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This page states the "Privacy Statement" of the Washington Technology Industry Association website. Please read this page carefully. The Washington Technology Industry Association (the "Washington Technology Industry Association", "our", "us") may revise this Privacy Statement at any time as set forth below. Users should visit this page periodically to review this Privacy Statement. The term "User" as used herein refers to all members and visitors accessing this website for any reason. This Privacy Policy was last updated on November, 2006.

Please be advised that the practices described in this Privacy Statement apply only to information gathered through this Website and do not necessarily reflect our practices with respect to information gathered through other Websites that we operate or through other off-line means, including our seminars.

The Washington Technology Industry Association respects the privacy of its members and other visitors to its Website. The Washington Technology Industry Association strongly believes that if electronic commerce and online activities are to flourish, Users must be assured that information provided online is used responsibly and appropriately. To protect online privacy, the Washington Technology Industry Association has implemented the following policy.

By visiting our Website, you are accepting the practices described in our Privacy Statement. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Statement, please do not use the Website. Your continued use of our Website following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.

What Information Does Washington Technology Industry Association Collect?
Most data Washington Technology Industry Association collects is used only to help the Washington Technology Industry Association better serve its members. It is our general policy to collect and store only personal information that our members and visitors knowingly provide. If our privacy policies change, we will notify all Users by e-mail or a special announcement placed on the Website.

From General Users. The Washington Technology Industry Association does not collect any personal information from Users browsing its Website. Users to the public areas of Washington Technology Industry Association's Website browse anonymously. Only aggregate data -- such as the number of hits per page--are collected. Aggregate data are only used for internal and marketing purposes and do not provide any personally identifying information.

From Washington Technology Industry Association Members, Conference Registrants, and Other Customers. To gain access to members-only resources and personalization features on the Washington Technology Industry Association Website, members and other Users are asked to register and provide some limited information. This data is submitted voluntarily. Washington Technology Industry Association asks Users to provide their name, member number (for members), organization name, business phone, and e-mail. Similar information may be submitted to Washington Technology Industry Association through membership applications, conference or seminar registration, publication orders, subscriptions, and contest registrations.

How Does Washington Technology Industry Association Use Data Collected?
Washington Technology Industry Association uses information voluntarily submitted by members and other customers in the following ways:

Washington Technology Industry Association Member Services and Products. Generally, Washington Technology Industry Association and its direct subsidiaries use data collected to improve its own Web content; to respond to visitors' interests, needs and preferences; and to develop new products and services.

Disclosures to Third Parties. Washington Technology Industry Association also makes member contact information available through the Washington Technology Industry Association Industry Directory to other members using its Website and to those who register for its meetings and conferences. In addition, Washington Technology Industry Association incorporates information Users provide into hard copies of the Industry Directory that it provides to members and may sell to requesters. On occasion, Washington Technology Industry Association may also provide limited data to third parties that offer products and services. These limited data include names, job titles, companies and business addresses, but do not include e-mail addresses. Users may request Washington Technology Industry Association to refrain from disclosing the data it collects to third parties on the membership application form, meeting and conference registration forms or any other form on which they are providing information; an opt-out box will appear on each form on which a User provides information. Alternatively, Users may contact Washington Technology Industry Association at info@washingtontechnology.org or 206.448.3033 to express their preferences if they determine later that they do not wish to have the information shared.

Credit Card Account Information. Credit Card Account Information. Washington Technology Industry Association does not disclose credit card account information provided by its members and customers. When members and customers choose to pay using their credit cards, Washington Technology Industry Association submits the information needed to obtain payment to the appropriate clearinghouse.

Emergency Situations. We may use or disclose personal information of any kind (including Credit Card Account Information), regardless of user preferences, if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to applicable law or comply with legal process served on us or the website; (b) protect and defend the our rights or property, the website or our users, and (c) act under emergency circumstances to protect the personal safety of us, our affiliates, agents, or the users of the website or the public.

