SYMBOL HEALTH SOLUTIONS, LLC WEBSITES
SYMBOL HEALTH SOLUTIONS, LLC (SYMBOL) operates the SYMBOL Websites.
IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO AGREE TO, OR DO NOT UNDERSTAND, these “Terms and Conditions of Use for the SYMBOL Websites” (the “Terms of Use”, which Terms of Use include, without limitation, the Privacy Policy), you must NEITHER BROWSE, NAVIGATE NOR CONTINUE BEYOND, NOR ACCESS THIS WEBSITE BEYOND, THE HOME PAGE. IF THE FIRST WEBPAGE THAT YOU VIEW OR TO WHICH YOU OTHERWISE BROWSE, NAVIGATE OR ACCESS (the “FIRST VIEWED PAGE”) IS NOT THE HOME PAGE, YOU ARE BOUND BY AND TO, AND HAVE MADE YOURSELF BOUND BY AND TO, THESE TERMS OF USE. ALSO, IF YOU RUN A SEARCH USING THE SEARCH TOOL ON THE HOME PAGE, YOU GO BEYOND THE HOME PAGE AND HAVE MADE YOURSELF BOUND BY AND TO THESE TERMS OF USE.
You may print or save a copy of these Terms of Use for your records.
Definitions. For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions of Use SYMBOL Websites, the terms below have the following definition and meaning when used herein:
(a) “accessing” means (in addition to its ordinary meaning) browsing or navigating.
(b) “Anonymous Data” means data which has been removed of information that, in itself, directly and readily identifies you.
(c) “Cause” means your actual, imminent or threatened failure (in whole or in part) to perform, observe and comply with any one or more of your covenants, agreements, representations or warranties (or of any one or more of the terms or conditions under) these Terms of Use.
(d) “COVERED CLAIMS” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 17.a.
(e) “Covered Damages/Liabilities” means, collectively, the following: damages (whether compensatory, direct, indirect, consequential, incidental, statutory, reliance or otherwise); injuries; bodily harm; death; bodily injury; personal injury; disfigurement; loss; fines; investigation, reprimand or censure; loss or suspension of, or failure to obtain, achieve or maintain, professional licenses, accreditations, credits, credentials or certifications; loss or suspension of, or failure to obtain, achieve or maintain, medical or other privileges; and, liability (whether such liability is for or related to negligence, medical malpractice, fault, error or omission or other liability).
(f) “General License” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 1 of these Terms of Use.
(g) “HOME PAGE” means the single page located at www.symbolhealth.com.
(h) “Intellectual Property” and “Intellectual Property Rights”, in addition to their ordinary meanings, mean, for the avoidance of doubt, patents, trade secrets, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, SYMBOL Terms and Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy – Version April 1, 2018.
(i) literary rights, author rights or other proprietary rights or rights related to unfair competition or the like (as well as the rights to apply for, maintain and enforce all of same). “Interfere With” means (in addition to its ordinary meaning): compromise, prevent, prohibit, restrict, limit, disable, circumvent, disengage, impede, meddle with, tamper with, sabotage, disable, corrupt, or disrupt.
(j) “Liability Cap” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 17.b.
(k) “Linkable Page” means a page to which SYMBOL then allows you to directly deep link (and thus directly navigate to).
(l) “Linked Websites” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 14.a.
(m) “Linked Websites/Operators” means the Linked Websites and the persons or entities that own, operate, control, manage or otherwise direct such Linked Websites.
(n) “SYMBOL Websites” means SYMBOL’s internet properties (including, without limitation, any webpages located at or accessible under www.symbolhealth.com or any subdirectories or subdomains thereof as well as any other websites operated or otherwise released by SYMBOL from time to time or any replacements of any of the forgoing); provided, that the term “SYMBOL Websites” does not include any websites operated by NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC, its parent company, Quality Systems, Inc. and/or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively PATIENT PORTAL).
(o) “SYMBOL Marks” means, collectively, SYMBOL’s trademarks, service marks, logos, designs, slogans, brands, brand names, trade dress and trade names as well as other distinctive identification used on or in connection with the SYMBOL Websites or any SYMBOL Content Item.
