WEBSITE TERMS OF USE
If you do not agree to the Terms of Use, discontinue using the site immediately!
By using this site, you signify your Assent and Agreement to these Terms of Use. If you do not
agree to these Terms of Use, do not use the site.
Restrictions on Use of Materials
Materials in this website are Copyrighted and all rights are reserved. Text, graphics, databases,
HTML code, and other intellectual property are protected by US and International Copyright
Laws, and may not be copied, reprinted, published, reengineered, translated, hosted, or
otherwise distributed by any means without explicit permission. All of the trademarks on this site
are trademarks of Yorke Benefits or of other owners used with their permission.
Database Ownership, License, and Use
Yorke Benefits warrants, and you accept, that Yorke Benefits is the owner of the
copyright of the Databases of Links to articles and resources available from time to time through
http://www.YorkeBenefits.cc. Yorke Benefits and its contributors reserve all rights and
no intellectual property rights are conferred by this agreement.
Yorke Benefits grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use database(s)
accessible to you subject to these Terms and Conditions. The database(s) may be used only for
viewing information or for extracting information to the extent described below.
You agree to use information obtained from Yorke Benefits databases only for your
own private use or the internal purposes of your home or business, provided that is not the
selling or broking of information, and in no event cause or permit to be published, printed,
downloaded, transmitted, distributed, reengineered, or reproduced in any form any part of the
databases (whether directly or in condensed, selective or tabulated form) whether for resale,
republishing, redistribution, viewing, or otherwise.
Nevertheless, you may on an occasional limited basis download or print out individual pages
of information that have been individually selected, to meet a specific, identifiable need for
information which is for your personal use only, or is for use in your business only internally,
on a confidential basis. You may make such limited number of duplicates of any output, both in
machine-readable or hard copy form, as may be reasonable for these purposes only. Nothing
herein shall authorize you to create any database, directory or hard copy publication of or from
the databases, whether for internal or external distribution or use.
Liability
The materials in this site are provided “as is” and without warranties of any kind either express
or implied. Yorke Benefits disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including,
but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
Yorke Benefits does not warrant that the functions contained in the materials will be
uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that
makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. Yorke Benefits
does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of
the materials in this site in terms of their correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise. You
(and not Yorke Benefits assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair or
correction. Applicable law may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above
exclusion may not apply to you.
Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall Yorke Benefits
be liable for any special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability
to use, the materials in this site, even if Yorke Benefits or a Yorke Benefits
authorized representative has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Applicable law
may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages, so
the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. In no event shall Yorke Benefits’s
total liability to you for all damages, losses, and causes of action (whether in contract, tort,
including but not limited to, negligence or otherwise) exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for
accessing this site.
Facts and information at this website are believed to be accurate at the time they were placed
on the website. Changes may be made at any time without prior notice. All data provided on
this website is to be used for information purposes only. The information contained on this
website and pages within, is not intended to provide specific legal, financial or tax advice, or
any other advice, whatsoever, for any individual or company and should not be relied upon in
that regard. The services described on this website are only offered in jurisdictions where they
may be legally offered. Information provided in our website is not all-inclusive, and is limited to
information that is made available to Yorke Benefits and such information should not be
relied upon as all-inclusive or accurate.
Links and Marks
The owner of this site is not necessarily affiliated with sites that may be linked to this site and
is not responsible for their content. The linked sites are for your convenience only and you
access them at your own risk. Links to other websites or references to products, services or
publications other than those of Yorke Benefits and its subsidiaries and affiliates at
this website, do not imply the endorsement or approval of such websites, products, services or
publications by Yorke Benefits or its subsidiaries and affiliates.
Certain names, graphics, logos, icons, designs, words, titles or phrases at this website may
constitute trade names, trademarks or service marks of Yorke Benefits or of other
entities. The display of trademarks on this website does not imply that a license of any kind has
been granted. Any unauthorized downloading, re-transmission, or other copying of modification
of trademarks and/or the contents herein may be a violation of federal common law trademark
and/or copyright laws and could subject the copier to legal action.
Confidentiality of Codes, Passwords and Information
You agree to treat as strictly private and confidential any Subscriber Code, username, user ID,
or password which you may have received from Yorke Benefits, and all information to
which you have access through password-protected areas of Yorke Benefits’s websites
and will not cause or permit any such information to be communicated, copied or otherwise
divulged to any other person whatsoever.
Other Legal Stuff
These Terms of Use will apply to every access to http://www.yorkebenefits.cc. Yorke Benefits
reserves the right to issue revisions to these Terms of Use by publishing a revised
version of this document on this site: that version will then apply to all use by you following the
date of publication. Each access of information from Yorke Benefits will be a separate,
discrete transaction based on the then prevailing terms.
