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Online Extranet Access Agreement
General
National Compliance Management Service, Inc., a Kansas
Corporation, (NCMS) hosts the NCMS Extranet at which clients and
other authorized parties can access confidential testing data
and other client materials. The NCMS Extranet is provided for
the benefit of clients and other authorized parties. The NCMS
Extranet provides clients with secure access to important and
confidential data. This User Agreement sets forth the terms and
conditions governing your access and use of the NCMS Extranet.
You must agree to comply with the applicable terms and
conditions of this User Agreement.
Access
By indicating your acceptance of this User Agreement and/or
accessing the NCMS Extranet, you agree to comply with the terms
set forth herein. If you do not agree then you may not access
the NCMS Extranet. You will be granted a User ID for access to
the NCMS Extranet. Each User ID may have a different level of
access privilege. You agree that your User ID is only for your
personal use, and you will not permit anyone else to use your
User ID. You are responsible for all access to the NCMS
Extranet through your User ID. If you believe that another
party has gained access to your User ID, you must inform NCMS
immediately. You may not transfer your User ID to anyone else.
You represent and warrant that any information you provide to
NCMS in order to obtain access to the NCMS Extranet is complete
and accurate. It is your responsibility to inform NCMS of any
changes to your user information. NCMS reserves the right to
suspend user privileges and block access of any user who
violates this User Agreement.
Permitted Uses
a.
General
Your User ID only allows you to view materials related to your
relationship with NCMS, and provides no ability to view
materials for any other party. You shall not attempt to access
or view materials for any other party. If for any reason you
obtain access to any materials not related to your relationship
with NCMS, you shall immediately inform NCMS at
webmaster@nationalcompliance.com
and refrain from viewing or downloading
such materials.
b. Viewing and Downloading
You have the ability to view and download
materials including documents and work product. You must
maintain the appropriate level of confidentiality for material
that you download from NCMS Extranet. NCMS is not responsible
for the security of any material that you download from the NCMS
Extranet.
c. Uploading Material
If
your User ID is granted the right, you may have the ability to
upload materials to the NCMS Extranet. You warrant that the
materials you upload are for the purpose of your relationship
with NCMS, and that such materials are free from any viruses,
Trojan horses or any code that could harm any computer system.
You are solely responsible for any material you upload. You
must be aware that depending on the specific matter and related
level of restricted access, other parties may have access to
your uploaded materials.
Links
When using the NCMS Extranet, you may sometimes
be linked to other web sites. NCMS is not responsible for any
web sites not operated by NCMS.
Security
The NCMS Extranet uses industry standard security protection to
protect against unauthorized access, including firewall
protection and 128 bit encryption encoding. NCMS may change or
enhance the security protection without notice to you. You
shall not attempt to disable or circumvent any security features
on the NCMS Extranet.
Termination
You may terminate your access privilege to the NCMS Extranet at
any time by providing email notice to NCMS at
webmaster@nationalcompliance.com
NCMS also reserves the right to
terminate your registration at any time without notice. All
applicable provisions of the Agreement will survive termination
of this Agreement.
Indemnification
To the extent allowed by law, you agree to defend, indemnify and
hold harmless NCMS and any of its directors, officers, partners
and employees from and against any and all third party claims
and all liabilities, assessments, losses, costs or damages
resulting from or arising out of or related to your use of the
NCMS Extranet, or any breach by you of any term or condition of
this Agreement. If any such action shall be brought against any
indemnified party, they shall notify you in writing and you
shall assume and control the defense and settlement of each such
action, including the employment of counsel and payment of all
expenses. Any indemnified party shall have the right to employ
separate counsel in any such action and participate in the
defense, at their own cost unless otherwise agreed to by you.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
ACCESS TO THE NCMS EXTRANET AND ITS CONTENT, PRODUCTS AND
SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS." NCMS DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES
OR REPRESENTATIONS, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, CONCERNING THE
MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY, NON INFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE NCMS EXTRANET OR ITS CONTENT. YOU
ASSUME ALL RISK OF USE. NO WARRANTY IS GIVEN THAT THE SERVICES
WILL BE ERROR-FREE, FREE OF VIRUSES OR UNINTERRUPTED. NCMS IS
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR INVALID DESTINATIONS AND TRANSMISSION ERRORS
IN, CORRUPTION OF, OR THE SECURITY OF INFORMATION CARRIED OVER
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS' OR OTHER PROVIDERS' FACILITIES.
NCMS HAS NO LIABILITY FOR FAULTY OR INTERRUPTED COMMUNICATION
LINKS. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PORTIONS OF THE CONTENT OF THE NCMS
EXTRANET ARE PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTY USERS, AND NCMS HAS NO
CONTROL OVER, OR LIABILITY FOR ANY SUCH CONTENT.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
NCMS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY
DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES
INCURRED ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE NCMS
EXTRANET, EVEN IF NCMS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGE OR LOSS.
General Compliance with Laws
You agree to comply fully with all applicable laws, statutes,
ordinances, rules and regulations, and agree not to use the NCMS
Extranet to facilitate collusion or for any other conduct
violating antitrust or other applicable laws.
Waivers and Remedies
Any waiver by NCMS of the provisions of this Agreement or of
NCMS's rights or remedies under this Agreement must be in
writing to be effective. Any waiver in a particular instance
shall not constitute a waiver of the same or different rights or
breaches in any other instance. Failure, neglect or delay by
NCMS to enforce the provisions of this Agreement or NCMS's
rights or remedies at any time will not be construed and will
not be deemed to be a waiver of NCMS's rights under this
Agreement and will not prejudice NCMS's right to take subsequent
action. No exercise or enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Agreement will preclude the enforcement of any other right
or remedy under this Agreement or that NCMS is entitled by law
to enforce.
Ownership
The NCMS Extranet is owned by National Compliance Management
Service, Inc. Elements of the site are also protected by
trademark, copyright, trade dress and other laws.
Applicable Law and Jurisdiction
This Agreement shall be governed and interpreted pursuant to the
laws of the State of Kansas, United States of America,
notwithstanding any principles of conflicts of law. If you take
legal action relating to these terms, you agree that jurisdiction
over and venue in any legal proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement shall be exclusively in the District
Court of Reno County, Kansas. If any part of this Agreement is deemed unlawful, void or
unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and will not
affect the validity and enforceability of remaining provisions.
Updates and Amendments
NCMS reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to supplement,
modify or discontinue any aspect of the NCMS Extranet,
including, without limitation, restricting the times or means of
access to the NCMS Extranet. NCMS also reserves the right, in
its sole discretion, to modify this Agreement in any manner and
to adopt additional terms or conditions governing your access
and use of the NCMS Extranet, at any time, without prior notice.
The terms of any such amendment to this Agreement shall become
effective immediately upon posting of such terms on the NCMS
Extranet, and your use of the NCMS Extranet on or after such
effective date shall constitute acceptance of such amended
terms.
Third Party Beneficiaries
All users on the NCMS Extranet are intended third party
beneficiaries of this Agreement; all rights and benefits
conferred by this Agreement shall extend to such users and such
users are independently entitled for enforcement of its
provisions. You acknowledge that each other user is relying upon
the representations made in this Agreement.
Entire Agreement
This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding between NCMS
and you with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and
supersedes any previous and contemporaneous communications,
representations, understandings and agreements, whether oral or
written, between NCMS and you with respect to said subject
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