How Does Washington Technology Industry Association Use Cookies?
Cookies are files that contain information created by a web server that can be stored on a User's hard disk for use either during a particular session ("per-session" cookie) or for future use ("persistent" cookie). Washington Technology Industry Association uses cookies only to facilitate automated activity, store and track passwords, determine appropriate solicitations, and review navigation patterns. Cookies are not used to disseminate significant information about Users over the Internet or to analyze any information that Users have knowingly or unknowingly provided. When a User registers, the system will ask whether the User approves of the attachment of a cookie. Users may instruct their Internet browsers to opt out of accepting a "persistent" cookie and rather accept only a "per-session" cookie, but will need to login each time they visit the site to enjoy the full benefits. If the User declines the attachment of any cookie, the User may not have access to the full benefits of the website. Registration enables the site to better determine members' interest areas and provide the most relevant information.

What Privacy Issues Arise With Links To Other Sites?
This Website contains links to other websites. Washington Technology Industry Association has no control over and is not responsible for the privacy policies or content of such sites.

Public Areas, Chat Rooms and Newsgroups
Please remember that any information you share in public areas, such as resume posting areas or feedback sections, becomes public, and therefore this Privacy Statement does not apply to any information you choose to make public. Please be careful about what you disclose and do not post any personal information that you expect to keep private.

What about information from children?

Washington Technology Industry Association does not intend to collect information from children. The Washington Technology Industry Association is committed to the safety of children and we do not intend to collect personally identifiable information from children under age 18. If a User is under age 18, the User should ask his or her parent for permission before sending any information to our site or anyone else online. The User's parent should contact us directly in order to provide us with prior written consent. Washington Technology Industry Association will not intentionally use personal information from or send communications to children under age 13 without prior parental consent.

How Should a User Contact Washington Technology Industry Association?
If any User suspects Washington Technology Industry Association has handled its personal information in a manner that does not comply with this privacy statement, please contact us by e-mailing to info@washingtontechnology.org or by calling 206.448.3033.

Washington Technology Industry Association
Privacy Policy Administrator
2200 Alaskan Way, Suite 390
Seattle, WA 98121
Phone: 206.448.3033
Fax: 206.448.3103

This page states the "Terms and Conditions" under which you may use the Washington Technology Industry Association website. Please read this page carefully. If you do not accept the Terms and Conditions stated here, do not use this website and service. By using this website [and/or clicking "I AGREE" or "SUBMIT" during any registration process on this website], you are indicating your acceptance to be bound by the terms of these Terms and Conditions. The Washington Technology Industry Association may revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by updating this posting. You should visit this page periodically to review the Terms and Conditions, because they are binding on you. The terms "You" and "User" as used herein refer to all individuals and/or entities accessing this website ("Website") for any reason. These Terms and Conditions were last updated on November, 2006.

Use of Material.
The contents of this Website, such as text, graphics, images, logos, button icons, software and other content ("Material"), are protected under both United States and foreign copyright, trademark and other laws. All Material is the property of the Washington Technology Industry Association or its content suppliers or clients. The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement and assembly) of all content on this Website is the exclusive property of the Washington Technology Industry Association and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Unauthorized use of the Material may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. You must retain all copyright, trademark, service-mark and other proprietary notices contained in the original Material on any copy you make of the Material. You may not sell or modify the Material or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the Material in any way for any public or commercial purpose. The use of the Material on any other website or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited.

You shall not copy or adapt the HTML code that the Washington Technology Industry Association creates to generate its pages. It is also protected by the Washington Technology Industry Associations copyright.

Use of Washington Technology Industry Association Logo.
Except as the Washington Technology Industry Association may authorize, Website providers ("Other Websites") may use only the logo provided by the Company. By downloading the Logo, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.

The Logo may be used only on web pages that make accurate references to the Washington Technology Industry Association, or its products or services and must be displayed adjacent to the reference. Other websites may not display the Logo in any manner that implies sponsorship, endorsement, or license by the Washington Technology Industry Association without consent of the Washington Technology Industry Association.

