CRS, Inc.
Website Terms of Use
CRS, Inc. (“CRS,” “we,” “us,” and “our”), a Minnesota corporation, is pleased to make the website located at crs-usa.com available for your use and benefit. These Website Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”) are entered into by and between you and us and govern your use of the website on which these Terms of Use appear (the “Site”) and your use of the features therein.
These Terms of Use apply to your access to and use of this Site and do not alter in any way the terms and conditions of any other agreement you may have with us, unless otherwise directed by CRS. If you breach any of these terms and conditions, your authorization to use this Site automatically terminates and you must immediately discontinue use of this Site.
1. Acceptance of these Terms of Use.
By using the Site, you accept these Terms of Use and agree to be bound by them. By using the Site, you represent that you are capable of entering into a binding agreement, and that you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. Use of the Site is strictly voluntary. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE AND OUR PRIVACY POLICY, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY LEAVE THE SITE AND MAY NOT USE THE SITE.
Additional Terms for CRS Product Dealers.
To access and use certain services available through the Site, CRS Product Dealers may be required to have a user account with us and must agree to be bound by additional terms associated therewith. Unless otherwise provided, the additional terms will control if there is a conflict between these Terms of Use and the additional terms.
2. Collection of Visitor Information on this Site.
Any information collected at this Site and the purposes for which we may use this information are set forth in our Privacy Policy unless otherwise stated. The terms of our Privacy Policy are incorporated herein by this reference. Please carefully review the information contained in our Privacy Policy. By using this Site, you agree to waive and release us from any claim or liability in connection with the collection, use, or disclosure of information that is consistent with the terms of our Privacy Policy.
3. Changes to these Terms of Use.
We may revise these Terms of Use at any time without providing notice by posting an updated version on this Site. Any use of this Site following the date on which changes to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy are published on this Site shall constitute your acceptance of all such changes. You expressly agree that we shall have no obligation to provide you with any notice of any changes, and you hereby expressly waive any right you may have to receive notice of any changes to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy.
4. Copyright, Trademark and Other Intellectual Property Rights.
All images, illustrations, designs, graphics, icons, photographs, text, audio clips, video clips, and other materials and data that appear as part of the Site as well as the selection, arrangement and organization of the foregoing and the Site as a whole (collectively, "Content") are protected by one or more copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade dress rights, and/or other intellectual property or proprietary rights owned by or licensed to us. Certain trademarks, service marks and trade names on the Site are our registered or unregistered trademarks, service marks and trade names and may not be used without our express permission. Other trademarks, service marks and trade names used on the Site are the property of their respective owners. All software used on this Site is owned by or licensed to us and is protected by U.S. and international copyright and other intellectual property laws.
CRS grants you permission to view and use the Content and software made available to you on the Site in connection with your own personal, noncommercial use of the Site. You may not reproduce, create derivative works from, distribute in any way, display or publicly perform any Content or software without our prior written permission. You agree to prevent any unauthorized copying of the Content or software. We reserve all rights not expressly granted herein. These Terms of Use do not grant you any rights in or to the Site or any of its components except for the limited rights to use the Site expressly granted by these Terms of Use.
References on this Site to the trademarks, service marks, trade names, products, company names or services of third parties are provided for your convenience and do not in any way constitute or imply an endorsement or recommendation of that third party or its products or services by us.
5. Accuracy.
Information on this Site may contain typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to correct any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions and to change or update information at any time without notice to you.
6. Termination.
Your license to the Site and our obligations under these Terms of Use will automatically terminate if you fail to comply with any provision of these Terms of Use or if the reason you were granted access to the Site terminates. No notice will be required from us to effectuate such termination. Upon termination of these Terms of Use, all of your rights to use the Site shall terminate immediately.
7. Restrictions.
You may not: (i) reproduce, modify, prepare derivative works based upon, translate, tamper with, distribute, sublicense, lease, sell, resell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, stream, broadcast or otherwise exploit the Site except as expressly permitted by us; (ii) reverse engineer, disassemble, or decompile the Site or apply any other process or procedure to derive the source code of any software included in the Site; (iii) use the Site in a manner that interferes with other users' use of the Site; (iv) link to, mirror or frame any portion of the Site; or (v) attempt to gain unauthorized access to or impair any aspect of the Site or its related systems or networks.
8. Additional Prohibited Activities and Visitor Obligations.
Without limiting any other provision in these Terms of Use, you agree not to do, or assist others to do, the following:
- violate any applicable law or regulation;
- upload, post, use, transmit, or otherwise make available, including by e-mail, (each, a “Post”) any content or information that is false or inaccurate;
- Post any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, or content that could otherwise be considered to be objectionable;
- Post any publicly available content that is subject to any disclosure restrictions;
- Post any materials, items, information or content that infringes or otherwise violates any patent, copyright, trademark, or any other intellectual property rights;
- Post any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or promotional materials, including without limitation, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of solicitation;
- Post any material that contains software viruses or any other corrupt computer code, files or programs that impair the use of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
- impersonate or use the identity of another person or organization, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or organization;
- engage in any activities or manipulate identifying material to misrepresent the origin of content;
- use the Site for any activity that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, or information or content that could otherwise be considered to be objectionable;
- interfere with or otherwise limit the use of this Site by other users;
- collect, compile, or store personal information about other users of this Site;
- disrupt or interfere with the security of, operation of, or otherwise cause harm to, this website or the systems resources, accounts, usernames and passwords, servers, or networks connected to or accessible through this website or any affiliated or linked sites;
- modify, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, translate, create derivative works from, or otherwise alter the Site;
- use the Site in a manner that could cause us to violate any law, rule or regulation;
- use any robot, spider, scripts, other automatic device, or manual process to “screen scrape,” monitor, “mine,” or copy the web pages on the Site or the content contained therein without our prior, express, and written permission; or
- use the Site for your own commercial purposes.
