Terms of Use

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The Nielsen Foundation, Inc. (“Nielsen Foundation”), requires that all visitors to this World Wide Web site, which is owned, operated, licensed, and controlled by Nielsen (the “Site”), adhere to the following Terms of Use. By accessing and using the Site, you indicate your acknowledgement and acceptance of these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these Terms of Use, you should not use the Site. The term “you” or “your” refers to the user or viewer of the Site. Nielsen and Nielsen Foundation may change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Site at any time, including the availability of any feature, database or content. Nielsen and Nielsen Foundation may also impose limits on certain features and services and/or restrict your access to parts or all of the Site without notice or liability of any kind.

RESTRICTIONS ON USE

All the Web products and services, information, materials, data, images, graphics, sounds and other components on the Site (the “Contents”) are copyrighted and owned or controlled by Nielsen or Nielsen Foundation unless otherwise noted. Any unauthorized use of the Contents on the Site may violate copyright, trademark and other laws and intellectual property rights of Nielsen or Nielsen Foundation or third parties. Unauthorized use may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offense. Contents from the Site may not be modified, copied or distributed, republished, uploaded, posted, decompiled, or transmitted in any way, without the prior written consent of Nielsen and Nielsen Foundation. The Contents on the Site are provided for lawful purposes only.

U.S. GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS

The Contents on the Site are provided with “RESTRICTED RIGHTS.” Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. government is subject to restrictions as set forth in FAR52.227-14 and DFAR252.227-7013 et seq. or its successor. Use of the Contents by the U.S. government constitutes acknowledgment of Nielsen or Nielsen Foundation’s proprietary rights in the Contents.

DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT

Nielsen has registered itself as a Service Provider and identified an agent with the United States Copyright Office in accordance with the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the “Act”) and avails itself of the protections under the Act. Nielsen reserves the right to remove any Contents contained in or posted to the Site that allegedly infringes another person’s copyright. Notices to Nielsen regarding any alleged copyright infringement on a Site should be directed to Nielsen’s General Counsel’s Office, at 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, U.S.A, tel. +1 646 654 5000.

RESTRICTION OF LIABILITY

NIELSEN AND NIELSEN FOUNDATION WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY ANY MATERIALS OR SOFTWARE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, OR LINE FAILURE. NIELSEN AND NIELSEN FOUNDATION WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, RELIANCE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE MATERIALS IN OR SOFTWARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS SITE, EVEN IF THERE IS NEGLIGENCE OR EVEN IF NIELSEN, NIELSEN FOUNDATION, OR AN AUTHORIZED NIELSEN OR NIELSEN FOUNDATION REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR BOTH. THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU TO THE EXTENT THAT APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. NIELSEN AND NIELSEN FOUNDATION’S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL LOSSES, DAMAGES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (IN CONTRACT, TORT [INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, NEGLIGENCE, PRODUCT LIABILITY AND STRICT LIABILITY], OR OTHERWISE) WILL NOT BE GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO ACCESS THIS SITE.

SUBMISSIONS

Personally identifiable information that may be received at the Site is provided voluntarily by a visitor to the Site and is governed by the terms of our Privacy Policy. You acknowledge that you are responsible for whatever material you submit, and you, not Nielsen or Nielsen Foundation, have full responsibility for the message, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality, and copyright. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this site any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or other material that would violate any law. If applicable, Nielsen and Nielsen Foundation reserve the right to delete, move or edit messages that it, in its sole discretion, deems abusive, defamatory, obscene, in violation of copyright or trademark laws, or otherwise unacceptable, and you waive any moral rights you may have in having the material altered or changed in a manner not agreeable to you.

JURISDICTION

Except as otherwise described, all Contents on the Site are made available only to provide information about Nielsen Foundation its programs. Nielsen controls and operates the Site and makes no representation that the Contents on such Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Other Sites may be controlled and operated outside of the United States of America and may be subject to the laws of the country in which they are controlled and operated. If you use the Site from a location other than the location where the site is controlled and operated, you are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.

DISCLAIMER

The Contents on the Site could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Also, Nielsen and Nielsen Foundation may make changes or improvements to the Site at any time. THE CONTENTS ON THE NIELSEN SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW. NIELSEN AND NIELSEN FOUNDATION DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NIELSEN AND NIELSEN FOUNDATION DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE CONTENTS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE NIELSEN SITE, OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE THEM AVAILABLE, ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. NIELSEN AND NIELSEN FOUNDATION DO NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE CONTENTS ON THE SITE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. NIELSEN MAKES NO COMMITMENT TO UPDATE THE MATERIALS ON THE SITE. YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, TO THE EXTENT THAT APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES. FURTHER, INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE SITE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR ANY PURPOSE. NIELSEN AND NIELSEN FOUNDATION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY RESULTS OBTAINED OR NOT OBTAINED AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE USE OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE NIELSEN SITE.

