Terms and Conditions / Privacy Policy
Introduction
This page states the "Terms and Conditions" under which you may use the Hospitality Career
Network, further noted as hospitalitycareernetwork.com. Please read this page carefully. If
you do not accept the Terms and Conditions stated here, do not use this web site and service.
By using this web site, you are indicating your acceptance to be bound by the terms of these
Terms and Conditions. K&S Network Services, LLC, d/b/a hopsitalitycareernetwork.com (the
"Company") may revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by updating this posting. You
should visit this page periodically to review the Terms and Conditions, because they are binding
on you. The terms "You" and "User" as used herein refer to all individuals and/or entities
accessing this web site for any reason.
The contents of this Web Site, such as text, graphics, images, logos, button icons, software
and other "Material", are protected under both United States and foreign copyright, trademark
and other laws. All Material is the property of the Company and its content suppliers or clients.
The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement and assembly) of all content on this
Web Site is the exclusive property of the Company and protected by U.S. and International
copyright laws. Unauthorized use of the Material may violate copyright, trademark, service-mark
and other proprietary notices contained in the original Material on any copy you make of the
Material. You may not sell or modify the Material or reproduce, display, publicly perform,
distribute, or otherwise use the Material in any way for any public or commercial purpose.
The use of the Material on any other web site or in a networked computer environment for any
purpose is prohibited.
You shall not copy or adapt the HTML code that the Company creates to generate its pages.
It is also protected by the Company's copyright.
Acceptable Site Use
General Rules: Users may not use the Web Site in order to transmit, distribute, store or destroy
material (a) in violation of any applicable law or regulation, (b) in a manner that will infringe
the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of others or
violate the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others, or (c) that is defamatory,
obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful.
Web Site Security Rules: Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the
security of the Web Site, including, without limitation, (a) accessing data not intended for
such user or logging into a server or account which the user is not authorized to access,
(b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach
security or authentication measures without proper authorization, (c) attempting to interfere
with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting
a virus to the Web Site, overloading, "flooding", "spamming", "mailbombing" or "crashing",
(d) sending unsolicited e-mail, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services,
or (e) forging any TCP/IP packet header or newsgroup posting. Violations of system or network
security may result in civil or criminal liability. The Company 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.
Specific Prohibited Uses
The Web Site may be used only for lawful purposes by individuals seeking employment and career
information. The Company specifically prohibits any use of the Web Site, and all users agree
not to use the Web Site, for any of the following:
- Posting any incomplete, false or inaccurate biographical information or information which
is not your own accurate resume (living individual seeking employment on a full-time for part-time
basis on his or her own behalf.)
- Deleting or revising any material posted by any other person or entity.
- Using any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper
working of this Web Site or any activity being conducted on this site.
- Taking any action which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on this Web
Site's infrastructure.
If you have a password allowing access to a non-public area of this Web Site, disclosing to
or sharing your password with any third parties or using your password for any unauthorized
purpose.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, using or attempting to use any
engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism (including without limitation browsers,
spiders, robots, avators or intelligent agents) to navigate or search this Web site other
than the search engine and search agents available from the Company on this Web Site and other
than generally available third party web browsers (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer).
Attempting to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software comprising
or in any way making up a part of the Web Site.
User Information
When you register for the Web site, you will be asked to provide the Company with certain
information including, without limitation, a valid e-mail address (your "Information"). In
addition to the terms and conditions that may be set forth in any privacy policy on this Web
Site, you understand and agree that the Company may disclose to third parties, on an anonymous
basis, certain aggregate information contained in your registration application. The Company
will not disclose to any third party your name, address, e-mail address or telephone number
without your prior consent, except to the extent necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable
laws or in legal proceedings where such information is relevant. The Company reserves the
right to offer third party services and products to you based on the preferences that you
identify in your registration and at any time thereafter; such offers may be made by the Company
or by third parties. Please see the Company's Privacy Policy for further details regarding
your Information.
User Submissions
As a user, you are responsible for your own communications and are responsible for the consequences
of their posting. You must not, and by using this Web Site you agree not to, do the following
things: post material that is copyrighted, unless you are the copyright owner or have the
permission of the copyright owner to post it; post material that reveals trade secrets, unless
you own them or have the permission of the owner; post material that infringes on any other
intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others; post
material that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful or embarrassing
to another user or any other person or entity; post a sexually-explicit image or statement;
post advertisements or solicitations of business, post chain letters or pyramid schemes; impersonate
another person; or post material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs,
cancelbots or other computer programming routines or engines that are intended to damage,
detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or
information.
The Company does not represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of
communications posted by users or endorse any opinions expressed by users. You acknowledge
that any reliance on material posted by other users will be at your own risk.
The Company reserves the right to expel users and prevent their further access to the Web
Site for violating the Terms and Conditions or the law and the right to remove communications
which are abusive, illegal, or disruptive. The Company may take any action with respect to
user-submitted information that it deems necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion if
it believes it may create liability for the Company or may cause the Company to lose (in whole
or in part) the services of its ISPs or other suppliers.
By submitting content to any public on non-public area of the Web Site, including message
boards, forums, contests, and chat rooms, you grant the Company and its affiliates the loyalty-free,
perpetual, irrevocable, sublicenseable (through multiple tiers), non-exclusive right (including
any moral rights) and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create
derivative works from, distribute, communicate to the public, perform and display the content
(in whole or part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or
technology now known or later developed, for the full term of any rights that may exist in
such content. You also warrant that the holder of any rights, including moral rights in such
content, has completely and effectively waived all such rights and validly and irrevocably
granted to you the right to grant the license stated above. You also permit any subscriber
to access, display, view, store and reproduce such content for personal use. Subject to the
foregoing, the owner of such content placed on the Web Site retains any and all rights that
may exist in such content.
