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All materials contained in any AICHE-OSU Site are the copyrighted property of American Institute of Chemical Engineers Chapter at The Ohio State University., or its affiliated organizations and/or third-party licensors. All trademarks, service marks, and trade names are proprietary to AICHE-OSU, or its affiliates. No material from AICHE-OSU Site or any Internet site owned, operated, licensed, or controlled by us or our affiliates may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, except that you may download one copy of the materials on any single computer for your personal, noncommercial home use only, provided that (i) you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices, (ii) you make no modifications to the materials, (iii) you do not use the materials in a manner that suggests an association with any of our products, services, or brands, and (iv) you do not download quantities of materials to a database that can be used to avoid future downloads from any AICHE-OSU Site. For purposes of these terms, the use of any such material on any other Web site or computer environment is prohibited to the extent contained herein. All trademarks, service marks, trade names, and trade dress are proprietary to us.

In the event you download software from any AICHE-OSU Site, the software, including any files, images incorporated in or generated by the software, and data accompanying the software (collectively, the "Software") are licensed to you by us or third-party licensors for your personal, noncommercial home use only. We do not transfer title to the Software to you. You own the medium on which the Software is recorded, but we (or third-party licensors) retain full and complete title to the Software and all intellectual property rights therein. You may not redistribute, sell, de-compile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or otherwise reduce the Software to a human-readable form.

We are pleased to hear from our visitors and welcome your comments regarding our products and services. We hope you will understand that it is the intent of this policy to avoid the possibility of future misunderstandings when projects developed by our professional staff might seem to others to be similar to their own creative work. Please do not send us any unsolicited original creative materials such as stories or ideas, screenplays, or original artwork. While we do value your feedback on our services and products, we request that you be specific in your comments on those services and products, and not submit any creative ideas, suggestions, or materials (unless specifically requested by us).

If, at our request, you send certain specific submissions (e.g., postings to chat, boards, or contests) or, despite our request, you send us creative suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, concepts, or other information (collectively, the "Submissions"), the Submissions shall be deemed, and shall remain, our property. None of the Submissions shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on our part and we shall not be liable for any use or disclosure of any Submissions. Without limitation of the foregoing, we shall exclusively own all now-known or hereafter existing rights to the Submissions of every kind and nature throughout the universe and shall be entitled to unrestricted use of the Submissions for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to the provider of the Submissions unless under express written consent.

Please exercise discretion while browsing the Internet using any AICHE-OSU Site. You should be aware that when you are on a AICHE-OSU Site, you could be directed to other sites that are beyond our control. There are links to other sites from AICHE-OSU pages that take you outside of our service.  This includes links from advertisers, sponsors, and content partners that may use our logo(s) as part of a co-branding agreement. These other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data, solicit personal information, or contain information that you may find inappropriate or offensive. In addition, advertisers on AICHE-OSU Sites may send cookies to users that we do not control.

We reserve the right to disable links from third-party sites to any AICHE-OSU Site.

We make no representations concerning the content of sites listed in any of our directories. Consequently, we cannot be held responsible for the accuracy, relevancy, copyright compliance, legality, or decency of material contained in sites listed in our search results or otherwise linked to a AICHE-OSU Site.

Please keep in mind that whenever you give out personal information online --- for example, via message boards or chat --- that information can be collected and used by people you don't know. While AICHE-OSU strives to protect your personal information and privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you disclose online; you make such disclosures at your own risk

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We explicitly disclaim any responsibility for the accuracy, content, or availability of information found on sites that link to or from any AICHE-OSU Site. We cannot ensure that you will be satisfied with any products or services that you purchase from a third-party site that links to or from any AICHE-OSU Site or third-party content on our sites. We do not endorse any of the merchandise, nor have we taken any steps to confirm the accuracy or reliability of, any of the information contained in such third-party sites or content. We do not make any representations or warranties as to the security of any information (including, without limitation, credit card and other personal information) you might be requested to give any third-party, and you hereby irrevocably waive any claim against us with respect to such sites and third-party content. We strongly encourage you to make whatever investigation you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any online or offline transaction with any of these third parties.

In no way due links to third parties imply AICHE-OSU endorsement, approval, or acceptance of the third party. Nor does the link signify the third party site in any way has been evaluated, examined, or determined to be safe, legitement, or otherwise non-detrimental to the user. In no way should AICHE-OSU be responsible for use of third party sites linked from AICHE-OSU. 

AICHE-OSU takes the issue of your privacy seriously. We do not take, accept, or acquire your credit card information directly. However, we use outside Merchants, such as Pay Pal Inc. to perform financial transactions via our website. The merchants are solely responsible for how they use that information and any other information they independently acquire from you or about you. Otherwise, we do not share your credit card information with anyone else. For more information, please read our Privacy Policy.

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It shall be understood by AICHE-OSU and by the user of the AICHE-OSU site at this point that by continuing use of this site by user, a formal agreement has been made between the user and AICHE-OSU according terms presented here. It shall also be stated that all users unable to agree to these terms of use due to applicable laws regarding age will be subject to any laws that deem the parent or guardian of such user is to be responsible for such a user and to be bound by these terms of use. If at any point, a user cannot agree to these terms, they must terminate there use as presented herein.