TERMS OF USE AND PRIVACY POLICY
This York Properties, Inc., Terms of Use (the “Terms of
Use”) is a legal agreement between you and York Properties, Inc., a Michigan corporation
(collectively, with its subsidiaries and affiliates, “York,” “we,” “us” or
“our”), which provides our terms and conditions for persons or entities (“you”
or “your”) who access our site or our related downloadable mobile applications
that we may make available from time to time (collectively, the “Site”).
We ask that you read the following TERMS OF USE, which
constitute a binding agreement that covers your use of this Site and any
transactions that you engage in through this Site. By viewing or using this Site,
you acknowledge that you have read, understand, and agree with these terms. If
you do not wish to be bound by these terms, do not use this Site.
USE OF SITE
This Site is provided solely for the use of current and
future tenants and/or employees of York to: (a) provide you with information
about our company and properties, (b) to permit you to submit lease application
information, (c) to allow current tenants to request maintenance and make rent
payments, (d) to permit you to apply for employment, and (e) to enable you to
contact us with any questions or comments that you may have. Any other use of
this Site is prohibited.
USER AGE AND ACCESS
Nothing on this Site is intended to specifically solicit
information from minors, people under the age of eighteen (18), or seek to
determine if the visitor is a minor. If you are under eighteen (18) years of
age you are not permitted to submit to us any personally identifiable
information, including, but not limited to your name, address, e-mail address,
telephone number.
REGISTRATION
Some services available on the Site may require you to input
solely an email address in order to receive the benefits of those services.
Certain services available on the Site may allow you to distribute materials
and information downloaded from the Site to third parties. You represent that
you have the authority to provide the information of those third parties, and
that those third parties have agreed to receive such materials and information
from us.
PRIVACY POLICY AND USER INFORMATION
In the course of your use of the Site, you may be asked to
provide certain information to us. You acknowledge and agree that you are
solely responsible for the accuracy and content of such information. Our use of
any information you provide via the Site shall be governed by this Privacy
Policy.
SPECIFIC PROHIBITED USES
The Site may be used only for lawful purposes by individuals
using authorized services. You are responsible for your own communications,
including the upload, transmission and posting of information, and are
responsible for the consequences of their posting on or through the Site. We
specifically prohibit any use of the Site, and require all users to agree not
to use the Site, for any of the following:
- Posting
any information which is incomplete, false, inaccurate or not your own;
- Impersonating
another person;
- Constituting
or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, giving
rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any city, state, national or
international law or regulation or which fails to comply with accepted
Internet protocol;
- Posting
material that is copyrighted or otherwise owned by a third party unless
you are the copyright owner or have the permission of the owner to post
it;
- Posting
material that reveals trade secrets, unless you own them or have the
permission of the owner;
- Posting
material that infringes on any other intellectual property, privacy or
publicity right of another;
- Transmitting
or transferring (by any means) information or software derived from the
Site to foreign countries or certain foreign nations in violation of US
export control laws;
- Attempting
to interfere in any way with the Site’s or our networks or network
security, or attempting to use the Site’s service to gain unauthorized
access to any other computer system.
SECURITY
When using the Site, you agree to abide by the following
security rules. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or
criminal liability. We will investigate occurrences and may involve, and cooperate
with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting the user or users who are
involved in such violations. You are prohibited from violating or attempting to
violate the security of the Site, including, without limitation, the following:
- Accessing
data not intended for such user or logging into a server or account which
you are not authorized to access;
- Attempting
to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to
breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization;
- Attempting
to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without
limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the Site, overloading,
“flooding”, “mailbombing” or “crashing”; or sending unsolicited e-mail,
including promotions and/or advertising of products or services, or
- Forging
any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any
e-mail or newsgroup posting.
You are solely responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality of your member name and password. You agree to notify us
immediately of any unauthorized use of your member name, password or account. York
will not be responsible for any losses arising out of the unauthorized use of
your account.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
All materials and content included on the Site, including
but not limited to text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, product names,
service names, logos, designs, titles, words or phrases, and software, are the
property of York or its content suppliers and are protected by United States
and international copyright, trademark or other laws and regulations. You agree
to access the materials posted on these pages manually, and not automatically,
and solely for your own personal use or in connection with any business
relationship between yourself and us and such materials may be downloaded to
your own hard disk or sent to a printer solely for that purpose. You agree not
to copy, modify, broadcast, publish, retransmit, disseminate, commercially
exploit or distribute the materials or content of these pages without our
express written permission. Nothing contained herein confers, by implication,
estoppel or otherwise, any license or right under any patent, trademark,
copyright or other proprietary right of York. All rights are hereby reserved.
