LEGAL INFORMATION AND NOTICES

Last Updated: August 1, 2010

OWNERSHIP OF SITE; AGREEMENT TO TERMS OF USE
CONDITIONS OF USE
Welcome to Trautmansguide.com. Our use of the term “Trautmansguide.com” shall refer to Trautman’s Guide™, Trautmansguide.com, COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., (“COGENT”) and past or future successors, assigns, parents, affiliates or subsidiaries. These Terms and Conditions of Use (the “Terms of Use”) apply to the Trautman’s Guide™ web site located at www.Trautmansguide.com, and all associated sites linked to www.Trautmansguide.com by COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™, its successors, assigns, parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, including Trautman’s Guide™ sites around the world (collectively, the “Site”). The Site is the property of COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ (“Trautman’s Guide™”) and its licensors.

BY USING THE SITE, YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE; IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT USE THE SITE.
Trautman’s Guide™ reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms of Use, at any time. It is your responsibility to check these Terms of Use periodically for changes. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes will mean that you accept and agree to the changes. As long as you comply with these Terms of Use, Trautman’s Guide™ grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited privilege to enter and use the Site.
In this agreement (the “Agreement”), the words “you” and “your” refer to the party utilizing the Trautman’s Guide™ Materials and the term “Trautman’s Guide™ Materials” refers to any Materials or services (including, but not limited to data, research and reference materials) provided by Trautman’s Guide™ and/or its affiliated companies.
ACCOUNTS, PASSWORDS AND SECURITY
Certain features or services offered on or through the Site may require you to open an account (including setting up a Trautman’s Guide™ ID and password). You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the information you hold for your account, including your password, and for any and all activity that occurs under your account as a result of your failing to keep this information secure and confidential. You agree to notify Trautman’s Guide™ immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or password, or any other breach of security. You may be held liable for losses incurred by Trautman’s Guide™ or any other user of or visitor to the Site due to someone else using your Trautman’s Guide™ ID, password or account as a result of your failing to keep your account information secure and confidential.
You may not use anyone else’s Trautman’s Guide™ ID, password or account at any time without the express permission and consent of the holder of that Trautman’s Guide™ ID, password or account. Trautman’s Guide™ cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with these obligations.
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SUBMITTED TO US
Trautman’s Guide™ users have the option to submit biographical and personal information for publication in our publications. You are solely responsible for ensuring the accuracy of any information you submit to Trautmansguide™. Trautmansguide™ reserves the right to edit and select material consistent with our choice of style, standards, and limitations of space. In the event of errors, following receipt of notification of an error, the sole responsibility of Trautmansguide™ shall be to correct such errors in a subsequent print edition of the relevant publication and to correct such errors in the online version(s) within a reasonable period of time. You hereby agree that such corrections will be your sole remedy. Trautmansguide™ expressly disclaims all other liability for loss or incidental or consequential damage, whether arising from negligence or other cause, to any party for errors in publishing. Your submission (the named individual) of information to Trautmansguide™ for inclusion in any of our publications constitutes permission for Trautmansguide™ to publish the information in electronic database, in print, or any other form, now existing or yet unknown, and to distribute such information for publication by other parties, without compensation to you or any other person. Trautmansguide™ may, from time-to-time make individual’s information available to third parties who may send you information through e-mail or postal mail about their products and services.

COMMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS, REVIEWS AND OTHER CONTENT

Visitors to any Trautman’s Guide™ web site located at www.Trautmansguide.com, and all associated sites linked to www.Trautmansguide.com by COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™, its successors, assigns, parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, including Trautman’s Guide™ sites around the world (collectively, the “Site”) may post reviews, comments, photos, and other content; send e-mails and other communications; and submit suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other information, so long as the content is not defamatory, infringing of intellectual property rights, illegal, invasive of privacy, obscene, threatening, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of “spam.” You may not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of an e-mail or other content. COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content, but does not regularly review posted content.
If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, adapt, display, reproduce, modify, publish, translate, create derivative works from, and distribute such content throughout the world in any media. You grant COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ for all claims resulting from content you supply. COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any activity or content. COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party.

