Effective Date: October 1, 2016
Please read all of these terms of use (“Terms”) carefully before using our websites, email notifications, mobile applications, social media applications, widgets, and our other online services (the “Services”) because it affects your legal rights and obligations.
About Us
Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR) is registered in the USA as a corporation in the State of Missouri and has its registered office at 8000 W. Florissant Avenue St. Louis, MO 63136.
This Agreement and Your Acceptance
Our Services are owned, operated and provided by Emerson Electric Co. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Emerson,” “our,” “us” or “we”). Our Services are hosted on servers located inside and outside the United States.
The Services of Emerson’s subsidiaries and affiliated companies are each owned, operated and provided by such subsidiaries and companies. However, these Terms ONLY govern the use of Emerson company Services that specifically link to these Terms. Other Emerson company Services may link to or otherwise provide their own, separate terms.
You agree to these Terms by accessing or using any of our Services. If you do not agree to be bound by all of these Terms, including our Privacy Notice incorporated herein by reference, you should not access or use the Services.
THIS CONTRACT CONTAINS A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION WHICH MAY BE ENFORCED BY THE PARTIES. This agreement requires the use of binding arbitration on an individual basis to resolve disputes, rather than jury trials or class actions, and also limits the remedies available to you in the event of a dispute.
Our Services
Our Services are provided for your personal information and non-commercial use. The content of our Services is provided for general information only. There will be occasions our Services may be interrupted due to scheduled maintenance or upgrades, emergency repairs, failure of telecommunications links and/or equipment, or similar occurrences.
Our Services contain text, software, images, photographs, graphics, audio, video, applications, user interfaces, visual interfaces, logos, designs, product names, and technical specifications (“Materials”) which are derived in whole or in part from information and materials supplied by us and other sources, and are protected by, copyright, trademark, patent, and other applicable laws. The entire content of our Services is copyrighted as a collective work under the United States Copyright Laws. Trademarks, logos, and service marks displayed in our Services are registered and unregistered trademarks of Emerson, its subsidiaries and affiliated companies, its licensors or content providers, or other third parties. All of these trademarks, logos, and service marks are the property of their respective owners. Nothing in our Services shall be constructed as granting any license or right to use any trademark, logo, or service mark displayed without the owner’s prior written permission.
The use of any such Materials on any other website or networked computer or environment without our express written consent is prohibited. Materials may not be copied, reproduced, republished, modified, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way nor may they be decompiled, reverse engineered or disassembled, except that you may download one copy of the Material on any single computer for your personal, non-commercial use, provided you keep intact all copyright, trademark and other proprietary notices and make no change in or deletion of author attribution. This limited authorization is not a transfer of title in the Materials, and, by your use of our Services, you acknowledge that you do not acquire any license, ownership or other rights in or to the Materials.
Use of Our Services
In order to access some features of our Services, you may have to create an account. You may not:
When creating your account, you must provide true, current, accurate and complete information, and you must update your information as necessary to maintain its truth and accuracy. You are responsible for keeping your password secure and you are responsible for the activity that occurs on your account. You may be liable for our losses or the losses of others due to unauthorized use. If you become aware of or suspect any breach of security or unauthorized use of your password or of your account, you should notify us immediately at inquiries@emerson.com or +1.314.679.8984.
You agree you have the legal right and capacity to enter into these Terms and to comply with all laws, rules and regulations (e.g., federal, state, local and provincial) applicable to your use of our Services and any content you submit, post or display (e.g., images, photographs, graphics, audio, video, text, information, works of authorship, applications, links, and other communications, content or materials) (collectively, “User Submissions”), including without limitation, copyright laws and export laws.
You may not:
User Submissions
You and your agents are responsible for your User Submissions, including without limitation, any damages resulting from any infringement of copyright, patent, trademark, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such a submission.
Your User Submissions must comply with the following:
It has been and remains our policy not to accept or consider ideas, suggestions or materials other than those that we have specifically requested from you. Any information or material you send to us will be deemed not to be confidential or proprietary. Our Services may now or in the future permit User Submissions and the hosting, sharing, and/or publishing of such User Submissions. No User Submissions are confidential whether published or not. You also acknowledge that the internet may be subject to breaches of security and that the submission of User Submissions or other information cannot be guaranteed to be secure.
You retain all of your ownership rights in your User Submissions. By submitting information and material via our Services, you automatically grant to us (or warrant that the owner of such information and material has expressly granted to us) a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, unrestricted, right and license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, adapt, publish, translate, transmit and distribute, or otherwise make available to others such information and material (in whole or in part) worldwide for any purpose, and/or to incorporate it in other works and for any purpose and in any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter developed. You also agree that we are free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques that you send to us for any purpose.
