Thank you for visiting the www.susqco.com web site. These Terms of Use set forth the agreement between the www.susqco.com web site, which is owned, operated and maintained by Susquehanna County Commissioners, provider of online information, products and services, and each user governing the use of this web site. Susquehanna County Commissioners and our respective agents and affiliates (“we”, “us”, “our”) want each visitor to our web site to have a safe, pleasurable visit, so we have established the following terms and conditions so that we (and you) know what to expect from each other. Please read these terms and conditions carefully before using our web site. By using this web site, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions contained in these Terms of Use, you may not access or otherwise use this web site. We may make changes to our web site, these terms and conditions, or the policies and conditions that govern the use of our web site at any time. We encourage you to review our web site and these terms periodically for any updates or changes. Your continued access or use of our web site shall be deemed your notification and acceptance of these changes.

COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARKS

www.susqco.com, www.susqco.org, and all logos, page headers, custom graphics and icons are trademarks and/or service marks owned by Susquehanna County Commissioners. All other trademarks, product names, and company names and logos appearing on our web site are the property of their respective owners.

Our web site contains information, data, software, photographs, graphics, videos, text, images, typefaces, sounds, and other material (collectively “Content”) that are protected by copyrights, trademarks, or other proprietary rights, and these rights are valid and protected in all forms, media and technologies existing now or developed in the future. All Content is copyrighted as a collective work under the United States copyright laws, and we own a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement, and enhancement of such Content. You may not modify, remove, delete, augment, add to, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, or in any way exploit any of the Content, in whole or in part. All rights to such Content are reserved to their respective copyright owners. Permission is granted to electronically copy and to print in hard copy portions of this web site for the sole purpose of personally using the information on the www.susqco.com website. Except as provided in the preceding sentence or as permitted by the fair use privilege under the United States copyright laws (see e.g. 17 U.S.C. Section 107), you may not upload, post, reproduce, or distribute in any way Content protected by copyright, or other proprietary right, without obtaining permission of the owner of the copyright or other proprietary right. Any other use of the Content on this web site, including reproduction for purposes other than as noted above, modification, distribution, replication, commercial or other use, without our prior written permission, is strictly prohibited. If you violate any of these terms, your permission to use the Content will automatically terminate and you must immediately destroy any copies you have of any portion of the Content.

YOUR ACCOUNT OBLIGATIONS

In order to use our web site, you agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself on the membership application form and to maintain and promptly update such account information. If you provide any untrue or inaccurate information, or if we have reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue or inaccurate, we may suspend or terminate your account and refuse all current and future use by you of our web site. Account information and certain other information about you are subject to the terms of our privacy policy (see our privacy policy by clicking here: privacy policy).

You will receive a password and account designation after you have completed your membership application form and provided the required account information. You agree to maintain the security of your account on our web site, including the confidentiality of your password and other account information, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account, including all charges resulting from unauthorized use of your account. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security.

YOUR CONDUCT ON OUR WEB SITE

Any conduct by you on our web site that we believe, in our sole discretion, restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying our web site will not be permitted. You agree to use our web site only for lawful purposes. You are prohibited from posting on or transmitting through our web site any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, sexually explicit, profane, hateful, fraudulent, racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material that encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law.

You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of our web site, use of our web site, or access to our web site. You agree not to access our web site by any means other than through the interface provided by us for use in accessing our web site. You understand that the robots.txt file is the only means by which robots are authorized to access our web site. You agree not to violate any of the robot access policies.

You hereby acknowledge that any violation of any of our policies may result in termination of your access to our web site, deactivation or deletion of your account and all related information and files in your account, and preclusion of any further access to such files or our web site, without prior notice.

USAGE OF OUR WEB SITE BY MINORS

Due to the nature of the internet, we cannot prohibit minors from visiting our web site. However, all purchases of goods or services on our web site must be made by adults 18 years of age or older, and all users who register with our web site must be 18 years of age or older or provide parental consent (see Privacy below).

DISCLAIMERS

This web site is provided for your use on an “as is”, “as available” basis. We, along with our affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, third-party content providers, merchants, sponsors, licensors, or the like (collectively, “associates”), do not make any representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, with respect to our web site or its Content, including, without limitation, the products, services or information offered or sold on or through our web sites.

Further, we explicitly disclaim any responsibility for any product or service or the accuracy, content, or availability of information found on other web sites that contain links to or from our web site. Because some web sites employ automated search results or otherwise link you to web sites containing information that may be deemed inappropriate or offensive, we cannot be held responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, or decency of material contained in third-party web sites, and you hereby irrevocably waive any claim against us with respect to such web sites.