COMPLIANCE MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT

It is an express condition of this Agreement that in using the Trautman’s Guide™ Materials: a) you and any authorized users shall fully comply with the terms of this Agreement and all applicable federal, state, foreign and local statutes and regulations, including, but not limited to, laws and regulations regarding telemarketing, email, fax marketing, customer solicitation and privacy; and b) you and any authorized users shall comply with all applicable Canadian Marketing Association (“CMA”) guidelines and Direct Marketing Association (“DMA”) guidelines, if you or your authorized users are CMA or DMA members. If you or your authorized users are not CMA or DMA members, you and your authorized users are encouraged to comply with all applicable CMA and DMA guidelines; and c) that you and any authorized users shall comply with the Canadian Radio-Television & Telecommunications Commission’s regulations regarding the use of Automatic Dialing-Announcing Devices and Conditions for Unsolicited Live Voice and Facsimile Calls for the Purpose of Solicitation as amended from time to time. Trautman’s Guide™ further reserves the right to review materials to be used by you in promotions to ensure that your use of the Trautman’s Guide™ Materials is both appropriate and in accordance with the permitted uses of the Trautman’s Guide™ Materials; however, COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™’s failure to review any such materials shall not constitute COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™’s acceptance of the materials or in any other way waive any rights Trautman’s Guide™ may have or limit any obligations you may have with regard to the use of the Trautman’s Guide™ Materials. Trautman’s Guide™ may also randomly monitor (through seeding and other means) your use of the Trautman’s Guide™ Materials to ensure that your use is in accordance with the permitted uses of the Trautman’s Guide™ Materials.

CONTENT

All artwork and computer code (collectively, “Content”), graphics, logos, music, photographs, sounds, text, trademarks, user interfaces, visual interfaces, including but not limited to the coordination, design, expression, “look and feel”, selection, structure, and arrangement of such Content, contained on the Site is owned, controlled or licensed by or to Trautman’s Guide™, and is protected by copyright, patent, trade dress, and trademark laws, and various other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws. Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, no part of the Site and no Content may be copied, encoded, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, translated, transmitted or distributed in any way (including “mirroring”) to any other computer, server, Web site or other medium for publication or distribution or for any commercial enterprise, without the express prior written consent of COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC. dba Trautman’s Guide™.
You may use information on Trautman’s Guide™ products and services (such as our Media Kit, knowledge-based articles, and similar materials) purposely made available by Trautman’s Guide™ for downloading from the Site, provided that you (1) not remove any proprietary notice language in all copies of such documents, (2) use such information only for your personal, non-commercial informational purpose and do not copy or post such information on any networked computer or broadcast it in any media, (3) make no modifications to any such information, and (4) not make any additional representations or warranties relating to such documents.
COPYRIGHT
All content included on this site, such as audio clips, button icons, data compilations, digital downloads, graphics, images, logos, and software, is the property of COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ or its content suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used on this site is the property of COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ or its software suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws.

COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS

COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please follow our Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement.

DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT

COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ has registered itself as a Service Provider and identified an agent with the United States Copyright Office in accordance with the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the “Act”) and avails itself of the protections under the Act. COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ reserves the right to remove any content contained in or posted to the Website(s) that may infringe copyright. Notices to COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ regarding any alleged copyright infringement on the Website(s) should be directed to COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™’s agents at copyright@trautmansguide.com. Please follow the procedures for reporting any suspected infringement which are available here. [link to "NOTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT"]

