Terms and Conditions of Use

High Tech Jobs Forum is a not for profit organization providing a free service linking skilled individuals seeking employment or freelance work within technology companies and industry partners seeking qualified personnel to support technology-based job growth. To maximize hiring results for technology employers and qualified job seekers, High Tech Jobs Forum offers a subscription-based service for technology-based companies that provide staffing and recruiting for jobs.

Terms and Conditions of Use. These are the only "Terms and Conditions" under which you may use High Tech Jobs Forum web sites. Please read this page carefully. If you do not accept the Terms and Conditions stated here, do not use this web site and service. By using this web site, you are indicating your acceptance to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. High Tech Jobs Forum may revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by updating this posting. You should visit this page periodically to review the Terms and Conditions, because they are binding on you. The terms "You" and "User" as used herein refer to all individuals and/or entities accessing this web site for any reason.

Ownership of High Tech Jobs Forum web sites Content. The contents of High Tech Jobs Forum web sites are under the control of the High Tech Jobs Forum, whether partial or otherwise such as text, graphics, images, logos, button icons, software and other web site content, are protected under both United States and foreign intellectual property laws. All web site content is the property of High Tech Jobs Forum or its content suppliers or clients. The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement and assembly) of all content on this web site is the exclusive property of High Tech Jobs Forum and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Unauthorized use of the web site content may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws such as the Federal Patriot Act.

Use of High Tech Jobs Forum Web Sites. High Tech Jobs Forum web sites may be used only for lawful purposes by individuals seeking employment, career information, or contract work; employers seeking employees or contract workers; and staffing companies seeking individuals and business entities to match workers and business entities. High Tech Jobs Forum authorizes you to view and access a single copy of the content available on High Tech Jobs Forum web sites for your use only. You must retain all copyright, trademark, service-mark and other proprietary notices contained in the original web site content on any copy you make of the web site content.

Prohibited Uses. High Tech Jobs Forum specifically prohibits any use of the web site, and all users agree not to use the web site, for any of the following:
The use of the web site content on any other web site for any purpose is prohibited.
You may not sell or modify the web site content or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the web site content in any way for any public or commercial purpose.

1. You agree not to copy or adapt the HTML code that the High Tech Jobs Forum uses to create or generate any web site content or the pages making up High Tech Jobs Forum web sites.

2. You agree that you will not post any incomplete, false or inaccurate biographical information or information which is not your own accurate resume (living individual seeking employment on a full-time or part-time basis on his or her own behalf).

3. You agree that you will not post any franchise, pyramid scheme, "club membership", distributorship or sales representative agency arrangement or other business opportunity which requires an up front or periodic payment, pays commissions only (except for postings that make clear that the available job pays commission only and clearly describes the product or service that the job seeker would be selling, in which case such postings are permissible), requires recruitment of other members, sub-distributors or sub-agents.

4. You agree not to delete or revise any material posted by any other person or entity.

5. You agree not to use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of High Tech Jobs Forum web sites or any activity being conducted on this site.

6. You agree not to take any action which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of High Tech Jobs Forum web sites.

7. You agree that if you have a password allowing access to a non-public area of this web site, you will not disclose to or share your password with any third parties or use your password for any unauthorized purpose.

8. You agree not to use or attempt to use any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism (including without limitation browsers, spiders, robots, avatars or intelligent agents) to navigate or search High Tech Jobs Forum web sites other than the search engine and search agents available from High Tech Jobs Forum web sites and other than generally available third party web browsers (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer).

9. You agree not to attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of High Tech Jobs Forum web sites.

10. You agree not to aggregate, copy or duplicate in any manner any of the web site content or information available on High Tech Jobs Forum web sites.

11. You agree not to frame or link to any of the web site content or information available on High Tech Jobs Forum web sites.

12. You agree not to use High Tech Jobs Forum web sites to transmit, distribute, store or destroy material, including without limitation web site content: in violation of any applicable law such as the Federal Patriot Act or regulations; in a manner that will infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of others; in violation of the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others; or in any way that is defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful.

High Tech Jobs Forum web sites Security Rules. Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the High Tech Jobs Forum web sites, including, without limitation: accessing data not intended for such user or logging into a server or account which 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 without proper authorization; attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to High Tech Jobs Forum web sites, overloading, "flooding", "spamming", "mailbombing" or "crashing"; sending unsolicited e-mail, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services; or forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability.

High Tech Jobs Forum Cooperates with Law Enforcement Authorities. High Tech Jobs Forum will investigate occurrences which may involve violations of law and will cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in any such criminal law violations.

Policy Regarding Termination Of Users Who Repeatedly Violate these Terms and Conditions for Use of High Tech Jobs Forum web sites. High Tech Jobs Forum will terminate the accounts of any account holders, and block access to High Tech Jobs Forum web sites of any users, who are repeat violators of these terms and conditions of use for High Tech Jobs Forum web sites. High Tech Jobs Forum reserves the right to take these actions at any time, in our sole discretion, with or without notice, and without any liability to the account holder who is terminated or to the user whose access is blocked.

