This Website (this "Website") is owned and maintained by Manufacturing Policy Alliance LLC.  Your use of this Website is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Terms of Use and Disclaimers.  By accessing or using any part of this Website, you acknowledge that you have read and accept these Terms of Use and Disclaimers.  If you do not accept these Terms of Use and Disclaimers, please do not access or use any part of this Website.
 
Copyright - © Copyright 2017, Manufacturing Policy Alliance LLC.  All Rights Reserved.  No portion of this Website may be copied, reproduced or revised without written permission from MPA.  To request permission to copy or reproduce any of our publications, please contact the MPA President, through the "Contacts" link located on this Website.
 
No Warranties & No Damages - The knowledge and information available on and through this Website is provided without representation or warranty.  While we try to provide up-to-date and accurate knowledge and information, it is not guaranteed to be complete, exact, or current. Users of the Website should not act on any knowledge or information presented on this Website without obtaining professional legal counsel or other professional advice.
 
The knowledge, information and materials provided on this Website is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation warranties of completeness, timeliness, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.  Use of this Website and its knowledge, information or materials is at your own risk. MPA and its officers or employees are not liable or held accountable in any manner for any outcome resulting from the use of the knowledge, information or materials on this Website.
 
Internet Links - This Website contains links to other sources on the Internet for the user’s convenience. These other sources are not warranted to their accuracy or completeness and linking to these other sources does not constitute an endorsement by MPA or our members as to the content, accuracy or completeness of these other source, nor necessarily reflect the opinions of MPA and our members.
 
Other States' Rules - This Website is available for view and use across the country and worldwide.  MPA's Columbus, Ohio office and MPA Treasurer Thomas Zaino is responsible for this Website.  MPA has sought to comply with any laws and ethics that pertain to the creation and maintenance of this Website and does not intend to represent any party in a state where this Website may fail to comply with all the laws and ethics rules of that state. 
 
Biographies & Experience – The MPA officers, staff and outside lobbyists have a wide variety of experience over a generally lengthy career.  Experience of our professionals as described on this Website may date from before such professional joined MPA and does not imply current status.
 
Damages - Use of this Website is at your own risk. You assume full responsibility and risk of loss resulting from your downloading and/or use of files, information, other communications, content or other material (including, without limitation, software) accessed through or obtained by means of this Website. Under no circumstances and under no legal theory shall MPA, its suppliers, or any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering this Website’s contents be liable to you or any other person for any lost profits or income, lost business or lost data, or for any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of any character arising from your access to, or use of, this Website.
 
Collection of personal information - You may choose to provide personal information (for example your name, address, telephone number and email address) on this, however not providing this may result in reduced functionality. MPA’s usage of this information will be consistent with this Policy.  This website is not directed to children and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children on this site. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personal information from a child visitor, we will delete the information from our records.
 
Use of Cookies and Similar Technologies - MPA may use cookies and similar technologies (“cookies”) on our websites to facilitate and improve your online experience.  Cookies contain small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit our website.  Cookies are sent back to our website to allow us to recognize your device.  Unless you disable the cookies on our website, by using our website you agree to our use of those cookies.
  
Sharing tools - To enhance your experience on our websites, we sometimes embed content and sharing tools from other (third party) sites, such as “like” buttons from social networking sites; these third party sites may also place and access cookies on your device.  MPA does not control the placement or access of these third party cookies.  You should check the relevant third party website(s) for more information about these cookies and whether and how you may make choices about them.
 
Use of Personal Information -  We may use the personal information collected about you for the following purposes:
 

• Provide, administer and communicate with you about products, services, events, surveys and promotions by MPA (including by sending you marketing communications);

• Process, evaluate and respond to your requests, inquiries and applications; Create, administer and communicate with you about your membership account (including any purchases and payments); Verify your identity to ensure security for the other purposes listed here; Operate, evaluate and improve our business (including developing new products and services; managing our communications; performing market research; determining and managing the effectiveness of our advertising and marketing; analyzing our products, services and websites; administering our websites; and performing accounting, auditing, billing, reconciliation and collection activities); Protect against and prevent fraud, unauthorized transactions, claims and other liabilities, and manage risk exposure and quality; Conduct investigations and comply and enforce applicable legal requirements or, industry standards and our policies and terms, such as this site’s terms of use; and Ensure the safety of MPA network services, information resources, officers and employees.

 
We also may use personal information for other additional purposes. We will identify these additional purposes at the time of collection.

Sharing and Transferring of Your Personal Information Sharing & Transfers - We do not sell or otherwise disclose personal information about our website visitors outside MPA, except as described here.
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• We may share information provided by our visitors to this site with service providers we have retained to perform services on our behalf. These service providers are contractually restricted from using or disclosing the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or to comply with legal requirements.

• We may disclose information about you (i) if we are required to do so by law or legal process, (ii) to law enforcement authorities or other government officials as required to comply with a legitimate legal request, or (iii) when we believe disclosure is necessary to prevent physical harm or financial loss, or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity.

• We reserve the right to transfer any information we have about you in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets (including through bankruptcy).

How to Contact Us and Update Your Personal Information - If you have any questions or comments about this Terms of Use & Disclaimers or if you would like us to update information we have about you or your preferences, please contact us by visiting our “Contacts” page and emailing or telephoning MPA’s President.
Changes to These Terms of Use and Disclaimers - MPA reserves the right to make amendments to this Terms of Use and Disclaimers and to update, change, or remove any information on this Website at our own discretion without notice. We also encourage users to periodically check this policy to understand how MPA protects and uses your information.