The Logo must appear by itself, with a minimum spacing in the amount of the height of the Logo between each side of the Logo and other graphic or textual elements on Other Website pages.

The Logo may not be used as a feature or design element of any other logo.

Other Websites may not alter the Logo in any manner, including size, proportions, colors, elements, etc., or animate, morph or otherwise distort the Logos perspective or two-dimensional appearance.

Other Websites that feature the Logo may not contain disparaging remarks about the Washington Technology Industry Association or its products or services, infringe any Washington Technology Industry Association intellectual property or other rights, or violate any state, federal or international law.

Washington Technology Industry Association logos and product names are trademarks or trade names of the Washington Technology Industry Association. You are not authorized to use or reproduce any trademarks except for the limited purposes set out above.

Acceptable Site Use.
General Rules: Users may not use the Website in order to transmit, distribute, store or destroy material (a) in violation of any applicable law or regulation, (b) in a manner that will infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of others or violate the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others, (c) that is defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful; or (d) collect or harvest information to send unsolicited advertising to Washington Technology Industry Association or other users of this Website.

Website Security Rules.
Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Website, including, without limitation, (a) accessing data not intended for such user or logging into a server or account which the user is not authorized to access, (b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization, (c) attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the Website, denial-of-service attacks, overloading, "flooding", "spamming", "mailbombing" or "crashing", (d) sending unsolicited e-mail, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services, or (e) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. The Washington Technology Industry Association will investigate occurrences which may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.

Specific Prohibited Uses.
The Website may be used only for lawful purposes by individuals seeking information about the Washington Technology Industry Association or members, employment and career information and employers seeking employees. The Washington Technology Industry Association specifically prohibits any use of the Website, and all users agree not to use the Website, for any of the following:

Career Center:

Posting any incomplete, false or inaccurate biographical information or information which is not your own accurate resume (living individual seeking employment on a full-time or part-time basis on his or her own behalf).
Posting any franchise, pyramid scheme, "club membership", distributorship or sales representative agency arrangement or other business opportunity which requires an up front or periodic payment, pays commissions only (no significant salary), requires recruitment of other members, sub-distributors or sub-agents.

Website in general:

Deleting or revising any material posted by any other person or entity.
Using any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this Website or any activity being conducted on this site
Taking any action which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on this Websites infrastructure.
If you have a password allowing access to a non-public area of this Website, disclosing to or sharing your password with any third parties or using your password for any unauthorized purpose.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, using or attempting to use any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism (including without limitation browsers, spiders, robots, avatars or intelligent agents) to navigate or search this Website other than the search engine and search agents available from the Washington Technology Industry Association on this Website and other than generally available third party web browsers (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer).
Attempting to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Website.
Aggregating, copying or duplicating in any manner any of the materials or information available from the Website.
Framing of any of the materials or information available from the Website.

User Information.
Our policy with respect to User information is set forth in our "Privacy Statement" which is posted on the Website and incorporated herein by reference. Please review the Privacy Statement for further details regarding your Information.

User Submissions.
As a user, you are responsible for your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of their posting. You must not, and by using this Website you agree not to, do the following things: post material that is copyrighted, unless you are the copyright owner or have the permission of the copyright owner to post it; post material that reveals trade secrets, unless you own them or have the permission of the owner; post material that infringes on any other intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others; post material that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing to another user or any other person or entity; post a sexually-explicit image or statement; post advertisements or solicitations of business, post chain letters or pyramid schemes; impersonate another person; or post material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming routines or engines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or information.

The Washington Technology Industry Association does not represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of communications posted by users or endorse any opinions expressed by users. You acknowledge that any reliance on material posted by other users will be at your own risk.

