Terms of Use

Terms of Use

The Terms of Use agreement below applies to Tempest HVAC Pros internet site at www.tempesthvacpros.com

Tempest HVAC Pros grants you permission to use the Service as set forth in this Agreement, provided that: (i) you will not copy, distribute, or disclose any part of the Service in any medium; (ii) you will not alter or modify any part of the Service other than as may be reasonably necessary to use the Service for its intended purpose with Tempest HVAC Pros consent; and (iii) you will otherwise comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Registration
Your are not required to create a user account on our webpage to be able to use our services. This requirement is subject to a change and you may need to register with Tempest HVAC Pros and create a “Member” account to be able to use our services in the future. Your account gives you access to the services and functionality that we may establish, maintain and update from time to time. You may never use another Member’s account without permission. You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your account, and you must keep your account password secure. You must notify Tempest HVAC Pros immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account. You may use your Account Settings to control your Member Profile.

Abuse
You agree not to use or launch any automated system, including without limitation, “robots,” “spiders,” “offline readers,” etc., that accesses the Service. You agree not to collect or harvest any personally identifiable information, including account names, from the Service nor to use the communication systems provided by the Service for any commercial solicitation purposes. You agree not to use any portion of the Service as a destination linked from any unsolicited bulk messages or unsolicited commercial messages.

Access
Tempest HVAC Pros may permanently or temporarily terminate, suspend, or otherwise refuse to permit your access to the Service without notice and liability, if, in Tempest HVAC Pros’s sole determination, you violate any of the Agreement, including the following prohibited actions: (i) attempting to interfere with, compromise the system integrity or security or decipher any transmissions to or from the servers running the Service; (ii) uploading invalid data, viruses, worms, or other software agents through the Service; (iii) impersonating another person or otherwise misrepresenting your affiliation with a person or entity, conducting fraud, hiding or attempting to hide your identity; (iv) interfering with the proper working of the Service; or, (v) bypassing the measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Service, including, but not limited to, registering for the Service with a non-Network email address. Upon termination for any reason, you continue to be bound by this Agreement.

User Content
You agree not to post User Content that: (i) may create a risk of harm, loss, physical or mental injury, emotional distress, death, disability, disfigurement, or physical or mental illness to you, to any other person; (ii) may create a risk of any other loss or damage to any person or property; (iii) may constitute or contribute to a crime or tort; (iv) contains any information or content that is unlawful, harmful, abusive, racially or ethnically offensive, defamatory, infringing, invasive of personal privacy or publicity rights, harassing, humiliating to other people (publicly or otherwise), libelous, threatening, or otherwise objectionable; (v) contains any information or content that is illegal; (vi) contains any information or content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships; or (vii) contains any information or content that you know is not correct and current. You agree that any User Content that you post does not and will not violate third-party rights of any kind, including without limitation any Intellectual Property Rights (as defined below), rights of publicity and privacy. You understand that publishing your User Content on the Service is not a substitute for registering it with the U.S. Copyright Office, the Writer’s Guild of America, or any other rights organization.

For the purposes of this Agreement, “Intellectual Property Rights” refers to all patent rights, copyright rights, moral rights, rights of publicity, trademark, trade dress and service mark rights, goodwill, trade secret rights and other intellectual property rights as may now exist or hereafter come into existence, and all applications therefore and registrations, renewals and extensions thereof, under the laws of any state, country, territory or other jurisdiction.

Tempest HVAC Pros takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any User Content that you or any other Users or third parties post or send over the Service. You understand and agree that any loss or damage of any kind that occurs as a result of the use of any User Content that you send, upload, download, post, transmit, display, or otherwise make available or access through your use of the Service, is solely your responsibility.

Our Proprietary Rights
Except for your User Content, the Service and its materials, including, without limitation, software, images, text, graphics, illustrations, logos, patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, photographs, audio, videos and music (the “Tempest HVAC Pros Content”), and all Intellectual Property Rights related thereto, are the exclusive property of Tempest HVAC Pros and its licensors. Except as explicitly provided herein, nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to create a license in or under any such Intellectual Property Rights, and you agree not to sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit or create derivative works from any materials or content accessible on the Service. Use of the Tempest HVAC Pros Content or materials on the Service for any purpose not expressly permitted by this Agreement is strictly prohibited.

