Terms of use
VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS and its subsidiaries and affiliated companies own, operate and/or control this website www.verdantspecialty.com (“the Site”). Users of the Site agree to these Terms of Use unconditionally and without modification. Your use of any of this Site constitutes your acceptance and agreement to all these terms and conditions. Additional terms and conditions may apply to purchases of goods or services and to specific portions or features of the Site such as sweepstakes or public forums, all of which are incorporated into these Terms of Use. You will be bound by such additional terms should you use those specific features. If these additional terms conflict with these Terms of Use, the additional terms shall apply.
PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ ALL TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SITE.
By accessing, registering on or otherwise using any of the Site, you unconditionally agree to these Terms of Use whether or not you have read them. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you may not access, view or use the Site.
1. Generally
You are free to browse the Site to learn more about VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS products. The Site and all material posted or otherwise approved by VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS (collectively, “Licensed Content”) may be used for the sole and limited purposes set forth in the Site and these Terms of Use. You may view and print portions of the Licensed Content for your own internal use but not for resale or other commercial exploitation and not for use other than as provided in these Terms of Use. Any other use of Licensed Content without VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS’s prior written approval is strictly prohibited.
2. Product, Safety and Other Technical Information
While VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS uses commercially reasonable efforts to provide accurate information, the industry of which VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS is a part and the laws and regulations applicable to that industry do change. Therefore, information contained on The Site may not be current, accurate or complete. Because many factors go into the decision-making process of purchasing a given product and everyone’s particular circumstances and needs may differ, the Licensed Content is provided for informational purposes only. VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS cannot ensure or guarantee and does not warrant that your product selection will be accurate, meet your (or, if applicable, your customer’s) particular needs or requirements or that the recommendations, regulations or other information provided by VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS experts or other Site users is complete, accurate or current. VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS’s obligations, if any, with respect to its products and services are governed solely by the specific agreement through which they were provided. Sales made through The Site, if any, are governed by VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS’s Standard Terms and Conditions of Sale and/or Invoice-Terms and Conditions.
WARNING: Some of the information and advice on The Site may be provided by third-party contributors who are not affiliated with VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS. VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS makes no representation as to the truth, thoroughness, or accuracy of such information or advice.
In all operations and uses related to the products and other matters discussed on The Site, you must read, understand, and adhere to the safety warnings and instructions pertaining to such products and accessories as well as other regulations and standards applicable to the nature and environment of ownership, maintenance, or use.
3. Using Secure Portions of The Site
Account Registration: You must register and create one or more accounts (“Accounts”) to use certain restricted areas of The Site such as eServices. When you register, you authorize VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS to make such credit, employment and investigative inquiries as may be appropriate, including to consumer reporting agencies, to validate registration information you provide both prior to VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS authorizing your Account and from time to time. You agree you shall: (i) provide true, accurate and complete information as prompted by the registration form; (ii) at all times have the authority to agree to these Terms of Use for yourself and on behalf of any business entity for which you register, create one or more Accounts and use The Site; (iii) not impersonate or misrepresent your identity, your right to use the applicable registered mobile device(s), credit card(s) or other selected payment option, or permit anyone else to do so; (iv) maintain and promptly update all registration and other Account information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete; and (v) not engage in any harmful or abusive activities that may disrupt The Site, VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS’s ability to provide and any user’s ability to use The Site or violate any laws, rules or regulations.
Account Use: Once VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS has validated and set up your Account, you may order and pay for products and services and you may access your Account history using your user name and password. You agree that VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS may provide your Account statements and all messages and notifications to you electronically through your Account or via email.
Changing your Account Information/Settings: It is your responsibility to review and update your Account information. You may update your Account profile, settings and information at any time, for example, to add/update/delete credit cards, mobile devices and authorized users to your Account. This is especially important with respect to credit card information because credit cards expire periodically. You acknowledge and agree that VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS will have no liability associated with or arising from your failure to maintain accurate Account information or update your authorized users. If VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS has reasonable grounds to suspect that the information you have provided is or becomes untrue, inaccurate or incomplete, VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS may suspend or terminate your Account and refuse any and all current or future use of VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS’s Cloud and/or all or any part of VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS’s Cloud Services.
Security Credentials: You are responsible for all Account activity and for ensuring that your use or access to your Account, The Site and/or VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS’s products and services complies fully with these Terms of Use, including the safety and security of all user names, IDs, logins, passwords, PINS or other security features (collectively, “Security Credentials”) through which you and your authorized users may access the secure portions of The Site. Anyone accessing your Account and/or the secure portions of The Site using Security Credentials issued to or administered by you, including those of any authorized third parties, will be deemed to be an authorized user of your Account and you will be responsible for their actions as if they were your own. It is your responsibility to administer Security Credentials only to authorized users, to preserve the confidentiality of and not share your Security Credentials or record them in an insecure manner. Although you must conform to VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS’s Security Credentials format (for example, length and, type of characters) and you may be periodically prompted to change your Security Credentials, you are responsible for issuing, administering, updating and ensuring that proper security measures are in effect with respect to Security Credentials associated with your Account. You are also responsible for monitoring, supervising and terminating, when appropriate, the Security Credentials of your authorized users. You must notify VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS immediately if you need to terminate an individual’s access and/or if you suspect fraudulent or abusive activity. VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS is not liable for any use of your Account, The Site and/or any products or services by such individuals prior to VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS’s receipt of your termination notice and a reasonable period thereafter. If you so notify us, or if VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS suspects fraudulent or abusive activity, you agree to cooperate with us in any investigation and to use any preventive measures VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS prescribes. Use of assigned Security Credentials terminates immediately upon the earlier of inactivity/dormancy, termination of these Terms of Use or an authorized user’s authorization. VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS may rely upon the instructions, consent given and all action taken through your Security Credentials, without verifying the identity or authority of any person accessing your Account or using The Site. You should never share Security Credentials. However if you or your authorized users do share your Security Credentials with anyone, you are responsible for that individual’s actions, including all orders placed and fees incurred. You are responsible for ensuring that each authorized user is aware of and complies with these Terms of Use. You are ultimately responsible for the acts and omissions of your authorized users and each individual to whom you have given or who may have gained access through use of your Security Credentials.
6. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify, defend, release and hold VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS, its officers, directors, suppliers, service providers, co-branders or other partners, agents and employees, and those of its affiliates, harmless from all claims, demand, damages, fees and costs of any nature, including reasonable fees of attorneys and other professionals, due to or arising out of anything you submit, transmit through or upload to The Site, your use of The Site, your connection to The Site, your violation of these Terms of Use, VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS’s Standard Terms and Conditions of Sale and/or Invoice Terms and Conditions, or your violation of any Rights. In the event you provide information that is untrue, inaccurate, fraudulent, or out of date, you agree to indemnify VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS for and hold it harmless from and against any and all liability, damages, loss or expense (including reasonable fees of attorneys and other professionals) it may incur, including but not limited to loss of business profits, taxes, penalties or sanctions, interest, fees, costs and expenses of any nature arising from or related to any claim, demand, action or proceeding alleged or initiated against VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS by any third party based upon the information you provide or your use of The Site.
7. Modifications to The Site and these Terms of Use
From time to time VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS may change the Licensed Content, the products and services offered, disable certain features of The Site or expand The Site’ capability. VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS also reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify these Terms of Use, any additional terms and conditions, The Site, their functionality and capabilities and/or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, The Site (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS shall not be liable to you or to any third party in any way in connection with such changes.
8. Termination
VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS, in its sole discretion, may suspend or terminate your access or use for any reason, but especially if VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of these Terms of Use. VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS may also, in its sole discretion and at any time, discontinue providing The Site, or any part thereof, with or without notice. VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS may suspend, terminate and/or bar further access to The Site at any time without prior notice to you. VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS shall not be liable to you or any third party for any suspension or termination of your access to or use of The Site.
9. Links
The Site may contain links to other internet websites or resources. When you link to those sites, you leave The Site. VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS has no control over such sites, their content and resources or the business practices or policies of operators of such sites. Please use caution and review the privacy policies of any sites that you visit to learn more about their information-gathering practices. VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS expressly disclaims all responsibility or liability for the availability or accuracy of such external sites or resources or the content thereon, does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any advertising, products or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. The inclusion of any link on The Site does not imply that VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS endorses the linked site. Your use of any links is at your own risk. You further acknowledge and agree that VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with your use of or reliance on any goods, services or materials available on or through any such link, site or resource.
10. VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS’s Proprietary Rights
Everything you see or read on The Site, including the expression, coordination, selection, arrangement, collection, compilation, assembly and arrangement of The Site and Licensed Content, is protected by all United States and international copyright and trademark laws, and may not be used except as provided in these Terms of Use without VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS’s express written permission. The Site and any necessary software or other technology used in connection with The Site (“Software”), the collection, compilation, assembly and arrangement of Licensed Content, all images, photography, graphics, artwork, text, and other information and material found on The Site, regardless of source, all Marks and other intellectual property relating thereto and all information and data collected through The Site (all of which are included in and as the “Licensed Content”), is owned by VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS and/or its subsidiaries, affiliates or other designee, its suppliers or partners, is used under license granted to VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS and contains proprietary and confidential information that is protected by all applicable intellectual property and other laws. All trademarks, logos, trade names, trade dress, product and service marks, individually or combined with one another (collectively the “Marks”) and whether or not registered, are owned by and/or proprietary to VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS and/or its subsidiaries, affiliates or other designees, or other third party owners who have granted VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS the right and license to use its marks (“Third Party Marks”). You may not use or display the Marks or Third Party Marks in any manner without the prior written consent of the applicable owner. This includes use of The Site address or Marks in page text, as key words, meta tags or any other “hidden text.” A list of Marks appears at the end of these Terms of Use. Other product or service names, logos, graphics, page headers, button icons and scripts are trademarks or trade dress of VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS and/or its subsidiaries, affiliates or other designees and may not be used in connection with any other product or service in any manner, but especially not in a manner that is likely to cause confusion in the marketplace or in any manner that disparages or discredits VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS or its affiliated companies. VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS may use any such material in any manner for any reason without your consent, fee or obligation to account to you in any way, and, unless you and VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS agree otherwise in writing, VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS is and shall be the sole and exclusive owner.
11. DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SITE OR LICENSED CONTENT.
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND ANY PARTICULAR FEATURE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, FREEDOM FROM MALICIOUS CODE, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND NONINTERFERENCE WITH YOUR USE OF ALL OR ANY PART OF THE SITE.
12. Notice
VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS may provide notices of changes to these Terms of Use or other matters by displaying notices or links to notices to you generally on The Site. Notice or other correspondence to VERDANT SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS should be sent prepaid, by certified mail, return receipt requested or overnight commercial courier to:
Verdant Specialty Solutions
24601 Governors Hwy
University Park, IL 60484
Attn: Verdant Specialty Solutions Webmaster