Terms & Conditions of Access and Privacy Statement

THESE PROVISIONS APPLY TO YOUR ACCESS OF THIS WEB SITE, SO PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY.

Cudd Energy Services, it parent and affiliated companies (collectively referred to herein as “Cudd”) welcomes your interest in our Web Site.  Your access of this Web Site will constitute your agreement to the following terms and conditions of access.  Your agreement will result in a binding contract between Cudd and you regarding access to this Web Site. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED HEREIN, PLEASE EXIT THIS WEB SITE IMMEDIATELY.

1.         Access to this Web Site

You agree not to violate or attempt to violate the security of this Web Site.  Such violations can result in criminal and civil charges being filed against you.  If you act in any manner which may constitute criminal activity, Cudd will cooperate with law enforcement agencies in their investigations.  Security violations of this Web Site include, but are not limited to, the following items:

1. Attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system, subsystem or network;
   

2. Logging into (or attempting to do so) into any server or account that you are not authorized to access;
   

3. Hacking, tampering or otherwise corrupting the security or authentication measures without proper authorization;

4. Transmitting material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancel bots or other computer programming routines or engines with the intent or effect of damaging, destroying, disrupting or otherwise impairing a computer’s intended functionality, the operation of the Web Site, or Cudd’s business operations;
   

5. Interfering with, intercepting or expropriating any system, data or information;

6. Interfering with services to any user, host, or network including without limitation, by means of overloading, flooding, mail bombing or crashing any computer system.

2.        Other prohibited actions

Cudd may terminate your access to this Web Site if we believe you are not adhering to the following restrictions:

1. You shall not use this Web Site to infringe on any person’s copyright, trademark, patent, or other intellectual property rights;

2. You shall not transmit Spam or other similar unsolicited e-mail messages, advertising, chain letters or bulk mailings to one or more e-mail groups;

3. You shall not post, e-mail or otherwise transmit or utilize this Web Site in furtherance of any unlawful, harmful, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, sexually explicit, threatening, hateful or otherwise objectionable material of any kind whatsoever, including any material that exploits minor children or is invasive of another person’s privacy, or any material that Cudd in its sole discretion does not want posted on or transmitted to/from this Web Site.

4. You shall not engage in any conduct which could damage or impair the intended operability of this Web Site;

5. You shall not impersonate any individual or entity, or misrepresent your identity or affiliation in any way or forge, delete or alter any part of the TCP/IP packet header information in any e-mail or other posting;

6. You shall not assist or permit any other person or entity in engaging in any of the activities described above.

3.         Trademark, Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights

You may forward, distribute or copy any Cudd copyrighted material appearing on this Web Site provided that the entire relevant pages or documents is forwarded, distributed or copied in its entirety, without any changes, including all headers, footers, disclaimers and other data.  You are prohibited, however, from posting our information on another Web site.

Your access to this Web Site does not grant you any license, expressed or implied, under any patent rights, trade secret, copyright, or any other intellectual property right now or in the future owned, controlled or possessed by Cudd.

You may not link to this Web Site without the express prior written permission of Cudd.  You are allowed to print one copy of the content on this Web Site for your personal, non-commercial use or in connection with your engaging the services of Cudd—provided you do not alter or remove copyright or trademark information and marks.  Except as just stated in this paragraph, you are not permitted to copy (whether by printing, storing, placing on another Web site or downloading in any way), distribute broadcast, modify or tamper in any way all or any portion of this Web Site.

4.         International Access

This Web Site is controlled and maintained by Cudd at its offices in the Unites States of America.  Cudd does not guarantee that the Web Site or the services and products described on the Web Site are appropriate or available for use in other countries where the content or use may be illegal or otherwise prohibited.  Access of this Web Site by persons and persons from countries sanctioned by the Unites States is specifically prohibited.

5.         Access and Non-Confidentiality

You understand and agree that use of any information contained on or obtained through this Web Site is at your own risk.  You shall not transmit any information to this Web Site that you consider to be confidential or proprietary.  Any data that you do send to this Web Site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary.  Also, please refer to Cudd’s Privacy Statement below.

6.         Third Party Sites

Solely as a convenience, Cudd may provide links to Web sites maintained by third parties.  If you elect to access a third party Web site through a link provided by this Web Site, you do so at your own risk.  Cudd is not responsible for any viruses, worms or other harmful items that are encountered in linking to a third party Web site.  Cudd does not assume any responsibility for the content of such third party Web sites.

7.         No Warranty

Access to this Web Site is provided “as is” and without warranties of any kind, whether expressed or implied, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.  Specifically, Cudd does not warrant that the functions contained in this Web Site will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Web Site or server that makes the Web Site available are free of viruses or other harmful elements.