(p) “SYMBOL Content Item” means each of the following: information, case studies, educational materials, articles, blogs, other materials, data, data feeds, alerts (including, without limitation, health alerts), interfaces, computer code, data compilations, databases, software applications (including, without limitation, software tools, applets, widgets and other computer programs as well as any and all user guides, system guides or other documentation therefor), text, pictures, images, animation, sounds, music, graphics, motion graphic presentations (or other presentations), logos, button icons, tables, drawings, figures, charts, sketches, photographs, audio and video material, interactive works and artwork as well as any other content hosted, stored, viewed, played, depicted, displayed, performed, functioning or otherwise available on or by use of, or downloadable from, the SYMBOL Websites or otherwise provided, delivered or made available from SYMBOL .
(q) “SYMBOL Designs” means the design, structure, selection, compilation, assembly, coordination, expression, functionalities, innovations, ideas, concepts, logos, button icons, applications, look and feel, and arrangement of or in the SYMBOL Content Items or the SYMBOL Websites.
(r) “SYMBOL Proprietary Property” means, collectively, the SYMBOL Marks, the SYMBOL Content Items, the SYMBOL Designs and the SYMBOL Websites.
(s) “SYMBOL’s Written Consent” means an email or letter from an authorized officer of (and so not merely an employee or representative of) SYMBOL expressly consenting, or not objecting, to your seeking, or otherwise requesting, the approval, authorization, waiver or otherwise consent of (or an indication of “no objection” or the like from) SYMBOL as to anything (including, without limitation, as to a subject, matter, event, circumstance, conduct or other activity whatsoever or as to SYMBOL refraining or forbearing from, or otherwise abandoning, relinquishing, forgoing or waiving, SYMBOL’s right to enforce: (a) any limitations, restrictions or other terms and conditions whatsoever, or (b) your observation of, respect of, performance of or compliance with any of your covenants, agreements, representations, warranties or other terms or conditions whatsoever) and detailing the nature and context of, as well as the limitations and other parameters of, such consent or lack of objection.
(t) “Modify/Xfer” means to modify, translate, adapt, edit, change, create derivative works of, copy, reproduce, play, download, upload, distribute, circulate, broadcast, publish, disseminate, transmit, market, display, perform, lease, rent, sell, resell, sublicense, clone, disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer or otherwise transfer. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Modify/Xfer” also includes, without limitation, upload, post, publish, display, distribute or otherwise disseminate on public bulletin boards, chatrooms, blogs, social media walls or other like media.
(u) “SYMBOL WEBSITE PRODUCTS” means any products, goods, content (including, without limitation, SYMBOL content items), services, licenses, information, material or other rights, things or items of SYMBOL purchased, licensed, subscribed or otherwise obtained, downloaded or received by you (or delivered to or used by you) in, on, by, as, through or from the SYMBOL Websites, the SYMBOL Content Items or SYMBOL.
(v) “SYMBOL Interests” means: (1) SYMBOL and its affiliates; (2) the directors, managers, owners, clients, employees, officers, and clinicians of SYMBOL and its affiliates; and, (3) the agents, representatives, suppliers, consultants, contractors, advertisers, promotional partners, assignees and licensors of SYMBOL and its affiliates; provided, the term “SYMBOL Interests” hereby expressly excludes you.
(w) “SYMBOL Proprietary Property/Website Products” means, collectively, the SYMBOL Proprietary Property and the Website Products.
(x) “OTHER SYMBOL INTERESTS” means the SYMBOL Interests except and excluding SYMBOL.
(y) “Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, trust, partnership (whether general, limited liability or otherwise), association or other entity.
(z) “Preset Personal Login Information” means a login and initial password associated with your registration or account with one or more SYMBOL Websites, established, pre-registered, or otherwise configured for you.
(aa) “Personal Login Information” means, collectively, Preset Personal Login Information and Your Selected Personal Login Information.
(bb) “Registered Areas” means features and areas of the SYMBOL Websites which are available only with registration and login.
