Summary of Important Legal Information

The IIA2008sf.org web site (the "Site") is produced by THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS ("Site Owner"). All use of the Site is subject to the Terms and Conditions set forth below. By entering and using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read and understood such Terms and Conditions and that you agree to abide by them. Also, you agree that Site Owner may use information that you supply to it in any manner consistent with the published Privacy Policy.

Site Owner does not endorse, guarantee, warrant, or recommend any products or services advertised on the Site, via site portals, linked from the Site, or provided by our Sponsors.

Site Owner, its affiliates and their respective licensors retain all copyrights and other proprietary rights in or relating to any content, including any software, provided on the Site. Except for downloading and printing a small number of copies of the content for your personal use only, you may not sell, transfer, reproduce, transmit, distribute, perform or display such content without the express consent of Site Owner.

Terms and Conditions

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE (THE "CONDITIONS") CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE. By using the Site, you signify your understanding of and agreement to these Terms and Conditions and Site Owner’s Privacy Policy. Site Owner may revise and update the Terms and Conditions or Privacy Policy at any time. Please periodically review the Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy posted at the Site because your continued usage of the Site will mean that you accept those changes.

Section 1. Registration.

You may provide personal information to Site Owner through the Site regarding your membership in Site Owner. By using the Site you agree that all information provided by you to Site Owner, is current, complete and accurate, and that you will maintain and promptly update the information in the event of any changes in such information.

Section 2. General Information About Site Owner.

a. Site Owner.. Established in 1941, The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) is an international professional association of more than 122,000 members with global headquarters in Altamonte Springs, Fla., United States. Throughout the world, The IIA is recognized as the internal audit profession’s leader in certification, education, research, and technological guidance

b. Our Sponsors. Site Owner has agreements with various entities, which we call our "Sponsors". Our relationships with Sponsors are based on a variety of factors, which may include offering exclusivity in a particular region based on a first–come, first–contracted response.

SITE Owner DOES NOT ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, WARRANT, OR RECOMMEND THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OUR SPONSORS MAY ADVERTISE. FURTHER, WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE TYPE OF SERVICES, QUALITY OF CARE, SOURCE OF PAYMENT OR BILLING PRACTICES OF OUR SPONSORS. WE ALSO DO NOT VERIFY THE LICENSES, ACCREDITATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER CREDENTIALS OF ANY SPONSOR OR ITS EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, OR AGENTS.

c. Our Portal Service Providers. Site Owner has agreements with various entities, which we call our "Service Providers". Our relationships with Service Providers are based on a variety of factors, which may include offering exclusivity in a particular region based on a first–come, first–contracted response.

SITE Owner DOES NOT ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, WARRANT, OR RECOMMEND THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS MAY ADVERTISE. FURTHER, WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE TYPE OF SERVICES, QUALITY OF CARE, SOURCE OF PAYMENT OR BILLING PRACTICES OF OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS. WE ALSO DO NOT VERIFY THE LICENSES, ACCREDITATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER CREDENTIALS OF ANY SERVICE PROVIDER OR ITS EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, OR AGENTS.

d. Your Information. The information you provide may be personal in nature. Such information will be treated as private and confidential, as detailed in the IIA’s Privacy Policy. Site Owner does not sell personal information collected through the Site, but we may provide general aggregate information — without personal identifiers — about our users to our Sponsors. If you indicate that you wish information about or from a Sponsor, or to be contacted by a Sponsor, your contact information is passed along to the Sponsor.

WE WILL SHARE YOUR INDIVIDUAL DATA WITH A SPONSOR OR ITS AGENT ONLY IF YOU HAVE AUTHORIZED SUCH SHARING.

While Site Owner attempts to prevent unauthorized persons from accessing our files or tampering with our Site by providing password security, we cannot guarantee that these efforts will always be successful. Site Owner shall have the right to use in books, articles, commentaries, research or similar ways any questions, comments, or other information — without personal identifiers — submitted by users.

e. Our Information. Site Owner strives to be a valuable resource of timely information for our users. We cannot ensure that information we provide is exhaustive or complete on every subject or that it will necessarily include all of the most recent information available on a particular topic. This information is of a general nature, and we urge you to use your own professional judgment, or obtain professional advice before applying it.

f. Information from Others. Site Owner may include or provide links and portals to other web Site on the Internet including, but not limited to, links to Sponsors' web Site. These other web Site may provide opinions, recommendations, or other information from various individuals, organizations or companies.

IN PROVIDING SUCH LINKS AND PORTALS, Site Owner DOES NOT INVESTIGATE THE CONTENT OF SUCH INFORMATION. Site Owner DOES NOT ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, WARRANT, OR RECOMMEND THE ACCURACY OF SUCH INFORMATION OR NECESSARILY SUBSCRIBE TO ANY SUCH OPINIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS. FURTHER, TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU MAKE USE OF ANY LINK TO ANY OTHER WEB SITE ON THE INTERNET, THE DISCLOSURE, REPRODUCTION, SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREON MAY BE PROHIBITED.

Section 3. Restrictions on the Use of the Site.

a. Copyright and Trademarks. The name IIA and any other marks or associated logos proprietary to Site Owner are the sole property of Site Owner.

The contents of the Site, including but not limited to text, graphics, images and software ("Content"), are protected by copyright under both Dutch and other national laws, and Site Owner retains all right, title and interest in and to the Content, all copies thereof, and all copyrights and other proprietary rights therein.

