Terms and Conditions

5. Links to Third-Party Content and Websites

The Services may contain links to third-party content or third-party websites. Your use of external websites linked from the Services, including, but not limited to, CTG’s Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube, pages, are governed by the Terms and Conditions and privacy policies applicable to those respective sites. Please review those terms and conditions and privacy policies.

Unless expressly stated to the contrary, we do not make any endorsement of or representation concerning any such linked websites, nor do we assume any liability in connection with any, linked websites, any advertising, products, or services available from such linked websites, your use of such linked websites, or any dealings you may have, or the consequences of such dealings, with the operators of those linked websites.

6. Submission of Information

Certain sections of the Services enable you to submit Personal Information about yourself to us.

If you choose to submit such Personal Information, you agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information about yourself as requested or directed on the Services and to regularly update this information to maintain its accuracy. You agree that you will not impersonate any other individual.

7. Prohibited Conduct

In addition to other prohibitions as set forth in the Terms and Conditions, you are prohibited from using the Services or its related content:

1. for any unlawful or fraudulent purpose, including but not limited to, the use of fraudulent credit card information;
2. to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful or prohibited acts;
3. to violate any international, federal, provincial, or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances;
4. to use the Services in any country or in any manner prohibited by any applicable laws, restrictions, or regulations;
5. to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others or delete the copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any content;
6. to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, annoy, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based upon gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability;
7. to submit false or misleading information or otherwise attempt to mislead or impersonate another;
8. to upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation of Services including our website (or related website, other websites, or the internet) or Services;
9. to collect or track the personal information of others;
10. to send advertising or promotion materials, spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, scrape, or facilitate the use of any malware or ransomware;
11. for any damaging, obscene or immoral purpose;
12. to interfere with or circumvent the security features of the website (or related website, other websites, or the internet) and/or Services, including those to prevent copying of content or that limit use;
13. to transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material, including any “junk mail,” “chain letter,” “spam,” or any other similar solicitation;
14. to systematically retrieve data or other content from the Services to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us;
15. to make any unauthorized use of the Services, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of users by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email, or creating user accounts by automated means or under false pretenses;
16. to use a buying agent or purchasing agent to make purchases on the Services;
17. to use the Services to advertise or offer to sell goods and services;
18. to engage in unauthorized framing of or linking to the Services;
19. to engage in any automated use of the Services, such as using scripts to send comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools;
20. to interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the Services or the networks or services connected to the Services;
21. to sell or otherwise transfer your profile;
22. to use the Services as part of any effort to compete with us or otherwise use the Services and/or the content for any revenue-generating endeavor or commercial enterprise;
23. to decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the website;
24. to copy or adapt the Services’ software, including but not limited to Flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or other code;
25. to upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, trojan horses, malicious code, or other material, including excessive use of capital letters and spamming (continuous posting of repetitive text), that interferes with any party’s uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Services or modifies, impairs, disrupts, alters, or interferes with the use, features, functions, operation, or maintenance of the Services;
26. to upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) any material that acts as a passive or active information collection or transmission mechanism, including without limitation, clear graphics interchange formats (“gifs”), 1×1 pixels, web bugs, cookies, or other similar devices (sometimes referred to as “spyware” or “passive collection mechanisms” or “pcms”);
27. except as may be the result of standard search engine or internet browser usage, use, launch, develop, or distribute any automated system, including without limitation, any spider, robot, cheat utility, scraper, or offline reader that accesses the Services, or using or launching any unauthorized script or other software; or
28. in any way that may be deemed a breach or violation of any of our Terms and Conditions or our Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to terminate some or all of your use of the Services for violating any of the prohibited uses.

8. Site Access and Account Deletion

We may at our sole discretion at any time and for any reason without giving you prior notice, take any or all of the following actions:

1. withdraw or suspend access to the Services;
2. restrict your access to the Services;
3. discontinue any related subscriptions to additional services offered through the Services; and/or
4. terminate any Services account you create while applying to fly with us or seeking employment with us.

If we take any of the above actions and notify you of such action, you must promptly destroy any content you downloaded or printed from the Services.

9. Children

In general, the Services are not intended for children. It is intended only for users over the age of eighteen (18). We do not knowingly collect, maintain, sell, or share any Information on our Services from persons under thirteen (13) years of age (or sixteen (16) where applicable under law), and no part of our Services are directed to persons under thirteen (13) years of age (or sixteen (16) where applicable under law).

We may link to third-party websites that may collect data from children. These third-party websites have their own privacy policies and terms of use. See Section 5: Links to Third-Party Content and Websites for more information.

For certain activities in which children are allowed to participate, any request for personal data (such as registration data) is intended for and directed to the parent or legal guardian.

CHILDREN: If you are under thirteen (13) years of age, please do not use or access our Services at any time or in any manner. Upon learning of the existence of information concerning persons under thirteen (13) years of age (or a higher age threshold where applicable) that has been collected by us without verified parental consent, we will take appropriate steps to delete it.

