The Hughesware.com site is © 2000 Hughesware Computer Services,
LLC.
All rights
reserved.
Revised 5/01/2003
Introduction
Hughesware Computer Services ("HCS") maintains this Hughesware.com site for your personal
information, entertainment, and enjoyment. Please feel
free to browse, download from, talk back to, and otherwise use the site. At
the same time, please remember that your access to the Hughesware.com site is
subject to the following rules (the "Rules") as well as all
applicable laws. By accessing and using the Hughesware.com site, you accept
the Rules without limitation or qualification, and acknowledge that any other
agreements you may have with HCS are superseded by the Rules, to the extent
that conflict exists.
HCS may at any time revise these Rules by updating this posting. You are
bound by such revisions and should therefore visit this page to review the
current Rules from time to time.
HCS reserves the right, without notice and for any reason, to remove any
content on this site, and to deny access of any user or users to all or any
part of this site.
Downloading
You may download material displayed on the Hughesware.com site for personal,
non-commercial use only. You must retain all copyright and other proprietary
notices on downloaded and/or copied material. Any copy of material from the Hughesware.com
site you make and distribute for any purpose must also include
these Rules. You may not distribute, modify, transmit, use, or reuse any of
the contents of the Hughesware.com site for any public or commercial purpose
without the written consent of HCS or any third party HCS deems necessary.
Copyrights, Other Rights
You should assume everything on the Hughesware.com site is copyrighted unless
otherwise noted and may not be used except as provided in the Rules or with
the express written consent of HCS or any third party HCS deems necessary.
HCS neither warrants or represents that your use of the material displayed on
the Hughesware.com site will not infringe rights of third parties. Any
product, service, program, or technology described on the Hughesware.com site
may be the subject of other intellectual property rights (including but not
limited to copyright, trademark, or patent rights) owned by HCS. Any such
right that is not expressly licensed herein is reserved by HCS.
Images of people or places displayed on the Hughesware.com site are either
the property of, or used with permission by, HCS. Use of these images by you
or other third parties is prohibited unless expressly permitted in the Rules
or elsewhere on the Hughesware.com site. Any unauthorized use of these images
may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity,
and other applicable regulations and statutes.
Any product, service, program or technology described in any document
published by HCS on this site may be the subject of other intellectual
property rights owned by HCS. Any such right that is not expressly licensed
hereunder is reserved by HCS.
Trademarks
The trademarks, logos, and service marks (collectively the
"Trademarks") displayed on the Hughesware.com site are registered
and unregistered Trademarks of HCS and others. Trademark denotations on
the Hughesware.com site indicate federal registrations in the
United States. Nothing contained on the Hughesware.com site should be
construed as granting by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or
right to use any Trademark displayed on the Hughesware.com site without the
written permission of HCS or such third party that may own the Trademark.
Misuse of any Trademarks, or any other content, displayed on the Hughesware.com
site is prohibited. HCS aggressively enforces its intellectual
property rights, including via civil and criminal proceedings.
Submissions
Apart from your personal information (which is addressed in the Privacy
Policy), any communication or material you send to the Hughesware.com site,
electronically or otherwise, including but not limited to data, questions,
comments, suggestions, or submissions is and will be treated as
non-confidential and non-proprietary. Anything you send to the Hughesware.com site may be used by HCS for any purpose including but not limited to
reproduction, transmission, disclosure, publication, broadcast, and posting.
By submitting material to Hughesware.com, you irrevocably transfer and assign
to HCS, and forever waive and agree never to assert, any copyrights,
"moral" rights, or other rights that you may have in such material.
HCS is free to use, without obligation of any kind, any ideas, concepts,
techniques, or know-how contained in any communication you send to the Hughesware.com
site for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to
developing, manufacturing, and marketing products and services.
By using this site, you may submit, or HCS may gather, certain limited
information about you and your usage of the site. Subject to the terms of the Privacy
Policy, HCS is free to use such information for any purpose it deems
appropriate.
No Warranties
There is no warranty that any information or service provided or referenced
by this site is either merchantable or accurate, that such information or
service will fulfill any of your particular purposes or needs, or that such
information or service does not infringe on any third party rights. Except for
any express warranties stated on this site, if any, the information and
services provided or referenced on this site are provided "as is"
and with all faults, and the entire risk as to satisfactory quality,
performance, accuracy and effort is with the user.
So, while HCS uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date
information on the Hughesware.com site, HCS makes no warranties or
representations as to its accuracy. HCS may periodically add, change, or
improve any of the information, products, services, programs, and technology
described on the Hughesware.com site without notice. HCS assumes no liability
or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of the Hughesware.com
site.
