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Legal Terms of Use

Index:
Restrictions on the Use of Materials on the Web Site
Third Party Web Sites
Submitted Information
Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
Indemnification
International Users and Choice of Law
Integration and Severability
Trademarks, Trade Names, and Service Marks
Modification and Termination of This Agreement

Welcome to our Web Site. By using our Web Site, you agree to be bound by the following terms and all applicable laws and regulations (including export and re-export control laws), and you agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please do not use this Web Site.

Restrictions on the Use of Materials on the Web Site

You should assume that all materials on this Web Site, including, but not limited to, all files, images, text, software and data, are protected and owned by us or a third party who licensed us the right to use such material. This Web Site and all materials on it are copyrighted and protected by worldwide copyright laws and treaty provisions.

These materials are licensed to you for your personal, non-commercial use. You may download, print, or view individual pages for noncommercial use in learning about, evaluating or purchasing Great Lakes' services or products, provided you do not delete or change any of the information, including copyright and trademark notices. Unless otherwise expressly noted, you may not:

use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or noncommercial);

remove any copyright, or other proprietary notations from the materials;

transfer the materials to another person or "mirror" the materials on any other server; or

modify, reverse-engineer, disassemble, redistribute, republish, upload, or re-use any of the text, graphics or other materials on this Web Site without Great Lake's written permission.

We make no warranties or representations to you that your use of any materials displayed on this Web Site will not infringe the rights of third parties.

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Third Party Web Sites

We may provide links and pointers to Internet sites maintained by others ("third party sites"). We have not reviewed nor do we monitor all of the third party sites linked to our Web Site and we are not responsible for the contents of or any products or services offered in such third party sites.

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Submitted Information

If you submit any information to us, including any comments, remarks, suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, graphics, concepts, recipes or other information, you are giving that information, and all your rights in it, to us free of charge, and that information will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary and may be used by us for any purpose, without your consent or any compensation to you or anyone else. This is true whether you submit such information to us by e-mail, through a form on this Web Site, on a bulletin board, or in any other manner.

Please do not submit or transmit any materials that are threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, profane or might in any other way violate any law. You are solely responsible for any material you submit to us.

Through your usage of the Web Site, you may submit to us and/or we may gather certain limited information about you and your Web Site usage. We are free to use such information for any purpose it deems appropriate, including marketing purposes.

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Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

ALL MATERIAL ON THIS WEB SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR SUITABILITY OF ANY OF THE MATERIAL ON THIS WEB SITE, OR ON ANY SITE OR SITES "LINKED" TO THIS SITE. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THIS WEB SITE WILL BE AVAILABLE, UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR FREE OR FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. WE FURTHER MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT YOU WILL ACHIEVE SUCCESSFUL RESULTS FROM FOLLOWING ANY INSTRUCTIONS, DIRECTIONS OR RECIPES ON THIS WEB SITE.

IN ANY CASE, OUR LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL LOSSES, DAMAGES, INJURIES AND CLAIMS OF EVERY KIND (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT OR OTHERWISE) WILL NOT BE GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO ACCESS THIS WEB SITE.

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Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold us and our subsidiary and other affiliated companies, and their employees, contractors, officers and directors harmless from all liabilities, claims and expenses, including attorney's fees, that arise from your use or misuse of this site or the content therein. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will cooperate with us in asserting any available defenses.

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International Users and Choice of Law

This Web Site is controlled, operated and administered from offices within the United States of America. We make no representation that materials at this Web Site are appropriate or available for use at other locations outside of the United States and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. You may not use this Web Site or export the materials from it in violation of U.S. export laws and regulations. If you access this Web Site from a location outside of the United States, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws.

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by the laws of the State of Indiana, U.S.A., without giving affect to its conflict of laws provisions. You expressly agree that the exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or action arising out of or relating to this agreement or your use of this Web Site shall be filed only in the state or federal courts located in the State of Indiana, U.S.A., and you further agree and submit to the exercise of personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of litigating any such claim or action.

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Integration and Severability

This agreement constitutes our entire agreement with you respecting your use of this Web Site. Any cause of action you may have with respect to your use of this Web Site must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of the agreement, or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of the agreement, and the remainder of this agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

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Trademarks, Trade Names, and Service Marks

Unless otherwise indicated, all logos, names, package designs and marks on this Web Site are trademarks or service marks owned or used under license. The use or misuse of any of these marks or other material without the express written consent of the respect owner is strictly prohibited.

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Modification and Termination of This Agreement

We may modify these terms and conditions at any time without notice to you. We may terminate this agreement at any time, without notice to you, if it believes, in its sole judgement, that you have breached or may breach any term or condition of this agreement, or it may terminate this agreement for its convenience. You may terminate this agreement at any time by destroying all materials received from us and ceasing to use this Web Site.

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