ECVV.US TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT

Please read these terms and conditions carefully.

This Terms of Use Agreement (the "Agreement") describes the terms and conditions applicable to your use of the ECVV website which is identified by the uniform resource locator www.ecvv.us (the"Site"). This Agreement is entered into between you as the user of the Site (the" User") and ECVV.US.

 

Application and Acceptance of Terms and Conditions.

1.1 For purposes of this Agreement, a "User" is any person who accesses the Site for whatever purpose, regardless of whether said User has registered with ECVV as a registered User or whether said User is a paying customer for a specific service provided by ECVV.US. A User includes the person using this Site and any legal entity which may be represented by such person under actual or apparent authority.

1.2 By accessing or using the Site, you hereby agree to accept the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement as a User. You shall be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement with respect to your access or use of this Site and any further upgrade, modification, addition or change to this Site. If you do not accept all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, please do not use this Site.

1.3 This Agreement applies to each Premium Service (as defined below) in addition to any terms and conditions that may be applicable to such specific Premium Service provided, however, that (a) in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between any provision of the terms and conditions that may be applicable to such Premium Service and any provision of this Agreement, such conflict or inconsistency shall (except as otherwise expressly provided or agreed) be resolved in a manner favorable to ECVV.US and/or its affiliates; and (b) only to the extent that such conflict or inconsistency cannot be so resolved, the provisions of the terms and conditions applicable to such specific Premium Service shall prevail.

1.4 ECVV.US may amend this Agreement at any time by posting the amended and restated Agreement on the Site. The amended and restated Agreement shall be effective immediately upon posting. This Agreement was last amended on August 20, 2007. Posting by ECVV of the amended and restated Agreement and your continued use of the Site shall be deemed to be acceptance of the amended terms. This Agreement may not otherwise be modified, except in writing by an authorized officer of ECVV.US.

 

Top Premium Services.

2.1 Access to the Site and certain of its features are provided to all Users free of charge. However, ECVV.US reserves the right, without prior notice, to restrict access to certain areas or features of the Site ("Premium Services") to paying Users or Users who undergo a specific registration process. Access to and use of these Premium Services are governed by additional terms and conditions under separate agreements in addition to this Agreement.

2.2 ECVV reserves the right to deny Premium Services to any User for whatever reason in order to protect the interests of ECVV.US.

 

Top Users Generally.

3.1 Users may use this Site solely for their own personal or internal purposes. Each User agrees that it shall not copy, reproduce or download any information, text, images, video clips, directories, files, databases or listings available on or through the Site (the "ECVV Content") for the purpose of re-selling or re-distributing the ECVV.US Content, mass mailing (via emails, wireless text messages, physical mail or otherwise), operating a business that competes with ECVV.US, or otherwise commercially exploiting the ECVV.US Content. Systematic retrieval of ECVV.US Content from this Site to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database or directory (whether through robots, spiders, automatic devices or manual processes) without written permission from ECVV.US is prohibited. In addition, use of the content or materials for any purpose not expressly permitted in this Agreement is prohibited.

3.2 Some of the ECVV.US Content displayed on this Site is provided or posted by third parties ("Third Party Content"). ECVV.US is not the author of third-party content, whether contributed by anonymous users or paid content providers. Neither ECVV.US nor any of our affiliates, directors, officers or employees has entered into any sales agency relationship with such third party by virtue of our display of the Third Party Content on the Site. Any Third Party Content is the sole responsibility of the party who provided the content. ECVV.US is not responsible for the accuracy, propriety, lawfulness or truthfulness of any Third Party Content, and shall not be liable to any User in connection with such User's reliance of such Third Party Content. In addition, ECVV is not responsible for the conduct of any User's activities on the Site, and shall not be liable to any person in connection with any damage suffered by any person as a result of such User's conduct.

