Copyrights, Privacy Policy & Permissions


Copyright

All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio and video clips, and software, is the property of CENGAGE LEARNING, COURSE TECHNOLOGY and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement, and assembly) of all content on this site is the exclusive property of CENGAGE LEARNING, COURSE TECHNOLOGY and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. No part of this site may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means including printing, photocopying, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the online editor. CENGAGE LEARNING, COURSE TECHNOLOGY and its affiliates reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, and/or cancel orders in its discretion, including, without limitation, if CENGAGE LEARNING, COURSE TECHNOLOGY believes that customer conduct violates applicable law or is harmful to the interests of CENGAGE LEARNING, COURSE TECHNOLOGY and its affiliates.

Trademarks

CENGAGE LEARNING, COURSE TECHNOLOGY, the open book logo, Shelly Cashman Series, Custom Editions, Illustrated Interactive, and Illustrated Projects are registered trademarks of CENGAGE LEARNING, COURSE TECHNOLOGY. Illustrated Series is a trademark of CENGAGE LEARNING, COURSE TECHNOLOGY. Custom Editions, Online Companions, and the Cengage Learning logo are registered trademarks of Cengage Learning. All other brand names and product names mentioned in this site are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

DISCLAIMER

THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY CENGAGE LEARNING, COURSE TECHNOLOGY ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. CENGAGE LEARNING, COURSE TECHNOLOGY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, CENGAGE LEARNING, COURSE TECHNOLOGY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CENGAGE LEARNING, COURSE TECHNOLOGY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

Cengage Learning Privacy Statement

Cengage Learning has a firm commitment to protecting your privacy. The following statement explains our policy in regard to the use of any personal information you may give us as you use any part of CengageLearning.com.

In order to participate in the Service, you understand and agree that you may be asked to provide Personal Identifying Information as part of the registration process and at other points in using the Service, and that we will store information that you provide. In the course of our business we will use that information in aggregated form to provide statistical user data about our subscribers to advertisers, potential advertisers, and content licensors. At various points in using the Service you may also need to provide additional Personal Identifying Information so that we can perform tasks you request in the Service, such as fulfill orders or make calculations to estimate financial aid eligibility. During the registration process, you are given the opportunity to indicate whether you want us or our partners to contact you about the Service, our sites, our other products and services, or products and services from other companies, or whether you do not want to receive any such notices. We will not disclose to third parties any specific Personal Identifying Information about you without your permission.

You understand and agree that we may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer the Service. Your IP address is required to help identify you and your shopping cart and to develop important demographic information about the users of the Service.

The Service may use cookies (i.e., session information written to your computer by your browser) to help you keep track of where you left off when you were last working in any part of our sites. We do not, however, have access to any information about you from cookies you might receive while using the Service.

Permissions

For permission to use materials from any COURSE TECHNOLOGY, a part of CENGAGE LEARNING, text or product, or for electronic files for disabled users, contact us by

Last Updated: March 2005