In fact, your use of the Hughesware.com site is at your own risk. Neither
HCS nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Hughesware.com
site is liable for any direct, indirect, incidental,
consequential, or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of,
the Hughesware.com site. For example, HCS assumes no responsibility for, and
will not be liable for any damages to or any viruses which may affect your
computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or
downloading from, the Hughesware.com site. Please note that some
jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of
the above exclusions may not apply to you.
Links
HCS has not reviewed all of the sites which are linked to the Hughesware.com site, and the fact of such links does not indicate any approval or endorsement
of any material contained on any linked site. HCS is not responsible for the
contents of any site linked to the Hughesware.com site; your connection to
any such linked site is at your own risk.
U.S., International Information
Most of the information on the Hughesware.com site applies internationally,
but a significant amount of information applies only to certain countries or
regions. For instance, if you see the following indication in connection with
information on the Hughesware.com site:
The information on this page applies to businesses in the
U.S.
then that information applies only to businesses operating in the U.S. If
you live outside of the U.S., the fact that you have access to such
U.S.-specific information does not mean that such information applies or ever
will apply to your country or region. Although HCS tries to mark all country-
and region-specific information with this form of indication, it does not
warrant or represent that all information without this indication applies
internationally. You should check the applicability of any information on this
site to you or your organization.
Really Legal Stuff
The Rules will be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of
Michigan. Each party to the Hughesware.com site Rules hereby submits to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the courts within the State of Michigan, and waives
any jurisdictional venue or inconvenient forum objections to such courts.
Any failure by HCS to enforce any of its rights under the Rules or
applicable laws shall not constitute a waiver of such right. If any provision
of the Rules is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, you,
HCS, and the court shall endeavor to give effect to the intent reflected in
that provision, and the remaining Rules provisions shall retain their full
force and effect.
United States and foreign export control laws regulate the export and
re-export of technology originating in the United States and such foreign
countries. You will abide by these laws and regulations as applicable and will
not transfer, directly or indirectly, by electronic transmission or otherwise,
any content or software from the Hughesware.com site to or from any countries
or foreign nationals in violation of such laws or regulations.
Please also read over the Hughesware.com site
Privacy
Policy. If you have
any questions, comments, criticisms, or complaints about Hughesware.com,
please feel free to
email us.
Hughesware.com - Privacy Matters
Purchases made though
Hughesware.com will appear on your credit card or banking statement by the
name HUGHESWARE.
Hughesware.com is owned and operated by Hughesware Computer Services, LLC
located in the United States of America. Depending on what you do when you visit any Web site, you are providing
information about your visit to the site's owners. This includes
Hughesware.com's eCommerce pages. We value privacy and think you do too, so we want you to have the information
you need to make your own decisions about your personal privacy. When you visit
or supply information to any Web site, we think it's a good idea for you to
first understand what that site's privacy policies are. If the site doesn't tell
you, don't hesitate to ask.
The bottom line at Hughesware.com is that we use the information that we get
from your visit for internal tracking purposes, for eCommerce transaction
purposes, and to respond to your requests for
information or other services. Except as specifically noted below, we do not use
your personal information for any other purpose, we
never sell it to any
other party.Here is more detail on how we handle information we learn from you when you
make a purchase using Hughesware.com's eCommerce services.
1. Method of Transaction Security:When you make a purchase using Hughesware.com's eCommerce pages,
you are transferred from an unsecured web server to a secured web server which utilizes SSL
(Secure Socket Layer). Electronic purchases should ONLY be made on servers that utilize SSL.
The SSL is located on a web site server that is separate from ALL Hughesware.com
services and business locations. This secure site is where the actual
transaction takes place and where all secure personal information such as
credit card numbers, expiration dates, checking account numbers, routing
numbers, or mailing address's are stored. This secure site is located at a
U.S. bank in the United States of America. NOT at Hughesware.com or any
other companies owned or affiliated with Hughesware.com.Hughesware.com
does not
store in any way, shape, or form, secure information such as credit card numbers, expiration
dates, checking account numbers, routing numbers, or mailing address's anywhere
on or in it's business entirety.To assist in the protection against fraud, we
implement an extensive variety of protection. IP Addresses are recorded
from each eCommerce transaction and are used for fraud investigations. In
addition, we implement
Fraud and Risk Management (FRISK™).
Fraud and Risk Management (FRISK™)
The proprietary FRISK™ risk management system enabled when utilizing our
processing company provides a sophisticated suite of fraud detection and
prevention. Each transaction submitted is filtered through a comprehensive
series of fraud detection rules to determine potential risk.
