TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

BIC maintains its websites (“BIC Websites”) as a service to the Internet community. Access to and use of the BIC Websites is subject to the Terms and Conditions of Use set forth herein, and all the special conditions that may apply to the content of the BIC Websites, as well as all applicable laws. BIC may revise these terms and conditions from time to time by updating this posting. You should read these terms and conditions carefully before using the BIC Websites. By accessing or using this BIC Websites or otherwise indicating your consent, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions and the documents referred to in them or any additional conditions that you will be requested to accept if you choose to use certain services. If you do not agree with or accept any of these terms, you should cease using the BIC Websites immediately.

Access to certain services on the BIC Websites may require the creation of an account. In this case, you are responsible for all activity on your account, and you must therefore take appropriate measures to ensure the secrecy of your personal codes. We invite you to inform us if you notice any fraudulent or unauthorized use concerning your account. In the event of non-compliance with the rules described in these Terms and Conditions of Use, we reserve the right to suspend your access.

The entire content (including images and text) of the BIC Websites is copyrighted and may not be distributed, downloaded, modified, edited, reused, reposted, reproduced, transmitted, performed, displayed or otherwise used except as provided herein by any mechanical or electronic means, without the express written permission of BIC.

BIC will use reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information, but BIC makes no warranties or representations as to its accuracy. All users agree that all access and use of the BIC Websites and the content thereof is at your own risk. Neither BIC nor any party involved in creating, producing or delivering the BIC Websites shall be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages arising out of your access, use or inability to use the BIC Websites, or any errors or omissions in the content thereof.

BIC makes no warranties or representations about any non-BIC websites which you may access. BIC has no control over links made to BIC Websites by third parties. When you access a non-BIC website, please understand that it is independent from BIC. BIC cannot monitor or review the content of all websites and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of such off-site pages.

Furthermore, BIC does not endorse or accept any responsibility for the content or the use of a third-party website that has linked to the BIC Websites. We have no control over the privacy practices of websites that have linked to the BIC Websites. You should review BIC’s privacy statement and the privacy policy of any website linked to BIC’s websites. It is up to each user to take whatever precautions are necessary to ensure Internet use which is free of offensive materials. Your linking to any off-site pages is at your own risk.

Please be advised that all trademarks, logos, designs, product names, whether or not appearing in large print or with trademark symbols, are either the property of, or are being used with permission by, BIC, its affiliates, subsidiaries and related companies or its licensors or joint venture partners. Nothing contained on the BIC Websites should be construed as granting any expressed or implied license or right to use any trademark displayed on the BIC Websites. The distribution, downloading, editing, modification, reuse, reproduction, reposting, transmission, performance, display or other uses of these trademarks or any other materials, except as permitted herein or as specifically permitted on the BIC Websites, is expressly prohibited and may be in violation of copyright law, trademark law, the law of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes. Further, please be advised that BIC actively and aggressively enforces its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law.


We reserve the right to prevent or suspend your access to the BIC Websites if you do not comply with any part of these terms and conditions or any applicable law and to take such action as it deems appropriate in cases where BIC Websites are used to disseminate materials in contravention of the prohibitions set out above.

 

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GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF POSTING SUBMISSIONS TO BIC WEBSITES:

These Terms and Conditions govern your conduct associated with posting submissions to BIC Websites.

  1. You are responsible for what you post. All video, photographs, comments, reviews and/or blog entries submitted to BIC for posting are the sole responsibility of their submitter and the submitter will take full responsibility, liability, and blame for any libel, litigation or claims that result from the submitter's video, photograph, comments, reviews and/or postings, submissions to BIC, and/or something spoken and/or written in or as a direct result of something spoken and/or written in a comment and/or posting of any kind.
  2. BIC requests that you do not post anything that could be offensive to others. You may not post or submit to BIC for posting content that you do not have rights to and that is libelous, defamatory, obscene, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, that violates a third party's right to privacy, that violates any other applicable local, state, federal or international law, or is otherwise inappropriate. Furthermore, you may not post or submit to BIC for posting content that degrades others on the basis of gender, race, class, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual preference, disability or other classification. BIC reserves the right to remove any and all postings and reject submissions that are found to be offensive and/or that do not comply with the terms and conditions of BIC Website. BIC also reserves the right to terminate access to its walls, blog(s), and/or websites or take other protective steps as it deems necessary in its sole and absolute discretion.
  3. Posting of writings, photographs / videos.You may only post or submit to BIC for posting writings, photographs and/or videos of content that you have created and have full rights to. BIC reserves the right to remove any and/or all writings, photographs and/or videos and reject submissions that do not comply with these terms and conditions.
  4. Ownership and confidentiality of information. You may only post or submit to BIC for posting content in accordance with, and not in violation of, applicable trademark, trade name, trade dress, trade secret, service mark, copyright, patent, right of privacy, and other intellectual property laws. You further certify that the content you post or submit to BIC for posting will not infringe upon or violate the intellectual property rights of any other party. Anything you post to or submit to BIC for posting is provided by you on a NON-CONFIDENTIAL BASIS, and BIC has no obligation to keep such information confidential, refrain from using such information, or to compensate you for the receipt or use of such information. BIC is free to use the content for any purpose whatsoever. You hereby RELEASE BIC from any liability under any legal theory in connection with the use, modification, sale or disclosure of any content. Please remember that any content that you disclose on our website may appear publicly on the website, and may be viewed by other visitors to the website. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information. Once posted, you cannot change or remove any public postings.
  5. We may ask for your name, username, location and e-mail address when you post a submission of any kind. When you post a submission, you may be identified by name and, as such, we suggest designating only your first name. Your e-mail address will not be published but will be used to possibly contact you in relation to your submissions, postings and/or comment(s). Please view our privacy policy for more detail.
  6. No posting of harmful content. You agree that you will not upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit information that contain harmful content, including, without limitation, viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancel bots, spy-ware, or any other files, software programs, or technology that is designed or intended to disrupt, interrupt, damage, destroy, intercept, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment or otherwise perform a malicious action.
  7. You License to BIC. By using BIC Websites and posting any content or submitting any content to BIC for posting you grant to BIC a world-wide, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, non-exclusive, and unrestricted license to copy, reproduce, adapt, transmit, edit, modify, or otherwise use, publicly display, distribute, translate and create compilations and derivative works from, any and all content (in any format or media) that you post on, upload or otherwise submit to or through, the website. For greater certainty, this means that, among other things, BIC has the right to use any and all ideas you submit (including ideas about our products, services, publications or advertising campaigns) in any manner that we choose, without any notice or obligation to you whatsoever.

Please also note: When you submit a product review, you become subject to the Terms and Conditions of use and our Privacy policy, and the reviews you submit may be posted on our BIC Websites and on third party websites.