(cc) “Third Party Ads” means promotions or other advertisements of third parties contained by the SYMBOL Websites or Website Products.
(dd) “Terms of Use” means these Terms and Conditions of Use SYMBOL Websites, which Terms of Use include, without limitation, the Privacy Policy.
(ee) “Website Products” means any products, goods, content (including, without limitation, SYMBOL Content Items), services, licenses, information, material or other rights, things or items purchased, licensed, subscribed or otherwise obtained or received by you (or delivered to or used by you) in, on, by, as, through or from the SYMBOL Websites, the SYMBOL Content Items or SYMBOL.
(ff) “Website/Content Third Party Information” means content or information which is featured, displayed, referenced, credited or otherwise reflected by the SYMBOL Websites or any other Website Products, including, without limitation, materials, information (including, without limitation, information in the form of (or of, about or concerning) results, analysis, suggestions, studies, clinical trials, case studies, articles, presentations, education materials (whether in text, audio, video or audio/video), testimonials, whitepapers, journals, recommendations, references, tips, hints, advice or otherwise), goods, services, licenses or other products provided by third parties.
(gg) “Website/Product Information” means any information (including, without limitation, information in the form of (or of, about or concerning) results, analysis, suggestions, studies, clinical trials, case studies, articles, presentations, education materials (whether in text, audio, video or audio/video), testimonials, whitepapers, journals, recommendations, references, tips, hints, advice or otherwise) provided in, obtained from, delivered from, accessed in, adopted from or based on the SYMBOL Proprietary Property/Website Products.
(hh) “Your Interests” means, collectively, the following:
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your patients, clients and customers as well as your insurers (but excluding SYMBOL and its affiliated companies which insure or otherwise underwrite risk);
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each of your employers as well as each other Person to whom you provide, or have contracted to provide, your services (collectively, “Your Employer”);
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each of your partners, members, fellows, residents, associates, employees or other Persons who practice medicine, or provide health care or other services, with, for or in association with you or Your Employer (collectively, “Your Associates”);
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the patients, clients and customers of (as well as, any employees, contractors, officers, managers, directors, owners, members, shareholders, principals or other agents or representatives of) Your Employer or Your Associates as well as their respective insurers (but excluding SYMBOL and its affiliated companies which insure or otherwise underwrite risk);
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any manufacturers, suppliers, vendors or other providers of good, services, licenses or other products to you, Your Employer or Your Associates; and,
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any Person (“Your Substitute”) who uses your Personal Login Information/Account in any way or manner whatsoever (including, without limitation, to access or use the SYMBOL Websites, other SYMBOL Proprietary Property or Website Products).
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(ii) “Your Selected Personal Login Information” means your selected login and password associated with your registration or account on one or more SYMBOL Websites.
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(jj)“SYMBOL CopyR Holder” means SYMBOL if SYMBOL is the copyright owner; it means SYMBOL’s assignee if SYMBOL has assigned the copyright to said assignee; and, if the copyright is licensed to SYMBOL, than it means the licensor who owns the copyright and licensed it to SYMBOL.
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The SYMBOL Websites are available only to individuals who can enter into legally binding contracts under applicable law. These Terms of Use constitute a legally binding agreement between you and SYMBOL (including, without limitation, constituting a legally binding agreement between you and SYMBOL regarding your use of and access to the SYMBOL Website and any other SYMBOL Proprietary Property).
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Parental Controls; User of Age and Discretion. To the extent required by the Communications Decency Act of 1996, SYMBOL hereby notifies you that parental control protections (such as computer hardware, software, or filtering services) are commercially available that may assist you in limiting access to content that may be harmful to minors. There are many companies that provide internet blocking and screening software. SYMBOL does not currently sponsor or endorse any of these companies or their services. You hereby affirm that you are either more than 18 years of age, or an emancipated minor, or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in these Terms of Use, and to abide by and comply with these Terms of Use. In any case, you affirm that you are over the age of 13, as the SYMBOL Websites are not intended for children under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use the SYMBOL Websites.
