1. General
2. Use of Content - Copyright,
etc.
3. Rules of Conduct
4. Managing Content
5. No Endorsement - Link Sites
6. Indemnity
7. Modification or Termination
of Service
8. Disclaimer of Warranties;
Limitation of Liability
9. International Users
10. Privacy Policy - Cookies
11. Year 2000
12. Miscellaneous
1. General
1.1 This Website Service (the "Service") is provided
by Crane Co. and its affiliated business units ("Crane")
and is to be used for information purposes only. The following
agreement governs your use of the Service, including any
interactive areas (the "Interactive Areas"). Additional
terms and conditions of use applicable to specific areas
of the Service may also be posted in such areas and, together
with this agreement (the "Agreement"), govern
your use of those areas.
1.2 Crane reserves the right,
in its discretion, to change or modify all or any part of
this Agreement at any time, effective immediately upon notice
published on the Service. Your continued use of the Service
constitutes your binding acceptance of these terms and conditions,
including any changes or modifications made by Crane as
permitted above. If at any time the terms and conditions
of this Agreement are no longer acceptable to you, you should
immediately cease all use of the Service.
2.
Use of Content - Copyright, etc.
2.1 You acknowledge that the Service contains information,
software, photographs, graphics, links and other material
(collectively, the "Content") that are protected
by copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights of Crane
or third parties. All Content on the Service is copyrighted
as a collective work of Crane pursuant to applicable copyright
law. You agree to comply with any additional copyright notices,
information, or restrictions contained in any Content available
on or accessed through the Service. Users of the Service
may use the Content only for their personal, noncommercial
use.
2.2 You may not modify, publish,
transmit, transfer or sell, reproduce, create derivative
works from, distribute, perform, display, or in any way
exploit any of the Content, in whole or in part, except
as expressly permitted in this Agreement. Content consisting
of downloadable software may not be reverse engineered unless
specifically authorized by the owner of the software's patent
and/or copyright. You may post on the Service only Content
owned by you, or for which you have received express permission
from the owner, or Content in the public domain. You assume
all risk and responsibility for determining whether any
Content is in the public domain.
2.3 You may download or copy
the Content only for your own personal use, provided that
you maintain all copyright and other notices contained in
such Content. You shall not store electronically any significant
portion of any Content. Except as expressly permitted by
the copyright laws, no copying, storage, redistribution
or publication of any Content is permitted without the express
permission of Crane or the owners of such Content or their
authorized persons, if other than Crane.
2.4 Crane does not want you to,
and you should not, send any confidential or proprietary
information to Crane via the Service. You agree that any
information or materials that you or individuals acting
on your behalf provide to Crane will not be considered confidential
or proprietary. By providing any such information or materials
to Crane, you grant to Crane an unrestricted, irrevocable,
worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, display,
publicly perform, transmit and distribute such information
and materials, and you further agree that Crane is free
to use any ideas, concepts or know-how that you or individuals
acting on your behalf provide to Crane.
3.
Rules of Conduct
You shall not post on the Service any Content which (a)
is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive,
harassing or threatening, (b) contains viruses or other
contaminating or destructive features, (c) violates the
rights of others, such as Content which infringes any copyright,
trademark, patent, trade secret or violates any right of
privacy or publicity, or (d) otherwise violates any applicable
law. You may not post on the Service any links to any external
Internet sites that are obscene or pornographic. You shall
not use the Service for any commercial purpose, to distribute
any advertising or solicitation of funds or goods and services
or to solicit users to purchase products or services competitive
with products or services sold by Crane.
4.
Managing Content
Crane does not and cannot review the Content posted by users
on the Service and is not responsible for such Content.
However, Crane reserves the right to delete, move or edit
any Content (including Content posted in any Interactive
Area) that it may determine, in its sole discretion, violates
this Agreement or is otherwise unacceptable. You shall remain
solely responsible for all Content posted by you. Crane
shall have the right, but not the obligation, to correct
any errors or omissions in any Content, as it may determine
in its sole discretion.
5.
No Endorsement - Link Sites
5.1 Crane does not represent or endorse the accuracy or
reliability of any Content posted on any Interactive Area
and you acknowledge that any reliance upon such Content
shall be at your sole risk. Any Content placed on any Interactive
Area by users are the views of the user posting the statement,
and do not represent the views of Crane.
5.2 The Service may contain links
to sites on the Internet which are owned and operated by
third parties (the "Link Sites"). You acknowledge
that Crane is not responsible for the availability of, or
the content located on or through, any Link Site. You should
contact the site administrator or Webmaster for those Link
Sites if you have any concerns regarding such links or the
content located on such Link Sites.
6.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Crane and its affiliated
business units, and their respective officers, directors,
owners, agents, information providers and licensors (collectively,
the "Crane Parties") harmless from and against
any and all claims, liability, losses, costs and expenses
(including attorneys' fees) incurred by any Crane Party
in connection with any use or alleged use of the Service
under your password by any person, whether or not authorized
by you. Crane reserves the right, at its own expense, to
assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise
subject to indemnification by you, and in such case, you
agree to cooperate with Crane's defense of such claim.
7.
Modification or Termination of Service
Crane reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to restrict,
suspend or terminate your access to all or any part of the
Service, including the Interactive Areas, at any time for
any reason without prior notice or liability. Crane may
change, modify, suspend or discontinue all or any aspect
of the Service at any time, including the availability of
any feature, database, or Content (including the Interactive
Areas), without prior notice or liability.
