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Terms of Use

Please carefully review the terms of use of this site. As your use of the site will indicate your acceptance of these terms, do not use the site if you do not agree to be bound by these terms. We may periodically change the terms, so please check from time to time as your continued use of the site signifies your acceptance of any changed items.

Use of Materials on this Web site.

Riviana Foods Inc. (Riviana) maintains this site for your personal information. The trademarks, service marks, brand identities, titles, characters, trade names, graphics, designs, copyrights and other properties appearing within this site are protected intellectual properties used by Riviana. These properties may not be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way, except that you may, for personal and non-commercial use only, download one copy onto your personal computer. In order to protect these valuable assets, Riviana must prohibit other uses without its prior written consent. Except as expressly provided above, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any license or right under any copyright or other intellectual property right.

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, Riviana disclaims all warranties, including implied warranties or merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Riviana does not warrant that the functions contained in these materials will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. Riviana does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the result of the use of the materials in this site in terms of their correctness, accuracy, reliability or otherwise.

Links.
Riviana is not responsible for the content of any sites which may be linked to this site or any page of the site. These links are provided for your convenience only and you access them at your own risk.

Product Sales and Availability.
All products displayed on this site will be delivered only within the United States or US Military APO & FPO addresses. All prices displayed on the site are quoted in U.S. dollars and are valid and effective only in the United States. Riviana reserves the right without prior notice to discontinue or change specifications on products and services offered on this site without incurring any obligations.

General Provisions.
Riviana may revise these terms from time to time by updating or revising this posting, with the revised terms taking effect as of the date of its posting. If any portion of these terms is held to be unenforceable, the unenforceable portion shall be construed in accordance with applicable law to the greatest extent possible and the remainder of the provisions shall remain in full force and effect. Any cause of action you may have with respect to this site must be commenced within one year after the claim or cause of action.

Idea Policy.
All comments, suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, concepts, recipes or other information disclosed or offered to Riviana by this site or in response to solicitations in this site shall be deemed and shall remain the property of Riviana. You understand and acknowledge that Riviana has both internal resources and other external resources which may have developed or may in the future develop ideas identical to or similar to the suggestion or comments to suggestions and that Riviana is only willing to consider the suggestion on these terms. That, in any event, any suggestion is not submitted in confidence and Riviana assumes no obligation express or implied by considering it. Without limitation, Riviana shall exclusively own all now known or hereafter existing rights to the suggestions of every kind and nature throughout the Universe and shall be entitled to unrestricted use of the comments for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise without compensation to the provider of the suggestions.

Jurisdictional.
Any dispute arising from these terms shall be resolved exclusively in the state and federal courts of the State of Texas. Riviana makes no representation that materials in this site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you access this site from outside the United States, be advised this site may contain references to products and services that are not available or are prohibited in your country.

Privacy Policy.
The information we gather about visitors to the site depends on what you do when visiting. By using the site, you consent to the collection, use and storage of your information by Riviana in the manner described in this policy.

If you read or download information, we collect and store only the following: the name of the domain from which you access the Internet; the date and time; and the Internet address of the site from which you linked directly to our site (if applicable). We use this information to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of our site and to help us make the site more useful.

If you send us an e-mail, we may ask for some personal information such as name, address and telephone number. This information is used to speed any response or mailing requested by you and is entered into our consumer database.

The personal information you provide in these areas is used only to supply the information or services you request. It is not shared with other organizations for commercial use nor is it used for unsolicited follow-up contacts from us.

We may include on the site notices of sweepstakes or other promotions and we may permit you to enter electronically in some cases. If that occurs, we will use the information you provide for conducting the promotion. We do not share this information with a third party.

By clicking on any of the links on our site to other websites, you understand that Riviana is not responsible for any of the material provided on those sites. Furthermore, you understand that you will be governed by the Web Site Terms and Conditions and Privacy Statements of those sites.