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Welcome to The National Handicraft Centre Web site (this "Web Site"). The National Handicraft Centre provides this Web Site subject to the following terms of use (these "Terms"). These Terms explain a contractual agreement between you ("User," "You," "Your") and The National Handicraft Centre ("We," "Us," "Our") regarding your use of this Web Site.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

The goal of this Web Site is to provide You with access to information about Our companies facilities, services, products, and related links to meet Your needs (the "Content"). The Terms are meant to protect all of Our visitors to this Web Site, and Your access to and use of this Web Site signifies Your agreement with these Terms. DO NOT USE THIS WEB SITE IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS. We reserve the right, in Our sole discretion, to modify, alter or otherwise update these Terms at any time. Such modifications, alterations, and updates shall be effective immediately upon posting. You agree to be bound by such modified, altered, and updated Terms if You access or use this Web Site after We have posted notice of such modifications, alterations or updates.

Consistent with Our goals, this Web Site will permit you to link to many other Web sites that may or may not be affiliated with this Web Site and/or with Us. The other linked Web sites have different terms of use that are not the same as these Terms. Your access to and use of such linked Web sites through links provided on this Web Site is governed by the terms of use and policies of those sites, not this Web Site.

USE OF THIS WEB SITE

We control and operate this Web Site. All content on this Web Site, including, but not limited to, text, images, illustrations is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, and/or other intellectual property rights. The Content is owned and controlled by Us or Our affiliates, or by third party content providers, merchants, sponsors and licensors (collectively the "Providers") that have licensed their content or the right to market their products and/or services to Us. Content on this Web Site or any Web site owned, operated, licensed or controlled by the Providers is solely for your personal, non-commercial use. You agree to abide by all additional copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in any Content. You may download a single copy of any Content contained on this Web Site, solely for Your personal, non-commercial use, consistent with these Terms, provided that You maintain all copyright and other notices contained in such Content.

You may not copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, distribute, and/or exploit the Content in any way (including by e-mail or other electronic means) for commercial use without the prior written consent of us or the Providers. You may request consent by contacting us. Your modification of the Content, use of the Content on any other Web site or networked computer environment, or use of the Content for any purpose other than personal, non-commercial use, without the prior written consent of Us or the Providers, violates the intellectual property rights and proprietary rights of the Content owners and is prohibited.

You may not use on Your Web site any registered or unregistered trademarks, service marks or copyrighted materials appearing on this Web Site, including but not limited to any logos or characters, without the express written consent of the owner of the mark or copyright. You may not frame, deep link, or otherwise incorporate into another Web site any of the Content or other materials on this Web Site without Our express prior written consent.

Violation of trademark and copyright laws may result in significant civil liability or criminal penalties worldwide copyright and trademark laws. You recognize that any reproduction or use of Content, except as authorized by these Terms, is considered intentional infringement.

PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES

You are specifically prohibited from any use of this Web Site, and You agree not to use or permit others to use this Web Site, for any of the following: (a) take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Web Site's infrastructure, including but not limited to "spam" or other such unsolicited mass e-mailing techniques; (b) disclose to, or share with, the assigned confirmation numbers and/or passwords with any unauthorized third parties or using the assigned confirmation numbers and/or passwords for any unauthorized purpose; (c) attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software or HTML code comprising or in any way making up a part of this Web Site; (d) upload, post, emailing or otherwise transmitting any Information, Content, or proprietary rights that You do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships; (e) violating any applicable local, state, national or international law, including, but not limited to, any regulations having the force of law; and, (f) using any robot, spider, intelligent agent, other automatic device, or manual process to search, monitor or copy Our Web pages, or the Content without Our prior written permission, provided that generally available third party Web browser such as Netscape Navigator® and Microsoft Internet Explorer® may be used without such permission.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES

This Web Site may contain links to third-party Web sites not under Our control or operation. The links will let You leave this Web Site, and You access them at Your own risk. You acknowledge that We provide the Linked Sites for Your convenience and information only. We do not endorse nor are We responsible for any content, information, or other related materials found at any such Linked Sites or any links contained within such Linked Sites, whether or not We are affiliated with the owners of such Linked Sites. You may not establish a hyperlink to this Web Site or provide any links that state or imply any sponsorship or endorsement of Your Web site by Us or the Providers.

OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS

These Terms are for the benefit of Us and the Providers, Our and their officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents, licensors, and suppliers. Each of these individuals or entities shall have the right to assert and enforce these Terms directly against You on its (or their own) behalf. 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.

If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision will be struck and the remaining provisions enforced. Headings are for reference purposes only.

The provisions and conditions of these Terms, and each obligation referenced herein, represent the entire Agreement between Us (including the Providers), Our affiliated or related entities, and You, and supersede any prior agreements or understandings not incorporated herein. In the event that any inconsistencies exist between these Terms and any future published terms of use or understanding, the last published Terms shall prevail.

WE RESERVE ANY RIGHTS NOT EXPRESSLY GRANTED OR STATED IN THESE TERMS.

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