User Information. When you register for the web site, you will be asked to provide High Tech Jobs Forum with certain information including, without limitation, a valid email address. In addition to the terms and conditions that may be set forth in any privacy policy on this web site, you understand and agree that High Tech Jobs Forum may disclose to third parties, on an anonymous basis, certain aggregate information contained in your registration application. High Tech Jobs Forum will not disclose to any third party your name, address, e-mail address or telephone number without your prior consent, except to the extent necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable laws or in legal proceedings where such information is relevant. High Tech Jobs Forum reserves the right to offer third party services and products to you based on the preferences that you identify in your registration and at any time thereafter; such offers may be made by High Tech Jobs Forum or by third parties. Please see our Privacy Policy for further details regarding your Information.

User Submissions. As a user, you are responsible for your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of their posting. You agree not to do the following things: post material that is copyrighted, unless you are the copyright owner or have the permission of the copyright owner to post it; post material that reveals trade secrets, unless you own them or have the permission of the owner; post material that infringes on any other intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others; post material that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing to another user or any other person or entity; post a sexually-explicit image or statement; post advertisements or solicitations of business, post chain letters or pyramid schemes; impersonate another person; or post material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming routines or engines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or information.

You Rely on Submissions of Others at Your Own Risk. High Tech Jobs Forum does not represent nor warrantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of communications posted by users or endorse any opinions expressed by users. You acknowledge that any reliance on material posted by other users will be at your own risk.

High Tech Jobs Forum Not Responsible for User Submissions. High Tech Jobs Forum acts as a passive conduit for the online distribution and publication of user-submitted information and has no obligation to screen communications or information in advance and is not responsible for screening or monitoring material posted by users. If notified by a user of communications which allegedly do not conform to these Terms and Conditions, High Tech Jobs Forum may investigate the allegation and determine in good faith and its sole discretion whether to remove or request the removal of the communication. High Tech Jobs Forum has no liability or responsibility to users for performance or nonperformance of such activities. High Tech Jobs Forum reserves the right to expel users and prevent their further access to the web site for violating the Terms and Conditions or the law and the right to remove communications which are abusive, illegal, or disruptive. High Tech Jobs Forum may take any action with respect to user-submitted information that it deems necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion if it believes it may create liability for High Tech Jobs Forum or may cause High Tech Jobs Forum to lose any services of its ISPs or other suppliers.
User Submissions Include License to Use by High Tech Jobs Forum. By submitting content to High Tech Jobs Forum web sites, you grant High Tech Jobs Forum and its affiliates a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right (including any moral rights) and license with the right to sublicense to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, communicate to the public, perform and display the content (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, for the full term of any rights that may exist in such content. You also warrant that the holder of any rights, including moral rights in such content, has completely and effectively waived all such rights and validly and irrevocably granted to you the right to grant the license stated above. You also permit any user to access, display, view, store and reproduce such content for personal use. Subject to the foregoing, the owner of such user submissions placed on the web site retains any and all rights that may exist in such user submissions.

Unsolicited Creative Disclosures. We appreciate hearing from our customers and welcome your comments regarding our services and the High Tech Jobs Forum web sites. Please be advised, however, that our policy does not permit us to accept or consider creative ideas, suggestions, inventions or materials other than those which we have specifically requested. While we do value your feedback on our services, please be specific in your comments regarding our services and do not submit creative ideas, inventions, suggestions, or materials. If, despite our request, you send us creative suggestions, ideas, drawings, concepts, inventions, or other information, the materials shall become the property of High Tech Jobs Forum. None of the materials shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on our part and High Tech Jobs Forum shall not be liable for any use or disclosure of any such materials. High Tech Jobs Forum shall own exclusively all now known or later discovered rights to the materials and shall be entitled to unrestricted use of the materials for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to you or any other person who submitted the materials.

Registration and Password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your information and password. You shall be responsible for all uses of your registration, whether or not authorized by you. You agree to immediately notify High Tech Jobs Forum of any unauthorized use of your registration or password.

Notification And Elements Of Notification Of Claimed Intellectual Property Infringement. If you believe that your copyrighted work has been uploaded, posted or copied to the High Tech Jobs Forum web sites and is accessible on this web site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please notify us. High Tech Jobs Forum will investigate the matter and respond to you. You can contact us by e-mail: webmaster@techjobsites.org. Please provide us with the following information:

The physical or electronic signature of either the copyright owner or of a person authorized to act on the owner's behalf;

A description of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed, and a description of the activity that you claim to be infringing;

Identification of the URL or other specific location on this web site where the material or activity you claim to be infringing is located or is occurring; you must include enough information to allow us to locate the material or the activity;

Your name, address, telephone number and, if you have one, your e-mail address;
A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that use on the web site of the copyrighted work in the manner you are complaining of is not authorized by the copyright owner, any agent of the copyright owner, or the law; and

An Affidavit of Declaration by you that the information you have provided in your notice is accurate and that you are either the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

High Tech Jobs Forum Limitation of Liability. High Tech Jobs Forum web sites is only a venue for employers or staffing companies to post jobs or contract opportunities and candidates to post resumes and does not censor the listings offered. High Tech Jobs Forum is not involved in the actual transaction between any of the users. As a result, High Tech Jobs Forum has no control over the quality, safety or legality of the jobs, contract opportunities, or resumes posted, the truth or accuracy of the listings, the ability of employers to offer jobs opportunities to candidates or the ability of candidates to fill openings. In addition, note that there are risks, including but not limited to the risk of physical harm, of dealing with strangers, foreign nationals, underage persons or people acting under false pretenses. You assume all risks associated with dealing with other users with whom you come in contact through High Tech Jobs Forum web sites.

