Privacy Policy
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websites, log files are stored
on the web server saving details
such as the visitor's IP
address, browser type, referring
page and time of visit.
Cookies may be used to remember
visitor preferences when
interacting with the website.
E-mail addresses will not be
sold, rented or leased to 3rd
parties. If you have
subscribed to one of our
e-mail-based services, you may
unsubscribe by following the
instructions which are included
in e-mail that you receive.
Legal Disclaimer
1. Acceptance of our Terms
By visiting the website THE
UTILITIES GROUP, viewing,
accessing or otherwise using any
of the services or information
created, collected, compiled or
submitted to THE UTILITIES
GROUP, you agree to be bound by
the following Terms and
Conditions of Service. If you do
not want to be bound by our
Terms your only option is not to
visit, view or otherwise use the
services of THE UTILITIES GROUP.
You understand, agree and
acknowledge that these Terms
constitute a legally binding
agreement between you and THE
UTILITIES GROUP and that your
use of THE UTILITIES GROUP shall
indicate your conclusive
acceptance of this agreement.
2. Provision of Services
You agree and acknowledge
that THE UTILITIES GROUP is
entitled to modify, improve or
discontinue any of its services
at its sole discretion and
without notice to you even if it
may result in you being
prevented from accessing any
information contained in it.
Furthermore, you agree and
acknowledge that THE UTILITIES
GROUP is entitled to provide
services to you through
subsidiaries or affiliated
entities.
3. Proprietary Rights
You acknowledge and agree
that THE UTILITIES GROUP may
contain proprietary and
confidential information
including trademarks, service
marks and patents protected by
intellectual property laws and
international intellectual
property treaties. THE UTILITIES
GROUP authorizes you to view and
make a single copy of portions
of its content for offline,
personal, non-commercial use.
Our content may not be sold,
reproduced, or distributed
without our written permission.
Any third-party trademarks,
service marks and logos are the
property of their respective
owners. Any further rights not
specifically granted herein are
reserved.
4. Submitted Content
When you submit content to THE
UTILITIES GROUP you
simultaneously grant THE
UTILITIES GROUP an irrevocable,
worldwide, royalty free license
to publish, display, modify,
distribute and syndicate your
content worldwide. You confirm
and warrant that you have the
required authority to grant the
above license to THE UTILITIES
GROUP.
5. Termination of Agreement
The Terms of this agreement will
continue to apply in perpetuity
until terminated by either party
without notice at any time for
any reason. Terms that are to
continue in perpetuity shall be
unaffected by the termination of
this agreement.
6. Disclaimer of Warranties
You understand and agree that
your use of THE UTILITIES GROUP
is entirely at your own risk and
that our services are provided
"As Is" and "As Available". THE
UTILITIES GROUP does not make
any express or implied
warranties, endorsements or
representations whatsoever as to
the operation of the THE
UTILITIES GROUP website,
information, content, materials,
or products. This shall include,
but not be limited to, implied
warranties of merchantability
and fitness for a particular
purpose and non-infringement,
and warranties that access to or
use of the service will be
uninterrupted or error-free or
that defects in the service will
be corrected.
7. Limitation of Liability
You understand and agree that
THE UTILITIES GROUP and any of
its subsidiaries or affiliates
shall in no event be liable for
any direct, indirect,
incidental, consequential, or
exemplary damages. This shall
include, but not be limited to
damages for loss of profits,
business interruption, business
reputation or goodwill, loss of
programs or information or other
intangible loss arising out of
the use of or the inability to
use the service, or information,
or any permanent or temporary
cessation of such service or
access to information, or the
deletion or corruption of any
content or information, or the
failure to store any content or
information. The above
limitation shall apply whether
or not THE UTILITIES GROUP has
been advised of or should have
been aware of the possibility of
such damages. In jurisdictions
where the exclusion or
limitation of liability for
consequential or incidental
damages is not allowed the
liability of THE UTILITIES GROUP
is limited to the greatest
extent permitted by law.
8. External Content
THE UTILITIES GROUP may include
hyperlinks to third-party
content, advertising or
websites. You acknowledge and
agree that THE UTILITIES GROUP
is not responsible for and does
not endorse any advertising,
products or resource available
from such resources or websites.
9. Jurisdiction
You expressly understand and
agree to submit to the personal
and exclusive jurisdiction of
the courts of the country,
state, province or territory
determined solely by THE
UTILITIES GROUP to resolve any
legal matter arising from this
agreement or related to your use
of THE UTILITIES GROUP. If the
court of law having
jurisdiction, rules that any
provision of the agreement is
invalid, then that provision
will be removed from the Terms
and the remaining Terms will
continue to be valid.
10. Entire Agreement
You understand and agree that
the above Terms constitute the
entire general agreement between
you and THE UTILITIES GROUP. You
may be subject to additional
Terms and conditions when you
use, purchase or access other
services, affiliate services or
third-party content or material.
11. Changes to the Terms
THE UTILITIES GROUP reserves the
right to modify these Terms from
time to time at our sole
discretion and without any
notice. Changes to our Terms
become effective on the date
they are posted and your
continued use of THE UTILITIES
GROUP after any changes to Terms
will signify your agreement to
be bound by them. |