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Terms of Use

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE.

Terms of Website Use
This page (together with the documents referred to on it) tells you as a user ("you") the terms of use on which you may make use of our website www.IThound.com (the "Site"), whether as a guest or a registered user (the "Agreement"). By using the Site, you indicate that you accept these terms of the Agreement and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these terms, please refrain from using the Site or downloading any materials from it. You agree that this Agreement (and, if you are a user who has registered on this Site ("Registered User"), any provisions included in the registration process) is the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement between Incisive Media and you, which supercedes any proposal or prior agreement, oral or written, and any other communications between you and Incisive Media relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. INCISIVE MEDIA MAY REVISE THIS AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME BY UPDATING THIS POSTING. YOU SHOULD VISIT THIS PAGE FROM TIME TO TIME TO REVIEW THE THEN-CURRENT TERMS BECAUSE THEY ARE BINDING ON YOU. CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THESE TERMS MAY BE SUPERSEDED BY EXPRESSLY DESIGNATED LEGAL NOTICES OR TERMS LOCATED ON PARTICULAR PAGES AT THIS SITE.

Information About Us
www.IThound.com is a site operated by *Incisive Media Limited. We are registered in England and Wales under our company number 04038503 and have our registered office at Haymarket House, 28-29 Haymarket, London SW1Y 4RX

Accessing the Site
Access to the Site is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide on the Site without notice (see below). We will not be liable if for any reason the Site is unavailable at any time and for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Site, or the entire Site, to users who have registered with us.

General
This Site acts as a forum that enables you to locate and identify certain providers of software and services ("Companies"). Incisive Media does not control the timing of or manner in which any Company's products or services ("Products") are delivered to you and does not guarantee the completion of any transaction. Incisive Media may refuse to provide services under the Site to anyone at any time, in its sole discretion.

Trademark Information
IThound ("IThound") is a registered trademark of Incisive Media. for its information systems assessment services for business professionals, namely, providing online services by which prospective purchasers can learn about information system products and services. All other brand, product, service, and process names appearing on the Site are trademarks of their respective holders. Both Incisive Media and IThound's trademarks may be used publicly with written permission only from Incisive Media.

Single Copy License
Except as otherwise indicated on the Site, you may download limited copies of the information or software ("Materials") found on this Site for your personal, non-commercial internal use only, unless specifically licensed to do otherwise by Incisive Media in writing or as allowed by any license terms which accompany or are provided with individual Materials. This is a license, not a transfer of title, and is subject to the following restrictions: you may not: (a) use any automated process or software robot to view, download, print or otherwise use content from the Site, (b) use the Site or Materials for the purpose of soliciting, for any product, solution, or service, companies that have listings or content included in the Site content, (c) modify the Materials or use them for any commercial purpose, or any public display, performance, sale or rental, including, without limitation, posting the Materials on any network computer or broadcasting them in any media; (d) decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble software Materials except and only to the extent permitted by applicable law; (e) remove any copyright or other proprietary notices from the Materials; (f) transfer the Materials to another person. You agree to prevent any unauthorised copying of the Materials. Incisive Media reserves all rights not expressly granted in this Agreement.

Ownership of Materials
Incisive Media are the owner or licensee of all intellectual property rights in the Site and the Materials. The Site and the Materials are copyrighted and are protected by worldwide copyright, trademark, trade dress and other intellectual property laws and treaty provisions and may not be copied, reproduced, modified, published, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, without Incisive Media's prior written permission. Except as expressly provided herein, Incisive Media, its licensors and its suppliers do not grant, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any express or implied right to you under any patents, copyrights, trademarks, or trade secret information. Other rights may be granted to you by Incisive Media in writing or incorporated elsewhere in the Materials.

