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TERMS OF USE FOR RUMSFELD.COM

ATTENTION: PLEASE READ THESE WEBSITE TERMS OF USE AND LEGAL RESTRICTIONS ("TERMS OF USE") CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE. BY USING OR ACCESSING THIS WEBSITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU: HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE TERMS OF USE; ARE AT LEAST EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OLD AND HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT THE  TERMS OF USE; AND AGREE TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY THE TERMS OF USE.  IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO USE OR ACCESS THIS WEBSITE. THIS IS A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT. YOU SHOULD REVIEW THESE TERMS OF USE PERIODICALLY BECAUSE THEY MAY BE REVISED FROM TIME TO TIME (INCLUDING BY MOVING OR DELETING PORTIONS OF, OR ADDING TO, TERMS THAT GOVERN YOUR USE OF THE SITE).  YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED THE TERMS AS REVISED BY YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE SITE.

Welcome to www.rumsfeld.com (the "Site"), a website operated by DHR Holdings LLC  ("DHR", "we",  "us" or "our").  This Site is controlled by us from our offices within the United States of America.  If you choose to access this Site or use the Site or its contents from locations outside the United States, you do so at your own risk and subject to the laws of the United States of America, and you are responsible for compliance with any local laws. You may not use, transmit, export or re-export anything (including information or content, or any copy or adaption of content ) from the Site in violation of any applicable laws or regulations including without limitation U.S. export laws and regulations, or these Terms of Use.  In the case of any violation of these Terms of Use, DHR reserves the right to seek all remedies available by law and in equity for such violations.  These rules and regulations apply to all of your visits to and use of the Site, both now and in the future.

Use of Site; Intellectual Property Rights.
  You are authorized to view and download the materials on the Site for your personal, non-commercial and lawful use only, provided that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices originally contained in the materials on any copies of the materials.  Except for content owned, provided, displayed or hosted  by third party sites, other institutions or governmental agencies, or content that constitutes public domain materials, DHR is the exclusive owner (or is a licensee) of the Site and all content of the Site, including any images or text, and the content may not be distributed, reproduced, publicly displayed, downloaded, modified, reused, reposted, or otherwise used for commercial or other non-personal or unlawful purposes, except as provided herein without our express prior written permission.  Any use of these materials on any other website (including any social media sites) or networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited.  To the extent any product names, trademarks or other source identifying devices are used,  regardless of whether or not they appear in large print or with the trademark symbol, such trademarks are owned by DHR, its affiliates, or licensors,  unless otherwise noted.  The use or misuse of these trademarks, copyrights, or other materials, except as permitted herein, is expressly prohibited and may be in violation of copyright law, trademark law, communications regulations and statutes, and other laws, statutes and/or regulations.  If you breach any of these Terms of Use, your authorization to use this Site automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed materials.  DHR also reserves the right to terminate your authorization to use the Site immediately and at any time if you breach or threaten to breach any of these Terms of Use or your use of the Site and the content poses any safety or security risks.

Information Disclosed by User. 
Your use of the Site does not require you to disclose, nor require us to request or collect, any personally identifiable information ("PII").  We do not request, solicit or intend to collect any such PII and you should not disclose, enter or upload any such information on the Site.  If we discover that such information was disclosed by you, we will exercise commercially reasonable efforts to delete such information; however, we are not liable for any consequences relating to such disclosures of information.  The use and disclosure of any information collected shall be governed by our Web Privacy Policy (available at http://rumsfeld.com/about/page/privacy-policy)

Links To Other Websites
. Links to third party websites on this Site are provided solely as a convenience to you.  When you use these links, you will leave this Site.  We do not monitor these third party sites and do not control, and are not responsible for, any of these sites or their content.  Thus, we do not endorse or make any representations about them, or any information, software or other products or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them.  If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this Site, you do this entirely at your own risk.

Links to Site
.  Anyone linking to this Site or content thereof, must comply with the guidelines for linking to our Site and all applicable state, federal, local and international laws.  We regard the use of our registered and unregistered trademarks and service marks in metatags and/or hidden text as trademark infringement, and treat the use of these terms in page text, metatags, and/or hidden text for purposes of gaining higher rankings from search engines as unfair competition.

