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July 17, 2007
Terms of Use
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE
WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT USE THIS WEB
SITE. YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE CONSTITUTES YOUR
AGREEMENT TO ABIDE BY THESE TERMS. |
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Introduction |
This
Web site (this “Site”) contains information
related to the products and services of the Iowa
Lottery Authority, an entity of the state of
Iowa (“we”, “us” or “our”). While these terms
contain the terms and conditions applicable to
your general use of this Site and the services,
products and information on this Site, these
terms do not contain all applicable terms,
conditions, limitations or exclusions related to
our products or services. When applicable, you
will be prompted by this Site to additional
terms and conditions.
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Change, Suspension or Termination |
We
reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to
change, suspend or terminate your use of this
Site or the services, products and information
on this Site at any time for any reason
(including, without limitation, if we learn that
you have violated these terms without notice to
you. You agree that we shall not be liable to
you or any third party for any change,
suspension of termination of your use of this
Site or the services, products and information
on this Site.
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Proprietary Rights |
Except
for third party content, the contents of this
Site are copyrighted by us. All rights are
reserved. Except the use of widgets in
accordance with the widgets’ paragraph of these
terms, no part of this Site or the services,
products and information on this Site may be
reproduced or transmitted in any form by any
means without our express written permission.
Without limiting the foregoing, you shall not (i)
direct link, inline link, deep link, or
otherwise hyperlink any page of this Site other
than the home page or (ii) page-scrape, robot,
spider, hack, password mine or use any similar
automatic or manual program or process to use
the Site. We retain and exclusively own all
right, title and interest in and to our computer
programs, software, and technology
(“Technology”), our trademarks, trade names,
brand names, logotypes, symbols, service marks,
domain names, and the goodwill of the business
symbolized thereby (“Trademarks”) and our
methodologies, processes, techniques, ideas,
concepts, trade secrets and know-how
(“Knowledge”), as well as our copyrights,
patents, trade dress or other intellectual
property rights, including, without limitations,
any Technology, Trademarks, knowledge or
copyrights, patents, trade dress or other
intellectual property rights developed,
generated or supplied by you in connection with
your use of this Site and the services, products
and information on this Site. |
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Widgets |
The
service, products and information on this Site
includes access to this Site’s widget, which can
be placed on personal and public pages on this
Site, other Web sites that you either own or are
legally permitted to access or your computer’s
desktop. You may not change or modify the Iowa
Lottery widget or any component of the Iowa
Lottery widget in whole or in part. For example,
you may not remove or alter any proprietary
notice or legend on the Iowa Lottery widget
regarding our proprietary rights in such widget.
You may also not use the Iowa Lottery widget in
violation of applicable law. For example, you
may not use this widget to display, transmit or
otherwise provide access to any unlawful,
infringing, libelous, obscene or harassing
content of any kind. You acknowledge and agree
that we may use data capture, syndication
analysis and other similar tools to track,
extract, compile, aggregate and analyze any data
or information resulting from use of this
widget. To the extent that any such data or
information is collected by use, we exclusively
own such data or information and may use such
data or information for any lawful purpose. The
provisions of this paragraph are in addition to,
and not intended to limit or modify, the
proprietary rights paragraph of these terms. |
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Disclaimers |
NEITHER THE IOWA LOTTERY NOR THE STATE OF IOWA,
NOR ANY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS MAKE ANY
WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR ASSUMED LIABILITY FOR THE
ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR USEFULNESS OF
INFORMATION FROM THIS SERVER OR THE LINKS TO
SERVERS ON THE LOTTERY’S HOME PAGE. |
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Limitation of Liabilities |
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT WE WILL NOT BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY
DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF
PROFITS OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES), EVEN IF YOU
OR WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF
THOSE DAMAGES, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RESULTING
FROM, ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO OR IN
CONNECTION WITH: (1) YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO
USE THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS OR
SERVICES ON THIS SITE; (2) ANY STATEMENT OR
CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY (INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, ANY THIRD PART CONTENT IN OUR
WIDGET); OR (3) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATED TO THIS
SITE OR THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES ON
THIS SITE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT PERMIT THE
LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR
INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE
ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
OTHERWISE, THIS PARAGRAPH IS INTENDED TO BE
APPLICABLE TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW. |
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Events Beyond Control |
Under
no circumstances shall we be held liable for any
delay or failure of this Site and the services,
products and information on this Site directly
or indirectly resulting from, arising out of,
relating to or in connection with events beyond
our reasonable control, including, without
limitation, Internet failures, equipment
failures, electrical power failures, strikes,
labor disputes, riots, insurrections, civil
disturbances, shortages of labor or materials,
fires, floods, storms, earthquakes, explosions,
acts of God, war terrorism, intergalactic
struggles, governmental actions, orders of
courts, agencies or tribunals or non-performance
of third parties. The provisions of this
paragraph are in addition to, and not intended
to limit or modify, the limitation of
liabilities paragraph of these terms.
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Indemnification |
You
agree to indemnify and hold harmless us, our
affiliates and their respective directors,
officers, employees, independent contractors,
agents and other representatives for, from and
against any losses, liabilities, suits, claims,
costs, damages and expenses (including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses) directly or indirectly resulting from,
arising out of, relating to or in connection
with your violation of these terms or your use
of this Site and the services, products and
information on this Site. This paragraph is
intended to be applicable to the maximum extent
allowed by law.
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Miscellaneous |
We
reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to
change, modify, add or remove any portion of
these terms, in whole or in part, at any time,
which shall be effective when notice of such is
posted on this Site. Your continued use of this
Site after such posting shall be considered
acceptance of those changes, modifications,
additions or removals. These terms constitute
the entire agreement between you and us in
connection with your use of this Site and the
information, products and services provided on
this Site, except for any additional terms and
conditions for which you will be notified or
prompted by this Site that you are agreeing to
be before proceeding. Any cause of action you
may have with respect to use of this Site or the
information, products and services provided on
this Site 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 these terms to be
unenforceable, then such provision shall be
enforced to the maximum extent permissible by
law so as to effect the intent of these terms
and the remainder of these terms shall continue
in full force and effect. In the event of any
termination of these terms, then the proprietary
rights, widgets, disclaimers, limitation of
liabilities, events beyond control and
indemnification paragraphs set forth above and
this paragraph shall survive indefinitely. This
Site is controlled, operated and administered by
use from our offices in Des Moines, Iowa, United
States of America. As such, these terms shall be
governed by the laws of the State of Iowa
without giving effect to its conflict of laws
principles, and you agree that all actions or
proceedings instituted by you resulting from,
arising out of, relating to or in connection
with use of this Site, the information, products
and services provided on this Site or these
terms shall be tried and litigated exclusively
in the State and Federal courts located in Polk
County, Iowa, United States of America.
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