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Terms of Use

Effective Date: February 3, 2010

IMPORTANT! PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THESE TERMS OF USE ("TERMS") BEFORE USING THE SITE, AS THEY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. These Terms apply to the websites www.clizen.org, www.czs.org and www.brookfieldzoo.org, which are owned or operated by the Chicago Zoological Society ("CZS" or "we," "our," or "us"). These Terms apply whether you access or use the web sites via personal computer, mobile device or otherwise and to interactive features or downloads that are owned or operated by CZS and that are available through the web sites or that interact with the web sites and post these Terms (collectively, the "Site."). These Terms govern your use of the Site. These Terms do not apply to any other web site or any offline activities by CZS (unless specifically stated). You agree to these Terms by accessing or using the Site. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT USE THE SITE.

In some instances, both these Terms and a separate terms of service or guidelines document setting forth additional conditions may apply to a service or product offered via the Site ("Additional Terms"). To the extent there is a conflict between these Terms and any Additional Terms, the Additional Terms will control unless the Additional Terms expressly state otherwise. 

Table of Contents

1.   Ownership of Site Materials 
2.   Your License to Use Materials On Our Site 
3.   Information You Submit and License to CZS 
4.   User Content Rules 
5.    Copyrights And Other Intellectual Property And Related Complaints
6.    Account Registration 
7.    Viral Distribution 
8.    Widgets 
9.    Downloads 
10.  Promotions 
11.  Links to Third Party Web Sites 
12.  Linking Policy 
13.  Disclaimer of Warranties 
14.  Disclaimers/Limitation Of Liability
15.  Indemnification 
16.  Termination and Modifications 
17.  Location of Site and Territorial Restrictions 
18.  Governing Law, Jurisdiction 
19.  Miscellaneous 
20.  Updates to the Terms 

1. Ownership of Site Materials

Materials. The Site (including past, present and future versions) and all materials that are included in or are otherwise a part of the Site, including, without limitation: graphics; layout; text; content; instructions; images; audio; videos; designs; advertising copy; trademarks; logos; domain names; trade names; service marks and trade identities; any and all copyrightable material (including source and object code); the "look and feel" of the Site; the compilation, assembly and arrangement of the materials of the Site; and all other materials related to the Site (collectively, the "Materials") are owned, controlled or licensed by CZS or its affiliates and are protected from unauthorized use, copying and dissemination by copyright, trademark, patent, publicity and other laws, rules, regulations and international treaties. 

Copyright. The entire contents of the Site (including the Materials) are copyrighted under the United States copyright laws and/or similar laws of other jurisdictions. Without limitation, CZS owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of the Materials on the Site. Third-party content providers own the copyright in content that is original to them. “Chicago Zoological Society," "CZS" as well as other marks that may appear on the Site, are the service and trademarks of CZS. Without CZS' prior written permission, you agree not to display or use, in any manner any such marks and all goodwill associated with any use by you thereof will inure exclusively to CZS or their respective owners. The Materials may not be copied, reproduced, downloaded or distributed in any way, in whole or in part, without the express permission of CZS, unless and except as is expressly provided in these Terms. Any unauthorized use of the Materials is prohibited. You agree to abide by any and all additional copyright notices, information or restrictions contained in any part of the Site. 

2. Your License to Use Materials On Our Site

License. Subject to your strict compliance with these Terms, CZS grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-commercial, revocable, non-assignable and non-transferable license to download, display, view, use and/or play a single copy of the Materials (excluding source and object code) provided that: (a) you keep intact all trademark, copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the Materials or any copy you may make of the Materials; (b) you do not use the Materials in a manner that suggests an association with any of our products, services or brands; (c) you make no modifications to the Materials; (d) you do not allow or aid or abet any third party (whether or not for your benefit): (i) to copy or adapt the object code of either Site' software, HTML, JavaScript or other code; or (ii) reverse engineer, decompile, reverse assemble, modify or attempt to discover any source code that the Site create to generate their web pages or any software or other products or processes accessible through the Site; and (e) you do not insert any code or product to manipulate the Materials in any way that affects any user’s experience.

