Terms of Service
Date Effective: August 9, 2024.
By visiting (in any manner) the website or online services of Idell Construction, you accept these terms and conditions (the “Terms”). Please read them carefully.
1. Your Relationship with Idell Construction
1.1 Your use of Idell Construction’s products, services, websites and online services (referred to collectively as the “Services” in this document and excluding any services provided to you by Idell Construction under a separate written agreement) is subject to the terms of a legal agreement between you and Idell Construction whose principal place of business is at 830 W Andrew Johnson Hwy, Greeneville, TN 37745, United States. This document explains how the agreement is made up, and sets out some of the terms of that agreement
1.2 Unless otherwise agreed in writing with Idell Construction, your agreement with Idell Construction will always include, at a minimum, the terms and conditions set out in this document. These are referred to below as the “Universal Terms”.
1.3 Your agreement with Idell Construction will also include the terms of any Legal Notices applicable to the Services, in addition to the Universal Terms. All of these are referred to below as the “Additional Terms”. Where Additional Terms apply to a Service, these will be accessible for you to read either within, or through your use of, that Service.
1.4 The Universal Terms, together with the Additional Terms, form a legally binding agreement between you and Idell Construction in relation to your use of the Services. It is important that you take the time to read them carefully. Collectively, this legal agreement is referred to below as the “Terms”.
1.5 If there is any contradiction between what the Additional Terms say and what the Universal Terms say, then the Additional Terms shall take precedence in relation to that Service.
2. Accepting the Terms
2.1 In order to use the Services, you must first agree to the Terms. You may not use the Services if you do not accept the Terms.
2.2 You can accept the Terms by:
(A) clicking to accept or agree to the Terms, where this option is made available to you by Idell Construction in the user interface for any Service; or
(B) by actually using the Services. In this case, you understand and agree that Idell Construction will treat your use of the Services as acceptance of the Terms from that point onwards.
2.3 You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if (a) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with Idell Construction, or (b) you are a person barred from receiving the Services under the laws of the United States or other countries including the country in which you are resident or from which you use the Services.
2.4 Before you continue, you should print off or save a local copy of the Universal Terms for your records.
3. Language of the Terms
3.1 Where Idell Construction has provided a translation of the English language version of the Terms, then you agree that the translation is provided for your convenience only and that the English language versions of the Terms will govern your relationship with Idell Construction
3.2 If there is any contradiction between what the English language version of the Terms says and what a translation says, then the English language version shall take precedence.
4. Provision of the Services by Idell Construction
4.1 Idell Construction has business partners and/or subsidiaries and affiliated legal entities around the world (“Subsidiaries and Affiliates”). Sometimes, these companies will be providing the Services to you on behalf of Idell Construction itself. You acknowledge and agree that Subsidiaries and Affiliates will be entitled to provide the Services to you.
4.2 Idell Construction is constantly innovating in order to provide the best possible experience for its users. You acknowledge and agree that the form and nature of the Services which Idell Construction provides may change from time to time without prior notice to you.
4.3 As part of this continuing innovation, you acknowledge and agree that Idell Construction may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Services (or any features within the Services) to you or to users generally at Idell Construction’s sole discretion, without prior notice to you. You may stop using the Services at any time. You do not need to specifically inform Idell Construction when you stop using the Services.
4.4 You acknowledge and agree that if Idell Construction disables access to your account, you may be prevented from accessing the Services, your account details or any files or other content which is contained in your account.
4.5 You acknowledge and agree that while Idell Construction may not currently have set a fixed upper limit on the number of transmissions you may send or receive through the Services or on the amount of storage space used for the provision of any Service, such fixed upper limits may be set by Idell Construction at any time, at Idell Construction’s discretion.
5. Use of the Services by You
5.1 In order to access certain Services, you may be required to provide information about yourself (such as identification or contact details) as part of the registration process for the Service, or as part of your continued use of the Services. You agree that any registration information you give to Idell Construction will always be accurate, correct and up to date.
5.2 You agree to use the Services only for purposes that are permitted by (a) the Terms and (b) any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions (including any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the United States or other relevant countries).
5.3 You agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Idell Construction, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with Idell Construction You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services through any automated means (including use of scripts or web crawlers) and shall ensure that you comply with the instructions set out in any robots.txt file present on the Services.
5.4 You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the servers and networks which are connected to the Services).
5.5 Unless you have been specifically permitted to do so in a separate agreement with Idell Construction, you agree that you will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade or resell the Services for any purpose.
