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Your Acceptance of These Terms and Conditions
Please take a few minutes to carefully review these terms and conditions. By accessing and using this Web site you agree to follow and be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to follow and be bound by these terms and conditions, you may not access, use or download materials from this Web site.
These Terms and Conditions May Change
Syngenta reserves the right to update or modify these terms and conditions at any time without prior notice. Your use of this Web site following any such change constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by the terms and conditions as changed. For this reason, we encourage you to review these terms and conditions every time you use this Web site. These terms and conditions were last revised on November 13, 2000.
Copyright Notice and Limited License
Everything you see and hear on this Web site (the "Content"), including, for example, all of the text, photographs, illustrations, graphics, audio clips, video clips, and audio-video clips, is copyrighted under United States law and applicable international copyright laws and treaty provisions. The copyrights in the Content are owned by Syngenta Corporation or by one of its affiliates, or by third parties who have licensed their materials to Syngenta. The entire Content of this site is copyrighted as a collective work under United States law and applicable international copyright laws and treaties, and Syngenta owns the copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of the Content.
You may download, store, print, and copy selected portions of the Content of this site, provided you:
(1) only use the Content you download for your personal, noncommercial use or to further your business dealings with Syngenta;
(2) you do not publish or post any part of the Content on any other Internet site;
(3) you do not publish or broadcast any part of the Content in or on any other media;
(4) you do not modify or alter the Content in any way or delete or modify any copyright or trademark notices or notices of confidentiality.
Except as expressly stated above, you may not copy, download, print, publish, display, perform, distribute, transmit, transfer, translate, modify, add to, update, compile, abridge or in any other way transform or adapt all or any part of the Content of this site without first obtaining written permission from Syngenta.
Except as expressly stated above, no right, title or interest in the downloaded Content is transferred to you when you download Content from this site. Except for the limited, non-exclusive license expressly granted above, nothing contained in these terms and conditions or on this Web site shall be construed as conferring a license, be it by implication, estoppel or otherwise, or any other right under any copyright, trademark, patent, or other intellectual property right of Syngenta or any third party.
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Except as expressly stated in these terms and conditions, you may not reproduce, display or otherwise use any Trademark without first obtaining Syngenta's written permission.
Unsolicited Ideas
Syngenta welcomes your comments and feedback regarding this Web site. All information and materials submitted to Syngenta through this Web site, such as any comments, feedback, ideas, questions, designs, data or the like, will be considered NON-CONFIDENTIAL and NON-PROPRIETARY. For this reason, we ask that you not send us any information or materials that you do not wish to assign to us, including, without limitation, any confidential information or any original creative materials such as product ideas, computer code, or original artwork.
By submitting communications and/or materials to Syngenta through this Web site, you assign to Syngenta, free of charge, all worldwide rights, title and interest in all copyrights and other intellectual property rights in the information and/or materials you submit. Syngenta will be entitled to use any information and/or materials you submit through this Web site, and any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in any such information and/or materials, for any purpose whatsoever, included but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information or materials without restriction and without compensating you in any way.
However, Syngenta will not use any information or materials you submit through this Web site in a way that violates applicable privacy laws. In particular, Syngenta will not release your name or otherwise publicize the fact that you submitted information or materials to us unless: (a) we obtain your permission to use your name; or (b) we first notify you that the materials or other information you submit to a particular part of this site will be published or otherwise used with your name on it; or (c) we are required to do so by law.
You are responsible for the information and other content contained in any communications you submit through this Web site, including, without limitation, their truthfulness and accuracy.
Third-Party Information
Some of the information, articles and other materials available through this site are provided to Syngenta by third-parties, including third-party news and stock quotation services. Wherever practical, in our opinion, the source of these third-party materials is identified. These third-party materials are provided for your interest and convenience only. Syngenta does not endorse these materials or the vendors who supply them to us, nor does Syngenta warrant or represent that these materials are current, accurate, complete or reliable. Syngenta accepts no responsibility for any use to which third party information is put.
Links to Other Web sites
This site contains hyperlinks to Web sites that are not operated by Syngenta. These hyperlinks are provided for your reference and convenience only, and do not imply any endorsement of the material on these third-party Web sites or any association with their operators. Syngenta does not control these Web sites and is not responsible for their contents. You access and use these Web sites solely at your own risk.
Product Information
Any information contained or referenced in this Web site is suitable only and is not to be construed other than as an introduction to Syngenta and its products and services. For specific advice and instructions related to our products and services, please contact Syngenta directly. Persons intending to use a crop protection or seed product must read and follow the label accompanying that product and comply with all applicable laws and regulations relating to the use of that product. Before using any crop protection product, be sure that it is registered for use in your country.
Global Availability
Because different countries around the world have different laws and regulatory requirements, some products are available in some countries and not in others. This site contains references or cross references to Syngenta products, programs and services that may not be available or announced in your country. These references do not imply that Syngenta intends to announce such products, programs or services in your country. Consult your local Syngenta sales representative or contact Syngenta if you have questions about which products, programs and services may be available to you.