Registration and Password
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your information and password.
You shall be responsible for all uses of your registration, whether or not authorized by you.
You agree to immediately notify the Company of any unauthorized use of your registration or
password.
The Material may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. The Company makes no representations
about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the Web Site or the Material.
The use of the Web Site and the Material is at your own risk. Changes are periodically made
to the Web Site and may be made at any time.
You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for the form, content and accuracy
of any resume or material contained therein placed by you on the Web Site. Employers are solely
responsible for their postings on the Web Site.
The Company is not to be considered to be an employer with respect to your use of the Web
Site and the Company shall not be responsible for any employment decisions, for whatever reason
made, made by any entity posting jobs on the Web Site.
THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEB SITE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE WEB SITE
AND ITS SERVER ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL MECHANISMS. IF YOUR USE OF THE
WEB SITE OR THE MATERIAL RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA,
THE COMPANY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS.
THE WEB SITE AND MATERIAL ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND.
THE COMPANY, TO THE FULLEST EXTEND PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MECHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
THE Company MAKES NO WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS OR TIMELINESS
OF THE MATERIAL, SERVICES, SOFTWARE, TEXT, GRAPHICS AND LINKS.
Disclaimer of Consequential Damages
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY, ITS SUPPLIERS OR ANY THIRD PARTIES MENTIONED ON THE WEB SITE
BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INDICENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRPUTION) RESULTING
FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEB SITE AND THE MATERIAL WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY,
CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE Company IS ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Links to Other Sites
The Web Site contains links to third party web sites. These links are provided solely as a
convenience to you and not as an endorsement by the Company of the contents on such third-party
Web sites. The Company is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites and
does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such third
party Web sites. If you decide the access linked third party Web sites, you do so at your
own risk.
No Resale or Unauthorized Commercial Use
You agree not to resell or assign your rights or obligations under these Terms of Use. You
also agree not to make any unauthorized commercial use of the Web Site.
Limitation of Liability
The aggregate liability for the Company to you for all claims arising from the use of the
Materials is limited to $100.
Termination
The Company reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to pursue all of its legal remedies,
including but not limited to deletion of your postings from this Web Site and immediate termination
of your registration with or ability to access the Web Site and/or any other service provided
to you by the Company, upon any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions of if the Company
are unable to verify or authenticate any information you submit to the Web Site registration
with or ability to access the Web Site.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors, employees
and agents, from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation
reasonable legal and accounting fees, alleging or resulting from your use of the Material
for your breach of the terms of these Terms and Conditions. The Company shall provide notice
to you promptly of any such claim, suit, or proceeding and shall assist you, at your expense,
in defending any such claim, suit or proceeding.
General
The Company makes no claims that the Materials may be lawfully viewed or downloaded outside
of the United States. Access to the Materials may not be legal by certain persons or in certain
countries. If you access the Web Site from outside the United States, you do so at your own
risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction. These Terms and
Conditions are governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of New York, without
respect to its conflict of laws principles. Jurisdiction for any claims arising under the
agreement shall lie exclusively with the state or federal courts within New York, New York.
If any provision of these Terms and Conditions are found to be invalid by any court having
competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of
the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and
effect. No waiver of any term of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing
waiver of such term or any other term. Except as expressly provided in additional terms of
use for areas of the Web Site a particular "Legal Notice," or Software License or material
on particular Web pages, these Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between
you and the Company with respect to the use of Web Site. No changes to these Terms and Conditions
shall be made except by a revised posting on this page.
Additional Terms of Use
Certain areas of this Web Site are subject to additional terms of use. By using such areas,
or any part thereof, you agree to be bound by the additional terms of use applicable to such
areas.
Hospitalitycareernetwork.com requests that visitors ask permission to use materials found
on the website. Our website contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary
information, including text, software, photos, video, graphics, music and sound.
Visitors may download copyrighted material for personal use. Only with the express permission
of Hospitalitycareernetwork.com may the visitor publish and/or redistribute, in its original
and unaltered electronic format, any content available on this website. In the event of permitted
copying, redistribution or publication of copyrighted material, no changes in or deletion
of author attribution, trademark legend or copyright notice shall be made. Visitor acknowledges
that he/she does not acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material. To
obtain permission for use of articles or research, please contact us.
Thank you for visiting our website. Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your
privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices
you can make about the way your information is collected and used at this site.
What personally identifiable information does Hospitalitycareernetwork.com collect?
Our goal in collecting personal information is to provide you with the best and most useful
content and services. We collect personally identifiable information when you provide it to
us, such as when you subscribe to our publications. Several of the services that we offer,
may require registration as a condition of use. Once you register you are no longer anonymous
to us.
Cookies
To enhance your experience with our sites, some of our web pages use "cookies". Cookies are
text files we place in your computer's browser to store your preferences. Cookies, by themselves,
do not tell us your e-mail address or other personally identifiable information unless you
choose to provide this information to us by, for example, by registering to one of our services.
However, once you choose to furnish the site with personally identifiable information, this
information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie.
We use cookies to understand site usage and to improve the content and offerings on our sites.
For example, we may use cookies to personalize your experience at our web pages (e.g., to
recognize you by name when you return to our site), save your password in password-protected
areas, and enable you to use shopping carts on our sites. We also may use cookies to offer
you products, programs, or services.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about the policy for this site or its implementation
you may contact us.
We will never sell your information:
Hospitalitycareernetwork.com respects your privacy and as a result ensures that all personal
information provided, including e-mail, name, and address, will remain confidential within
the hospitalitycareernetwork.com server and offices, and never sold or given out to external
sources.