The Glove Source, Inc.
Terms of Use
The Glove Source, Inc., (“The Glove Source”) maintains this website
located at
www.glovesource.org and
its associated websites, webpages, content and other materials (collectively
the “Site”) to provide to you information about The Glove Source,
its experience, capabilities and services. Your access to and use of the Site
is subject to these Terms of Use and all applicable laws. By accessing the Site,
you accept, without limitation or qualification, these Terms of Use. You should
review the most current version of the Terms of Use often as they may be modified
from time to time and the terms as modified will govern your use of the Site.
Any new features that augment or enhance the Site will be subject to these Terms
of Use.
1. Generally
You are free to browse the Site. All material available on the Site is referred
to as “Licensed Content.” Licensed Content may change periodically
and at any time. The Glove Source’s website(s) do not target and are not
intended for use by children under age 13. The Glove Source will not knowingly
contact children under age 13 about promotions or for marketing purposes without
a parent’s permission nor will it ask for more personal information than
is reasonably necessary to participate in a given activity. Because many factors
go into the decision-making process of acquiring products and services and everyone’s
particular circumstances and needs may differ, the Licensed Content is provided
for informational purposes only.
2. Privacy
The Glove Source values its relationship with visitors and clients and makes
reasonable efforts to safeguard any personal information collected, while also
making the Site and Licensed Content available. Personal information is information
about you that is personally identifiable, such as your name, address, e-mail
address, telephone number, and that is not otherwise publicly available. Personal
information may also be collected when you communicate with The Glove Source
through the “Contact” or other client support links on the Site,
via e-mail, to request support, ask a question or report a problem. If you contact
The Glove Source, it will keep a record of that session or correspondence. The
Glove Source automatically receives and records information on its server logs
from your browser, including your IP address, The Glove Source cookie information
and your page requests.
The Glove Source may use any information gained through the Site for any legal
purpose. Generally, The Glove Source uses information to provide maintenance
and support to existing clients, customize Licensed Content, fulfill your information
requests, improve services, contact you, conduct research and provide anonymous
reporting for internal use. The Glove Source will not report aggregated data
in a manner intended to permit such information to be identified with any user
nor will it sell your personal information. Except for any personally identifiable
information The Glove Source may collect from you under the guidelines established
in this Privacy Section, any material, information or other communication you
transmit, upload or post to the Site or email to The Glove Source (“Communications”)
will be considered non-confidential and nonproprietary.
If The Glove Source were to merge with or be acquired by another company or
if it were to cease operations, your information may be transferred to the surviving
company and will be subject to that entity’s privacy policy. The Glove
Source may disclose your personal information if it has reason to believe that
disclosure is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action to enforce
any of The Glove Source’s rights, including against you or a third party,
for nonpayment, violation of any agreement with The Glove Source, violation
of these Terms of Use to prevent injury to or interference with The Glove Source’s
rights or property, to other The Glove Source users or anyone else that could
be harmed by such activities. The Glove Source may disclose or access account
information when it believes in good faith that the law requires it and for
administrative and other purposes that The Glove Source deems necessary to maintain,
service and improve it services and to protect its rights or property. By accessing
and using the Site, you agree that information you have provided may be disclosed
as described above or as may be modified from time to time.
3. User Conduct
All information, data, messages or other materials transmitted are the expressions,
opinions and sole responsibility of the person from whom such material originated.
This means that you and not The Glove Source are entirely responsible for all
downloads, uploads and/or emails transmitted via the Site. You should verify
all statements and do your own testing and due diligence before following any
recommended advice. Under no circumstances is or will The Glove Source be liable
in any way for any Communications, your or another user’s use of the Site
or any Licensed Content, including but not limited to any errors or omissions
in any Licensed Content or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a
result of the use of any Licensed Content via the Site.
You agree not to use the Site to:
(a) email, or otherwise transmit anything that is unlawful, harmful, threatening,
abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive
of another’s privacy, hateful or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
(b) impersonate any person or entity, falsely state or otherwise misrepresent
your affiliation with The Glove Source or any other person or entity;
(c) forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the
origin of anything transmitted through the Site;
(d) email or otherwise transmit anything that you do not have a right to transmit
under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as insider
information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as
part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
(e) email or otherwise transmit anything that infringes any patent, trademark,
trade secret, copyright or other proprietary right (“Rights”);
(f) email or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising
or promotional materials, chain letters or other solicitation;
(g) email or otherwise transmit any material containing software viruses or
any other malicious, computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt,
destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware, telecommunications
equipment or database;
(h) interfere with or disrupt the Site or servers or networks connected to the
Site or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks
connected to the Site or otherwise impose an unreasonable or disproportionate
burden on the Site;
(i) intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national
or international law, rules or regulations;
(j) attempt to circumvent any passwords or other security features or take any
action intended or designed to compromise the privacy or security of the Site,
users or other visitors;
(k) reproduce, modify, rent, lease, loan, distribute, sell, trade, resell or
otherwise commercially exploit any portion of the Site or create derivative
works based on the Site, Software or Licensed Content in whole or in part.
4. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify, defend, release and hold The Glove Source, its officers,
directors, suppliers, co-branders or other partners, agents and employees, harmless
from all claims, demand, damages, fees and costs of any nature, including reasonable
fees of attorneys’ and other professionals, due to or arising out of anything
you submit or transmit through the Site, your use of the Site, your connection
to the Site, your violation of these Terms of Use, or your violation of any
intellectual property rights. In the event you provide information that is untrue,
inaccurate, fraudulent, or out of date, you agree to indemnify The Glove Source
for and hold it harmless from and against any and all liability, damages, loss
or expense (including reasonable fees of attorneys and other professionals)
it may incur, including but not limited to loss of business profits, taxes,
penalties or sanctions, interest, fees, costs and expenses of any nature arising
from or related to any claim, demand, action or proceeding alleged or initiated
against The Glove Source by any third party based upon the information you provide
or your use of the Site.
5. Modifications to Site
From time to time The Glove Source may change the Licensed Content, the services
offered or terminated through the Site or modify the Site’s capability.
The Glove Source reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify
these Terms of Use, the Site and/or discontinue, temporarily or permanently,
the Site (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that The Glove
Source shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any such action.
6. Termination
The Glove Source, in its sole discretion, may terminate your use for any reason,
but especially if The Glove Source believes that you have violated or acted
inconsistently with the letter or spirit of these Terms of Use. The Glove Source
may also in its sole discretion and at any time discontinue providing the Site,
or any part thereof, with or without notice. You agree that any termination
of your access to the Site under any provision of the Terms of Use may be effected
without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that The Glove Source may immediately
deactivate or delete your account, if any, and all related information and files
in your account and/or bar any further access to such files or the Site. Further,
you agree that The Glove Source shall not be liable to you or any third party
for any termination of your access to the Site.
7. Links
This Site may contain links to other internet websites or resources. When you
link to those sites, you leave this Site and therefore The Glove Source privacy
terms set forth in these Terms of Use no longer apply; you become subject to
the practices of those companies or individuals operating the linked sites.
Please use caution and review the privacy policies of any sites that you visit
to learn more about their information gathering practices. The Glove Source
has no control over such sites, their content and resources or the business
practices or policies of operators of such sites. Therefore The Glove Source
cannot be and expressly disclaims all responsibility or liability for the availability
or accuracy of such external sites or resources or the content thereon, does
not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any advertising, products or
other materials on or available from such sites or resources. The inclusion
of any link on the Site does not imply that The Glove Source endorses the linked
site. Your use of the links is at your own risk. You further acknowledge and
agree that The Glove Source shall not be responsible or liable, directly or
indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection
with your use of or reliance on any such goods, services or materials available
on or through any such link, site or resource.
8. The Glove Source’s Proprietary Rights
Everything you see or read on the Site, including the collection, compilation,
assembly and arrangement of Licensed Content, is protected by all U.S. and international
copyright, patent, trademark and other laws relating to the protection of proprietary
rights, and may not be used except as provided in these Terms of Use without
The Glove Source’s express written permission. The Site and any necessary
software used in connection with the Site (“Software”), the collection,
compilation, assembly and arrangement of Licensed Content, all images, photography,
graphics, artwork, text, and other information and material found on the Site,
regardless of source, all Marks and other intellectual property relating thereto
and all information and data collected through the Site (all of which are included
in and as the “Licensed Content”), is owned by The Glove Source,
its clients, suppliers or partners and contains proprietary and confidential
information that is protected by all applicable intellectual property and other
laws. All trademarks, logos, taglines, slogans, trade names, trade dress, product
and service names, individually or combined with one another, and whether or
not registered (collectively the “Marks”) are proprietary to The
Glove Source or other third party owners who have granted The Glove Source the
right and license to use its marks (“Third Party Marks”). The Glove
Source may license from third parties the rights to use their marks on its products
(“Third Party Marks”). You may not use or display either the Marks
or the Third Party Marks in any manner. This includes use in or as metatags
or any other ”hidden text.” Other The Glove Source product or service
names, slogans, taglines, logos, graphics, page headers, button icons, scripts
are trademarks or trade dress of The Glove Source and may not be used in connection
with any product or service that is not The Glove Source’s in any manner,
but especially that which is likely to cause confusion in the marketplace, or
in any matter that disparages or discredits The Glove Source.
9. Notices and Procedures for Making Claims of
Copyright Infringement
Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications of
claimed copyright infringement should be sent to the Site’s legal department.
ALL INQUIRIES NOT RELEVANT TO OR NOT COMPLYING WITH THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE
WILL RECEIVE NO RESPONSE.
The Glove Source respects the intellectual property of others, and asks its
users and visitors to do the same. The Glove Source will process and investigate
notices of alleged infringement and will take appropriate actions under the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) and other applicable intellectual
property laws. Upon receipt of notices complying with the DMCA, The Glove Source
will act to remove or disable access to any material found to be infringing
or found to be the subject of infringing activity and will act to remove or
disable access to any reference or link to material or activity that is found
to be infringing.
