Terms of Use

Each user of this Website agrees as follows:

1. Copyrights, Confidentiality and Other Intellectual Property

Except as otherwise provided on this website, all trademarks, copyrights, content, information, business methods, graphic representations, designs and documentation posted on this website as well as the "look and feel" of this website (collectively, "the intellectual property") is the property of The Dow Chemical Company (“Dow”), an affiliated company of Dow and/or their respective licensors. The posting of intellectual property does not constitute a waiver, transfer or license of the proprietary rights to you or to any third party.

The contents of this website, including but not limited to text, graphics, and icons, are copyrighted materials owned and controlled by Dow and its licensors. You may download one copy of the copyrighted materials on any single computer and print a copy of the copyrighted materials solely for your use in learning about, evaluating, or acquiring Dow's services or products. No other permission is granted to you to print, copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, upload, download, store, display in public, alter, or modify the copyrighted materials.

You agree to hold any Confidential Information (as defined below) you obtain as a result of using this site in confidence and, unless required by law, not to make the Confidential Information available to any third party or to use the Confidential Information for any purpose other than the business activities for which you were given access to the Confidential Information. You agree to take all reasonable steps to ensure that Confidential Information is not disclosed or distributed by your employees or agents in violation of these terms. For purposes of these terms, "Confidential Information" means any and all proprietary information labeled as "confidential" or which a reasonable person would know constitutes proprietary information, including but not limited to, business plans, financial reports, customer lists and other customer information, descriptions of manufacturing processes, and product development and marketing plans. You agree that aspects of this site, including the specific design and structure of individual programs, constitute trade secrets and/or copyrighted material of Dow and its licensors. You shall not disclose, provide, or otherwise make available such trade secrets or copyrighted material in any form to any third party without the prior written consent of Dow and its licensors. You shall implement reasonable security measures to protect such trade secrets and copyrighted material. Title to this site and all its content shall remain solely with Dow and its licensors.

2. Disclaimer

This website includes information related to or referenced in the offering documentation for certain Dow products. This information is provided for your general information only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy products. The information does not constitute a sufficient basis for making a decision with respect to the purchase of any products. Before purchasing any products, please consult your products advisor for information about and analysis of the products and its risks.

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, information is supplied upon the condition that the persons receiving same will make their own determination as to its suitability for their purposes prior to use. In no event will Dow be responsible for damages of any nature whatsoever resulting from the use of or reliance upon information or the product to which information refers.

Although Dow attempts to provide useful information, Dow makes no representations or warranties as to the completeness or accuracy of information. Nothing contained herein is to be construed as a recommendation to use any product, process, equipment or formulation in conflict with any patent and Dow makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, that the use thereof will not infringe any patent.

THIS WEBSITE AND THE INFORMATION ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITH NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR ACCURACY OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. USE OF THIS WEBSITE AND THE INFORMATION IS AT THE USER'S SOLE RISK. IN NO EVENT WILL DOW OR ITS LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITE OPERATED BY A THIRD PARTY OR ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS WEBSITE OR ANY OTHER WEBSITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITATION LOST DATA, LOST REVENUE, OR LOST PROFITS, UNDER ANY THEORY, WHETHER UNDER A CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY, EVEN IF DOW IS AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO VERIFY ANY INFORMATION BEFORE RELYING ON IT. THE CONTENT OF THIS SITE MAY INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. FROM TIME TO TIME CHANGES ARE MADE TO THE CONTENT HEREIN. DOW MAY MAKE CHANGES IN THE PRODUCTS AND/OR THE SERVICES DESCRIBED HEREIN AT ANY TIME. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS AT ANY TIME, WITHOUT NOTICE.

3. Links To and Use of This Website

This site is the property of Dow and its licensors. Other sites may link to this site where the use is consistent with the overall Dow business. Links to specific pages or products are subject to change without notice.

4. Links To Other Websites

Periodically, links may be established between this website and one or more websites operated or content provided by third parties. Dow has no control over any such other websites or the contents therein and neither Dow nor its licensors will have any liability arising out of or related to such websites or their content. The existence of any such links does not constitute an endorsement by Dow or its licensors of such websites, the contents of the websites or the operators of the websites. By visiting a linked website from a Dow website, you acknowledge that Dow is providing these links to you only as a convenience. External sites are governed by their own terms and policies and are not governed by Dow’s terms and policies.

5. Appropriate Use

You agree to abide by the laws of your jurisdiction and any jurisdiction with which you communicate. All users will not post content which is unsuitable or of a non-business nature including, but not limited to, profane, obscene, threatening, defamatory or demeaning statements. You are solely responsible for backing-up all data that you input onto the site.