PARENTS/GUARDIANS: In accordance with the provisions of the Children’s Online Privacy Act, in the event that we do begin collecting any Personal Information or data from children under the age of thirteen (13) (or sixteen (16) where applicable under law), we will notify parent(s)/guardian(s) first, and will seek parental or guardian consent to collect, use, and/or disclose certain Personal Information from children under the age of thirteen (13), or sixteen (16) where applicable. A parent/guardian may review and have deleted their child’s Personal Information and may refuse to permit further collection or use of their child’s information by contacting us as noted at the end of this Privacy Policy. Parents/guardians may consent to our collection and use of their child’s Personal Information without consenting to the disclosure of that information to others.

We encourage parents and guardians to monitor their children’s online behavior, put parental control tools in place, and teach children not to provide their personal data through the Services without parental consent.

Contact us if you believe that we have mistakenly or unintentionally collected information from a child under the age of thirteen (13).

10. Reservation of Rights, Warranties, Liability for Losses, Indemnification

We reserve their rights to pursue all remedies available to them under applicable law for any breach of these Terms and Conditions or inappropriate conduct.

The Services and its contents are provided to you on an “as is” basis. We make no representation or warranty of any kind whatsoever relating to the Services or other content that may be accessible directly or indirectly through the Services. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we disclaim any and all such representations and warranties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we expressly disclaim any and all warranties:

1. of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose;
2. against infringement of any third-party intellectual property or proprietary rights;
3. relating to the transmission or delivery of the Services;
4. relating to the title, description, accuracy, reliability, correctness, availability, or completeness of data made available on the Services or otherwise by us;
5. otherwise relating to performance, non-performance, or other acts or omissions by us or any third party;
6. that the Services will meet your needs or requirements or the needs or requirements of any other person; and
7. that the content on the Services is free of viruses or other harmful components. 

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, neither CTG nor any other member of the CTG entities listed in this policy accept any liability for any error, omission, interruption, defect, or delay in information provided on the Services, or for any failure to update information on the Services other than to extent any such liability arises as a direct result of CTG failing to take reasonable skill and care in making the Services available.

 To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall we be liable for any: 

1. economic losses or damages including any loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
2. loss of goodwill or reputation; or
3. indirect or consequential loss or damages, in each case, whether based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, statute, or otherwise and arising out of or in connection with:
   1. your access, use, misuse, loss of use, or any delay or inability to use the Services;
   2. any loss or corruption of any data as a result of your use of the Services;
   3. the security of the Services;
   4. any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, defect, or delay in operation or transmission of the Services;
   5. any viruses which may infect your computer equipment or other property as a result of your use of the Services;
   6. any breach of security by hackers; or
   7. any content obtained through the site, or otherwise arising out of the use of or access to the Services. 

You release CTG, its affiliates, its licensors, and all CTG entities listed in this policy from any claims, demands, and damages of every kind and nature arising out of or in any way connected with the Services. 

In the case of jurisdictions that restrict limitation clauses, the above limitations shall be applied to the greatest extent permitted by the relevant law in such jurisdictions. The above limitations do not, in any way, exclude any liability of CTG its affiliates, its licensors, or any CTG entity listed in this policy where it would be unlawful to do so.

Your access to and use of the Services is at your own risk. If you are dissatisfied with the Services or any of its content, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using and accessing the Services.

By using the Services, you acknowledge that you may be waiving rights with respect to claims that are unknown or unsuspected. Accordingly, you agree to waive the benefit of any law, including, to the extent applicable, California Civil Code § 1542, that otherwise might limit your waiver of such claims.

11. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless CTG, its affiliates including the entities named in this policy, and us, and any parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, and the directors, officers, employees, shareholders, vendors, partners, contractors, agents, licensors, or other representatives of each of them and all their successors and assigns with respect to claims, costs (including attorneys’ fees and costs), damages, liability and expenses, or obligations of any kind arising out of or in connection with your access to or misuse of the Services.

We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any claim subject to indemnification, and in such case, you agree to cooperate with us to defend such claim.

We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you shall cooperate with us in asserting any available defenses. You shall not settle any actions or claims on our behalf without our prior written consent.

12. Applicable Law and Forum

You agree that the Terms and Conditions (including any non-contractual disputes or claims relating to the Terms and Conditions) will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of New York, U.S., without reference to any conflict of law rules. However, this restriction does not intend to prevent you from benefiting from any mandatory protections afforded to you under the law applicable in the country in which you live.

You also agree that you will resolve any claim, cause of action, or dispute you have with us arising out of or relating to your use of the Services or these Terms and Conditions exclusively in a court located in Erie County, New York, U.S., and to submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of litigating all such claims, in each case, other than to the extent you are permitted under mandatory protections afforded to you under the law applicable in the country in which you live to litigate any such claims in another jurisdiction, such as the jurisdiction in which you live.