5.6 You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Idell Construction has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any breach of your obligations under the Terms and for the consequences (including any loss or damage which Idell Construction may suffer) of any such breach.
6. Special Restrictions for Non-Human Visitors
6.1 Special restrictions to access the Services apply to Non-Human Visitors. Non-Human Visitors include, but are not limited to, web spiders, bots, indexers, robots, crawlers, harvesters, or any other computer programs designed to access, read, compile or gather content automatically. Non-Human Visitors are restricted from taxing the resources of the Services beyond what would be typical of a human visitor.
6.2 Furthermore, as specified by the “no-email-collection” flag in the header pages within the Services and/or the contents of the robots.txt file, email addresses within the Services are considered proprietary intellectual property of Idell Construction It is recognized that these email addresses are provided for human visitors alone, and have value in part because they are accessible only to said human visitors. By continuing to access the Services, you acknowledge and agree that each email address the Services contains has a value not less than US $50 derived from their relative secrecy. You further agree that the compilation, storage, and potential distribution of these addresses by Non-Human Visitors substantially diminish the value of these addresses. Intentional collection, harvesting, gathering, or storing email addresses by Non-Human Visitors is recognized under this agreement as a violation of this agreement and expressly prohibited.
6.3 Any Non-Human Visitors to the Services shall be considered agents of the individual(s) who control or author them. These individuals shall ultimately be responsible for the behavior of their Non-Human Visitor agents and are liable for violations of the Terms.
7. Records of Use and Abuse
7.1 You acknowledge and agree to having your Internet Protocol address recorded when using the Services.
7.2 An email address may appear immediately below (the “Identifier”) if we suspect potential abuse. The Identifier is uniquely matched to your Internet Protocol address. Visitors agree not to use this address for any reason.
7.3 Visitors agree that harvesting, gathering, storing, transferring to a third party, or sending any message(s) to the identifier constitutes an acceptance and subsequent breach of the terms.
8. Your Passwords and Account Security
8.1 You agree and understand that you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of passwords associated with any account you use to access the Services.
8.2 Accordingly, you agree that you will be solely responsible to Idell Construction for all activities that occur under your account.
8.3 If you become aware of any unauthorized use of your password or of your account or other breach of security, you agree to notify Idell Construction immediately.
9. Privacy and Your Personal Information
9.1 For information about Idell Construction’s data protection practices, please read Idell Construction’s privacy policy at https://idellconstruction.com/privacy-statement/. This policy explains how Idell Construction treats your personal information, and protects your privacy, when you use the Services.
9.2 You agree to the use of your data in accordance with Idell Construction’s privacy policies.
10. Content in the Services
10.1 You understand that all information (such as data files, written text, computer software, music, audio files or other sounds, photographs, videos or other images) which you may have access to as part of, or through your use of, the Services are the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated. All such information is referred to below as the “Content”.
10.2 You should be aware that Content presented to you as part of the Services, including but not limited to advertisements in the Services and sponsored Content within the Services may be protected by intellectual property rights which are owned by the sponsors or advertisers who provide that Content to Idell Construction (or by other persons or companies on their behalf). You may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on this Content (either in whole or in part) unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Idell Construction or by the owners of that Content, in a separate agreement.
10.3 Idell Construction reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all Content from any Service.
10.4 You understand that by using the Services you may be exposed to Content that you may find offensive, indecent or objectionable and that, in this respect, you use the Services at your own risk.
10.5 You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Idell Construction has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any Content that you create, transmit or display while using the Services and for the consequences of your actions (including any loss or damage which Idell Construction may suffer) by doing so.
11. Proprietary Rights
11.1 You acknowledge and agree that Idell Construction (or Idell Construction’s licensors) own all legal right, title and interest in and to the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in the Services (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). You further acknowledge that the Services may contain information which is designated confidential by Idell Construction and that you shall not disclose such information without Idell Construction’s prior written consent.
11.2 Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with Idell Construction, nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use any of Idell Construction’s trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features.
11.3 If you have been given an explicit right to use any of these brand features in a separate written agreement with Idell Construction, then you agree that your use of such features shall be in compliance with that agreement and any applicable provisions of the Terms
11.4 Other than the limited license set forth in Section 13, Idell Construction acknowledges and agrees that it obtains no right, title or interest from you (or your licensors) under these Terms in or to any Content that you submit, post, transmit or display on, or through, the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in that Content (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with Idell Construction, you agree that you are responsible for protecting and enforcing those rights and that Idell Construction has no obligation to do so on your behalf.
