Terms of Use

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We have created a family of sites that support one of the toughest and rewarding jobs out there, educating our next generation. We focus on developing inspiring, practical-content to help you do your job, including articles, lesson resources, giveaways or promotional offers from partners, and community input from discussion groups, individual contributors, and surveys. Anyone can visit parts of the Site without registering. While we use our best efforts in regard to content provided, we cannot guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of content on the Site.

Use of the Site

These Terms of Use govern your access and use of the WeAreTeachers.com website and its related sites (collectively, the “Site”).  By using the Site, you agree to these Terms of Use.  If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you may not use the Site. These Terms of Use are in addition to, and do not override, the terms and conditions that apply to the specific services offered by Dun & Bradstreet.

For purposes of these Terms of Use, “We,” “Us,” “Our,” or “Dun & Bradstreet” mean The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, its subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, contractors and all of its and their data sources and suppliers. 

We have the right to amend these Terms of Use at any time and without notice to you.  Such amendments shall be effective immediately upon posting.  You agree to review the Site periodically to be aware of any such amendments.  Your continued use of a Site after such amendments have been made shall constitute acceptance of the amendments.

We reserve the right to change, modify, suspend or discontinue all or any portion of the Site or any of the products and services We offer (together the “Products”), in Our sole discretion, at any time. We may also impose limits on certain features or restrict your access to parts of or the entire Site in Our sole discretion and without notice or liability.

Proprietary rights in the Site and Service: Limited License

The services, including, but not limited to, information, Content, and data, available on or through the Site (“Service”) are the proprietary, copyrighted works of Dun & Bradstreet and comprise: (i) works of original authorship, including compiled information containing Dun & Bradstreet’s selection, arrangement and coordination and expression of such information or pre-existing material it has created, gathered or assembled; and (ii) trade secret and other confidential information. Dun & Bradstreet grants you a limited license to access and use the Site and any of the Products for your personal use, subject to all the terms and conditions of these Terms of Use. However, this license does not allow you to make any commercial use or any derivative use of the Site (including any of its individual elements or content) or any of the Products, unless otherwise specifically stated in these Terms of Use. The license for use of the Site is effective until terminated. This license will terminate as set forth within these Terms of Use or if you fail to comply with any of the terms and conditions of these Terms of Use. dnb.

Any printouts using or referencing Our blogs or articles from the Site shall contain the following copyright notice(s): WeAreTeachers.com: “Copyright WeAreTeachers.com, a company of Dun & Bradstreet, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED,” along with the WeAreTeachers logo. Any links to or copies of blogs or articles on the Site shall contain a link to the complete source located on the applicable Site URL.

Except as otherwise provided herein, you agree not to reproduce, retransmit, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish, broadcast, or circulate the information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, tags, reviews, blogs, articles, surveys, reviews, postings, or other materials (collectively the “Content”) received through the Service to anyone without the express prior written consent of Dun & Bradstreet. Except as otherwise provided herein, copying and distributing the Services to third parties is forbidden. Except as otherwise provided herein, no part of the Site or Content may be reproduced, modified, or distributed in any form or manner without the prior written permission of Dun & Bradstreet; provided no such permission is necessary in connection with the fair use of excerpts of freely available (i.e., available to any visitor to the Site without any requirement of registration or payment of fees) factual information on the Site regarding descriptions of Dun & Bradstreet and its products and services.

Dun & Bradstreet, the Dun & Bradstreet logo, logos of Dun & Bradstreet affiliates, subsidiaries, and divisions, and the names and content of Dun & Bradstreet products referenced in a Site are either trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks, copyrights or other intellectual property of Dun & Bradstreet or its affiliates (the “IP”).  Other products and company names mentioned in a Site may be the intellectual property of their respective owners.  You may not use any IP without Our consent. Except as noted above, you are not conveyed any right or license by implication, estoppel, or otherwise in or under any IP or the intellectual property of any third party.