8.
Disclaimer of Warranties; Limitation of Liability
8.1 Neither Crane nor any provider of third party content
or their respective agents warrants that the service will
be uninterrupted or error free; nor does crane, any third
party content provider, or their respective agents make
any warranty as to the result s to be obtained from use
of the service or the content. The service and the content
are distributed on an "as is, as available" basis.
None of crane, third party content providers and their respective
agents make 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, with respect to the service, or any
content or any products or services sold through the service.
Neither crane nor any third party content provider warrants
that any files available for downloading through the service
will be free of viruses or similar contamination or destructive
features. Crane assumes no responsibility for damage to
your computer or computer syste m as a result of use of
the service or the content. You expressly agree that the
entire risk as to the use, quality and performance of the
service and the accuracy or completeness of the content
is assumed solely by you.
8.2 Certain crane business units
and their internet links offer known formulas and configurations
or the like (sometimes called "tools") as part
of the service on their websites to provide users the convenience
of reaching a preliminary determination on the size, shape
or function of a product or service which is offered. The
accuracy of the results of using a tool is dependent on
the correct input of data and values by the user. Crane
cannot be held responsible for any determination as to the
appropriateness of any product or service for any particular
application and the user assumes all risk and liability
for any such determination. Neither crane nor any third
party provider or agent assumes any liability for any product
application or service based on the use of a tool.
8.3 Neither Crane, any third
party content provider nor their respective agents shall
be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special
or consequential damages arising out of the use of or inability
to use the service, even if crane has been advised of the
possibility of such damages.
8.4 Some states do not allow
exclusion of implied warranties or limitation of liability
for incidental or consequential damages, so the above li
mitations or exclusions may not apply to you. In such states,
the liability of crane, third party content providers and
their respective agents shall be limited to the greatest
extent permitted by law.
9.
International Users
This Service is controlled, operated and administered by
Crane from its offices within the United States of America
and Canada. Crane makes no representation that the Content
on this Service is appropriate or available for use at other
locations outside of the United States and Canada; access
to it from territories where the Content is illegal, is
prohibited. You may not use the Service or export the Content
in violation of U. S. and Canadian export laws & regulations.
If you access this Service from locations outside of the
United States or Canada, you are responsible for compliance
with all local laws.
10.
Privacy Policies - Cookies
Crane is sensitive to the privacy issues which may concern
our Web site visitors. We believe it is important that you
know how we treat your personal information as we receive
it through the Internet.
In general, you can visit Crane
on the World Wide Web without telling us who you are or
revealing any information about yourself. Our Web servers
collect domain names, not e-mail addresses. This information
is aggregated to measure the number of visits, average time
spent on the site, pages viewed, etc. Crane uses this information
to measure the use of our Service and to improve its Content.
There are times, however, when
we may need information from you such as your name and address.
When this information is needed, we will try to let you
know how that information will be used at the time of collection.
Usually, the personal information we collect is used only
by us to respond to your inquiry, or to allow you to access
specific account information. Occasionally, we may make
individual e-mail addresses available to other reputable
organizations whose products or services we think you may
find interesting. In these cases, you will be offered an
opportunity to limit access to your information.
If you register with one of the
Crane businesses on-line, they may use this information
to provide you with customized content regarding Crane offerings
in support of your business needs. A technology called "cookies"
may also be used to provide you with tailored data. A cookie
is a small code-based object that a Web site can send to
your browser, which may then be stored on your hard drive
so that we can recognize you when you return. You may set
your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie.
At times we conduct on-line surveys
to better understand the needs of our visitors. When we
conduct a survey, we will try to let you know how we will
use the information at the time it is collected from you.
The Crane Web site may contain
links to other sites such as Crane distributors and sales
affiliates. While we try to link only to sites that share
our high standards and respect for privacy, we are not responsible
for the content or the privacy practices employed by other
sites.
Please e-mail us at privacy@cranebrantford.com
if you have any comments or questions about this Privacy
Policy or to report any violations of the Privacy Policy.
We will respond to you within 24 to 48 hours in most cases.
Also, if you don't want to be contacted in the future by
the brand whose Web site you entered, or if you would like
us to correct or update your Personal Information in our
records, please contact privacy@cranebrantford.com and indicate
the nature of your request in the Subject line.
Crane will take reasonable steps
to comply with the foregoing requests.
11.
Year 2000
Crane is committed to a program which will insure that Crane's
manufacturing, shipping and accounting processes will not
be disrupted by Year 2000 date or date related problems.
However, the foregoing statement does not imply any warranty
or guaranty of any kind.
12.
Miscellaneous
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between
Crane and you with respect to your use of the Service. Any
claim or cause of action you may have with respect to your
use of the Service must be commenced within one (1) year
after the claim or cause of action arises. If for any reason
a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of
the Agreement or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that
provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible
so as to effect the intent of the Agreement, and the remainder
of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
This Agreement shall be construed
in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario,
and the parties irrevocably consent to bring any action
to enforce this Agreement in the federal or provincial courts
located in Province of Ontario. This Agreement constitutes
the entire agreement between the parties with respect to
the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all previous written
or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such
subject matter. If any inconsistency exists between the
terms of this Agreement and any additional terms and conditions
posted on the Service, such terms shall be interpreted as
to eliminate any inconsistency, if possible, and otherwise,
the additional terms and conditions shall control. Sections
2, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 12 shall survive any termination of this
Agreement as well as any other provisions which by their
terms or sense are intended to survive.
