Please read these Terms of Use carefully before accessing or using the Kent A. Clark Center for Global Markets website. By accessing or using the Clark Center website, you signify that you have read these terms and agree to be bound by and comply with them. If you do not agree to be bound by these terms, please promptly exit the Clark Center website. The Clark Center, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (“Chicago Booth”), and the University of Chicago (the “University,” and together with the Clark Center and Chicago Booth, “we” or “us”) reserve the right to modify these terms at any time and will publish notice of any such modifications on the Clark Center website or elsewhere online. By continuing to access or use the Clark Center website after notice of such modifications has been published, you signify your agreement to be bound by them.
Privacy Notice
The provisions of Chicago Booth’s Privacy Notice (https://www.chicagobooth.edu/privacy-notice) are incorporated herein by reference.
Copyrights
The contents of the Clark Center website are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. You may not reproduce, distribute, republish, upload, transmit, display, prepare derivative works of, publicly perform, sell, transfer, assign, license, or use for commercial purposes any copyrighted material on the Clark Center website without the prior written consent of the Clark Center, except as provided below. All rights not expressly granted in these Terms of Use are reserved to the Clark Center, Chicago Booth, and the University.
You may copy, download one copy on a single computer, and print a limited amount of content, for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided that (a) you include without modification all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the content, (b) you do not modify the content, (c) you do not use the content in a manner that suggests the Clark Center, Chicago Booth, or the University of Chicago promotes or endorses your, or any third party’s, causes, ideas, websites, products, or services, and (d) you do not use the content in any way that is unlawful or harmful to any other person or entity.
No quotes from any material on the Clark Center website may be used in any media without attribution to the Clark Center at Chicago Booth.
Trademarks
All rights in Clark Center, Chicago Booth, and University names, service marks, trademarks, and logos are reserved by the University. You may not use any Clark Center, Chicago Booth, or University service marks, trademarks, logos, or graphics, without our prior written consent.
User Materials
Users of the Clark Center website may transmit and/or otherwise submit comments, messages, questions, recommendations, and other content and materials (collectively, “User Materials”) on or through the Clark Center website. You acknowledge that User Materials may be routed through our servers, the servers of one or more third parties on our behalf, and the Internet, and may be viewed by Clark Center staff and by the general public. You acknowledge that the forms and other features on the Clark Center website are for public and not private communications.
We reserve the right to screen, refuse to post, remove, or edit User Materials at any time and for any or no reason in our absolute and sole discretion without prior notice, although we have no duty to do so. If we elect to screen User Materials, there may be a delay in the posting of such content to allow for a review process. If we have questions about your User Materials, we have the right, but not the duty, to contact you for further information, including, for example, to verify that you own the copyright or otherwise have the rights to post or submit the User Materials.
Links to Third-Party Sites and Services
The Clark Center website may contain links to Internet sites, applications, and services maintained by third parties, over which we have no control. We do not endorse the content, operators, products, or services of such sites, and we are not responsible or liable for the content, operators, availability, accuracy, quality, advertising, products, services, or other materials on or available from such sites. We shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, products, or services available on or through such sites.
In some cases, the Clark Center website may include certain embedded tools provided and controlled by third parties and governed by the terms and policies of the third parties. You should only use these third-party tools if you agree to their respective terms and policies.
Disclaimer
THE CLARK CENTER WEBSITE AND ANY CONTENT, MATERIALS, FEATURES, OR PRODUCTS AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE IGM WEBSITE ARE AVAILABLE ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
We do not warrant that the Clark Center website will be uninterrupted or error-free, or free from viruses or other harmful features, nor do we make any warranties as to the results that may be obtained from use of the Clark Center website, or endorse, recommend, or make any warranties as to the accuracy, reliability, or content of, any content, information, materials, features, service, products, opinions, or statements available on or through the Clark Center website or through links on the Clark Center website. Use of the Clark Center website is entirely at your own risk.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE UNIVERSITY OR ITS AFFILIATES, OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE TRUSTEES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR CONTENT PROVIDERS, BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES), WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR UNFORESEEABLE, (A) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE CLARK CENTER WEBSITE, (B) RELATING TO ANY CONTENT ON OR SERVICES RECEIVED THROUGH THE CLARK CENTER WEBSITE, OR (C) IN CONNECTION WITH ANY THIRD-PARTY CONTENT OR MATERIALS OR THE DEFAMATORY, INFRINGING, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold the University and its affiliates, and their respective trustees, directors, officers, employees, and agents, harmless from any liability for losses or damages, including without limitation reasonable attorney’s fees, arising from or related to your breach of these Terms of Use, your use of the Clark Center website, or your submissions to the Clark Center website.
Right to Change the IGM Website; Suspension or Termination of Access
We reserve the right to change, suspend, or terminate the Clark Center website or any features, content, or materials contained on the Clark Center website, in any way, at any time, and for any reason or no reason. We reserve the right to deny access to or suspend or terminate your access to the Clark Center website or any features, content, or materials contained on the Clark Center website, in any way, at any time, and for any reason or no reason.
Users Outside the United States
The Clark Center website is controlled and operated within the United States and is not directed to users outside the United States. We make no representation that content, materials, or products available on or through the Clark Center website are appropriate or available for use outside of the United States. If you access the Clark Center website from a location outside the United States, you are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws, including local laws regarding online conduct and content and U.S. export laws and regulations.
Jurisdiction
These Terms of Use, and the relationship between you and us, will be governed by the laws of the United States and the State of Illinois, without giving effect to any conflicts of law principles.
General
These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and us with respect to the subject matter herein and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous oral or written agreements.
If any provision of these Terms of Use is found to be unlawful, void, or for any reason invalid or unenforceable, then that provision will be deemed severable from these Terms of Use and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
