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The Grantsmanship Centersm Terms of Use
User Agreement
Updated October 1, 2008
Copyright
Trademarks
You may not frame the content of The Grantsmanship Center web site. You may not use metatags or any other "hidden text" that incorporates The Grantsmanship Center trademarks or our name without our express written consent.
Links to Other Web Sites
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
THIS SITE AND THE INFORMATION, CONTENTS, GRAPHICS, DOCUMENTS AND OTHER ELEMENTS INCLUDED HEREIN (COLLECTIVELY THE "CONTENTS") ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE GRANTSMANSHIP CENTER, INC. MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS AS TO THE PERFORMANCE OR MERCHANTABILITY OF THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES REFERRED TO ON THIS WEB SITE. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THOSE OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, EXCEPT AS MAY BE EXPRESSLY STATED ON THIS WEBSITE, ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED.
NEITHER THE GRANTSMANSHIP CENTER, INC., ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND ASSIGNS WILL BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SITE, OR THE INFORMATION OR CONTENTS AVAILABLE FROM THIS SITE. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE GRANTSMANSHIP CENTER, INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE BY ANYONE ACCESSING THIS WEB SITE; OR FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS OR PROFITS; OR FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR SIMILAR DAMAGES; OR FOR CLAIMS OF DAMAGES MADE BY ANY PARTY USING THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS WEB SITE FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION. THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY THAT APPLIES TO ALL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) COMPENSATORY, DIRECT, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSS OF DATA, INCOME OR PROFIT, LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND CLAIMS OF THIRD PARTIES.
THE CONTENTS OF THIS SITE COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE CONTENTS OF THIS SITE. THE GRANTSMANSHIP CENTER MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS, DELETIONS, CHANGES OR OTHER MODIFICATIONS TO THIS SITE, THE CONTENTS HEREOF, AND THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED HEREIN AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.
Governing Law
Termination
Privacy Policy
By visiting The Grantsmanship Center web site or submitting your personally identifiable information to us, you accept the terms described in this Privacy Policy. From time to time we may modify these rules. We will notify you of any significant change by posting a notice on our home page and information collection forms. Your continued use of the Site after any modification indicates your agreement to the new terms.
The Grantsmanship Center is committed to protecting your privacy. We do not share, sell or distribute your telephone number or e-mail address to other parties. We do send e-mail announcements to inform you of upcoming Grantsmanship Center workshops in your area. Please let us know if you do not wish to receive e-mail announcements by contacting our mailing list department (mailinglist@tgci.com).
The Grantsmanship Center does not disclose telephone numbers or email addresses to third parties. Occasionally, however, we provide names and postal addresses from our mailing list to other organizations who offer products that we think may appeal to our subscribers. We monitor these transactions to ensure that the names are not used for any other purpose. If you would like to be excluded from any list of postal addresses we provide to others, please contact our mailing list department (mailinglist@tgci.com). If you would like us to delete your name and personal information from our mailing list entirely, please let us know by emailing mailinglist@tgci.com. If you ever have any concerns about privacy, please contact us by emailing mailinglist@tgci.com or calling (213) 482-9860.
Collection and Use of Personal Data
We may use your personal data in the following ways:
If you do not want us to send you surveys and questionnaires, or to provide you with information about our other products and services, you can opt out of receiving this information by following the steps described below in the section entitled, Your Ability to Choose.
Anonymous Information
We use your anonymous data to obtain general statistics regarding the use of the Site and its specific web pages and to evaluate how our visitors use and navigate our Site on an aggregate basis. We do not link your anonymous data with your personal data.
We may use a service provider to track and analyze non-personal data, such as usage and volume statistical information from site visitors. This anonymous data will not be linked to your personal data.
In an effort to provide you with the most relevant web site content and marketing materials, we may also use embedded pixel technologies to help track site usage and response to our marketing campaigns. Again, the anonymous information we capture through this mechanism is not linked to your personal data.
Your Ability to Choose
You can let us know if you do not want us to share your data with other companies by either calling 213-482-9860, or sending an email to mailinglist@tgci.com. Again, please identify all the data you have submitted to us, so we can ensure that all your email addresses, postal address information, and phone numbers are marked "do not share."
