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TERMS OF USE FOR SF ASSESSMENT APPEALS BOARD ONLINE FILING
These TERMS OF USE ("TOU") govern your use of the Web site known as SAN FRANCISCO ASSESSMENT APPEAL BOARD ONLINE FILING, or “SFAAB-OL” ("Site"). Please read these Terms of Use carefully. By accessing, browsing and/or using this Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these terms and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. If you do not agree to these terms, do not use this Site. SFAAB-OL may modify these Terms of Use at any time in its sole discretion by updating this posting. The terms "You", "Your" and "User" as used herein refer to all persons and/or entities using this Site for any reason. The term "SFAAB-OL" is defined as the web site and web pages controlled and/or operated by SFAAB-OL and/or the San Francisco Assessment Appeals Board “SFAAB.” 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS A. These TOU shall be governed by and interpreted under the laws of the State of California without regard to conflict of laws provisions. Any dispute arising out of these TOU shall be subject to the exclusive venue of the state and federal courts within the Northern District of California, and You and the SFAAB hereby consent to the venue and jurisdiction of such courts.
B. These TOU contain the entire agreement and understanding between You and the SFAAB with respect to the subject matter hereof. In no event will any additional terms or conditions be effective unless expressly accepted by the SFAAB in writing.
C. If any provision of these TOU is held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the remaining provisions will nevertheless remain in full force and effect.
D. The SFAAB may modify these TOU by posting notice of such modifications on this page. Any modification is effective upon posting, unless otherwise indicated .
E. You agree that, if the SFAAB does not exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy contained in these TOU (or that the SFAAB has the benefit of under any applicable law), this will not be taken to be a formal waiver of the SFAAB's rights and that those rights or remedies will still be available to the SFAAB. Any waiver of any provision of these TOU will be effective only if the SFAAB expressly states in a signed writing that it is waiving a specified provision.
2. COPYRIGHT All editorial and creative assets on this Site, include the code used to create web pages, are protected by U.S. and International copyright laws. The SFAAB reserves all rights to this content.
3. MATERIAL USE SFAAB-OL authorizes You to view a single copy of the Material on this Site solely for Your personal, noncommercial, or internal business purposes relating to assessment appeals business only . You must retain all copyright, trademark, service mark and other proprietary notices contained in the original Material on any copy You make of the Material (but You may only make such copies as expressly authorized by these Terms of Use). Unauthorized use of the Material may violate copyright, trademark and other laws. You may not modify, copy, transmit, create derivative works from, reverse engineer, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to discover any source code from any software accessible or available through SFAAB-OL, or sell, assign, sub-license or otherwise transfer any right in such software. You may not distribute the Material to third parties or use it to create databases, directories, mailing or marketing lists or for any other purpose. You may not incorporate the Material for any purpose into another database, search engine, any other web site or in a networked computer environment of any kind . You may not copy or adapt the HTML code that SFAAB-OL creates to generate its pages. Access to this Site is monitored. The requesting URLs, the machine originating the request and the time of the request may be logged for access statistics and security purposes. Use of this Site constitutes consent to such monitoring.
4. USER INFORMATION SFAAB-OL may also make improvements and/or changes in the services described in this Site at any time without notice. Material on this Site may be changed, terminated, or updated without notice. Any information or material sent to SFAAB-OL shall not be considered confidential. By sending SFAAB-OL any information or material, You acknowledge such information is subject to public inspection and you grant SFAAB-OL license to use such information for its business purposes.
5. SCOPE OF PERMITTED SITE USE You may refer to the URL of this Site without limitation, but You may not link to this Site. The Site may only be used for lawful assessment appeals purposes. SFAAB-OL specifically prohibits any use of the Site, and all Users agree not to use the Site, for any of the following: A. Posting or transmitting any message, information, data, text, software or images, or other material that may invade another's privacy or publicity rights or is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable in the opinion of SFAAB-OL. B. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, using or attempting 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 this Site other than the search engine and search agents available from SFAAB-OL on this Site and other than generally available third party web browsers (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer). C. Using any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this Site or any activity being conducted on this Site and/or taking any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on this Site's infrastructure.
