1. General Information and Agreement
This page states the "Terms and Conditions" under which you may use this web site Tri-County Blackchamber.com (the "Web Site"). This Web Site is provided by the Tri-County Black Chamber of Commerce (the "Chamber"). The Chamber is under no obligation to provide any of the materials, information or other content contained in this Web Site. In consideration for the Chamber providing the contents of this Web Site, each user of the Web Site must expressly agree to these Terms and Conditions. If you do not accept and agree to the Terms and Conditions stated here, do not use this Web Site and do not use any service provided by this Web Site.

The Chamber may revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by updating this posting without any notice to you. Therefore, you should visit this page periodically to review the Terms and Conditions, because they are binding on you. The terms "you," "your" and "user" as used herein refer to all individuals and/or entities accessing this Web Site for any reason and includes all individuals and/or entities submitting any information or other content to the Chamber for posting on this Web Site. The term "Content" refers to all content, information and materials on this Web Site, and includes but is not limited to all text, graphics, designs, images, logos, button icons, software and the selection and arrangement thereof.

The Chamber may revise, supplement or discontinue all or portions of the Content or the Web Site at any time, for any or no reason, without notice.

2. Use of the Web Site.
Except as otherwise specified on the Web Site, all Content belongs to the Chamber. The Chamber authorizes you to view and download a single copy of the Web Site Content for your personal, noncommercial use only, except that you are not authorized to view or download those portions of the Web Site intended for the use of Chamber members only unless you are a member in good standing of the Chamber. You must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on all Content that you download or copy. Any Content that you download or copy is licensed to you by the Chamber for your personal, noncommercial use only. You may not sell or modify the Content or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the Content in any way for any public or commercial purpose.

Users may not use the Web Site in order to transmit, distribute, store or destroy material, including without limitation Web Site Content, (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.
The Chamber reserves the right to prevent, remove, cancel or suspend any user's access to the Web Site. This may be on account of a violation of these Terms and Conditions or for any other reason at the Chamber's sole discretion. The right to prevent, remove, cancel or suspend access to the Web Site may be exercised without any notice whatsoever, including without notice to any affected individual or entity.

3. Specific Prohibited Uses.
In addition to other prohibited uses of the Web Site stated in these Terms and Conditions, the Chamber specifically prohibits any use of the Web Site, and all users agree not to use the Web Site, for any of the following:
a) Posting any incomplete, false or inaccurate information.
b) Posting any franchise, pyramid scheme, "club membership", distributorship or sales representative agency arrangement or other business opportunity which requires an up front or periodic payment, pays commissions only (except for postings that make clear that the available job pays commission only and clearly describes the product or service that the job seeker would be selling, in which case such postings are permissible), requires recruitment of other members, sub-distributors or sub-agents.
c) Deleting or revising any material posted by any other person or entity.
d) Accessing any portions of the Web Site intended exclusively for Chamber members if you are not a member in good standing of the Chamber.
e) Using any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Web Site or any activity being conducted on this site.
f) Taking any action which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Web Site's infrastructure.
g) 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.
h) Framing of or linking to any of the Web Site or Content without the express written consent of the Chamber.

4. 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 any part of the header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting.

Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. The Chamber 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.

5. User Information.
Apart from personal identifying information, which is addressed in our Privacy Policy, any and all communications or materials that you send to the Chamber or the Web Site, including but not limited to questions, comments, data, suggestions or other submissions, are and will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary. Anything you send to the Chamber or the Web Site may be used by the Chamber for any purpose, including but not limited to reproduction, transmission, disclosure, publication, broadcast, and posting. By submitting material to the Chamber or the Web Site, you irrevocably transfer and assign to the Chamber, and forever waive and agree never to assert, any copyrights, moral rights or other rights that you may have in such material. The Chamber is free to use, without obligation of any kind, any ideas, concepts, techniques, or knowhow contained in any communication you send to the Chamber or the Web Site for any purpose whatsoever.

In addition to the terms and conditions that may be set forth in our Privacy Policy on this Web Site, you understand and agree that the Chamber may disclose to third parties, on an anonymous basis, certain aggregate information about the Web Site users.

By using this Web Site, you may submit, or the Chamber may gather, certain information about you and your usage of the Web Site. Subject to the terms of the Privacy Policy, the Chamber is free to use such information for any purpose it deems appropriate.

6. Copyright and Trademark.
The Contents of this Web Site are Copyright © 2005 Tri-County Black Chamber of Commerce and are protected under both United States and foreign copyright, trademark and other laws. All Web Site Content is the property of the Chamber or its content suppliers and may not be used except as provided in these Terms and Conditions or with the express, prior, written consent of the Chamber or any third party the Chamber deems necessary. The Chamber neither warrants nor represents that your use of the material displayed on the Web Site will not infringe rights of third parties. Images of people, places or things displayed on the Web Site are either the property of, or used with permission by, the Chamber.