Upon acceptance of these Terms and Conditions, Site Owner authorizes you to view, download and print a small number of copies of the material on the Site solely for your personal, noncommercial use. You may not modify, sell, assign, or transfer the Content or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute or otherwise use the Content in any way for any public or commercial purpose or otherwise except as expressly permitted herein. You may not reverse–engineer, disassemble or decompile, any software included in the Content. Content is subject to change without notice at the editorial discretion of Site Owner.

b. Links and Portals to Other Site; Advertisements. The Site contain links and portals to third–party web Site. These links and portals are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement or recommendation by Site Owner of the content on such third–party web Site or as an indication of any affiliation, sponsorship or endorsement of or by such third party web Site. Site Owner is not responsible for the content of third–party Site and does not make any representations regarding the privacy practices of, or the content or accuracy of materials on, such third–party web Site. If you decide to access third–party web Site, you do so at your own risk. Your use of third–party web Site is subject to the terms of use for such Site.

THE Site ALSO CONTAIN ADVERTISEMENTS BY THIRD PARTIES. SITE Owner MAY RECEIVE ROYALTIES FROM SUCH ADVERTISERS. SITE Owner DOES NOT ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, WARRANT, OR RECOMMEND ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES CONTAINED IN ADVERTISEMENTS.

c. Your Submissions. Except as described herein, any communication which you post on the Site is considered to be non–confidential. You agree that you will not upload or transmit any communications that infringe or violate any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party, or that are defamatory, or that violate any party’s privacy or publicity rights. By submitting communications to any part of these Site, you automatically grant, or warrant that the owner of such content has expressly granted, to Site Owner a royalty–free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, nonexclusive license to use, reproduce, create derivative works from, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display the communication (or any derivative work based thereof) alone or as part of other works in any form, media, or technology whether now known or hereafter developed, and to sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of sublicenses.

d. Parental Permission. Site Owner does not intend that children will use the Site. USERS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE MUST OBTAIN PARENTAL PERMISSION TO USE THE Site. Adults should not assist unauthorized children to access the Site.

e. Indemnification. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Site Owner, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors ,suppliers and volunteers, harmless from and against any claims, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements including without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, resulting from, or alleged to result from, your use of the Site in a manner that violates or is alleged to violate these Conditions.

Section 4. Site Owner Privacy Policy

Site Owner believes the privacy and confidentiality of an individual’s personal information is important. We provide a privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy") in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. Site Owner may need to change this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to address new issues and to reflect changes on our Site. Please refer back to this Privacy Policy regularly because your use of the Site signifies that you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, as amended from time to time.

Section 5. Disclaimers And Other Information

a. INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY SITE Owner IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND NEITHER SITE Owner NOR ANY OF ITS AGENTS, EMPLOYEES OR REPRESENTATIVES MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO THE CONTENTS OF THE Site OR INFORMATION FURNISHED BY THEM OR OUR AGENTS, EMPLOYEES OR REPRESENTATIVES AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, CORRECTNESS, NONINFRINGEMENT, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR USE, APPLICATION OR PURPOSE.

b. BY ENTERING THE Site YOU HEREBY EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT Site Owner, AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES and VOLUNTEERS, SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES, CLAIMS, DEMANDS OR CAUSES OF ACTION, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE, AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE Site OR ANY INFORMATION YOU OBTAIN ON IT OR ANY OTHER INTERACTION WITH SITE Owner. IN DOING SO, YOU AGREE THAT YOU ARE WAIVING VOLUNTARILY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY ANY LIABILITY OF SITE Owner.

c. Site Owner does not make any representation or warranty concerning errors, omissions, delays or other defects in the information supplied to users, or that its files are free of viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other codes that include or manifest contaminating or destructive characteristics.

d. With respect to communications to Site Owner, Site Owner does not guarantee that it will respond to all inquiries.

e. Site Owner is not responsible for your classification of contributions, dues or gifts for tax purposes.

f. If any clause or provision set forth above is determined to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under present or future law, then, in that event the clause or provision so determined to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable shall be severable without affecting the enforceability of all remaining clauses or provisions.

g. Any notice to Site Owner shall be given in writing and sent by certified and registered mail to the THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS, 247 Maitland Ave, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701–4201, USA

h. The application of these provisions, disclosures and disclaimers and all other matters arising from your use of thes Site or of any information you obtain from Site Owner shall be governed by the laws of The Netherlands. Any claims, disputes or other controversies relating to or arising from these provisions, disclosures and disclaimers or from your use of these Site or any information you receive from Site Owner shall be brought exclusively in the United States District Court, the Northern District of Illinois, and you hereby expressly consent to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts.

YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PROVISIONS, DISCLOSURES AND DISCLAIMERS SET FORTH ABOVE ARE FAIR AND REASONABLE, AND THAT YOUR AGREEMENT TO FOLLOW AND BE BOUND BY THEM IS NOT THE RESULT OF FRAUD, DURESS OR UNDUE INFLUENCE EXERCISED UPON YOU BY ANY PERSON OR ENTITY.

SITE Owner MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS, PROMISES, WARRANTIES OR UNDERTAKINGS CONTRARY TO THOSE SET FORTH ABOVE.

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