Terms of Use

Welcome! This Avendia Publishing website, its content, and its e-mail addresses (collectively, “Website”) is the property of Avendia Publishing and/or its licensors and is made available to you only for your personal, non-commercial use. No other use is permitted. The use of this Website is governed by these Terms of Use, which you agree to by browsing the Website, downloading any of its content, or contacting Avendia Publishing through any of its e-mail addresses.

NO WARRANTY / LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

AVENDIA PUBLISHING DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR THE ACCURACY, CONTENT, COMPLETENESS, RELIABILITY OR AVAILABILITY OF THE INFORMATION DISPLAYED ON THE WEBSITE. THE SERVICES RENDERED OR ADVERTISED AND THE INFORMATION DESCRIBED BY AVENDIA PUBLISHING ON ITS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS,” WITH NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. AVENDIA PUBLISHING EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, PRIVACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL AVENDIA PUBLISHING, OR ITS OWNERS, AGENTS OR LICENSORS, BE LIABLE TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY ACTS OR OMISSIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE WEBSITE. SUCH LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO ANY CLAIM ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE SUBJECT MATTER DESCRIBED IN THIS WEBSITE. SUCH LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO PREVENT RECOVERY OF DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHETHER SUCH CLAIM IS BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF AVENDIA PUBLISHING, OR ITS OWNERS, AGENTS OR LICENSORS, HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THIS LIMITATION SHALL ALSO APPLY WITH RESPECT TO DAMAGES INCURRED BY REASON OF OTHER SERVICES OR GOODS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON THE WEBSITE OR RECEIVED THROUGH ANY LINKS PROVIDED BY AVENDIA PUBLISHING. THIS LIMITATION SHALL ALSO APPLY, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TO THE COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, LOST PROFITS, OR LOST DATA, INCLUDING LOST COMMUNICATIONS OR LOST MANUSCRIPTS OR PROPOSALS. SUCH LIMITATION SHALL FURTHER APPLY WITH RESPECT TO THE PERFORMANCE OR NON-PERFORMANCE OF AVENDIA PUBLISHING SERVICES OR ANY INFORMATION OR GOODS THAT IS RELATED IN ANY WAY TO THE WEBSITE.

Furthermore, under no circumstances shall Avendia Publishing, or its owners, agents or licensors, be held liable for any delay or failure in performance resulting directly or indirectly from acts of God, nature, forces, or causes beyond the reasonable control of Avendia Publishing, including, without limitation, Internet failures, computer equipment failures, telecommunications failures, electrical power failures, strikes, labor disputes, riots, civil disturbances, shortages, fires, floods, storms, explosions, orders of domestic or foreign courts or tribunals, non-performance of third parties.

Your Privacy

Avendia Publishing shares email addresses and other contact information only with its business partners. We do not sell personally identifiable information to third parties. When you visit the Website, Avendia Publishing may send one or more cookies (small files containing information) to your computer to make your experience on the Website faster and more personalized. Avendia Publishing collects and analyzes aggregate online visitor data to evaluate the quality of its services and develop improvements.

Copyrights and Trademarks

All content on this Website is owned by Avendia Publishing and/or its licensors. Except as otherwise permitted by applicable law, no part of this Website may be reproduced for commercial use without the prior written approval by Avendia Publishing. Authorized personal, non-commercial use of the Website’s content shall be limited to browsing the website pages and downloading and/or printing forms, policies, press releases, marketing materials and these terms of use. No portion of this Website shall appear in a frame of any other Website and no deep-linking is permitted, except to press releases and event announcements, without the prior written consent of Avendia Publishing.

The Avendia Publishing name, logo, designs, slogans and trade dress are trademarks of Avendia Publishing (“Marks”). You are not authorized to use any Marks without the prior written approval of Avendia Publishing.

General Terms

These Terms of Use will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, exclusive of its choice of laws provisions or your actual state or country of residence. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision or portion of the Terms of Use to be unenforceable, any remaining provisions to the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect. These Terms of Service constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject matter.