Use of these images by you or other third parties is prohibited unless expressly permitted in these Terms and Conditions or elsewhere on the Web Site. Any unauthorized use of these images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and other applicable laws, regulations and statutes.

The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement and assembly) of all content on this Web Site is the exclusive property of the Chamber and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Unauthorized use of the Web Site Content may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. You must retain all copyright, trademark, service-mark and other proprietary notices contained in the original Web Site Content on any copy you make of the Web Site Content. The use of the Web Site Content 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 Chamber creates to generate any Web Site Content or the pages making up the Web Site. It is also protected by the Chamber's copyright.

The trademarks, logos, and service marks ("Trademarks") displayed on the Web Site are the property of the Chamber and other parties and may be registered and unregistered Trademarks of the Chamber and others. Nothing contained on the Web Site should be construed as granting by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on the Web Site without the express written permission of the Chamber or such third party that may own the Trademark. Misuse of any Trademarks, or other content, displayed on the Web Site is prohibited. The Chamber reserves the right to enforce its intellectual property rights through civil and criminal proceedings.

7. Identification of Agent to Receive Notice of Claimed Copyright Infringement
If you believe that your copyrighted work has been uploaded, posted or copied to this Web Site and is accessible on this Web Site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please notify us by providing our designated copyright agent with the following information:
1. The physical or electronic signature of either the copyright owner or of a person authorized to act on the owner's behalf;
2. A description of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed, and a description of the activity that you claim to be infringing;
3. Identification of the URL or other specific location on this Web Site where the material or activity you claim to be infringing is located or is occurring; you must include enough information to allow us to locate the material or the activity;
4. Your name, address, telephone number and, if you have one, your e-mail address;
5. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that use on the web site of the copyrighted work in the manner you are complaining of is not authorized by the copyright owner, any agent of the copyright owner, or the law; and
6. A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the information you have provided in your notice is accurate and that you are either the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

We have designated Yvonne Jackson as our agent to receive notices of claims of copyright infringement on our web site. You can contact Yvonne Jackson at Tri-County Black Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 88376, Houston, Tx, 77288

8. Disclaimer of Warranties
THE WEB SITE AND WEB SITE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. THE CHAMBER 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 WEB SITE CONTENT RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA, THE CHAMBER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS. THE CHAMBER, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE CHAMBER MAKES NO WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS OF THE WEB SITE CONTENT, SERVICES, SOFTWARE, TEXT, GRAPHICS, AND LINKS. YOUR USE OF THE WEB SITE AND THE CONTENT IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

9. Limitation of Liability.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE CHAMBER, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, OR ANY THIRD PARTIES MENTIONED ON THE WEB SITE, BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM OR RELATING TO THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEB SITE, THE WEB SITE CONTENT, AND ANY WEB SITE LINKED TO THIS SITE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE CHAMBER IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

10. Links to Other Sites.
The Web Site contains links to other sites on the Internet. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you. The Chamber does not control, sponsor, endorse, or approve, is not responsible for, and makes no representations or warranties regarding, any content that may be accessed through a link from this Web Site. If you decide to access linked web sites, you do so entirely at your own risk.

11. No Resale or Unauthorized Commercial Use.
You agree not to resell or assign your rights or obligations under these Terms and Conditions. You also agree not to make any unauthorized commercial use of the Web Site.

12. Termination.
The Chamber 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 ability to access this Web Site and/or any other service provided to you by the Chamber, upon any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions.

13. Indemnity.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Chamber, its officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents, from and against any claims, suits, damages, liabilities, actions or demands, including without limitation costs and attorneys' fees, arising from or relating to (i) your use of the Web Site, (ii) any Web Site Content that you use, (iii) any information or other content that you provide to the Chamber or the Web Site, or (iv) your breach of these Terms and Conditions.

14. Choice of Law and Forum
The Chamber is located in the City of Houston , State of Texas, United States of America. These Terms and Conditions are, and shall be deemed to be, entered into in Houston, Texas. These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without respect to the conflicts of laws principles thereof. You agree that any claim or dispute arising under or related to the Web Site shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the , and you and the Chamber waive any jurisdictional, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such courts. By providing this Web Site, the Chamber does not consent to the jurisdiction of any courts other than those federal and state courts located in Houston, Texas In any action or proceeding to enforce these Terms and Conditions, the prevailing party will be entitled to costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.

15. General.
If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is 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 Chamber with respect to the use of the Web Site. No changes to these Terms and Conditions shall be made except by a revised posting on this page.
The Chamber makes no claims that the Web Site Content may be lawfully viewed or accessed outside of the State of California. Access to the Web Site Content may not be legal by certain persons or in certain states or countries. If you access the Web Site from outside of California, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction.

16. Additional Terms of Use.
Certain areas of this Web Site and the other Chamber web sites 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.