Terms of Site Use

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY.

TNS Sorensen requires that all visitors to a World Wide Web site owned, operated, licensed, or controlled by TNS Sorensen adhere to the following terms of service. By accessing and using TNS Sorensen web site, you indicate your acknowledgment and acceptance of these terms of service. If you do not agree with these terms of service, you should not use this TNS Sorensen site.

RESTRICTIONS ON USE - All the Materials, graphics, sounds and other components on this site (the "Materials") are copyrighted by TNS Sorensen unless otherwise noted. Any unauthorized use of Materials on this site may violate copyright, trademark and other laws and intellectual property rights of TNS Sorensen Materials from this site may not be copied or distributed, or republished, uploaded, posted, decompiled, or transmitted in any way, without the prior written consent of TNS Sorensen, except that you may download one copy of the Materials on one computer for your personal, non-commercial home or archival use only, provided you do not delete or change any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices contained therein. The Materials in this site are provided for lawful purposes only.

U.S. GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS - The materials on this 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 materials by the U.S. government constitutes acknowledgment of TNS Sorensens' proprietary rights in them.

DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT - TNS Sorensen 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. TNS Sorensen reserves the right to remove any content contained in or posted to this site which allegedly infringes another person's copyright. Notices to TNS Sorensen regarding any alleged copyright infringement on this site should be directed to TNS Sorensens' President's Office, at 999 NW Frontage Road, Suite 190, Troutdale, Oregon, U.S.A, tel. 503 491 2220.

RESTRICTION OF LIABILITY - TNS SORENSEN 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. TNS SORENSEN WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL 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 TNS SORENSEN OR AN AUTHORIZED TNS SORENSEN 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.

SUBMISSIONS - All remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, or other information communicated to TNS Sorensen Associates Inc through this site (together, the "Submission") will become upon communication and will forever be the property of TNS Sorensen. TNS Sorensen A will not be required to treat any Submission as confidential, and will not be liable for any ideas for its business (including, without limitation, product or advertising ideas) and will not incur any liability as a result of any similarities that may appear in future TNS Sorensen operations or Materials. Without limitation, TNS Sorensen will have exclusive ownership of all present and future existing rights to the Submission of every kind and nature everywhere. Except as noted below in this paragraph, TNS Sorensen will be entitled to use the Submission for any commercial or other purpose whatsoever without compensation to you or any other person sending the Submission.

Personally identifiable information that may be received at this site is provided voluntarily by a visitor to this 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 TNS Sorensen, 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.

JURISDICTION - Except as otherwise described, all Materials in this site are made available only to provide information about TNS Sorensen and its services. TNS Sorensen controls and operates the "tns-sorensen.com" site and makes no representation that the Materials on such sites are appropriate or available for use in other locations.

DISCLAIMER - The materials in this site could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Also, TNS Sorensen may make changes or improvements to this site at any time. THE MATERIALS IN THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW. TNS SORENSEN DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TNS SORENSEN DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE MATERIALS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SITE, OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE THEM AVAILABLE, ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.TNS SORENSEN DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE MATERIALS IN THIS SITE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. TNS SORENSEN MAKES NO COMMITMENT TO UPDATE THE MATERIALS ON THIS SITE. YOU (AND NOT TNS SORENSEN) 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.

TERMINATION - TNS Sorensen or you may terminate this agreement at any time. You may terminate this agreement by destroying all materials obtained from this site and all related documentation and all copies and installations. TNS Sorensen 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 TNS Sorensen Provided, however, that TNS Sorensen 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 Materials remain in full force.

LINKED SITES - This site includes links to other sites which are not maintained by TNS Sorensen. TNS Sorensen is 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 TNS Sorensen of the sites or any products or services referred to therein. TNS Sorensen may terminate a link at any time. The terms of service and privacy policies applicable to such sites may be different from those applicable to this site. If you decide to access any third party site linked to this site, you do so entirely at your own risk and TNS Sorensen 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 this site, you hereby agree to be bound by the terms and conditions as set forth below.

Except as provided below, TNS Sorensen prohibits site caching, the use or posting of unauthorized hypertext links to this site and the framing of any content available through this site. You may link to this site only via the site's home page (i.e., www.tns-sorensen.com) or 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 only read "TNS Sorensen" Images of the TNS Sorensen logo can only be used for link purposes and can only be made with the express written permission of TNS Sorensen. Any requests for such permission or for permission to link to this site in a manner other than as permitted in the preceding paragraph should be addressed to TNS Sorensen Executive Vice President, Retail and Shopper Insights at 999 NW Frontage Road, Suite 190, Troutdale, Oregon, U.S.A., Tel: 503 665 0123.

By linking to this site, you acknowledge and agree that, other than as set forth herein, all rights to the TNS Sorensen trademarks or service marks used on this site, the content appearing on this site and the design of this site belong toTNS Sorensen.

You must not misrepresent your relationship with TNS Sorensen or present false or misleading impressions about TNS Sorensen. No links to a TNS Sorensen Site may be used in a manner that implies or suggests that TNS Sorensen approves or endorses you, your website or your goods and services (in all cases, except as TNS Sorensen may have agreed separately with you in writing).

TNS Sorensen shall have no responsibility or liability for any content appearing on your website. You agree to indemnify and defend TNS Sorensen against all claims 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.

TNS Sorensen reserves the right at any time and in its sole discretion to request that you remove all links or any particular link to a TNS Sorensen Site from your website.

This is not a license, but subject to your compliance with the above terms, TNS Sorensen agrees to grant you to use the "TNS Sorensen" name solely for the purpose of establishing a link to this site as permitted hereunder. Except for the limited permission to use the "TNS Sorensen" name as set forth in this paragraph, you may not use any of TNS Sorensens' trademarks or service marks for any other purpose without the express written permission of TNS Sorensen. TNS Sorensen may at any time, in its sole discretion, without cause, withdraw the permission granted herein to use the "TNS Sorensen" name and your right to link to any pages on a TNS Sorensen Site. In such event upon request, you agree to immediately remove all links to the relevant TNS Sorensen Site and to cease using the "TNS Sorensen" name for linking purposes. Thereafter, any future links to a TNS Sorensen Site will require the express written permission ofTNS Sorensen. TNS Sorensen reserves the right to amend these linking terms and conditions at any time. By continuing to link to a TNS Sorensen 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 TNS Sorensen Site, as amended from time to time.

MISCELLANEOUS - These Terms of Service will be governed and be interpreted pursuant to the laws of the State of Oregon and the United States of America, notwithstanding any principles of conflicts of law. If any part of these Terms of Service 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 this site for illegal purposes will be provided to law enforcement authorities. This is the entire agreement between the parties relating to the use of this site. TNS Sorensen can revise these Terms of Service at any time by updating this posting.

TRADEMARK AND SERVICE MARK INFORMATION - The following list of trademarks and service marks (collectively, "Marks"), some or all of which are used on this or other TNS Sorensen Sites, are trademarks or registered trademarks owned by TNS Sorensen. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Users are prohibited from using any of these Marks for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, use as links on or metatags in the code of any other page or site on the World Wide Web, without the express written permission of TNS Sorensen.

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