Legal Notices to Users of Applied Data Systems Inc.'s Web Site

The following notices, disclaimers, terms and conditions (hereinafter collectively "Terms") govern your use of this Web site and its various domains and sub-domains ("Site"). By accessing, browsing and/or using this Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree, to be bound by these Terms and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including U.S. export and re-export control laws and regulations. If you do not agree to these terms, do not use this Site. The material provided on this Site is protected by law, including, but not limited to, United States Copyright Law and international treaties. This Site is controlled and operated by Applied Data Systems, Inc (hereinafter "ADS") from its offices within the United States. ADS makes no representation that materials in the Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and access to them from territories where their other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.

Any claim relating to, and the use of, this Site and the materials contained herein is governed by the laws of the United States and, specifically, the laws of the State of Maryland.

Information Presented on Web Site

While every effort has been made to ensure that the information presented on this Site is accurate, ADS assumes no responsibility for errors, omissions, or out-of-date information and shall not be liable in any manner whatsoever for direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, punitive, or other damages resulting from availability of, use of, access or, or inability to use this information.

Information on this Site is the most recent available on the date it was posted. ADS specifically disclaims any duty to update. To the extent the information is contained in forward-looking statements, it is intended to fit within the safe harbor for forward-looking information and is subject to industry and financial factors, as well as future events and developments relating to ADS's business, that could cause actual results to differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements. ADS reserves the right to modify the content of this Site in any way, at any time and for any reason, without prior notification, and will not be liable in any way for possible consequences of such changes.

This Site contains third-party information and links to other non-ADS Internet sites (hereinafter "Hyperlinks"). Wherever practical, such information and Hyperlinks are marked accordingly. When you access a non-ADS Web site, please understand that is it independent from ADS, that ADS has no control over the content on that Web site, and that ADS specifically disclaims adoption or incorporation by reference of such information as its own. When you access a non-ADS Web site, you should review the Legal Notices and Privacy Policies on that Web Site, as the terms and conditions of use on that Web site may differ from the terms and conditions found on this Site. In addition, ADS does not endorse or accept any responsibility for the content, or the use, of Hyperlinks.

How You May Use Our Materials

You may use, copy, and distribute the materials found on ADS's Web site for individual, noncommercial, informational purposes only. Business entities may use, copy, and distribute the materials found on ADS's Web site for internal, noncommercial, informational purposes only. All copies that you make of the material must bear any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notice located on the Web site which pertains to the material being copied. Except as authorized in this paragraph, you are not being granted a license under any copyright, trademark, patent, or other intellectual property right in the material or the products, services, processes, or technology described therein. All such rights are retained by ADS, its subsidiaries, and/or any third-party owner of such rights.

How You May Use Our Marks

The ADS name and logo, and all other products and service names, design marks, and slogans, are the trademarks or service marks of ADS. You are not authorized to use any ADS name or mark in any advertising, publicity, or in any commercial manner without the prior written consent of ADS. You may send your request to Sarah Pick, Director of Marketing Communications. You may provide an "in-Link" to this Site, provide you do not use this in a way that is materially detrimental to the interests of ADS, and that you agree to remove such a link upon first request from ADS.

How We May Use Information You Provide to ADS

Do not send ADS any confidential or proprietary information. Any feedback, data, answers, questions, comments, suggestions, ideas or the like, which you send to ADS will be treated as being non-confidential and nonproprietary. ADS assumes no obligation to protect such information from disclosure and will be free to reproduce, use, and distribute the information to others without restriction. ADS will also be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in information that you send us for any purpose whatsoever including but not limited to developing, manufacturing, and marketing products and services incorporating such information.

ADS may make us of a computer technology called "cookies" in order to provide you with information specifically tailored to meet your needs. A "cookie" is a tiny element of data that a web server can send to your web browser, which may then be stored on your computer's hard drive so ADS can recognize you when you return to the Site. You may be able to set your browser to notify you or decline the receipt of a cookie.

Disclaimer of Warranty

UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPLICITLY STATED ELSEWHERE ON THIS SITE, ADS MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, OR GUARANTIES AS TO THE QUALITY, TRUTH, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR SUITABILITY FOR ANY PURPOSE OF ANY OF THE MATERIALS CONTAINED ON THIS SITE. ALL INFORMATION PRESENTED ON THIS SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS".

WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND ON-INFRINGEMENT, ARE DISCLAIMED, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH DISCLAIMERS ARE HELD TO BE LEGALLY INVALID.

Limitation of Liability

ADS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING, CONTRIBUTING, COPYING, DISTRIBUTING, REFERENCING, OR DOWNLOADING THE MATERIALS CONTAINED IN THIS SITE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ADS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ADS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION HANDLING OR LIKE SYSTEMS; LOSS OF BUSINESS, REVENUE, PROFITS, USE, OR OTHER ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE. ADS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SUCH DAMAGE, WHETHER FOR BREACH OR IN TORT, EVEN IF ADS, ITS AGENTS, DIRECTORS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, OR ASSIGNS HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

YOU HAVE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADEQUATE PROTECTION AND BACKUP OF DATA AND/OR EQUIPMENT USED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SITE AND WILL NOT MAKE ANY CLAIM AGAINST ADS FOR LOST DATA, RE-RUN TIME, INACCURATE OUTPUT, WORK DELAYS, LOST PROFITS, OR THE LIKE, RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE MATERIALS.

YOU AGREE TO HOLD ADS HARMLESS FROM, AND YOU COVENANT NOT TO SUE ADS FOR, ANY CLAIMS BASED ON USING THIS SITE.

THE INVALIDITY OR UNENFORCEABILITY OF ANY PARTICULAR PROVISION OF THE TERMS SHALL NOT AFFECT THE OTHER PROVISIONS HEREOF, AND THESES TERMS SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ALL RESPECTS AS IF SUCH INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE PROVISION WERE OMITTED.

Privacy Policy

ADS is sensitive to privacy issues with respect to the use of customer information provided to us over the Internet. In general, you can visit ADS at this Site without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself. We do ask for email address of information we deem outside the scope of general sales information so we may update you if there is a material change. We do not sell or rent your email address, and on first request we will delete it from our files.

Our Web servers collect domain names. This information is used to to measure the number of visits, average time spent on the site, number of pages viewed, and methods by which our site was found. ADS uses this information to evaluate and reconfigure the Site and to continuously improve the content being provided. Because of the evolving nature of the technologies ADS uses and the way that we conduct business, we may amend this policy from time to time. Any revisions will be posted on this site.

Internet Disclosure Policy

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this Site may employ industry-standard methods to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.