This Terms of Use and the license granted may not be assigned or sublet by You without Yorke Benefits written consent in advance.
These Terms of Use shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws
of the United States, as it is applied to agreements entered into and to be performed entirely
within such jurisdiction.
To the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate Yorke Benefits
and/or its affiliates’ intellectual property rights, Yorke Benefits and/or its affiliates may
seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the United States, and
you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts.
Any other disputes will be resolved as follows:
If a dispute arises under this agreement, we agree to first try to resolve it with the help of a
mutually agreed-upon mediator in the following location: TBD. Any costs and fees associated
with the mediation will be paid by the plaintiff.
If it proves impossible to arrive at a mutually satisfactory solution through mediation, we agree
to submit the dispute to binding arbitration at the following location: TBD, under the rules of the
American Arbitration Association. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitration may be
entered in any court with jurisdiction to do so.
If any provision of this agreement is void or unenforceable in whole or in part, the remaining
provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.
Termination
These Terms of Use agreement are effective until terminated by either party. You may
terminate this agreement at any time by destroying all materials obtained from any and all http:/
/www.dallasplumber.cc site(s) and all related documentation and all copies and installations
thereof, whether made under the terms of this agreement or otherwise. This agreement will
terminate immediately without notice at Yorke Benefits’s sole discretion, should you fail
to comply with any term or provision of this agreement. Upon termination, you must destroy all
materials obtained from this site and any and all other http://www.dallasplumber.cc site(s) and
all copies thereof, whether made under the terms of this agreement or otherwise.
User Conduct
The Site may contain bulletin board services, news groups, forums, and/or other message or
communication facilities (“Communication Services”) designed to enable you to communicate
with others. You agree to use the Communication Services only to submit or post messages
and material that are proper and, when applicable, related to the particular Communication
Service. You are also prohibited from submitting to, posting or transmitting through Dallas
Plumber Finder any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar,
obscene, sexually explicit, profane, hateful, racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable
material of any kind, including but not limited to any material that encourages conduct that
would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any applicable
local, state, national, or international law. Content that consists of or contains software viruses,
political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form
of “spam” is prohibited. You may not use a false email or postal address, impersonate any
person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of your posted content.
Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information that constitutes part of
the content expressed or made available by third parties are those of the respective authors
or distributors and not of Yorke Benefits nor its affiliates, not any of their officers,
directors, employees, or agents. You acknowledge that Yorke Benefits does not prescreen
all content, but that Yorke Benefits and its designees shall have the right (but
not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse or move any content that is made available
via the Communication Services. Without limiting the foregoing, Yorke Benefits and
its designees shall have the right to remove any content that violates this Agreement or is
otherwise objectionable. You specifically agree that Yorke Benefits is not responsible for
any content sent using and/or included in the Site by any third party.
Copyright and Restrictions
This Web site contains proprietary material of Yorke Benefits (or material that
other suppliers have licensed to Yorke Benefits for their use) which is protected by
copyright and other laws respecting proprietary rights. Yorke Benefits retains all rights
in the material and media, including (without limitation) all copyright and other proprietary
rights worldwide in all media. You may not use Yorke Benefits except as expressly
permitted under this Agreement and under U.S. copyright laws. Any routine and/or systematic
redistribution of any portion of the products licensed herein is expressly prohibited.
End users who are duly authorized may Access Yorke Benefits for individual use,
i.e., may view the information on screen; may download small portions of the information to
a computer disk for personal convenience and later reference; and may print paper copies of
small portions for personal use only.
The rights granted here are an expansion of the rights granted under the Copyright Act and
do not include any rights to reproduce in its entirety any portion of the information or materials
contained therein. No part of the information may be duplicated in any medium or format beyond
the express terms of this Agreement without prior written authorization from Yorke Benefits
Finder. Any use not authorized by the Agreement is prohibited and is not a fair use under the
U.S. copyright law.
You acknowledge that the information (and the licensed materials contained therein) is highly
proprietary in nature and that unauthorized copying, transfer or use may cause Yorke Benefits
Finder and/or Yorke Benefits’s suppliers irreparable injury that cannot be adequately
compensated for by means of monetary damages. You agree that any breach of this provision
by you, or any subscriber or end-user, may be enforced by Yorke Benefits, and/or any
of Yorke Benefits’s suppliers, by means of equitable relief (including, but not limited to,
injunctive relief) in addition to any other available rights and remedies.
You agree that any supplier of any portion of the licensed materials may enforce its rights
against you, even though that supplier is not a party to the Agreement.
