KCBusinesses.com operates as a free community service to help the Kansas City business market and unemployed professionals find careers they are excited about.  The following terms & conditions are to keep this service free and to provide an honest, ethical, and beneficial service to the community.

Electronic Newsletters
You can choose to subscribe to our electronic newsletters.  Please be assured that the information you give us or that we collect about you in connection with your subscription to our electronic newsletters will not be shared with any third party, except with our service providers.

Forum Use

Please remember that any information you disclose in a forum becomes public information and can be used by people you do not know. Accordingly, you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose any personal or other information in a forum. Any such disclosures are at your own risk.

Although we may monitor or review posted messages from time to time, we do not actively monitor the contents of the forums, and we are not under any obligation to do so. Each user is solely responsible and liable for the contents of his or her postings, and we are not responsible in any way for the content or opinions expressed therein. We have the right, but not the obligation, to remove, edit or move, at any time, any material posted to the forums, in each case as we deem appropriate.

You acknowledge that the content of all postings expresses the views of the author, and not of KCBusinesses.com, members, partners, advertisers, or any other entity.  You also acknowledge that your use of or reliance on the information posted by other users in this forum is at your own risk.

Your access to the forums is subject to your compliance with the following rules of conduct applicable to all forums on this website. By entering a forum, you specifically agree to comply with each of the following:

1. You will not post any copyrighted material unless you own or control the copyright in and to such material.
    

2. You will not use any forum to post or transmit any message or other material that violates or infringes the rights of any other party, including, without limitation, rights of privacy, rights of publicity, copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights.
    

3. You will not use any forum to post or transmit any material that is: abusive, hateful, racist, bigoted, sexist, harassing, threatening, inflammatory, defamatory, knowingly false, vulgar, obscene, sexually-oriented, profane or is otherwise in violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation.
    

4. You will not post or transmit any software or computer files that contain a virus, worm or other disruptive or harmful component.

Without limiting any of our other rights or remedies, a violation of any of the above rules of conduct may result in removal of a user's postings, revocation of registration and/or banning a registrant's e-mail address, which would prohibit the user from having any access to any or all of the forums.

KCBusinesses.com will cooperate fully with law enforcement officials and comply with any court order with respect to any claim or investigation arising from your participation in any of the forums and any material posted by you, including, without limitation, furnishing such material and information regarding your identity and any other information we may have about you.

You assume total responsibility and risk for your use of and participation in any forum on this website. KCBusinesses.com shall not be responsible or liable under any circumstances for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of or in any way related to any forum on this website. If you are dissatisfied with this website, including any forum thereon, your sole remedy is to cease use of the website or forum, as applicable.

KCBusinesses.com does not warrant that the functions contained in the materials on this website will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this website or the servers that make such materials available, are free of viruses or other harmful components.  KCBusinesses.com does not warrant or make any representation regarding the correctness, accuracy, timeliness, reliability or any other aspect of the use of any of the materials.

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold KCBusinesses.com harmless from and against any and all claims, losses, liability, costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by KCBusinesses.com in connection with or arising out of your participation in any of the forums on this website and any material posted by you thereto.

You acknowledge that by participating in any forum on this website, you are granting KCBusinesses.com the unrestricted right, throughout the world and in perpetuity, to copy, sublicense, adapt, transmit, perform, display or otherwise use, at no cost whatsoever to KCBusinesses.com, any and all material you post to any such forum, including, without limitation, all intellectual property rights embodied therein.

We may change, modify or supplement these terms of use at any time. Accordingly, we encourage you to check this page from time to time as you will be bound by any such revisions.

Contests
All contests on our website are conducted in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. The information you voluntarily provide by participating in any such contest will be used to verify participant identity and to contact winners, and may be shared with named co-sponsors, which may use such information to apprise you of their goods and/or services. Please be assured that, except to the extent shared with co-sponsors, the information you give us or that we collect about you in connection with your participation in any such contest will not be shared with any other third party, except with our service providers and then only in the form and for the purposes stated in the above Privacy Pledge.  You authorize us to display your information publicly on our website if you are deemed a winner.

Usage Statistics
In order to better understand traffic patterns we analyze our site activity to obtain overall usage statistics. These usage statistics provide us with certain information obtained through the use of cookies and from data within the browser string. Information we collect may include domain name, browser type, operating system, geographic origin, referring domain and MIME type. Cookies allow us to track behavior on the site to determine content preferences and usage patterns. This information is for internal use and is only shared with third parties on a statistically aggregated basis. No specific or personally identifiable information collected through this process is ever shared with a third party.

Cookies
KCBusinesses.com uses cookies on our website. A cookie is a small data file written to your hard drive. Cookies allow us to understand user behavior so we can more effectively develop information and programs to serve you better. Advertisers require information regarding ad impressions and click-through rates, and by providing them with this information, we are able to keep our website free to our visitors. Please be assured that, except for sharing impressions and click-through rates with our third-party advertisers, the information you give us or that we collect about you in connection with our use of cookies will not be shared with any other third party.

Links to other Sites
KCBusinesses.com provides links to 3rd party websites through multiple locations and resources across our website.  The privacy policies of any 3rd party website may be significantly different from this privacy policy. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites and cannot guarantee the security of any of your personal information collected there.

