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PUREGREENJOBS.COM TERMS & CONDITIONS OF USE

Introduction

This Web page describes the Term and Conditions ("Terms of Use") under which you may use the Site. Please read them carefully. If you do not accept them in their entirety, please do not use the Site. If you are an employer using the Site, you may have entered into a Service Agreement with PureGreenJobs.Com, in which case these Terms and Conditions are part of and incorporated into that Service Agreement. These Terms and Conditions are effective as of May 1, 2009. All claims or rights arising out of this Terms and Conditions Agreement, shall be governed by Arkansas law. All claims or rights shall be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in Arkansas.

All rights, title and interest to the content displayed on the Site, including, but not limited to, the Site's look and feel, information, data, text, graphics, images, sound or video materials, designs, trademarks, service marks, trade names and the URL ("Content"), is the property of PureGreenJobs.Com or its partners, and agents and is protected by U.S. copyright.

Privacy

PureGreenJobs.Com is committed to protecting the privacy of our users, and strives to provide a safe, secure user experience. This Privacy Statement sets forth the online data collection and usage policies and practices that apply to this web site. It does not apply to information we collect in any other fashion.

By clicking the “Accept” button during registration or by using this site, you explicitly accept, without limitation or qualification, of the collection, use and transfer of the personal information provided by you in the manner described in this Statement. Please read this Statement carefully as it affects your rights and liabilities under law. If you disagree with the way we collect and process personal information collected on the Web site, we recommend that you do not use it.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND RETAIN

You do not have to give us any personal information in order to perform job searches or to read the content portions of our Site. We collect the following general types of information about you when you visit our Sites: personal information, demographic information, behavioral information, and indirect information. Sometimes we collect combinations of all these types of information. In each case, it is indicated on the web site whether any personal or demographic data must be provided to use the requested service or not.

Personal information is information that can be used to identify you, or any other individual to whom the information may relate, personally. We do not collect personal information unless you choose to provide it to us. Some examples of personal information that we collect in some areas of our Site, depending on the services you use and local law, are:

Your name
Address
Email address
Telephone number
Credit card number
Contact information
Billing information
Information about third parties, such as references or contacts, that you provide to us if you have their express written consent to do so

Demographic information is information that is not unique to you in the sense that it refers to selected population characteristics, such as your ZIP code or postal code, age, preferences, gender, race or ethnicity, occupation, career history, interests and favorites.

We also collect behavioral information regarding how you use our sites, the areas of our site that you visit, what services you access, and information about your computer hardware and software including your IP address, geolocation, browser and operating system type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is necessary for analyzing the use of resources, troubleshooting problems, preventing fraud, and improving our services.

In addition, PureGreenJobs.Com may collect indirect information about you when you use certain third party services on our web site. For example, if you register on our Site by using your Microsoft Passport user name and password, you authorize us to have access to and store the information from your Passport account profile; such information will be subject to, and treated in accordance with, the policies and practices described in this Statement.

Information Use

We use the information we gather on the web site for the purposes of providing our services, responding to any queries you may have, operating and improving the web site, fostering a positive user experience and delivering the products and services that we offer to jobseekers and employers. Our services include the display of personalized products, content, and advertising relating to your career experience and interests. The information we gather on any PureGreenJobs.Com web site may be shared within the PureGreenJobs.Com group of companies on a worldwide basis, including countries that might not have legislation that guarantees adequate protection with respect to your country of residence, in order to deliver these products and services.

By registering with PureGreenJobs.Com, by managing your profile, or expressly opting in when presented with choices, you have consented for us to use your information, subject to local law, in the following ways:

to allow you to create an account;
to create a profile for you based on information that you have provided to us;
to contact you about PureGreenJobs.Com Site updates, informational and service-related communications, including important security updates;
to provide you additional communications, information, and promotions such as newsletters and career advice;
to inform you of other products or services available from PureGreenJobs.Com or its affiliates (“Affiliates” means entities that control, are controlled by or are under common control with PureGreenJobs.Com.);
to enable you to provide feedback, to contact us and for us to respond to you;
to conduct surveys, questionnaires, promotions and contests, and to provide the results thereof such as success stories and contest winners;
to provide information about you and your potential interest in job postings to employer customers;
to provide products and services to employer customers to complete the recruitment and hiring process, such as accessing the searchable resume database;
to provide products and services that enable users to network, post information on bulletin boards, view and compare profiles, and career background and experience;
to generate internal reports about the use of our site; and
to provide ‘forward to a friend’ features.

Some of our products and services, such as our searchable resume database and networking, enable third parties to see your personal information and to contact you. Profile information may be used for networking with other community members or may be visible to employers who are using the PureGreenJobs.Com Sites. In addition, portions of your searchable resume (but not your contact information) may be made public in your networking profile.

