute is not a law firm. No attorney-client or confidential relationship exists or will be formed between you and the Lares Institute through your interaction with the Site, or with the Lares Institute. If you require legal advice, please consult with a competent attorney licensed to practice in your jurisdiction.
User Conduct
You may use this Site for lawful purposes only. You are prohibited from using this Site, or transmitting to or through this Site, any unlawful, threatening, obscene, defamatory, libelous, harassing, pornographic, hateful (ethnically or racially) or otherwise objectionable material, or any material that would contribute to a civil or criminal offense, infringe on any intellectual property right or otherwise violate any law. Viewing and downloading materials in the Site is permitted only for your personal and non- commercial use, provided that you retain all copyright, trademark and other proprietary notices contained in the original materials on any copies you make of the materials. You may not modify the materials on the Site in any way or reproduce or publicly display, distribute or otherwise use them for any public or commercial purpose. Any use of these materials on any other Site or networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited.
Copyrights and Trademarks
A. Site Content. The Site, design of the Site, and all content in the Site are protected under U.S. and international copyright laws. The Site is owned by the Lares Institute, and except for Your Content (as defined in Section B below) or as specifically stated or otherwise indicated, all Site Content including, but not limited to, trademarks, logos, trade names, text, data, messages, pictures, images, video, audio, graphics, data compilations, icons, code, links on the Site is the property of the Lares Institute or its subsidiaries and protected by intellectual property laws.
B. Your Content. The Lares Institute does not own any Content submitted by you (“Your Content”). You retain all of your ownership rights in Your Content. By submitting Your Content to the Site you grant The Lares Institute a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform Your Content.
C. Third Party Content. Content owned by third parties also appears on the Site, and you should respect those property rights as well. Content owned by third parties available on the Site is used by The Lares Institute pursuant to a license from a third party.
D. Use of Copyrights and Trademarks Prohibited. Nothing on this Site should be construed as granting by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, a license or right to use any mark displayed on this Site, without the prior written permission of the owner of the mark. The copyright in the Site content, is owned by The Lares Institute and its subsidiary and affiliated companies, unless otherwise noted. The Lares Institute and its subsidiaries and affiliates do not warrant or represent that use of this Site will not infringe rights of third parties.
Linking
You may link to the Site provided you comply with the following:
1. Framing is not permitted under any circumstance. You may not create frames around our Site or use any other technique that alters in any way the visual presentation or appearance of the Site.
2. In linking to the Site, you may not misrepresent your relationship with us. No links to the Site may be used in a manner that implies or suggests that we approve or endorse you, your Site or your goods and services, except as we may have agreed to separately with you in writing.
3. The Lares Institute has no responsibility or liability for any content appearing on the web site from which you link to the Site. You agree to indemnify us, defend us at your sole cost, and hold us harmless from and against any and all claims arising out of or based on such web site including your links.
4. No link(s) may appear on any page on your web site or within any context containing content or materials that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene, criminal, pornographic, or which infringes or otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third party rights.
5. We may at any time, in our sole discretion, without cause, terminate your right to link to any pages on our Site. In such event upon request, you agree to immediately remove all links to our Site and to cease using any of our marks.
6. We reserve the right to change this linking policy at any time, so it is your responsibility to periodically review this page for any changes.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Policy, please contact us.
Third Party Websites
We make no representations whatsoever about any other third party web site which you may access through hypertext links in this web site. When you access any such third party web site, you acknowledge and agree that it is independent from us, and that we have no control over the content of any such web site. In addition, a link to such third party web site does not mean that we endorse or accept any responsibility for the content, or the use, of such web site. It is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever you select for your use is free of such items as viruses, worms, Trojan horses and other items of a destructive nature. Additionally, such web sites may have cookies and collect personally identifiable data. We encourage you to read the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policies for such third party web sites.
No Warranties
This Site and any content, information, software, functions and applets provided on or through the Site are made available on an “AS IS” or “AS AVAILABLE” basis. We do not warrant the information made available through or on the Site, that the Site will be timely, secure, uninterrupted or error-free, of that defects in the Site, if any exists from time-to-time, will be corrected. We will not be responsible for errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects or delays in the operation and transmission of the Site, any services or related content, for communication line failures, or for computer viruses associated with the operation of the Site.
WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE FOREGOING MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Limitation of Liability
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THE LARES INSTITUTE OR ITS SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILAITED COMPANIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF REVENUE; LOSS OF USE OF THE SITE, LOSS OF USE OR DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR PROGRAMS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF USE OF DATA, PROGRAMS OR EQUIPMENT) ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESSING, BROWSING OR USING, OR YOUR INABILITY TO ACCESS, BROWSE OR USE, THIS SITE OR SITE CONTENT AND ANY RELATED SERVICES, MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS.
YOU ARE ADVISED THAT SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT PERMIT OR OTHERWISE RESTRICT OR LIMIT THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR LIMITATION ON CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THAT THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Miscellaneous
The Terms of Use, as well as your use of this Site, shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, excluding conflict of laws rules. You agree that any and all disputes regarding the Site or arising out of your use of this Site shall be resolved exclusively by a state or federal court San Diego, California (at our option) and you also agree to submit to the jurisdiction of any such court for the purpose of resolving any such dispute.