Introduction (Acceptance
of Terms)
Welcome to
Sacramento State Skill Management Center.
Sacramento State Skill Management Center
provides its services to you subject to the following conditions.
Please read through these conditions carefully, as you must accept
them in order to use our Web site. In addition, when you use any current
or future
Sacramento State Skill Management Center
service, you also will be subject to the guidelines and conditions
applicable to such service or business.
Sacramento State Skill Management Center
strictly follows the policy described below, which defines the terms
and conditions when accessing this Web site, and assumes your adherence
to these provisions. Customers agree to review these Terms and Conditions
from time to time for changes and updates.
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Privacy Policy
You should review the other Sacramento State Skill Management Center policies to better
comprehend our practices and how we govern your visit to our Web site.
Registration data and certain other information about you are subject
to our privacy policy. For more information, see our entire privacy
policy: Click
here. We reserve the right to make any changes to our Web site,
pricing, or policies at any time at our sole and absolute discretion.
Shall any of these conditions be deemed invalid or for any reason
unenforceable, the respective condition shall be removed and will
not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining conditions.
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Your Account (User Conduct)
To have the ability to access our Web site and services, you must
obtain access to the World Wide Web, either directly or through devices
that access Web-based content, and pay any service fees associated
with such access. In addition, it is your responsibility to find the
equipment (i.e., computer, modem, and/or other devices) necessary
to make such a connection to the Internet.
Sacramento State Skill Management Center provides access to many aspects of the Web site
at no cost to the User. In consideration of your use of Sacramento State Skill Management Center, you agree to: (1) provide accurate, current, and complete
information about yourself as prompted by the registration form, and
(2) maintain and promptly update your personal contact information
to keep it current and complete. If you provide any information that
is untrue, inaccurate, or not current, or if Sacramento State Skill Management Center
has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue,
inaccurate, or not current, Sacramento State Skill Management Center has the right to
disable or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or
future use of the site (or any portion thereof).
Once you complete the registration process with Sacramento State Skill Management Center, you will receive a unique log-in User Name and Password
that are associated with your new MyCareer account. You are solely
responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the log-in User
Name and Password, and are fully accountable for all activities
that occur under your account. You also agree to immediately notify
Sacramento State Skill Management Center of any unauthorized use of your account
or any other breach of security.
You are on your honor to uphold the standards of truth when taking
the Skill Certification tests on our Web site. Cheating is not permitted
and will not be accepted. In addition, the practice of copying and
sharing test questions will not be tolerated. This is in violation
of copyright laws and is grounds for termination of your MyCareer
account and prevention of further access to Sacramento State Skill Management Center Web site. In addition, possible legal action could be brought
against you.
You understand that all information, such as career information,
personal data, test results, Transcripts, skill and attribute selections,
course alert data, courses, programs, resumes, text, sound, photographs,
graphics, or other materials within your MyCareer account or Sacramento State Skill Management Center Skill Transcript, whether publicly posted or
privately held within your MyCareer account or Sacramento State Skill Management Center Transcript, is your sole responsibility, as you are the person
from whom this information was generated. This means that you, and
not Sacramento State Skill Management Center, are entirely responsible for all content
that you post, e-mail, transmit, or otherwise make available via
your MyCareer account.
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Service and Product Availability
Sacramento State Skill Management Center attempts to be as accurate as possible at all
times, when disclosing pricing and availability of store items on
the Web site. However, we do not warrant that the pricing and service
content on this Web site is always complete, current, reliable, or
error free. Also, Sacramento State Skill Management Center reserves the right to change
our prices at any time, without notice to the customer, although in
most cases, we will attempt to make you aware of these changes in
advance.
Modifications to Service
Sacramento State Skill Management Center reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue,
temporarily or permanently, the service (or any part thereof) with
or without notice. You agree that Sacramento State Skill Management Center shall not
be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension,
or discontinuance of the service.