Information you post in public areas of the site or placed in the searchable resume database will be accessed, used, and stored by others around the world, including countries that might not have legislation that guarantees adequate protection with respect to your country of residence. By providing your personal information for inclusion in our database, you acknowledge that you consent to your information being used as described here. While PureGreenJobs.Com takes measures to safeguard your information from unauthorized access or inappropriate use by third parties, PureGreenJobs.Com does not control these third parties and we are not responsible for their use of information you post or otherwise make available in public areas of the PureGreenJobs.Com Sites. Accordingly, you should ensure that you do not post sensitive information, including personality profiles, to any PureGreenJobs.Com Site.

Acceptable Use of the Site

This Site is intended for individuals seeking employment and for employers or recruiters seeking candidates for employment. You may use this Site only for lawful purposes within the stated context of PureGreenJobs.Com.

PureGreenJobs.Com hereby grants you a limited, terminable, non-exclusive right to access and use the Site only for your personal use seeking employment opportunities for yourself. This authorizes you to view and download a single copy of the material on the Site solely for your personal, noncommercial use. You agree that you are solely responsible for the content of any Document you post to the Site and any consequences arising from such posting. Your use of the Site is a privilege. PureGreenJobs.Com reserves the right to suspend or terminate that privilege for any reason at any time, in its sole discretion.

Posting Rules:

(a) Your Document may not contain: (i) URLs or links to Web sites (to advertise your company or Web site, see our Advertising Info page.); (ii) copyrighted material (unless you own the copyright or have the owner's permission to post the copyrighted material); (iii) trade secrets (unless you own them or have the owner's permission to post them); (iv) material that infringes on or misappropriates any other intellectual property rights, or violates the privacy or publicity rights of others; (v) keywords or white text keywords (including any words embedded in the Document and hidden from the User); (vi) anything that is discriminatory, sexually explicit, obscene, libelous, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, or hateful; or (vii) anything that is embarrassing or offensive to another person or entity.

(b) You may not use your Document(s) to: (i) impersonate another person, living or dead; (ii) post false, inaccurate or misleading information; (iii) post advertisements or solicitations of business (including, but not limited to, Email Processors, Project 21, franchises, "club memberships," distributorships, or anything requiring a monetary investment by the User, including a request for payment to obtain job listings); (iv) post chain letters or pyramid schemes; or (v) post opinions or notices, commercial or otherwise.

(c) Your Document(s) must contain sufficient detail to convey clearly to the User the nature and requirements of the job opportunity, or your qualifications as a candidate for employment. Documents that encourage the User to "email for more details" are not permitted. Documents from any third party charging a fee or restricting complete access to all resume information are prohibited.

(d) Job postings must be individual openings for traditional, W-2 or 1099 employees.

(e) Resume postings must contain the accurate resume of a living individual seeking employment on a full-time, part-time, or contractual basis on his or her own behalf.

(f) PureGreenJobs.Com is under no obligation to monitor the Documents posted on the Site, but it may monitor Documents at random. Documents found to violate the above Posting Rules may be removed at PureGreenJobs.Com's discretion.

Conduct Rules:

(a) You may not respond to postings by other Users in any manner or for any purpose other than that which is expected (i.e., to apply for the job or to initiate further discussion with the candidate). Communications soliciting the employer's business by our competitors are prohibited.

(b) You may not send unsolicited commercial email to Users.

(c) Protect your password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your information and password. You are responsible for all uses of your registration, whether or not authorized by you. If others use your password to post inappropriate material on the Site, you risk losing your access to the Site. You agree to notify PureGreenJobs.Com immediately of any unauthorized use of your registration and password.

(d) Report inappropriate postings or conduct to Feedback.

(e) You may not delete or revise any material posted by any other person or entity.

(f) If at any time during the term of this agreement PureGreenJobs.Com comes to the understanding that you: (i) misled PureGreenJobs.Com of your business practices and/or services, or (ii) purchased services that do not represent your precise business, PureGreenJobs.Com reserves the right to terminate this agreement.

(g) PureGreenJobs.Com is under no obligation to monitor the conduct of its Users, but it may investigate and respond when violations are reported.

Security Rules:

(a) Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Site, including, without limitation: (i) accessing data not intended for such User or logging into a server or account which the User is not authorized to access; (ii) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (iii) attempting to interfere with service to any User, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the Site, overloading, "flooding", "mailbombing" or "crashing"; (iv) sending unsolicited e-mail, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services; (v) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability.

(b) Violation of these Security Rules may result in civil or criminal liability. PureGreenJobs.Com will investigate occurrences which may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting Users who are involved in such violations.

