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Welcome to the web site operated by ITW Brands (“ITW Brands”).
This web site (the “Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® Web Site” or
the “Web Site”) provides general information about Tornado® by
E-Z Anchor® and its products free of charge to users in the United States.
All uses of the Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® Web Site are subject
to the following terms and conditions of use (these “Terms of Use”).
Please read these Terms of Use carefully before accessing or using
any part of this Web Site. By accessing or using this Web
Site, you agree that you have read, understand and agree to be bound by these
Terms of Use, as amended from time to time, as well as the ITW
Brands Privacy Policy, which is hereby incorporated into these Terms of Use. If you do not wish to agree to these Terms
of Use, do not access or use any part of this Web Site.
ITW Brands may revise and update these Terms of Use at any time by
posting the amended terms to this Web Site. Your continued use of the Tornado® by
E-Z Anchor® Web Site means that you accept and agree to the revised Terms
of Use. If you disagree with the Terms of Use (as amended from time to time)
or are dissatisfied with this Web Site, your sole and exclusive remedy is to
discontinue using this Web Site.
USE OF THE TORNADO® BY E-Z Ancor® website
You agree to use the Tornado® by E-Z Ancor® website only for lawful purposes:
(a) Specifically you agree not to do any of the following:
(1) upload to or transmit on the Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® Web Site any
defamatory, indecent, obscene, harassing, violent or otherwise objectionable
material, or any material that is, or may be, protected by copyright, without
permission from the copyright owner; (2) use the Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® Web
Site to violate the legal rights (including the rights of publicity and privacy)
of others or to violate the laws of any jurisdiction; (3) intercept or attempt
to intercept electronic mail not intended for you; (4) misrepresent an affiliation
with any person or organization; (5) upload to or transmit on the Tornado® by
E-Z Anchor® Web Site any advertisements or solicitations of business; (6)
restrict or inhibit use of the Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® Web Site by
others; (7) upload or otherwise transmit files that contain a virus or corrupted
data; (8) collect information about others (including e-mail addresses) without
their consent; (9) download a file or software or include in a message any software,
files or links that you know, or have reason to believe, cannot be distributed
legally over the Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® Web Site or that you have
a contractual obligation to keep confidential (notwithstanding its availability
on the Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® Web Site); (10) post “spam,” transmit
chain letters or engage in other similar activities; or (11) engage in any other
conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Tornado® by
E-Z Anchor® Web Site, or which, as determined by ITW Brands, may harm Tornado® by
E-Z Anchor® or users of the Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® Web Site or
expose them to liability.
(b) Any content and/or opinions uploaded, expressed or submitted to
a message board, chatroom or any other publicly available section of the Tornado® by
E-Z Anchor® Web Site (including password-protected areas), and all articles
and responses to questions, other than the content provided by ITW Brands, are
solely the opinions and responsibility of the person or entity submitting them
and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of ITW Brands. You understand and
acknowledge that you are responsible for whatever content you submit, and you,
not ITW Brands, have full responsibility for such content, including its legality,
reliability and appropriateness. By uploading or otherwise transmitting material
to any area of the Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® Web Site, you warrant that
the material is your own or is in the public domain or otherwise free of proprietary
or other restrictions and that you have the right to post it to the Tornado® by
E-Z Anchor® Web Site. You grant to ITW Brands the right to use all content
you upload or otherwise transmit to the Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® Web
Site in any manner ITW Brands chooses, including, but not limited, to copying,
displaying, performing or publishing it in any format whatsoever, modifying it,
incorporating it into other material or making a derivative work based on it.
(c) ITW Brands reserves the right, but does not assume any responsibility,
to (1) remove any material posted on the Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® Web
Site which Tornado® by E-Z Anchor®, in its sole discretion, deems inconsistent
with the foregoing commitments, including any material ITW Brands has been notified,
or has reason to believe, constitutes a copyright infringement; and (2) terminate
any user’s access to all or part of the Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® Web
Site. However, ITW Brands can neither review all material before it is posted
on the Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® Web Site nor ensure prompt removal of
objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, ITW Brands assumes
no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications
or content provided by third parties. ITW Brands reserves the right to take any
action it deems necessary to protect the personal safety of users of this Web
Site and the public; however, ITW Brands has no liability or responsibility to
anyone for performance or nonperformance of the activities described in this
paragraph.
(d) Your failure to comply with the provisions of (a) or (b) above may result
in the termination of your access to the Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® Web
Site and may expose you to civil and/or criminal liability.