You may not and may not permit others to: reproduce, publish, distribute, sell, or otherwise
access or use any material retrieved from or contained in or on this Site in any manner
whatsoever that may infringe any copyright or proprietary interest of Yorke Benefits;
distribute the information contained in and/on this Site to other users not duly authorized
to Access the Site; distribute, rent, sublicense, lease, transfer or assign the information or
Agreement; decompile, disassemble, or otherwise reverse-engineer this Site or information
contained in or on this Site or any software contained therein, or alter, translate, modify, or
adapt it to create derivative works. Unauthorized reproduction, transfer, and/or use may be a
violation of criminal as well as civil law.
You are expressly prohibited from placing or installing any portion of the information on any
electronic media, including, but not limited to, local or wide area networks, timesharing services,
multiple processing units, multiple site arrangements, service or software rental bureaus, list
servers, online services, electronic bulletin boards or forums, World Wide Web sites or any
other server that is Internet-enabled, without written authorization by Yorke Benefits.
If you breach any provision of this Agreement, Yorke Benefits may immediately
terminate this Agreement and all licenses granted hereunder without prior notice and in addition
to any other available rights and remedies.
Limitations on Use
The following activities are prohibited. You agree not to:
a. Use Web-accelerated browsers or products (including but not limited to NetJet, NetSonic,
MSIECrawler and Teleport-Pro), or other applications that are capable of copying large portions
of content from the Site. Yorke Benefits can detect the use of these systems through live
logfile analysis and will ban any future use by offenders.
b. Use robots and crawlers, or similar technology, without following the robot guidelines (found
at http://info.webcrawler.com/mak/projects/robots.html). We are able to detect robots violating
the guidelines and we will ban any offenders. If you are using a robot/crawler to check Dallas
Plumber Finder links, it must operate according to the robot guidelines (see above). Do not
leave new robots unattended and allow a minimum of 1 minute between automated requests.
c. Use any device, software or routine or the like to interfere or attempt to interfere with any Site
functionality;
d. Take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Site
infrastructure;
e. Use any email addresses appearing on the Site for purposes not relating specifically to the
Site;
f. Access the Site by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Dallas
Plumber Finder, or attempt or access any area of the Site to which your access is not
authorized; or
g. Reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code
relating the Site, except to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law
notwithstanding this limitation.
Accuracy and Availability of Information
The Site contains database information and other content compiled by Yorke Benefits.
While we use commercially reasonable efforts to provide accurate information, Yorke Benefits
Finder gives no warranty as to the accuracy of the database and other content on the Site.
Yorke Benefits reserves the right to withdraw or delete information or content from the
Site at any time.
Links to Third Party Sites
Yorke Benefits does not endorse the content on any third-party Web site, including
Web sites of Yorke Benefits’s affiliates (“Third-Party Sites”). Yorke Benefits is
not responsible for the content of Third-Party Sites that you reach through links on the Site,
sites framed within the Site, or third-party advertisements on the Site, and we do not make any
representations regarding their content or accuracy. Your use of Third-Party Sites is at your
own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such sites. Any transaction that you
conduct at a Third-Party site will be between you and the party providing that Web site. This
means that Yorke Benefits is not your agent and is not a party to any transaction at a
Third-Party Site.
Representations and Warranties
You represent and warrant to Yorke Benefits that: (a) you possess the legal right and
ability to enter into this Agreement; (b) all information submitted by you to the Site is true and
accurate; (c) you will be responsible for all use of your username and password even if such
use was conducted without your authority or permission; (d) you are at least 18 years old; and
(e) you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by this Agreement.
Disclaimer of Warranties
ALL CONTENT, SOFTWARE, AND OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED AT OR FOUND WITHIN
THIS SITE BY Yorke Benefits AND ITS AFFILIATES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”
AND “WITH ALL FAULTS,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, AND YORKE BENEFITS AND ITS AFFILIATES HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED,
OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. SPECIFICALLY, BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE
FOREGOING, Yorke Benefits DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES REGARDING
THE FOLLOWING: (a) AVAILABILITY OF THE SITE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME; (b)
ACCURACY OF THE CONTENT OR HOW CURRENT ANY CONTENT IS THAT IS FOUND
ON THE SITE; (c) TRANSMISSIONS TO, FROM OR WITHIN THE SITE; (d) FUNCTIONALITY;
(e) LACK OF VIRUSES; (f) COMPLIANCE OF THE SOFTWARE, SERVICES AND CONTENT
PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WITH UNITED STATES, FEDERAL OR STATE
LAWS; OR (g) THAT THE SOFTWARE, CONTENT OR SERVICES CONTAINED IN THE SITE
WILL MEET ANY PARTICULAR CRITERIA OF PERFORMANCE OR QUALITY.