D. Other than as permitted expressly by these Terms of Use, framing, linking, copying or duplicating any of the materials or information available from the Site . You may not use the Site in order to transmit, distribute, erase, or store material: (a) in violation of any applicable law or regulation; (b) in a manner that will infringe the patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of SFAAB-OL or others or violate the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others; or (c) that is harmful, defamatory, libelous, vulgar, obscene, threatening, abusive, harassing or otherwise objectionable in the opinion of SFAAB-OL. You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Site, including, without limitation: (a) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the system or network or to breach security or authentication measures; (b) accessing data not intended for such user or logging into a server or account which the user is not authorized to access; (c) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or posting; (d) attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus or corrupted data to the Site, overloading, continuous posting of repetitive text, "flooding", "spamming", "mailbombing", or "crashing"; or (e) sending unsolicited e-mail, "junk mail", "chain letters", including promotional materials and/or advertising of products or services, or any other form of solicitation. Violations of system and network security may result in civil or criminal liability.
6. SECURITY / NO DISRUPTION You are responsible for all activities that occur under Your password, Personal Identification Number (PIN), and account, and will keep Your password(s) and PIN confidential. You will immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of Your password, PIN, or account or any other breach of security. You will not disrupt the functioning of this Site, solicit another user's password or PIN, or otherwise act in a way that interferes with other users' use of this Site.
7. TIMELY SUBMITTAL OF APPLICATIONS AND PAYMENTS It is your responsibility to ensure that applications and filing fee payments are successfully received by the San Francisco Assessment Appeals Board by 11:59 p.m. on September 15th. If the filing date specified in this subdivision falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, an application and filing fee payment received by 11:59 p.m. on the next business day shall be deemed to have been filed within the requisite time period specified in this subdivision. If your application and/or filing fee payment is posted after the September 15th deadline as a result of a failed transaction or for any other reason, your application will not be accepted as a timely filed appeal and will, therefore, be rejected.
8. LINKS TO OTHER MATERIALS The linked sites are not under the control of SFAAB-OL and SFAAB-OL is not responsible for the content of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. SFAAB-OL reserves the right to terminate any link or linking program at any time.
9. PROPRIETARY INFORMATION Certain portions of this Site contain material that is considered confidential and proprietary . Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise any license or right under any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right of SFAAB-OL or any third party.
SFAAB-OL's logos and trademarks identify our products and/or services, and may never be used, copied or redistributed.
10. INDEMNITY A. In no event shall the SFAAB be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or special damages (including without limitation, loss of use, time or data, inconvenience, commercial loss, lost profits or savings, or the cost of computer equipment and software), to the full extent that such may be disclaimed by law, or for any claim against You by any third party. In no event shall the SFAAB be liable for any claim, including claims by third parties, for loss or damages arising from erroneous data or information contained on the Site.
B. To the fullest extent permitted by law, You shall indemnify and save harmless the SFAAB, from any claim, loss, damage, injury or liability of any kind, nature and description (including, without limitation, incidental and consequential damages, court costs, attorney’s fees and costs of investigation), that arise directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from Your use of the Site. In addition to Your obligation to indemnify the SFAAB, You specifically acknowledge and agree that You have an immediate and independent obligation to defend the SFAAB from any claim which actually or potentially falls within this indemnification provision, even if the allegations are or may be groundless, false or fraudulent, which obligation arises at the time such claim is tendered to You by the SFAAB and continues at all times thereafter.
