Terms & Conditions – SGS Galson Website
These Terms of Use (the “Terms”) governs the use of the SGS Galson Laboratories, Inc. Website and Services (the “Website”) available at https://www.sgsgalson.com, and https://galsonportal.sgs.com and constitutes an agreement between SGS Galson Laboratories, Inc. (“SGS”) and all users of this Website, including you. Each time you use this Website you signify your acceptance and agreement, and the acceptance and agreement of your employer (the “named licensed party”) without limit or qualification, to be bound by these Terms as it then reads, and you represent and warrant that you have the legal authority to agree to and accept these Terms on behalf of yourself and your employer. If you do not agree with each provision in these Terms, or you are not authorized to agree to accept these Terms, you may not use this Website.
1. Access to the Website.
Areas and features of this Website are accessible only to users who have been issued a unique user name and password (the “Credentials”) by SGS and thereby granted authorized user permission. These areas include but are not limited to the Client Portal and Extended Client Portal. You agree that you will not provide any access to the Website either directly or indirectly to any person who is not an authorized user. For avoidance of doubt, this means that you may not share your Credentials with anyone (as further provided below) and you may not allow unauthorized individuals to view the Website while you are logged on to the Website. For the purposes of accessing the Website, the Credentials remain the property of SGS and may be cancelled or suspended at any time by SGS in its discretion without any notice or liability to you or any other person.
SGS is under no obligation to verify the actual identity or authority of any person using the Credentials to access and use the Website. SGS may act upon any communication that is given with the use of the Credentials. SGS may in its discretion at any time require proof of the identity of any person seeking to access and use the Website, and may deny access to any use of the Website or parts of it or refuse to accept or act upon any communication if SGS is not satisfied with such proof.
If you have been issued Credentials: (a) you are fully responsible and liable for the security of the Credentials and any and all use and misuse of the Credentials; (b) you will keep the Credentials secure and confidential at all times and not disclose the Credentials to any other person or permit any other person to use the Credentials; (c) you will ensure that all uses of the Credentials comply with these Terms; (d) once you have logged-on to the Website using the Credentials, you will not leave the device or computer terminal used to access the Website unless and until you have terminated the session and logged-off the Website; and (e) you will immediately notify SGS by telephone at (888) 432-5227 or email to ehs.clientcare@sgs.com if you are not an authorized user or if you know or suspect that any Credentials have been lost or stolen or become known to or used by any other person.
Any attempt to access the information or Credentials of other users on the Website, intentionally or unintentionally, may be viewed as a violation of these Terms and, at the sole discretion of SGS, may result in the termination of the permissions or licenses granted by SGS. This includes, but is not limited to, port listening, denial of service attacks or any variant attack, man-in-the-middle attacks, or social engineering. Any attempt to inject additional data of any kind into communications with the Website may result in the termination of the permissions or licenses granted by SGS.
This site is owned and operated by SGS. SGS grants you a limited license to access and make limited use of the Website. You may not copy or modify it or any portion of it, except with the express written consent of SGS. This license does not include rights to any resale or commercial use of the Website or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions or prices; any derivative use of the Website or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots or similar data gathering and extraction tools. None of the Website or any portion thereof may be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without the express written consent of SGS. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo or other proprietary information (including images, text page layout or form) of SGS without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or other hidden text utilizing SGS’ name or trademarks without the express written consent of SGS. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by SGS.
SGS reserves the right to conduct regularly schedule maintenance of the Website during which time the Website may not be assessable.
2. Intellectual Property Rights.
The Website is protected by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation, pursuant to U.S. copyright laws, international conventions, and other copyright laws. All materials contained on the Website are protected by copyright, and are owned or controlled by SGS or the party credited as the provider of the content. You will abide by any and all additional copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in any content on the Website. Nothing contained in this site may be reproduced, distributed or edited in any manner without the prior written authorization of SGS.
This Website contains trademarks which are owned and registered by SGS or its affiliated companies, to distinguish its services. No license to use any of these trademarks is hereby granted or implied. No reproduction is permitted without specific written authorization.
This Website may also contain the copyrighted content, images or trademarks of others. All such content, images or trademarks not owned by SGS that appear in this Website are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by SGS.
3. Changes to the Terms.
SGS reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any portion of these Terms, in whole or in part, at any time. Notification of changes in the Agreement will be posted on the Website.
4. Representations and Warranties.
You represent, warrant and covenant that: (a) you shall not upload, post or transmit to or distribute or otherwise publish through the Website any materials which (i) restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Website, (ii) are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, offensive, pornographic, profane, sexually explicit or indecent, (iii) constitute or encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate law, (iv) violate, plagiarize or infringe the rights of third parties including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, rights of privacy or publicity or any other proprietary right, (v) contain a virus or other harmful component, (vi) contain advertising of any kind, or (vii) constitute or contain false or misleading indications of origin or statements of fact.
5. Use of Data.
You acknowledge and agree that SGS may share the data captured by or loaded into the Website with others in the normal course of business or as required by law.
6. Indemnification.
You hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold SGS, and all its officers, directors, owners, agents, employees, information providers, affiliates, licensors and licensees (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) harmless from and against any and all liability and costs incurred by the Indemnified Parties in connection with any claim arising out of any breach by you of the Terms or the foregoing representations, warranties and covenants, including, without limitation, attorneys fees and costs. You shall cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defense of any claim. SGS reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you and you shall not in any event settle any matter without the written consent of SGS.
7. Disclaimers.
The Website may contain links and pointers to the other related Internet sites, and resources. Links to and from the Website to other third party sites, maintained by third parties, do not constitute an endorsement by SGS or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates of any third party resources, or their contents.