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TERMINATION

Nielsen, Nielsen Foundation, or you may terminate this agreement at any time. You may terminate this agreement by destroying all materials obtained from the Site and all related documentation and all copies and installations. Nielsen and Nielsen Foundation may terminate this agreement immediately without notice if, in its sole judgment, you breach any of these terms or conditions. Upon termination, you must destroy all materials obtained from this site and all related documentation and all copies and installations. You may not access this site after termination of this agreement without the written approval of Nielsen or Nielsen Foundation, provided, however, that Nielsen and Nielsen Foundation shall retain all rights, including all copyright rights and the right to use Submissions as provided herein, and the limitations on use and treatment of the Contents shall remain in full force.

LINKED SITES

The Site includes links to other sites which are not maintained by Nielsen or Nielsen Foundation. Nielsen and Nielsen Foundation are not responsible for the content of those sites and makes no representations whatsoever concerning the content or accuracy of, opinions expressed in or other links provided by, such other sites. The inclusion of any link to such sites does not imply endorsement by Nielsen or Nielsen Foundation of the sites or any products or services referred to therein. Nielsen or Nielsen Foundation may terminate a link at any time. The terms of use and privacy policies applicable to such sites may be different from those applicable to the Site. If you decide to access any third party site linked to the Site, you do so entirely at your own risk and Nielsen shall have no liability for any loss or damage arising from your use of any such site.

LINKING AND LOGO POLICY

By linking to any page on the Site, you hereby agreed to be bound by the following terms and conditions. Except as provided in this paragraph, Nielsen and Nielsen Foundation prohibit site caching, the use or posting of unauthorized hypertext links to the Site and the framing of any Content available through the Site. You may link to the Site only via the Site’s home page a designated gateway page. A gateway page is any page that is the first and primary page that serves as a starting point to a significant body of content. Links can be by text only and may additional text other than the original link. Images of the Nielsen or Nielsen Foundation logo can only be used for link purposes and can only be made with the express written permission of Nielsen and Nielsen Foundation. Any requests for such permission or for permission to link to the Site in a manner other than as permitted in the preceding paragraph should be addressed to The Nielsen Foundation, Inc. c/o Nielsen at 40 Danbury Road, Wilton, Connecticut 06897, Tel: +1 646 654 5000. By linking to the Site, you acknowledge and agree that, other than as set forth herein, all rights to the Nielsen and Nielsen Foundation trademarks or service marks used on the Site, the Content appearing on the Site and the design of the Site belong to Nielsen or Nielsen Foundation. You must not misrepresent your relationship with Nielsen or Nielsen Foundation or present false or misleading impressions about Nielsen or Nielsen Foundation. No links to the Site may be used in a manner that implies or suggests that Nielsen and Nielsen Foundation approves or endorses you, your website or your goods and services (in all cases, except as Nielsen or Nielsen Foundation may have agreed separately with you in writing). Nielsen and Nielsen Foundation shall have no responsibility or liability for any content appearing on your website. You agree to indemnify and defend Nielsen and Nielsen Foundation against all claims against Nielsen and Nielsen Foundation arising out of or based upon your website. No link(s) may appear on any page on your website or within any context containing content or materials that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third party rights. Nielsen and Nielsen Foundation reserve the right at any time and in its sole discretion to request that you remove all links or any particular link to the Site from your website. This is not a license, but subject to your compliance with the above terms, Nielsen and Nielsen Foundation agrees to grant you the use of the “Nielsen” and “Nielsen Foundation” name solely for the purpose of establishing a link to the Site as permitted hereunder. Except for the limited permission to use the “Nielsen” or “Nielsen Foundation” name as set forth in this paragraph, you may not use any of Nielsen and Nielsen Foundation’s trademarks or service marks for any other purpose without the express written permission of Nielsen and Nielsen Foundation. Nielsen and Nielsen Foundation may at any time, in its sole discretion, without cause, withdraw the permission granted herein. In such event upon request, you agree to immediately remove all links to the Site and to cease using the “Nielsen” or “Nielsen Foundation” name for linking purposes. Thereafter, any future links to the Site will require the express written permission of Nielsen and Nielsen Foundation. Nielsen and Nielsen Foundation reserves the right to amend these linking terms and conditions at any time. By continuing to link to the Site, you agree to be bound to and abide by these linking terms and conditions, as well as other legal terms of use and conditions on the Site, as amended from time to time.

MISCELLANEOUS

Nielsen and Nielsen Foundation may, without notice, revise these Terms of Use at any time by updating this posting. Your continued use of the Site now, or following the posting of any changes or modifications, will indicate acceptance by you of such changes or modifications. These Terms of Use will be governed and be interpreted pursuant to the laws of the State of Illinois and the United States of America, notwithstanding any principles of conflicts of law. If any part of these Terms of Use is declared unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. Possible evidence of use of the Site for illegal purposes will be provided to law enforcement authorities. This is the entire agreement between the parties relating to the use of the Site.