We ALWAYS implement the following FRISK™ features during a transaction:
· Address Verification (AVS) - AVS matches the known address information
associated with the given credit card number against the billing address
information provided by the user. Conditions for a match are numerous and
confidential.
· CVV2 - CVV2, or Card Verification Value 2, is a number that is printed,
not imprinted, on Visa, Mastercard or American Express. This number is never
transferred during card swipes and should only be known by the cardholder, the
person holding the card in their hand.
· Negative Account Blocking - reject transactions from known fraudulent
account numbers.
· Cramming Protection - Prevent the use of credit card or ACH number
generating schemes by limiting the number of transactions allowed from a given
IP address.
· Prevent Duplicate Transactions - Track recent transactions to ensure
the same transaction is not authorized more than once. This eliminates problems
due to "double clicking" the transaction submit button as well as duplicate
submittal of batch transactions.
In our discretion depending on
circumstancial information, we may implement the following FRISK™ features
during transactions:
· Domain Blocking - Filter transactions by the Internet domain associated
with the customer's email. address.
· IP Activity Limit - Limit the number of accepted transactions from a
given IP address.
· Large Transaction Notification - This feature examines the transaction
amount after the transaction has been accepted. When the amount exceeds an
amount specified by the merchant an e-mail is sent notifying the merchant that
the amount has exceeded the threshold. The merchant can then review the
transaction, refuse the sale before any products are shipped, and credit back
the consumer at a later time.
· Reject Free Email Address - checks the e-mail address of the consumer
against a database of free e-mail providers. Transactions in which the email
domain of the consumer is in this database are declined.
· Country Blocking - enables a filter on the consumer's country as
obtained by the billing and/or shipping addresses. Transactions with countries
matching a country in the Merchant's negative country database are declined.
2. Browsing:
When you visit Hughesware.com and move from page to page, read pages
or download content onto your computer,
We learn which pages are visited, what is downloaded, the domains our
visitors come from (e.g. 'aol.com,' or 'umich.edu') and the addresses of sites
visited immediately before coming to Hughesware.com. However, none of this is
associated with you as an individual. It is measured only in aggregate.
Hughesware.com uses cookie technology as part of our Web site's statistical
reporting. The information in the cookies lets us trace the paths followed by
visitors to our site as they move from one page to another. We also use standard
Web server log files, to help us count visitors and evaluate our site's
technical capacity. Cookies do not capture your individual email address or any
private information about you.
We use this information to find out how many people visit Hughesware.com,
help us arrange the pages in the most user-friendly way, keep the site
browser-friendly, and to make our pages more useful to our visitors. We record
information on site traffic but not information on individual visitors to our
site, so no information about you in particular will be kept or used.
3. Email:
When you send us an email to comment on something or ask us a
question,
We learn your exact email address and the thoughts you share.
We use your email address to thank you for your comment and/or reply
to your question, and we will store your communication and our reply in case we
correspond further. We will never use your email address to send you any
unsolicited message or information, nor will we share it with or sell it to
anyone else for such use.
4. Mailing Lists, Other Services:
When you give us your email address and/or other information and ask
us to use it to provide you with specific communications or other services
offered on the Hughesware.com site.
We learn your exact email address, any other information you provide,
and your request.
We use your email address and any other information you give us to
provide you with the information or other services you requested until you ask
us to stop (using the 'unsubscribe' instructions provided with each email and/or
on the site where you signed up and/or as we otherwise provide), or until the
information or services is no longer available. We will not use your address or
other information to provide you with any unsolicited message or information
(unless that is part of the service you are requesting), nor will we share it
with or sell it to any third party for such use.
None of the personally identifiable information or prospect information is
maintained in a retrievable form.
5. Linking To Other Sites:
Please remember that when you use a link to go from Hughesware.com to
another Web site, the Hughesware.com Site Rules and this Privacy Policy are no
longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other Web site, including
sites which have a link on Hughesware.com, is subject to the rules and policies
of that site. Please read over those rules and policies before proceeding.
Please note that whenever you submit any information to us in connection with
any service provided in connection with Hughesware.com, you consent to Hughesware.com's processing this information in the United States as necessary
to provide the services in which you are participating.
Please also read over the Hughesware.com
Site
Rules. Hughesware.com takes privacy matters very seriously, and intends to
stay at the forefront of privacy policy and protection matters. If you have any
questions, comments, criticisms, or complaints about Hughesware.com's privacy
policy and/or the way it affects you, please feel free to
email
us.
If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about our privacy policies
or practices, we would like to know what they are so we can address them. Please
contact us at 1(313) 300-4803.