9. CRS Product Dealer Account.
If you are a CRS Product Dealer and have a Dealer user account on this Site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer. You agree to maintain accurate, complete, and up-to-date information in your user account on the Site. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. We reserve the right, without notice and in our sole discretion, to refuse or restrict access or service, terminate accounts, or remove or edit content. If we, in our sole reasonable determination, believe that you have violated any of these Terms of Use, we may suspend or terminate your account.
10. Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability.
THIS SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ALL CONTENT, materials, PRODUCTS, and services available through THIS SITE, ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS, WITH ALL DEFECTS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, ACCURACY OF INFORMATIONAL CONTENT, OR QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF ANY COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. FURTHER, WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT THIS SITE IS APPLICABLE OR APPROPRIATE FOR USE IN LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
NOTHING IN THESE TERMS OF USE OR IN ANY ORAL OR WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF THIS SITE WILL CONSTITUTE A REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO THIS SITE.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE, BY YOUR USE OF THIS SITE, THAT SUCH USE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL WE, OR ANY OF OUR AFFILIATES, MEMBERS, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGES.
Certain state laws do not allow the exclusion of or limitations on implied warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. If these laws apply to you, some or all of the above disclaimers, exclusions, or limitations may not apply to you, and you might have additional rights. In these states, our liability shall be limited to the extent permitted by law.
Under no circumstances whatsoever shall our or any of our liability resulting from or relating to your use of this Site exceed Five United States Dollars (USD $5.00).
11. Indemnification.
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold us, our affiliates, members, officers, directors, employees and agents and our and their respective successors and assigns harmless from and against any claims, demands, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) that we or they incur or suffer which relate to or arise out of any third party claim concerning your use of the Site, your failure to perform any of your obligations under these Terms of Use, or your breach of any of your representations or warranties made under these Terms of Use.
12. Links to Other Web Sites.
The Site may contain links to other websites. Additionally, other websites may contain links to this Site. We do not review or monitor the websites linked to this Site and we are not responsible for the content or policies of any other websites. Any link established by us does not constitute an endorsement of the other websites or create a relationship between us and the operators of other websites. We disclaim any liability with respect to your use of any other website, and you release us from any liability related to your use of any link to another website or your use of any other website. Where this Site contains a link to another website owned and/or operated by us, such website use may be subject to different and additional terms of use and privacy policy terms and conditions.
13. Continued Operation, Accessibility, and Maintenance of this Site.
We may modify, change, suspend, terminate or discontinue the operation of this Site or the provision of any services without notice and we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone at any time, with or without cause.
14. Submissions.
Any and all questions, comments, suggestions, and similar materials or information that you send or submit to us on this Site, by a Post or otherwise (collectively, “Submissions”), shall become our property; and you hereby transfer, sell, and assign to us all of your right, title, and interest in and to any such Submissions, including without limitation, any and all related patent, copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property rights. We have no obligation of any kind whatsoever to maintain any confidentiality with respect to any such Submissions. We shall be free to use them for any purpose whatsoever without providing you notice or receiving your consent, and without restriction or compensation.
15. Aggregated Data.
You hereby grant us and our providers a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, fully-paid-up, royalty free license to use data derived from your use of the Site (the "Aggregated Data") for our business purposes and the business purposes of our providers. Aggregated Data does not include (directly or by inference) any information identifying you or your household or any other identifiable individual or household. You further grant us and our providers the right to (i) use the Aggregated Data in any aggregate or statistical products or reports, (ii) disclose Aggregated Data in a summary report that does not show, display or indicate customer specific or customer identifying information, and (iii) use the Aggregated Data (without personally identifiable information) to compare with other organizations within the same industry or group.
16. General Provisions.
English has been used in the preparation of these Terms of Use, and English shall be the controlling language with respect to these Terms of Use and their interpretation. Any and all communications relating to the Site must be in the English language.
Any failure by us to enforce any provision of these Terms of Use shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or the right to enforce same.
These Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of the State of Minnesota without giving effect to any principles or conflicts of laws. For the purpose of resolving conflicts relating to or arising out of these Terms of Use, or arising out of any other dispute or claim associated with us, you irrevocably and unconditionally: (i) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in Ramsey County, Minnesota (the “Minnesota Courts”) for any litigation or dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use; (ii) agree not to commence any litigation arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use except in the Minnesota Courts; (iii) agree not to plead or claim that such litigation brought therein has been brought in an inconvenient forum; (iv) agree that any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action or other consolidation or joining of claims of other parties who may have similar claims; and (v) agree the Minnesota courts represent the exclusive jurisdiction for all disputes relating to these Terms of Use.
If any portion of these Terms of Use is held to be invalid, such holding shall not invalidate the other provisions of these Terms of Use.
Use of this Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give full effect to all provisions of these Terms of Use, including without limitation this paragraph and the warranty disclaimers and liability exclusions above. Use of this Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction where all or any portion of this Site may violate any legal requirements and you agree not to access this Site in any such jurisdiction.
You are responsible for compliance with applicable laws.
17. Contact.
For questions or comments related to this Site or these Terms of Use, please email us at moreinfo@crs-usa.com.
Last updated January 2024
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