Security
Cookies
Cookies benefit you by creating a more streamlined login process, keeping track of shopping cart additions, and preserving order information between sessions. As we enable further customization of the site, cookies will help in assuring that the information provided to you will be relevant to your needs. You can disable our cookies using the cookie-menu on your web browser, but doing so will
prevent you from taking advantage of customization and certain security features. To learn more about cookies and browser functionality, search for "cookies" in the help function of your browser.
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Privacy
Please review our Privacy Policy to understand our practices.
Copyright © 2003-2008 The Grantsmanship Center, Inc. All materials included on this web site ("Site") are owned by or licensed to The Grantsmanship Center, Inc. and all rights are reserved. You must abide by all copyright notices and restrictions contained on this Site. You may not copy, distribute, enter into a database, display, perform, create derivative works of, transmit, or otherwise use any materials from this Site (including computer programs or other code) ("Site Materials"), unless we have specifically authorized you to do so and then only for personal, non-commercial use, and only if you do not alter the text, images or remove any trademark, copyright, or other notice displayed on the Site Materials.
"The Grantsmanship Center", "TGCI", "Grantsmanship Training Program", "The Grantsmanship Center News", "The Grantsmanship Center Magazine", "Program Planning & Proposal Writing", and various marks, including the word "Grantsmanship," are trademarks of The Grantsmanship Center, Inc. The Grantsmanship Center and logotype are service marks of The Grantsmanship Center, Inc. All other trademarks are held by their respective holders.
Links, Frames, and Metatags
You may link to the home page of The Grantsmanship Center web site (http://tgci.com) as long as the link does not cast us in a false or misleading light.
This Site may contain links to other web sites. This User Agreement and the Privacy Policy do not apply to these other web sites. Be sure to read the user agreements and privacy policies that govern your use of these other web sites.
This User Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of California applicable to contracts made and performed there without regard to its conflicts of law principles. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the State of California and Los Angeles County and waive any jurisdictional, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such courts.
We reserve the right to suspend The Grantsmanship Center web site or terminate this User Agreement at any time without notice for any reason, including, in the case of the User Agreement, for your violation of any of its provisions. The Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability and Governing Law sections of this User Agreement shall survive any such termination.
This is the Privacy Policy for the web site ("Site") for The Grantsmanship Center, Inc. Your privacy is very important to us and we are committed to protecting it. We understand that our visitors and alumni need to be in control of their personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how and why we collect personal data from you and how we use it. Our Privacy Policy is designed to ensure that you are aware of how your personal data is being used and to provide you with choices about that use.
Personally Identifying Information. When you register as a member, order our books or other materials, request information, or enroll in our classes, we will use our registration screens and online forms to collect personally identifying information such as your name, postal address, e-mail address, educational background, and professional goals and interests ("personal data"). We may also collect some or all of this personal data from you through our print enrollment forms. In addition, if you send us an e-mail or communicate with us offline, we may collect the personal data that you voluntarily provide us at that time.
You can visit most pages on The Grantsmanship Center web site without giving us any personal data. Your visit may automatically provide us with anonymous data that is not linked to your personal data, such as your IP (Internet Protocol) address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access times, and referring website addresses. Some parts of the Site use cookies to facilitate your use of the web sites and to track general traffic. You can learn more about these anonymous data collection devices in the section entitled Cookies, below.
You can let us know if you do not want us to send you information by taking the following steps:
The Grantsmanship Center is concerned with the security of your personal data. To keep that data secure, we restrict unauthorized access through protective policies, procedures, and technical measures. In addition, The Grantsmanship Center uses standard security protocols and mechanisms to transmit sensitive data such as credit card details.
We use cookies to allow you to move quickly through our site, to allow you to take advantage of some of The Grantsmanship Center web site's special features, and to collect information about your use of The Grantsmanship Center web site. A cookie is a string of information that is sent by a web site and stored on your hard drive or temporarily in your computer's memory. Cookies are small files and won't pose any significant disk-space concerns. Some cookies used by The Grantsmanship Center web site may remain on the user's computer after they leave the Site, but most are set to expire within 30-365 days.
The Grantsmanship Center, Inc.
1125 W. Sixth Street, Fifth Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017
it@tgci.com