The Washington Technology Industry Association acts as a passive conduit for the online distribution and publication of user-submitted information and has no obligation to screen communications or information in advance and is not responsible for screening or monitoring material posted by users. If notified by a user of communications which allegedly do not conform to these Terms and Conditions, the Washington Technology Industry Association may investigate the allegation and determine in good faith and its sole discretion whether to remove or request the removal of the communication. The Washington Technology Industry Association has no liability or responsibility to users for performance or nonperformance of such activities. The Washington Technology Industry Association reserves the right to expel users and prevent their further access to the Website for violating the Terms and Conditions or the law and the right to remove communications which are abusive, illegal, or disruptive. The Washington Technology Industry Association may take any action with respect to user-submitted information that it deems necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion if it believes it may create liability for the Washington Technology Industry Association or may cause the Washington Technology Industry Association to lose (in whole or in part) the services of its ISPs or other suppliers.

By submitting content to any public or non-public area of the Website, including message boards, discussion groups, list servers, forums, contests and chat rooms, you grant the Washington Technology Industry Association and its affiliates the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicenseable (through multiple tiers), non-exclusive right (including any moral rights) and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, communicate to the public, perform and display the content (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, for the full term of any rights that may exist in such content. You also warrant that the holder of any rights, including moral rights in such content, has completely and effectively waived all such rights and validly and irrevocably granted to you the right to grant the license stated above. You also permit any subscriber to access, display, view, store and reproduce such content for personal use. Subject to the foregoing, the owner of such content placed on the Website retains any and all rights that may exist in such content.

Neither the Washington Technology Industry Association, nor any of its members, advertisers, sponsors or affiliates, are responsible for the views or ideas expressed by members in any public or non-public area of the Website, including message boards, discussion groups, list servers, forums, contests or chat rooms.

Registration and Password.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your information and password. You shall be responsible for all uses of your registration, whether or not authorized by you. You agree to immediately notify the Washington Technology Industry Association of any unauthorized use of your registration or password.

The Washington Technology Industry Associations Liability.
The Washington Technology Industry Association provides no guarantee, or warranty, written or implied, as to the accuracy of any of the information contained in this Website. The information and services, including without limitation, the Career Center, advocacy information, news and press releases, Member services (including member to member discounts) and all other services on this Website are provided "AS IS", with no guarantee of completeness, accuracy, timeliness, or of the results obtained from the use of this information, and without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties of performance, merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose. By using this Website you agree that under no circumstances will the Washington Technology Industry Association, or any of its members, advertisers sponsors or affiliates or the partners, agents, or employees thereof be liable to you or anyone else for (1) any information contained in or omitted from this Website, (2) any person's reliance on such information whether or not the information is correct, current or complete (3) any decision made or action taken in reliance on the information in this Website or for any consequential, special, or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Certain links in this Website connect to other websites maintained by third parties over which the Washington Technology Industry Association has no control.

The Career Center is only a venue. The Washington Technology Industry Association is not involved in the actual transaction between employers and candidates. As a result, the Washington Technology Industry Association has no control over the quality, safety or legality of the jobs or resumes posted the truth or accuracy of the listings, the ability of employers to offer job opportunities to candidates or the ability of candidates to fill job openings. In addition, note that there are risks, including but not limited to the risk of physical harm, of dealing with strangers, foreign nationals, underage persons or people acting under false pretenses. You assume all risks associated with dealing with other users with whom you come in contact through the Website.

Because user authentication on the Internet is difficult, The Washington Technology Industry Association cannot and does not confirm that each user is who they claim to be. Because we do not and cannot be involved in user-to-user dealings or control the behavior of participants on the Career Center, in the event that you have a dispute with one or more users, you release the Washington Technology Industry Association (and our agents and employees) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential, direct and indirect) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes. If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code d1542, which says: "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor."

We are under no legal obligation to, and generally do not, control the information provided by other users which is made available through the Website. By its very nature, other peoples information may be offensive, harmful or inaccurate, and in some cases will be mislabeled or deceptively labeled. We expect that you will use caution and common sense when using this Website.

The Material may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. The Washington Technology Industry Association makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the Website or the Material. The use of the Website and the Material is at your own risk. Changes are periodically made to the Website and may be made at any time.

