PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE.
BY USING THIS SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE FOLLOWING
TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS WELL AS ALL OTHER POLICIES DESCRIBED
IN THE SITE.
General Electric International, Inc. ("Operator"), is the
commercial operator of this Web site (the "Site"), although
software, hosting and other functions may be provided by Operator's
service providers ("Service Providers"), and other companies
which are affiliated with Operator ("Affiliates") or merely
in a business relationship with Operator ("Business Partners")
may also provide content on the Site or sell or provide goods
or services on the Site or advertise or link on the Site. Operator's
Service Providers, Affiliates and Business Partners are intended
third-party beneficiaries of these Terms of Use. This Site is
not directed to children under 13 years of age, and children
under 13 years of age shall not use this Site to submit any
individually identifiable information about themselves.
These terms may be changed from time to time and without further
notice. Your continued use of the Site after any such changes
constitutes your acceptance of the new terms. If you do not
agree to abide by these or any future terms, do not use the
Site or download materials from it.
Operator and its Service Providers, Affiliates and Business
Partners may terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect
of the Site, including the availability of any features, at
any time. Operator and its Service Providers, Affiliates and
Business Partners may remove, modify or otherwise change any
content, including that of third parties, on or from this Site.
Operator and its Service Providers, Affiliates and Business
Partners may impose limits on certain features and services
or restrict your access to parts or all of the Site without
notice or liability. Operator and its Service Providers, Affiliates
and Business Partners may terminate your use of the Site at
any time in their sole discretion.
1. Proprietary Rights.
Copyrights. Operator and its Affiliates, Service Providers
and Business Partners reserve copyrights in all contents of
this Site, including but not limited to design, text, software,
technical drawings, configurations, graphics, other files, and
their selection and arrangement. The contents of this Site may
not be modified, copied, distributed, framed, reproduced, republished,
downloaded, displayed, posted, transmitted, or sold in any form
or by any means, in whole or in part, without Operator's prior
written permission, except that you may download and print content
provided by Operator and its Affiliates and Service Providers
for uses that are not competitive with or derogatory to Operator
or its Affiliates or Service Providers, provided that you keep
all copyright or other proprietary notices intact and that you
not transfer the content to any other person unless you give
them notice of, and they agree to accept, the obligations arising
under these Terms of Use. Please note that this limited consent
may be revoked at any time and does not include consent to republish
Site information on any other Internet, Intranet or Extranet
site or to incorporate the information in any other database
or compilation. Any other use of the content of this Site is
strictly prohibited. You further agree that you will not systematically
extract, collect or harvest, through electronic means or otherwise,
any data or data fields from this Site, including but not limited
to customer identities.
Trademarks.Trademarks of Operator and its Affiliates,
Service Providers and Business Partners may not be copied, imitated,
or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission
of Operator. All page headers, custom graphics, button icons,
and scripts are service marks, trademarks and/or trade dress
of Operator or its Affiliates, Service Providers or Business
Partners, and may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole
or in part, without the prior written permission of Operator.
Other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names, and
company names or logos displayed on this Site are the property
of their respective owners.
Patents. Some of Operator's products and processes
and those of its Affiliates, Service Providers and Business
Partners used on this Site may be covered by one or more patents
and are subject to other trade secret and proprietary rights.
Operator, its Affiliates, Service Providers and Business Partners
reserve all such rights. You agree not to infringe upon such
rights or decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble any of
the products or processes of Operator, its Affiliates, Service
Providers and Business Partners.
Software. Any software, including any files, images
generated by the software, code, and data accompanying the software
(collectively, "Software"), used or accessible through this
Site may be used by you solely for accessing and using this
Site for purposes expressly stated on the Site, provided that
such uses are not competitive with or derogatory to Operator
or its Affiliates, Service Providers or Business Partners. Operator
and its Affiliates, Service Providers and Business Partners
retain full and complete title to and all intellectual property
rights they may own in the Software. You agree not to copy,
distribute, sell, modify, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble
or create derivative works from any Software.
2. User Conduct – General.
In using this Site, you agree not to:
(a) disrupt or interfere with the security of, or otherwise
abuse, the Site, or any services, system resources, accounts,
servers or networks connected to or accessible through the Site
or affiliated or linked sites;
(b) disrupt or interfere with any other user's enjoyment of
the Site or affiliated or linked sites;
(c) upload, post, or otherwise transmit through or on this
Site any viruses or other harmful, disruptive or destructive
files;
(d) use or attempt to use another's account, service or system
without authorization from the Operator or a Service Provider,
or create or use a false identity on this Site;
(e) transmit through or on this Site spam, chain letters,
junk mail or any other type of unsolicited mass email to people
or entities who have not agreed to be part of such mailings;
and,
(f) attempt to obtain unauthorized access to the Site or portions
of the Site which are restricted from general access.
In addition, you agree that you are solely responsible for
actions and communications undertaken or transmitted under your
account, and that you will comply with all applicable local,
state, national and international laws and regulations, including
but not limited to United States export restrictions, that relate
to your use of or activities on this Site.