Use and Misuse of the Site and Service

While use of some portions of the Site do not require registration, to use certain aspects of the Site, you must register to open an Account. As part of the registration process, each User may be required to submit his or her email address and other required contact information where necessary, and select a password. You shall provide Us with accurate, complete, and updated Account information. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of these Terms of Use, which may result in immediate termination of your Account. You promise you will not (i) select or use the email address of another person with the intent to impersonate that person; (ii) use a name subject to the rights of any other person without authorization; (iii) use an email address that We, in Our sole discretion, deems inappropriate or offensive; or (iv) breach any representation, warranty or promise made by you in these Terms of Use regarding your Account.

You agree to immediately notify Us of any known or suspected unauthorized use(s) of your Account, or any known or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of your password. You shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. It is your sole responsibility to protect your password and not share your password with any other people. Accordingly, you understand and agree that you shall be liable for any activity performed by others using the Site, your email address and password. We are not responsible for any loss or damage arising from your failure to maintain the confidentiality of your password.

You may not: (a) use or permit the use of the Service to prepare a database or a comparison to other databases that are sold, rented, published, or furnished in any manner to a third party; (b) use or permit the use of the Service for the purpose of compiling, enhancing, verifying, supplementing, adding to, or deleting from any mailing list, business directory, or other compilation of information that is sold, rented, published, or furnished in any manner to a third party; (c) use or permit the use of the information in connection with any individual credit, employment, or insurance applications; or (d) voluntarily producing the Service in legal proceedings. Use of “bots” or “spiders,” is prohibited. We prohibit caching, unauthorized hypertext links to this Site and the framing of any content available through the Site. We reserve the right to disable any unauthorized links or frames.  

We may immediately terminate your Account, or suspend your access to your Account, in Our sole discretion and, without notice, for conduct that We believe is: (i) illegal, fraudulent, harassing or abusive; (ii) a violation of these Terms of Use or any other policies or guidelines posted by Us; or (iii) harmful to other users, third parties, or the business interests of Dun & Bradstreet. Use of an Account for illegal, fraudulent or abusive purposes may be referred to law enforcement authorities without notice to you. If you file a claim against Us, or a claim which in any way involves Dun & Bradstreet, then We may terminate your Account. Upon termination of your Account by Us for any of the above-mentioned reasons, (i) you may not establish a new Account for a period of one year from the date of termination, (ii) We will have no obligation to notify any third parties regarding such termination, and (iii) you will be responsible for any damages that may result or arise out of termination of your Account.

You may only use the Site and/or open an Account if your applicable jurisdiction allows you to accept these Terms of Use.

Third Party Websites

THE SITE MAY PROVIDE A LINK TO OTHER WEBSITES BY ALLOWING THE USER TO LEAVE THE SITE TO ACCESS THIRD-PARTY MATERIAL OR BY BRINGING THE THIRD-PARTY MATERIAL INTO THIS SITE VIA “INVERSE” HYPERLINKS AND FRAMING TECHNOLOGY (A “LINKED SITE“). DUN & BRADSTREET HAS NO DISCRETION OR OBLIGATION TO ALTER, UPDATE, OR CONTROL THE CONTENT ON A LINKED SITE. 

Any dealings with third parties (including advertisers) accessed through this Site or participation in promotions, including the delivery of and the payment for goods and services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings or promotions, are solely between you and the advertiser or other third party. We are not responsible or liable for any part of any such dealings or promotions.

User Content

When we talk about “User Content,” we mean any work of authorship (other than the intellectual property rights code described in the Section entitled “Proprietary Rights in the Site; Limited License”) which you post on, upload to, input to, submit to or transmit through the Site as explained in more detail below. Examples of User Content can include but are not limited to survey answers, reviews, contest entries, profile information, and other similar materials.

You understand that all information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, tags, reviews, blogs, articles, surveys, reviews, postings, questions, answers or other materials (“User Content”), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such User Content originated. This means that you, and not Dun & Bradstreet, are entirely responsible for all User Content that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available through the Site and you may expose yourself to liability for posting User Content on the Site that is strictly prohibited. We retain the right, which We may or may not exercise in Our sole discretion, to review, edit or delete any User Content or material that We deem to be illegal, offensive or otherwise inappropriate.

