Terms of Service Agreement

Introduction: College Central Network and CCN Technology Services, Inc. ("College Central Network," "College Central," "CCN," "Company," "we," or "us") provides a web-based employment service through its website (the "Site"). The Site, including all of the functionality, content, and services offered to you through the Site, brings together the nation's college educated and emerging entry-level talent comprised of students and alumni attending, having attended or graduated from United States based colleges and universities and connects them with their school's career and employment centers and/or employers seeking to hire them. This Terms of Service Agreement ("Agreement") describes the terms and conditions under which authorized users ("Users" or "you") may use the Site.

By using our Site, you agree to all of the provisions of this Agreement and its related Privacy Policy. This Agreement constitutes a binding contract between College Central Network and you, which is effective as soon as you begin using the Site for any reason, and it cannot be varied in any way without our written consent.

Please read this Agreement carefully. This Agreement contains the terms and conditions of service governing Users' access to and permitted uses of the Site. CCN is not intending any "surprises" or "gotchas" in this Agreement. However, you should read the Agreement carefully to make sure you understand its provisions. If you do not accept any of the provisions of this Agreement, or if you do not meet or comply with such provisions, you may not use the Site. This Agreement applies only to Users of the Site. Separate contractual arrangements apply to CCN's client schools, its partners, and affiliates and prospective employers.

CCN's intention is to have you in functional control of who can see and obtain information you have authorized to be seen or accessed by others. You can change your authorization settings at any time. You control who views the information that you enter into CCN. Once and while you are a registered user, you may choose to:

CCN values its Users. College Central Network was incorporated in 1997 to help educate, develop and provide effective electronic support for the next generation of our nation's emerging workforce. Our tools and services were developed to make your job search easier and more effective and to put you in control of your information. In addition to using CCN in your job search, CCN encourages all job seekers to visit their college or university career placement or employment center and to take advantage of their school's valuable career-related skills and information.

CCN operates as a hybrid service. Many of its services are offered to any student or graduate of any college or university based in the United States. Other services are exclusive to the students and alumni and those career service professionals and employers who hold direct contractual relationships with CCN.

This Terms of Service Agreement only pertains to Users of the Site and does not apply to employers who post jobs on the Site and who are bound by the Terms of Service Agreement located on EmployerCentral.com. CCN Client Schools are contracted clients of CCN, use CCN's Career Services Central® online career office management system and are legally bound by the specific terms and conditions as outlined in a separate signed agreement between CCN and that individual CCN Client School. This Terms of Service Agreement only covers the Users of the Site from any contracted or non-contracted school and not the CCN Client Schools or Employers themselves.

Okay, all that having been said (actually, written) to introduce and orient you to College Central Network's philosophy and our commitment to have you, the Site User, in control of your information, to use the Site you still must agree: 1) to be responsible for the type of information you post and/or upload, 2) be prudent in your use of this (and for that matter, any) internet Site (e.g. revealing passwords to others), and 3) abide by this Terms of Service Agreement. So read on (this is the stuff - all of it - including the Sections numbered 1 through 21 below - our lawyers want you to read and you must agree to in order to use our Site).

CCN grants you a limited, terminable, nonexclusive right to access and use the Site only for your personal use in seeking employment opportunities for yourself. This authorizes you to view and download a single copy of the material on the Site solely for your personal, noncommercial or quasi-commercial use. Your use of the Site is a privilege. CCN reserves the right to suspend or terminate that privilege for any reason at any time, at its sole discretion, with or without further notice.

Any use by you of this Site or related services indicates your acceptance of and agreement to be bound by this Terms of Service Agreement, as amended and in effect from time to time. When utilizing the College Central Network Site you understand and agree that:

We reserve the right to and may amend or modify these Terms of Service at any time. After any material or substantive changes to this Terms of Service Agreement, the next time you log on you will be notified of and asked to accept such changes as a condition to your further use of the Site.