SGS MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, BY OPERATION OF LAW OR OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT TO ANY SERVICES SUPPLIED UNDER THESE TERMS. SGS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT.
SGS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE WEBSITE OR ANY MATERIALS OR CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
8. Limitation of Liability.
SGS’S MAXIMUM LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT OF FEES PAID SGS UNDER THESE TERMS FOR ACCESSING THE WEBSITE.
IN NO EVENT SHALL SGS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGE (WHETHER FOR LOSS OF PROFIT OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE.
9. Time to Bring a Claim.
Except for actions for nonpayment or breach of SGS’ proprietary rights, no action, regardless of form, arising out of or relating to this Agreement may be brought by either party more than two (2) years after the cause of action has accrued.
10. Force Majeure.
Except for your payment obligations under these Terms, neither party shall be liable for any delay or failure in performance due to causes beyond its reasonable control.
11. Governing Law and Jurisdiction.
This Agreement shall be governed in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of New Jersey, without reference to conflict of laws principles. Any and all disputes arising hereunder shall be adjudicated exclusively in the federal or state courts located in the State of New Jersey.
12. Waiver.
A failure by either party to insist upon strict compliance with any of the terms set forth herein in any instance shall not be construed as a waiver of such terms in the future.
13. Severability.
If any provision of these Terms shall be held invalid or unenforceable, such provisions shall be deemed deleted from these Terms and replaced by a valid and enforceable provision which so far as possible achieves the parties’ intent in agreeing to the original provision. The remaining provisions of these Terms shall continue in full force and effect.
14. Compliance with Laws.
Each party shall comply will all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, including the applicable export laws and regulations of the United States.
15. Entire Agreement.
These Terms constitutes the entire agreement between SGS and you with respect to your use of the Website. For the purposes of clarity, in the event that the parties have entered into a separate services agreement relating to the provision of services by SGS, such separate services agreement shall take precedence over any inconsistent or conflicting terms contained in these Terms and shall prevail over any preprinted, conflicting, or other terms on any purchase order or other document.
LIMITED LICENSE
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and all applicable local laws and regulations, SGS Galson grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, personal, limited right to access, use and display this site and attendant materials. This authorization is not a transfer of title to the site and materials contained herein and is subject to the following restrictions: (1) you must retain, on all copies of the site and materials, all copyright and other proprietary notices; and (2) you may not modify the site or materials in any way or reproduce or publicly display, perform or distribute or otherwise use the site and materials for any public or commercial purpose, except as otherwise specifically permitted herein.
DISCLAIMER
The information presented on this Web site is for informational purposes only. SGS Galson provides this site and its contents on an “as is” basis and makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to this site or its contents. SGS Galson disclaims all such representations and warranties, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In addition, SGS Galson does not represent or warrant that the information accessible via this site is accurate, complete or current.
CHANGES
All content contained herein is subject to change without notice. SGS Galson reserves the right to change or modify the terms and conditions applicable to the use of this site at any time. Such changes, modifications, additions, or deletions to the terms and conditions of use shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by any means including, but not limited to, posting new terms and conditions on the site. Any use of the site after such change or modification shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by you of such changes, modifications, additions, or deletions.
SGS Galson may terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the site, including the availability of any features of the site, at any time. SGS Galson may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access to parts of the site without notice or liability.
HYPERLINKS
Certain links provided on this site will launch Internet sites that are not under the control of SGS Galson. SGS Galson provides these outside links solely as a convenience to its users and the provision of any such link is not an endorsement by SGS Galson of that site or any of the contents, products, or services contained or offered therein. Accordingly, SGS Galson makes no representations or warranties whatsoever concerning availability of or content, including sub-links, found on those sites.
When registering for, ordering or purchasing products or services from any party which is linked to this site, you will be entering into an agreement with that third party and not with SGS Galson. In these cases, you should review and understand the terms and conditions posted by such third party and its privacy policy before you register, order or purchase. Except to the extent specifically stated herein, the privacy policy and terms of use stated by SGS Galson herein will not apply. SGS Galson is committed to linking with companies that share our privacy concerns. However, we cannot and do not control the way these parties use or collect information or operate their businesses.
When you link to another party’s site, you should be aware that those companies may use cookies or other means to collect information about you. In this case, the sgsgalson.com privacy policy and terms will not apply.
SUBMISSIONS
By submitting information and material to SGS Galson, whether via e-mail or otherwise, including, but not limited to, feedback, questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, graphics or computer files of any type, you thereby expressly grant, or warrant, that the owner of such material has expressly granted SGS Galson a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and licence to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate and distribute such material (in whole or in part) worldwide and to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed, subject to the sgsgalson.com Statement of User Privacy.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Neither SGS Galson nor any of its employees or other representatives shall be liable for damages arising out of or in connection with the use of this site. Under no circumstances shall SGS Galson have any liability for any consequential, incidental, indirect, special, or punitive damages or costs, including, but not limited to, lost profits, business interruption, loss of information or data, or loss of goodwill, loss of or damage to property, and any claims of third parties, arising out of or in connection with the use, copying, or display of this site or its contents or any linked Web site, regardless of whether SGS Galson has been advised, knew, or should have known of the possibility thereof.
INTERNATIONAL USERS AND JURISDICTION
This site is maintained and controlled by SGS Galson in the State of New York, United States of America. SGS Galson makes no representation that materials on this site are appropriate or available for use at other locations outside of the United States and access to this site from territories where this site’s contents are illegal is prohibited. If you access this site from locations outside the United States, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. The laws of the State of New York shall govern the content and use of this site, without giving effect to any of the conflict of law principles or rules thereof.
COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK
All Web site design, text, graphics, and the selection and arrangement thereof, are the property of SGS Galson.