DISCLAIMER

This website is intended to provide accurate information. However, in a time of rapid change, it is difficult to ensure that all information provided is entirely accurate and up-to-date. Nothing on this site, or any report contained on this site, constitutes individual business, legal or tax advice. The opinions and information contained on this site and the reports contained on this site have been obtained or derived from sources believed to be reliable, but SIS and its directors, officers, agents, or employees makes no representation as to their timeliness, accuracy or completeness, or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information contained therein. SIS does not warrant that the information or services of SIS will meet any specific requirements; nor will it be error-free or uninterrupted; nor shall SIS be liable for any indirect, incidental or consequential damages (including lost data, information or profits) sustained or incurred in connection with the use, operation, or inability to use this web site. Under no circumstances will SIS, it affiliates, successors or assigns be liable for any loss or damage caused by anyones reliance on information contained in this web site.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
This site and its content are provided to you as a service of SIS. By accessing and using this site, you agree to certain terms and conditions as outlined herein.

Your use of this information is entirely at your own risk and it is your sole responsibility to evaluate the usefulness of all information.

Timeliness of Content:
The information displayed on this site, including, but not limited to, reports and other opinions, is current as of the date appearing on such information and is subject to change without notice.

Copyrights, Trademarks, Intellectual Properties:
SIS is the owner of this site and is the owner of all intellectual property rights in all materials and/or data used herein, including the marks SIS, Navigate the Global Economy, GMIT and Global Market Intelligence Tracking Service. All trade names, trademarks, service marks and other product and service names and logos on this site (collectively, “Marks”) are proprietary to their respective owners and are protected by applicable trademark and copyright laws. Nothing contained on this site should be construed as granting any license or right to use any of the Marks displayed without the express written permission of SIS or the applicable Mark’s owner. Any unauthorized use of any Mark or any other content is strictly prohibited.

This site is for your personal business use only. You may not copy, modify, adapt, reproduce, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, sublicense or assign any aspect of any information accessed via this site. All forms of sub-licensing, reselling republication or other form of distribution, including, but not limited to, any internet posting, electronic mailing, faxing, archiving in a public database or redistributing through any computer network, or in any printed form, to third parties, is strictly prohibited unless previously agreed to by SIS in writing.

Governing Law:
Your use and access to this site shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York. BY ACCESSING INFORMATION FOUND AT THIS SITE, YOU HEREBY AGREE THAT ANY LEGAL ACTION ARISING OUT OF, OR RELATING TO THIS SITE SHALL BE UNDER THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICAITON OF THE FEDERAL OR STATE COURTS IN THE STATE AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK. You hereby consent to such jurisdiction and irrevocably waive any objections thereto, including on the grounds of forum non conveniens. This site and its contents are not intended for use or distribution by any person in any jurisdiction where such use or distribution would be contrary to local law, rule or regulation. Regardless of where you access any such information, you agree to comply with all applicable United States laws, rules, and regulations, including, but not limited to, those laws, rules and regulations regarding the export of data. You are also responsible for complying with all other rules, laws and regulations that may be applicable to your use of any SIS information.

Liability Restrictions:
YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK OF LOSS RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THIS SITE AND ANY INFORMATION ON THIS SITE. WE CANNOT BE HELD LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY EVENT THAT RESULTS FROM USE OF ANY INFORMATION OR SERVICES PROVIDED BY US, NOT LIMITED TO FINANCIAL LOSSES OR ANY OTHER NEGATIVE OUTCOMES. YOU COMPLETELY ABSOLVE US OF ANY RESPONSIBILITY, FINANCIAL OR OTHERWISE, FOR HOW YOU USE THIS INFORMATION. IN NO EVENT WILL SIS, THE OPERATORS OF THIS WEB SITE, THEIR EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MEMBERS OR ASSOCIATES, BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR ANY USE OF THIS WEB SITE, OR ANY OTHER HYPERLINKED WEB SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF PROGRAMS, EVEN IF WE ARE EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Further, SIS does not assume any liability to you based upon the use, or the results of the use, of any SIS service or data base, including, without limitation: (a) any financial results based on the use of any SIS service, rating or information; (b) any delay, or loss of use of, any such service, rating or information, or any system performance; and (c) any effect on, or damage to, any software and hardware in connection with any use of tis site or any service or information contained on this site.