1. Definitions. The following definitions apply to these Terms of Service and unless the context of a defined word reasonably requires otherwise, a defined term is intended to include its standard or colloquial meaning(s), as well as those set forth below and is not to be read narrowly:

  1. "Student" means a person who is (or in the past 18 months was) either: currently enrolled in, attending, or taking classes at a U.S. college or university or U.S. community or technical college.
  2. "Alumnus/a" means a person who has graduated from a U.S. college or university.
  3. "Career Services Central® (CSC) School" or "CCN Client School" means any person or entity that is accessing a customized version of College Central Network because their school in under an ASP license agreement with College Central Network.
  4. "Content" includes all text, graphics, design, and programming used on or embedded in the Site.
  5. "Text" includes all text on every page of the Site, whether editorial, navigational, or instructional.
  6. "Design" includes the page layout of the web site including the color combinations and logos.
  7. "Document" refers to any User and/or CCN posting to the Site, whether job, résumé, portfolio, transcripts, writing samples, email, or other job-search materials.
  8. "Graphics" includes all logos, buttons, and other graphical elements on the Site.
  9. "Employer" means a person or entity that is accessing the Site to post a job listing or description or anything related to the purpose of seeking candidates for employment.
  10. "Job seeker" means a User who is either a Student or Alumnus/a of a U.S. based college or university who is accessing the Site to search for a job, or is using the Site in any other capacity to obtain employment.
  11. "College Central Network web site" or the "Site" includes www.CollegeCentral.com in its entirety and the related web sites owned or operated by CCN such as, but not limited to: CollegeCentral.com; StudentCentral.com; AlumniCentral.com; EmployerCentral.com; CareerServicesCentral.com; JobsCentral.com; ResumeCentral.com; LiveEventCentral.com; JobFairCentral.com; CareerCentral.com; and includes their content, text, graphics, design, programming, and services.
  12. "Programming" includes both client-side code (e.g., HTML, JavaScript) and server-side code (PHP, Active Server Pages, VBScript, databases, etc.) used on the Site.
  13. "Services" means any services provided on the Site by CCN or its authorized agents.

2. General Rules of Use. You may use this Site only for lawful purposes within the stated context of CCN's intended and acceptable employment related purposes and use of the Site. CCN is the sole interpreter of the Site's intended and acceptable purposes and use and can permit or refuse usage. The following are general rules that apply to all Users:

  1. PROTECT YOUR ACCOUNT. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials. You are responsible for all uses of your account, whether or not directly authorized by you. If others obtain access to your account to post inappropriate material on the Site, you risk losing your access to the Site. You agree to notify CCN immediately of any unauthorized use of your account (see c. below).
  2. You may not delete, restrict access to, or revise any material posted by any other person or entity.
  3. Users should report inappropriate postings or conduct to CCN by using the feedback system located in the top right-hand corner of your User Account pages.
  4. CCN is under no obligation to monitor the data you enter or documents you post or upload on the Site, but it may monitor documents at random. CCN may investigate complaints of inappropriate usage, postings, or conduct. Users found to violate the acceptable use policy in this Section and/or other applicable Sections of this Agreement may be denied Site access privileges and/or have their use of the Site terminated at CCN's sole discretion. You will receive notice via the email address you have registered if with such action is taken.
  5. Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Site, including, without limitation:
    • accessing data not intended for such User or logging into a server or account that the User is not authorized to access;
    • attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures;
    • attempting to interfere with service to any User, host, or network, including, without limitation, via submitting a virus to the Site, overloading, "flooding," "mail-bombing," "roboting", or "crashing;"
    • forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting; and
    • linking to the Site in a manner not explicitly approved by CCN.

Violations of system or network security will result in your no longer having access to the Site and may result in civil or criminal liability. CCN will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and may involve and cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in or otherwise foster such violations.