Limitation of Damages
IN NO EVENT WILL Yorke Benefits OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR
ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS
INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO INFORMATION, AND THE
LIKE, EVEN IN THE EVENT OF FAULT, TORT, BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR BREACH
OF WARRANTY, AND EVEN IF Yorke Benefits HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Limitation of Liability; Exclusive Remedy
ALSO, IN NO EVENT WILL Yorke Benefits OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES BE LIABLE
TO YOU AND/OR ANY AGENCY FOR ANY AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF THE TOTAL DOLLAR
AMOUNT ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY Yorke Benefits FROM YOU FOR ACCESS TO
THE SITE AND ANY OF THE SERVICES AVAILABLE AT THE SITE DURING THE YEAR
PRIOR TO YOUR CLAIM.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless, and pay our attorney’s fees and costs, if we
become liable for or incur any damages in connection with your breach of this Agreement.
You may not settle any dispute without our prior consent, which may only be given in a nonelectronic
writing signed by an authorized representative of Yorke Benefits.
Consent to Electronic Notices and Other Communications
You agree that all of your transactions relating to the Site may, at our option, be conducted
electronically, including any that we are otherwise required to provide in “writing”. For example,
we may send you notices via postings at the Site or via email to any email address that
you provide to us during registration as a Site member. If you do not wish to deal with us
electronically, you should not use the Site or enter into this Agreement. If applicable law now or
later requires us to communicate with you non-electronically, we reserve the right to charge a
fee for doing so. Notice will be deemed given 24 hours after the email is sent, unless (for email)
we are notified that the email address is invalid. Alternatively, we may give you notice by mail to
the address provided during registration.
Print a Copy for Your Records
You agree to print or make an electronic copy of this Agreement (and any amendment from time
to time) and retain it in your records. You also agree to make a copy of any other information
that we deliver to you in writing.
Termination
Yorke Benefits may terminate your subscription and/or access, or suspend access to
all or part of the Site, without notice, for any conduct that Yorke Benefits, in its sole
discretion, believes is in violation of this Agreement, any applicable law, or any act which is
harmful to the interests of another user, service provider, or Yorke Benefits may also elect not to renew your subscription and access by providing a notice
of nonrenewal prior to the end of your current subscription term. Applicable sections of this
agreement will survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement.
Assignment
You agree not to assign your rights under this Agreement without the consent of an authorized
representative of Yorke Benefits in a non-electronic record, and any assignment without
Yorke Benefits’s consent will be voidable at Yorke Benefits’s option. This
Agreement will inure to the benefit of and bind the parties’ respective successors and permitted
assigns.
Applicable Law and Disputes
This Agreement is governed by the laws of the United States, without regard to principles of
conflict of laws.
To the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate Yorke Benefits
and/or its affiliates’ intellectual property rights, Yorke Benefits and/or its affiliates may
seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the United States, and
you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts.
Any other disputes will be resolved as follows:
If a dispute arises under this agreement, we agree to first try to resolve it with the help of a
mutually agreed-upon mediator in the following location: TBD. Any costs and fees associated
with the mediation will be paid for by the plaintiff.
If it proves impossible to arrive at a mutually satisfactory solution through mediation, we agree
to submit the dispute to binding arbitration at the following location: TBD, under the rules of the
American Arbitration Association. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitration may be
entered in any court with jurisdiction to do so.
Amendments
Yorke Benefits may change the provisions of this Agreement. When Yorke Benefits changes the terms of this Agreement, Yorke Benefits will notify you by email or online postings on this Site. The changes will also appear in this document, which you can access any time. You already agreed to be bound by the changes when you first subscribed to the site. If you do not agree to be bound by the changes, you should not use the Site again and you should cancel your subscription to the Site. Even if you have not clicked on the “I Agree” button or checked the I agree box when subscribing, if you use the Site after you have been notified of a change to this Agreement, you are agreeing now to be bound by that change.
Entire Agreement; Severability; No Waiver
This Agreement (including all documents incorporated by reference) is the entire agreement between the parties for its subject matter and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous communications between the parties. No term of this Agreement may be waived by Yorke Benefits except in a signed, non-electronic writing signed by an authorized representative of Yorke Benefits.
General
If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties agree that its remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect, provided that the allocation of risks described herein is given effect to the fullest extent possible. Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship exists between you and Yorke Benefits or its affiliates as a result of this Agreement or your use of the Site.