Price and availability information on our web site are subject to change without notice.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Under no circumstances shall we or any other party involved in creating, producing, or distributing our web site be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages or loss of profits, good will, use, data or other intangible losses (even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages) that result from (i) any delay, failure, interruption or corruption of our web site or any data or information transmitted in connection with the use of this web site. (ii) personal injury or death caused by your use or misuse of our web site, (iii) the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services resulting from your use of any goods, data, information or services purchased or obtained or messages received or transactions entered into, through or from our web site (iv) unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data, (v) statements or conduct of any third party on our web site, or (vi) any other matter relating to our web site. You hereby acknowledge that this paragraph shall apply to all content, merchandise, and services available through our web site. Because some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, in such states, liability is limited to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Notwithstanding the above, our sole liability for any reason to you, and your sole and exclusive remedy for any cause or claim whatsoever, shall be limited to the amount paid by you for any product, information or service purchased by you from us through our web site.

INDEMNITY

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless us, our officers, directors, employees, agents, providers, merchants, sponsors, licensors and affiliates from and against all claims, actions, demands, judgments, losses, and liabilities (including, without limitation, costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees) by you or any third-party resulting or arising, directly or indirectly, out of Content you submit, post to or transmit through our web site, your use of our web site, your connection to our web site, your violation of these Terms of Use, or your violation of any rights of another person.

PRIVACY

We respect your privacy in accordance with the terms of our privacy policy (see our privacy policy by clicking here: privacy policy). We reserve the right to monitor our web site and to disclose any information recorded or posted on, submitted to, or transmitted through our web site to the extent that we, in our sole discretion, deem such disclosure necessary or appropriate to comply with any law, regulation, subpoena, or government request, to operate our web site, or to protect our rights or property or the rights or property of our users. In addition, we are committed to protecting the privacy of children. This web site is not intended or designed to attract children under the age of 13 (see Usage of our Web Site by Minors above).

EXPORT

The United States export control laws regulate the export and re-export of technology originating in the United States. This includes the electronic transmission of information and software to foreign countries and to certain foreign nationals. You agree to abide by these laws and their regulations, including, but not limited to, the Export Administration Act and the Arms Export Control Act, and not to transfer, by electronic transmission or otherwise, any Content derived from our web site to either a foreign national or a foreign destination in violation of such laws.

OUR RIGHTS

We may elect to electronically monitor areas of our web site. We are not responsible for screening, policing, editing, or monitoring Content on our web site. If notified of allegedly infringing, defamatory, damaging, illegal, or offensive Content, we may investigate the allegation and determine, in our sole discretion, whether to remove or request the removal of such Content from our web site. We may terminate your access, or suspend your access to all or part of our web site, without notice, for any conduct that we believe, in our sole discretion, is in violation of any applicable law or is harmful to us, our interests or the interests of another user, a third-party provider, merchant, sponsor, licensor, or service provider. Because customer service is paramount to our business, we reserve the right to refuse to sell products to you if it reasonably appears to us that you intend to resell the products. In addition, we reserve the right to limit quantities of items purchased by each customer.

APPLICABLE LAW; JURISDICTION AND VENUE

We control our web site from our offices within the United States. We make no representation that the Content on our web site is appropriate, legal or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access our web site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. You may not use or export the Content in violation of United States export laws and regulations. Any claim relating to our web site, the services provided through our web site or the Content shall be governed by the internal laws of the state of Pennsylvania, without reference to its choice of law provisions. If there is a dispute between you and us, you expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction and venue reside in the state and federal courts located in Pennsylvania.

TERMINATION

These terms are effective until terminated by either party. If you no longer agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, you must cease your use of our web site. Subject to applicable law, we reserve the right to suspend or deny, in our sole discretion, your access to all or any portion of our web site with or without notice. You agree that any termination of your access to our web site may be effected without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that we may immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related information and files in your account and bar any further access to such files or our web site. Further, you agree that we shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to our web site.

FUNDING

All funding and support for this web site is provided by the Susquehanna County Commissioners, Montrose, PA, a county government.

ADVERTISING POLICY

At this time, we do not display, or plan to display, any advertisements on our web site. If we do so in the future, we will clearly identify those items which are advertisements separately from those items which contain editorial content.

GENERAL INFORMATION

These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and us and govern the use of our web site. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use affiliate services, third-party content or third-party software. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms of Use is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of these Terms of Use remain in full force and effect. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of our web site or these Terms of Use must be filed within one year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. The section titles in the Terms of Use are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.