3. Unacceptable Site Usage; Third party copyrights and other rights. Any document you post on the College Central Network Site, including your résumé, Career Portfolio, any email to a prospective employer, or other documents may not contain:

Your résumé and, if applicable your Career Portfolio, must contain the accurate résumé and representation of you, an actual living individual seeking employment on a full-time, part-time, or contractual basis on his or her own behalf. You may not use your résumé, Career Portfolio or email to:

Your résumé and, if applicable your Career Portfolio, must contain sufficient detail to convey clearly to the Employer your qualifications as a candidate for employment.

Users shall use the Site for lawful purposes only. You shall not post or transmit through the Site any material which violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane or otherwise objectionable, which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law, or which, without CCN's express prior approval, contains advertising or any solicitation with respect to products or services. Any conduct by a User that in CCN's sole determination restricts or inhibits any other User from using or enjoying the Site will not be permitted.

The Site contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information, including, but not limited to, text, software, photos, video, graphics, music and sound. The entire contents of the College Central Network are copyrighted as a collective work under the United States and international copyright laws. CCN owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content, as well as in the content original to it. You may not modify, publish, perform, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit, any of the content, in whole or in part. You may download copyrighted material for your personal, non-commercial use only. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law or these terms, no copying, redistribution, retransmission, publication, performance, or commercial or quasi-commercial exploitation of downloaded material will be permitted without the express written permission of CCN and the copyright owner. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution, performance or publication of copyrighted material, no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark legend or copyright notice shall be made. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material.

You may not and shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on the Site any material protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the express written permission of the owner of the copyright, trademark or other proprietary right and the burden of determining that any material is not protected by copyright rests with you. You shall be solely responsible and liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such a submission, including without limitation, actual and statutory damages. By submitting, posting or displaying material in any public area of the Site, you are deemed to have represented and warranted that the owner of such material (you or a third-party) has expressly granted CCN and you a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, perform, translate, transmit and distribute such material through the College Central Network and further waive any moral rights in such materials. User also permits any other Users to access, view, store or reproduce the material for that User's personal use.

Because of the nature of these Terms of Service and potential for damage to other Users in addition to money damages, CCN will be entitled to seek equitable relief upon a breach by you of this Terms of Service Agreement without the need to post a bond or other form of security.

The foregoing provisions of Section 3 are for the benefit of CCN, its subsidiaries, affiliates, its and their third party content providers and licensors, and each shall have the right to assert and enforce such provisions directly or on its or their own behalf.

4. Privacy Policy regarding User Information. The CCN Privacy Policy posted on the Site is deemed incorporated in this Agreement by this reference. The Privacy Policy governs data collected by and through CCN.

5. Right to Change Terms. CCN shall have the right at any time to change or modify the Terms of Service applicable to your use of CollegeCentral.com, or any part thereof, or to impose new terms and/or conditions, including, but not limited to, adding fees and charges for use if your school is not a CCN Client School. Also refer to Section 13 below.

6. Equipment. Users shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining all equipment needed for access to and use of the Site and any and all charges related thereto.

7. Monitoring. CCN shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the content of College Central Network, to determine compliance with this Agreement and any operating rules established by CCN and to satisfy any law, regulation or authorized government request. CCN shall have the right in its sole discretion to edit, refuse to post or remove any material submitted to or posted on the Site. Without limiting the foregoing, CCN shall have the right to remove any material that CCN and/or the Company, in its sole discretion, finds to be in violation of the provisions of this Agreement or otherwise objectionable.

8. DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTY; LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY.

  1. USER EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT USE OF COLLEGE CENTRAL NETWORK SITE IS AT USER'S SOLE RISK.
  2. THE SITE IS PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. CCN, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTIES' RIGHTS, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CCN MAKES NO WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON OR OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE. NEITHER CCN, ITS AFFILIATES NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS WARRANT THAT CCN WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SITE, OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICE, OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED THROUGH THE COLLEGE CENTRAL NETWORK SITE.
  3. YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR YOUR USE OF THE SITE, THE INTERNET GENERALLY, AND THE DOCUMENTS YOU POST, ACCESS OR ALLOW OTHERS TO ACCESS AND FOR YOUR CONDUCT ON AND OFF THE SITE. SOME OF THE RISKS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: THE RISK OF PHYSICAL HARM OR OF DEALING AND COMMUNICATING WITH STRANGERS, PERSONS OUTSIDE THE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES, MINORS, OR PERSONS ACTING UNDER FALSE PRETENSES.
  4. IN NO EVENT WILL CCN, OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING CCN INFORMATION OR THE CCN SITE SOFTWARE, BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE. USER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL CONTENT ON THE CCN SITE.
  5. IN ADDITION TO THE TERMS SET FORTH ABOVE, NEITHER, CCN, NOR ITS AFFILIATES, INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR CONTENT PARTNERS SHALL BE LIABLE, REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OR DURATION, FOR ANY ERRORS, INACCURACIES, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER DEFECTS IN, OR UNTIMELINESS OR INAUTHENTICITY OF, THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN THE SITE, OR FOR ANY DELAY OR INTERRUPTION IN THE TRANSMISSION THEREOF TO THE USER, OR FOR ANY CLAIMS OR LOSSES ARISING THEREFROM OR OCCASIONED THEREBY. NONE OF THE FOREGOING PARTIES SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY USER OR THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS OR LOSSES OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOST WAGES OR PROFITS, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. NEITHER, CCN, NOR ITS AFFILIATES, INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR CONTENT PARTNERS REPRESENT, WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THE TIMELINESS, SEQUENCE, ACCURACY, OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN OR ACCESSIBLE FROM THE SITE. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES AS TO THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE INFORMATION.
  6. CCN DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE SITE AND ITS SERVERS ARE OR WILL BE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL MECHANISMS. (Of course neither CCN nor you want that, but as we know unexpected and undesirable things do happen). IF YOUR USE OF THE SITE RESULTS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA, CCN IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS.
  7. CCN MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR GUARANTEES REGARDING THE TRUTHFULNESS, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, OR RELIABILITY OF ANY DOCUMENTS POSTED BY CONTENT PROVIDERS. DOCUMENTS MAY CONTAIN INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. YOU AGREE THAT ANY RELIANCE ON DOCUMENTS POSTED BY CONTENT PROVIDERS, OR ON ANY OTHER FORM OF COMMUNICATION THROUGH THIS SITE, WILL BE AT YOUR OWN RISK. CCN MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES REGARDING THE CONTENT OF THE SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BROKEN LINKS, INACCURACIES, OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS.
  8. CCN DOES NOT ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR REVIEW JOB POSTINGS PLACED ON CCN, NOR IS IT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HIRING, RECRUITING, AND SELECTION PRACTICES OF EMPLOYERS WHO POST JOBS ON CCN. CCN IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PRACTICE OF THE CAREER SERVICES OFFICE OF ANY SCHOOL OR ORGANIZATION REGARDING REFERRAL OF STUDENTS FOR POSITIONS. USERS WHO RESPOND TO JOB POSTINGS ON THE SITE RESPOND AT THEIR OWN RISK.
  9. CCN IS NOT AN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY OR A RECRUITING FIRM, AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR GUARANTEES REGARDING THE EFFECTIVENESS OR TIMELINESS OF THE SITE IN MEETING THE EMPLOYMENT OBJECTIVES OF USERS. CCN DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT DOCUMENTS POSTED BY USERS WILL RESULT IN CANDIDATES BEING HIRED OR POSITIONS BEING FILLED, AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS, FOR WHATEVER REASON MADE, MADE BY ANY USER OR EMPLOYER.
  10. THESE DISCLAIMERS OF LIABILITY APPLY TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF RECORD, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION. USER SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT CCN IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD-PARTIES AND THAT THE RISK OF INJURY OR DAMAGES FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH USER.
  11. IN NO EVENT SHALL CCN (OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES AND ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS), BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA, LOST EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING OR ARISING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF OR ACCESS TO, OR THE INABILITY TO USE OR ACCESS, THE SITE AND/OR ANY DOCUMENT, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL OR QUASI-LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT CCN IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
  12. BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OR LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THE PRECEEDING PARAGRAPH MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF ANY OF THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS ARE HELD INAPPLICABLE OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN CCN'S MAXIMUM LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT TYPE OF DAMAGES SHALL BE LIMITED TO U.S. $100.00 IN THE AGGREGATE.
  13. IN ANY EVENT, CCN (AND/OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS) SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF AN AGGREGATE OF U.S. $100.00. Yes, we wrote essentially the same thing in the paragraph above, but we want to emphasize that your use of the Site is a privilege, not a right, and that CCN is disclaiming liability in connection with your use of the Site.

