Terms of Service

General

The Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review Web site at http://brendanhoulihan.com (the "Service") is owned and operated by Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review and contains material that is protected by international copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws.  Unless otherwise specified, the Service is intended for your personal, noncommercial use only.  You may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit or distribute in any way any material, including code and software, from the Service.  You may download material from the Service and may use the Service for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices.  As part of our Service, Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review agrees to provide you with information, content and other computer services subject to these Terms of Service.  You agree to use the Service in accordance with these Terms of Service.  Accessing our Service, in any manner, for the purpose of obtaining information, technical or otherwise, about the Service constitutes use of the Service such that the party accessing the Service is bound by these Terms of Service.  Because the Web is an evolving medium, we may need to change these Terms of Service or impose new conditions on use of the Service, from time to time, in which case we will post the revised Terms of Service on this website.  By continuing to use the Service after we post any such changes, you accept the Terms of Service, as modified.

By accessing this Web site, you warrant that you have the legal right to possess such material in your community; that you do not find such material to be offensive or objectionable; that you understand the standards and laws of the community, site and computers to which you transport this material; and that you are solely responsible for your actions.

Interactive Features

This Service may include a variety of features, such as bulletin boards, chat rooms, and e-mail services, that allow feedback to Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review and real-time interaction between users and other features, such as personalized homes pages and e-mail services, that allow users to communicate with others. Responsibility for what is posted on bulletin boards, chat rooms and other public posting areas on the Service lies with each user — you alone are responsible for the material you post.  Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review does not control the messages, information or files that others may provide through the Service.  It is a condition of your use of the Service that you do not:

• Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Service.
   
• Use the Service to post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous or defamatory information of any kind, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law.
   
• Use the Service to post or transmit any information, software or other material that violates or infringes upon the rights of others, including material that is an invasion of privacy or publicity rights or that is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, or derivative works with respect thereto, without first obtaining permission from the owner or right holder.
   
• Use the Service to post or transmit any information, software or other material that contains a virus or other harmful component.
   
• Use the Service to post, transmit or in any way exploit any information, software or other material for commercial purposes, or that contains advertising. Use the Service to advertise or solicit to anyone to buy or sell products or services, or to make donations of any kind, without the express written approval of Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review.
   
• Gather for the purpose of spamming e-mail addresses that have been posted by other users of the Service.

You understand that Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review has no obligation to monitor any bulletin boards, chat rooms, or other areas of the Service through which users can supply information or material. However, Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request, or to refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that in Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review's sole discretion are objectionable or in violation of these Terms of Service.

License to Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review

By posting messages, uploading files, or otherwise providing any material for display on the Service, you are representing that you are the owner of the material, or are making your submission with the express consent of the owner of the material.  In addition, when you post a message, upload a file, or otherwise provide us with material for display on the Service, you are granting Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to use, copy, sublicense, adapt, transmit, publicly perform or display any such communication within the Internet domain brendanhoulihan.com.  The foregoing grant shall include the right to exploit any proprietary rights in such communication, including but not limited to rights under copyright, trademark, service mark or patent laws under any relevant jurisdiction.

Disclaimers

This Service may include links and pointers to Internet sites, content and services provided by third parties.  Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review' linking to any third party sites does not imply an endorsement or sponsorship of such sites, or the information, products or services offered on or through the sites.  In addition, neither Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review nor its affiliates operate or control in any respect any information, products or services that third parties may provide on or through the Service or on websites linked to by Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review.  The materials, information, products and services offered on or through the Service and any third-party sites are provided "as is" and without warranties of any kind either express or implied.  To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.  Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review does not warrant that the Service or any of its functions will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that any part of this Service, including bulletin boards, or the servers that make it available, are free of viruses or other harmful components.

Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the Service or materials in this Service or in third-party sites in terms of their correctness, accuracy, timeliness, reliability or otherwise.  You (and not Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review) assume the entire cost of all necessary maintenance, repair or correction.

The Service is provided for informational purposes only, and is not intended for commercial use. The Service should not be used in any high risk activities where damage or injury to persons, property, environment, finances or business may result if an error occurs. You expressly assume all risk for such use.

Limitation of Liability

Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review, or its affiliates be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review materials, products, or services, or third party materials, products, or services made available through the Service, or any part of the Service, even if Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review is advised beforehand of the possibility of such damages.  (Because some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain categories of damages, the above limitation many not apply to you. In such states, the liability of Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review, its subsidiary and parent companies or affiliates is limited to the fullest extent permitted by such state law.)  You specifically acknowledge and agree that Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review is not liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of any user.  If you are dissatisfied with any Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review materials, products, or services, or with any of Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review' terms and conditions, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Service.

Hyperlinking

You may establish a hypertext link to this Service so long as the link does not state or imply any sponsorship of your site by Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review.  However, you may not, without the prior written permission of Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review, frame any of the content of the Service, or incorporate into another website or other service any intellectual property of Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review, its affiliate companies or its licensors.

Use of Company Directories

The information contained in any company directories that may be provided on the Service is provided for business lookup purposes and is not to be used for marketing or telemarketing applications. This information may not be copied or redistributed and is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind. In no event will Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review or its suppliers be liable in any way with regard to such information.

Termination

Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review may cancel or terminate your right to use the Service or any part of the Service at any time without notice.  In the event of termination, you are no longer authorized to access the part of the Service affected by such cancellation or termination.  The restrictions imposed on you with respect to material downloaded from the Service, and the disclaimers and limitations of liabilities set forth in these Terms of Service, shall survive.

Other

This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Brendan Houlihan for Cook County Board of Review and you with respect to the subject matter contained in this agreement and supersedes all previous and contemporaneous agreements, proposals and communications, written or oral.  You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use the services of a third party that are provided through the Service.  In the event of any conflict between any such third party terms and conditions and these Terms of Service, these Terms of Service shall govern.  This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois without giving effect to any principles or conflicts of law.  If any provision of this agreement shall be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.