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Copyright and Trademarks
The content included on this Web site, including, but not limited
to, Sacramento State Skill Management Center Skill Certification Tests, Sample Tests,
Job Profiles, career and course information, text, graphics, logos,
icons, and images is the exclusive property of Sacramento State Skill Management Center
and other respective owners that have granted Sacramento State Skill Management Center
the right and license to use such property, and is protected by United
States and international copyright laws. All trademarks, service marks,
and trade names are proprietary to Sacramento State Skill Management Center or other
respective owners that have granted Sacramento State Skill Management Center the right
and license to use such marks. Sacramento State Skill Management Center Web site contains
copyrighted material, including, but not limited to: trademarks and
other proprietary information, text, and graphics. Except as otherwise
expressly permitted under copyright law, Users may not copy, publish,
redistribute, modify, transmit, display, sell, create derivative works,
or in any way exploit the content or any portion of Sacramento State Skill Management Center Web site without the express permission of the organization.
The Skill Tests and their content are the intellectual property
of Sacramento State Skill Management Center. Any reproduction or redistribution of
this information without the express written consent of Sacramento State Skill Management Center is strictly prohibited. Sacramento State Skill Management Center shall
be the sole and exclusive owner of all test questions, test question
items, Skill Certifications, or other test products that are offered
to the general public or through exclusive contracts or agreements.
Sacramento State Skill Management Center shall be the sole and exclusive owner
of all results from test questions, test question items, or Skill
Certifications or test products offered to the general public. The
Skill Certification Tests developed by Sacramento State Skill Management Center utilize
a proprietary computer-adaptive testing engine and the test development
process itself has been developed by CE Technologies Inc. and Sacramento State Skill Management Center. At this time, the testing development process
is patent pending.
By use of this site, you acknowledge that you do not acquire any
ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material.
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Communications and Content
As a part of the service Sacramento State Skill Management Center provides to our
registered Users, we communicate via e-mail, direct mail, and other
means to inform you of enhancements or changes in offerings, services,
or other relevant information targeted to your interests. Details
of these communication efforts are noted within the Privacy Policy.
Users have the option to remove themselves from various e-mail communications
by following the conditions listed within the message or by following
the procedures noted in the Privacy Policy. However, even though Users
may request removal from the distribution of certain e-mails, we have
the right to send messages from time to time as deemed necessary.
Registered Users may submit reviews, comments, suggestions, ideas,
questions, or other information via Client Services, as long as
the content is not illegal, obscene, objectionable, threatening,
defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing on intellectual property
rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable,
and does not consist of or contain political campaigning or commercial
solicitation. If content is submitted to Client Services by Users,
they grant Sacramento State Skill Management Center royalty-free and irrevocable
use to reproduce, modify, publish, translate, distribute, and display
such content throughout the world in any media. Sacramento State Skill Management Center is granted the right to use the name submitted in connection
with such content, if chosen. You warrant that you own all the rights
to the content that you submit; 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
Sacramento State Skill Management Center for all claims resulting from content
you supply.
Should you submit any suggestions or feedback via Client Services,
you agree to transfer concepts, ideas, and techniques without compensation
or benefits from us, as we continue the efforts to improve and enhance
the Web site experience for our Users.
Under no circumstances will Sacramento State Skill Management Center be liable in
any way for any content, including, but not limited to, any errors
or omissions in any content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred
as a result of the use of any content submitted through Client Services.
Sacramento State Skill Management Center reserves the right at all times, but
not the obligation, to monitor, edit, or remove any activity or
content deemed inappropriate for the Web site. Sacramento State Skill Management Center takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any
content submitted to Client Services by its Users. In addition,
it can disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law
or governmental request. Sacramento State Skill Management Center retains the right
to extract any items submitted via Client Services that Sacramento State Skill Management Center, at its sole discretion, deems objectionable or in violation
of the Terms and Conditions of Use. If Sacramento State Skill Management Center requests
that a registered User refrain from sending objectionable content
and the registered User does not adhere to that request, Sacramento State Skill Management Center has the right to terminate the registered User's account
immediately.
