Terms & Conditions

Effective Date: 10/01/2007

This website is owned and provided by the Association of Strategic Marketing ("ASM"), a division of Lorman Business Center, Inc. ("Lorman"). Your use of this website is subject to the following terms and conditions. Your use of this website constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions and your agreement to be bound by them. If you do not agree, you should not use this website. Please review this website's Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions. These Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy may change at any time without notice. Changes will be posted here before the new Terms and Conditions become effective. Please review this page periodically to remain apprised of the current Terms and Conditions governing the use of this website.

You may view, copy, print, and/or distribute material from this website subject to the following conditions:

1. The material is used for internal, personal, non-commercial and informational purposes only;
2. The material may not be copied, distributed, modified, transmitted, reused, re-posted or otherwise displayed for public or commercial purposes without the express written permission of ASM for each such use of the material;
3. ASM's copyright notice ("© 2008 Association of Strategic Marketing, a division of Lorman Business Center, Inc. All Rights Reserved.") and the World Wide Web address ("http://www.associationofmarketing.org") are prominently displayed on the material.

Submissions

All remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, data or other information communicated to ASM through this website or through electronic mail will be treated as non-proprietary and non-confidential and become the property of ASM without compensation, for exclusive use at our discretion. (Please visit our Privacy Policy for details regarding personally identifiable information.)

Intellectual Property

The trademarks, service marks and logos (including the names Association of Strategic Marketing, and the "Association of Strategic Marketing" logo) used and displayed on this website belong to ASM or others. Nothing on this website should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark, service mark or logo displayed on this website, without the prior written permission of the trademark, service mark or logo owner. This website is copyrighted.

We respect the intellectual property rights of others, and we request that our visitors do the same. If you think that your work has been copied in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, you may notify our customer service department, which can be reached as follows: Customer Service, Association of Strategic Marketing, 2510 Alpine Rd, Eau Claire, WI 54703, 1.866.226.0828, or at ASMinfo@associationofmarketing.org.

Disclaimer of Warranties

Your use of this website is at your risk. THE INFORMATION ON THIS website IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS," FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, OR COMPLETENESS. ASM WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE, ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THIS website OR ITS UNAVAILABILITY. ASM DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS website OR THE SERVERS MAKING THIS SITE AVAILABLE ARE VIRUS FREE. The information contained on this website could contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors, and information may be changed, updated, and/or deleted without notice. ASM may make improvements and/or changes in the products and programs described on this website at any time.

Links

This website may contain links to other sites. ASM has no control over the information and privacy policies and practices of those websites, and is not responsible for their content, collection and use of information, or freedom from error or viruses. It is your responsibility to recognize, by paying attention to your browser’s address bar, when you are leaving ASM’s site.

Products and Programs

ASM may add, delete, or change the content or scheduling of the products and programs presented on this website at any time without notice.

Limitation on Geographic Extent

The information on this website is presented only for the promotion of services and products available in the United States and Canada unless otherwise specified. ASM makes no representation or warranty that this website is applicable or appropriate for use in any jurisdiction outside of the United States and Canada.

Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy posted at this website constitute the entire agreement between you and ASM with respect to your use of this website. All disputes arising under the Terms and Conditions and/or the Privacy Policy, regardless of where they are brought, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Wisconsin without regard to any conflict of law provisions. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to your use of this website must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. You agree to submit any dispute with ASM exclusively to final and binding arbitration in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. The location of any arbitration shall be in the County of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. You agree that any arbitrator shall not have the authority to award punitive damages. You agree to be bound by any ruling in such arbitration proceeding and that such ruling shall be enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction. You agree that if any portion of these Terms and Conditions or Privacy Policy is found by an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the arbitrator or court shall nevertheless give effect to the parties’ intentions expressed therein. All other provisions of these Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy remain in full force and effect. Any failure by ASM to exercise any rights or to enforce any of the terms of the Terms and Conditions or Privacy Policy shall not constitute a waiver of such rights or terms.