Member Agreement/Terms and Conditions
You must agree to the
following terms and conditions of use before you access or otherwise use or
participate in the Citi Online Community. In order to be
a member of this Community, you or anyone in your household or immediate family
cannot work for a financial institution or in the market research industry.
Your use of this Web site constitutes your agreement with Citi, N.A. (“Citi”),
and C Space, to be bound by, and to act in accordance with, these Terms and
Conditions.
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 continued 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.
Your Community Account
Please
do not share your Community login credentials with
anyone. You received your invitation to participate in the Community based on
specific criteria and the invitation was meant for you only. Your inclusion in
the Community was based on information you have provided that
meets Community selection criteria. Citi or C Space may terminate your access
to the Community or to your account without notice to you at C Space or the
Citi’s discretion, including if you share your Community access information
with anyone, if you misrepresent information relevant to the Community
selection criteria, if you violate the Community Code of Conduct, if the market
research goals of Citi change, if you fail to actively participate in Community
activities, or if you fail to comply with any of the Terms.
Confidentiality
Your invitation to
participate in the Citi Online Community is personal and non-transferable.
Subject to local law, you may not disclose to others any of the information
that we disclose to you or any ideas or information that are generated or
shared in the community. Your community member name and password are for your
use only. You may not disclose your password to any other person. If
confidential information is released, we may have to remove the Community
member(s) who released the information, or we may have to shut down the
Community entirely.
Assignment
You irrevocably assign to
Citi 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 Citi
through this Web site will become and remain the exclusive property of Citi,
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 Citi’s
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, Citi
has no obligation to keep your submissions confidential.
Privacy
To the extent that you also provide us with any of your personal information, subject to local law, Citi and C Space, will only use such information in accordance with the privacy practices discussed at: Citi® Community Notice at Collection.
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, or
contain advertising or any form of commercial solicitation, (ii) violate any
applicable 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 Citi and C Space.
You agree to abide by these
rules of conduct:
·
While participating in the Community you will
respect the rights of the other members to use the Community as it was
intended.
·
You or anyone in your household or immediate
family cannot work for a financial institution or in the market research
industry. While participating in the Community you will respect the rights of
the other members to use the Community as it was intended.
Third Party Sites and
Application
Your participation in your Community may require use of mobile device services,
including data and/or messaging services. Please be aware that your normal
carrier’s rates and fees, such as text messaging fees or data usage fees, will
apply and Citi and C Space are not responsible for any charges that may be
incurred by you during participation in any mobile device-based Community.
This Web site may contain
links to other Web sites for informational purposes and are not intended to
suggest any affiliation with Citi and/or C Space unless expressly stated. The
reliability, availability and performance of these other Web sites are beyond
Citi control, and Citi and C Space make no representations or warranties with
respect to such Web sites. Citi and C Space provide these links to you only as
a convenience, and the inclusion of any link to such Web sites does not imply
endorsement by Citi and C Space of those Web sites. Citi and C Space reserve
the right to terminate any link or linking program at any time.
At Citi’s discretion, your Community may include the option to integrate or associate
your C Space account with third party services, including social media
applications such as Facebook®. If this is the case in your Community, C Space
will provide you with instructions for (a) linking your Community Account to
your social media account and (b) terminating the link between your Community
Account and your social media account.
If this option is available
and you choose to integrate your C Space account with third party services or
social media sites, C Space and Citi may no longer be able to control who sees
or who can access the information associated with or shared through your linked
account. Instead, the use of your information and content you share through
social media sites will be governed by the privacy policies and privacy
settings associated with your social media account. Posting of your content
and/or information to any third party site or through
any third party service is at your own risk and outside these Terms and Conditions.
Our Services do not and cannot control the posting of content or sharing of
information by any user to third party sites, including any social media
website.
To the extent your Community uses or links to third party sites, applications
or services, your use of such sites, applications or services may also be
governed by the privacy policies and terms of use of the third party sites
and/or applications. We encourage you to review any privacy policies and other
agreements that may be applicable to your use of any such third
party sites and/or applications.
C Space and Citi are not
responsible for the use of your information by these third parties and C Space
and Citi makes no guarantee that such third party
sites or applications are free from computer viruses or malware. C Space and
Citi expressly disclaim all liability for any losses, costs or expenses that
you suffer as a result of your use of these third party
sites, services and/or applications.
No Duty To Monitor
Citi and C Space are not
responsible for content provided by others and are under no obligation to
pre-screen content posted within a Community. Citi and
C Space retain the right to refuse to post, redact, or delete any content for
any reason whatsoever.
Compliance With DMCA
Citi and C Space comply
with the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The owner
or the person entitled to enforce a copyright may notify Citi of any violation
of copyright in the community by sending a notice containing the following
information:
Send Notice to privacy@cspace.com
Please note that this
procedure is solely for notifying Citi 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 Citi Online Community is strictly at the discretion of Citi and C
Space and may be revoked at any time without cause and without notice. You
hereby release Citi and/or C Space from any and all
liability that may arise in connection with your use of the Citi Online
Community.
Material That You Share With the Community
By agreeing to these terms,
and participating in the Community, you irrevocably assign to Citi and C Space
all rights in any ideas or expressions of ideas that you provide during your
participation in the Community. All comments, suggestions, graphics, ideas
(including product and advertising ideas), and other information or materials
you submit, post, upload, or otherwise provide to Citi and C Space through the
Community will become and remain the exclusive property of Citi and C Space,
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 Citi
and C Space unrestricted right to use and/or assign or otherwise transfer 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.
Release and Waiver
You further agree to release
and waive all claims against Citi and/or C Space 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 Citi and C Space 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 Citi and/or C
Space, and/or their officers, directors, agents or affiliates as a result of
any claim for its use of any information you provide through the community that
is proprietary, confidential or protected by the laws of any jurisdiction.
Warranty
Citi and C Space do not
represent or endorse the correctness, accuracy, reliability or any other aspect
of advice, opinion, statement or other information distributed through the Citi
Online Community, and reserves the right to remove any
content from the community Web site that it deems inappropriate.
Citi and/or its agencies,
and/or C Space, endeavor to maintain this Web site and its operation, but is
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, Citi,
and C Space, expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or
implied, including, but not limited to all implied warranties of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, title
and non-infringement. Citi, and C Space, make 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 Citi and/or C Space) 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 Citi and/or C Space, and/or their 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.
Citi and/or C Space shall not be liable even if Citi or a Citi 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 Citi and/or C Space, and/or their
agencies harmless from any claim or demand made by any third party against Citi
and/or C Space due or arising out of your participation in the Citi 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 State of New York, without reference to its
conflicts of law principles. You agree to submit to jurisdiction in New York
and further agree that any cause of action arising under this Agreement may be
brought in a court in New York County, New York, 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.
Whom
to Contact
If
you have submitted personal information through this Citi site or interactive
advertisement or other communication, and would like that information deleted
from our records, please contact your community facilitator at helpdesk@cspace.com.