3. User Conduct Online Communities and Other Interactive Areas.
The Site may contain areas where you may post and share comments with other
Site users on a variety of subjects. You agree that you will
not post or otherwise disseminate on or through the Site unlawful,
harassing, libelous, tortious, abusive, offensive, threatening,
or obscene communications or material of any kind, or materials
which infringe or violate any third party's copyright, trademark,
trade secret, privacy or other proprietary or property right,
or that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil
liability or otherwise violate any applicable law or regulation;
or, that are otherwise objectionable, including without limitation,
content that evidences bigotry, racism, sexism, or hatred, or
that promotes illegal activities or physical harm against anyone.
Operator and its Service Providers reserve the right but not
the obligation to remove any materials they deem objectionable.
You agree to hold harmless Operator and its Affiliates, Service
Providers and Business Partners from all claims based upon communications
made or materials posted by others or the use by third parties
of this Site.
4. Online Communications On and Through the Site.
Except as otherwise provided in our Privacy
Policy you agree that any communications you transmit to
anyone through the Site or copyrighted works you post on the
Site, including, without limitation, questions, comments, suggestions,
ideas, plans, notes, drawings, configurations, purchase orders,
quotes, performance data, account information, or other material,
data or information (collectively, "Information"), are non-confidential
and upon transmission of such information to Operator or its
Affiliates, Service Providers or Business Partners via email
or other means you grant to Operator and its Affiliates, Service
Providers and Business Partners an irrevocable, non-exclusive,
royalty-free, sublicensable, worldwide license (including but
not limited to a copyright license) to use, reproduce, display,
publicly perform, transmit and distribute such Information for
any purpose.
5. Privacy Policy.
Operator's Privacy Policy, incorporated
by this reference, describes the type of information Operator
and its Affiliates and Service Providers collect when you visit
the Site and how they use that information. Please see our Privacy
Policy for more information.
6. Product and Service Information – Limitations.
All content available through this Site, including data, quotes,
status reports, technical drawings, configurations, and catalog
listings is believed to be accurate. However, you should independently
evaluate the accuracy of the information and the usefulness
for your particular needs of any product or service available
through this Site. Specifications for products and services
are subject to change without notice, and Operator and its Affiliates,
Service Providers and Business Partners reserve the right to
make changes without notice to processing, materials, or configuration.
They do not guarantee that products listed in online catalogs
will be available at the time of your order. All information
on the Site is subject to the disclaimers of section 8 below.
7. Links and Third Party Content.
Links to Other Websites. This Site may from time to
time contain links to other websites or other Internet information
sources ("Third Party Sources"). These links are provided as
a convenience and do not constitute an endorsement, sponsorship
or recommendation by Operator of -- or responsibility for --
the third parties or the linked Third Party Sources or any content,
services or products available on or through such Third Party
Sources.
Links from Other Websites. All links to this Site must
be approved in writing by Operator, except that Operator consents
to links in which: (1) the link is a text-only link containing
only the title of the home page of this Site, (2) the link "points"
only to the home page of the Site and not to deeper pages, (3)
the link, when activated by a user, displays this home page
of the Site full-screen and not within a "frame" on the linked
website, (4) the appearance, position, and other aspects of
the link may not (i) create the false appearance that an entity
or its activities or products are associated with or sponsored
by Operator or its Affiliates, Service Providers or Business
Partners, or (ii) be such as to damage or dilute the goodwill
associated with the name and trademarks of Operator or its Affiliates,
Service Providers or Business Partners. Operator reserves the
right to revoke this consent to link at any time in its sole
discretion
Third Party Content. This Site may from time to time
contain material, data or information provided, posted or offered
by third parties, including but not limited to advertisements
or postings in online community discussions. You agree that
neither Operator nor its Affiliates, Service Providers nor Business
Partners, shall have any liability whatsoever to you for any
such third party material, data or information.