You also agree that you will not: (a) use any robot, spider, rover, scraper, or any other data mining technology or automatic or manual process to monitor, cache, frame, mask, extract data from, copy or distribute the Materials (except as may be a result of standard search engine or internet browser usage), nor will you (b) modify, frame, reproduce, archive, sell, lease, rent, exchange, create derivative works from, publish by hard copy or electronic means, publicly perform, display, disseminate, distribute, broadcast, retransmit, circulate to any third party or on any third-party web site, or otherwise use the Materials in any way for any public or commercial purpose except as specifically permitted by these Terms or CZS. 

3. Information You Submit and License to CZS

The Site may provide you and others with the opportunity to participate in forums, blogs, message boards and other communication functionality (collectively, "User Forums") and may provide you with the opportunity, through such features or otherwise, to submit, post, display, transmit, perform, publish, distribute or broadcast content and materials to CZS or the Site, including, without limitation, photographs, comments, writings, music, video, audio recordings, computer graphics, pictures, data, questions, comments, suggestions or personally identifiable information (collectively, “User Content”). 

Except as otherwise described in the Site's posted Privacy Policy, or other agreement on the Site at which you provide your User Content, you agree that your User Content will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary and will not be returned. You agree that you either: (i) own the rights to the User Content you submit and the right to grant all of the rights and licenses in these Terms; or (ii) you have all necessary rights and licenses from the owner(s) of these rights to enter into these Terms and grant CZS these licenses. Upon CZS' request, you will furnish CZS any documentation, substantiation or releases necessary to verify your compliance with these Terms. You also acknowledge that the Internet may be subject to breaches of security and should be aware that submissions of User Content or other information may not be secure, and you should consider this before submitting any information to CZS.

When you choose to submit User Content to CZS or the Site, you automatically grant to CZS the unrestricted, unconditional, non-exclusive, unlimited, worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual and royalty-free right and license to host, use, copy, distribute, reproduce, disclose, sell, re-sell, sub-license, display, perform, transmit, publish, broadcast, modify, reformat, translate, archive, store, cache or otherwise exploit in any manner whatsoever, all or any portion of your User Content for any purpose whatsoever in all formats; on or through any media, software, formula or medium now known or hereafter developed; and with any technology or devices now known or hereafter developed and to advertise, market and promote the same. You further agree that CZS is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in any User Content you send to the Site or CZS, for any purposes whatsoever, including, without limitation, developing, manufacturing and marketing products and or services using such User Content; or creating informational articles based on or advertising our products and services, and without compensation of any kind. You further perpetually and irrevocably grant CZS the unconditional right to use and exploit your name, persona and likeness included in any User Content and in connection with any User Content, without any obligation or compensation to you. You also grant to CZS the right to sub-license and authorize others to exercise any of the rights granted to CZS under these Terms; and each such third party will be entitled to benefit from the rights and licenses granted to CZS under these Terms. You further authorize CZS to publish your User Content in a searchable format that may be accessed by users of the Site and the Internet. Except as prohibited by law, you waive any moral rights you may have in any User Content you submit, even if such User Content is altered or changed in a manner not agreeable to you. 

You agree that CZS has no obligation to pre-screen, monitor or enforce your intellectual property rights to your User Content but has the right to protect and enforce its and its licensees’ licensed rights to your User Content. You further acknowledge and agree that CZS will not have any obligation to, but may review, monitor, display, accept or exploit any User Content and CZS may, in its sole discretion, delete, edit, distribute, move, block access, re-format, edit, alter, distort, remove or refuse to exploit User Content without notice or liability; provided, however, that CZS reserves the right to treat User Content on the Site, or on certain portions of the Site, as content stored at the direction of users for which CZS will not exercise editorial control except to enforce the rights of third parties and the content restrictions set forth below in our User Forums Usage Rules when notice of such violations are directed to CZS' attention. User Content posted may not be maintained on the Site by us for any period of time, we may delete it at our discretion and you have no right to access or control any User Content that you provide. You agree and understand that CZS is not obligated to use User Content and that you will not receive any consideration or compensation for your User Content or for any exploitation of it. 