LICENSE
The Site, including all of its contents, such as text,
images, and the HTML used to generate the pages, (“Materials”), are our
property or that of our suppliers or licensors and are protected by patent,
trademark and/or copyright under United States and/or foreign laws. Except as
otherwise provided herein, You may not use, download, upload, copy, print,
display, perform, reproduce, publish, modify, delete, add to, license, post,
transmit, or distribute any Materials from this Site in whole or in part, for
any public or commercial purpose without our specific written permission. We
grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access our
Site and to use the information and services contained here. In turn, you grant
us a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use any content you post on the
Site for any purpose, subject to the express terms of this Agreement.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
You expressly agree that use of this Site is at your sole
risk. Neither York, its affiliates, agents, nor the like, warrant that this
Site will be uninterrupted, continuously available or error-free; nor do they
make any warranty as to the content of or the results that may be obtained from
the use of this Site, or as to the accuracy, completeness, reliability,
security, or currency of the content and materials.
York reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to correct
any errors or omissions in any portion of the Site, and may do so at any time,
without notice. York does not guarantee the availability of any particular unit
as viewed on this Site. All units may vary slightly and may not be exactly as
pictured on this Site. Floor plan
dimensions are approximate. Square footage is approximate and generally
calculated from exterior walls.
THIS SITE AND THE INFORMATION, CONTENT AND MATERIALS ON THIS
SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS”, “WHERE IS”, AND “WHERE AVAILABLE” BASIS. YORK
MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO
THE OPERATION OF THE SITE, THE CONTENT, THE INFORMATION, OR THE MATERIALS ON
THE SITE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, YORK
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF ANY KIND, WITH
RESPECT TO ANY OF THE MATERIALS, CONTENT, OR INFORMATION ON THIS SITE OR ANY
SERVICES OR PRODUCTS OFFERED OR DISPLAYED ON THIS SITE OR YOUR USE OF THIS SITE
GENERALLY, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, ACCURACY OF INFORMATION,
QUALITY, TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME
JURISDICTIONS LIMIT OR DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED OR OTHER
WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPPLY TO THE EXTENT SUCH
JURISDICTION’S LAW APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE
SITE, YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE. ANY MATERIAL
DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SITE IS DONE AT YOUR
OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE
THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.WE DO NOT ENDORSE, WARRANT
OR GUARANTEE ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED OR PROVIDED BY OR ON BEHALF OF
THIRD PARTIES ON OR THROUGH THE SITE. WE ARE NOT A PARTY TO, AND DO NOT
MONITOR, ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN USERS AND THIRD PARTIES WITHOUT OUR DIRECT
INVOLVEMENT.
OTHER SITES
For your convenience, we may provide links to Sites
belonging to third-party companies. Those Sites are not under our control and
we do not monitor, make any representation with respect to or assume any
liability with respect to any third-party Sites, including, without limitation,
for any products or services that are advertised or available for purchase
through such third-party Sites. The fact that we have provided a link to such
Sites is not to be interpreted as an endorsement of their contents. You shall
remain solely responsible for protecting yourself from viruses and other
destructive elements that may be present on those sites and visit at your own
risk. Please refer to these third-party Sites for their terms and conditions
and other policies.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW NEITHER YORK,
NOR ITS AFFILIATES OR ITS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SHAREHOLDERS, MEMBERS, PARTNERS,
OFFICERS, TRUSTEES, DIRECTORS, AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES SHALL BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA
OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF YORK HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES) OR CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE BUT EXCLUDING GROSSLY NEGLIGENT,
RECKLESS AND INTENTIONAL ACTS OF YORK, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO: (I) YOUR
USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR THE CONTENT, MATERIALS AND FUNCTION RELATED
THERETO; (II) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR
DATA; (Ill) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SITE; OR (IV) ANY
OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SITE OR ITS CONTENTS. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT
ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS
MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless York, its
affiliates, agents, employees, and licensors from and against any and all
claims and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees, arising out of or
related in any way to your use of the Site, violation of this agreement,
violation of any law or regulation, or violation of any proprietary or privacy
right.
TERM AND TERMINATION
Without limiting its other remedies, York may immediately
discontinue, suspend, terminate, or block any user’s access to this Site at any
time in our sole discretion.
