You must agree to the following terms and conditions of
use before you access or otherwise use or participate in the 3M Online
Community. Your use of this Web site constitutes your agreement with 3M to be
bound by, and to act in accordance with, these Terms and Conditions.
The role of C Space
The community is conducted by C Space
(https://www.cspace.com/), pursuant to a contractual agreement with 3M. C Space may not sell or otherwise share your personal
information and may only use the information you provide in order to assist 3M in administering and organizing feedback from community members.
You understand that this is not a 3M customer service channel. If you have any questions or concerns
regarding an account at 3M, investments
that may be held at 3M or otherwise require the
assistance of a 3M representative, you agree to submit any such requests
through your normal customer service channels at 3M.
Notification of Changes
We may change or revise these Terms and Conditions from
time to time by updating this posting. Please visit the Terms and Conditions
area each time you visit the Web site to keep up to date with the current terms
regarding your use of the Web site. Your use of the Web site reaffirms your
continuing agreement to the then-current Terms and Conditions. Any future
changes to these terms and conditions will be posted on the community Web site.
Confidentiality
Your
invitation to participate in the 3M Online
Community is personal and non-transferable. You or anyone in your household or
immediate family can not work for a market research company, advertising agency
or 3M competitor. You may not disclose to others any of the information
that we disclose to you or any ideas or information that are generated in the
community. Your community member name and password are for your use only. You
may not disclose your password to any other person.
Assignment
You
irrevocably assign to 3M all rights
in any ideas or expressions of ideas that you provide to the community. All
comments, suggestions, graphics, ideas (including product and advertising
ideas), and other information or materials you submit to 3M through this Web site will become and
remain the exclusive property of 3M,
including any future rights associated with such submissions, even if these
Terms and Conditions are later modified or terminated. This means that you
disclaim any proprietary rights in such submissions, and you acknowledge 3M unrestricted right to use them (or
materials or ideas similar to them) in any medium, now and in the future,
without notice, compensation or other obligation to you or any other person. It
also means that with the exception of your personal information, 3M has no obligation to keep your
submissions confidential.
You further release and waive all claims against 3M with respect to any intellectual property or
other proprietary rights, rights of privacy and publicity, rights of
attribution, or any other liability under the applicable laws. You agree to indemnify and hold 3M harmless from all claims, actions, damages, costs,
judgments, penalties or expenses of any kind whatsoever (including reasonable
attorneys' fees except as provided herein), which may be obtained against,
suffered by, or imposed upon 3M and/or
its officers, directors, agents or affiliates as a result of any claim for its
use of any information you provide through the community that was proprietary,
confidential or protected by the laws of any jurisdiction.
Privacy
To the extent that you also provide C Space and 3M with any of your
personally identifiable information, each party will only use such information
in accordance with their respective privacy policy a copy of which is available
at https://www.cspace.com/privacy_en-us/ and http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_WW/Worldwide/WW/3M/Privacy/#GlobalPolicy. Please note that by clicking on the "I Accept" button below,
any of your personally identifiable information you submit may be directed to a
third party site administered and hosted by a third party vendor retained by 3M
or C Space provided, that in such event, the third party vendor is subject to confidentiality
agreements and will have no right to use any such information other
than uses necessary to fulfill its services to 3M or C Space.
When collecting sensitive
personal information (e.g. ethnicity, income, education, etc.), we are doing so
for the purposes of creating a balanced community reflective of 3M's consumer
population or its segments. Such information is not collected for any
discriminatory purposes. You will always retain the right not to answer any
question regarding personal information with which you do not feel comfortable.
By
accepting these Terms & Conditions and by submitting personal information,
including sensitive information, you explicitly consent to the collecting and processing
of such information by 3M or C Space consistent with these Terms &
Conditions.
C Space
is a self-certified member organization of the U.S. - EU Safe Harbor Framework,
and strictly adheres to U.S. - EU data privacy protection laws. Personal information collected
on the site may be stored or processed in your country of residence or any
other country in which 3M or its subcontractors or agents
maintain facilities and by using the site, you consent to any transfer of
information outside your country of residence.
If you do not want your
personally identifiable information collected, please do not submit it to us.
If you have already submitted this information and would like us to correct or remove
it from our records, please contact the appropriate community facilitator at helpdesk@cspace.com.
Code of Conduct
You agree not to upload, post or transmit to or distribute or otherwise
publish through the Web site any materials which (i) restrict or inhibit any
other user from using the Web site, or contain a virus or other harmful
component, (ii) violate any laws or violate or infringe any rights of third
parties (including copyright, trademark, rights of privacy or publicity or any
other proprietary right), or (iii) are not appropriate or pertinent to the
purpose of the Web site or are libelous, defamatory or offensive. You will
agree to abide by the copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property
and proprietary rights of 3M.
You agree to abide by these rules of conduct:
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Only those who are members of the community
may access it.
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You or anyone in your
household or immediate family can not work for a market research company,
advertising agency or 3M competitor.
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Unless specifically told otherwise, you must
keep confidential all information that 3M,
other community members, and you share with the community.
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You agree not to use behavior that does not
support a safe and comfortable environment for all members, or to engage in any
proselytizing or commercial activity.
