Terms and conditions

Please read this agreement carefully before accessing or using the information and services available through the RMBF website ("Site"). By accessing or using the Site, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions below. RMBF may modify this agreement at any time, and such modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting the modified agreement on the Site.

1. COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARKS
   Copyright in the material and trademarks on this Site are owned by Registered Masteer Builders Federation unless otherwise indicated and you agree not to infringe any intellectual property rights owned by RMBF.
   
   You may download material from this Site for your personal and commercial use only provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices.
   
   You may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit or distribute in any way any material from this Site including code and software. You must not use this Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms of use.
   
   
2. INFORMATION DOES NOT REPRESENT PROFESSIONAL ADVICE
   You acknowledge and agree that information published by RMBF is intended to provide general information in summary form on legal and other issues. It is solely your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness and usefulness of all opinions, advice, services, merchandise and other information provided through the Site or on the Internet generally.
   
   In no event will RMBF be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken by you or anyone else in reliance upon any information contained on or omitted from the Site.
   
   
3. NO GUARANTEES OR ENDORSEMENTS OF SITES OR SERVICES WE LINK TO OR THAT LINK TO US
   This site provides links and pointers to Internet sites maintained by third parties from its Site. Such linked sites are not under the control of RMBF and RMBF is not responsible for the contents (including the accuracy, legality or decency) of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. RMBF is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by RMBF of the linked site. RMBF is not responsible for the copyright compliance of any linked site. RMBF will not be liable for any damages or loss arising in any way out of or in connection with or incidental to any information or third party service provided by any third party.
   
   
4. NO GUARANTEES AS TO THE SERVICE
   RMBF provides no warranty to you that the services generally available through its Site will be uninterrupted or error-free or that defects in the service will be corrected. You also understand that RMBF cannot and does not guarantee or warrant to you that files available for downloading through the Site or delivered via electronic mail through the Site will be free of infection or viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code that manifest contaminating or destructive properties. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints o satisfy your particular requirements for accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to the Site for the reconstruction of any lost data.
   
   
5. OUR RIGHTS TO USE INFORMATION YOU SEND US
   RMBF welcomes ideas and feedback from you about all aspects of the Site. You agree that RMBF may reproduce, distribute, transmit, create derivative works of, and publicly display any materials and other information (including ideas for new or improved products and services) that you submit to any public areas of the Site (such as bulletin boards, forums and newsgroups) or by email to RMBF. (Please read our privacy policy for more information as to how we deal with information you send to us.)
   
   
6. NO GUARANTEE AS TO SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION
   While RMBF takes all due care in ensuring the privacy and integrity of the information you provide, the possibility exists that this information could be unlawfully observed by a third party while in transit over the Internet or while stored on RMBF's systems or on RMBF's Site. RMBF disclaims all liability to you to the greatest extent possible pursuant to law should this occur.
   
   
7. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR PASSWORD AND LOGIN
   When you become a registered user, you are provided a password and a login name. You are entirely responsible if you do not maintain the confidentiality of your password and login name. Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your login name. You may change your password at any time by contacting RMBF or under "My Info";
   
   You agree to immediately notify RMBF of any unauthorized use of your login name or any other breach of security known to you.
   
   
8. NO MISREPRESENTATIONS ALLOWED
   You agree that it is a condition on your use of the RMBF C.V. database facility and of any other services provided by RMBF or through the Site that you will not either through any act or omission mislead or deceive others.
   
   
9. GENERAL PROVISIONS
   If any part of this agreement is held invalid that part shall be severed from this agreement and the remainder of this agreement will continue to be valid and enforceable.
   
   Termination of this agreement will not end those provisions that are capable of surviving the ending of this agreement.
   
   The laws governing this agreement will be the laws in New Zealand and you irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of its Courts.