Terms and Conditions

This web site, online community, and e-mail service are provided for your information and enjoyment and we hope you enjoy using them. Please browse the web site and make use of its various features. We encourage open, honest, respectful communication between all our members. Be aware, however, that your use of the web site, online community, and e-mail service is subject to the following terms and conditions. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, do not use this web site and do not register as a member.

1. Trademarks, Copyright, and Restrictions: Gulf Exhibition Corporation owns the copyright for all material, logos, names, trademarks, images, and illustrations on the web site, online community, and e-mail service, except and unless otherwise noted. You may download one copy of online material for non-commercial personal use only, provided you also keep all copyright notices contained on the materials. You may not, however, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, or distribute the online, community, or email materials, including text, logos, images, or trademarks in any way without prior written consent of Gulf Exhibition Corporation. Any unauthorized attempts to modify the web site, online community, or e-mail service, to defeat or circumvent our security features, or to use Gulf Exhibition Corporation web sites, online community, or e-mail service for other than their intended use is prohibited.

2. Limitation of Liability: Your use of and browsing in the Gulf Exhibition Corporation web sites, online community, and e-mail service are at your own risk. Gulf Exhibition Corporation, its employees, or any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Gulf Exhibition Corporation web sites, online community, and e-mail service are not liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or inability to access or use the Gulf Exhibition Corporation web sites, online community, or e-mail service. Gulf Exhibition Corporation also assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to your computer, or viruses, worms, Trojan horses, or other codes that may infect your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in the Gulf Exhibition Corporation web site, online community, or e-mail service or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, from the Gulf Exhibition Corporation web site, online community, and e-mail service.

3. Submissions: Any communication or material, including data, questions, comments, postings, or suggestions you transmit to Gulf Exhibition Corporation and its web site, online community, or e-mail service, by electronic mail or otherwise, will become the property of Gulf Exhibition Corporation and may be used for any future purpose including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, and marketing products using such information.

4. Postings: You are solely and fully responsible for any content that you post on any area of this web site, online community, or e-mail service. Gulf Exhibition Corporation does not allow material or links to material that is threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, profane, or pornographic. Swearing, posting other people’s private information, and postings that violate copyright law are not allowed. Gulf Exhibition Corporation reserves the right to delete or edit any postings that do not, in our sole discretion, meet the Terms & Conditions. Gulf Exhibition Corporation will terminate the memberships of users that violate these rules.

   The opinions and views expressed by the members do not necessarily represent those of Gulf Exhibition Corporation. Gulf Exhibition Corporation does not verify, endorse, or vouch for the content in the material posted by members.

   Although Gulf Exhibition Corporation may from time to time monitor and review discussions, chats, postings, or other transmissions to its web site, online community, or e-mail service, Gulf Exhibition Corporation is under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content or for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornographic, illegal, or profane material, or material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. Gulf Exhibition Corporation reserves the right to delete or edit any postings that do not, in our sole discretion, meet the Terms & Conditions of this web site, online community, and e-mail service. Gulf Exhibition Corporation will cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing Gulf Exhibition Corporation to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such material or information. Gulf Exhibition Corporation may also disclose such information if it has a good faith belief that such disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Gulf Exhibition Corporation, its employees, its members, or the public.

5. Web Site Content: Gulf Exhibition Corporation reserves the right to edit, delete, or add to any content on its web site, online community, or e-mail service at any time without prior notice to users and members.

6. Use of this Site and Membership: Gulf Exhibition Corporation services, including, but not limited to, web site, online community, and e-mail service are provided on an "AS IS" basis WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, CONSTRUCTIVE, or STATUATORY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NONFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so this exclusion may not apply to you in full.

7. Advertisers, Sponsors, and Links to Third Parties: To ensure Gulf Exhibition Corporation’s services remain free to its members, advertisements and sponsorships may appear on the web site, online community, and e-mail service without prior notice. As a convenience to you, we may provide links to third party’s web sites. Those web sites and parties are beyond our control. We make no representations as to the content, quality, suitability, functionality or legality of any sites to which we may provide links, and you hereby waive any claim you might make against us with respect to such sites and their operators. You may order services or merchandise through links on our web site, online community, or e-mail service, from persons not affiliated with us. All matters concerning the merchandise or services, including but not limited to purchase terms, payment terms, warranties, guarantees, maintenance and delivery, are solely between you and the merchants with whom you chose to do business. We make no warranties or representations whatsoever with regard to any goods or services provided by those merchants. You will not consider us - nor will we be construed as - a party to such transactions, whether or not we may have received some form of revenue or other remuneration in connection with the transaction. Nor will we be liable for any costs or damages arising out of any transaction (whether directly or indirectly) between you and any other person.

8. Privacy: Please refer to Gulf Exhibition Corporation’s Privacy Policy for information on how Gulf Exhibition Corporation protects your personal privacy.

9. Revision of Terms & Conditions: Gulf Exhibition Corporation may at any time revise these Terms & Conditions by updating this posting. Please revisit this page to review the then Terms & Conditions. Your use of this web site reaffirms your continuing agreement to the then-current Terms & Conditions.

The section headings and title paragraph used within the Terms & Conditions are for convenience only and shall not be given any legal import whatsoever.

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