Right to Alter Web site
SYNGENTA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ALTER THE CONTENT AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THIS WEB SITE IN ANY WAY, OR TO LIMIT ACCESS TO THIS WEB SITE, OR TO SHUT DOWN THIS WEB SITE, AT ANY TIME, FOR ANY REASON, WITHOUT PRIOR NOTIFICATION, AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH CHANGES.
Not An Offer or Invitation to Invest
The information on this Web site does not constitute and shall not be deemed as an offer or invitation to invest or otherwise deal in shares or other securities of Syngenta. Nor is any such offer or invitation being made or solicited. Share prices, and income from those shares, may go up or down at any time, and potential investors should be aware that past performance is not necessarily an indication of future performance. Potential investors should seek independent financial advise prior to any investment decision.
Forward-Looking Statements
Our Web site may contain forward-looking statements - i.e., statements not of historical fact, including statements about our beliefs and expectations. These statements are based on current plans, estimates and projections, and therefore readers should not place undue reliance on them. These statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of Syngenta's control. In our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, we have identified certain factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we undertake no obligation to update any of them in light of new information or future events.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
THIS WEB SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS," "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, SYNGENTA AND ITS AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, SYNGENTA DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THIS WEB SITE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION OR THAT ITS OPERATION WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. SYNGENTA DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE CONTENT OF THIS SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES, WORMS OR OTHER CODE THAT MAY MANIFEST CONTAMINATING OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES. ALTHOUGH SYNGENTA HAS MADE AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE GREAT EFFORTS TO PROVIDE ACCURATE AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION, INFORMATION PUBLISHED ON THIS WEB SITE MAY BE INCOMPLETE OR OUTDATED AND MAY CONTAIN INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. SYNGENTA DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE, VALIDITY, ACCURACY, CURRENCY OR RELIABILITY OF, OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF, OR OTHERWISE RESPECTING THIS WEB SITE OR ANY INFORMATION PUBLISHED ON THIS WEB SITE.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, SHALL SYNGENTA, ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS, BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR ACCESS OF, USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEB SITE OR YOUR RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS WEB SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, SYNGENTA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR POSSIBLE ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE CONTENTS OF THIS SITE; THIS APPLIES IN PARTICULAR TO ANY REFERENCES TO PRODUCTS AND SERVICES SUPPLIED BY SYNGENTA. THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY THAT APPLIES TO ALL LOSSES AND DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT, GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF DATA, REVENUE OR PROFITS. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY APPLIES WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER BASIS AND EVEN IF AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF SYNGENTA OR ITS AFFILIATES HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
SOME COUNTRIES OR SOME POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF CERTAIN COUNTRIES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SET FORTH ABOVE, SO THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF ANY PART OF THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS FOUND TO BE INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF SYNGENTA AND/OR ITS AFFILIATES UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES FOR LIABILITIES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN LIMITED SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED ($100.00) DOLLARS.
Entire Agreement
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Syngenta with respect to your access to and/or use of this Web site.
Effective Date
The terms and conditions set forth above are effective as of November 13, 2000.
Privacy Statement
Introduction. www.brassicastoday.com is owned and operated by Syngenta AG. Syngenta is committed to respecting the legal requirements that exist regarding the personal privacy of the individuals who use this Site. This Privacy Statement describes the Syngenta current policies and practices with regard to personal data collected by Syngenta through this Site.
Definitions. The term "personal data" means information relating to an identified or identifiable natural or legal person, for example, the name, age, e-mail address or mailing address of the individual. The term "Site" refers to the Web site located at www.brassicastoday.com. The term "Syngenta" means Syngenta AG. The term "affiliates" means any business entity throughout the world which is controlled by or is under common control with Syngenta.
Notification of Changes to this Privacy Statement. Syngenta is continually improving and adding new functionality and features to this Site. These ongoing improvements, changes in the law or changes in technology may require changes to this Privacy Statement. Syngenta reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Statement at any time without prior notice.
We will notify you of changes to this Privacy Statement by posting an updated or modified version of this Privacy Statement on this Site. Your use of this Site following any such change constitutes your agreement that personal information collected from or about you through this Site after the revised Privacy Statement is posted will be subject to the terms of the revised Privacy Statement. Syngenta will not apply changes to this Privacy Statement to any personal data Syngenta collected before the revised Privacy Statement was posted on this Site.
For your convenience, whenever this Privacy Statement is changed, we will alert you by posting a notice on this site for thirty days.
Please review this Privacy Statement regularly. You may access the current version of this Privacy Statement at any time by clicking on the button marked "Privacy" at the bottom of each page of this Site.
This Privacy Statement was last revised on Monday, 05 August 2002.
Your Consent. This Privacy Statement is included in and is part of the www.brassicastoday.com Terms and Conditions. By agreeing to its terms and using this Site, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal data as set forth in this Privacy Statement.
Personal Data Collected Through www.brassicastoday.com
Personal Data You Provide. Syngenta collects the personal data you provide to us when you use this Site. This information may include, for example, your name, the name of your company, your or your company's mailing address and your e-mail address.