You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any of User Content, including, but not limited to, any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of User Content. As CZS may not pre-screen User Content, you bear legal responsibility for others' exposure to any offensive indecent or objectionable content in User Content.

4. User Content Rules 

As a user of the Site, you agree to the following "User Content Rules," which govern any User Content you submit to CZS or the Site. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to monitor and screen all User Content submitted to the Site and may disregard any User Content that, in our sole discretion, violates these User Content Rules or the Terms, or that we otherwise find objectionable. 

5. Copyrights And Other Intellectual Property And Related Complaints 

You may not use the Site for any purpose or in any manner that infringes the rights of any third party. CZS encourages you to report any content on the Web Site that you believe infringes your rights. Only the intellectual property rights owner or person authorized to act on behalf of the owner can report potentially infringing content. If you have a good faith belief that content on the Site infringes your copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights, please follow the procedures set forth below

In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the “DMCA”) (text at http://www.copyright.gov), CZS has a designated agent for receiving notices of copyright infringement and we follow the notice and take down procedures of the DMCA. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide CZS' copyright agent the following information required by the DMCA: (a) a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; (b) identification of the copyright work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site; (c) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material; (d) information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party; (e) a statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (f) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

If you believe that any content on the Web Site contains content that violate your rights other than copyrights, please provide CZS at least the following information: (a) a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; (b) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material; (c) an explanation what rights you own/have and why you believe the content infringes your rights sufficient for us to evaluate your complaint; and (d) accurate contact information for you. 

Please send either (a) your notice of claims of copyright infringement on or regarding the Web Site; or (b) a complaint regarding alleged violation of rights other than copyrights, to CZS' copyright agent, Ken Kaduk, who can be reached as follows:


We have a policy of terminating the accounts of users who (in our reasonable discretion) are repeat infringers.

It is often difficult to determine if your intellectual property rights have been violated. We may request additional information before we remove any infringing material. If a dispute develops as to the correct owner of the rights in question, we reserve the right to remove your content along with that of the alleged infringer pending resolution of the matter.
We will provide you with notice if your materials have been removed based on a third party complaint of alleged infringement of the third party’s intellectual property rights. 

6. Account Registration

Account Registration. Certain areas of the Site may require registration or may otherwise ask you to provide information to participate in certain features in order to receive electronic newsletters, membership information or to access certain Materials or post User Content. When you provide information to the Site, you agree to provide only true, accurate, current and complete information.

If you register on the Site, you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password, if any, and you agree you will not sell, transfer or assign your account. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password, if any, and for restricting access to your computer (or other Internet access device, as applicable) so that others may not access the password protected portion of the Site using your name in whole or in part. The CZS reserves the right to terminate your account or otherwise deny you access in its sole discretion without notice and without liability. 

7. Viral Distribution 

CZS may grant you -- but only through express written permission -- the limited, revocable permission to engage in certain expressly described personal uses of Materials as may from time to time be made available via forms of digital delivery on the Site for such purpose ("Viral Distribution"). Express written permission for Viral Distribution may include these personal uses: (a) sending Materials to friends or acquaintances at no charge; (b) posting and displaying a copy of Materials on a personal web site; or (c) posting and displaying a copy of the Materials on a third party web site that permits users to post content, so long as the posting is allowed pursuant to the third party site terms and conditions, and provided that the third party Web site does not charge for access to those materials or associate those materials with products, services or advertising. 

If expressly permitted and made available on the Site, you may engage in Viral Distribution pursuant to these Terms, but you will not make any use of or license, distribute, reproduce, or otherwise exploit any part of the Materials without our express written permission.

