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School Ventures maintains this web site (the "Site") as a courtesy to those who may choose to access the Site ("Users"). The information presented herein is for informative purposes only. School Ventures is pleased to allow Users to visit the Site and download and copy the information, documents and materials (collectively, "Materials") from the Site for User's personal, non-commercial use, without any right to resell, redistribute or create derivative works therefrom, subject to the terms and conditions outlined below, and also subject to more specific restrictions that may apply to specific material within this Site.
All Material on this Site from School Ventures, and other content providers, appears on this Site subject to these terms and conditions. In addition, School Ventures and such content providers may have additional terms and conditions that govern the use of their material.
Unless expressly stated otherwise, the findings interpretations and conclusions expressed in the Materials in this Site are those of the various authors of the work and are not necessarily those of School Ventures.
Disclaimers
Materials provided on this site are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. School Ventures specifically does not make any warranties or representations as to the accuracy or completeness of any such Materials. School Ventures periodically adds, changes, improves, or updates the Materials on this Site without notice. Under no circumstances shall School Ventures, or any other content provider, be liable for any loss, damage, liability or expense incurred or suffered which is claimed to resulted from use of this Site, including without limitation, any fault, error, omission, interruption or delay with respect thereto. Use of this Site is at User's sole risk. Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall School Ventures or its affiliates, or any other content provider, be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, even if School Ventures has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
User specifically acknowledges and agrees that School Ventures is not liable for any conduct of any User.
This site may contain advice, opinions, and statements of various content providers. School Ventures does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any advice, opinion, statement or other information provided by any information provider or content provider, or any user of this site or other person or entity. Reliance upon any such opinion, advice, statement, or other information shall also be at your own risk. Neither School Ventures nor its affiliates, nor any of their respective agents, employees, information providers or content providers shall be liable to any User or anyone else for any inaccuracy, error, omission, interruption, timeliness, completeness, deletion, defect, failure of performance, computer virus, communication line failure, alteration of, or use of any content herein, regardless of cause, for any damages resulting there from.
As a condition of use of this Site, User agrees to indemnify School Ventures, its affiliates, and all content providers from and against any and all actions, claims, losses, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out User's use of this Site, including without limitation any claims alleging facts that if true would constitute a breach by User of these terms and conditions. If User is dissatisfied with any material on this Site or with any of terms and conditions of use of this Site, User's sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using this Site.
Nothing in this Site or any Materials shall be construed, implicitly or explicitly, as containing any investment recommendations. School Ventures is not registered under the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Accordingly, nothing in such Site, or in such Materials, constitutes an offer of or an invitation by or on behalf of School Ventures to purchase or sell any shares or securities nor should it be considered as investment advice.
Links to third-party web sites
This Site contains links to third-party web sites. The linked sites are not under the control of School Ventures and School Ventures is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. School Ventures provides these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link does not imply endorsement of the linked site by School Ventures.
If this Site contains bulletin boards, chat rooms, access to mailing lists or other message or communication facilities (collectively, "Forums"), User agrees to use the Forums only to send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Forum. By way of example, and not as a limitation, User agrees that when using a Forum, User shall not do any of the following:
Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
Publish, post, distribute or disseminate any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful material or information.
Upload or attach files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.
Upload or attach files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer.
Delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded.
Falsify the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
Advertise or offer to sell any goods or services, or conduct or forward surveys, contests, or chain letters. Download any file posted by another user of a Forum that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
User acknowledges that all Forums or Discussion Groups are public and not private communications. Further, User acknowledges that chats, postings, conferences, e-mails and other communications by other users are not endorsed by School Ventures, and such communications shall not be considered reviewed, screened, or approved by School Ventures. School Ventures reserves the right for any reason to remove without notice any contents of the Forums received from Users, including without limitation e-mail and bulletin board postings.
Applicable Law and Jurisdiction
This Agreement will be interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the District of Columbia, United States of America. Any action to enforce this agreement shall be brought in the federal courts located in Washington, D.C.
Preservation of Immunities
Nothing herein shall constitute or be considered to be a limitation upon or a waiver of the privileges and immunities of School Ventures, which are specifically reserved.