Syngenta uses the personal data you provide when you use this Site to provide the information, services and products you request. For example, we may use your e-mail address to respond to your comments and questions. In some cases, the site will allow registration to promotional events; we will use your email or mailing address to provide brochures, maps and event information
Syngenta also uses the personal information collected through this Site to improve the content and functionality of this Site, to better understand our customers and markets, to improve our products and services and to market our products and services to our customers and potential customers, including those who are registered users of this Site. From time to time, we may contact you with information about agricultural products and services. If you do not want us to contact you for such purposes, please notify us.
Click-Stream Data. Syngenta uses technology to track your use of this Site, for example, which pages you view and which links you use. This information about your use of this Site is called "click-stream data." Click-stream data helps us determine what is important to you, and what is not. It helps us decide what content and features to add and what to discard. It also helps us determine whether our Site is easy to use or whether we need to redesign certain pages and links. Click-stream data does not identify you personally. If Syngenta links any click-stream data to your personal name we will treat it as personal data.
Cookies. We may obtain information about you by installing our own marker on your computer. This marker is commonly called a "cookie" and it enables us to know you by a computer-generated, unique identifier. By providing you a unique identifier, we are able to create a database of your previous choices and preferences, and in situations where those choices or preferences need to be collected again, they can be supplied by us automatically, saving you time and effort. For example, after you purchase a product once, if you need to purchase it again you previous selection of size, colour or other features will be retained and can be re-entered more quickly. Your computer may be specially configured to reject cookies: please refer to your browser for more information.
Disclosure of Personal Data to Our Affiliates. Syngenta shares personal data collected through this Site with its affiliates, who may use the information in the same ways as Syngenta may use the information. If you do not want Syngenta to share your personal information with its affiliates, please notify us.
Disclosure of Personal Data to Unrelated Third-Parties
Both Syngenta and its affiliates share personal information collected through this Site with third-parties throughout the world who act for or on behalf of Syngenta and/or its affiliates, for example, companies that provide support services to us, including data processing services, or that help us market our products and services. These companies may need information about you in order to perform their functions. These companies are not authorized to use the information we share with them for any other purpose than those to which we have notified you under this Privacy Statement.
In addition, there may be some other, limited circumstances in which Syngenta or its affiliates may share or transfer the information in their databases to an unrelated third party, for example, to comply with a legal requirement, for the administration of justice, to protect your or your company's vital interests, or in the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar event.
Where appropriate, before disclosing personal information to a third party, Syngenta will contractually require the third party to take adequate precautions to protect that data against unauthorized use or disclosure. If you do not want Syngenta to share your personal information with third parties under these strictly controlled conditions, please notify us.
Data Integrity and Security. Syngenta will take commercially reasonable measures to maintain the reliability, accuracy, completeness and currency of personal information in our databases and to protect the security of our databases. We keep your personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or to comply with any applicable legal reporting or document retention requirements. Our servers and our databases are protected by industry standard security technology, such as industry standard firewalls and password protection. The employees who have access to personal information have been trained to handle such data properly and in accordance with our security protocols. Although we cannot guarantee against any loss, misuse, unauthorized disclosure, alternation or destruction of data, we try to prevent such unfortunate occurrences.
Data Access and Corrections. You may wish to access or correct personal information collected through this Site by writing to our webmaster at: Syngenta AG, Attention: Webmaster, WRO-1010.P.05, PO Box, CH- 4002 Basel. Please provide enough information to permit us to identify your personal information. We will respond to your requests in a prompt and proper manner. If we can accommodate your request without incurring significant expense, we will attempt to do. Requests to correct or delete personal data are subject to any applicable legal reporting or document retention obligations imposed on Syngenta.
Children. Syngenta does not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of eighteen. If you are under eighteen, please do not give us any personal data. If you have reason to believe that a child has provided personal data to Syngenta, please contact us, and we will endeavour to delete that information from our databases.
Hyperlink to Other Sites. This Privacy Statement applies only to www.brassicastoday.com. Syngenta and its affiliates operate many different types of Web sites for different purposes and in different countries where different laws may apply. If you visit another Web site operated by Syngenta or its affiliates, please take a moment to review the privacy statement posted on that site to learn what personal information may be collected through that site and how it is processed.
www.brassicastoday.com contains hyperlinks to Web sites that are not operated by Syngenta or one of its affiliates. These hyperlinks are provided for your reference and convenience only and do not imply any endorsement of the activities of these third-party Web sites or any association with their operators. Syngenta does not control these Web sites and is not responsible for their data practices. We urge you to review the privacy policy posted on any Site you visit before using the Site or providing any personal information about yourself.
Transfer of Data Abroad. Syngenta and its affiliates are engaged in a global business. Syngenta and its affiliates have facilities and databases in different countries. Syngenta and its affiliates may, from time to time, transfer your personal data to a database belonging to Syngenta, an affiliate or a third-party in another country for the purposes described in this Privacy Statement. When Syngenta does so, Syngenta will take reasonable precautions, in accordance with applicable law, to protect the confidentiality and security of your personal data.
Questions About Our Privacy Statement. If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement or concerns about the way www.brassicastoday.com processes your personal data, please notify us.
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