PLEASE READ THESE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF YOUR USE OF THE LINGVITAE WEB SITES CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THEM.

TERMS OF USE.
If you access and use this Web site, you accept and agree to be bound by and comply with these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please do not use our Web site.

PERMITTED USE.
This Web site is owned and operated by LingVitae AS. You may view and retain a copy of pages of this Site only for your personal use, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. You may not reproduce, copy, upload, republish, post, transmit or distribute in any way material from this Web site or any Web site owned, operated, licensed or controlled by LingVitae.

Any downloading of software from this site, including any files, images, text, graphics, audioclips, or videoclips incorporated in or generated by the software and any data accompanying the software (the "Software") does not warrant transfer of title to Software to the user. While the medium on which the Software is displayed may be the property of the user, notwithstanding the same, LingVitae retains full and complete title to the Software and all intellectual property rights therein or appurtenant thereto. The user shall not duplicate, publish, redistribute, sell, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise reduce the Software into a human perceivable form. In addition, neither LingVitae, nor its subsidiaries or affiliates, assumes any responsibility or liability for damages to, or viruses that may infect, computer equipment or other property on account of a user's access to, use of, or browsing of this site or downloading of any material from this site.

LingVitae may collect general aggregate information about your visits to this website in the form of a "cookie". "Session Cookies" may be used to do this while you visit our website but when you exit the site, the cookies expire and are no longer active. LingVitae does not use "permanent cookies" to track any personal information about you.

By transmitting personal information to this site, you expressly consent to the transmission by us of your personal information to any of our affiliates, subsidiaries or authorized agents for the purpose for which you transmitted your personal information to this site. You also expressly consent to the transmission by us of your personal information to any third party for processing your information or for the generation of statistics or aggregate reports. We also reserve the right to co-operate with local, provincial or federal officials in any investigation requiring personal information or reports about unlawful user activities on this site.

For further information about how LingVitae handles your personal information, please see our Privacy Policy, which is posted on this site. You may also update or request that your personal information be withdrawn at any time by contacting us.

By uploading or submitting any materials (non-personal information) to us, you automatically grant us a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and distribute such materials or include such materials into any form, medium or technology now known or later developed throughout the universe. In addition, you agree to waive what are called moral rights in these materials.

TERMINATION.
These terms are effective until terminated by LingVitae.

You may terminate these terms at any time by destroying all (a) materials obtained from any and all LingVitae Web site; (b) all related documentation; and (c) all copies and installations thereof, whether made under terms or otherwise. These terms will terminate immediately without notice from LingVitae if, in LingVitae's sole discretion, you fail to comply with any provision of these terms. Upon termination, you must destroy all materials obtained from this Web site and any and all other LingVitae site(s) and all copies thereof, whether made under these terms or otherwise.

PROHIBITED "USER CONTENT".
This Web site may have an area which allows you to "chat" or upload and download materials.

Users can be held liable for any illegal or prohibited "User Content" they provide to the Site or to other users, including, for example, infringing, defamatory, or offensive materials.

So that the Site is available for all users to enjoy, you may not, and hereby represent and warrant that you will not, post, transmit, email or otherwise make accessible on or through the Site "User Content" that:

Interferes with anyone else's use of the Site;
Interfere with or disrupt the Site or any server or network involved with the operation of the Site;
Is unlawful, harmful, threatening, tortious, defamatory, libelous, abusive, disparaging, pedophilic, pornographic, obscene, interferes or is invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or malicious;
Contains hate propaganda or promotes discrimination or violence against any people on account of their race, national origin, religion, age, gender, disability, or sexual orientation;
Stalk, harass or advocates harassment of another person; Is or could be harmful to minors or provides material that exploits people under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner, or solicits personal information from anyone under 18;
Post or submit unsolicited commercial e-mail, chain letters; pyramid schemes, or seek or encourage others to engage in these activities;
Solicits passwords, or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users;
Collect or "harvest" from the Site the names of other users for the purpose of transmitting to those other users unsolicited commercial messages;
Promotes information that you know is false, misleading, or promotes illegal activities or conduct or encourages anyone to break the law;
Is or promotes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person's work, such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, or providing information to circumvent manufacture-installed copy-protect devices;
Infringes any patent, copyright, trademark, service mark, trade secret, or other proprietary right of any other party;
Contains restricted password only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page);
Provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or buying illegal weapons, or providing or creating computer viruses;
Contains a software virus or any other code files or programs that are designed to or have the ability to interrupt, destroy, compromise, or otherwise limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment whether owned by LingVitae or any other party;
Otherwise violates any local, state, national or other applicable law or regulation.