MODIFICATIONS TO AGREEMENT
We may revise the Terms and Conditions at any time and you
agree to be bound by all revisions, amendments and modifications. All changes
shall become effective on the date they are first posted to this Site. It is
your responsibility to return to the Terms and Conditions from time to time to
ensure you are familiar with the most current version. York does not and will
not assume any obligation to notify you of changes to the Terms and Conditions.
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES
By placing your electronic signature on any form on this
Site, you agree to be bound to the terms of that form.
MISCELLANEOUS
Acceptance. If you do not accept all of the
terms and conditions set forth in these Terms, you may not access or use the
Site.
Assignment. You may not assign any of your
rights or obligations under these Terms and without York’s express prior
written consent. We may assign our rights or assign or delegate any of our
obligations under these Terms without restriction. The Terms inure to the
benefit of our successors, assigns and licensees.
Enforceability, Waiver and Severability. If any
provision of these Terms is found illegal or unenforceable, the Terms will be
enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and the legality and enforceability
of the other provisions of these Terms will not be affected. No delay or
failure of our choice to exercise or enforce any of our rights under these
Terms will act as a waiver of such rights. Each provision of these Terms shall
be severable from every other provision hereof for the purpose of determining
the legal enforceability of any specific provision.
Entire Agreement. These Terms, along with the
Privacy Policy, constitute the entire understanding between us and you with
respect your use of the Site and supersedes all previous agreements between you
and us. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that are
applicable to certain parts of the Site. You acknowledge and agree that you
have not relied on any statement, representation or promise of York in agreeing
to these Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy.
Export and International Use; Consent to Processing. The
Site is controlled and offered by York from its facilities in the United States
of America. We make no representations that the Site is appropriate or
available for use in other locations. Those who access or use the Site from
other jurisdictions do so at their own volition and are responsible for
compliance with local law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of
technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you
reside. By providing any personal information to the Site, all users, including
without limitation users in the European Union, fully understand and
unambiguously consent to the collection and processing of such information in
the United States.
Good Faith. You agree to act in good faith with
respect to each provision of these Terms and Conditions and any dispute that
may arise related hereto or thereto.
Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Venue, Limitation on
Actions. These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Michigan, without regard to or application of
choice of law rules or principles. You expressly consent to the personal and
exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in
Oakland County of the State of Michigan for any claim or action arising out of
or relating to these Terms and Conditions or Your use of the Site. You agree
that: the Site shall be deemed to be solely based in the State of Michigan; the
Site shall be deemed a passive Site that does not give rise to personal
jurisdiction over us, either specific or general, in jurisdictions other than
the State of Michigan; and ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE
SITE MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES.
Headings. The section headings and subheadings
contained in these Terms are included for convenience only and shall not limit
or otherwise affect the terms hereof.
Notices. Any notices to us required to be given
in writing under these Terms shall be delivered either by hand, overnight
delivery service or First Class United States mail and shall be pre-paid and
addressed as follows: York Properties, Inc., 2550 S. Telegraph Road, Suite 200,
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48302. Notices to you may be made via either email
or regular mail. The Site may also provide notices of changes to the Terms or
other matters by displaying notices or links to notices to you on the Site.
Survival. All terms
of these Terms which by their nature extend beyond the termination of the Terms
shall remain in effect for as long as necessary to permit their full discharge
and apply to each party’s respective successors and permitted assigns.
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PRIVACY POLICY
This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) of York
Properties, Inc., a Michigan corporation (collectively, with its subsidiaries
and affiliates, “York,” “we,” “us” or “our”) describes our privacy practices
regarding information we collect from persons or entities (“you” or “your”) who
access our website or our related downloadable mobile applications that we may
make available from time to time (collectively, the “Site”).
Your privacy is very important to us. Federal law requires
us to tell you how we collect, use, and share and protect your personal
information. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and contact us with any
questions you may have.
INFORMATION COLLECTED.
Based upon your use of the Site, we may automatically
collect certain information, such as your usage data, preferences, or other
data relating to your use of the Site. This site employs Google Analytics or a
similar third-party program to analyze your usage of the Site and to provide us
with insights into our website traffic and marketing effectiveness. These
programs utilize cookies to accomplish these tasks. These cookies may stay on
your browser into the future until they expire or you delete them. Some cookies
used to allow the Site to function easily are erased when you close your
browser window. In particular, we may collect the following types of
information:
- Your
browser type, language, plug-ins, Internet domain and operating system;
- Your
Internet Protocol (IP) address;
- The
website(s) you visited before visiting the Site and the website(s) you
visited after visiting the Site;
- Unique
identifiers, including mobile device identification numbers, that may
identify the physical location of such devices;
- Data
collected through cookies and other tracking technologies;
- Your location
information if you agree to share it with us; and
- Data
related to your interactions with content on the Site, such as the type of
content viewed on the Site.