8.         Limit of Liability

Cudd shall not be liable to any person accessing this Web Site for any compensatory, punitive, special or consequential damages whatsoever that may results from access of this Web Site or the inability to access this Web Site, even if Cudd has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Your sole and exclusive remedy for any dissatisfaction with the Web Site is to discontinue access.

9.         Parental Notice

Content on this Web Site may be of interest to children and minor students, but Cudd does not seek to gather personal information from minors through access of this Web Site.

10.       Forward-Looking Statements (Disclosure)

Some of the information on this Web Site may contain projections or other forward looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of Cudd.  We caution you that these statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially.

Cudd’s Privacy Statement

Cudd appreciates your interest in our Web Site.  Your privacy is important to us and we want you to know that Cudd is committed to respecting your privacy.  We recognize your need to feel secure and to have reasonable control of personally identifiable information that you share with us and that we obtain from you.

Basic Information

When anyone accesses this Web Site, our servers automatically gather information that allows this Web Site to communication with the visitor’s computer during the time they are accessing the Web Site.  We also track other information, such as the number of visits to the Web Site, which parts of the Web Site are visited, IP addresses (which are the Internet addresses assigned to your computer from your own Internet Service Provider), domain type, browser you are using, date and time of day.  We utilize these bits of information for statistical purposes that allow us to design and maintain the Web Site.  This type of data does not disclose an personally identifiable information that would permit Cudd to identify or locate individual visitors.

We may store some data (generally referred to as a “cookie”) on your computer when you access this Web Site.  This data facilitates personalizing your use of this Web Site and helps ensure that you do not need to re-enter your details every time you visit the Web Site.  You can block and erase our cookies from your computer if you want to.  (The “Help” function on your computer should tell you how to do this.)

Cudd may use third party advertising technology to provide ads when you visit Web sites on which we advertise.  This technology will not process any information that can be used to personally identify you (i.e., it will not record your name, address, or other person information).  When you access such an ad, a cookie may be stored on your computer.  Again, this information will be used only to help us manage our on-line advertising program.

Privacy concerns relate to personally identifiable information, which is data that could identify a specific individual such as names, addresses, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers.  If you’re your visit you personalize this Web Site, complete a form, or submit other information, you may be providing us with personally identifiable information.  We may collect and use that personally identifiable information to provide you with products, services, to invoice you for orders, to market products and services we think may be of interest to you, and to respond or correspond with you for other purposes.

Our goal is to protect your privacy and thus we have adopted the provisions of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s “International Safe Harbor Privacy Principles” which were drafted to comply with the European Union’s “Directive on Data Protection” as follows:

Notice

Cudd provides this online Privacy Statement to make you aware of our privacy policy in case you choose to share your personally identifiable information.  We take reasonable measures to see that this policy is followed within our company.  If you have any inquiries or concerns, please email us at cpcinfo@cudd.com.

Children’s Privacy Online

We understand that minor children’s privacy is especially important.  We do not monitor the age of persons accessing our Web Site. If you are under age 18, you should not submit personally identifying information to our Web Site without the consent of your parent or guardian.

Onward Transfer

Cudd does not share your personally identifiable information or otherwise make it available to any third parties unless your have consented to such disclosure or if we deem such disclosure is necessary to (1) comply with applicable law or with court orders, subpoenas, and other legal processes; (2) protect and defend our legal rights; or (3) protect our employees, subscribers, agents, and other visitors to the Web Site from misuse, unauthorized use, or prohibited/illegal activity.

Security

Cudd does not seek any sensitive information from visitors to our Web Site, unless legally required to do so—such as for recruiting and hiring, for example.  We take reasonable measures to assure that your information is reliable for our use and is used only for its intended purposes.  Reasonable precautions are in place to protect your from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, and alteration.

Data Integrity

Cudd only processes personally identifying information for the purposes for which it has been gathered.  To the extent necessary for those purposes, Cudd takes reasonable steps to ensure that the information is accurate, complete, and current.

Access

You can request the removal or modification of your personally identifying information by sending an e-mail to cpcinfo@cudd.com.  It would be helpful to let us know the context in which you provided your personally identifying information.  We will then make a reasonable effort to accommodate your request.  

Enforcement

Cudd is committed to compliance of its Privacy Statement by cooperating with law enforcement agencies and by responding to visitor concerns promptly.

WHEN WE MAKE CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY STATEMENT AND THE TERMS & CONDITIONS OF ACCESS, WE WILL POST THE CHANGES ON THIS PAGE AND UPDATE THE REVISION DATE AT THE TOP OF THIS SECTION.  WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT OUR PRIVACY STATEMENT AND THE TERMS & CONDITIONS OF ACCESS REGULARLY FOR UPDATES.