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CALIFORNIA CEO WEBSITE — WEBSITE TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN USER AND CALIFORNIA CEO INC.

This website is offered to you, the user, conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. Your use of this website constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices.

PERSONAL AND NONCOMMERCIAL USE LIMITATION

This website is for your personal and noncommercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from this website.

NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE

 As a condition of your use of this website, you warrant to California CEO Inc. that you will not use this website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices.

E-MAIL COMMUNICATION WITH CALIFORNIA CEO

This entire domain and all associated e-mail addresses are located in the states of California and Washington, and sending mail to addresses at this domain is subject to the laws of the state of California and the provisions of the Revised Code of Washington.

USE OF BULLETIN BOARD AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS FORUMS

If this website contains bulletin boards, chat rooms, or other message or communication facilities (collectively, “Forums”), you agree to use the Forums only to send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Forum. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Forum, you shall not do any of the following:

— Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.

— Publish, post, distribute or disseminate any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful material or information.

— Upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.

— Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer.

— Delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded. — Falsify the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.

— Advertise or offer to sell any goods or services, or conduct or forward surveys, contests, or chain letters.

— Download any file posted by another user of a Forum that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.

You acknowledge that all Forums are public and not private communications. Further, you acknowledge that chats, postings, conferences, and other communications by other users are not endorsed by California CEO and such communications shall not be considered reviewed, screened, or approved by California CEO. California CEO reserves the right for any reason to remove without notice any contents of the Forums received from users, including without limitation bulletin board postings. California CEO reserves the right to deny in its sole discretion any user access to this website or any portion thereof without notice.

SOFTWARE AVAILABLE ON THIS WEBSITE

Any software that is made available to download from this website (“Software”) is the copyrighted work of California CEO Inc. and/or its suppliers. Your use of the Software is governed by the terms of the end user license agreement, if any, which accompanies or is included with the Software (“License Agreement”). You may not install or use any Software that is accompanied by or includes a License Agreement unless you first agree to the License Agreement terms.

For any Software not accompanied by a license agreement, California CEO Inc. hereby grants to you, the user, a personal, nontransferable license to use the Software for viewing and otherwise using this website in accordance with these terms and conditions, and for no other purpose.

Please note that all Software, including without limitation all HTML code contained in this website, is owned by California CEO Inc. and/or its suppliers and is protected by copyright laws and international treaty provisions. Any reproduction or redistribution of the Software is expressly prohibited by law, and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, COPYING OR REPRODUCTION OF THE SOFTWARE TO ANY OTHER SERVER OR LOCATION FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED. THE SOFTWARE IS WARRANTED, IF AT ALL, ONLY ACCORDING TO THE TERMS OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT.

You acknowledge that the Software, and any accompanying documentation and/or technical information, is subject to applicable export control laws and regulations of the USA. You agree not export or reexport the Software, directly or indirectly, to any countries that are subject to USA export restrictions.

LINKING TO THE CALIFORNIA CEO WEBSITE

Websites operated by parties other than California CEO Inc. may create hyperlinks that point to specific pages contained within the California CEO website. However, HTML webpages or Portable Document Format (PDF) files containing California CEO content may not be downloaded for inclusion as part of a website that is not controlled by California CEO Inc. without specific written permission from the publisher. California CEO Inc. does not guarantee the permanency of any information and/or webpages contained in the California CEO website, and all information and/or webpages contained in the California CEO website are subject to replacement, repositioning or removal without prior notice. You may direct requests for hyperlink URLs and requests for webpage usage to webmaster@californiaceo.com.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES

This website contains hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than California CEO. Such hyperlinks are provided for your reference only. California CEO does not control such websites and is not responsible for their contents. California CEO’s inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any association with their operators.

USE OF INFORMATION

California CEO and/or its affiliates may gather, process and use (and allow others to use) the information which you provide directly (e.g., name, physical address, e-mail address), as well as information regarding the manner in which you use this website. From time to time, California CEO may allow others to offer products and services to you.

COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICES:

All contents of this website are:

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California CEO and the California CEO logomark are trademarks of California CEO Inc. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

California CEO Inc. reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which this website is offered.

WEBSITE CONTACT

E-mail webmaster@californiaceo.com with questions or problems concerning this website.

LIABILITY DISCLAIMER

The information, software, products, and services published on this website may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information herein. California CEO and/or its respective suppliers may make improvements and/or changes in this website at any time.

CALIFORNIA CEO INC. AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES CONTAINED ON THIS WEBSITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. CALIFORNIA CEO AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL CALIFORNIA CEO AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEBSITE, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES OBTAINED THROUGH THIS WEBSITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF CALIFORNIA CEO OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS 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.

GENERAL

This agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Washington, U.S.A. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in King County, Washington, U.S.A. in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of this website. Use of this website is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph.

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and California CEO Inc. as a result of this agreement or use of this website.

California CEO Inc.’s performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of California CEO Inc.’s right to comply with law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of this website or information provided to or gathered by California CEO with respect to such use.

If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.

This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and California CEO Inc. with respect to this website and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and California CEO Inc. with respect to this website. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.

Fictitious names of companies, products, people, characters and/or data that may be used herein are not intended to represent any real individual, company, product or event.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.