Terms of Use
Terms and Conditions
Access and use of The Corning Museum of Glass web site at www.cmog.org is subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and all applicable laws. The Corning Museum of Glass may revise these terms and conditions from time to time by updating this posting. By using the web site you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by these terms and conditions.
Copyright Notice
All contents of this web site, other than those expressly otherwise identified, Copyright 1996 - 2005 CMoG. All rights reserved. Materials published in the CMoG web site may contain other proprietary notices or describe products, services, processes or technologies owned by CMoG or third parties. Please note that by publishing these materials, CMoG is not granting any license under any copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property right of CMoG or any third party.
Restrictions on Use of Materials
This site is owned and operated by The Corning Museum of Glass (referred to as "CMoG," "we," "us," or "our" herein) but may contain materials that have copyright or other proprietary rights held by individuals or entities other than, or in addition to, CMoG. CMoG does not warrant that use of the materials displayed on the site will not infringe upon the rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated with the CMoG. Web site materials owned by CMoG are made available for limited non-commercial, educational, and personal use only, or for fair use as defined by United States copyright laws provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. Otherwise, no material from www.cmog.org or any Web site owned, operated, licensed or controlled by CMoG may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way. Modification of the materials or use of the materials for any other purpose is a violation of CMoG's copyright and other proprietary rights. The use of any such material on any other Web site or networked computer environment is expressly prohibited.
Disclaimer
THE MATERIALS IN THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, THE CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS 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 IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THE CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS 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 THE CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS) 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.
Limitation of Liability
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, SHALL THE CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS 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 THE CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS OR A CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS 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.
Trademarks
The trademarks, service marks, and logos (referred to herein collectively as "Trademarks") displayed on this site, including The Corning Museum of Glass, CMoG and the CMoG logo, are registered and/or unregistered marks of The Corning Museum of Glass. The Trademarks of third parties may also be displayed on this site and are the property of their respective owners. Nothing on this site should be interpreted as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademarks displayed on this site without the express written permission of the Museum or any third party that may own the Trademarks displayed. Any unauthorized use of the Trademarks, or any other materials, except as authorized in these terms and conditions, is strictly prohibited.
Extraterritorial Application
Unless otherwise specified, the materials in the site are presented solely for the purpose of promoting CMoG and its products in the United States. This site is controlled by CMoG from its Corning, New York USA offices. CMoG makes no representation that materials in the site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.
The Corning Museum of Glass Internet Privacy Policy
To protect your privacy when visiting the The Corning Museum of Glass website, we have adopted the following policies to safeguard any personal information:
The CMoG web server tracks visitors to the site and collects generalized information on the number of visits, most popular pages, domain names, countries, downloads, etc. Additionally, some pages throughout the site may request specific information submitted by a form or e-mail. Information such as names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, etc. will only be used by CMoG to respond to inquiries, or for specific CMoG marketing activities, events or services. If you have submitted personal information to CMoG and would like it removed or modified, please contact us and we shall use reasonable efforts to comply with your request. CMoG reserves the right to retain electronic communications sent by visitors. Further, CMoG uses a SMTP gateway to forward e-mail and to log e-mail transactions. Logs of e-mail transactions include:
- Date and time of message
- Name and IP address of connecting host
- E-mail address of message originator
- CMoG address of recipient
The Corning Museum of Glass does not intend to collect information from children under the age of thirteen (13) without the consent of the child's parent or legal guardian. Children under the age of thirteen (13) should only submit information to CMoG with the prior consent of their parent or legal guardian. If your child has submitted personal information to the The Corning Museum of Glass and you would like to request that such information be removed please contact us and we shall use reasonable efforts to remove such information.
Information supplied to the CMoG through the CMoG Web site, including but not limited to feedback, data, answers, questions, comments, suggestions, plans, ideas or the like, will not be treated as proprietary or as confidential and CMoG assumes no obligation to protect such information from disclosure. Further, the submission of such information to the CMoG shall not restrict the purchase, manufacture or use of similar products, services, plans and ideas by CMoG or any purpose whatever and CMoG shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose and distribute the information to others without restriction.
The Corning Museum of Glass does not endorse, nor does it participate in the practice of "spamming" (sending of unsolicited promotional e-mail). If you believe you have received such a message contact web@cmog.org .
Linking
The Corning Museum of Glass may provide links to certain other World Wide Web Sites not under the www.cmog.org domain. CMoG has done so only for the convenience of Web users, and is not responsible for the content of other sites. CMoG does not endorse, warrant or guarantee the products or services described or offered in these other Web sites. Additionally, CMoG has not reviewed all of the sites that provide links to the CMoG web site and is not responsible for the content of any site not directly controlled by and residing in the CMoG domain.