We reserve the right to determine in our sole discretion whether User Submissions are appropriate and comply with these Terms for reasons including without limitation, excessive length. We may, but have no obligation to, at any time, without prior notice and in our sole discretion, remove, edit, block, and/or monitor User Submissions or terminate a user’s access for submitting such material in violation of these Terms.
Our Services may allow for a live chat feature through a third-party provider. In that case, any communications that you have or content that you submit via the live chat feature (“Chat Data”) will be considered personal information and the use thereof is governed by our Privacy Notice. Our third-party provider implements security measures to protect the confidentiality of the transcript of the live chat it stores and your Chat Data is deleted approximately thirteen (13) months after it is captured. However, no method of electronic storage is 100% secure or error-free, so it is not possible to guarantee absolute security of your Chat Data.
Third-Party Content and Linked Sites
When using our Services, you may be exposed to User Submissions submitted, posted or displayed by users from a variety of sources. We are not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights relating to such user posted content. You agree to waive any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against us with respect to the User Submissions of others to the fullest extent permitted by law.
We may provide links to other independent third-party websites (“Linked Sites”) as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you do so at your own risk. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, services, privacy policies, terms of use, or practices of any third-party websites. Inclusion of such content and links does not imply our sponsorship or endorsement of the same (including the information or materials appearing or any of products and services described on Linked Sites), our affiliation or association with any such content and links, or that any Linked Site is authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo, or copyright of Emerson, its subsidiaries or affiliates. We will not be a party to or in any way be responsible for monitoring any transaction between you and third-party providers of products or services. Your correspondence and business dealings with third parties found through our Services are solely between you and the third party.
Disclaimer
Our Services, including without limitation, Materials, User Submissions, any products or services available on our Services and all the information, software, facilities, services, related communications, and other content therein are provided on an “as is,” “as available,” and “with all faults” basis. To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, we disclaim all representations or warranties, express or implied, of any kind, including without limitation: (i) warranties of merchantability, non-infringement and fitness for particular purpose; (ii) warranties arising from course of dealing or course of performance; (iii) the accuracy, reliability, usefulness, or completeness of any information contained in our Services; (iv) that access to our Services will be uninterrupted or error-free; and (v) that our Services will be secure. We assume no responsibility and shall not be liable for any damages of any nature caused by the use of our Services, including damages caused by viruses, worms, Trojan horses or any other computer software or anomaly that may infect, affect, or damage your computer hardware, software, memory or any other property of yours or others, as a result of your access to or use of our Services.
We disclaim any responsibility or liability to any person or entity for any loss, damage (whether actual, consequential, punitive or otherwise), injury, claim, liability or other cause of any kind or character based upon or resulting from any materials, content, User Submissions, or products or services advertised or offered by a third party through our Services or featured in any banner or other advertising.
Limitation of Liability
You agree that you assume full responsibility for your use of our Services and that Emerson’s liability to you and any party is limited as follows. Under no circumstances will we, our suppliers or other third parties mentioned or involved in creating, producing, or delivering our Services be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, special or punitive damages whatsoever (including without limitation, costs and expenses of any type incurred, lost profits, lost data or programs, and business interruption) arising out of your access to, use of, inability to use or the results of use of our Services, or any Materials contained in any or all such Services (including without limitation, those caused by or resulting from a failure of performance; error; omission; linking to Linked Sites; interruption; deletion; defect; delay in operation or transmission; computer virus; communication line failure; or destruction of, unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of any computer or system), whether based on warranty, contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or any other legal theory and whether or not we were advised of the possibility of such damages. We shall have no liability or responsibility for any acts, omissions, or conduct of any user or third party, including User Submissions and Linked Sites. The maximum total liability of Emerson and its subsidiaries, affiliates and our officers, directors, shareholders, predecessors, successors in interest, employees, and agents, to you for any claim under these Terms, whether in contract, tort, or otherwise, is one hundred dollars ($100). If you are dissatisfied with any of the Materials contained in our Services, or with any of these Terms, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue accessing and using our Services.
By accessing our Services, you understand that you may be waiving rights with respect to claims that are at this time unknown or unsuspected, and in accordance with such waiver, you acknowledge that you have read and understand, and hereby expressly waive, the benefits of section 1542 of the civil code of the State of California, and any similar law of any U.S. state or territory, which provides as follows: “a general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.”