General
School Ventures reserves its exclusive right in its sole discretion to alter, limit or discontinue the site or any Materials in any respect. School Ventures shall have no obligation to take the needs of any user into consideration in connection therewith.
School Ventures reserves the right to deny in its sole discretion any user access to this Site or any portion thereof without notice.
No waiver by School Ventures of any provision of this Agreement shall be binding except as set forth in a writing signed by its duly authorized representative.
2. ASPI Index Logo Instructions
The APSI Index logo is a copyright of School Ventures. Use of the APSI Index logo requires the express written permission of the School Ventures. For permission to use the APSI Index logo please send a request explaining the proposed use to the Design Team, School Ventures, South Washington Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314, USA; e-mail: info@schoolventures.com
3. Maps
The maps displayed on the APSI Index web site were produced by the Design Team of the School Ventures. The boundaries, colors, denominations and any other information shown on this map do not imply, on the part of the School Ventures, any judgment on the legal status of any territory, or any endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries.
Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. Because we gather certain types of information about the users of the APSI Index site and services, we want to ensure that you fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it.
What Information Does the School Ventures Collect?
Personal information: If you register for an email newsletter, buy a publication or join a discussion group, you will be asked for personal information, such as your name, email address, and organization. The information provided is used for technical and customer administration of the site only and is not shared with third parties.
School Ventures uses contractual fulfillment vendors to process and ship orders, and a credit card processing service to bill users for goods they purchase. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes. These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.
Non-personally identifiable information : School Ventures may contract with third-party vendors to track and analyze non-personally identifiable information about the usage of the APSI Index site.
Information collected will be non-personally identifiable, and only summaries of visitor's behavior will be produced. Examples of this type of information include statistics on which pages are most popular and which are least popular. The information collected cannot be traced back to a particular individual.
The purpose of this data collection is so that School Ventures can better understand the preferences of its visitors and improve its site and services. This information collected is never connected with any personal information you supply to us if you register on our website.
Use of cookies: When you register for the APSI Index, School Ventures sets a cookie, a small bit of code stored on your computer's hard drive that enables you to manage your subscriptions and online profile. By setting this cookie, the School Ventures will remember you the next time you visit and won't have to bother you by asking questions you have already answered (like address information). Additionally, the vendor we may use for the analysis of the non-personally identifiable usage will use cookies to track behavior and sets cookies on behalf of the School Ventures.
You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, although in that case you may not be able to use certain features on the site and may be required to re-enter information more frequently to use certain services on the website.
IP Addresses:In addition, School Ventures also records your IP address, which is the Internet address of your computer, and information such as your browser type and operating system. This information helps us learn about the geographical distribution of our website visitors and the technology they use to access our site. This information is never connected with the personal information you supply to us if you register on our website.
What If I Don't Want to Share My Information?
Registering on our site is optional. If you choose not to register or provide personal information, you can still use the APSI Index web site to view our public pages. However, you will not be able to view rankings or country profiles, or purchase items, participate in discussion boards, or receive email newsletters. School Ventures views the customer information that it collects as a trusted asset for which we take great care in not misusing.
If you register for a newsletter, forum, consultation, or conference School Ventures will not share, sell, distribute or rent your information to anyone.
Security
School Ventures employs a range of technologies to protect the information maintained on our systems from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about the School Ventures Privacy Policy, please contact us.
Notification of Changes
If there are any changes to this privacy policy, we will post them on www.apsiindex.com .
Glossary
Cookie: A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, that is sent to your browser from a web site's computers and stored on your computer's hard drive. Each web site can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a web site to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. Once the user has closed the browser the cookie will no longer be accessed during that session.
IP Address: When your web browser or email application requests a web page or email from another computer on the Internet, it automatically gives that computer the address where it should send the information. This is called your computer's "IP address." (IP stands for "Internet protocol.") For many users accessing the Internet from a dial-up Internet service provider (ISP), the IP address will be different every time you log on. School Ventures does this to learn about the geographical make-up of its web site traffic.
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