ITW Brands uses your personal information to enhance the operation of this site and allow you to use
all of its features. ITW Brands may contact you about new features or products in which it believes
you may be interested. ITW Brands may disclose your personal information to the reputable vendors
that assist us in processing information or delivering the items that our customers order. These vendors are restricted
from using the information for any purpose other than helping us to provide products and services.
ITW Brands may provide aggregate statistics about our customers, sales, online traffic patterns and
related information to reputable third parties, but these statistics will not include any personally identifying
information. ITW Brands also will disclose any information that it is required to disclose by law or
by an appropriate government authority.
ITW Brands may provide aggregate statistics about our customers, sales, online traffic patterns
and related information to reputable third parties, but these statistics will not include any personally identifying
information. ITW Brands also will disclose any information that it is required to disclose by law or
by an appropriate government authority.
(c) ITW Brands reserves the right, but does not assume any responsibility, to (1) remove any material posted on the
Tornado® by E-Z Ancor® website which Tornado® by E-Z Ancor®, in its sole discretion, deems inconsistent with the foregoing
commitments, including any material ITW Brands has been notified, or has reason to believe, constitutes a copyright infringement;
and (2) terminate any user’s access to all or part of the Tornado® by E-Z Ancor® website. However, ITW Brands can neither
review all material before it is posted on the Tornado® by E-Z Ancor® website nor ensure prompt removal of objectionable material
after it has been posted. Accordingly, ITW Brands assumes no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions,
communications or content provided by third parties. ITW Brands reserves the right to take any action it deems necessary to
protect the personal safety of users of this website and the public; however, ITW Brands has no liability or responsibility to
anyone for performance or nonperformance of the activities described in this paragraph.
(d) Your failure to comply with the provisions of (a) or (b) above may result in the termination of your access to the Tornado®
by E-Z Ancor® website and may expose you to civil and/or criminal liability.
COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS/USE OF CONTENT
The entire contents of this Web Site (including all information, software,
text, displays, images and audio) and the design, selection and arrangement thereof,
are proprietary to ITW Brands or its licensors and are protected by United States
and international laws regarding copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and other
proprietary rights. You are authorized only to use the content on the Tornado® by
E-Z Anchor® Web Site for personal use or legitimate business purposes related
to your role as a current or prospective customer, supplier or distributor of
Tornado® by E-Z Anchor®. You may not copy, modify, create derivative
works of, publicly display or perform, republish, store, transmit or distribute
any of the material on this site without the prior written consent of Tornado® by
E-Z Anchor®, except to: (a) store copies of such materials temporarily in
RAM, (b) store files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display
enhancement purposes, and (c) print a reasonable number of pages of the Tornado® by
E-Z Anchor® Web Site; provided in each case that you do not alter or remove
any copyright or other proprietary notices included in such materials. Neither
the title nor any intellectual property rights to any information or material
in this Web Site are transferred to you, but remain with ITW Brands or the applicable
owner of such content. Except as expressly authorized by ITW Brands in writing,
you may not reproduce, sell or exploit for any commercial purposes (a) any part
of this Web Site, (b) access to this Web Site or (c) use of this Web Site or
of any services or materials available through this Web Site.
TRADEMARKS
The term “Tornado® by E-Z Anchor®” is a trademark
and the Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® logo and all related product and service
names, designs and slogans are ITW Brands trademarks. You may not use such marks
without ITW Brands’ prior written permission. All other names, brands and
marks are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective owners.
DEALINGS WITH MERCHANTS
If you choose to correspond, participate in a promotion or engage in
transactions with any merchant found on or through this Web Site, you acknowledge
and agree that ITW Brands is not a party to, and will not be responsible for,
your interaction with such merchant, including its treatment of your information
and the terms and conditions applicable to any transaction between you and the
merchant. The terms of your interaction with any merchant are solely between
you and such merchant. You agree that ITW Brands will have no responsibility
or liability for any loss or damage of any kind that you may suffer as the result
of any such interaction or the presence of such merchants on this Web Site.
LIABILITY OF ITW BRANDS AND ITS LICENSORS
ITW Brands does not assume any liability for the materials, information
and opinions provided on, or available through, the Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® Web
Site (the “Site Content”). Reliance on the Site Content is solely
at your own risk. ITW Brands disclaims any liability for injury or damages resulting
from the use of any Site Content.