Intellectual Property Rights

The Site and all right, title and interest in and to the Site is the sole property of PureGreenJobs.Com or its licensors, and is protected by U.S. copyright and international treaties. Except for the limited licenses expressly granted to you in these Terms and Conditions, PureGreenJobs.Com reserves for itself and its licensors all other right, title and interest. Without limitation on the foregoing, you may not reproduce, modify, display, sell, or distribute the Content, or use it in any other way for public or commercial purpose. This includes copying or adapting the HTML code used to generate Web pages on the Site. " PureGreenJobs.Com," the PureGreenJobs.Com design logo and certain other names or logos are service marks or trademarks of PureGreenJobs.Com, and all related product and service names, design marks and slogans are the service marks or trademarks of PureGreenJobs.Com. In addition, the "look" and "feel" of the Site (including color combinations, button shapes, layout, design and all other graphical elements) are also protected by PureGreenJobs.Com 's trademarks, service marks and copyrights. All other product and service marks contained on the Site are the trademarks of their respective owners.

Warranties, Disclaimers and Limitations

PureGreenJobs.Com assumes no responsibility for Documents posted by Users and no responsibility for the activities, omissions or other conduct of Users. PureGreenJobs.Com acts as a portal for the online distribution and publication of User submitted information and has no obligation to screen communications or information in advance and is not responsible for screening or monitoring Documents posted by Users. If notified by a User of a Document which allegedly does not conform to this agreement, PureGreenJobs.Com may investigate the allegation and determine in good faith and in its sole discretion whether to remove or request the removal of such Document. PureGreenJobs.Com has no liability or responsibility to Users for performance or nonperformance of such activities. PureGreenJobs.Com may take any action with respect to User submitted information that it deems necessary or appropriate, in its sole discretion. Nothing on the Site shall be considered an endorsement, representation or warranty with respect to any User or third party, whether in regards to its web site, products, services, hiring, experience, employment or recruiting practices, or otherwise.

PureGreenJobs.Com makes no representations or guarantees regarding the effectiveness or timeliness of the Site in meeting the employment objectives of Users. PureGreenJobs.Com does not guarantee that Documents posted by Users will result in candidates being hired or positions being filled, and is not responsible for any employment decisions, for whatever reason made, made by any User.

THE SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN 'AS IS' BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. PUREGREENJOBS.COM, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES’ RIGHTS, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. PUREGREENJOBS.COM MAKES NO WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS OF THE SITE.

Without limitation on the foregoing:

PUREGREENJOBS.COM DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE SITE AND ITS SERVERS ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL MECHANISMS. IF YOUR USE OF THE SITE RESULTS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA, PUREGREENJOBS.COM IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS.

PureGreenJobs.Com makes no representations or guarantees regarding the truthfulness, accuracy, completeness, timeliness or reliability of any Documents posted by Users, or of any other form of communication engaged in by Users. Documents may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. You agree that any reliance on Documents posted by Users, or on any other form of communication with Users, will be at your own risk.

PureGreenJobs.Com makes no representations or guarantees regarding the Content of the Site, including, but not limited to, broken links, inaccuracies or typographical errors.

YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR YOUR USE OF THE SITE, THE INTERNET GENERALLY, AND THE DOCUMENTS YOU POST OR ACCESS AND FOR YOUR CONDUCT ON AND OFF THE SITE.

IN NO EVENT SHALL PUREGREENJOBS.COM (OR ANY OF ITS PARTNERS), BE LIABLE FOR ANY NON-DIRECT DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA, LOST EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM OR ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR ACCESS TO, OR THE INABILITY TO USE OR ACCESS, THE SITE AND/OR ANY DOCUMENT, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT PUREGREENJOBS.COM IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OR LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF ANY ARE HELD INAPPLICABLE OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN PUREGREENJOBS.COM 'S MAXIMUM LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY NON-DIRECT TYPE OF DAMAGES SHALL BE LIMITED TO U.S. $200.00 IN THE AGGREGATE.

IN NO EVENT SHALL PUREGREENJOBS.COM (OR ANY OF ITS PARTNERS), BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT DAMAGES IN EXCESS IN THE AGGREGATE OF US $200.00 (OR, IF YOU ARE AN EMPLOYER WITH A SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH PUREGREENJOBS.COM, THE AMOUNTS ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU TO PUREGREENJOBS.COM UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IF GREATER THAN US $200.00).

Due to the nature of this Agreement, in addition to money damages, you agree that PureGreenJobs.Com will be entitled to equitable relief upon a breach of this agreement by you.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless PureGreenJobs.Com (and its officers, directors, employees and agents) from and against any third party claims, actions or demands (including, without limitation, costs, damages and reasonable legal and accounting fees) alleging or resulting from or in connection with your use of the Site, any Document posted by you, or your breach of this Agreement. PureGreenJobs.Com shall use reasonable efforts to provide you prompt notice of any such claim, suit, or proceeding and may assist you, at your expense, in defending any such claim, suit or proceeding.

Questions or Comments

Questions concerning the use of the Site should be directed to questions@puregreenjobs.com. Notices shall be sent, for PureGreenJobs.Com, to the address listed on the Site, and, for you, to the address submitted by you or such other address as PureGreenJobs.Com reasonably determines is an appropriate address for you. All sales are final.

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