You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for the form, content and accuracy of any event or other information, resume or material contained therein placed by you on the Website. Employers are solely responsible for their postings on the Website.

The Washington Technology Industry Association is not to be considered to be an employer with respect to your use of the Website and the Washington Technology Industry Association shall not be responsible for any employment decisions, for whatever reason made, made by any entity posting jobs on the Website.

THE Washington Technology Industry Association DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE WEBSITE AND ITS SERVER ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL MECHANISMS. IF YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR THE MATERIAL RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA, THE Washington Technology Industry Association IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS.

THE WEBSITE AND MATERIAL ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. THE Washington Technology Industry Association, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE Washington Technology Industry Association MAKES NO WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS OF THE MATERIAL, SERVICES, SOFTWARE, TEXT, GRAPHICS, AND LINKS.

Disclaimer of Consequential Damages.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE Washington Technology Industry Association, ITS SUPPLIERS, OR ANY THIRD PARTIES MENTIONED ON THE WEBSITE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE AND THE MATERIAL, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE Washington Technology Industry Association IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Links to Other Sites.
The Website contains links to third party websites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by the Washington Technology Industry Association of the contents on such third-party websites. The Washington Technology Industry Association is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such third party websites. If you decide to access linked third party websites, you do so at your own risk.

No Resale or Unauthorized Commercial Use.
You agree not to resell or assign your rights or obligations under these Terms of Use. You also agree not to make any unauthorized commercial use of the Website.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR THE Washington Technology Industry Association TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE WEBSITE OR MATERIALS IS LIMITED TO $100.

Termination.
The Washington Technology Industry Association reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to pursue all of its legal remedies, including but not limited to deletion of your postings from this Website and immediate termination of your registration with or ability to access the Website and/or any other service provided to you by the Washington Technology Industry Association, upon any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions or if the Washington Technology Industry Association is unable to verify or authenticate any information you submit to the Website registration with or ability to access the Website.

Indemnity.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Washington Technology Industry Association and any of its members, advertisers, sponsors or affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, alleging or resulting from your use of the Material or your breach of the terms of these Terms and Conditions. The Washington Technology Industry Association shall provide notice to you promptly of any such claim, suit, or proceeding and shall assist you, at your expense, in defending any such claim, suit or proceeding.

Force Majeure.
Neither the Washington Technology Industry Association nor you shall be responsible for damages or for delays or failures in performance resulting from acts or occurrences beyond their reasonable control, including, without limitation: fire, lightning, explosion, power surge or failure, water, acts of God, war, revolution, civil commotion or acts of civil or military authorities or public enemies: any law, order, regulation, ordinance, or requirement of any government or legal body or any representative of any such government or legal body; or labor unrest, including without limitation, strikes, slowdowns, picketing, or boycotts; inability to secure raw materials, transportation facilities, fuel or energy shortages, or acts or omissions of other common carriers.

General.
The Washington Technology Industry Association makes no claims that the Materials may be lawfully viewed or downloaded outside of the United States. Access to the Materials may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Website from outside of the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction. These Terms and conditions are governed by the internal substantive laws of Washington State, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Jurisdiction for any claims arising under these Terms and Conditions shall lie exclusively with the state or federal courts within Washington State. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions are found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term. Except as expressly provided in additional terms of use for restricted areas of the Website or a particular "Legal Notice" on the Website, these Terms and Conditions and all documents incorporated herein by reference constitute the entire agreement between you and the Washington Technology Industry Association with respect to the use of Website. No changes to these Terms and Conditions shall be made except by a revised posting on this page.

Additional Terms of Use.
Certain areas of this Website are subject to additional terms of use. By using such areas, or any part thereof, you agree to be bound by the additional terms of use applicable to such areas.

Washington Technology Industry Association
Terms of Use Administrator
2200 Alaskan Way, Suite 390
Seattle, WA 98121
Phone: 206.448.3033
Fax: 206.448.3103

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