Disclaimer

AGREEMENT BETWEEN USER AND GREATER HOUSTON RETAILER’S COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (“GHRA”)

TERMS OF USE

The GHRA Website is comprised of various Web pages operated by GHRA.

The GHRA Website is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. Your use of the GHRA Website constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices.

MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS OF USE

GHRA reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which the GHRA Website is offered, including but not limited to the charges associated with the use of the GHRA Website.

NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE

As a condition of your use of the GHRA Website, you warrant to GHRA that you will not use the GHRA Website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use the GHRA Website in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the GHRA Website or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the GHRA Website. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the GHRA Websites.

REGISTERED USERS

Visitors to the GHRA Website may use the public areas of the website for informational purposes and are subject to these Terms. In addition, certain areas of this website contain information intended only for its members. Accordingly, GHRA reserves the right to limit access to certain areas of the GHRA Website to its members who meet the qualifications imposed by us. We reserve the right to discontinue access to any restricted area of the GHRA Website at any time, without notice to you, for any reason. If you are or become a registered user, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your User ID and password. If you become aware of unauthorized use of your User ID and password, you agree to immediately notify GHRA. The personal information provided by you is subject to our Privacy Policy, which can be found at https://www.ghraonline.com/privacy-policy/.

LIABILITY DISCLAIMER

THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE GHRA WEBSITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. GHRA WEBSITE AND/OR ITS VENDORS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE GHRA WEBSITE AT ANY TIME.

GHRA, ITS DIRECTORS, MEMBERS, THE GHRA WEBSITE AND/OR ITS VENDORS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE GHRA WEBSITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. GHRA WEBSITE AND/OR ITS VENDORS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL GHRA, ITS DIRECTORS, MEMBERS, THE GHRA WEBSITE AND/OR ITS VENDORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE GHRA WEBSITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE GHRA WEBSITE OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE GHRA WEBSITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE GHRA WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF GHRA WEBSITE OR ANY OF ITS VENDORS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE GHRA WEBSITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE GHRA WEBSITE.

SERVICE CONTACT : info@ghraonline.com

ADDITIONAL DISCLAIMERS

GHRA Website does not make any representations about the suitability of the information contained on this web site for any purpose. This website and all of the information it contains is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind whether express or implied. All implied warranties, including, without limitation, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement, are hereby expressly disclaimed. In no event shall GHRA, its directors, members, or the GHRA Website be liable to any person or business entity for any special, direct, indirect, punitive, incidental or consequential damages arising out of or in connection with the use of this web site or any other web site to which this site is linked, including, without limitation, any lost profits, business interruption, or loss of programs or information even if GHRA, its board, or members has been specifically advised of the possibility of such damages whether based on contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise. Because some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you.

CONTENT DISCLAIMER

GHRA, its directors, members or the GHRA Website shall not be responsible for any errors or omissions contained in this web site and reserve the right to make changes without notice. User therefore acknowledges and accepts that the information published on this web site may include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors.

LICENSE DISCLAIMER

Nothing on this website shall be construed as conferring any license under any of GHRA or any third party’s intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication, or otherwise

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES

This site may contain links to other sites on the Internet. These links are provided for your convenience. Links to another site do not constitute GHRA’s approval or endorsement of that site or its products or advertisements.

IDEAS AND CONCEPTS

Any information provided to GHRA in connection with this website shall be provided by the submitter and received by GHRA on a non-confidential basis. GHRA shall be free to use such information on an unrestricted basis and such information will become the exclusive property of GHRA to be used by it as it deems appropriate without compensation of any kind to any other party.

CLAIMS RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE

As a condition of use of this web site, you, the end user, agree to indemnify GHRA, its directors, members, the GHRA Website and its content providers from and against any and all liabilities, expenses, including attorneys’ fees and damages arising out of claims resulting from your use of this website, including, without limitation to any claims alleging facts that if true would constitute a breach by you of these terms and conditions.

RIGHTS RESERVED

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. GHRA reserves the right to change this Agreement at any time by revising the terms and conditions herein. Users are responsible for regularly reviewing these terms and conditions. Continued use of this website following any such changes shall constitute the user’s acceptance of such changes.

GOVERNING LAW AND NO RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARTIES

GHRA reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the GHRA Website and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. This Agreement will be governed by the laws, of the state of Texas, constitutes the entire Agreement, and supersedes any and all other agreements, understandings, and communications between the parties; may only be amended or otherwise modified by a written instrument executed by an authorized representative of GHRA. User acknowledges that no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship exists between the user and GHRA as a result of this Agreement or use of this web site. User agrees not to hold him or herself out as a representative, agent or employee of GHRA and GHRA shall not be liable for any representation, act or omission of the user.

PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

The information, products and services referred to on this website are offered by or through GHRA, its cooperative association of retailers, its subsidiaries, or its affiliate entities. The information, products and services and the applicable terms and conditions may change at any time. GHRA is a cooperative association of retailers in the greater Houston area. There may be eligibility requirements for these products and services and they may not be available in all geographic areas. GHRA reserves the right to provide information solely based upon its members’ needs and initiatives, and GHRA may limit its products and services to those members. .

Information Collection, Use, and Sharing

We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone. We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g. to ship an order. Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.

Your Access to and Control Over Information

You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website:

  • See what data we have about you, if any
  • Change/correct any data we have about you
  • Have us delete any data we have about you
  • Express any concern you have about our use of your data

Security

We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline and we have implemented technology and security policies which intend to reduce the risk of unauthorized disclosure or access of sensitive information.

Children’s Privacy

We do not intend this site to be used by children under the age of 13. Protecting the privacy of children is especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at our website from those we actually know are under the age of 13, and no part of our website is structured to attract anyone under the age of 13.

Links

This web site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Sharing

We share aggregated demographic information with our members, vendors and other service providers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.

We also partner with other service providers and vendors, to provide specific services to our members. When the user signs up for these services, we will share names, or other contact information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services. These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.

Cookies

We use “cookies” on this site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor’s hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. For instance, when we use a cookie to identify you, you would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site.

Some of our third party service providers and/or vendors may use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.

Prospective Service Providers Registration

In order to offer your services to our cooperative association as a prospective vendor or instructor, you must first complete a registration form. You understand that the registration form in no way makes it incumbent upon us to obtain your services. During registration you will be required to give certain information (such as name, email address and pricing). This information will be used to contact you about the products/services which you have expressed interest in providing our membership. At our option, we may use this information in our general body meetings to discuss whether or not to accept your services.

Updates to Privacy Policy

We may update this Policy at any time by posting an amended Policy. The amended Policy shall become effective on it posting. Please visit this page from time to time to view our most updated Policy. If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via telephone or via email. This Policy was last updated on January 20, 2009.