3.3 ECVV.US may allow Users access to content, products or services offered by third parties through hyperlinks (in the form of word links, banners, channels or otherwise) to such Third Party's website. You are cautioned to read such sites' terms and conditions and/or privacy policies before using such sites in order to be aware of the terms and conditions of your use of such sites. User acknowledges that ECVV.US has no control over such third party's website, does not monitor such sites, and ECVV.US shall not be responsible or liable to anyone for such web site, or any content, products or services made available on such a website.

3.4 Messages or information sent by a User through communication systems provided by the Site, or through emails, fax or letters to addressees obtained from the Site,

3.5 ECVV.US reserves the right to limit, deny or create different access to the Site and its features with respect to different Users, or to change any of the features or introduce new features without prior notice. Each User acknowledges that inability to use the Site wholly or partially for whatever reason may have adverse effects on its business. Each User hereby agrees that in no event shall ECVV.US be liable to the User or any third parties for any inability to use the Site (whether due to disruption, limited access, changes to or termination of any features on the Site or otherwise), any delays, errors or omissions with respect to any communications or transmission, or any damage (direct, indirect, consequential or otherwise) arising from the use of or inability to use the Site or any of its features.

3.6 No User shall undertake any scheme to undermine the integrity of the computer systems or networks used by ECVV.US and/or any other User and no User shall attempt to gain unauthorized access to such computer systems or networks.

3.7 We urge that you read ECVV.US's Privacy Policy governs the protection and use of each User's information in ECVV.US's possession. Each User hereby accepts the Privacy Policy and any updates and amendments thereto. Each User acknowledges that ECVV.US may change the Privacy Policy from time to time provided that ECVV.US shall make available the updated version of the Privacy Policy on the Site at all times. Your continuation of use of the Site shall be deemed to be your acceptance of the Privacy Policy which is then displayed on the Site at the time of such use.

3.8 As a condition of your access to and use of ECVV.US, you agree that you will not use the ECVV.US service to infringe the intellectual property rights of others in any way. ECVV.US will in appropriate circumstances terminate the accounts of members or users who are repeat info.

3.9 ECVV.US following information is gathered when you register: Username, Password, Security Password, your name, telephone number, fax number, email address, company name, address, company's area of business, job technology, job function, purchasing influence, number of employees in your company, your primary product interest and how you heard about the site. We may also record some details of how you use the site, such as adverts you click on or products you search for.

 

4. Cookie Service Notification.

4.1 Our websites and mobile sites use cookies to give you the best online experience. By using our desktop site and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with these terms.

4.2 What is a cookie and how do our websites use them?

A cookie is a file containing a piece of data (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser, and stored by the browser when you visit a website. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

4.3 Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you, but personal information may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

4.4We may use the information we obtain from your use of our cookies for the following purposes:

To recognise your computer when you visit our website

To improve the website's usability

To analyse the use of the website

To personalise our website for you (e.g. to show you product recommendations based on your previous purchases)

To track you as you navigate our website, and enable the use of certain functionalities (e.g. add/remove products to and from the order basket, completing a purchase within checkout, etc.)

To remember you when you return to our website (e.g. if you add products to the order form but decide not to complete a purchase during that visit, we save the order form reference number in a cookie so that we can retrieve it for your next visit)

To show you advertisements on our website and third-party websites, based on browsing activity on our website

4.5 What types of cookies do our websites use?

There are two different types of cookies that we use:

Cookies required for functionality and navigation

These cookies are essential for the proper functioning and easy navigation of our website. For example they enable the order basket functionality and for you to stay logged in as you move through our website. If you refuse to accept these cookies, it will impact on the usability of certain features of our website.

Cookies for analytics, targeting and advertising purposes

Analytics cookies gather general information on how users use our website, e.g. which pages users visit most frequently and whether users receive any error messages from the website.

Targeting and advertising cookies are used to tailor advertisements and recommendations shown on our website and third-party websites to your interests. These cookies may be linked to social networks and your activity on other websites, so that you see customised adverts on third party websites based on your online activity. They also enable advertisers to limit the number of times the same advertisement is shown to you and evaluate the efficiency of an advertising campaign. These cookies are placed by advertising networks with our agreement.