Terms of Service

Web Site Terms and Conditions of Use Policies

This page states the Terms and Conditions under which you may use this Web Site. Please read this page carefully. If you do not accept the Terms and Conditions stated herein, do not use the Web Site. CarCareers/AutomotiveTechs.com, LLC (the "Company") may revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by updating this posting. You should visit this page periodically to review the Terms and Conditions, because they are binding on you.

Use of Material

The Company authorizes you to view and download a single copy of the material on CarCareers/AutomotiveTechs.com (the "Web Site") solely for your personal, noncommercial use. The contents of this Web Site, such as text, graphics, images and other material ("Material") are protected by copyright under both United States and foreign laws. Unauthorized use of the Material may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. You must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original Material on any copy you make of the Material. You may not sell or modify the Material or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the Material in any way for any public or commercial purpose. The use of the Material on any other Web site or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited. You shall not copy or adapt the HTML code that the Company creates to generate its pages and it is protected by the Company's copyright.

HEADHUNTERS, EMPLOYMENT PLACEMENT/OUTPLACEMENT AGENCIES, TEMPORARY WORKER AGENCIES, CONSULTANTS AND OTHER THIRD PARTIES CHARGING A FEE FOR PLACING EMPLOYEES ARE PROHIBITED FROM PLACING A RESUME, AN ADVERTISEMENT OR ANY MATERIAL WHATSOEVER ON THE CARCAREERS/AUTOMOTIVETECHS.COM SYSTEM, OR FROM SEARCHING THE DATABASE FOR JOB CANDIDATES. YOU MAY NOT POST ANYTHING HERE OR SEARCH THE DATABASE UNLESS YOU ARE AN INDIVIDUAL SEEKING A JOB FOR YOURSELF OR AN EMPLOYER ADVERTISING FOR A JOB OPENING. FAILURE TO ABIDE BY THESE TERMS MAY RESULT IN LEGAL ACTION.

Users may not use the Web Site in order to transmit, distribute, store or destroy material in violation of any applicable law or regulation in a manner that will infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of others or violate the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others. Any use of the Web Site that is defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful is prohibited.

Company's Liability

Company makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the Material or about the results to be obtained from using the Web Site and the Material. The Material may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. The use of the Web Site and the Material is at your own risk. Changes are periodically made to the Web Site and may be made at any time.

Employers are solely responsible for the form, content and accuracy of their postings on the Web Site, and candidates are likewise solely responsible for the form, content and accuracy of any profile, resume, or other material placed by them on the Web Site. The Company is not to be considered an employer with respect to your use of the Web Site and it shall not be responsible for any employment decisions made by any entity or candidate using the Web Site.

THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEB SITE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR THAT THIS WEB SITE AND ITS SERVER ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES AND OTHER HARMFUL GOODS. IF YOUR USE OF THE WEB SITE OR THE MATERIAL RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA, THE COMPANY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS.

THE WEB SITE AND MATERIAL ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. THE COMPANY AND ITS SUPPLIERS, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES RIGHTS, AND THE WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. COMPANY AND ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS OF THE MATERIAL, SERVICES, SOFTWARE TEXT, GRAPHICS, AND LINKS.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY, ITS SUPPLIERS, OR ANY THIRD PARTIES MENTIONED AT THIS SITE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEB SITE AND THE MATERIAL, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT COMPANY IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

User Submissions

Generally, any communication which you post to the Web Site is considered to be non-confidential. By posting communications to the Web Site, you automatically grant Company a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable nonexclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display the communication alone or as part of other works in any form, media, or technology whether now known or hereafter developed, and to sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of sublicenses.

As a user, you are responsible for your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of their posting. You must not do any of the following: Post material that is copyrighted, unless you are the copyright owner or have the permission of the copyright owner to post it; post material that reveals trade secrets, unless you own them or have the permission of the owner; post material that infringes on any other intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others; post material that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing to another user or any other person or entity; post a sexually-explicit image; post advertisements or solicitations of business; post chain letters or pyramid schemes; or impersonate another person; or post any material that contains viruses or other computer programming routines or engines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or information.

The Company does not represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any of the communications posted by other users or endorse any opinions expressed by users. You acknowledge that any reliance on material posted by other users will be at your own risk.

The Company does not screen communications in advance and is not responsible for screening or monitoring material posted by users. If notified by a user of communications which allegedly do not conform to this Agreement, the Company may investigate the allegation and determine in good faith and its sole discretion whether to remove or request the removal of the communication. The Company has no liability or responsibility to users for performance or nonperformance of such activities. The Company reserves the right to expel users and prevent their further access to the Web Site for violating this Agreement or the law and the right to remove communications which are abusive, illegal, or disruptive. The Company may take any action with respect to user-submitted information that it deems necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion.

Links to Other Sites

The Web Site may contain links to third party Web sites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by the Company of the contents on such third-party Web sites. The Company is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such third party Web sites. If you decide to access linked third-party Web sites, you do so at your own risk.