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold us, our officers, directors, shareholders, predecessors, successors in interest, employees, agents, subsidiaries and affiliates harmless from any demands, loss, liability, claims and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) made against Emerson by any third party due to, arising out of or in connection with: (i) your User Submission or your use of and access to our Services; (ii) your breach or alleged breach of these Terms; (iii) your violation or alleged violation of any third-party right, including without limitation, any intellectual property right, publicity, confidentiality, property or privacy right; (iv) your violation or alleged violation of any laws, rules, regulations, codes, statutes, ordinances or orders; (v) any claim that your User Submission caused damage to a third party; or (vi) any misrepresentation made by you. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification and defense by you, and you will not in any event settle any claim without our prior written consent. You will cooperate as fully required by us in the defense of any claim. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive these Terms and your use of our Services.
Forward-looking Statements
The Materials in our Services may contain various forward-looking statements which may be based on or include assumptions concerning operations, future results and prospects of Emerson. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and are subject to risk and uncertainties.
In connection with the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States’ Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, we provide the following cautionary statement identifying important economic, political and technology factors which, among others, could cause the actual results or events to differ materially from those set forth or implied by the forward-looking statements and related assumptions. Such factors include without limitation the following: (i) changes in the current and future business environment, including interest rates and capital and consumer spending; (ii) competitive factors and competitor responses to our initiatives; (iii) successful development and market introductions of anticipated products; (iv) changes in government laws and regulations, including taxes; (v) unstable governments and business conditions in emerging economies; and (vi) continuation of the favorable environment to make acquisitions, domestic and foreign, including regulatory requirements and market values of candidates.
Changes to our Terms and Termination of the Services
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to revise these Terms at any time and correct any errors or omissions in any portion of our Services and Materials, and will post updates to these Terms on this webpage with a new effective date. Materials may also be changed, modified, added, or removed and updated without notice at any time; however, we are under no obligation to update Materials. We may also make changes in the products, services, programs, or prices (if any) described in our Services at any time without notice. Your continued use of our Services after any change we make to our Services will be considered acceptance of those changes. You should revisit these Terms from time to time to review the then-current Terms because your use of our Services will be governed by the then-current Terms and Privacy Notice.
These Terms will remain in full force and effect so long as you continue to access or use our Services, or until terminated in accordance with the provisions of these Terms. At any time, we may: (i) suspend, withdraw, discontinue, change, or terminate either our Services in general or (ii) suspend, withdraw, discontinue, change, or terminate these Terms and your rights to access or use our Services for any reason, particularly if we believe that you have restricted or inhibited any other user from using or enjoying our Services or in any other way have used our Services in violation of these Terms. Upon termination of these Terms, your authorization to use our Services automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed Materials.
Governing Law and Arbitration
These Terms shall be governed by the laws of the State of Missouri, U.S.A., without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law or the 1980 U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Any claim or dispute between you and Emerson that arises in whole or in part from our Services shall be decided exclusively through binding, individual arbitration in the State of Missouri, U.S.A. You agree that disputes between you and Emerson will be resolved by binding arbitration and you waive your right to participate in class action lawsuits or class-wide arbitration. In the event that binding arbitration is not enforceable, you consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the State of Missouri, U.S.A. for the resolution any disputes. Any cause of action you may have with respect to your use of our Services must be commenced within six (6) months after the claim or cause of action arises.
Copyright Infringement
We will investigate any allegations of copyright infringement brought to our attention. If you have evidence of, know of, or have a good faith belief that your rights or the rights of a third party have been violated and you want Emerson to review, delete, edit, or disable the material in question, you must provide Emerson with all of the following information:
For this notification to be effective, you must direct your correspondence to Emerson’s designated agent at inquiries@emerson.com.
Entire Agreement and Void Where Prohibited
These Terms constitute the entire agreement between Emerson and you with respect to your use of our Services. If any provision of these Terms is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms, which shall remain in full force and effect.
Our obligations and responsibilities regarding our products and services are governed solely by our terms and conditions of sale or license under which such products and services are sold or licensed.
We make no representation that the Materials in our Services are appropriate or available for use at other locations, and access to them from territories where their content is illegal is prohibited. If you access our Services from a location outside of the State of Missouri, you are responsible for compliance with all applicable local laws. You may not use our Services or export information and materials in violation of the export laws of the United States or any other country. Materials published on a website, or otherwise included in our Services, may refer to products, programs, or services that are not available in your country.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about the Terms, please write to us by mail at Emerson Electric Co., Attn: Website Inquiries, 8000 W. Florissant Avenue, Building AA, St. Louis, MO 63136, or email us at inquiries@emerson.com or call us at +1.314.679.8984.