THE Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® WEB SITE, THE SITE CONTENT AND
THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PROVIDED ON OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEB SITE ARE
PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITH
ALL FAULTS. NEITHER ITW Brands NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH ITW Brands MAKES
ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE QUALITY, ACCURACY OR AVAILABILITY
OF THE Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® WEB SITE. SPECIFICALLY, BUT WITHOUT
LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER TAPCON ® NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH ITW Brands
WARRANTS OR REPRESENTS THAT THE Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® WEB SITE, THE
SITE CONTENT OR THE SERVICES PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THIS WEB SITE WILL BE ACCURATE,
RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED; THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED; THAT THE
Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® WEB SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE
ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; OR THAT THE Tornado® BY
E-Z ANCHOR® WEB SITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS. ITW
BRANDS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT WILL ITW BRANDS OR ITS LICENSORS OR CONTRACTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE Tornado® BY E-Z ANCHOR® WEB
SITE, THE SITE CONTENT, ANY SERVICES PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THIS WEB SITE OR
ANY LINKED SITE, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL
OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, LOST PROFITS
OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM DELAY, INTERRUPTION IN SERVICE, VIRUSES, DELETION OF
FILES OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, OR ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR OTHER INACCURACIES
IN THE Tornado® BY E-Z ANCHOR® WEB SITE OR THE SITE CONTENT, WHETHER
OR NOT THERE IS NEGLIGENCE BY ITW BRANDS AND WHETHER OR NOT ITW BRANDS HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGES.
INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless ITW Brands and its officers, directors,
employees, agents, affiliates, third-party information providers, licensors and
others involved in the Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® Web Site or the delivery
of products, services or information over the Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® Web
Site, from and against any and all liabilities, expenses, damages and costs,
including reasonable attorney’s fees, arising from any violation by you
of this Agreement or your use of the Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® Web Site
or any products, services or information obtained from this Web Site.
PRIVACY; PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Tornado® by E-Z Anchor®’ use of your personal information and
your responsibilities in connection with protecting your privacy are described
in our privacy policy which is located at ITW Brands Privacy Policy and is incorporated
by reference into these Terms of Use.
COMMENTS AND SUBMISSIONS
ITW Brands welcomes your comments. All comments, suggestions or other information
sent by you to this Web Site for internal use by ITW Brands or its advertisers
or business partners or in response to solicitations on this Web Site, will become
Tornado® by E-Z Anchor®’ property, and you agree that all intellectual
property rights therein are transferred to Tornado® by E-Z Anchor®.
You understand that any postings to publicly available portions of the Tornado® by
E-Z Anchor® Web Site are non-confidential for all purposes.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
The Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® Web Site may contain links to other
web sites on the Internet. ITW Brands is not responsible for and does not endorse
the content, products or services of any third-party web sites, including, without
limitation, sites framed within the Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® Web Site
or third-party advertisements, and does not make any representations regarding
their quality, content or accuracy. Your use of third-party web sites is at your
own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such web sites.
COMPLIANCE
The owner of this Web Site is based in the State of Illinois, USA. ITW
Brands makes no representation that materials in this Web Site are appropriate
or available for use in other locations. If you access this Web Site from other
locations, you are responsible for complying with local laws.
CONTACT
Please contact us at 877-ITW-BRANDS, brandscs@itwbrands.com if you become
aware of any content that may infringe the copyright of a third party or that
you believe to be in violation of these Terms of Use.
MISCELLANEOUS
These Terms of Use shall be governed in all respects by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, USA, without regard to
its conflicts of law principles. These Terms of Use, as they may be amended from
time to time, completely and exclusively state the agreement between you and
ITW Brands with respect to the Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® Web Site, and
no other terms that may have been communicated to you orally or in any other
manner shall have any force or effect. Any cause of action you may have with
respect to the Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® Web Site must be commenced within
one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises or such claim or cause
of action is barred. Exclusive jurisdiction over any cause of action arising
out of these Terms of Use or your use of the Tornado® by E-Z Anchor® Web
Site shall be in the state or federal courts located in Chicago, Illinois. You
agree to submit to the jurisdiction of such courts.
If any part of these Terms of Use is unenforceable, the unenforceable part
shall be construed to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions
of the parties. The other provisions of these Terms of Use shall remain in full
force and effect.
Tornado® by E-Z Anchor®’ failure to insist upon or enforce
strict performance of any provision of these Terms of Use shall not constitute
a waiver of the provision. Neither a course of dealing or conduct between you
and ITW Brands nor any trade practices shall be deemed to modify these Terms
of Use.
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