In addition, you may not, in connection with your use of the Site:

Impersonate any person or entity, including a LingVitae officer or employee, or falsely misrepresent your affiliation with any other person or entity;
Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers for the purpose of disguising the origin of any "User Content" posted or transmitted through or on the Site;
Engage in commercial activities and/or sales without LingVitae's prior written consent including, without limitation, contests, sweepstakes, barter, or advertising;
Post or transmit any Content that you do not have the right to post or transmit;

You agree to comply with any additional Terms which are referred to on this Web site or any subsite within the Web site.

If you discover this kind of material or activity on the Site, please notify us at webmaster@lingvitae.com

MONITORING POLICY.
Although LingVitae may from time to time monitor or review bulletin boards, chat rooms, discussions, postings, transmissions and the like on this Web site, LingVitae is under no obligation to do so and assumes no liability or responsibility arising from the contents of any such communications or for any defamation, error, inaccuracy, libel, obscenity or profanity contained in any such communication.

LingVitae may change, edit, or remove any user material or conversations that are illegal, indecent, obscene or offensive, or that violates LingVitae's policies in any way. LingVitae will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing LingVitae to disclose the identity of anyone posting such materials.

DISCLAIMER.
THE MATERIALS IN THIS WEB SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, LINGVITAE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. LINGVITAE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE MATERIALS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERRORFREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. LINGVITAE DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE MATERALS IN THIS WEB SITE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. YOU (AND NOT LINGVITAE) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. FURTHER DISCLAIMER - USER CONTRIBUTIONS.

LingVitae explicitly disclaims any responsibility for the accuracy, content, or availability of information found on Web sites that link to or from LingVitae from third parties not associated with LingVitae.

LingVitae encourages discretion when browsing the Internet using our or anyone else's service. Because some Web sites employ automated search results or otherwise link you to Web sites containing information that may be deemed inappropriate or offensive, LingVitae cannot be held responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, or decency of material contained in third-party Web sites, and you hereby irrevocably waive any claim against us with respect to such Web sites.

LingVitae cannot ensure that you will be satisfied with any products or services that you purchase from a third-party Web site that links to or from LingVitae since they are owned and operated by independent retailers. LingVitae does not endorse any of the merchandise, nor has LingVitae taken any steps to confirm the accuracy or reliability of, any of the information contained in such third-party Web sites.

The privilege to view this site does not entitle the user to link to the site from any other site (whether such link is to the home page of www.lingvitae.com or any other page contained on the site and whether such link opens in a frame, a new window or otherwise). LingVitae does not approve, endorse, review, control or operate any sites that are linked to this site. LingVitae does not accept any responsibility for these third party sites and LingVitae shall not be responsible or liable for any damages in connection with linking. Linking to any other site is at the user's own risk.

LingVitae does not make any representations or warranties as to the security of any information (including, without limitation, credit card and other personal information) you might be required to give any third party, and you hereby irrevocably waive any claim against us with respect to such Web sites. We strongly encourage you to make whatever investigation you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any online or offline transaction with any of these third parties.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, SHALL LINGVITAE BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE MATERALS IN THIS SITE, EVEN IF LINGVITAE OR AN LINGVITAE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL LINGVITAE'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, ALL LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THIS WEB SITE.

JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES.
If any part of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the Agreement shall continue in effect. This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the visitor and LingVitae with respect to this website and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the visitor and LingVitae with respect to this website. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form will be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. This Web site is controlled and operated by LingVitae from its offices in Oslo, Norway. LingVitae makes no representation that materials in this Web site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access this Web site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
LingVitae reserves the right to change this agreement at any time by revising the terms and conditions herein. Visitors are responsible for regularly reviewing these terms and conditions. Continued use of this website following any such changes shall constitute the visitor's acceptance of such changes.

ATTORNEY'S FEES.
In the event that LingVitae brings a suit against the user for the interpretation or enforcement of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to obtain reimbursement from the non-prevailing party for all costs and expenses, including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and disbursements, incurred by the prevailing party.