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Payment, Billing, and Delivery Practices
Payment:
As a part of the service Sacramento State Skill Management Center provides to
our registered Users, we communicate via e-mail, direct mail,
and other means to inform you of enhancements or changes in offerings,
services, or other relevant information targeted to your interests.
Details of these communication efforts are noted within the Privacy
Policy. Users have the option to remove themselves from various
e-mail communications by following the conditions listed within
the message or by following the procedures noted in the Privacy
Policy. However, even though Users may request removal from the
distribution of certain e-mails, we have the right to send messages
from time to time as deemed necessary.
Registered Users may submit reviews, comments, suggestions, ideas,
questions, or other information via Client Services, as long as
the content is not illegal, obscene, objectionable, threatening,
defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing on intellectual property
rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable,
and does not consist of or contain political campaigning or commercial
solicitation. If content is submitted to Client Services by Users,
they grant Sacramento State Skill Management Center royalty-free and irrevocable
use to reproduce, modify, publish, translate, distribute, and
display such content throughout the world in any media. Sacramento State Skill Management Center is granted the right to use the name submitted in connection
with such content, if chosen. You warrant that you own all the
rights to the content that you submit; 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 Sacramento State Skill Management Center for all claims resulting
from content you supply.
Should you submit any suggestions or feedback via Client Services,
you agree to transfer concepts, ideas, and techniques without
compensation or benefits from us, as we continue the efforts to
improve and enhance the Web site experience for our Users.
Under no circumstances will Sacramento State Skill Management Center be
liable in any way for any content, including, but not limited
to, any errors or omissions in any content, or any loss or damage
of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any content submitted
through Client Services. Sacramento State Skill Management Center reserves the
right at all times, but not the obligation, to monitor, edit,
or remove any activity or content deemed inappropriate for the
Web site. Sacramento State Skill Management Center takes no responsibility and
assumes no liability for any content submitted to Client Services
by its Users. In addition, it can disclose any information as
necessary to satisfy any law or governmental request. Sacramento State Skill Management Center retains the right to extract any items submitted via Client
Services that Sacramento State Skill Management Center, at its sole discretion,
deems objectionable or in violation of the Terms and Conditions
of Use. If Sacramento State Skill Management Center requests that a registered
User refrain from sending objectionable content and the registered
User does not adhere to that request, Sacramento State Skill Management Center has
the right to terminate the registered User's account immediately.
Payment:
Payment for Sacramento State Skill Management Center services or products may
be made by credit card or other means which Sacramento State Skill Management Center authorizes. Payment must be received by Sacramento State Skill Management Center prior to acceptance of an order. For credit card transactions,
the appropriate information is collected and the transaction takes
place on a secure and encrypted server. The information provided
is used strictly to process the order and shall not be given out
to third parties.
Delivery:
Skill Certification tests
All tests offered through Sacramento State Skill Management Center are free of
charge. Once you have completed a test, you can view whether or
not you have successfully completed that test, but will be unable
to view your overall score for that test unless you purchase the
corresponding Skill Certification for that test.
You must purchase your Skill Certification for a test in order
to view, print, or send your Skill Certification to employers.
Once you have successfully completed and purchased Skill Certifications
for all tests required to earn a Job Skill Certification, you
will receive a Job Skill Certification you can view, print,
or send, at no extra charge. You will have 30 days from the
date you begin a Skill Certification test to purchase your Skill
Certification for that test at the 50% discounted price. Should
you fail to purchase your Skill Certification within the 30-day
allotted time frame, Sacramento State Skill Management Center maintains
the right to charge full price for the Skill Certification.
If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact
Client Services. Sacramento State Skill Management Center Skill Certification
and Job Skill Certification Certificates are made accessible
via a link through corresponding Sacramento State Skill Management Center Skill
Transcripts. It is the User's responsibility to print Sacramento State Skill Management Center Skill and/or Job Skill Certification Certificates and/or
Sacramento State Skill Management Center Skill Transcripts.