9. Indemnification. User agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless CCN, the Company (and its officers, directors, employees, and agents), its affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any claims, actions or demands (including, without limitation, costs, damages, and reasonable legal and accounting fees) arising from any actions or claims made, or resulting from or made in connection with your use of the Site, any document posted by you, and/or your breach of these Terms of Service.

10. Trademarks and Intellectual Property Rights. Trademarks and Intellectual Property Rights. The Site and all right, title, and interest in and to the Site are the sole property of CCN and/or its licensors, and are protected by U.S. and international copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. Except for the limited license to use the Site expressly granted to you under this Agreement, CCN reserves for itself and its licensors (including, when and as applicable, affiliates, suppliers, CCN Client schools, participating employers, and business partners) sole ownership of all Site Content. Site Content includes, but is not limited to, color combinations, layout, design, "look and feel", text, graphics, icons, logos, buttons, images, compilation (meaning the collection of data and its arrangement and/or assembly) and any and all software used on or incorporated into the Site. Without limitation on the foregoing, you may not reproduce, modify, display, sell, or distribute the Content, or use it in any way or medium for public, commercial, or quasi-commercial purpose unless the Content is owned by, or licensed to You. You may not (a) copy or adapt the HTML code used to generate web pages on the Site; (b) use or attempt to use engines, manual or automated software, intelligent agents, scripts, robots, or other means or processes to navigate, access, scrape, crawl, or spider or otherwise capture or replicate any web pages or any data provided on this Site other than the search engines provided by CCN and other than generally available third-party web browsers (i.e., Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari); or (c) modify, decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Site. You must retain all copyright, trademark, service mark and other proprietary notices contained in the original Site Content on any copy you make of such material for personal or non-commercial use. Remember, you have acknowledged that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material (also see Sections 3, 11 and 15).

"College Central Network®", the CCN target design logo, and certain other names or logos appearing on the Site including, without limitation, "Jobs Central®", "College Central®", "Student Central®", "Employer Central®", "Résumé Central®", "Alumni Central®", "Career Portfolio Central®", "Career Advice Career Central®", "Career Services Central®", and "It's Time to Learn About You!®", and "Ask around. The Network works.®" are service marks or trademarks owned exclusively by CCN. All other product and service marks contained on the Site are the trademarks of their respective owners.

The contents of the Site, including, but not limited to, including color combinations, button shapes, layout, design, and all other graphic elements, the Site's look and feel, text, graphics, icons, logos, buttons and images and any and all software used on or incorporated in the Site (collectively, the "Site Content"), are protected under United States and foreign copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other laws. All Site Content is the property of CCN or its affiliates or suppliers, CCN Client Schools, participating employers or business partners. The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement and/or assembly) of the Site Content is the exclusive property of CCN and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. Unauthorized use of the Site Content may violate copyright, trademark, patent and other laws. You must retain all copyright, trademark, service mark and other proprietary notices contained in the original Site Content on any copy you make of such material. You may not (a) sell or modify the Site Content; (b) modify, decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Site, or (c) reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the Site Content in any way for any public, commercial or quasi-commercial purpose unless the content is owned by or licensed to you. Remember, you have acknowledged that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material (also see Sections 3, 11 and 15).