11.5 You agree that you shall not remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary rights notices (including copyright and trademark notices) which may be affixed to or contained within the Services.
11.6 Unless you have been expressly authorized to do so in writing by Idell Construction, you agree that in using the Services, you will not use any trademark, service mark, trade name, logo of any company or organization in a way that is likely or intended to cause confusion about the owner or authorized user of such marks, names or logos.
12. License from Idell Construction
12.1 Idell Construction gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use the software provided to you by Idell Construction as part of the Services as provided to you by Idell Construction (referred to as the “Software” below). This license is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Services as provided by Idell Construction, in the manner permitted by the Terms.
12.2 You may not (and you may not permit anyone else to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise attempt to extract the source code of the Software or any part thereof, unless this is expressly permitted or required by law, or unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Idell Construction, in writing.
12.3 Unless Idell Construction has given you specific written permission to do so, you may not assign (or grant a sub-license of) your rights to use the Software, grant a security interest in or over your rights to use the Software, or otherwise transfer any part of your rights to use the Software.
13. Content License from You
13.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Idell Construction a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Idell Construction to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.
13.2 You agree that this license includes a right for Idell Construction to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Idell Construction has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.
13.3 You understand that Idell Construction, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this license shall permit Idell Construction to take these actions.
13.4 You confirm and warrant to Idell Construction that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above license.
14. Software Updates
14.1 The Software which you use may automatically download and install updates from time to time from Idell Construction These updates are designed to improve, enhance and further develop the Services and may take the form of bug fixes, enhanced functions, new software modules and completely new versions. You agree to receive such updates (and permit Idell Construction to deliver these to you) as part of your use of the Services.
15. Ending Your Relationship with Idell Construction
15.1 The Terms will continue to apply until terminated by either you or Idell Construction as set out below.
15.2 If you want to terminate your legal agreement with Idell Construction, you may do so by (a) notifying Idell Construction at any time and (b) closing your accounts for all of the Services which you use, where Idell Construction has made this option available to you. Your notice should be sent, in writing, to Idell Construction’s address which is set out at the beginning of these Terms.
15.3 Idell Construction may at any time, terminate its legal agreement with you if:
(A) you have breached any provision of the Terms (or have acted in manner which clearly shows that you do not intend to, or are unable to comply with the provisions of the Terms); or
(B) Idell Construction is required to do so by law (for example, where the provision of the Services to you is, or becomes, unlawful); or
(C) the partner with whom Idell Construction offered the Services to you has terminated its relationship with Idell Construction or ceased to offer the Services to you; or
(D) Idell Construction is transitioning to no longer providing the Services to users in the country in which you are resident or from which you use the service; or
(E) the provision of the Services to you by Idell Construction is, in Idell Construction’s opinion, no longer commercially viable.
15.4 Nothing in this Section shall affect Idell Construction’s rights regarding provision of Services under Section 4 of the Terms.
15.5 When these Terms come to an end, all of the legal rights, obligations and liabilities that you and Idell Construction have benefited from, been subject to (or which have accrued over time whilst the Terms have been in force) or which are expressed to continue indefinitely, shall be unaffected by this cessation, and the provisions of Section 22 shall continue to apply to such rights, obligations and liabilities indefinitely.
16. EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES
16.1 Nothing in these terms, including Sections 16 and 17, shall exclude or limit Idell Construction’s warranty or liability for losses which may not be lawfully excluded or limited by applicable law. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or conditions or the limitation or exclusion of liability for loss or damage caused by negligence, breach of contract or breach of implied terms, or incidental or consequential damages. Accordingly, only the limitations which are lawful in your jurisdiction will apply to you and our liability will be limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.
16.2 You expressly understand and agree that your use of the services is at your sole risk and that the services are provided “as is” and “as available.”
16.3 In particular, Idell Construction, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and its licensors do not represent or warrant to you that:
(A) Your use of the services will meet your requirements,
(B) Your use of the services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or free from error,
(C) Any information obtained by you as a result of your use of the services will be accurate or reliable, and
(D) That defects in the operation or functionality of any software provided to you as part of the services will be corrected.
16.4 Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the services is done at your own discretion and risk and that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or other device or loss of data that results from the download of any such material.
16.5 No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from Idell Construction or through or from the services shall create any warranty not expressly stated in the terms.