By posting your User Content you are granting Us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, and worldwide license to use the User Content in connection with the operation of the Services, including, without limitation, the license rights to copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat the User Content, sell, resell, and/or to incorporate it into a collective work. By including personal data in the User Content you post, you authorize Us to disclose that personal data as part of the User Content.

You grant Us permission to use your name for attribution purposes. You, likewise, agree to represent yourself accurately. You acknowledge that misrepresentation may lead Us, at Our sole discretion, to cancel your use of the Services and delete any of the User Content.

User acknowledges and agrees that by providing Us with any personal or proprietary user information through the Site, including on a registration form or survey, user consents to the transmission of such personal or proprietary user information over international borders as necessary for processing in accordance with Our standard business practices.  User should be aware that Linked Sites may contain transmission of personal data provisions that differ from the provisions provided herein. We are not responsible for such provisions, and expressly disclaims any and all liability related to such provisions.

You will not upload, post or otherwise transmit any User Content that: (a) is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; (b) harm minors in any way; (c) impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Our official, forum leader, guide, moderator or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; (d) upload, post or otherwise transmit any content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements); (e) upload, post or otherwise transmit any content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party; (f) upload, post or otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; (h) intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, including, but not limited to, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any national or other securities exchange, including, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having the force of law; (i) “stalk” or otherwise harass another; (j) promote or provide instructional information about illegal activities, promote physical harm or injury against any group or individual, or promote any act of cruelty to animals.  

You may not use the Our name to endorse or promote any product, opinion, cause or political candidate. Representation of your personal opinions as endorsed by Us is strictly prohibited.

By posting User Content to any blog, you warrant that you either own or otherwise control all of the rights to that content, including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the content, or that your use of the content is a protected fair use. You agree that you will not knowingly and with intent to defraud provide material and misleading false information. You warrant also that the User Content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use, and that you will indemnify and hold Us harmless for any and all claims resulting from the User Content you supply.

You acknowledge that We may or may not pre-screen or regularly review posted User Content, but that it shall have the right to remove in its sole discretion any User Content that it considers to violate these Terms of Use.

With respect to any reviews you post on the Site, you acknowledge and agree that you have read the following review guidelines (the “Content Guidelines”) and agree not to violate Our Content Guidelines or to write a review which violates this Agreement. Such violations would include but are not limited to posting a fake or defamatory review or violating a third party’s rights, including a breach of confidentiality or any other intellectual property right. Without limiting the foregoing, Dun & Bradstreet and its designees shall have the right to remove, hide or otherwise delete any reviews that violate these Terms of Use, or as it otherwise sees fit.

By posting a review, you agree not to:

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold Us and Our affiliates and our suppliers, including our and their respective officers, employees, contractors, and agents, harmless from and against any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of (a) your reliance on any transaction introduced, facilitated, or accessed through the Site, or any  Content contained on or accessible or made available through the Site; (b) any breach or alleged breach of any representation, warranty, term or condition of this Agreement; of (c) any act or omission by you which is in any way related the Site, the Service or these Terms of Use.

Your Consent to be Contacted

BY ACCEPTING THE TERMS OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZE US TO CONTACT YOU IN ANY LAWFUL MANNER, INCLUDING THROUGH THE USE OF AUTOMATIC AND/OR COMPUTERIZED DIALING SYSTEMS AND PRE-RECORDED MESSAGE AND CALL TECHNOLOGIES, AND FOR ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ACCOUNT SUPPORT OR TO INFORM YOU OF OR PROMOTE OR MARKET DUN & BRADSTREET PRODUCTS AND THIRD PARTY SERVICES WHICH WE BELIEVE MAY BE OF INTEREST TO YOU, AND YOU HEREBY UNAMBIGUOUSLY AGREE AND EXPRESSLY CONSENT TO RECEIVE SUCH MAILERS, EMAILS, TEXTS AND TELEPHONE CALLS.