No Authentication by High Tech Jobs Forum. Because user authentication on the Internet is difficult, High Tech Jobs Forum cannot and does not confirm that each user is who they claim to be. Because we do not and cannot be involved in user-to-user dealings or control the behavior of participants on High Tech Jobs Forum web sites, in the event that you have a dispute with one or more users, you release High Tech Jobs Forum and all those persons or entities associated therewith from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential, direct and indirect) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.

If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code 1542, which says: "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor."

We are under no legal obligation to, and generally do not, control the information provided by other users which is made available through High Tech Jobs Forum web sites. By its very nature, other people's information may be offensive, harmful or inaccurate, and in some cases will be mislabeled or deceptively labeled.

You agree to use caution and common sense when using High Tech Jobs Forum web sites.

You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for the form, content and accuracy of any resume or material contained therein placed by you on High Tech Jobs Forum web sites. Employers are solely responsible for their postings on High Tech Jobs Forum web sites.

No Employment Relationship. High Tech Jobs Forum is not to be considered to be an employer with respect to your use of High Tech Jobs Forum web sites and shall not be responsible for any employment decisions, for whatever reason made, made by any entity posting Jobs on High Tech Jobs Forum web sites.

Disclaimer of Warranties. High Tech Jobs Forum DOES NOT REPRESENT NOR WARRANT THAT THE High Tech Jobs Forum web sites SITE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE High Tech Jobs Forum web sites SITE AND ITS SERVER ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL MECHANISMS. IF YOUR USE OF THE High Tech Jobs Forum web sites SITE OR THE MATERIAL RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA, High Tech Jobs Forum IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS. THE High Tech Jobs Forum web sites SITE AND WEB SITE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. THE COMPANY, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. High Tech Jobs Forum MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS NOR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS OF THE MATERIAL, SERVICES, SOFTWARE, TEXT, GRAPHICS, AND LINKS. High Tech Jobs Forum web sites may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically made to High Tech Jobs Forum web sites and may be made at any time. Tech Jobs Forum makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of any information on High Tech Jobs Forum web sites nor for any changes made to it. The use of High Tech Jobs Forum web sites is at the user's sole risk.

Disclaimer of Consequential Damages. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY, ITS SUPPLIERS, OR ANY THIRD PARTIES MENTIONED ON High Tech Jobs Forum web sites BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE High Tech Jobs Forum web sites AND THE MATERIAL, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT High Tech Jobs Forum IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Links to Other Sites. The High Tech Jobs Forum web sites contains links to third party web sites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by High Tech Jobs Forum. High Tech Jobs Forum 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.

No Resale or Unauthorized Use. You agree not to resell or assign your rights or obligations under these Terms of Use. You also agree not to make any unauthorized use of High Tech Jobs Forum web sites.

Limitation of Liability. The aggregate liability of High Tech Jobs Forum to you for all claims arising from the use of the High Tech Jobs Forum web sites shall in no event exceed $100 regardless of the type of injury suffered by any user of High Tech Jobs Forum web sites.

Termination. High Tech Jobs Forum reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to pursue any and all of its legal remedies, including but not limited to deletion of your postings from the High Tech Jobs Forum web sites and immediate termination of your registration with or ability to access the High Tech Jobs Forum web sites and/or any other service provided to you by High Tech Jobs Forum, upon any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions or if High Tech Jobs Forum is unable to verify or authenticate any information you submit to the High Tech Jobs Forum web sites registration.

User Indemnifies High Tech Jobs Forum. You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless High Tech Jobs Forum its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, alleging or resulting from your use of the High Tech Jobs Forum web sites or your breach of these Terms and Conditions. High Tech Jobs Forum shall provide notice to you promptly of any such claim, suit, or proceeding and shall assist you, at your expense, in defending any such claim, suit or proceeding.

Export Control of Materials. High Tech Jobs Forum makes no claims that any user submitted materials may be lawfully viewed or accessed outside of the United States or disclosed to foreign nationals in the United States. Access to user submitted materials may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. User submitted materials are the responsibility of the user to obtain any Export Control license that may be required by United States laws and/or regulations. If you access the web site from outside of the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction.

Controlling Law. These Terms and Conditions are governed by the substantive laws of the United States of America if applicable and the laws of the State of , without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Jurisdiction for any claims arising under this agreement shall lie exclusively with the state or federal courts in Albuquerque, New Mexico. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions are found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of these Terms and/or Conditions. These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and High Tech Jobs Forum with respect to the use of the High Tech Jobs Forum web sites. No changes to these Terms and Conditions shall be made or effective unless posted on High Tech Jobs Forum web sites by High Tech Jobs Forum.