We do not control the use of such third-party cookies or the
resulting information and we are not responsible for any actions or policies of
such third parties. We do not use technology that recognizes a
“do-not-track” signal from your web browser.
PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION.
If you decide to provide personal information through our
online residency and/or employment application, you are requesting that we
obtain your credit report, run a criminal background check, and, if you are
applying for employment with us, to also obtain a copy of your driving record
from separate third party service(s). These procedures are necessary to
determine your initial eligibility to become a resident at one of our
properties and/or an employee of our company. Your personal information will be
used solely for this purpose and will not be disclosed to any other third
parties except as described in this section, or unless we are required to do so
by law (e.g., to respond to subpoenas, court orders, legal process, or to
requests pursuant to a statute requiring or permitting disclosure).
We may also employ other companies and individuals to
perform functions on our behalf such as processing credit card payments,
providing customer service and maintaining the website. They have access to
personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for
other purposes.
There are additional areas on this site where you may enter
personal information to request assistance or services. Any personal
information you provide is voluntary and will be used only by York’s
management, staff and agents to address your concerns. Information that you
provide to us through the contact form will be used so that we may respond to
your inquiry. We may also use information you provide to us to communicate with
you in the future.
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION.
We may disclose your information to our affiliated
companies, but we will not sell, trade or rent your information to any third
party except with your authorization or as described in this Privacy Policy. We
may reveal information about you to unaffiliated third parties: (1) if you
request or authorize it; (2) if the information is provided to help complete a
transaction for you; (3) if the information is provided to comply with the law,
applicable regulations, governmental and quasi-governmental requests, court orders
or subpoenas, to enforce our Terms of Use or other agreements, or to protect
our rights, property or safety or the rights, property or safety of our users
or others; (4) if the information is provided to our agents, outside vendors or
service providers to perform functions on our behalf; or (5) as otherwise
described in this Privacy Policy. We may provide data, such as aggregate data,
sales, site traffic and related Site information, to third parties; however,
your information will not be included in such data except in an aggregate
manner where the use of such information will not identify you personally.
Additionally, York may disclose anonymized forms of your email address to third
party websites to enable York to provide you with the services you have agreed
to receive.
TERMINATION OF USAGE.
You can choose not to receive emails from us by
“unsubscribing” using the instructions in any email you receive from us. This
will not stop us from sending emails about your transactions with us or in
response to inquiries you send us.
You can choose to delete or block cookies by setting your
browser to either reject all cookies or to allow cookies only from selected
sites. If you block cookies performance of the Site may be impaired and certain
features may not function at all.
YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS.
We do not share your information with others for use to
directly contact to you by means of the mail, telephone, or electronic mail to
market their products, goods, or services to you for your personal, family, or
household purposes.
SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION.
We use reasonable technical, administrative and physical
measures to protect information contained in our system against misuse, loss or
alteration. Please understand that no security system is perfect and, as such,
we do not guarantee the security of the Site, or that your information will not
be intercepted while being transmitted to the Site.
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES.
Although the Site contains links to third party websites, we
are not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices on those
third-party websites. Where we have linked you to a third-party website you
should read the terms and conditions and privacy policy stated on that
third-party website as it governs the use of that third-party website.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY.
The Site is directed to persons 18 years of age or older.
Accordingly, you must be 18 years of age in order to access the Site. If you
are under 18 years of age you may not access the Site without the consent of a
parent or guardian. We do not knowingly collect, distribute or share any
information from persons under 18 years of age and we are not under any
obligation to verify that persons accessing the Site are, in fact, over 18
years of age. If we become aware that a child under 18 years of age has
provided information to York or the Site, we will delete such information as
soon as is possible under the circumstances.
AMENDMENTS.
York reserves the right to amend or update this policy as
necessary and will not provide notice of such changes. You should review this
policy regularly to ensure you understand its terms and how they may affect
you.
QUESTIONS.
If you have any questions concerning this Policy or the
Site, please contact York. Properties, Inc. at 28411 Northwestern Highway,
Suite 900, Southfield, MI 48034.