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General Terms of Use

The Rouse Services web site is an online information service provided by Rouse Services, subject to your compliance with the terms and conditions set forth below. “You”, “your” and “user” refer to all individuals and/or entities accessing this web site for any reason.

Please read the following information carefully before using this web site. By accessing and using this web site, you accept the following terms and conditions, without limitation or qualification. If you do not agree with the Terms of Use, do not use this web site. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to modify or update these Terms of Use at any time, without notice and for any reason.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Liability

The information provided on this web site is free of charge and for informational purposes only and does not create a business or professional relationship, including joint venture, partnership or otherwise, between you and Rouse Services. Links on this web site may lead to services or web sites not operated or controlled by Rouse Services. No judgments, representations or warranties are made with respect to such other services or web sites and Rouse Services takes no responsibility for such other web sites or services. Any use you make of the information provided on this web site, or any web site or service linked to by this web site, is at your own risk.

THIS WEB SITE AND ITS CONTENTS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND ROUSE SERVICES MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THIS WEB SITE OR ANY WEB SITE OR SERVICE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THIS WEB SITE. ROUSE SERVICES DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEB SITE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE WEB SITE AND ITS SERVER ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL MECHANISMS. IF YOUR USE OF THE WEB SITE RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA, ROUSE SERVICES IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS. ROUSE SERVICES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT WILL ROUSE SERVICES BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR OTHER DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR DATA) WITHOUT REGARD TO THE FORM OF ACTION AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS WEB SITE, ANY CONTENT ON OR ACCESSED THROUGH THIS WEB SITE OR ANY WEB SITE SERVICE LINKED HERETO, OR ANY COPYING, DISPLAYING, OR USE THEREOF.

Trademark Rights and Other Material

The contents of this web site, such as text, graphics, images, logos, button icons, software and other material are protected under both United States and foreign copyright, trademark and other laws, and are the property of Rouse Services or its content suppliers, licensors or clients. The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement, and assembly) of all content on this web site is the exclusive property of Rouse Services and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. You may not sell or modify the contents of this web site or reproduce, display, distribute, or otherwise use the Material in any way for any public or commercial purpose. The use of the contents of this web site on any other web site or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is expressly prohibited.

You shall not copy or adapt the HTML code that Rouse Services creates to generate the pages of this website. This website is also protected by one or more copyrights of such content Rouse Services’.

The trademarks, service marks, and logos used in this web site are registered and unregistered Trademarks. The Trademarks belong to Rouse Services or its respective owner of the Material. The Trademark owner has exclusive rights to the Trademarks. Any unauthorized use of the Trademarks is strictly prohibited. You may not display or use the Trademarks for any purpose without the written permission of the Trademark owner.

Unsolicited Idea Submission Policy

When you provide us with comments, suggestions, or ideas, such feedback is not considered confidential and becomes the property of Rouse Services. We are not obligated to you if you provide such feedback. We are free to use, copy, or distribute the feedback to others for any purpose.

Applicable Law

The content of this web site are designed for use by residents of the United States within the United States. Rouse Services controls and operates this web site through its corporate headquarters within the State of California. These Terms of Use shall be governed, interpreted, and enforced according to the laws of the State of California, regardless of California conflict of laws. Any claim or cause of action against Rouse Services with respect to the website or these Terms of Use shall be brought in the Central District of California.

Indemnification

You shall reimburse Rouse Services, its officers, employees, agents, representatives and partners for all losses, damages, and costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees, resulting from any violation by you of these Terms of Use.

Copyright Notice

Use of Web Site

General Rules: Users may not use the web site in order to transmit, distribute, store, or destroy material (a) in violation of any applicable law or regulation, (b) in a manner that will infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secret, or other intellectual property rights of Rouse Services or others, or violate the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of Rouse Services or others, or (c) that is defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful.

Web Site Security Rules

Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of this web site, including, without limitation, (a) accessing content not intended for such user or logging into a server or account which the user is not authorized to access, (b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization, (c) attempting to interfere with service to any user, host, or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the web site, overloading, “flooding,” “spamming,” “mailbombing,” or “crashing,” (d) sending unsolicited e-mail, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services, or (e) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. Rouse Services may investigate occurrences which may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.

Specific Prohibited Uses

The web site may be used only for lawful purposes. Rouse Services specifically prohibits any use of the web site, and all users agree not to use the web site, for any of the following:

Using any device, software, or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this web site or any activity being conducted on this site.

Taking any action which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on this web site’s infrastructure.

If you have a password allowing access to a non-public area of this web site, disclosing to or sharing your password with any third parties or using your password for any unauthorized purpose.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, using or attempting to use any engine, software, tool, agent, or other device or mechanism (including without limitation browsers, spiders, robots, avatars, or intelligent agents) to navigate or search this web site other than the search engine and search agents available from Rouse Services on this web site and other than generally available third party web browsers (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer).

Attempting to decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the web site.

Aggregating, copying, or duplicating in any manner any of the content or other materials or information available from the web site.

Framing of or linking to any of the materials or information available from the web site.

No Resale or Unauthorized Commercial Use

You agree not to resell or assign your rights or obligations under these Terms of Use. You also agree not to make any unauthorized commercial use of the web site.