Delivery of your profile and test results to employers
In order for your profile and Skill Certification test results
to be made available to employers, you must authorize
Sacramento State Skill Management Center
to do this by selecting Please make my profile and test
results accessible to employers within your MyCareer
account. By doing so, you grant
Sacramento State Skill Management Center
express permission to make your profile and Skill Certification
test results accessible to any and all employers of
Sacramento State Skill Management Center
's choosing.
Sacramento State Skill Management Center
shall not be held responsible for any outcome resulting from making
your profile and Skill Certification test results accessible to
employers. It is your responsibility to deselect the option Please
make my profile and test results accessible to employers within
your MyCareer account should you no longer wish to grant employers
access to your profile and Skill Certification test results.
Employer List
Sacramento State Skill Management Center
shall not be held responsible for any outcomes resulting from
your expressly agreeing to provide access to your profile and
Skill Certification test results to employers.
Sacramento State Skill Management Center does not guarantee that any or all employers on the list of employers
will access your profile and/or Skill Certification test results.
The list of employers found on
Sacramento State Skill Management Center
does not express or imply any agreement whatsoever between
Sacramento State Skill Management Center
and the employers. The list provided is subject to change without
notice.
Refunds:
Sacramento State Skill Management Center
will not offer refunds on valid, properly executed orders. Should
you have any inquiries regarding a request for a refund, they
should be directed to
Client Services.
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Advertiser Links
This Web site contains links to Internet Web sites maintained by
third parties. Sacramento State Skill Management Center does not operate or control
in any respect any information, products, or services on such third-party
sites. Third-party links do not constitute any endorsement by Sacramento State Skill Management Center and/or its affiliates. Users assume sole responsibility
for use of these third-party links. The disclaimers set forth herein
are equally applicable to such third-party sites.
Sacramento State Skill Management Center has no editorial control over any content
supplied by third-party content providers and any third-party Users.
Any resources, opinions, advice, or other statements made or expressed
by such third parties are those solely of the third party.
Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation
in promotions of, advertisers found on or through Sacramento State Skill Management Center site, including payment and delivery of related goods or
services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties, or representations
associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser.
You agree that Sacramento State Skill Management Center shall not be responsible or
liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result
of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers
on the site.
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Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability
Sacramento State Skill Management Center makes no express or implied warranties
that your use of this Internet site will be uninterrupted, that
messages or requests will be delivered, or that the operation of
the Internet site will be error-free or secure. In addition, the
security mechanisms implemented by Sacramento State Skill Management Center may have
inherent limitations, and you must determine yourself that the Web
site sufficiently meets your requirements. You shall be responsible
for all use of your account and maintaining the confidentiality
of your password and information. We discourage your sharing of
your log-in User Name and Password with anyone; any such sharing
shall be entirely at your own risk. Sacramento State Skill Management Center has the
right to make changes, improvements, and updates to any information
contained on the Web site without prior notice.
Sacramento State Skill Management Center
WEB SITE AND ITS CONTENTS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”
AND THE COMPANY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND
WITH RESPECT TO THIS WEB SITE, ITS CONTENTS, OR ANY PRODUCT. THERE
ARE NO WARRANTIES CREATED BY A COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE,
OR TRADE USAGE, AND
Sacramento State Skill Management Center
HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
OR NONINFRINGEMENT.
Sacramento State Skill Management Center
SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES
FOR LOST REVENUE, LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOST INFORMATION
OR DATA, COMPUTER INTERRUPTION, AND THE LIKE), OR COST OF PROCUREMENT
OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE USE
OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS INTERNET SITE, EVEN IF THE COMPANY SHALL
HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY
CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY.
Sacramento State Skill Management Center
DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED
ON THIS INTERNET SITE IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR CURRENT.