11. DISCLAIMER THE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE SFAAB-OL OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE MATERIALS, EVEN IF SFAAB-OL HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS PROHIBIT THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. SFAAB-OL does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information, text, graphics, links or other items contained within these materials. SFAAB-OL may make changes to these materials at any time without notice. SFAAB-OL makes no commitment to update the materials. A. Your use of this Site is free of charge. Therefore, this Site and all information within it are provided on an "as is" basis and SFAAB-OL makes and gives no conditions, representations, warranties, or other terms regarding the effectiveness of this Site or the Material in meeting Your objectives. B. All conditions, warranties, undertakings, representations and other terms of any kind whatsoever, express or implied (whether by statute, common law or otherwise), in respect of the Site or the Material or in connection with them are hereby excluded by SFAAB-OL to the fullest extent permitted by law and SFAAB-OL shall have no obligation, duty or liability whatsoever to You. C. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by law SFAAB-OL specifically disclaims and excludes all warranties or conditions implied by law or statute concerning satisfactory quality and fitness for purpose and reasonable skill and care. D. SFAAB-OL uses reasonable care in compiling and presenting the information found on this Site. However, the accuracy of information supplied by third-party providers is not within the control of SFAAB-OL, and SFAAB-OL does not certify that it has verified any information or other posting entered into the SFAAB-OL database. E. Further, SFAAB-OL does not assume liability for any errors or omissions in the content on this Site, including, but not limited to, typographical errors, inaccuracies, outdated information, or broken links. SFAAB-OL expressly disclaims liability for errors or omissions in the information found on this Site. F. You acknowledge that in any computer system and any network of computer systems there is certain to be "downtime". SFAAB-OL shall not be liable for any delay or failure to carry or make continuously available the Site and/or the on-line filing service if such delay or failure is due to any cause beyond the reasonable control of SFAAB-OL, or any of its third party providers, licensors or licensees, including without limitation restrictions of law or regulations, labor disputes, acts of God, mechanical or electronic breakdowns, telecommunication facilities breakdowns or software bugs, errors or failures. SFAAB-OL’s obligations hereunder are subject to its ability to obtain and maintain any and all required governmental licenses, permits or other authorizations, and its ability to comply with any and all laws, regulations, orders and other governmental directives which may be imposed on the Internet, any SFAAB-OL website or the on-line filing service with respect to any of the foregoing. G. SFAAB-OL uses this Site to provide the access, computer services and connections that link the SFAAB-OL database to the Internet and other network systems. SFAAB-OL has authority or control only over the operation of this Site. Nevertheless, You understand and agree that the Internet is inherently unreliable and subject to breaches of security. Therefore, SFAAB-OL cannot be responsible for the integrity of any information, file or other posting available on or sent to this Site. H. SFAAB-OL has no authority or control over the content, operation or performance of any portion of the Internet including other Web sites to which this Site may be linked or from which this Site may be accessed. A link to a Web site not owned or operated by SFAAB-OL does not mean that SFAAB-OL endorses or accepts responsibility for the content or use of such Site and such link is being provided to You merely as a convenience. I. The views and opinions of writers, third-party providers, and other users of this Site do not necessarily state or reflect those of SFAAB-OL.
12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY Although SFAAB-OL has attempted to provide accurate information on the Web Site, SFAAB-OL assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of the information. SFAAB-OL may change the services or programs mentioned at any time without notice. Mention of non-SFAAB-OL services is for information purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH ALL FAULTS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. IN NO EVENT WILL SFAAB-OL BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF SFAAB-OL HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH ARE HELD INAPPLICABLE OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN SFAAB-OL'S MAXIMUM LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY TYPE OF DAMAGES SHALL BE LIMITED TO U.S. $25.00.
13. GENERAL If any provision of these TOU are found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these TOU, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of these TOU shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term. No changes to these TOU shall be made except by a revised posting on this page. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
In addition to the foregoing terms and conditions, all San Francisco website policies are applicable. Information regarding these policies can be found at San Francisco : Policies.
14. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. You acknowledge that You have these TOU, understand it and agree to be bound by these provisions. These TOU contain the entire agreement and understanding between You and the SFAAB-OL with respect to the subject matter hereof and completely replace and supersede any prior agreements, proposal, representation or warranty between You and SFAAB-OL regarding Your use of the Online Filing Service.
15. PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER / ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE For additional security purposes, the application for the assessment appeal will be electronically signed. By use of the Personal Identification Number (PIN) to electronically sign this appeal application, you certify (or declare) under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that all information herein, including any accompanying statements or documents, is true, correct, and complete to the best of your knowledge and belief and that you are the owner of the property or the person affected (i.e., a person having a direct economic interest in the payment of taxes on that property – "The Applicant")
16. ACCEPTING THE TERMS OF USE. TO PROCEED WITH THE AAB ONLINE FILING SERVICE, YOU MUST AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH ABOVE. YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU HAVE FULL CAPACITY AND AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT THESE TOU. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, PLEASE CONTACT THE SFAAB FOR AN APPLICATION FORM, INSTRUCTIONS AND GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE APPEALS PROCESS. IF YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, INDICATE YOUR AGREEMENT BY CLICKING THE FOLLOWING ACCEPTANCE ICON:
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