16.6 Idell Construction further expressly disclaims all warranties and conditions of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to the implied warranties and conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
17. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
17.1 Subject to the overall provision in Paragraph 16.1 above, you expressly understand and agree that Idell Construction, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and its licensors shall not be liable to you for:
(A) Any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or exemplary damages which may be incurred by you, however caused and under any theory of liability. This shall include, but not be limited to, any loss of profit (whether incurred directly or indirectly), any loss of goodwill or business reputation, any loss of data suffered, cost of procurement of substitute goods or services, or other intangible loss;
(B) Any loss or damage which may be incurred by you, including but not limited to loss or damage as a result of:
(I) Any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy, or existence of any advertising, or as a result of any relationship or transaction between you and any advertiser or sponsor whose advertising appears on the services;
(II) Any changes which Idell Construction may make to the services, or for any permanent or temporary cessation in the provision of the services (or any features within the services);
(III) The deletion of, corruption of, or failure to store, any content and other communications data maintained or transmitted by or through your use of the services;
(IV) Your failure to provide Idell Construction with accurate account information;
(V) Your failure to keep your password or account details secure and confidential.
17.2 The limitations on Idell Construction’s liability to you in Paragraph 17.1 above shall apply whether or not Idell Construction has been advised of or should have been aware of the possibility of any such losses arising.
18. Advertisements
18.1 Some of the Services may be supported by promotional advertising revenue and may display advertisements and promotions. These advertisements may be targeted to the content of information stored on the Services, queries made through the Services or other information.
18.2 The manner, mode and extent of advertising by Idell Construction on the Services are subject to change without specific notice to you.
18.3 In consideration for Idell Construction granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree that Idell Construction may place such advertising on the Services.
19. Other Content
19.1 The Services may include hyperlinks to other web sites or content or resources. Idell Construction may have no control over any websites or resources which are provided by companies or persons other than Idell Construction
19.2 You acknowledge and agree that Idell Construction is not responsible for the availability of any such external sites or resources, and does not endorse any advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such websites or resources.
19.3 You acknowledge and agree that Idell Construction is not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by you as a result of the availability of those external sites or resources, or as a result of any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising, products or other materials on, or available from, such web sites or resources.
20. Changes to the Terms
20.1 Idell Construction may make changes to the Universal Terms or Additional Terms from time to time. When these changes are made, Idell Construction will make a new copy of the Universal Terms available at https://idellconstruction.com/terms-of-use/ and any new Additional Terms will be made available to you from within, or through, the affected Services.
20.2 You understand and agree that if you use the Services after the date on which the Universal Terms or Additional Terms have changed, Idell Construction will treat your use as acceptance of the updated Universal Terms or Additional Terms.
21. General Legal Terms
21.1 Sometimes when you use the Services, you may (as a result of, or through your use of the Services) use a service or download a piece of software, or purchase goods, which are provided by another person or company. Your use of these other services, software, or goods may be subject to separate terms between you and the company or person concerned. If so, the Terms do not affect your legal relationship with these other companies or individuals.
21.2 The Terms constitute the whole legal agreement between you and Idell Construction and govern your use of the Services (but excluding any services which Idell Construction may provide to you under a separate written agreement), and completely replace any prior agreements between you and Idell Construction in relation to the Services.
21.3 You agree that Idell Construction may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms, by email, regular mail, or postings on the Services.
21.4 You agree that if Idell Construction does not exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy which is contained in the Terms (or which Idell Construction has the benefit of under any applicable law), this will not be taken to be a formal waiver of Idell Construction’s rights and that those rights or remedies will still be available to Idell Construction
21.5 If any court of law, having the jurisdiction to decide on this matter, rules that any provision of these Terms is invalid, then that provision will be removed from the Terms without affecting the rest of the Terms. The remaining provisions of the Terms will continue to be valid and enforceable.
21.6 You acknowledge and agree that each member of the group of companies of which Idell Construction is the parent shall be third-party beneficiaries to the Terms and that such other companies shall be entitled to directly enforce, and rely upon, any provision of the Terms which confers a benefit on (or rights in favor of) them. Other than this, no other person or company shall be third-party beneficiaries to the Terms.
22. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction
22.1 The Terms, and your relationship with Idell Construction under the Terms, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Tennessee as such laws are applied to agreements between Tennessee residents entered into and performed entirely within Tennessee. You and Idell Construction agree to submit to the jurisdiction of federal and state the courts within the State of Tennessee to resolve any legal matter arising from the Terms. Furthermore, you consent to the venue in any action brought against you in connection with breaches of these Terms. Notwithstanding this, you agree that Idell Construction shall still be allowed to apply for injunctive remedies (or an equivalent type of urgent legal relief) in any jurisdiction. You also consent to the electronic service of process regarding actions under the above agreement.