All questions relating to this Web site's validity, interpretations,
performance, and enforcement, including the Terms and Conditions
of Use, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of New York, notwithstanding any conflict-of-laws doctrines
of such state or other jurisdiction to the contrary, and without
the aid of any canon, custom, or rule of law requiring construction
against the draftsman. Any action relating to this Web site's validity,
interpretations, performance, and enforcement, including the Terms
and Conditions, must be brought in the federal or state courts located
in New York, and you irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of
such courts. Our failure to enforce your strict performance of any
provision of these Terms and Conditions will not constitute a waiver
of our right to subsequently enforce such provision or any other
provision of this policy. Any waiver, amendment, or other modification
of any provision of these Terms and Conditions will be effective
only if in writing and signed by an authorized representative of
Sacramento State Skill Management Center.
Sacramento State Skill Management Center will not be responsible or liable to
you for any delay or failure to perform under these Terms and Conditions
if such delay or failure results from fire, explosion, labor dispute,
earthquake, casualty or accident, lack or failure of transportation
facilities and/or services, lack or failure of telecommunications
facilities and/or services including Internet services, epidemic,
flood, drought, or by reason of war, revolution, civil commotion,
blockade or embargo, act of God, any inability to obtain any requisite
license, permit, or authorization, or by reason of any law, proclamation,
regulation, ordinance, demand, or requirement of any government,
or by reason of any other cause whatsoever, whether similar or dissimilar
to those enumerated, beyond the reasonable control of Sacramento State Skill Management Center.
To the maximum extent allowed by law, Sacramento State Skill Management Center shall
not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or
consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability
to use, Sacramento State Skill Management Center's materials. Through your use of Sacramento State Skill Management Center Web site, to the maximum extent allowed by
law, you agree to indemnify Sacramento State Skill Management Center from and against
any and all liabilities, expenses (including attorneys' fees), and
damages arising out of claims resulting from your use of Sacramento State Skill Management Center Web site, including, without limitation, any claims alleging
facts that if true would constitute a breach by you of these Terms
and Conditions. If you are dissatisfied with any material or with
any of Sacramento State Skill Management Center's Terms and Conditions, your sole and
exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Web site now.
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Special Admonitions for International Use
Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply
with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable content.
Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding
the transmission of technical data exported from the United States
or the country in which you reside.
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Terminations
Sacramento State Skill Management Center shall have the right at any time to change
or discontinue any aspect of the Web site's operation. In addition,
it reserves the right to cancel or terminate an individual's account
if there is speculation of cheating, misconduct, or similar behaviors.
If there is belief that you have violated the Terms and Conditions
of Use, Sacramento State Skill Management Center has the right to deactivate or terminate
your account without prior notice.
Should you wish to personally cancel your account with Sacramento State Skill Management Center, you will need to contact Client Services.
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Customer Support
General questions, concerns, or feedback about our Web site and/or
services can be directed to
Client Services
or via phone at
916-278-4822
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Policy Modifications
These Terms and Conditions were last modified on December 22, 2004.
At any time and without prior notice, Sacramento State Skill Management Center shall
have the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, add, or remove
terms of these Terms and Conditions of Use, without notifying our
customers of such modifications, additions, or removals, and all
such changes shall be effective immediately. YOUR CONTINUED PARTICIPATION
AND USE OF THIS WEB SITE AND/OR
Sacramento State Skill Management Center
SERVICES FOLLOWING OUR POSTING OF ANY SUCH CHANGE ON OUR
SITE WILL CONSTITUTE BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH CHANGE. Users should
review these Terms and Conditions periodically as subsequent use
shall constitute acceptance of any such changes.
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Entire Agreement (Independent Investigation)
These Terms and Conditions represent the complete and entire agreement
between Sacramento State Skill Management Center and you and supersede all prior and contemporaneous
agreements of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND
UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO ALL OF THEM IN THEIR ENTIRETY. YOU HAVE
INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF USING THIS INTERNET
SITE, AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE, OR STATEMENT
OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
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