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You agree not to post any of the following:
material that advocates illegal activity, advertising or any form of commercial
solicitation, or copyright-protected files.
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You agree not to copy or download any
material from the community.
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3M has the
right to use the ideas and information that you put forth in the community.
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You agree to receive emails from the
Community regarding Community Activities.
Links
to Third Party Sites
This Web
site may contain links to other Web sites for informational purposes and are
not intended to suggest any affiliation with 3M unless expressly stated. The reliability, availability and
performance of these other Web sites are beyond 3M's control, and 3M makes no representations or warranties
with respect to such Web sites. 3M provides
these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link to such
Web sites does not imply endorsement by 3M of
those Web sites. 3M reserves the
right to terminate any link or linking program at any time. Any trademarks, copyright or other
registered material or intellectual property of the Websites remain the
property of their respective owners.
No
Duty To Monitor
3M is
not responsible for content provided by others and is under no obligation to
pre-screen content posted within a Community. 3M, however, retains the right to refuse to post, redact or delete
any content for any reason whatsoever. Notwithstanding this right, 3M is not responsible for any failure or
delay in removing material.
Compliance
with DMCA
C Space and 3M comply with the provisions of the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The owner or the person entitled to enforce a
copyright may notify 3M of any
violation of copyright in the 3M Online Community by sending
a notice containing the following information:
Send Notice
to:
DMCA
Designated Agent
C Space Corporation
290 Congress Street 7th floor
Boston, MA 02210
U.S.A.
DMCA@cspace.com
Fax: +1 617.316.4200
Please note
that this procedure is solely for notifying C Space and 3M that copyrighted material has been
infringed. THIS POLICY IS INTENDED TO COMPLY FULLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
ONLINE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT LIABILITY LIMITATION ACT.
Membership
Your membership in and access to the 3M Online Community
is strictly at the discretion of 3M and may be revoked at any time without cause
and without notice. You hereby release 3M from any and all liability that may
arise in connection with your use of the 3M Online Community.
Member Appreciation Rewards
3M is grateful that you have agreed to join our
Online Community. In appreciation for
sharing your opinions and perspectives, 3M would
like to offer you certain rewards. If you are selected to join the community,
the Member Appreciation Plan will be posted in the community.
You
are responsible for any taxes, state, federal and/or local, associated with the
rewards you earn for participating in the Online Community. You agree, upon request, to provide 3M with any information 3M requires to meet its obligations in
respect of tax reporting. Once issued to
you, 3M is not responsible for lost,
stolen or damaged rewards. 3M reserves
the right, at any time and without advance notice, to suspend or cancel the
rewards program.
Warranty
3M does not represent or endorse the
correctness, accuracy, reliability or any other aspect of advice, opinion,
statement or other information distributed through the 3M Online Community, and reserves the right to remove any content
from the community Web site that it deems inappropriate.
3M and/or its agencies endeavor to maintain this
Web site and its operation, but are not, and cannot be, responsible for the
results of any defects that may exist in the Web site or its operation. As to
the operation of the Web site, 3M expressly
disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether expressed or implied, including,
but not limited to all implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a
particular purpose, title and non-infringement. 3M makes no warranty that (i) the operation of the Web site will
meet the user's requirements; (ii) access to the Web site will be
uninterrupted, timely, secure, free of viruses, worms, trojan horses or other
harmful components, or free of defects or errors; (iii) the results that may be
obtained from the use of the Web site will be accurate or reliable; or (iv)
defects will be corrected. You (and not 3M)
assume the entire cost of all servicing, repair, or correction that may be
necessary for your computer equipment and software as a result of any viruses,
errors or any other problems whatsoever you may have as a result of visiting
this Web site.
Limitation of Liability
Under
no circumstances shall 3M and/or its
agencies be liable for any damages or injury, including any direct, special,
incidental, consequential, punitive or other damages, that may result from the
use of, or the inability to use, the Web site or any materials in this site,
whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising
out of or in connection with the use or performance of the Web site or
information available in the Web site. 3M shall
not be liable even if 3M or a 3M authorized representative has been
advised of the possibility of such damages. These include but are not limited
to damages or injury caused by error, omission, interruption, defect, failure
of performance, delay in operation or transmission, line failure or computer
virus, worm, trojan horse or other harmful component.
You agree to
defend, indemnify and hold 3M and/or
its agencies harmless from any claim or demand made by any third party against 3M due or arising out of your
participation in the 3M Online
Community and/or any breach by you of the provisions of this agreement.
Jurisdiction
These
Terms and Conditions and any disputes arising under or related to these Terms
and Conditions (whether for breach of contract, tortious conduct or otherwise)
will be governed by the laws of the Minnesota, without reference to its conflicts
of law principles. You agree to submit to jurisdiction in Minnesota and further
agree that any cause of action arising under this Agreement may be brought in a
court in St Paul, Minnesota, and you hereby accept and submit to the personal
jurisdiction of these courts with respect to any legal actions, suits or
proceedings arising out of these Terms and Conditions. You also waive to the
fullest extent permitted by law any right to a trial by jury in any action,
suit or proceeding brought to enforce, defend or interpret any right or
remedies under, or arising in connection with or relating to, these Terms and
Conditions.