DISCLAIMERS

TRAUTMAN’S GUIDE™ DOES NOT PROMISE THAT ANY OF OUR SITES OR ANY CONTENT, SERVICE OR FEATURE OF THE SITE(S) WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE WILL PROVIDE SPECIFIC RESULTS. THE SITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE DELIVERED ON AN “AS-IS” AND “AS-AVAILABLE” BASIS. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE SITE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. TRAUTMAN’S GUIDE™ CANNOT ENSURE THAT ANY FILES OR OTHER DATA YOU DOWNLOAD FROM THE SITE WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR CONTAMINATION OR DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, TRAUTMAN’S GUIDE™ DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF ACCURACY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TRAUTMAN’S GUIDE™ DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR THE ACTS, OMISSIONS AND CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND/OR ANY TRAUTMAN’S GUIDE™ SERVICES. YOU ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND ANY LINKED SITES. YOUR SOLE REMEDY AGAINST TRAUTMAN’S GUIDE™ FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT IS TO STOP USING THE SITE OR ANY SUCH CONTENT. THIS LIMITATION OF RELIEF IS A PART OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
The above disclaimer applies to any damages, liability or injuries caused by any communication line failure, computer virus, defect, delay in operation or transmission, deletion, error, failure of performance, omission, interruption, theft or destruction of or unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use, whether for breach of contract, tort, negligence or any other cause of action.
Trautman’s Guide™ reserves the right to do any of the following, at any time, without notice: (1) to modify, suspend or terminate operation of or access to the Site, or any portion of the Site, for any reason; (2) to modify or change the Site, or any portion of the Site, and any applicable policies or terms; and (3) to interrupt the operation of the Site, or any portion of the Site, as necessary to perform routine or non-routine maintenance, error correction, or other changes.

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

When you visit Trautmansguide.com or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on this site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
GOVERNING LAWS: DISPUTE RESOLUTION
You agree that all matters relating to your access to or use of the Site, including all disputes, will be governed by the laws of the United States and by the laws of the State of Texas without regard to its conflicts of laws provisions. You agree to the personal jurisdiction by and venue in the state and federal courts in Dallas County, Texas, and waive any objection to such jurisdiction or venue. The preceding provision regarding venue does not apply if you are a consumer based in the European Union. If you are a consumer based in the European Union, you may make a claim in the courts of the country where you reside. Any claim under these Terms of Use must be brought within one (1) year after the cause of action arises, or such claim or cause of action is barred. Claims made under the separate terms and conditions of purchase for goods and services are not subject to this limitation. No recovery may be sought or received for damages other than out-of-pocket expenses, except that the prevailing party will be entitled to costs and attorneys’ fees. In the event of any controversy or dispute between COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC. and/or Trautman’s Guide™ and you arising out of or in connection with your use of the Site, the parties shall attempt, promptly and in good faith, to resolve any such dispute. If we are unable to resolve any such dispute within a reasonable time (not to exceed thirty (30) days), then either party may submit such controversy or dispute to mediation. If the dispute cannot be resolved through mediation, then the parties shall be free to pursue any right or remedy available to them under applicable law.

INDEMNITY

You agree to indemnify and hold COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC. dba (Trautman’s Guide™), its officers, directors, shareholders, predecessors, successors in interest, employees, agents, subsidiaries and affiliates, harmless from any demands, loss, liability, claims or expenses (including attorneys’ fees), made against COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., its successors, assigns, parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, including Trautman’s Guide™ sites around the world (collectively, the “Site”) or Trautman’s Guide™ by any third party due to or arising out of or in connection with your use of the Site.

