Disclaimer of Liability

Neither the City of Champaign, nor any of its employees shall be held liable for any improper or incorrect use of the information described and/or contained herein and assumes no responsibility for anyone’s use of the information. In no event shall the City website or its employees be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages (including, but not limited to, procurement or substitute goods or services; loss of use, data, or profits; or business interruption) however caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict liability, or tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of the use of this system, even if advised of the possibility of such damage. This disclaimer of liability applies to any damages or injury, including but not limited to those caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of record, whether for breach of contract, tortious behavior, negligence or under any other cause of action.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Accuracy of Data

Although the data found using the City of Champaign’s access systems has been produced and processed from sources believed to be reliable, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made regarding accuracy, adequacy, completeness, legality, reliability or usefulness of any information. This disclaimer applies to both isolated and aggregate uses of the information. The City provides this information on an “as is” basis. All warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, freedom from contamination by computer viruses and non-infringement of proprietary rights are disclaimed. Changes may be periodically made to the information herein; these changes may or may not be incorporated in any new version of the publication. If you have obtained information from any of the City’s web pages from a source other than the City pages, be aware that electronic data can be altered subsequent to original distribution. Data can also quickly become out of date. It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data associated with a file, and that the originator of the data or information be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, we encourage you to report them to [email protected].

Disclaimer of Endorsement

The City of Champaign is a distributor of content sometimes supplied by third parties and users. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including information provided by users, or others, are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and do not necessarily state or reflect those of the City of Champaign and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes. Reference herein to any specific commercial products, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the City.

Disclaimer for External Links

The City of Champaign is not responsible for the contents of any off-site pages referenced. The user specifically acknowledges that the City is not liable for the defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of other users, links, or third parties and that the risk of injury from the foregoing rests entirely with the user. Links from the City of Champaign’s web pages to other sites does not constitute an endorsement from the City. These links are provided as an information service only. It is the responsibility of the web surfer to evaluate the content and usefulness of information obtained from other sites. The City’s website contains links to other related Internet sites and resources. Since the City’s website is not responsible for the availability of these outside resources or their contents, you should direct any concerns regarding any external link to its site administrator or webmaster.

Disclaimer of Duty to Continue Provision of Data

Due to the dynamic nature of the Internet, resources that are free and publicly available one day may require a fee or restricted access the next, and the location of items may change as menus, homepages, and files are reorganized. The user expressly agrees that use of the City’s website is at the user’s sole risk. The City does not warrant that the service will be uninterrupted or error free. The documents and related graphics published on this server could contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information herein. The City and/or its respective agencies and programs may make improvements and/or changes in the information and/or programs described herein at any time.

City of Champaign Website Terms of Use

Access to the City of Champaign website is provided subject to the following terms and conditions. Please read these terms carefully as use of the site constitutes acceptance of all of the following terms and conditions:

General Use

In using the City of Champaign website, you agree:

  • not to attempt to modify, adapt, translate, sell, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the website;
  • not to tamper with other persons’ access to the website;
  • not to commit unauthorized intrusion into any part of the website;
  • not to attempt to bypass any network security attached to the web server;
  • not to use any part of the website for which you are not authorized or devise ways to circumvent security in order to access part of the website for which you are not authorized. This includes but is not limited to, scanning networks with the intent to breach and/or evaluate security, whether or not the intrusion results in access or not;
  • not to attempt to misuse the website. This includes but is not limited to password cracking, social engineering (defrauding others into releasing their passwords), denial-of-service attacks, harmful and malicious destruction of data, injection of computer viruses, intentional invasion of privacy;

Security

The City of Champaign has taken several steps to safeguard the integrity of its communications and computing infrastructure, including but not limited to authentication, monitoring, auditing, and encryption. Security measures have been integrated into the design, implementation and day-to-day practices of the entire operating environment as part of its continuing commitment to risk management.

This information should not be construed in any way as giving business, legal, or other advice, or warranting as fail proof, the security of information provided via supported websites.

Choice of Law

Construction of the disclaimers above and resolution of disputes thereof are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois. The laws of the State of Illinois, U.S.A., shall apply to all uses of this data and this system. By use of this system and any data contained therein, the user agrees that use shall conform to all applicable laws and regulations and user shall not violate the rights of any third parties.

Copyright Notice

Copyright of this website (including text, images, software, logos, icons, HTML code, software) is owned or licensed by the City of Champaign unless otherwise specified.

You may copy, download, print or reproduce material on the website not expressly copyrighted by entities other than the City of Champaign for non-commercial, personal research or educational purposes, on condition that you:

  • do not modify it;
  • do not make or sell copies of it for commercial gain;
  • do not include it as part of any product or service that you create or distribute;
  • do not copy it onto your or anyone else’s website;
  • respect the moral rights of the creators of material on the web site by:
    • correctly attributing the material to the person who created it;
    • not wrongly attributing authorship of the material to someone other than the person who created it;
    • not subjecting the material to derogatory treatment which would harm the reputation of the person who created it.

For any other uses of the material on the web site other than those permitted above, you must obtain the express permission of the City of Champaign. Contact us.

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