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Terms of Use
By accessing or using SGTSINC.com (the “Site”), you hereby agree to the following terms and conditions concerning your access to and use of the Site as well as any and all related Content provided on or through the Site ("Terms of Use") and our Privacy Policy. You further hereby acknowledge that SGTS INC. may revise these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy at any time without notice to you. The revised Terms of Use and Privacy Policy will be effective when posted.
Additional Terms Applicable to Certain Specific Content and/or Areas of the Site
Some areas of the Site may have additional rules, license agreements, user agreements or other terms and conditions that apply to your access or use of that area of the Site or Content (including terms and conditions applicable to a corporation or other organization and its users). If there is a conflict or inconsistency between the Terms of Use and the rules, guidelines, license agreement, user agreement or other terms and conditions for a specific area of the Site or for specific Content, the latter shall have precedence with respect to your access and use of that area of the Site or Content.
Your Use of Materials found on this Site
You may download, store, display on your computer, view, listen to, play and print Materials that SGTS INC. publishes or displays on the Site, or makes available for download through the Site subject to the following: (a) the Materials may be used solely in furtherance of your business relationship with SGTS INC. and/or its suppliers and/or affiliated companies, or for informational, noncommercial purposes; (b) the Materials may not be modified or altered in any way; and (c) the Materials may not be redistributed, re-licensed, transferred or sold without SGTS INC.’s prior written consent.
All Rights Reserved
The Site and Content provided on or through the Site are the intellectual property and copyrighted works of SGTS INC., its affiliates, suppliers and/or are licensed to SGTS INC. by a third party content provider. All rights, title and interest not expressly granted with respect to the Site and Content provided on or through the Site are reserved. All Content is provided on an "As Is" and "As Available" basis, and SGTS INC. reserves the right to remove Content and/or terminate the permissions granted to you in Sections 1, 2 and 3 above and your use of the Content at any time.
Material and/or Content that You Provide
You agree that you will only upload, share, post, publish, transmit, or otherwise make available ("Share") on or through the Site information, Materials and Content for which you have the rights and authority to Share and that you have full rights and authority to grant to SGTS INC. all of the licenses and rights set forth herein. By Sharing Content, you grant SGTS INC. a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, nonexclusive, irrevocable, and fully sub-licensable license to use, translate, modify, reproduce, adapt, publish, publicly display, broadcast, transmit and distribute the Content for any purpose and in any form, medium, or technology now known or later developed. This includes, without limitation, the right to incorporate or implement the Content into any SGTS INC. product or service, and to display, market, sublicense and distribute the Content as incorporated or embedded in any product or service distributed or offered by SGTS INC. without compensation to you. You further warrant that: (1) you have the right and authority to grant this license; (2) you are allowing SGTS INC. to exercise the rights granted pursuant to this license without infringing or otherwise violating any other third party rights; and (3) you waive all so-called moral rights in the Content to the full extent allowed by law.
You further agree that you will not Share any Content that: (1) is false or misleading; (2) is defamatory, derogatory, degrading or harassing of another or constitutes a personal attack; (3) is obscene or not in good taste; (4) invades another's privacy or includes another's confidential, sensitive, trade secret or business contact/personal information; (5) promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual; (6) Infringes upon or violates, or promotes the violation or infringement of another entity’s rights, including intellectual property rights; (7) you do not have the right and authority to Share and grant the necessary rights and licenses for; (8) violates or promotes the violation of any applicable laws or regulations; (9) contains a solicitation of funds, goods or services, or promotes or advertises goods or services; or (10) contains any viruses, Trojan horses, or other components designed to limit or harm the functionality of a computer or computer software.
SGTS INC. requests that you not send us confidential or trade secret information. Regardless of anything that you may note or state in connection with content that you share with us, SGTS INC. shall not consider it to be confidential or trade secret information and shall be receive and treat it as non-confidential and unrestricted.
Secure and Proper Use of Site and Passwords
You agree not to access or use the Site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair any SGTS INC. accounts, computer systems or networks. You agree not to attempt to gain unauthorized access to any parts of the Site or any SGTS INC. accounts, computer systems or networks. You agree not to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or any SGTS INC. accounts, computer systems or networks. You agree not to use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the Site or any SGTS INC. accounts, computer systems or networks without SGTS INC.'s express written permission.