11. Third Party Content. CCN is a distributor (and not a publisher) of content supplied by third parties and Users. Accordingly, CCN has no more editorial control over such content than does a public library, bookstore, or newsstand. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties on or through the Site, including information providers, Users or any other user of College Central Network, are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of CCN. Neither CCN nor any third-party provider of information guarantees the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any content, nor its merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. In many instances, the content available through CCN represents the opinions and judgments of the respective information provider, User, or other user not under contract with CCN. CCN neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice or statement made on College Central Network by anyone other than authorized CCN employee spokespersons while acting in their official capacities on behalf of CCN. Under no circumstances will CCN be liable for any loss or damage caused by a User's reliance on information obtained through the Site. Please refer to Section 8 above for the complete provisions governing the disclaimers of warranty by CCN. It is the responsibility of the User to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content available through the CCN Site. Please seek the advice of professionals, as appropriate, regarding the evaluation of any specific information, opinion, advice or other content.

Nothing on the Site shall be considered an endorsement, representation, or warranty with respect to any user or third party, whether in regards to its web site, products, services, hiring, experience, employment or recruiting practices, or otherwise.

12. Links to Other Sites. The CCN Site contains links to other web sites, such as employer sites and job-seeker sites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and are not to be construed as an endorsement, representation or warranty by CCN of the content of any such third-party web sites. CCN is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such third-party web sites. If you decide to access linked third-party web sites, you do so at your own risk and should first ascertain the respective privacy and other policies of those third-party web sites.

13. Amendments to This Agreement; Possible Imposition of Fees for Non-CCN Client Schools; and Changes to Site. CCN shall have the right at any time to change or modify the Terms of Service applicable to your use of CollegeCentral.com, or any part of the Site, or to impose new terms and/or conditions, including, but not limited to, adding fees and charges for use if your school is not a CCN Client School. CCN may revise these Terms of Service at any time by updating this page. This Agreement and any subsequent changes will be binding on you on the date they are accepted by you. You will be given notice of any future material or substantive changes to these Terms of Service and if you wish to continue to use the Site, you must agree to the Terms of Service as then in effect. Thereafter, your use of the Site will be considered acceptance by you of all the then current Terms of Service. If at any time you consider the Terms of Service unacceptable, you may not use the Site any longer. Any new or different terms to these Terms of Service that may be proposed by you are specifically rejected by CCN unless CCN agrees to them in a signed writing specifically referencing those new or different terms. CCN may change the contents and any other attributes of the Site at any time.

14. Termination. CCN reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate or disable your password, account (or any part thereof) or access to or use of the Site, or remove or discard any content within the Site, for any reason and may terminate this Agreement with you at any time without further notice of such possibility, although it will endeavor (but is not obligated) to provide such notice. Without limiting the foregoing, CCN shall have the right to immediately terminate User's Account in the event of any conduct by User which CCN and/or the Company, in its sole discretion, considers to be unacceptable, or in the event of any breach by User of this Agreement (see in particular (see in particular, but not limited to) Sections 2, 3, 10 and 15. Further, you specifically agree that CCN shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Site or any related services. Unless the context requires otherwise, all the provisions of this Agreement shall survive termination of this Agreement (except those granting you access to or use of the Site), including, without limitation, this Section 14 and Sections 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, and 15. Upon termination of your right to use the Site, you shall immediately cease all your use and access thereof. CCN may investigate violations of this Agreement claimed by others and has the full right to suspend, disable or terminate access to the Site, without liability on its part, pending the outcome of any such investigation.

15. Copyrights and Copyright Agent. CCN respects the rights of all copyright holders and in this regard, CCN has adopted and implemented a policy that provides for the termination of User access to the Site in appropriate circumstances for any User who infringes the rights of copyright holders. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide CCN's Copyright Agent with the following information required by the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. 512:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
  2. Identification of the copyright work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
  3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
  4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party; such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
  5. A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
  6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

For copyright inquiries under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, please contact:

Copyright Agent
College Central Network
245 8th Avenue
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18. No Waiver. No waiver of any term of these Terms of Service by either you or CCN shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term and no implied waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default.

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