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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.