Passwords
If you choose to Register on this site, you will be asked to enter a username and password ("Log-in details"). You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of these Log-in details and must not allow anyone else to use these Log-in details. You must immediately inform Incisive Media of any unauthorised use of your Log-in details. This can be done by emailing support@IThound.com

Termination of Access
If you breach any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement, Incisive Media may, at its sole discretion, (a) suspend your access to certain areas of the Site or (b) terminate your access to certain areas of the Site. Whether or not a breach results in suspension or termination depends on several factors, including but not limited to the severity of the breach, the potential harm to other users or to Incisive Media, and whether or not the breach is repeated or cured. If Incisive Media suspends or terminates your right to access or use the Site then Incisive Media shall, within 24 hours, provide notice to you of such action. Upon termination, you will immediately destroy the Materials and all licenses herein shall immediately terminate.

Reliance on Information Posted
The Materials are not intended to amount to advice on which reliance should be placed. We therefore disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such Materials by any user of the Site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

This Site changes regularly
We aim to update the Site regularly, and may change the content at any time. If the need arises, we may suspend access to the Site, or close it indefinitely. Any of the material on the Site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

Disclaimer
The Materials are provided without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to their accuracy. To the extent permitted by law, we, other members of our group of companies and third parties connected to us hereby expressly exclude, (a) all conditions, warranties and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law or the law of equity and (b) any liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred by any use in connection with the Site or in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of the use of the Site, any websites linked to it and any materials posted on it, including, without limitation any liability for loss of income or revenue, business, profits or contracts, anticipated savings, data or goodwill or wasted management or office time or any other loss or damage of any kind, however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable. This does not affect our ability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, nor our ability for fraudulent misrepresentation or misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Release
Incisive Media is not a party to any actual engagement between Companies and you. As a result, Incisive Media has no control over the quality, safety or legality of Companies or their services. You are wholly responsible for all activities conducted through your account in accessing the Site. Incisive Media cannot and does not control whether or not Companies will complete their services or other obligations. Further, it is not commercially reasonable for Incisive Media to authenticate the Companies, and Incisive Media cannot and does not confirm that each Company is who it claims to be. Incisive Media encourages you to develop safe business practices when using the Internet. Incisive Media also encourages you to communicate directly with Companies from the Site to help you evaluate with whom you are dealing. You release Incisive Media (and its agents and employees) from all claims, demands and damages of every kind and nature (including, but not limited to, actual, consequential, special, punitive and incidental damages), known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with your relationship with the Companies or the services provided by the Companies or any actions or omissions of a Company. In no case will Incisive Media be liable for any legal actions brought against you by such Companies.

User Submissions
Any material, information or other communication you transmit or post to this Site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary ("Communications"). Incisive Media will have no obligations with respect to the Communications, provided that any personally identifiable information shall be handled in the manner set forth below. Incisive Media and its designees will be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise use the Communications and all data, images, sounds, text, and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes, provided that any personally identifiable information shall be handled in the manner set forth below. 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 or any rights of a third party.

Indemnification
You hereby agree, at your own expense, to indemnify, defend and hold Incisive Media harmless from and against any loss, cost, damages, liability, or expense arising out of or relating to any third-party claim, action or allegation brought against Incisive Media based upon or relating to (a) a dispute between you and a Company over the terms and conditions of a contract or related to the purchase and sale of any goods/services, (b) a breach by you of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, or (c) any action of you or a Company which violates any law, regulation or rights of a third party.

Miscellaneous
Incisive Media controls this Site from its offices within the United Kingdom. Incisive Media makes no representation that Materials in the Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and access to them from territories where their content is illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this Site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.

Jurisdiction and Applicable Law
The English courts will have non-exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to the Site, although we retain the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these conditions in your country of residence or any other relevant country. These terms are governed by English law.

* Incisive Media includes Incisive Media and all of its subsidiary companies (Incisive Financial Publishing Limited, Incisive Photographic Limited, Global Professional Media Limited, Conjecture Limited, Incisive Media Investments Limited, Incisive RWG Inc, Incisive Interactive Marketing LLC).