Terms and Conditions

Verizon requires that all persons or entities visiting any Verizon sites on the World Wide Web agree to the following terms and conditions. By accessing a Web site, you confirm your agreement to and acceptance of these terms.

Changes to this Policy

Please check this privacy policy periodically to inform yourself of any changes. Although we reserve the right to modify or supplement this privacy policy, we will provide notice to you on this Web site of any major material changes and those changes are effective upon posting unless otherwise noted.

Use of Verizon Information

Unless otherwise specified, copyright in all copyrightable subject matter on any Web site is owned by Verizon. To the extent that Verizon has the right to do so without compensation to third parties, and except for materials or information specifically provided under other terms, Verizon grants you permission to copy or otherwise download from any Web site, information and materials (including related graphics), provided:

1. The materials are for internal, non-commercial use only.
2. Any copies of materials or portions thereof must include the copyright notice specified on the Web site.

If attribution to Verizon is included, limited quotations from the content are hereby permitted. You may not copy or display for redistribution to third parties for commercial purposes any portion of the content without the prior written permission of Verizon.

Documents posted by Verizon on a Web site may contain other proprietary notices or describe products, services, processes or technologies owned by Verizon or third parties. Nothing contained herein shall be construed by implication, estoppels or otherwise as granting to the user a license under any copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property right of Verizon or any third party.

Trademarks

The Verizon name and logo and all related product and service names, design marks and slogans are trademarks, service marks or registered trademarks of Verizon and may not be used in any manner without the prior written consent of Verizon. All other product and service marks are trademarks of their respective owners.

Designated Agent for Digital Millennium Copyright Act Claims Pursuant to Title II of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, all claims of copyright infringement for material that is believed to be residing on Verizon's system or network should be promptly sent in the form of written notice to Verizon's Designated Agent:

Patrick M. Flaherty - Designated Agent for DMCA Notices
Verizon Corporate Services Corp.
1515 North Courthouse Road, Suite 500
Arlington, Virginia 22201
Telephone No.: 703-351-3845
Facsimile No.: 703-351-3669
Email address:
patrick.m.flaherty@verizon.com

All claims must include the following information:

1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or if multiple copyrighted works at a single on-line site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material;
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the Complaining Party, such as an address, telephone number, and if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
5. A statement that the Complaining Party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the Complaining Party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Copyright Notice

Copyright 2006 Verizon. All rights reserved. Permission to copy and distribute all documents and related graphics from this World Wide Web (WWW) server is granted subject to the following:

1. The materials provided herein are for internal, non-commercial use only, and
2. Any copies of documents contained within this server or portions thereof must include the above copyright notice.

Each document published by Verizon on this server may contain other proprietary notices or describe products, services, processes or technologies owned by Verizon or third parties. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as granting to the user a license under any copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property right of Verizon or any third party.

Consent to Monitoring and Disclosure

Verizon is under no obligation to monitor the information residing or transmitted to this site. However, anyone accessing this site agrees that Verizon may monitor the site to:

1. Comply with any necessary laws, regulations or governmental requests.
2. In its sole discretion, operate the Web site in a manner it deems proper or to protect against conduct it deems inappropriate.

Verizon shall have the right, but not the obligation, to reject or eliminate any information residing on or transmitted to the Web site that it, in its sole discretion, believes is unacceptable.

Limitation of Liability

You assume all responsibility and risk for the use of this site and the Internet generally. In no event shall Verizon or its affiliates be liable for any direct, special, indirect or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever; including but not limited to loss of use, data or profits, without regard to the form of any action; including but not limited to contract, negligence or other tortuous actions, arising out of or in connection with the use, copying or display of the content resulting from access to or use of this site; or the Internet generally, under contract, tort or any other cause of action or legal theory.

Although Verizon believes the content to be accurate, complete and current, Verizon makes no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or currency of the content. It is your responsibility to verify any information before relying on it. The content of this site may include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. From time to time, changes are made to the content herein. Verizon may make changes in the products and/or the services described herein at any time.

Warranty Disclaimer

Access to each site (including any information or materials therein) is provided on an "as is" basis, without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties of title, non infringement or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

No advice or information given by Verizon, its affiliates or their respective employees shall create any warranty. Neither Verizon nor its affiliates warrant that the information or materials on, or access to, any site will be without interruption or error free.

Endorsements and Linked Sites

Some of the sites listed as links herein are not under the control of Verizon. Accordingly, Verizon makes no representations whatsoever concerning the content of those sites.

The fact that Verizon has provided a link to a site is NOT an endorsement, authorization, sponsorship or affiliation by Verizon with respect to such site, its owners or its providers. Verizon is providing these links only as a convenience. Verizon has not tested any information, software or products found on these sites and therefore cannot make any representations whatsoever with respect thereto.

There are risks in using any information, software or products found on the Internet; and Verizon cautions you to make sure that you completely understand these risks before retrieving, using, relying upon or purchasing anything via the Internet.

Security

You agree that you will comply with any security processes and procedures (such as passwords) specified by Verizon with respect to access to or use of the Web site. Further, you agree not to access or attempt to access any areas of or through a Web site which are not intended for general public access, unless you have been provided with explicit written authorization to do so by Verizon.

Changes and Other Terms

Verizon has the right to make changes and updates to any information contained within this site without prior notice. Verizon reserves the right to change any of the Terms of Use without prior notice. Access to particular areas on the site may be subject to additional or different terms and conditions, as specified by Verizon from time to time.

Failure to Comply

Verizon has the right to terminate or restrict your access to any or all Web sites, unilaterally and without notice, in the event you violate any of these terms of use (what are the terms of use are not defined). Verizon also reserves any and all remedies at law or equity in connection with violation of these Terms of Use.

Information Provided by You

Except as provided below, any unsolicited information provided by you, that does not contain individually identifiable information, including but not limited to unsolicited feedback, data, questions, comments, suggestions or the like shall be deemed to be non-confidential.

Verizon shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such unsolicited information and shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose and distribute the information to others without limitation, except for information that is personally identifiable.

Additionally, Verizon shall be free to use any such unsolicited ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such information for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products incorporating such information.

Verizon's use of any individually identifiable information provided by you shall be governed in accordance with Verizon's General Privacy Principles and Privacy and Customer Security Policies.

Updated March 2007