Grand Lake Networks ("Grand Lake Net") recognizes its obligation to adhere to the highest standards of integrity for its online visitors. We have developed these privacy practices in order to maintain these standards.

Grand Lake Net only collects personal information from our online visitors on a voluntary basis and we do not require any personal information for access to our sites. Grand Lake Net will use any voluntarily submitted personal information it collects for internal purposes only and will not disclose any personal information to third parties.

ANY E-MAIL ADDRESS submitted to this site may be used by Grand Lake Net to send information regarding our services to the email address submitted. It is unlawful to use someone else's email address without their permission or to submit a fake email address. You can subscribe or unsubscribe your e-mail address at http://grandlake.net/go/list.shtml WE WILL NEVER SHARE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WITH ANYONE!

In some cases your e-mail address may be added to our database via subscription of your e-mail address to one of our partners sites. In this case you may un-subscribe your e-mail address if you wish, from our database without effecting your subscription to our partners database. See above for how to un-subscribe. Subscribing to our mailing lists NEVER adds you to another mailing list, including our partners.

If you suspect any type of abuse of our mailing system such as SPAM (Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail) or any other type of unwanted transmissions from or through our server(s) please contact us at grandlakenet@grandlake.net and we will act immediately to resolve any violations of policies within our control.

Grand Lake Net's sites may collect non-personal information from our online visitors (such as the user's type of browser, operating system and domain names), but we do not collect personal information in this process. This non-personal information enables us to track the total number of visitors to each of our sites in an aggregate form, and is used by Grand Lake Net to improve and update our sites. Grand Lake Net will not disclose any of this non-personal information to any third parties.

Grand Lake Net maintains this Site for your personal entertainment, information, education, and communication. Please feel free to browse the Site. You may download material displayed on the Site for non-commercial, personal use only provided you also retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials. You may not, however, distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, re-post, or use the content of the Site for public or commercial purposes, including the text, images, scripts, source code, audio, video, and/or any other content without Grand Lake Net's written permission. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent of the law.

Your access to and use of the Site is also subject to the following terms and conditions ("Terms and Conditions") and all applicable laws. By accessing and browsing the Site, you accept, without limitation or qualification, the Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that any other agreements between you and Grand Lake Net are superseded and of no force or effect.

1. You should assume that everything you see or read on the Site is copyrighted unless otherwise noted and may not be used except as provided in these Terms and Conditions or in the text on the Site without the written permission of Grand Lake Net. Grand Lake Net neither warrants nor represents that your use of materials displayed on the Site will not infringe rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated with Grand Lake Net.

2. While Grand Lake Net uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up to date information in the Site, Grand Lake Net, makes no warranties or representations as to its accuracy. Grand Lake Net assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of the Site.

3. Your use of and browsing in the Site are at your risk. Neither Grand Lake Net nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Site is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out of your access to, use of, or inability to use or access the Site. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the Site is provided to you "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

   Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you. Check your local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding the exclusion of implied warranties. Grand Lake Net also assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses, worms, trojans, or the like, that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or inablity to use or access the Site or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, audio, software and or any other content from the Site.

4. NOTICE SPECIFIC TO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE ON THIS WEBSITE
   Permission to use Documents (such as web pages, images, white papers, press releases, datasheets, graphics, text and content) from this server ("Server") is granted, provided that (1) the included copyright notice appears in all copies. (2) use of such Documents from this Server is for informational and non-commercial or personal use only and will not be copied or posted on any network computer or broadcast in any media, and (3) no modifications of any Documents are made. Use for any other purpose is expressly prohibited by law, and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible.

5. Documents specified above do not include the design or layout of the Grand Lake Net website. Elements of the Grand Lake Net website are protected by trade dress and other laws and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part. Some links within the Grand Lake Net web site are to Internet addresses outside of the Grand Lake Net domain and other restrictions and limitations regarding use of these web sites may apply.

6. Any communication or material you transmit to the Site by electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like is, and will be treated as, nonconfidential and non-proprietary. Anything you transmit or post may be used by Grand Lake Net or its affiliates for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting. Furthermore, Grand Lake Net is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to the Site for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products and services using such information.

7. Images of people or places displayed on the Site are either the property of, or used with permission by, Grand Lake Net. The use of these images by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by these Terms and Conditions or specific permission provided elsewhere on the Site. Any unauthorized use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.

8. The trademarks registered by Grand Lake Net, logos, and service marks (collectively the "Trademarks") displayed on the Site are registered and unregistered Trademarks of Grand Lake Net. Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on the Site without the written permission of Grand Lake Net or such third party that may own the Trademarks displayed on the Site. Your misuse of the Trademarks displayed on the Site, or any other content on the Site, except as provided in these Terms and Conditions, is strictly prohibited. You are also advised that Grand Lake Net will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law, including the seeking of criminal prosecution.

9. Grand Lake Net has not reviewed all of the sites linked to or from the Site and is not responsible for the content of any off-site pages or links to any other sites. Viewing all other sites is at your own risk. Grand Lake Net does not endorse any site linked to or from the Grand Lake Net site.

10. Although Grand Lake Net may from time to time monitor or review discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards, classified ads, auctions, offsite links and the like on the Site, Grand Lake Net is under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such locations nor for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, or inaccuracy contained in any information within such locations on the Site. You are prohibited from publishing or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or any SPAM (unsolicted transmissions) or any material that might otherwise violate any law. Grand Lake Net will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing Grand Lake Net to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials.

11. RESTRICTED RIGHTS LEGEND. Any Software which is downloaded from this Server for or on behalf of the United States of America, its agencies and/or instrumentalities ("U.S. Government"), is provided with Restricted Rights. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 or subparagraphs (c)(1) and (2) of the Commercial Computer Software - Restricted Rights at 48 CFR 52.227-19, as applicable. Manufacturer is Grand Lake Networks, 1236 Touvelle Street, Celina, Ohio 45822. Software from this Site is further subject to United States Export Controls. No software from this Site may be downloaded or exported (i) into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Syria, or any other country to which the United States has embargoed goods; or (ii) anyone on the United States Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Deny Orders. By downloading or using the software, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, COPYING OR REPRODUCTION OF THE SOFTWARE TO ANY OTHER SERVER OR LOCATION FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED.

12. Certain areas of the Site are restricted to members only and protected by username and/or passwords. Non-members are prohibited from attempting to gain access to members only areas. Members are prohibited from sharing their login information with non-members. All areas of the Site are monitored for security of the normal operation of the site. Any visitor who attempts to breach any security measure will be prosecuted to the maximum extent of the law and other restrictions may be imposed on any visitor at the sole discretion of the Site.

13. Any attempt to use this Site or services provided by this Site to interfere with the operation of this site or any services on this site or any other Internet Server or device connected to the Internet will result in the seeking of criminal prosecutions to the maximum extent of the law.

14. Grand Lake Net may at any time revise these Terms and Conditions by updating this posting and may also make changes to the content or any links at anytime. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the then current Terms and Conditions to which you are bound.

Last Updated 09/01/2003

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