Access to and use of password protected or secure areas of the Site is restricted to authorized users only. You agree not to share your password(s), account information, or access to the Site. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of password(s) and account information, and you are responsible for all activities that occur under your password(s) or account(s) or as a result of your access to the Site. You agree to notify SGTS INC. immediately of any unauthorized use of your password(s) or account(s).
No Obligation to Monitor
SGTS INC. is under no obligation to monitor the Site, or screen Content that is Shared on or through the Site. However, SGTS INC. reserves the right to review the Site and Content and to monitor all use of and activity on the Site, and to remove or choose not to make available on or through the Site any Content at its sole discretion.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless SGTS INC., its officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all losses or expenses, claims, damages, and liabilities, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, due to or arising out of Content that you Share, your violation of the Terms of Use or any additional rules, guidelines or terms of use posted for a specific area of the Site or Content provided on or through the Site, or your violation or infringement of any third party rights.
Termination of Use
You agree that SGTS INC. may, in its sole discretion, at any time, terminate or limit your access to or your use of the Site, or any related Content. SGTS INC. may terminate or limit your access to or use of the Site if, under certain appropriate circumstances, we determine that you have repeatedly infringed or violated third party copyrights. You agree that SGTS INC. shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination or limitation of your access to, or use of the Site or any Content.
No Unlawful or Prohibited Use
You agree not to use the Site or Content provided on or through the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use, or the rules, guidelines or terms of use posted for a specific area of the Site or Content provided on or through the Site.
Third Party Web Sites, Content, Products and Services
The Site provides links to Web sites and access to Content, products and services of third parties, including users, advertisers, affiliates and sponsors of the Site. SGTS INC. is not responsible for third party Content provided on or through the Site and you shall bear all risks associated with the access and use of such Web sites and third party Content, products and services.
Disclaimer
SGTS INC. AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS AND AFFLIATES MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION AND/OR CONTENT CONTAINED IN OR PROVIDED THROUGH THE SITE, AND ALL CONTENT PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE, ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.. SGTS INC. AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS AND AFFILIATES HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THE SITE AND CONTENT, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF OF MERCHANTABILITY WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE AND ALL CONTENT PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE. SGTS INC. MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT: (A) THE QUALITY OF ANY OR ALL CONTENT OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH YOUR USE OF OR ACCESS TO THE SITE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS (B) THE SITE WILL BE AVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE BASIS; (C) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; OR (D) THE SITE OR CONTENT WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
ANY CONTENT ACCESSED, DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED ON OR THROUGH THE USE OF THE SITE IS USED AT YOUR OWN RISK. SGTS INC. SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, LOSS OF DATA, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OR USE OF CONTENT.
SGTS INC. RESERVES THE RIGHT TO UPDATE, OR MAKE CHANGES TO, AS WELL AS MONITOR THE USE OF, THE SITE AND CONTENT PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.
Our Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL SGTS INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA OR USE, INCURRED BY YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT, OR OTHER LEGAL THEORY OR CAUSE OF ACTION, ARISING FROM YOUR INABLITY TO ACCESS, OR YOUR ACCESS TO, OR USE OF, THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE.
Exclusions and Limitations
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OR EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE DISCLAIMER, EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN LIABILITIES. TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY ARE HELD TO BE LEGALLY INVALID, DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS OF USE, INCLUDING THOSE SET FORTH IN THE ABOVE SECTIONS, SHALL NOT APPLY AND ALL OTHER TERMS SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.
Privacy Policy
SGTS INC. is concerned about your privacy and has developed a policy to address privacy concerns. For more information, please see SGTS INC’s Privacy Policy. Any business contact/personal information collected on this Site may be accessed and stored globally and will be treated in accordance with SGTS INC. Privacy Policy.
Note to Minors
Children under the age of 13 are not eligible to use the Site.
Applicable Laws/International Users and Choice of Law
This Site is operated and administered from within the United States of America. If you access this Site from a location outside of the United States, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. These terms and conditions of use shall be governed by the laws of the State of Wisconsin, USA. You agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts located in the State of Wisconsin, County of Dane, for the resolution of any and all disputes arising from, or related to these terms and/or your use of the Site.
