Terms & Conditions

Terms and Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy

The Hotel Council of San Francisco website (the “Site") is a website of the Hotel Council of San Francisco, located at www.hotelcouncilsf.org. Hotel Council of San Francisco does not control, and is not responsible for, any third-party site to which the Site links.

You agree that your use of the Site is subject to the following Terms and Conditions. These Terms and Conditions may be modified at any time and from time to time; the date of the most recent changes or revisions is August 29, 2007. Continued access to the Site by you will constitute your acceptance of any changes or revisions to the Agreement. If you do not agree with the Terms and Conditions, please do not use this Site.

Disclaimer

The materials contained on the Site are provided by the Hotel Council of San Francisco as a service to you for your use on an "as is, as available" basis. You acknowledge that you are using the Site at your own risk. The Hotel Council of San Francisco assumes no responsibility for error or omissions in these materials. The Hotel Council of San Francisco makes no commitment to update the information contained herein. The Hotel Council of San Francisco makes no, and expressly disclaims any and all, representations or warranties, express or implied, regarding the Site, including without limitation the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or reliability of text, graphics, links, products and services, and other items accessed from or via the Site, or that the Site will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of viruses or other harmful components. No advice or information given by the Hotel Council of San Francisco or any other party on the Site shall create any warranty or liability. The Site and the materials provided herein are for informational purposes only and are not legal advice. No reader should rely on or act or refrain from acting on the basis of any matter or information contained in the Site without seeking appropriate legal or other professional advice.

Under no circumstances shall the Hotel Council of San Francisco or any of its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, members, advisors or their respective partners, officers, directors, employees, or agents be held liable for any damages, whether direct, incidental, indirect, special, or consequential, and including, without limitation, lost data, revenues, or profits, loss of or damage to property and claims of third parties, arising from or in connection with your use or performance of the Site or your reliance on the information on the Site.

The Hotel Council of San Francisco periodically schedules system downtime for maintenance and other purposes. Unplanned outages also may occur. The Hotel Council of San Francisco shall have no liability for the resulting unavailability of the Site or for any loss of data or transactions caused by planned or unplanned system outages, or any outages of webhost providers or the Internet infrastructure and network external to the Site.

Copyright

All materials published on the Site, including the compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement and assembly) of all content on the Site, are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. You may download material from this Site for your personal and noncommercial use only, without altering or removing any trademark, copyright, or other notice from such material. You may not otherwise reproduce, republish, distribute, transmit, resell, display, broadcast, or otherwise exploit such material in any manner without the express written permission of either the Hotel Council of San Francisco and, in the case of content licensed by the Hotel Council of San Francisco from third parties, the entity that is credited as the copyright holder of such licensed content.

Trademarks

The Hotel Council of San Francisco, and all page headers, custom graphics and button icons are service marks, trademarks, and/or trade dress of the Hotel Council of San Francisco and may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not offered by the Hotel Council of San Francisco. All other trademarks and company names or logos cited herein are the property of their respective owners.

Featured Services

The Site may provide information from or about featured service providers. The companies that the Hotel Council of San Francisco selects as featured services providers offer products and services that Site visitors may find useful. The Hotel Council of San Francisco in certain cases may have a business relationship with certain third parties that it selects as featured service providers. The Hotel Council of San Francisco is not responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any advice or information given, or of any statement made, by or regarding such featured service providers, or for the content, services, products, or advertising on or available from their websites, or for the availability and operations of their websites.

Jurisdiction

You agree that any claim, action, or proceeding arising out of these Terms and Conditions, or your use of the Site, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California applicable to contracts to be wholly performed therein, and any action based on or alleging a breach of this Agreement must be brought in a state or federal court in California. In addition, you agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts.

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy applies to the Site only and does not cover information collected on any third-party sites to which this Site links. This privacy policy is part of, and must be read in conjunction with, the Site's Terms and Conditions. You can read the entire Terms and Conditions by scrolling up to the top of this Web page. If you do not agree with the Terms and Conditions in their entirety, please do not use this Site.

This privacy policy may change in the future. We invite you to check back periodically to see if we have made any changes.

What personal information is collected from me?
Occasionally, visitors to our Site may be asked to supply certain personal information, such as the visitor’s name, postal address, E-mail address, company affiliation, telephone number, facsimile number or credit card information, which is then retained by the Hotel Council of San Francisco. For example, we may ask you for certain information if you subscribe to our E-mail newsletters or notifications, submit an application for membership, or register online for any of our special events.

How does the Hotel Council of San Francisco use the personal information supplied by me?
If you choose to give us personal information, such information will be retained by us and used to provide you with the information or services you have requested, or to provide you with additional information from the Hotel Council of San Francisco about the Hotel Council of San Francisco, its affiliates, or selected outside companies whose products or services we feel may be of use to you. Any information we provide to you about outside companies or other third parties will be transmitted by the Hotel Council of San Francisco so that such third parties will not have access to your E-mail address or to your other personal information.

The Hotel Council of San Francisco does not currently sell or license your personal information to any other company or organization.

From time to time, the personal information that you provide to us may be shared with companies that perform services for us, such as providers who assist us in maintaining and managing our E-newsletters and our archives, processing credit card payments. Such companies may use your personal information only in the course of providing services to the Hotel Council of San Francisco, and they may not use or disclose your personal information for other purposes.

The Hotel Council of San Francisco may use your personal information to create aggregated, anonymous data about our users in order to develop statistics about activity on and visitors to the Site. We may share this aggregate information with our members and with other companies. This information does not identify individual users or companies.

In addition, the Hotel Council of San Francisco may disclose your personal information if we in good faith believe that such action is necessary to (1) comply with the law or with legal process; (2) protect and defend our rights and property; (3) protect against misuse or unauthorized use of the Site; or (4) protect the personal safety, property, or rights of our users or the public.

What information does the Hotel Council of San Francisco disclose about its members?
The Hotel Council of San Francisco provides a directory of its hotel members and affiliated members on the Site, and may include the member’s physical address, main phone number, website address and name of the general manager in the directory. The Hotel Council of San Francisco may also provide this information to the other members of the Hotel Council of San Francisco.

What if I no longer wish to receive information from the Hotel Council of San Francisco?
If, at some point after giving the Hotel Council of San Francisco your personal information, you do not wish to continue to receive additional information from the Hotel Council of San Francisco, you may opt out by E-mailing info@hotelcouncilsf.org and put the words "remove my name" in the subject line of your E-mail.

How is my credit card information used when I make a payment through the Site?
When you register online for a special event, we ask you to provide your credit card information so that we can process your payment. During the payment process, such credit card information is transmitted to the Hotel Council of San Francisco and to third-party credit card processors and card issuers that must use your information to process your payment.

How is my personal information protected?
The Hotel Council of San Francisco maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information. For example, we use industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer (“SSL”) authentication to ensure the confidentiality of online transactions made on our site. SSL authentication and encryption of the information that you send to us over the Internet help protect your online transaction information from third party interception.

Unfortunately, despite all of our efforts, there is always a risk that third parties may unlawfully intercept transmissions. As a result, we cannot ensure the security of any information you transmit, and you transmit all information at your own risk.

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