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Except for your accessing only the HOME PAGE and only these Terms of Use (which may include accessing the Privacy Policy), by your accessing or using any webpages or other parts of the (as defined below) SYMBOL Website, you agree to, and you shall, fully and faithfully perform, comply with, observe and be bound by these Terms of Use. Please read these Terms of Use carefully as well as SYMBOL’s Privacy Policy which is incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.
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SYMBOL does not grant you any right or license whatsoever to access or use the SYMBOL Website except for the limited license set forth in Section 1 below.
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License Grant. You are granted by SYMBOL a personal, revocable, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use the SYMBOL Website conditioned on, and subject to, your acceptance of, continued acceptance of, and strict observation and compliance with, these Terms of Use (the “General License”). Your failure to strictly comply with these Terms of Use allows, permits and absolutely and unconditionally provides SYMBOL with the right and remedy (and without any prior notice to you) to suspend, rescind, dissolve or terminate the General License (and, at SYMBOL’s option, to do so retroactively); and, if you fail to strictly comply with these Terms of Use, the choice of whether to do any one or more of suspend, rescind, dissolve or terminate the General License lies solely with SYMBOL. The General License is limited to, and conditioned on, you using the SYMBOL Website and the SYMBOL Proprietary Property only for your personal use and for no other purpose whatsoever. SYMBOL reserves any and all licenses and rights not explicitly granted in these Terms of Use.
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License Restrictions. Unless otherwise expressly stated in these Terms of Use or you receive SYMBOL’s Written Consent, you acknowledge and agree that no right or license whatsoever is granted by SYMBOL to you to do any of the following:
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(a) Modify/Xfer the SYMBOL Website (or any portion thereof) or any other SYMBOL Proprietary Property (or any portion thereof);
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(b) remove, delete, obscure, mutilate, conceal or alter any copyright, trademark, proprietary or other notices, legends, credits or labels from, in or on the SYMBOL Websites (or any portion thereof) or any other SYMBOL Proprietary Property (or any portion thereof);
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(c) incorporate into any information retrieval system (electronic, digital, mechanical or otherwise): the SYMBOL Websites (or any portion thereof) or any other SYMBOL Proprietary Property (or any portion thereof);
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(d) operate a web site or service bureau displaying, performing, executing or otherwise using any of the SYMBOL Proprietary Property;
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(e) use the SYMBOL Website or any other SYMBOL Proprietary Property for any unauthorized, criminal, fraudulent or illegal purpose or activity including, but not limited to, any activity to obtain or attempt to obtain unauthorized, criminal or fraudulent access to or use of the SYMBOL Website or any other SYMBOL Proprietary Property;
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(f) Interfere With the proper access to, use of, display of, running of or otherwise working of the SYMBOL Websites or any other SYMBOL Proprietary Property, including, but not limited to, the transmission of any bug, virus, worm, trap door, back door, timer, clock, Trojan horse, or other limiting, compromising, malicious, disrupting, disabling or saboteur routine, instruction, software, code, applet, widget, means, design or malware.
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(g) Interfere with any other person’s lawful access to, use of or enjoyment of (or interfere with SYMBOL’s operation and management of) the SYMBOL Websites or any other SYMBOL Proprietary Property;
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(h) Interfere with either: (1) the security-related or privacy functions or features, if any there be, of the SYMBOL Websites or any other SYMBOL Proprietary Property; or, (2) the functions or features that (whether wholly, solely, partially or otherwise) prevent, limit, regulate, secure, govern or otherwise restrict (including, without limitation, any license management functions or features) use of or access to (or the capabilities, permissions, license management, security or other authorizations to Modify/Xfer) the SYMBOL Websites or any other SYMBOL Proprietary Property; and,
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(i) challenge or otherwise contest the copyright or other proprietary rights of SYMBOL and its licensors (as well as of any SYMBOL CopyR Holder) to the SYMBOL Websites or any other SYMBOL Proprietary Property.