User Content.
By transmitting or posting any communications or materials to this Site, you agree that DHR or any of its affiliates may use your communications or materials for any purpose, including reproduction, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting.  DHR and its affiliates are free to use any ideas, concepts or know-how contained in such communications or materials for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to developing, distributing and marketing products using such information.  If you choose to post, transmit or otherwise provide us with any comments, feedback, suggestions, ideas, and other submissions through this Site (collectively, "Comments"), you agree that DHR or any of its affiliates may use your Comments for any purpose whatsoever and that such Comments shall be and remain DHR's property.  Your disclosure of any Comments shall also constitute an assignment to DHR of all worldwide rights, titles and interests in all copyrights and other intellectual properties in the Comments.  Thus, DHR will own exclusively all such rights, titles and interests and shall not be limited in any way in its use of any Comments, commercial or otherwise.  DHR is and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any Comments in confidence; (2) to pay you or any other party any compensation for any Comments; or (3) to respond to any Comments.  You represent  that no Comments submitted by you to the Site will violate any third party rights, including copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary right(s).  You further represent  that no Comments submitted by you to the Site will be or contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, abusive, inflammatory or obscene material.  You are and shall remain solely responsible for the content of any Comments you make.

Prohibited Behavior.
 DHR is under no obligation to review or monitor, and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from, activities occurring on the Site.  You are responsible for respecting DHR's and third parties' rights and adhering to applicable laws with respect to content that appears on the Site and agree not to download, email, transmit or otherwise use such content in violation of such rights and laws.  You agree to use the Site solely for your own personal, non-commercial and lawful purposes.  You may not use or exploit any portion of the Site or the Comments to provide any commercial services, "spam" or other unsolicited communications to third parties or offer any portion of the Site to any third party.

Additionally, you shall not use the Site for improper or unlawful purposes, including:

  • To impersonate another person or entity, including without limitation, DHR or its employees, representatives or agents, falsely represent or misrepresent your affiliation with another person or entity, or forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers that would disguise the origin of any information transmitted to or through the Site;
  • To make abusive, offensive or threatening statements or incite anyone to engage in conduct or activities that may pose a threat to safety or security of any persons or entities;
  • For any purpose or in any manner that violates any local, state or federal law or regulation or the law or regulation of any foreign government;
  • To directly or indirectly, intentionally disrupt or interfere with the Site in any manner that may materially adversely affect any third party; or
  • To upload, post, email or otherwise transmit without authorization any material that contains personal or private information concerning any third party person or entity, including without limitation, phone number(s) or addresses, credit/debit cards, calling cards, account numbers, social security numbers, driver's licenses, passwords or other similar information.

Engaging in any such behaviors may result, at DHR's sole discretion, in termination of your authorization to use and access the Site, as well as pursuit by DHR or others of all other remedies available in law and in equity.  DHR shall have no liability to any user so terminated.  Further, DHR will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing DHR to disclose the identity of any user engaging in such prohibited behaviors.

Indemnification. 
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold DHR harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising from or related to your use or misuse of the Site.

Disclaimer. 
While we strive to provide accurate information, DHR does not warrant that the content on this Site is error-free and comprehensive, and cannot be held responsible for any action taken in reliance upon such information.  Users of the Site assume the risks related to use of the Site and its content.  ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING ANY CONTENT, PROVIDED ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. DHR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OR ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE, OR TRADE PRACTICE.  Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.  Check your local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding the exclusion of implied warranties.

Limitation of Liability
NEITHER DHR NOR ANY PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DELIVERING THIS SITE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF USERS ACCESS, USE, OR INABILITY TO USE THE DHR SITE OR ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO THIS SITE, OR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE CONTENT OF ANY OR ALL SUCH SITES WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY AND WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.  YOU UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY WITH RESPECT TO ANY DEFECT IN OR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SITE IS TO CEASE TO USE THE SITE.  YOU MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH MAY VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.

Governing Law.
  This Site and these Terms of Use (including without limitation the validity, construction and performance of duties related to the Terms of Use) will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws.  You agree that any cause of action or claim that you may have relating to this Site must be made or instituted within one year of when the cause of action or claim accrued.

Complete Agreement
. Except as expressly provided in a separate license, service, or other written agreement between you and DHR, these Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and DHR with respect to the use of the Site, and related information and materials.  Further, these Terms of Use supersede all discussions, communications, conversations, and agreements on the subject.

Modifications to the Terms of Use.
  DHR reserves the right to modify there Terms of Use at any time.  DHR will notify you by posting an amendment to the Terms of Use on the Site.  Such modifications will become effective on the day they are posted.  DHR  encourages you to frequently review the Terms of Use for any modifications as you will be deemed to have accepted such modifications by accessing the Site.

Questions and Comments.
  If you have any questions or comments regarding these Terms of Use, please contact us directly at info@rumsfeld.com.

Effective: February 4, 2011