6. Registered User Responsibility

If you are a registered user, it is your responsibility to maintain the confidentiality of any passwords given to you and to report to Dow immediately if the password is lost or stolen; there is any change in authorization or access for use of the password; or if your registered authorizations are revoked. User IDs and passwords are provided to you personally, and you agree that you will not give your password to any other party. Except as otherwise expressly provided under these terms and conditions, you shall have no right to, and you specifically agree not to (a) attempt to transfer, assign or sublicense any license rights you receive under these terms to any other person; (b) make error corrections to or otherwise modify or adapt the site or create derivative works based upon site, or to permit third parties to do the same; or (c) decompile, decrypt, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise reduce any portion of the site to human-readable form to gain access to trade secrets or Confidential Information in the site. Any purported transfer, assignment or sublicense by you of the limited and revocable rights granted to you under these terms shall be void.

7. Use, Confidentiality and Security of Communications

If you send a message to this website, such as (but not limited to) an e-mail to the Webmaster, you hereby grant to Dow the right to read and use the communications as Dow deems appropriate in its sole judgment. You are hereby advised that no facilities are provided by this website for sending or receiving confidential communications.

By using this site, you acknowledge that Dow will reserve the right to monitor all activity and take reasonable action to protect this website from unauthorized use.

Dow takes commercially reasonable precautions to protect the confidentiality, integrity and security of your communications and personal information.

Please read the Website Privacy Statement for additional information about the use of your information.

8. Submissions

By using this website, you agree that Dow will have right to use and disclose any information that you submit to us across Dow-owned business entities, as appropriate, without compensation or acknowledgment of its source. Dow shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques, directly or indirectly or otherwise based on information that you provide to Dow through our website, including, but not limited to developing, manufacturing, and marketing products or services. Dow may acquire businesses or assets in the future to which customer's personal information may be transferred in the course of such transactions. Dow may transmit the information to another country for purposes such as for storage, or because of where our servers are located. Dow will release customer's Personal Information if required to do so by law or by search warrant, subpoena or court order.

9. U.S. Government

This site (including software and documentation) is a "commercial item" as that term is defined at 48 C.F.R. 2.101, consisting of "commercial computer software" and "commercial computer software documentation" as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. 12.212. Consistent with 48 C.F.R. 12.212 and 48 C.F.R. 227.7202-1 through 227.7202-4, all U.S. Government end users acquire or use this site with only those rights set forth therein.

10. Use of Chat Rooms, Bulletin Boards and Other User Forums

Dow may monitor or review any areas on the web site where users transmit or post communications or communicate solely with each other for the purpose of promoting its efficiency, usefulness and appropriateness of use. However, Dow does not undertake to monitor or review every posting or communication, and Dow disclaims any liability related to the content of any such postings and communications, whether or not arising under the laws of copyright, trademarks, libel, privacy, obscenity, or otherwise.

While Dow may monitor the content of the communications from time to time, Dow does not endorse, support, sanction, encourage, verify, or necessarily agree with the comments, opinions, or statements posted on bulletin boards. Any information or material placed online, including advice and opinions, are solely the views and responsibility of those posting such statements, and do not necessarily represent the views of Dow. Dow, in its sole discretion, reserves all rights to discontinue this service generally or to any user at any time.

Content on any bulletin board is not pre-screened. Accordingly, users who access the bulletin board do so at their own risk, especially with respect to offensive, incorrect, and otherwise unacceptable material. Dow reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reproduce (in any form or medium), delete, edit, comment on, or otherwise modify any submissions or postings.

The following are prohibited on any Dow Online Bulletin Board: obscene or offensive language, defamatory comments about any person or company, personal information about an individual, price collusion, boycotting, bid-rigging, market/territory/customer allocation and any other unlawful practice or conduct. If you are offended by a posting, please contact the Webmaster.

If you submit any material to the bulletin board you hereby agree and warrant that the submitted material: (i) is not offensive, obscene, or otherwise contrary to the laws of any place where this bulletin board may be accessed; (ii) is the original work of your authorship or that you have the right to make the submission without violating the copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property rights of any person or entity in any place where the bulletin board may be accessed; and, (iii) is true and accurate and does not constitute libel, slander, invasion of privacy, defamation, or any violation of law.

11. License

Dow has granted to you a limited license to use and access this website solely in accordance with these terms. Dow may revoke such license at any time, in Dow's sole judgment.

Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel, or otherwise any license or right under any patent, trademark, or proprietary rights of Dow or any other third party. Except as expressly provided above, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any license or right under any Dow copyright.

This site and all software and documents contained herein is protected by United States copyright law and international treaty.

Unauthorized reproduction or distribution is subject to civil and criminal penalties.

12. General

These Terms of Use will be construed in accordance with the laws of Michigan, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. The provisions of these Terms of Use are severable. If any such provision is determined to be unenforceable, such unenforceability will not affect any other provision of these Terms of Use, and the Terms of Use will be construed as if such unenforceable provision had not been contained therein. No wavier by Dow of any right under any provision of these Terms of Use will be deemed to be either a waiver of any other such right or provision of a waiver of that same right or provision at any other time.