The California Technical Forum (Cal TF) is pleased to make this website located at CAeTRM.com (the “website”) available for your use and benefit. By using, browsing and/or accessing this website, you warrant that you are of the age of majority and agree to these Terms of Use. Use of this website is strictly voluntary. Please take a moment to review our Terms of Use. Your use of this website constitutes your agreement to follow these rules and to be bound by them. If you do not agree with our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, do not use the CAeTRM.com website.

Collection of Visitor Information on this Site

Any information collected at this website is governed by the Privacy Policy unless otherwise stated. To access and use certain services available through the website, you may be required to register with us through a login/registration page and you must agree to be bound by any additional applicable terms and conditions.

Links to Other Websites

This website may contain links to other websites. Additionally, other websites may contain links to this website. We do not review or monitor the websites linked to this website and we are not responsible for the contents of any other websites. Any link established by us does not in any respect whatsoever constitute an endorsement of the other websites or create a relationship between us and the operators of other websites. We disclaim any liability with respect to your use of any other website, and you release us from any liability related to your use of any link to another website or your use of any other website. Where this website contains a link to another website owned and/or operated by us, such website use may be subject to different and additional Terms of Use and Privacy Policy terms and conditions.

Prohibited Activities and Visitor Obligations

As a visitor to this website you shall not:

  • violate any applicable local, state, national or international statute, regulation, or law;
  • upload, post, use, transmit or otherwise make available any content that is false, misleading, unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy or content that could otherwise be considered to be objectionable;
  • impersonate or use the identity of another person or organization, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or organization;
  • engage in any activities or manipulate identifying material to misrepresent the origin of content;
  • upload, post, use, transmit or otherwise make available any content that is subject to any disclosure restrictions;
  • upload, post, use, transmit or otherwise make available any materials, items, information or content that infringes or otherwise violates any patent, copyright, trademark, privacy or publicity rights, or any other proprietary rights;
  • upload, post, use, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or promotional materials, including without limitation, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes or any other form of solicitation;
  • upload, post, use, transmit or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other corrupt computer code, files or programs that impair the use of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
  • use any data mining technique, or robots or similar data gathering and extraction tools except for those tools provided through the website;
  • interfere with or otherwise limit the use of this website by other users; or collect, compile or store personal information about other users of this website;
  • share your password with anyone else;
  • disrupt or interfere with the security of, or otherwise cause harm to, this website or the systems resources; accounts; usernames and passwords; servers; or networks connected to or accessible through this website or any affiliated or linked sites; or
  • use this website for commercial purposes.

Limitations of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE CALIFORNIA TECHNICAL (CAL TF) MEMBERS, POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS OR THE CAL TF STAFF (COLLECTIVELY “CAL TF PARTICIPANTS”) OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS OR REVENUES, COSTS OF REPLACEMENT GOODS, LOSS OR DAMAGE TO DATA ARISING OUT OF THE USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS WEBSITE OR ANY LINKED SITE, DAMAGES RESULTING FROM USE OF, OR RELIANCE ON, THE INFORMATION OR MATERIALS PRESENTED ON THIS WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY EVEN IF THE CAL TF PARTICIPANTS, OR ITS SUPPLIERS, HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold the CAL TF PARTICIPANTS harmless from and against any and all third-party claims, liabilities, damages, losses, or expenses (including reasonable attorney fees and costs) arising out of, based on, or in connection with your access and/or use of this website.

Trademarks

The trademarks, service marks and logos of the eTRM and others used in this website ("Trademarks") are the property of the Cal TF funders. You have no right to use any such trademarks, and nothing contained in this website, or in these Terms of Use, grants any right to use (by implication, waiver, or otherwise) any trademarks without the prior written permission of the Cal TF Staff, or the Cal TF funders.

Your Account

If you use this website, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. You agree that the information provided by you, including any personal information, during the registration process may be used by us for notice purposes, including by way of illustration only, we may email you at the email address provided by you to give you notice.

Changes to Terms of Use

These Terms of Use may be changed from time to time at our sole discretion. Please review the “Effective Date” date at the end of these Terms of Use which provides the date these Terms of Use were last changed. Any use of this website following the date on which changes to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy are published on this website shall constitute your acceptance of all such changes. You expressly agree that we shall have no obligation to provide you with any notice of any changes, other than publishing the “Effective Date” date, and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you hereby expressly waive any right you may have to receive any other notice of any changes to these Terms of Use.

Disclaimer

The Cal TF Participants assume no responsibility for accuracy, correctness, timeliness, or content of the materials provided on this website. THE MATERIALS PROVIDED AT THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY WARRANTY (EXPRESS OR IMPLIED), CONDITION OR OTHER TERM OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTIBILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR TITLE IS HEREBY EXCLUDED.

We may use a third party to develop the content provided on our website. You agree and acknowledge that services rendered by such a third party to us are provided on an independent contractor basis and that nothing herein shall be construed as creating a joint venture, partnership or for sale agency by and between the third party and us.

Accessibility Statement

 This site is designed and intended for use by engineers and other professionals in the clean energy field doing clean energy work in the State of California. If you are doing clean energy work in the State of California and experience any difficulty in accessing any part of this website intended for the public, please email us at eTRM@FutEE.email.

Contact

If you have questions or comments related to this website or these Terms of Use, e-mail us at eTRM@FutEE.email.

Effective Date

These Terms of Use were last updated on October 4, 2019.