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Legal disclaimer and terms of use
Your access to and use of the Visual Aids Services web site is subject to these terms and conditions and all applicable laws and regulations.
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Copyright
Visual Aids Services Web Site
Visual Aids Services Incorporated is the owner of
all copyright and other intellectual property rights in the Visual
Aids Services web site (www.visualaids.com) including its design,
text, graphics and their arrangements, and the underlying source and
executable code.
Extent of permitted use
You may download the content only for your own personal,
non-commercial use. This permission does not extend to any material
on this site that is identified as being the copyright of a third
party. Authorization to reproduce such material must be obtained directly
from the copyright holder(s) concerned.
The information and materials on this site may not otherwise be copied,
displayed, distributed, downloaded, licensed, modified, published,
reposted, reproduced, reused, sold, transmitted, used to create a
derivative work or otherwise used for public or commercial purposes,
without written permission from Visual Aids Services.
If you reproduce or copy an item without permission, you will be
liable for any damage to the interests of the owner of the rights.
Trademarks
Product and company names that are mentioned on this
web site may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
owners. If you use, reproduce or copy a trademark without permission,
you will be liable for any damage to the interests of the owner of
such rights.
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Liability
The information on this site is provided on an 'as
is' basis and Visual Aids Services cannot guarantee its accuracy
or the fitness for purpose of any items described on the site. The
views and opinions expressed on the 'news and views' and 'discussion
group' pages of this site are those of their respective authors and
not necessarily those of Visual Aids Services. Visual Aids Services
shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage arising
from the information or the use of information contained in this site.
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Links
Visual Aids Services accepts no responsibility for,
nor does it endorse, any information contained in pages linked from
this site. Visual Aids Services has no control over the content,
technical specification, or availability of web sites linked from
this site.
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Terms, conditions and criteria governing the submission of news
and events items
Suitability criteria
Visual Aids Services provides this site primarily
as a service to the airport lighting industry with the aim of helping
to raise the level of competence in the design of airport lighting
systems and, in the longer term, to provide a safer environment for
air travellers. Therefore, Visual Aids Services will only consider
news and events items that in their opinion enable the site's users
to:
- better understand the technical regulations surrounding the design,
supply and maintenance of aerodrome visual aids
- better understand the practical application of technical regulations
- contribute to the debate about, and formation of, standards for
the airport lighting industry, including those for personnel training
Process, terms and conditions
Visual Aids Services will consider each submitted
news article or event notification. The decision of Visual Aids Services about what to publish, when and in what format will be final.
Visual Aids Services will not conduct discussions or correspondence
about its decisions.
Visual Aids Services will not publish articles or event notifications
that simply promote the products and services of individual companies
or organisations. Visual Aids Services reserves the right to alter
the written style of an article/event notification to reflect the
house style of this web site.
When you contribute a news or events item, you:
- warrant that you own the copyright/intellectual property rights
in the article/event notification being submitted, OR, that you
are a duly appointed representative of the owner of the copyright/intellectual
property rights and that you have the owner's permission to submit
the article/event notification
- warrant that use of the article on Visual Aids Services' web
site will not infringe the rights of any third party
- agree to indemnify Visual Aids Services against all costs claims
liability or expenses arising out of or in connection with any breach
of the preceding warranties
- grant Visual Aids Services a non-exclusive license to use the
article/information on its web pages for up to one calendar year
from the date of submission.
In return, the Visual Aids Services warrants that it will not publish
or disclose to third parties the personal and company information
supplied in the course of making the submission without your written
permission.
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Privacy Statement
As we gather certain types of information about visitors
to our web site, we feel it is essential that you know what is gathered
and how it is used.
Personal information
From time to time when using this site, or when joining
an Visual Aids Services on-line discussion group, users will be asked
to register information about themselves. This information will be
used only for the purposes stated when you fill in the registration
form - please read the registration information carefully. In particular,
please note: all of the information you provide on the discussion
groups registration form (with the exception of the password) will
be viewable by anyone visiting the forums. Thus, if you do not feel
comfortable completing any non required fields, please leave them
blank.
Visual Aids Services will use any information given voluntarily
via the feedback mechanism to help it develop the site and to enhance
the experience of visitors to the site.
Usage tracking
Visual Aids Services tracks user traffic and usage
patterns throughout the site but this information is not correlated
with data about individual users. To ensure that the Visual Aids Services web site and its content is meeting the needs and the interests
of the majority of visitors, Visual Aids Services analyses traffic
and usage statistics, including the IP address/domain name and browser
type of visitors to the site.
Sharing of the information gathered
Visual Aids Services will only use the information
gathered for the purposes outlined at the point of registration and
in line with current data protection legislation.
Visual Aids Services does not share information about individual
users with third parties; however, it may share general statistical
information from time to time.
Correct/update policy
Visual Aids Services does not currently offer a means
for users to automatically delete personal information established
at the time of registration. Should you experience problems or have
questions, you should make contact with the Data Protection Officer
for Visual Aids Services. The Data Protection Officer can be contacted
at Visual Aids Services Inc, 53 Strawberry Hill, Windsor, Connecticut,
CT 06095, USA. Tel: +001 (860) 687 1115
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