| Website Usage Agreement
1. Use of this
Site constitutes agreement with the following terms and
conditions.
2. NDI maintains this web site (the "Site")
as a courtesy to those who may choose to access the Site
("Users") . The information presented herein is for informative
purposes only. NDI is pleased to allow Users to visit the
Site and download and copy the information, documents and
materials (collectively, "Materials") from the Site for
User's personal, non-commercial use, without any right to
resell, redistribute or create derivative works there from,
subject to the terms and conditions outlined below, and
also subject to more specific restrictions that may apply
to specific material within this Site.
3. NDI Bangladesh administers this site
in collaboration with NDI Washington.
4. Unless expressly stated otherwise,
the findings interpretations and conclusions expressed in
the Materials in this Site are those of the various authors
of the work and are not necessarily those of NDI Bangladesh.
Disclaimers
5. Materials provided on this site are
provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express
or implied, including without limitation warranties of merchantability,
fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
NDI specifically does not make any warranties or representations
as to the accuracy or completeness of any such Materials.
NDI periodically adds, changes, improves, or updates the
Materials on this Site without notice. Under no circumstances
shall NDI be liable for any loss, damage, liability or expense
incurred or suffered which is claimed to resulted from use
of this Site, including without limitation, any fault, error,
omission, interruption or delay with respect thereto. Use
of this Site is at User's sole risk. Under no circumstances,
including, but not limited to, negligence, shall NDI or
its affiliates be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental,
special or consequential damages, even if NDI has been advised
of the possibility of such damages.
6. User specifically acknowledges and
agrees that NDI is not liable for any conduct of any User.
7. This site may contain advice, opinions,
and statements of various information providers and content
providers. NDI does not represent or endorse the accuracy
or reliability of any advice, opinion, statement or other
information provided by any information provider or content
provider, or any user of this site or other person or entity.
Reliance upon any such opinion, advice, statement, or other
information shall also be at your own risk. Neither NDI
nor its affiliates, nor any of their respective agents,
employees, information providers or content providers shall
be liable to any User or anyone else for any inaccuracy,
error, omission, interruption, timeliness, completeness,
deletion, defect, failure of performance, computer virus,
communication line failure, alteration of, or use of any
content herein, regardless of cause, for any damages resulting
there from.
8. As a condition of use of this Site,
User agrees to indemnify NDI and its affiliates from and
against any and all actions, claims, losses, damages, liabilities
and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising
out User's use of this Site, including without limitation
any claims alleging facts that if true would constitute
a breach by User of these terms and conditions. If User
is dissatisfied with any material on this Site or with any
of terms and conditions of use of this Site, User's sole
and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using this Site.
9. Nothing in this Site or any Materials
shall be construed, implicitly or explicitly, as containing
any investment recommendations. NDI is not registered under
the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Accordingly, nothing
in such Site, or in such Materials, constitutes an offer
of or an invitation by or on behalf of NDI to purchase or
sell any shares or securities nor should it be considered
as investment advice.
Links to third-party web sites
10. This Site contains links to third-party
web sites. The linked sites are not under the control of
NDI and NDI is not responsible for the contents of any linked
site or any link contained in a linked site. NDI provides
these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of
a link does not imply endorsement of the linked site by
NDI.
11. If this Site contains bulletin boards,
chat rooms, access to mailing lists or other message or
communication facilities (collectively, "Forums"), User
agrees to use the Forums only to send and receive messages
and material that are proper and related to the particular
Forum. By way of example, and not as a limitation, User
agrees that when using a Forum, User shall not do any of
the following:
- Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
- Publish, post, distribute or disseminate any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful material or information.
- Upload or attach files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.
- Upload or attach files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer.
- Delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded.
- Falsify the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
- Advertise or offer to sell any goods or services, or conduct or forward surveys, contests, or chain letters. Download any file posted by another user of a Forum that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
12. User acknowledges that all Forums or Discussion Groups are public and not private communications. Further, User acknowledges that chats, postings, conferences, e-mails and other communications by other users are not endorsed by NDI, and such communications shall not be considered reviewed, screened, or approved by NDI. NDI reserves the right for any reason to remove without notice any contents of the Forums received from Users, including without limitation e-mail and bulletin board postings.
Applicable Law and Jurisdiction
13. This Agreement will be interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the District of Columbia, United States of America. Any action to enforce this agreement shall be brought in the federal courts located in Washington, D.C.
Preservation of Immunities
14. Nothing herein shall constitute or be considered to be a limitation upon or a waiver of the privileges and immunities of NDI, which are specifically reserved.
General
15. NDI reserves its exclusive right in its sole discretion to alter, limit or discontinue the site or any Materials in any respect. NDI shall have no obligation to take the needs of any user into consideration in connection therewith.
16. NDI reserves the right to deny in its sole discretion any user access to this Site or any portion thereof without notice.
17. No waiver by NDI of any provision of this Agreement shall be binding except as set forth in a writing signed by its duly authorized representative. |