Calendar Events Disclaimer

KCBusinesses.com does not endorse or certify any of the community events listed herein or the accuracy of the listing of said events including but not limited to dates, times, and or locations. Use at your own risk and confirm the event details with the person or entity responsible for the event.  The information contained on the KCBusinesses.com is a simple listing of events happening around the area that we think may be of interest to our members.  We reserve the right to choose what we post on the KCBusinesses.com calendar website.

Events submitted and links to other web sites have been made in good faith in the expectation that the content is appropriately maintained/checked/verified by the author/agency/organization of the aforementioned submission and/or link and is timely and accurate. We do not have control nor responsibility for any external information sources linked on the KCBusinesses.com events calendar website.

Job Board Disclaimer

KCBusinesses.com strives for, and are committed to, providing the ultimate advertising value in the Kansas City metro area jobs board market.

1. KCBusinesses.com does not guarantee job placement

2. KCBusinesses.com does not guarantee that an employer will fill the vacancy by advertising with us

3. KCBusinesses.com does not guarantee the validity of any job vacancy submitted.

Employers (also known os job posters) agree that any and all listing do not violate federal, state, or local equal employment opportunity laws, including but not limited to, stating in any advertisement for employment a preference or requirement based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability.

KCBusinesses.com is not responsible for the content listed by employers or job seekers and does not endorse any job or opportunity that is posted on KCBusinesses.com.

KCBusinesses.com is not responsible for any information posted on the Job Board. The information visitors list on their virtual resume or account is solely their decision and responsibility. All information posted or upload is in the public domain. Anyone searching the Job Board, employer or visitor, has access to posted resumes and job listings.  KCBusinesses.com does NOT screen every job posted on the boards and highly advises visitors to research any company that contacts them before proceeding further with that company.

Security
KCBusinesses.com strives to protect your personal information and privacy, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you disclose or transmit to us online and cannot be responsible for the theft, destruction or inadvertent disclosure of your personal information.

Spam Reporting
We have measures in place to block all spam attempts to our users & members, with any online website there is potential that a spammer may find ways to send unsolicited e-mail through our system. KCBusinesses.com never sends unsolicited or spam e-mail. We view spam as a serious violation of privacy and a misuse of the internet in general. If you receive an unsolicited e-mail with a domain of KCBusinesses.com, please notify us immediately.  We will do our utmost to track down the offender and take any actions necessary to stop spam messages.

No warranties 

This website is provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, express or implied.  KCBusinesses.com makes no representations or warranties in relation to this website or the information and materials provided on this website. 

Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing paragraph, KCBusinesses.com does not warrant that:

• this website will be constantly available, or available at all

• the information on this website is complete, true, accurate, misleading, or non-misleading

Nothing on this website constitutes, or is meant to constitute, advice of any kind.  If you require advice including but not limited to legal or financial advice, you should consult an appropriate professional.

Indemnification
Customer agrees that it shall defend, indemnify, save and hold KCBusinesses.com harmless from any and all demands, liabilities, losses, costs and claims, including reasonable attorney's fees asserted against KCBusinesses.com, its agents, its customers, officers and employees, that may arise or result from any service provided or performed or agreed to be performed or any product sold by customer, its agents, employees or assigns. Customer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless KCBusinesses.com against liabilities arising out of; (1) any injury to person or property caused by any products sold or otherwise distributed in connection with KCBusinesses.com; (2) any material supplied by customer infringing or allegedly infringing on the proprietary rights of a third party; (3) copyright infringement and (4) any defective products sold to customers from KCBusinesses.com's server.

Arbitration
By using any KCBusinesses.com services, you agree to binding arbitration. If any disputes or claims arise against KCBusinesses.com or its subsidiaries, such disputes will be handled by an arbitrator of KCBusinesses.com's choice with the state of Kansas in the United States of America. All decisions rendered by that arbitrator will be binding and final. You also are responsible for any and all costs related to such arbitration.

Restrictions

You may NOT do any of the following which could be grounds for immediate termination of your account without notice including potential legal action against you.

• contact anyone who has asked not to be contacted, or make unsolicited contact with anyone for any commercial purpose

• "stalk" or otherwise harass anyone

• collect personal data about other users for commercial or unlawful purposes

• use automated means, including spiders, robots, crawlers, data mining tools, or the like to download data from the Service

• post non-local or otherwise irrelevant Content, repeatedly post the same or similar Content or otherwise impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure

• impersonate any person or entity

• falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or organization

• include personal or identifying information about another person without that person's explicit consent

• add content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party, or Content that you do not have a right to
  make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships

Limitations of liability

KCBusinesses.com will not be liable to you in relation to the contents of, or use of, or otherwise in connection with, this website: 

• For any indirect, special or consequential loss

• For any losses including but not limited to loss of revenue, income, profits, anticipated savings, contracts, business relationships, reputation, and or goodwill

These limitations of liability apply even if KCBusinesses.com has been expressly advised of the potential loss.  This includes loss of data resulting from delays, no deliveries, wrong delivery, and any and all service interruptions caused by KCBusinesses.com and its employees.

Changes to the Privacy Policy
This privacy policy may be modified from time to time.  We recommend you revisit our privacy policy on an ongoing basis to keep up to date with any changes.

Contact KCBusinesses.com

If you have any questions please write to:

KCBusinesses.com
9009 W. 101st Street
Overland Park, KS 66212
(913) 593-5651

Effective date: January 1st, 2010