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To the extent that the SYMBOL CopyR Holder does not suffer any loss or limitation in enforcing its copyright (or where any such loss or limitation in so enforcing is of a kind or degree that the SYMBOL CopyR Holder is willing to, and has clearly consented in writing to, suffer), you further covenant, warrant, represent and agree that (except as otherwise expressly stated in these Terms of Use or where you receive SYMBOL’s Written Consent): (A) you shall not do, and shall not induce or encourage others to do (and the General License is conditioned upon you not doing and upon you not inducing or encouraging others to do) any of (a) through (i) inclusive above; and, (B) Your Interests, who are under your supervision, direction or control, shall not do, and shall not induce or encourage others to do (and the General License is conditioned upon you not doing and upon you not inducing or encouraging others to do) any of (a) through (i) inclusive above.
​The restrictions and limitations on the General License in this Section 2 are in addition to, and not in limitation of, the provisions of Sections 8.B and 15.B.
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You have no right whatsoever to rely on any approval, authorization, waiver or otherwise consent of (or lack of any objection by) SYMBOL that is not SYMBOL’s Written Consent. For the avoidance of doubt, you acknowledge, agree, represent and warrant that your actual access or use of (and regardless of whether SYMBOL has or has not objected to, suspended, terminated or restricted such access and use) the SYMBOL Website or the SYMBOL Proprietary Property (and, without limiting the generality of the forgoing, whether only once, ad-hoc, intermittently, sporadically, regularly or continuously) is not, and shall not be, under any circumstances whatsoever the basis, grounds or evidence: (1) for your enjoying (or for any claim by you that you have or had the right to enjoy) any rights or licenses under these Terms of Use; (2) of any approval, authorization, waiver or otherwise consent of (or lack of any objection by) SYMBOL (or of any claim by you that you enjoy, or have otherwise obtained or received, the approval, authorization, waiver or otherwise consent of (or no objection from) SYMBOL); or, (3) for any claim by you that, by course of dealing or course of performance, SYMBOL has granted, delivered, issued or otherwise provided SYMBOL’s approval, authorization, waiver or otherwise consent or has no objection.
Revisions to Terms of Use; Discontinued/Changed Products; Other.
(a) SYMBOL reserves the right to revise these Terms of Use at any time, one or more times, in its sole discretion by posting revised Terms of Use to the SYMBOL Websites. Your access or use of the SYMBOL Websites (other than your browsing ONLY to one or more of the HOME PAGE and these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy) signifies your acceptance of these Terms of Use posted at the time of your access or use. You are and continue to be responsible for regularly reviewing these Terms of Use posted to the SYMBOL Websites. No revision to these Terms of Use (including, without limitation, to the provisions set forth in Section 22) shall apply to a controversy or claim between you and SYMBOL: (1) for which you give SYMBOL actual written notice of such controversy or claim before the date of any such revision; or (2) for which SYMBOL, on or before the date of any such revision, had actual notice of facts or circumstances which, from a reasonable commercial perspective, readily appear to likely give rise to said controversy or claim.
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(b) SYMBOL may, at any time (one or more times), discontinue, retire, replace, modify or otherwise change (or restrict or limit, in any way or manner whatsoever that SYMBOL elects, the availability or continued availability of) any one or more SYMBOL Proprietary Property, as well as any part, item, component, portion, feature or function, of any one or more SYMBOL Proprietary Property. You agree that SYMBOL has no obligation to you whatsoever to continue to provide, support or maintain any one or more SYMBOL Proprietary Property (or any part, item, component, portion, feature or function thereof).
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(c) You agree that these Terms of Use are a two-party agreement between you and SYMBOL; and, that these Terms of Use are not a collective or association agreement. You agree that you have no right to enjoy, and that SYMBOL has no obligation to offer or otherwise provide to you, goods, services, licenses or other products (or any contractual or other terms and conditions) enjoyed by others who access or use the SYMBOL Websites or any other SYMBOL Proprietary Property. Unless otherwise expressly stated in a mutual written agreement between you and SYMBOL, you acknowledge and agree that you have no exclusive right or license whatsoever to any all or any part of the SYMBOL Websites or any other SYMBOL Proprietary Property.