These terms constitute the entire agreement between SGTS INC. and you with respect to your use of the Site. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of the agreement or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to affect the intent of the agreement, and the remainder of this agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
Privacy Policy
SGTS INC. is committed to protecting your privacy:
Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Statement covers how SGTS INC. collects, uses, discloses, transfers and stores your information. To make sure your personal data is secure, we communicate our information security and privacy guidelines to all SGTS INC. employees and strictly enforce privacy safeguards within the company. In addition, we abide by the principles of the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework and the U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce. We encourage you to read this Privacy Statement and to familiarize yourself with our privacy practices before submitting personal data, and please let us know if you have any questions.
Personal Data We Collect:
“Personal data” is information that can be used to uniquely identify or contact an individual and includes a variety of information such as your name, mailing address, phone number, e-mail address and contact preferences. We collect your personal data for a variety of business purposes. Our intention is to only collect the information we need to fulfill the business purpose. We may also ask you for specific identification information data, but only in limited circumstances such as when setting up an account with SGTS INC. or when determining whether to extend commercial credit. SGTS INC. may share your personal data with third party service providers if and only if we retain them to perform services on our behalf and use it consistent with this Privacy Statement. We may also combine it with other data to provide and improve our products, services, content and advertising. In addition, we may also collect information relating to your use of our web site via various technologies such as cookies
Notice and Choice:
We will notify you about the types of personal data we collect, the purposes for which we collect such information and the types of third parties to which we disclose such data. We will also notify you if SGTS INC. intends to use or disclose the information collected for a purpose other than that for which was originally collected. When we collect personal data from you, you may tell us that you do not want it used for further marketing contact.You may also turn off cookies in your web browser.
Uses of Your Personal Data:
We use your personal data for legitimate business purposes only including:
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To fulfill your requests by us or by others involved in fulfilling your transaction requests;
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To personalize your experience while you are on our sites, make navigation easier and for web site usage data;
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To support products or services you have obtained from us;
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For marketing purposes by SGTS INC. and selected organizations if you have not prohibited such use;
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To contact you for customer satisfaction surveys, market research or in connection with certain transactions;
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In connection with a job application or inquiry;
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To monitor or record call, chats and other interactions; and
- To run our business operations and manage our risks, including protecting the rights and property of SGTS INC. and others, legal and internal compliance, and audit and security purposes.
Collection and Use of Non-Personal Data:
We also collect “non-personal data”, which is information in a form that does not permit direct association with any specific individual. We may collect, use, transfer, and disclose non-personal data for any purpose. Aggregated data is considered non-personal data for the purposes of this Privacy Statement. If we combine non-personal data with personal data the combined information will be treated as personal data for as long as it remains combined.
Integrity and Retention of Personal Data:
SGTS INC. makes it easy for you to keep your personal data accurate, complete, and up to date by providing you access to your data. SGTS INC. will retain your personal data for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Statement unless a longer retention period is permitted by law.
Access to Your Personal Data:
You can help ensure your online contact information and preferences are accurate, complete and up to date by logging in to your account with us. For other personal data we make good faith efforts to provide you with access so you can request that we correct the data if it is inaccurate or delete the data if SGTS INC. is not required to retain it by law or for legitimate business purposes. We may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive, require disproportionate technical effort; violate the privacy of others, or for which access is not otherwise required by local law. If you wish to make requests to access, correct, or delete personal data please contact Lisa Bukolt at SGTS Inc.
Transfers to Others:
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SGTS INC. Affiliates and Authorized Third Parties:
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SGTS INC. may share your personal data with our affiliates or third party service providers who process your personal data for SGTS INC. for the purposes described in this Privacy Statement. For example, SGTS INC. shares your personal data with companies who provide services such as information processing, fulfilling customer orders, delivering products to you, managing and enhancing customer data, providing customer services, performing compliance reviews, assessing your interest in our products and services, and conducting customer research or satisfaction surveys.
- Personal data will not be shared with third parties for their marketing purposes.
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International transfers:
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Information you provide may be transferred or accessed by companies around the world as described in this Privacy Statement.
