CONDITIONS OF USE

The River Bend Growth Association Web site contains both a publically viewable front end and an access restricted back end. The Members Only section of The River Bend Growth Association Web site is an access restricted area. Membership is required, as is Registration, for access to this area.

YOUR ACCOUNT

If you use The River Bend Growth Association Members Only site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. The River Bend Growth Association reserves the right to deny access and remove or edit content in their sole discretion.

PRIVACY

The River Bend Growth Association believes your privacy is of the highest priority. As such, we strive to ensure any information you provide is protected to the best of our ability. The following is an outline of our commitment to the privacy of your information, also the information we gather, and how that information is used within our organization. The River Bend Growth Association does not practice, nor do we approve of the practice of sending unsolicited electronic mail. We do not purchase email lists. We do however, make available contact specific information from our member base to be used by all members for the purpose of contacting you for solicitation purposes and to establish professional relations. Your email address and/or member information may also be shared with a third party as required by law.

The River Bend Growth Association Web site does record and track IP addresses, browser information (such as version, make and model), and referring links (i.e. how you navigated to a page) of visitors to our Web site. This information helps us analyze site traffic patterns and usage as well as improve the information we provide and quality of service. The River Bend Growth Association will use and disseminate to our partners and consultants non-identifying aggregate demographic information for market research purposes. We reiterate that this information cannot be used in any way to identify you, but instead to understand the profiles of our Web site visitors and broad web site usage patterns. We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our web site.

Intake forms provided on this site will often require users to give us personally identifying information. We use this information for the purpose of gathering information, processing requests or as a means to contact you to provide additional information.

By using the services of The River Bend Growth Association Web site, you consent to the collection and use if this information by The River Bend Growth Association.  If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post the changes on our privacy page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. The River Bend Growth Association reserves the right, at any time, to modify, alter or update these policies, and you agree to be bound by such modifications, alterations, or updates.

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

When you visit growthassociation.com or members.growthassociation.com, complete an intake form, or send emails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by email or by posting notices on this site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

COPYRIGHT

All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of The River Bend Growth Association or its content suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws.

LICENSE AND SITE ACCESS

The River Bend Growth Association grants you a limited license to access and make use of this site and its content. You may not modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of The River Bend Growth Association. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents; any collection and use of any member base listings for distribution or sale to third parties; any derivative use of this site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another party; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of The River Bend Growth Association. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of The River Bend Growth Association without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing The River Bend Growth Association's name without the express written consent of The River Bend Growth Association. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by The River Bend Growth Association.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

THIS SITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE PROVIDED BY THE RIVER BEND GROWTH ASSOCIATION ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. THE RIVER BEND GROWTH ASSOCIATION MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, AND MATERIALS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE RIVER BEND GROWTH ASSOCIATION DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE RIVER BEND GROWTH ASSOCIATION DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE, ITS SERVERS, OR EMAIL SENT FROM GROWTHASSOCIATION.COM OR LC.EDU ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THE RIVER BEND GROWTH ASSOCIATION WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

APPLICABLE LAW

By visiting growthassociation.com, you agree that the laws of the state of Illinois, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Conditions of Use and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and The River Bend Growth Association.

SITE POLICIES, MODIFICATION, AND SEVERABILITY

We reserve the right to make changes to our site, policies, and these Conditions of Use at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.