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(d) You agree and acknowledge for all purposes that SYMBOL has no obligations of exclusivity whatsoever to you (and, for the avoidance of doubt, but without limiting the generality of the forgoing, that SYMBOL may offer any of SYMBOL’s goods, licenses, services or other products to third parties). SYMBOL agrees that you have no obligations of exclusivity whatsoever to SYMBOL (and, for the avoidance of doubt but without limiting the generality of the forgoing, that you may look to other providers for the same, similar or other educational, professional, software or other products for you). For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in these Terms of Use prohibit or otherwise restrict SYMBOL from offering, selling, licensing or otherwise providing any goods, services, licenses or other products to (or from otherwise doing business with) any of Your Interests. In addition to whatever rights SYMBOL has, at law or in equity, to list or describe you as, and to otherwise advertise that you are, a customer of SYMBOL (including, without limitation, the descriptive or nominative use of your trademarks, service marks, brands, logos and identifiers), you hereby grant SYMBOL a nonexclusive irrevocable license and right to list and describe you as, and to advertise that you are, a customer of SYMBOL (including using your trademarks, service marks, brands, logos and identifiers) on or in SYMBOL Websites and any other SYMBOL Proprietary Property and in other advertisements and promotions.
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(e) From time to time, one or more times, SYMBOL, or SYMBOL’s designee, shall have the right, during your normal business hours, to audit, exam, review, copy and otherwise inspect your books and records (including, without limitation, computer systems) in order to review compliance by you with these Terms of Use. SYMBOL shall give you at least ten (10) days prior written notice of its intent to exercise said right. This Section 3(e) absolutely and unconditionally survives any termination, expiration, rescission, dissolution, cancelation, revocation or otherwise end to these Terms of Use for five years. In the event that the results of the audit, exam or review reflect that you are in material breach of these Terms of Use or owe more than a de minimis amount of money to SYMBOL, you shall reimburse SYMBOL for the reasonable fees, expenses and costs of said audit or review (and such remedy of SYMBOL is in addition to SYMBOL’s other rights and remedies under these Terms of Use).
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(f) In addition to other rights or licenses that SYMBOL may enjoy as to the collection, access to or use of information or data about you (including, without limitation, your use of or access to the SYMBOL Proprietary Property) , you grant SYMBOL an absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, royalty free, non-exclusive right and license (with the right to sublicense) to extract from, and otherwise develop Anonymous Data from any information or other data about you (including, without limitation, your use of or access to the SYMBOL Proprietary Property) in order for SYMBOL or others to use said Anonymous Data in a database or other collection (which database or other collection may also contain other data). You acknowledge, agree, represent and warrant that said Anonymous Data is owned by, and is hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably assigned to, SYMBOL without you imposing, and so free of, any restrictions, limitations or encumbrances whatsoever.
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1. SYMBOL Policies; Additional Terms and Conditions
SYMBOL’s Privacy Policy, as well as other additional terms and conditions applicable to certain portions of the SYMBOL Websites (collectively “Additional Terms and Conditions”) are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof. To the extent that there is a conflict, inconsistency or ambiguity between SYMBOL’s Privacy Policy and the rest of these Terms of Use, the rest of these Terms of Use govern and control. To the extent that there is a conflict, inconsistency or ambiguity between any part of these Terms of Use and any Additional Terms and Conditions, the Additional Terms and Conditions shall govern and control.
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2. Click-Through Agreements
Before accessing or using certain areas of the SYMBOL Website you may be asked to indicate your acceptance of additional special terms and conditions by clicking a button marked “Accept” “I Accept” “Agree” “I Agree” “Okay” “Consent” “I Consent” “Submit” or other words or actions that similarly acknowledge your consent or acceptance of certain or additional terms and conditions (a “Click-Through Agreement”). Each Click-Through Agreement is incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof. To the extent there is a conflict, inconsistency or ambiguity between any Click-Through Agreement and the rest of these Terms of Use, the Click-Through Agreement will govern and control.