LIMITED LICENSE AND SITE ACCESS

Upon your acceptance of this Agreement and full and proper payment of all amounts due to COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™, Trautman’s Guide™ grants you a personal, nontransferable and nonexclusive license to possess and use the Trautman’s Guide™ Materials solely for your direct marketing, research, reference or customer prospecting purposes in strict accordance with the terms of this Agreement for a maximum period of (1) year, unless specified otherwise. Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement, you shall immediately discontinue your use of the Trautman’s Guide™ Materials. Biographical information or other aspects of the content may be inaccurate after it is submitted to Trautmansguide™. COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ makes no warranty of the content’s accuracy. We will not be liable to you as a result of any inaccuracies in the content and your use of the content is subject to the possibility of such inaccuracies.You may not download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of this site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™.
You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™’s name or trademarks without the express written consent of COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™. You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of Trautmansguide.com so long as the link does not portray COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™, or its products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Except where prohibited by law, in no event will Trautman’s Guide™ be liable to you for any consequential, exemplary, indirect, incidental or punitive damages, including lost profits, even if Trautman’s Guide™ has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
If, notwithstanding the other provisions of these Terms of Use, Trautman’s Guide™ is found to be liable to you for any damage or loss which arises out of or is in any way connected with your use of the Site or any Content, Trautman’s Guide™’s liability shall in no event exceed the greater of (1) the total of any subscription or similar fees with respect to any service or feature of or on the Site paid in the six months prior to the date of the initial claim made against Trautman’s Guide™ (but not including the purchase price for any Trautman’s Guide™ hardware or software products or any Trautman’s Guide™ support program), or (2) US$100.00. Some jurisdictions do not allow limitations of liability, so the foregoing limitation may not apply to you.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES AND TO THE TRAUTMAN’S GUIDE™ SITE
This Site may contain links to other independent third-party Web sites (“Linked Sites”). These Linked Sites are provided solely as a convenience to our visitors. Such Linked Sites are not under Trautman’s Guide™’s control, and Trautman’s Guide™ is not responsible for and does not endorse the content of such Linked Sites, including any information or materials contained on such Linked Sites. You will need to make your own independent judgment regarding your interaction with these Linked Sites.
NOTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide Trautmansguide.com’s copyright agent the written information specified below. Please note that this procedure is exclusively for notifying COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ that your copyrighted material has been infringed by providing the following information:
1. An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
2. A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upon;
3. A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;
4. Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
5. A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
6. A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
Trautmansguide.com’s Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on its site can be reached as follows:

Copyright Agent

Trautmansguide.com Legal Department
P.O. Box 796216
Dallas, TX 75252
phone: (972)248-3382
fax: (972) 248-3384
e-mail: copyright@Trautmansguide.com

Courier address:
Copyright Agent
Trautmansguide.com Legal Department
17304 Preston Road
Dallas, TX 75252
USA

OTHER BUSINESSES

Parties other than COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ operate stores, provide services, or sell product lines on this site. In addition, we provide links to the sites of affiliated companies and certain other businesses. We are not responsible for examining or evaluating, and we do not warrant the offerings of, any of these businesses or individuals or the content of their Web sites. COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ does not assume any responsibility or liability for the actions, product, and content of all these and any other third parties. You should carefully review their privacy statements and other conditions of use.

OUR CONTACT INFORMATION

COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC.
dba Trautman’s Guide™
P.O. Box 796216
Dallas, TX 75379, USA.

PATENTS

One or more patents owned by COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ may apply to this site and to the features and services accessible via the site. Portions of this site operate under license of one or more patents.

PRICING POLICY

Except where noted otherwise, the List Price displayed for products on our website represents the full retail price listed on the product itself, suggested by the manufacturer or supplier, or estimated in accordance with standard industry practice; or the estimated retail value for a comparably featured item offered elsewhere. The List Price is a comparative price estimate and may or may not represent the prevailing price in every area on any particular day. For certain items that are offered as a set, the List Price may represent “open-stock” prices, which means the aggregate of the manufacturer’s estimated or suggested retail price for each of the items included in the set. Where an item is offered for sale by one of our merchants, the List Price may be provided by the merchant.
With respect to items sold by COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™, we charge your credit card at the time of order. Due to the nature of our business, sometimes there may be a delay in shipping a product. We will attempt in all cases for this delay to not be unreasonable.

PRIVACY STATEMENT

Please review our Statement, which also governs your visit to Trautmansguide.com, to understand our practices. Our Privacy Statement applies to use of this Site, and its terms are made a part of these Terms of Use by this reference. To view Trautman’s Guide™’s Privacy Statement, click here. Additionally, by using the Site, you acknowledge and agree that Internet transmissions are never completely private or secure. You understand that any message or information you send to the Site may be read or intercepted by others, even if there is a special notice that a particular transmission (for example, credit card information) is encrypted.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS

COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ attempts to be as accurate as possible. However, COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ does not warrant that product descriptions or other content of this site is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. If a product offered by COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ itself is not as described, your sole remedy is to return it in unused condition.
PURCHASES; OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Additional terms and conditions may apply to purchases of goods or services and to specific portions or features of the Site, including contests, promotions or other similar features, all of which terms are made a part of these Terms of Use by this reference. You agree to abide by such other terms and conditions, including where applicable representing that you are of sufficient legal age to use or participate in such service or feature. If there is a conflict between these Terms of Use and the terms posted for or applicable to a specific portion of the Site or for any service offered on or through the Site, the latter terms shall control with respect to your use of that portion of the Site or the specific service.
Trautman’s Guide™’s obligations, if any, with regard to its products and services are governed solely by the agreements pursuant to which they are provided, and nothing on this Site should be construed to alter such agreements.
Trautman’s Guide™ may make changes to any products or services offered on the Site, or to the applicable prices for any such products or services, at any time, without notice. The materials on the Site with respect to products and services may be out of date, and Trautman’s Guide™ makes no commitment to update the materials on the Site with respect to such products and services.
The following terms also govern and apply to your use of the Site, and they are incorporated herein by this reference:

Privacy Statement

Each of these policies may be changed from time to time and are effective immediately upon posting such changes on the Site.

RISK OF LOSS

All items purchased from COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™ are made pursuant to a shipment contract. This means that the risk of loss and title for such items pass to you upon our delivery to the carrier.

SITE POLICIES, MODIFICATION, AND SEVERABILITY

Please review our other policies, such as our pricing policy, posted on this site. These policies also govern your visit to Trautmansguide.com. We reserve the right to make changes to our site, policies, and these Conditions of Use at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.

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Except to the extent specifically authorized in writing by COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™, you cannot share or sell the Trautman’s Guide™ Materials and you are responsible to Trautman’s Guide™ for any use of it. You agree and warrant that: a) you will not provide access to any portion of the Trautman’s Guide™ Materials to any unauthorized party without the prior written consent of COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™; b) you shall use your best efforts to prevent the misuse and unauthorized use of the Trautman’s Guide™ Materials; c) you will not use any Trautman’s Guide™ Materials for consumer credit purposes, consumer insurance underwriting, employment purposes, tenant screening purposes, or for any other purpose(s) covered by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.) or any similar statute or regulation; c) you shall not name Trautman’s Guide™ or its affiliated companies or refer to the use of Trautman’s Guide™ Materials in any advertisements, promotional or marketing material; and d) you shall indemnify and hold harmless Infogroup, its affiliated companies and their respective officers, employees and agents (“Indemnified Parties”) against any loss, liability, damage, cost or expense (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal costs) suffered or incurred by any Indemnified Party, arising out of or in any way related to your use of the Trautman’s Guide™ Materials or the breach of this Agreement.

YOUR USE OF THE SITE

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You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion or feature of the Site, or any other systems or networks connected to the Site or to any Trautman’s Guide™ server, or to any of the services offered on or through the Site, by hacking, password “mining” or any other illegitimate means.
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You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the Site or Trautman’s Guide™’s systems or networks, or any systems or networks connected to the Site or to Trautman’s Guide™.
You agree not to use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or any transaction being conducted on the Site, or with any other person’s use of the Site.
You may not forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any message or transmittal you send to Trautman’s Guide™ on or through the Site or any service offered on or through the Site. You may not pretend that you are, or that you represent, someone else, or impersonate any other individual or entity.
You may not use the Site or any Content for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use, or to solicit the performance of any illegal activity or other activity which infringes the rights of Trautman’s Guide™ or others.

MISCELLANEOUS

You may not use or export or re-export any Content or any copy or adaptation of such Content, or any product or service offered on the Site, in violation of any applicable laws or regulations, including without limitation United States export laws and regulations.
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FEEDBACK AND INFORMATION

Any feedback you provide at this site shall be deemed to be non-confidential. COGENT INFORMATION ANALYTICS, INC., dba Trautman’s Guide™, its successors, assigns, parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, including Trautman’s Guide™ sites around the world (collectively, the “Site”) shall be free to use such information on an unrestricted basis.
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Effective Date: August 1, 2010
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