8. Disclaimers.
THIS SITE AND THE CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH IT ARE PROVIDED
ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE
THAT USE OF THIS SITE AND/OR ITS CONTENT IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW,
OPERATOR AND ITS AFFILIATES, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND BUSINESS
PARTNERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. YOU EXPRESSLY
AGREE THAT USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING ALL CONTENT, DATA OR
SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTED BY, DOWNLOADED OR ACCESSED FROM OR THROUGH
THE SITE, IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT
YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR BUSINESS,
YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD
OF SUCH CONTENT, DATA AND/OR SOFTWARE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
NEITHER OPERATOR NOR ITS AFFILIATES NOR SERVICE PROVIDERS CONTROL
IN ANY RESPECT ANY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED
BY BUSINESS PARTNERS OR THIRD PARTIES THROUGH THE SITE. EXCEPT
AS OTHERWISE AGREED IN WRITING OPERATOR AND ITS AFFILIATES AND
SERVICE PROVIDERS ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND MAKE NO WARRANTY
OR REPRESENTATION AS TO THE ACCURACY, CURRENCY, COMPLETENESS,
RELIABILITY OR USEFULNESS OF CONTENT OR PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTED
OR MADE AVAILABLE BY BUSINESS PARTNERS OR THIRD PARTIES THROUGH
THE SITE. OPERATOR AND ITS AFFILIATES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS
AND BUSINESS PARTNERS DO NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY THAT THIS SITE
OR ITS CONTENT WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THIS SITE
OR ITS CONTENT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE,
OR THAT DEFECTS, IF ANY, WILL BE CORRECTED. NOR DOES OPERATOR
OR ITS AFFILIATES OR SERVICE PROVIDERS OR BUSINESS PARTNERS
MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM
USE OF THIS SITE OR ITS CONTENT OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS
OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH USE OF THIS
SITE. OPERATOR AND ITS AFFILIATES, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND BUSINESS
PARTNERS ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED BY
A USER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF DATA FROM DELAYS,
NONDELIVERIES OF CONTENT OR EMAIL, ERRORS, SYSTEM DOWN TIME,
MISDELIVERIES OF CONTENT OR EMAIL, NETWORK OR SYSTEM OUTAGES,
FILE CORRUPTION, OR SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS CAUSED BY THE NEGLIGENCE
OF OPERATOR, ITS AFFILIATES, ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS, ITS BUSINESS
PARTNERS, THEIR LICENSORS, OR A USER'S OWN ERRORS AND/OR OMISSIONS.
OPERATOR AND ITS AFFILIATES, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND BUSINESS
PARTNERS DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION THAT CONFIDENTIALITY
OF INFORMATION TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE SITE WILL BE MAINTAINED.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED
BY YOU FROM OPERATOR OR ITS AFFILIATES, SERVICE PROVIDERS OR
BUSINESS PARTNERS OR THROUGH THE SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY
NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN WRITING. THIS SITE TOGETHER WITH ANY
DOCUMENTS ISSUED BY OPERATOR OR ITS AFFILIATES, SERVICE PROVIDERS
OR BUSINESS PARTNERS AND AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS SITE MAY CONTAIN
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE U.S. PRIVATE
SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995. THOSE STATEMENTS MAY
APPEAR IN A NUMBER OF PLACES IN THIS SITE AND CAN BE IDENTIFIED
BY THE USE OF FORWARD-LOOKING TERMINOLOGY SUCH AS "BELIEVE,"
"EXPECT," "PLANS," "MAY," "WILL," "SHOULD," "ANTICIPATES" OR
SIMILAR STATEMENTS OR THE NEGATIVE THEREOF. SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STATEMENTS MADE AS
TO FUTURE OPERATION COSTS, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, CASH FLOW,
IMPROVEMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND OPERATING
EFFICIENCIES, SALES AND EARNINGS ESTIMATES OR TRENDS AND EXPANSION
PLANS AND PROJECTIONS. SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED
ON CURRENT EXPECTATIONS AND BY THEIR NATURE INVOLVE KNOWN AND
UNKNOWN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES AND OTHER
FACTORS WHICH MAY CAUSE THE ACTUAL RESULTS, PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS
TO BE MATERIALLY DIFFERENT FROM THOSE EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN EACH PARTY'S MOST RECENT ANNUAL
REPORT, AS WELL AS INFORMATION INCLUDED IN OTHER OWNER FILINGS
WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, IDENTIFIES IMPORTANT
FACTORS THAT COULD CAUSE SUCH RESULTS, PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS
NOT TO BE REALIZED. OPERATOR, ITS AFFILIATES, SERVICE PROVIDERS
AND BUSINESS PARTNERS UNDERTAKE NO OBLIGATION TO UPDATE FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS TO REFLECT EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER THE DATE
SUCH STATEMENTS WERE MADE. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION
OR EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, SO SOME OF
THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
9. Limitation of Liability.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, NEGLIGENCE, SHALL OPERATOR
OR ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS,
EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, BUSINESS PARTNERS, VENDORS,
OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY PARTY OTHER THAN
OPERATOR FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF OR THE
INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE OR ANY CONTENT CONTAINED ON THIS
SITE, OR RESULTING FROM UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION
OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA, OR OTHER INFORMATION THAT IS
SENT OR RECEIVED OR NOT SENT OR RECEIVED, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, USE, DATA OR OTHER
INTANGIBLES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION
OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO SOME
OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
10. General
International. Your access to the Site from territories
where its contents may be illegal is prohibited.
Applicable Law. These Terms of Use shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York, and the federal laws of the United States of America,
without giving effect to its conflict of laws provisions. You
agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of
the state or federal courts located within the State of New
York for any disputes arising from or related to this Site or
these Terms of Use.
Other. These terms are not intended to alter the terms
or conditions of any other agreement you may have with Operator
or its Affiliates, Service Providers or Business Partners to
the extent that those agreements govern issues other than your
use of this Site, nor any agreements that they may have with
one another. Should any provision in these terms be found invalid
or unenforceable for any reason, then that provision shall be
deemed severable from the terms and shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of the remaining provisions. You agree that
any claim arising out of or related to the terms or your use
of the Site must be filed within one year after it arose or
be permanently barred.