If you believe that your work has been copied in any way that constitutes copyright
infringement, please provide all of the following information:
a. a physical or electronic signature of the person authorized to act on behalf
of the owner of an exclusive copyright that is allegedly infringed;
b. a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
c. a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located
on the Site;
d. your address, telephone number, and email address and all other information
reasonably sufficient to permit The Glove Source to contact you;
e. a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use
is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
f. a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information
in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized
to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Notices of claimed copyright infringement should be directed to:
By mail:
The Glove Source, Inc.
9104 Guilford Road
Suite 1-D
Columbia, MD 21046
By fax: (301) 498-8243
By Email: webinquiries@glovesource.org
(Please include “Notice of Infringement” in the subject line.)
IMPORTANT NOTE: THE PRECEDING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED EXCLUSIVELY
FOR NOTIFYING THE GLOVE SOURCE THAT YOUR COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL MAY HAVE BEEN
INFRINGED. ALL OTHER INQUIRIES, SUCH AS PRODUCT-RELATED QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS,
OR QUESTIONS ON PRIVACY, WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
10. DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
(a) YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS
IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. THE GLOVE SOURCE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS
ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
NON-INFRINGEMENT AND NONINTERFERENCE WITH YOUR USE OF ALL OR ANY PART OF THE
SITE.
(b) THE GLOVE SOURCE MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS,
(ii) THE SITE AND/OR ONLINE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE,
ACCURATE OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SITE
WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, OR (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SITE, SERVICES,
INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SITE
WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
(c) ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SITE
IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE
FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE
DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
(d) NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM
THE GLOVE SOURCE OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY
STATED IN THESE TERMS OF USE OR OTHERWISE APPLICABLE PURSUANT TO YOUR PURCHASE
OF THE GLOVE SOURCE SERVICES.
(e) THE GLOVE SOURCE ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SITE INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO THE LICENSED CONTENT, ANY SERVICES DEPICTIONS OR PRICING SHOWN ON
THE SITE, TIMELINESS, DELETION, MIS-DELIVERY OR FAILURE TO STORE ANY USER COMMUNICATIONS
OR DATA.
(f) THE GLOVE SOURCE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES
(EVEN IF THE GLOVE SOURCE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES),
RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SITE; (ii) THE COST
OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES, DATA INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED
OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM
THE SITE; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR
DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT BY YOU, ANY OTHER USER OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY
ON THE SITE; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SITE. TO THE EXTENT THAT
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION
OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SOME OF THE
ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
11. Notice/Opt Out Options
Notices to you may be made via either email or regular mail. The Site may also
provide notices of changes to these Terms of Use or other matters by displaying
notices or links to notices to you generally on the Site. Notice or other correspondence
to The Glove Source should be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested
to:
The Glove Source, Inc.
9104 Guilford Road
Suite 1-D
Columbia, MD 21046
Should you wish to update your information or no longer receive communications
from The Glove Source, please contact
webinquiries@glovesource.org.
12. Trademark Information
Glove Source and The Glove Source is a trademark of The Glove Source, Inc. whether
or not registered.
13. General Information
These Terms of Use and any other agreements, whether or not referenced herein,
constitute the entire agreement between you and The Glove Source with regard
to and shall govern your activities and use of the Site, superseding any prior
agreements between you and The Glove Source. You also may be subject to additional
terms and conditions contained in invoices, or terms and contracts that may
apply when you purchase products from The Glove Source or when you use affiliate
services, third party content or third party software. These Terms of Use, any
other agreement with and the relationship between you and The Glove Source shall
be governed by the laws of the State of Maryland without regard to its conflict
of law provisions. You and The Glove Source agree to submit to the personal
and exclusive jurisdiction of the pertinent state or federal courts located
within or with jurisdiction over Howard County, State of Maryland. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, The Glove Source may seek equitable relief, including preliminary
and permanent injunction, in any court of competent jurisdiction to prevent
or enjoin misappropriation, misuse, unauthorized disclosure or infringement
of any intellectual property rights and/or that of third parties. No bond shall
be required as security for such equitable relief. Such remedies shall not be
deemed to be exclusive but shall be in addition to all other remedies available
at law or in equity. The failure of The Glove Source to exercise or enforce
any right or provision of the Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of
such right or provision. If any provision of the Terms of Use is found by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree
that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions
as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Terms of Use
remain in full force and effect. You agree that regardless of any statute or
law to the contrary, you must file any claim or cause of action arising out
of or related to your use of the Site or the Terms of Use within one (1) year
after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. The section
titles in the Terms of Use are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual
effect.
14. Violations
Please report any violations of the Terms of Use to
webinquiries@glovesource.org.
The parties acknowledge that they have required that these Terms of Use be prepared
and provided in English. Les parties reconnaissent qu’elles ont exige
que la presente convention soit redigee in anglais.