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Your access and use of the Site is also subject to the following terms and conditions and all applicable laws. By accessing and browsing the Site, you accept, without limitation or qualification, the Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that any other agreement between you and the Industrial Fasteners Institute are superseded and of no force or effect.

Terms and Conditions

1. You should assume that everything you see or read on the Site is copyrighted unless otherwise noted and may not be used except as provided in these Terms and Conditions or in the text on the Site without the written permission of the Industrial Fasteners Institute.
   
   The Industrial Fasteners Institute neither warrants nor represents that your use of materials displayed on the Site will not infringe rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated with the Industrial Fasteners Institute.
   
   
2. While the Industrial Fasteners Institute uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information on the Site, the Industrial Fasteners Institute makes no warranties or representations as to its accuracy. The Industrial Fasteners Institute assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content on the Site.
   
   
3. Your use and browsing of the Site is at your risk. Neither the Industrial Fasteners Institute nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Site is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, the Site. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the Site is provided to you "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. 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. Industrial Fasteners Institute also assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable for any damages to, or viruses that may infect your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in the Site or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from the Site.
   
   
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5. Images of people or places displayed on the Site are either the property of, or used with permission by, the Industrial Fasteners Institute. The use of these images by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by these Terms and Conditions or specific permission provided elsewhere on the Site. Any unauthorized use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.
   
   
6. The trademarks, logos, and service marks (collectively the "Trademarks") displayed on the Site, are registered and unregistered Trademarks of the Industrial Fasteners Institute and others. Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on the Site without the written permission of the Industrial Fasteners Institute or such third party that may own the Trademarks displayed on the Site. Your misuse of the Trademarks displayed on the Site, or any other content on the Site, except, as provided in these Terms and Conditions, is strictly prohibited. You are also advised that the Industrial Fasteners Institute will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law, including the seeking of criminal prosecution.
   
   
7. The Industrial Fasteners Institute has not reviewed all of the sites linked to the Site and is not responsible for the contents of any off-site pages or any others linked to the Site. Your linking to any other off-site pages or other sites is at your own risk.
   
   
8. Although the Industrial Fasteners Institute may from time to time monitor or review discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards, and the like on the Site, the Industrial Fasteners Institute is under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such locations nor for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, or inaccuracy contained in any information contained within such locations on the Site. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law. The Industrial Fasteners Institute will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing the Industrial Fasteners Institute to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials.
   
   
9. The Industrial Fasteners Institute may at any time revise these Terms and Conditions by updating this posting. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the then current Terms and Conditions to which you are bound.
   
   
10. All standards, specifications, technical discussions, and reports included on this web site are advisory only and their use by anyone is entirely voluntary. Reliance on their contents for any purpose by anyone is at the sole risk of that person and IFI is not responsible for any loss, claim or damage arising therefrom. In compiling this web site, IFI has made a determined effort to present its contents accurately. IFI is not responsible, however, for any claim traceable to any errors (typographical or otherwise) as contained herein. IFI has not investigated, nor will it investigate, patents, which may apply to the subject contents. Prospective users of the content on this web site are responsible for advising themselves and protecting themselves against any patent infringement liability, which may arise out of such use.