Legal Notices

All materials and information posted on TSEA’s website are the property of TSEA, whether or not a copyright notice appears on the screen displaying the information. Users of TSEA’s Web site may save and use information contained therein only for personal use. No other use, including reproduction, retransmission or editing, of the information and materials posted on TSEA’s Web site may be made without the prior written permission of TSEA, which may be requested by contacting TSEA’s headquarters.

Trademark

The names, trademarks, service marks and logos of TSEA may not be used in any manner without TSEA’s prior written consent.

Links to Third-Party Sites

Links or pointers on TSEA’s website to other Internet sites are provided as a courtesy only, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by TSEA of the site, the individual or organization sponsoring the site, or any product, service or organization referenced on the site. Linked sites (those sites with an address that does not contain “tsea.org”) are not under the control of TSEA and TSEA is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or of any link contained within a linked site, or for any changes or updates to such sites.

Limitation of Liability

In no event shall TSEA or any of its affiliates, or the officers, directors, employees, members, or agents of each of them, be liable for any damages of any kind, including without limitation any special, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages, whether or not advised of the possibility of such damages, and on any theory of liability whatsoever, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of the Forum’s Web site or listservs.

Disclaimers

TSEA is providing information and services on its Web site and access to the Forum and other listservs as a benefit and service in furtherance of TSEA’s non-profit and tax-exempt status. TSEA makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation as to the accuracy or sufficiency of the information posted on the TSEA Web site, the Forum or any other of its listservs, and TSEA assumes no responsibility or liability regarding the use or misuse of such information. TSEA makes no representations about the suitability of this information and these services for any purpose. Unless specifically stated otherwise, TSEA does not endorse, approve, recommend, or certify any information, product, process, service or organization presented or mentioned on TSEA’s Web site or listservs, and information from the Web site or listservs should not be referenced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. TSEA expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual’s use of, reference to, reliance on, or inability to use, the TSEA Web site or listservs or the information presented on the site or listservs.

Privacy Statement

TSEA does not collect personally identifiable information about individuals except when such individuals specifically provide such information on a voluntary basis (e.g., membership or registration information).

TSEA reserves the right to perform statistical analyses of user behavior and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas of the site and to inform advertisers of such information as well as the number of users that have been exposed to or clicked on their advertising banners. TSEA will provide only aggregated data from these analyses to third parties.

Users also should be aware that non-personal information and data may be automatically collected through the standard operation of TSEA’s Internet servers or through the use of "cookies." "Cookies" are small text files a Web site can use to recognize repeat users, facilitate the user's ongoing access to and use of the site and allow a site to track usage behavior and compile aggregate data that will allow content improvements and targeted advertising. Users should be aware that TSEA cannot control the use of cookies or the resulting information by advertisers or third parties hosting data for TSEA. While cookies may be “disabled,” users should note that cookies may be necessary to provide the user with certain features (e.g., customized delivery of information) available on the site.

Information posted on TSEA’s Web site, the Forum and its other listservs will not be treated as confidential. Remember that the person to whom you send electronic mail is not legally required to keep it secret, and the sender or receiver of electronic mail has the right to make it public. All electronic messages may be copied as a routine matter and may be destroyed on a regular basis. TSEA disclaims any responsibility to maintain copies of any such communication or to assure that such information is deleted. TSEA may monitor information on the Web site, Forum and its other listservs and retains the right to remove posted messages or materials that it believes are not in the best interests of TSEA.

The foregoing rules of use are effective as of September 1, 2005. TSEA reserves the right to change these rules (including the privacy statement) at any time by notifying users of the existence of new rules/privacy statement. This statement and the rules outlined herein are not intended to and do not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party.