- SGTS INC. abides by the Safe Harbor principles agreed to by the United States Department of Commerce and the European Commission regarding the collection, use and handling of the personal data transferred to the United States with respect to our employees, customers, suppliers and business partners located in the European Economic Area. Use this link to learn more about the U.S. Department of Commerce Safe Harbor Program.
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Others
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SGTS INC. may disclose personal data if necessary by law such as litigation, or request or subpoena from public and governmental authorities within or outside your country of residence. We may also disclose information about you if we determine that for purposes of national security, law enforcement, legal compliance, or other issues of public importance, disclosure is necessary or appropriate.
- SGTS INC. may disclose information about you if we determine that disclosure is reasonably necessary to enforce our terms and conditions, or other contractual or legal rights, or to protect our operations or employees. Additionally, we may disclose your personal data to a third party if we file bankruptcy, or there is a transfer of assets or ownership in connection with proposed or consummated corporate reorganizations, such as merger, acquisition, sale or other disposition of business units.
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Security:
There are always risks with providing personal data, whether in person, by phone, via the Internet or otherwise, and no technology is completely safe or “hacker” proof. SGTS INC. takes appropriate technical, administrative and organizational informational security measures to mitigate such risks.
Such measures include, where appropriate, the use of firewalls, secure server facilities, encryption, implementing proper access rights management systems and processes, careful selection of processors and other technically reasonable measures to provide appropriate protection for your personal data against unauthorized access or disclosure. Where appropriate, we may also take backup copies and use other such measures to prevent accidental damage or destruction to your personal data. If a particular part of a SGTS INC. website supports online transactions, we will use an industry standard security measure, such as the one available through “Secure Sockets Layer” (“SSL”), to protect the confidentiality and security of online transactions.
Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone. You are responsible to inform us immediately if you become aware of any unauthorized use of your information or password.
Cookies and Other Technologies:
When you visit our websites, our server may attach a small text file to your hard drive referred to as a cookie. Typically they enable collection of certain information about your computer including your Internet protocol (IP) address, your computer’s operating system, your browser type and the address of any referring sites. Cookies help us deliver a better website experience to you. Your unique cookie tells us that it is you whenever you revisit our site, so we can recall where you have previously been on our site, eliminate the need for you to enter your password frequently during a visit and what, if anything, you have in your shopping cart if you do not finish a transaction in a single visit. Cookies are also used for website traffic analysis and anonymous demographic profiling so that we may improve our services.
SGTS INC. may also use web beacons (also known as “clear gifs” or “pixel tags”) in connection with some websites. However, we do not use them to identify individual users personally. Web beacons are tiny graphics embedded on a website to count visitors to a website, to access certain cookies and/or to help us measure the effectiveness of particular content. We may also include web beacons in marketing e-mail messages or our newsletters in order to determine whether messages have been opened and links contained within clicked on. Again this information is used to improve our services.
You have a choice with respect to cookies. By modifying your Internet browser preferences, you have the ability to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our site. Please understand that if cookies are turned off, you may not be able to view certain parts of a SGTS INC. site that may enhance your visit. If you turn off cookies, the web beacon will no longer be able to track your specific activity. The web beacon may, however continue to collect information of visits from your IP address, but such information will no longer be unique. Please note that some of our business partners whose content is linked to a SGTS INC. site may also use cookies or web beacons. However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
Links to Non-SGTS INC. Sites and Services:
SGTS INC. websites, products and services may contain links to third-party websites, products and services. Our products and services may also offer products or services from third parties, including our authorized business partners. Information collected by third parties is governed by their privacy practices. We recommend that you read the privacy policies of those third parties as SGTS INC. is not responsible for their privacy practices or the content of their websites.
Children:
We do not knowingly collect any information from children under 13. If we discover that we have collected such information we delete the information as soon as we can.
Privacy Questions:
If you have a question about this Privacy Statement or SGTS INC.’s handling of your information you can contact Lisa Bukolt, SGTS INC.’s Chief Privacy Officer at lbukolt@sgtsinc.com
Changes to our Privacy Statement:
SGTS INC. may update this Privacy Statement from time to time. When we change the statement in a material way, a notice will be posted on our website along with the updated Privacy Statement. You are bound by any such revisions and should, therefore, periodically visit this Privacy Statement to review the most current version