Legal Disclaimer
By browsing or using this Website you agree to the terms and conditions set out
below. If you do not accept these terms please exit this site immediately.
Mantissa Corporation may revise these terms and conditions at any time, so you should
review them periodically to ensure proper compliance as they are binding on you.
Entry at your own risk
By entering this Website you acknowledge and agree that your use is at your own
risk and that this Website, its owners, officers, directors, employees, or any of
the parties involved in creating, producing, or delivering this Website are not
liable for any damages whatsoever, including any direct, incidental, consequential,
indirect or special damages, or any other losses, costs or expenses of any kind
(including legal fees, expert fees, or other disbursements) which may arise, directly
or indirectly, regardless of whether or not such liability or damages arise in contract,
tort, negligence, equity, statutorily, or otherwise, in any connection with the
access to, the use of, or browsing of this Website or in connection with any content,
information, data, promotions, activities, associated with this Website, or in connection
with your downloading of any materials, text, data, images, video or audio from
this Website, including but not limited to anything caused by any transmission defects,
viruses, bugs, human action or inaction of any computer system, phone line, hardware,
software or program malfunctions, or any other errors, failures or delays in computer
transmissions or network connections.
No warranty on contents, information, and materials
Although the specifications, features, illustrations, equipment and other information
contained in this Website are based upon reasonably current information, and while
Mantissa Corporation makes reasonable efforts to ensure that the material on this
Website is correct, accuracy cannot be guaranteed and Mantissa Corporation makes
no warranties or representations as to its accuracy.
The information contained in this Website is current on the date indicated and may
no longer be accurate on the date of your review of the material. Mantissa Corporation
disclaims any obligation to update these materials on this Website.
All users of this Website shall be solely and exclusively responsible to authenticate,
verify, assess and validate all information that is included on this Website. The
information included in this Website does not constitute, and shall not be considered,
the advice, recommendation, or endorsement of Mantissa Corporation.
Intellectual Property
Copyright belongs to Mantissa Corporation
Mantissa Corporation is the owner of copyright in this Website. Pictures, graphics,
text, images of places or people are either the property of Mantissa Corporation
or used on this Website with permission of the owner of the intellectual property.
No portion of this Website, including but not limited to the text, images, audio
or video, may be used in any manner, or for any purpose, without Mantissa Corporation’s
express written permission, except if indicated herein.
Trade names, logos and trademarks belong to Mantissa Corporation, its affiliates
and/or partners
By entering this Website you acknowledge and agree that any name, logo, trademark
or service mark contained on this Website is owned by Mantissa Corporation and may
not be used without prior written approval. Your use of any of these materials is
prohibited unless specifically provided for on the Website. Without in any way waiving
any of the foregoing rights, you may download one copy of the material on this Website
for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided you do not delete or change
any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices.
Modification, reposting or use of the material on this Website that would damage
the reputation of Mantissa Corporation or its partners, or any model or person,
violates Mantissa Corporation’s legal rights. Mantissa Corporation will enforce
its intellectual property rights to the full extent of the law. Any unauthorized
use of all, part, or any aspect of Mantissa Corporation’s or its partners’ Intellectual
Property may subject you to penalties or damages, including but not limited to those
related to violation of trademarks, copyrights, privacy and publicity rights.
Hyperlinks
Although this Website may be linked to other Websites, Mantissa Corporation is not,
directly or indirectly, implying any approval, association, sponsorship, endorsement
or affiliation with the linked Website, unless specifically stated therein. By entering
this Website you acknowledge and agree that Mantissa Corporation has not reviewed
all Websites linked to this Website and is not responsible for the content of any
off-site pages or any other Website linked to this Website. Your linking to any
other off-site pages or other Websites is at your own discretion and risk.
Submissions’ confidentiality and copyright
The Internet is not a completely secure medium, and neither the privacy of your
communications, nor visits to this Website can be guaranteed. The nature of Internet
communications may be susceptible to data corruption, unauthorized access, interception
and delays.
Mantissa Corporation welcomes your comments regarding this website. Unfortunately,
Mantissa Corporation will not accept or consider creative ideas, suggestions or
materials other than those it has specifically requested. Accordingly, we ask that
you do not send us any such materials. If, despite this request, you do send us
creative materials or other information, you agree not to assert any ownership right
or legal right to or control over your submission (including, but not limited to,
copyright, trademark, moral rights, or implied contract) and you waive the right
to receive any financial or other consideration in connection with such unsolicited
submission including, but not limited to, an acknowledgement or credit.
Privacy Statement
Your Consent
By using the Mantissa Corporation Website, you consent to the terms of this Privacy
statement. If you do not agree with any term in this statement, please do not provide
personal information on this Website.
Our privacy statement may be changed at any time. Any changes in the policy will
be posted on this Website so that you will always be aware of the information we
collect on you, how it is used and under what circumstances we disclose such information.
The Information we collect
We may collect the name, e-mail address, postal address or other contact details
of those persons who subscribe to any of our e-mail alert services.
Mantissa Corporation will never willfully disclose individually identifiable information
about you to any third party without first receiving your permission. Mantissa Corporation
does not rent, trade or sell your personal information to others. Information collected
is not shared with other organizations for commercial purposes.
If you are currently receiving one or more of our e-mail alerts and no longer wish
to do so, please unsubscribe to the service from the relevant page on our Website.
Security
Mantissa Corporation has taken reasonable measures to safeguard against unauthorized
access to your personally identifiable information (for example that e-mail communications
are only accessible by the designated recipients at Mantissa Corporation) and to
safely store your personally identifiable information. However, the Internet is
not a secure medium and the privacy of your communications and personal information
can never be guaranteed. Mantissa Corporation has no control over the practices
of third parties (e.g., Websites to which the Mantissa Corporation Website is linked,
third party sponsors; third parties who misrepresent themselves as you or someone
else).
The Mantissa Corporation Website contains links to other Websites and is not responsible
for privacy practices of these Websites.
Applicable Law
By entering this Website you acknowledge and agree that this Website, including
any goods and services offered on the Website, and these contractual terms, shall
be construed and evaluated according to United States Law. Any legal actions, suits
or proceedings arising out of these Terms of Use (including the Privacy Rules) will
be brought exclusively before the competent court system of North Carolina (USA)
and you hereby accept and submit to the personal jurisdiction of these courts with
respect to legal actions, suits or proceedings arising out of these Terms of Use.
If you use this Website from another country, you are responsible for compliance
with any and all applicable local laws. Mantissa Corporation, its affiliates and/or
partners make no representation that the materials contained within this Website
are appropriate for countries outside the United States.