Web Site Security - Prohibitions

Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Web Site, including, without limitation, (a) accessing data not intended for such user or logging into a server or account which the user is not authorized to access; (b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (c) attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the Web Site, overloading, "flooding", "spamming", "mailbombing" or "crashing"; (d) sending unsolicited e-mail, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services; or (e) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. The Company will investigate occurrences which may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.

Specific Prohibited Uses

The Web Site may be used only for lawful purposes by individuals seeking employment and career information and employers seeking employees. The Company specifically prohibits any use of the Web Site, and all users agree not to use the Web Site, for any of the following: (a) Posting any incomplete, false or inaccurate biographical information or information which is not your own accurate resume (living individual seeking employment on a full-time or part-time basis on his or her own behalf); (b) Posting any franchise, pyramid scheme, "club membership", distributorship or sales representative agency arrangement or other business opportunity which requires an up front or periodic payment, pays commissions only (no significant salary), requires recruitment of other members, sub-distributors or sub-agents; (c) Deleting or revising any material posted by any other person or entity; (d) Using any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this Web Site or any activity being conducted on this site; (e) Taking any action which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on this Web Site's infrastructure; (f) If you have a password allowing access to a non-public area of this Web Site, disclosing to or sharing your password with any third parties or using your password for any unauthorized purpose; (g) Attempting to decipher, decompose, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Web Site.

Disclaimer

The Web Site is only a forum or venue for employers to post job opportunities and candidates to list profiles and post resumes. The Company does not screen or censor the listings offered on the Web Site, and the Company has no control over the quality, safety or legality of the job listings or candidate profiles listed, the truth or accuracy of the listings, the ability of employers to offer job opportunities to candidates or the ability of candidates to fill job openings. The Company does not control the information provided by other users, which is made available through the Web Site. By its very nature, other people's information may be offensive, harmful or inaccurate, and in some cases will be mislabeled or deceptively labeled. You assume all risks associated with dealing with other users with whom you come in contact through the Web Site.

The Company does not confirm that each user is who they claim to be and the Company cannot and is not involved in user-to-user dealings. In the event you have a dispute with one or more users, you release the Company, its agents and employees, from claims, demands and damages (actual, consequential, direct, or indirect) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.

Registration and Password

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your information and password. You shall be responsible for all uses of your registration, whether or not authorized by you. You agree to immediately notify the Company of any unauthorized use of your registration or password. You also agree not to resell or assign your rights or obligations under these Terms of Use. You also agree not to make any unauthorized commercial use of the Web Site.

Limitation of Liability

The aggregate liability for the Company to you for all claims arising from the use of the Materials is limited to $100.

Termination

The Company reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to pursue all of its legal remedies, including but not limited to deletion of your postings from this Web Site and immediate termination of your registration, including your ability to access the Web Site and/or any other service provided to you by the Company, upon any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions.

Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, alleging or resulting from your use of the Material or your breach of these Terms and Conditions. The Company shall provide notice to you promptly of any such claim, suit, or proceeding and shall assist you, at your expense, in defending any such claim, suit or proceeding.

General

The Company makes no claims the Materials are appropriate or may be downloaded outside of the United States. Access to the Materials may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Web Site from outside of the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction. These Terms and Conditions are governed by internal substantive laws of the State of California, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions are found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term. Except as expressly provided in a particular "Legal Notice" or Software License or material on particular Web pages, these Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and the Company with respect to the use of Web Site. Any changes to these Terms and Conditions must be made in writing, signed by an authorized representative of the Company.

Privacy

The Company does not disclose information about your individual visits to CarCareers/AutomotiveTechs.com, or personal information that you provide, such as your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, credit card number, personal references, etc., to any outside parties, except when we believe the law requires it.

The Company may use information it obtains relating to you, including your IP address, name, mailing address, e-mail address and use of the Web Site, for its internal business and marketing purposes. In general, the Company gathers information about its users collectively, such as what areas users visit most frequently and what services users access the most. We only use such data anonymously and in the aggregate. This information helps us determine what is most beneficial for our users, and how we can continually create a better overall experience for you.

All employers who pay for access to our candidate database will have access to candidate profiles and resumes, if posted. The Company uses its best efforts to grant access to this database only to paying employers, hiring managers, and human resource professionals, but cannot guarantee that other parties will not, without the Company's consent, gain access to this database. You may remove your profile and resume from the searchable database at any time. However, employers who have paid for access to the database, and other parties who have otherwise gained access to the database, may have retained a copy of your resume in their own files or databases. The Company is not responsible for the retention, use, or privacy of resumes in these instances, or for the use or privacy of resumes by any of such parties while resumes are in the database.

If the Company determines at any time to change its privacy policy, it will post those changes here. If you have questions or concerns about the privacy commitment of CarCareers/AutomotiveTechs.com, please feel free to e-mail the Company at CarCareers/AutomotiveTechs.com