YOU EXPRESSLY CONSENT TO BE CONTACTED AT THE ADDRESSES, TELEPHONE NUMBERS (INCLUDING MOBILE OR WIRELESS NUMBERS), AND EMAIL ADDRESSES YOU PROVIDE TO US (EITHER VERBALLY OR WRITTEN) AS CONTAINED IN THE SERVICES, INFORMATION AND/OR SOFTWARE. YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT ANY MOBILE OR WIRELESS TELEPHONE NUMBER YOU PROVIDE BELONGS TO YOU AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH A MOBILE DEVICE IN YOUR POSSESSION. YOU HEREBY AGREE TO NOTIFY US AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE IF YOUR MOBILE OR WIRELESS TELEPHONE NUMBER CHANGES. SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHICH ADDRESSES, TELEPHONE NUMBERS OR EMAIL ADDRESSES YOU PROVIDED TO US FOR THE ABOVE, PLEASE REVIEW YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION OR PLEASE CONTACT US AT SUPPORT@WEARETEACHERS.COM, OR BY CALLING 800-333-8802.

YOUR CONSENT TO THE TERMS OF THIS SECTION IS NOT REQUIRED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, AS A CONDITION OF PURCHASING ANY GOODS OR SERVICES, INCLUDING INFORMATION OR SOFTWARE, FROM D&B.  SHOULD YOU NOT WISH TO CONSENT TO BEING CONTACTED FOR EITHER OR BOTH ACCOUNT SUPPORT OR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES, OR TO REVOKE A CONSENT PREVIOUSLY GIVEN, YOU AGREE TO CONTACT US USING ONE OF THE FOLLOWING METHODS, OR ANOTHER METHOD THAT WE HAVE SPECIFIED, TO CLEARLY INFORM US OF YOUR DESIRE TO REVOKE CONSENT: BY EMAILING SUPPORT@WEARETEACHERS.COM, OR BY CLICKING https://weareteachers.activehosted.com/unsubscribe_result/10/11/4e175e4d38e7408b460a4a1a79a2697a/0/3/23.

Warranty disclaimers; Limitation of Liability

We do not warrant the accuracy, truthfulness, usefulness, value, completeness or timeliness of any of the Services. ALL SERVICES ON THIS SITE, OR A LINKED SITE, ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS.  W DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENTNESS, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.    WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR INJURY ARISING OUT OF, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OUR CONDUCT IN PROCURING, COMPILING, COLLECTING, INTERPRETING, REPORTING OR DELIVERING SERVICES. DUN & BRADSTREET WILL NOT BE LIABLE, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY DIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS, COST OF PROCURING SUBSTITUTE SERVICE OR LOST OPPORTUNITY) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE SITE OR A LINKED SITE, OR WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR A LINKED SITE, EVEN IF WE ARE MADE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THIS LIMITATION ON LIABILITY INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, THE TRANSMISSION OF ANY VIRUSES WHICH MAY INFECT A USER’S EQUIPMENT, FAILURE OF MECHANICAL OR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT OR COMMUNICATION LINES, TELEPHONE OR OTHER INTERCONNECT PROBLEMS (e.g., YOU CANNOT ACCESS YOUR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER), UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, THEFT, OPERATOR ERRORS, STRIKES OR OTHER LABOR PROBLEMS OR ANY FORCE MAJEURE.  

Copyright; Privacy

Dun & Bradstreet has registered an agent with the United States Copyright Office in accordance with the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the “Act“) and avails itself of the protections under the Act. We reserve the right to remove any content on the Site which allegedly infringes another person’s copyright. Notices to Dun & Bradstreet regarding any alleged copyright infringement on the Site should be directed to privacyofficer@dnb.com.

You may access Our Privacy Policy here.

General

In addition to general disclosure listed above, We reserve the right to disclose any personal information about you or your use of any Site, including its contents, without your prior permission if we have a good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Dun & Bradstreet and its affiliates; (c) enforce these Terms of Use; or (d) act to protect the interests of our members or others.

Our performance under this Agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in these Terms of Use is in derogation of Our right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Site or information provided to or gathered by us with respect to such use. If any court of competent jurisdiction determines any part of these Terms of Use 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 these Terms of Use will continue in effect.

Unless otherwise specified herein, this Agreement, along with Our Privacy Policy and any additional policies, guidelines, and rules posted on the Site, constitutes the entire agreement between you and Us with respect to the Site, and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between you and Dun & Bradstreet with respect thereto.

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