In addition to, and without limiting the foregoing, SIS shall not be liable for any harm caused by the transmission, through this site or any service or information contained on this site, of any computer virus or other computer code or programming device that might be used to access, modify, delete, damage, corrupt, deactivate, disable, disrupt or otherwise interfere, in any manner, with the operation of this site, any information or services contained on this site, or any of your software, hardware, data, network or property.  By accessing any of our websites, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless SIS International Research and you agree to waive any and all legal claims, injury, liability, or damage.

Termination:
SIS may deny you access to all or part of this site, or any service or information contained on this site, without notice if you engage in any conduct or activity that SIS, in its sole discretion, believes violates any term of these Terms and Conditions or any applicable law, rule or regulation.

Miscellaneous:
SIS failure to insist upon, or enforce strict performance of, any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not be construed as a waiver of any such provision or of any right of SIS. Neither any course of conduct between parties, nor any industry practice, shall act to modify any provision of these Terms and Conditions.

In the event that any portion of these Terms and Conditions is held to be unenforceable, such portion shall be construed in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations to reflect, as closely as possible, the original intentions of these Terms and Conditions and the remainder of the provisions of these Terms and Conditions shall remain in full force and effect.

We may make changes to this site, any information or services contained on this site, or these Terms and Conditions at any time without any notice. You should periodically visit this page to review current Terms and Conditions to which you are bound.

Indemnification:
You hereby indemnify and hold harmless SIS and its affiliates, shareholders, directors, officers, employees, control persons, vendors, licensors and agents against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and costs) arising out of, or related to, your breach of your agreements, representations and warranties contained herein or your use of any services or information: I) in violation of these Terms and Conditions; II) in violation of any rights of SIS, including, but not limited to, copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark or other intellectual property rights and publicity and privacy rights; III) in violation of any applicable rule, law or regulation; or IV) your failure to maintain the security of your user codes and passwords. This indemnification shall be binding upon you and your executors, heirs successors and assigns.

PRIVACY POLICY
Information We Collect:
The relationship between SIS and our clients is an important asset to our firm. We strive to maintain your confidence and trust by committing ourselves to protecting your confidential information. We have not and will not disclose any personal information to anyone unless it is, at your direction, needed to service to your account, or is required by law or necessary to protect our rights. We do not collect or store personally identifiable information on you at our website or elsewhere, unless, of course, you voluntarily provide that information to us. When you place an order, open an account, sign up for services or newsletters, communicate with the website owner or customer service, respond to surveys or send us an email, you provide us with information we may collect. Such information may include your name, address, email, phone number, credit card information, subscriptions and form downloads. We treat all information you provide as confidential. For statistical purposes only, the server of our Internet Service Provider collects technical (or non-personally identifying) information about when our website was accessed, the name of the website you came from before visiting our website, which pages were visited, and which browser you used. E-mail addresses and other personally identifiable information are not available to us. We may enable “cookies” on our website.

Please be advised that completing an online survey does not automatically qualify you for participation in any of our studies, nor does it entitle you to any compensation whatsoever. You agree to waive any and all claims for compensation from pre-screening surveys.  After you complete one of our pre-screeners or surveys, our fieldwork team may review your responses and potentially reach out to you should you meet the criteria for a particular study.  You agree to opt-in to receiving future communication from us by filling out any forms, pre-screeners or questionnaires.  SIS reserves the right to cancel participation in a study at any time for any reason.

Use and Disclosure of Information We Collect:
We do not rent, share, or sell mailing lists or information about visitors to our website to third parties (other than is reasonably required to fulfill orders, requests and process payments). All newsletters, alerts or bulletins that you are subscribed to will be sent to you individually, or as a blind copy to ensure your email address is not disclosed to other recipients. At our option we may notify you of any changes to this Privacy Policy or our other terms and conditions of this website (though you are bound by the terms of any changes we post to our website whether or not we notify you by email).

From time to time, we may be required to provide personal information in response to a valid court order, subpoena, government investigation, or as otherwise required by law. Unless prevented by law, we will notify you prior to the release of such information. Of course, this privacy policy doesn’t apply to the websites of others that may be accessible though www.sisinternational.com.

Notification of Changes:
Any changes in our Privacy Policy will be posted to this website, and will become effective as of the date of posting with respect to information we then collect in the future, but will not be changed with respect to information that we have already then collected. It is and will be your responsibility to review our Privacy Policy from time to time to make sure you are aware of any changes.

Effective Date:
This Privacy Policy is effective with respect to all data that we have collected since the date we started collecting data, which was September 5, 2000.

Privacy contact:

SIS International Research
Corporate Webmaster
11 E 22nd Street, Floor 2
New York, NY 10010 USA
E-Mail: research  [at]  sisinternational.com