8. Widgets

The Site may provide certain materials that you may choose to include in your personal web page, social networking profile page or similar personal digital page ("Personal Page") by pasting into your Personal Page the HTML or other code provided by CZS and labeled as an "Embed Code" (or similar identifying label) ("Widget"). For any Widgets that CZS makes available on the Site, CZS grants you a license, subject to the restrictions in these Terms, to include the Embed Code as provided by CZS (without editing) for inclusion on your Personal Page only. You agree that you will not embed or otherwise make available a Widget on a web page or web site containing content that is distasteful, unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable (in CZS' sole opinion). Widgets are subject to theDisclaimers section , and accordingly, CZS makes no specific warranties about Widgets and CZS may discontinue providing the services necessary for the Widgets to operate at any time for any reason without any liability to you. In addition, CZS may disable Widgets that you include on your Personal Page(s) if you violate these Terms (as determined by CZS in its sole discretion) or for any or no reason, without any liability to you. You agree that CZS' license grant to you to use Widgets on your Personal Page does not provide you with any intellectual property rights, including copyrights, in the materials made available via any Widget. You agree to not sell, lease, hypothecate, transfer, license, distribute, reproduce, encumber or otherwise exploit the Materials made available in a Widget, in whole or in part, without the express consent of CZS. You agree to include, and not remove or alter, CZS' trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights notices, as provided by CZS on the Widget. You also agree to not use (or attempt to use) the Widget to display content other than the Materials provided or intended by CZS to be displayed via a particular Widget. Except as expressly stated otherwise, the Widget and any and all Materials provided through the Widget are subject to these Terms in their entirety.

9. Downloads 

If you download any software or files from the Site, including, without limitation, any audio files, video files, data files, images incorporated in or generated by the software or files, data accompanying the download and any files transmitted to you as part of the CZS newsletter or similar services (collectively, the "Downloads"), you are granted a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-commercial, revocable, non-assignable and non-transferable license in such Downloads by us or the owner of the Downloads. Title to the Downloads is not transferred to you. You may own the medium on which the Downloads are recorded, but we or the owner of such Downloads retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Downloads, and all intellectual property rights in the Downloads. You may not resell, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise reduce the Downloads to a human-perceivable form, or transfer the Downloads to any third party. Any Downloads are done at your own discretion and risk and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your Device or loss of data that results from such Downloads. Your use of the Download may be governed by Additional Terms. Please carefully read any Additional Terms to determine the full extent of conditions governing the use of the Downloads. 

Software related to or made available by this Site may be subject to United States export controls. Thus, no software from the Site may be downloaded, exported or re-exported (a) into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Syria or any other country to which the United States has embargoed goods; or (b) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department’s list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department’s Table of Deny Orders. By downloading any software related to the Site, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of, any such country or on any such list. 

10. Promotions

The Site may contain or offer sweepstakes or other promotions, which may be governed by a separate set of rules that describe the sweepstakes or promotion and may have eligibility requirements, such as certain age or geographic area restrictions. It is your responsibility to read those rules to determine whether or not your participation, registration or entry will be valid and to determine the sponsor's requirements of you in connection with the applicable sweepstakes or promotion.

11. Links to Third Party Web Sites 

The Site may provide links to other web sites and/or resources that we do not maintain or are not under our control (“Third Party Web Sites”). Accessing those Third Party Web Sites requires you to leave this Site. We do not control any Third Party Web Sites linked to from the Site, and your dealings with such Third Party Web Sites are solely between you and such third parties. Your use of such Third Party Web Sites is subject to the terms and conditions established by such third parties, and we encourage you to review their user terms and privacy policies before you use their services. Your access to and use of such Third Party Web Sites is solely at your own risk, and you agree that we will not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort that you may suffer as the result of your dealings with such Third Party Web Sites. 

12. Linking Policy

The CZS grants you the revocable permission to link to the Site; provided, however, that your web site, or any third party web site that links to the Site: (a) must not frame or create a browser or border environment around any of the content on the Site or otherwise mirror any part of the Site; (b) must not imply that CZS or the Site are endorsing or sponsoring it or its products, unless CZS has given its prior written consent; (c) must not present false information about, or disparage, tarnish, or otherwise, in CZS' sole opinion, harm CZS or its products or services; (d) must not use any CZS trademarks without the prior written permission from CZS; (e) must not contain content that could be construed as distasteful, offensive or controversial or otherwise objectionable (in CZS' sole opinion); and (f) must be owned and controlled by you or the person or entity placing the link, or otherwise permit you to enable such link subject to these Terms. By linking to the Site, you agree that you do and will continue to comply with the above linking requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these Terms, CZS reserves the right to prohibit linking to the Site for any reason, in our sole and absolute discretion, even if the linking complies with the requirements described above.

13. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE MATERIALS, ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS", "AS AVAILABLE" AND "WITH ALL FAULTS" BASIS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, CZS, THE FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY AND ANY PARENT, SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES OF EITHER AND EACH OF THEIR EMPLOYEES; DIRECTORS; OFFICERS; SHAREHOLDERS; AGENTS; VENDORS; AND CONTRACTORS (COLLECTIVELY, “THE CZS PARTIES”) MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OR ENDORSEMENTS OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO: (A) THE SITE; (B) THE MATERIALS ON OR PROVIDED THROUGH THE SITE; (C) THE DOWNLOADABLE ITEMS; (D) USER CONTENT; (E) THE FUNCTIONS MADE ACCESSIBLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE; (F) ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR INSTRUCTIONS OFFERED OR REFERENCED AT THE SITE; AND/OR (G) SECURITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION TRANSMITTED TO CZS OR VIA THE SITE. IN ADDITION, THE CZS PARTIES HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE, CUSTOM, TRADE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUS.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE CZS PARTIES DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED THEREIN WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED; THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED; OR THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES THE SITE AVAILABLE ARE FREE FROM ANY HARMFUL COMPONENTS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, VIRUSES. THE CZS PARTIES DO NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES THAT THE INFORMATION (INCLUDING ANY INSTRUCTIONS) ON THE SITE IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, CORRECT, ADEQUATE, USEFUL, TIMELY, RELIABLE OR OTHERWISE. THE CZS PARTIES DO NOT WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS LAWFUL IN ANY PARTICULAR JURISDICTION, AND THE CZS PARTIES SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM SUCH WARRANTIES. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING AND MAINTAINING ALL INTERNET ACCESS SERVICES, DEVICE HARDWARE AND OTHER EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO ACCESS AND USE THE SITE, AND ALL CHARGES RELATED THERETO. YOU ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND YOUR RELIANCE THEREON. NO OPINION, ADVICE, OR STATEMENT OF THE CZS PARTIES, WHETHER MADE ON THE SITE OR OTHERWISE, SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED HEREIN. SOME JURISDICTIONS LIMIT OR DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED OR OTHER WARRANTIES SO THE ABOVE DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT SUCH JURISDICTION'S LAW IS APPLICABLE TO THESE TERMS.

THE CZS PARTIES DO NOT ENDORSE THE USER CONTENT, IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USER CONTENT AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PERSONS WHO MAY USE OR RELY ON SUCH USER CONTENT) FOR ANY LOSS, DAMAGE (WHETHER ACTUAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHERWISE), INJURY, CLAIM, LIABILITY OR OTHER CAUSE OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER BASED UPON OR RESULTING FROM ANY USER CONTENT OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE.

14. Disclaimers/Limitation Of Liability

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THE CZS PARTIES BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, ECONOMIC, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSSES OR DAMAGES THAT ARE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO (A) THE SITE; (B) THE MATERIALS; (C) THE DOWNLOADABLE ITEMS; (D) USER CONTENT; (E) YOUR USE OF, INABILITY TO USE, OR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE; (F) ANY ACTION TAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH AN INVESTIGATION BY THE CZS PARTIES OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES REGARDING YOUR USE OF THE SITE; (G) ANY ACTION TAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH COPYRIGHT OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERS; (H) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE SITE' TECHNICAL OPERATION; OR (I) ANY DAMAGE TO ANY USER'S COMPUTER, HARDWARE, COMPUTER SOFTWARE, WIRELESS DEVICES, CELLULAR PHONE, MODEM OR OTHER EQUIPMENT OR TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGE FROM ANY SECURITY BREACH OR FROM ANY VIRUS, BUGS, TAMPERING, FRAUD, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER LINE OR NETWORK FAILURE OR ANY OTHER TECHNICAL OR OTHER MALFUNCTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, WORK STOPPAGE, ACCURACY OF RESULTS, OR COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE OR EVEN IF THE CZS PARTIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WHETHER CAUSED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY NEGLIGENCE, ACTS OF GOD, TELECOMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, OR THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF THE SITE). IN NO EVENT WILL THE CZS PARTIES BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR LOSS, DAMAGE OR INJURY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY. SOME STATES, COUNTRIES, PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT WILL THE CZS PARTIES’ TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR CAUSES OF ACTION EXCEED TEN UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($10.00).

YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR RISK. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE OR ANY OF THE MATERIALS, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE ACCESSING AND USING THE SITE OR THE MATERIALS.

15. Indemnification 

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the CZS Parties from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, costs, investigations, liabilities, judgments, settlements and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, that directly or indirectly arise from or are otherwise directly or indirectly related to: (a) User Content; (b) your use of the Site or activities in connection with the Site; (c) your breach or anticipatory breach of these Terms; (d) your violation of any laws, rules, regulations, codes, statutes, ordinances or orders of any governmental and quasi-governmental authorities, including, without limitation, all regulatory, administrative and legislative authorities; (e) information or material transmitted through your computer or wireless device, even if not submitted by you, that infringes, violates or misappropriates any copyright, trademark, trade secret, trade dress, patent, publicity, privacy or other right of any person or defames any person; (f) any misrepresentation made by you; or (g) the CZS Parties' use of your information. You will cooperate as fully required by the CZS Parties in the defense of any claim. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the CZS Parties retain the exclusive right to settle, compromise and pay any and all claims, demands, proceedings, suits, actions or causes of action which are brought against them herein under the terms and provisions of this Section. The CZS Parties reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and you will not in any event settle any claim without the prior written consent of a duly authorized employee of the CZS Parties.

16. Termination and Modifications 

Termination. The CZS reserves the right to terminate your access to and use of the Site, in its sole discretion, without notice and liability, including, without limitation, if CZS believes your conduct fails to conform with these Terms. The CZS also reserves the right to investigate suspected violations of these Terms, including, without limitation, any violation arising from any e-mails you send to the Site or CZS. Any violation, or potential violation, of these Terms may be referred to law enforcement authorities. Upon termination of your access to the Site, or upon demand from CZS, all rights granted to you under these Terms will cease immediately, and you agree that you will: (a) immediately discontinue use of the Site; and (b) destroy all Materials obtained from the Site and all related documentation.

Modifications. The CZS reserves the exclusive right to modify, withdraw, suspend or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, at any time and from time to time, any Materials available on the Site, without limitation, in whole or in part, including the cessation of all activities associated with the Site, with or without notice. You agree that CZS will not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Site or any part thereof. 

17. Location of Site and Territorial Restrictions

Location of Site. The information provided on the Site is not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject CZS to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country. The CZS controls and operates the Site from offices located in the United States and makes no representations or warranties that the information, products or services contained on the Site are appropriate for use or access in other locations. Anyone using or accessing the Site from other locations does so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with United States', and local laws regarding online conduct and acceptable content, if and to the extent such local laws are applicable. We reserve the right to limit the availability of the Site and/or the provision of any content, program, product, service or other feature described or available thereon to any person, geographic area, or jurisdiction, at any time and in our sole discretion, and to limit the quantities of any such content, program, product, service or other feature that we provide.

18. Governing Law and Jurisdiction 

GOVERNING LAW/JURISDICTION. THESE TERMS AND THE INTERPRETATION OF THESE TERMS WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES AND SPECIFICALLY WILL NOT BE GOVERNED BY THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS ON CONTRACTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS, IF OTHERWISE APPLICABLE. YOU AGREE THAT JURISDICTION OVER AND VENUE IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SITE, THE USE OR ACCESS THEREOF, OR THESE TERMS MUST BE IN THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS AND YOU HEREBY CONSENT AND SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF THE COURTS LOCATED IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS FOR ANY SUCH LEGAL PROCEEDING. ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM YOU MAY HAVE WITH RESPECT TO ANY SITE MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISES.

19. Miscellaneous

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