Secure records
We take your contract information security seriously, which is why sensitive communications with Tempest HVAC Pros are protected with SSL encryption.

Lawful Use
Customer agrees to use the Service for lawful and ethical purposes only. Sending unsolicited advertising, viruses, or other harmful data is prohibited. You agree to use generally accepted rules.

Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Tempest HVAC Pros and its subsidiaries, agents, managers, and other affiliated companies, and their employees, contractors, agents, officers and directors, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees) arising from: (i) your use of and access to the Service, including any data or work transmitted or received by you; (ii) your violation of any term of this Agreement, including without limitation, your breach of any of the representations and warranties above; (iii) your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any right of privacy, publicity rights or Intellectual Property Rights; (iv) your violation of any law, rule or regulation of the United States or any other country; (v) any claim or damages that arise as a result of any of your User Content or any that are submitted via your account; or (vi) any other party’s access and use of the Service with your unique username, password or other appropriate security code.

Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall Tempest HVAC Pros, its affiliates, directors, employees or its licensors be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including without limitation damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses, that result from the use of, or inability to use, this Service. Under no circumstances will Tempest HVAC Pros be responsible for any damage, loss or injury resulting from hacking, tampering or other unauthorized access or use of the service or your account or the information contained therein.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Tempest HVAC Pros assumes no liability or responsibility for any (i) errors, mistakes, or inaccuracies of content; (ii) personal injury or property damage, of any nature whatsoever, resulting from your access to and use of our Service; (iii) any unauthorized access to or use of our secure servers and/or any and all personal information stored therein; (iv) any interruption or cessation of transmission to or from the Service; (v) any bugs, viruses, trojan horses, or the like that may be transmitted to or through our service by any third party; (vi) any errors or omissions in any content or for any loss or damage incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, emailed, transmitted, or otherwise made available through the Service; and/or (vii) user content or the defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of any third party. In no event shall Tempest HVAC Pros, its affiliates, directors, employees, or licensors be liable to you for any claims, proceedings, liabilities, obligations, damages, losses or costs in an amount exceeding the amount you paid to Tempest HVAC Pros.

Services hereunder.
This limitation of liability section applies whether the alleged liability is based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or any other basis, even if Tempest HVAC Pros has been advised of the possibility of such damage. The foregoing limitation of liability shall apply to the fullest extent permitted by law in the applicable jurisdiction.

Certain Business Terms may provide slightly different rights to the parties thereto, but any such Business Terms do not change the rules applicable to Users covered by the foregoing. The Service is controlled and operated from its facilities in the United States. Tempest HVAC Pros makes no representations that the Service is appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who access or use the Service from other jurisdictions do so at their own volition and are entirely responsible for compliance with local law, including but not limited to export and import regulations. Unless otherwise explicitly stated, all materials found on the Service are solely directed to individuals, companies, or other entities located in the U.S.

Assignment
This Agreement, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by Tempest HVAC Pros without restriction.

General
1. Governing Law. You agree that: (i) the Service shall be deemed solely based in California; and (ii) the Service shall be deemed a passive one that does not give rise to personal jurisdiction over Tempest HVAC Pros, either specific or general, in jurisdictions other than California. This Agreement shall be governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of California, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Any claim or dispute between you and Tempest HVAC Pros that arises in whole or in part from the Service shall be decided exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction located Los Angeles,
California.
2. Notification Procedures. Tempest HVAC Pros may provide notifications, whether such notifications are required by law or are for marketing or other business-related purposes, to you via email notice, written or hard copy notice, or through conspicuous posting of such notice on our website, as determined by Tempest HVAC Pros in our sole discretion. Tempest HVAC Pros reserves the right to determine the form and means of providing notifications to our Users, provided that you may opt out of certain means of notification as described in this Agreement.
3. Entire Agreement/Severability. This Agreement, together with any other legal notices and agreements published by Tempest HVAC Pros via the Service, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and Tempest HVAC Pros concerning the Service (although the owner of the Network may also have agreed to be bound by the Business Terms). If any provision of this Agreement is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.
4. No waiver of any term of this Agreement shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and Tempest HVAC Pros’s failure to assert any right or provision under this

Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.