LOWE’S CARD CONSUMER ONLINE CREDIT CENTER
WEB SITE USAGE AGREEMENT
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE
USING THIS SITE
This web site, the Lowe’s Card Consumer Online Credit Center (the "Site"), is
provided by GE Money Bank, the issuer of the Lowe’s Card
(the "Issuer").
The Site may be used only for the following purposes: obtaining information about the Lowe’s
Card; obtaining and submitting applications for the Lowe’s Card; reviewing the status of your
Lowe’s Card account online; and obtaining online customer service assistance regarding your
Lowe’s Card account.
By using the Site or downloading materials from the Site, you agree to abide by the terms
and conditions set forth in this notice as well as all other policies described in the Site.
If you do not agree to abide by these terms and conditions or any future terms and conditions,
please do not use the Site or download materials from the Site.
These terms apply exclusively to your access to and use of the Site and do not alter the
terms or conditions of any other agreement you may have with the Issuer, including the credit
card agreement for the Lowe's Consumer Credit Card.
RESTRICTIONS ON USE:
In order to use the Site, you must be:
- At least 18 years old, and
- A resident of the United States.
In addition, use of the Site is restricted to personal, family or household use. The Site
may not be used for commercial purposes or for governmental purposes. Please note that the
Issuer does provide a web site related to Lowe’s Card commercial accounts.
If you do not satisfy the above restrictions on use, please do not use the Site or download
materials from the Site.
LIMITED LICENSE:
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Issuer grants you a
non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to access, use and display the Site and
the materials thereon.
The Issuer authorizes you to view and download the information ("Materials") at the
Site only for your personal, non-commercial use in connection with applying for or using
a Lowe’s Card. This authorization is not a transfer of title in the Materials and copies
of the Materials and is subject to the following restrictions:
- you must retain, on all copies of the Materials downloaded, all copyright and other
proprietary notices contained in the Materials;
- you may not modify the Materials in any way or reproduce or publicly display, perform,
or distribute or otherwise use them for any public or commercial purpose; and
- you must not transfer the Materials to any other person.
You agree to abide by all additional restrictions displayed on the Site as it may be
updated from time to time. The Site, including all Materials, is copyrighted and protected
by worldwide copyright laws and treaty provisions. You agree to comply with all copyright
laws worldwide in your use of the Site and to prevent any unauthorized copying of the
Materials. Except as expressly provided herein, the Issuer does not grant any express
or implied right to you under any patents, trademarks, copyrights or trade secret
information.
USER CONDUCT:
In using the Site, you agree:
- not to disrupt or interfere with the security of, or otherwise abuse, the Site,
or any services, system resources, accounts, servers or networks connected to or accessible
through the Site or affiliated or linked web sites;
- not to disrupt or interfere with any other user’s enjoyment of the Site or affiliated
or linked Sites;
- not to upload, post or otherwise transmit through or on the Site any viruses or other
harmful, disruptive or destructive files;
- not to use or attempt to use or access another’s person account or personal information,
or create or use a false identity on the Site; and
- not to attempt to obtain unauthorized access to the Site or portions of the Site which
are restricted from general access.
In addition, you agree that you are solely responsible for actions and communications
undertaken or transmitted under your account, and that you will comply with all applicable
local, state and federal laws and regulations, that relate to your use of or activities on
the Site.
DISCLAIMER:
THE MATERIALS MAY CONTAIN INACCURACIES AND TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. THE ISSUER DOES NOT WARRANT
THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE MATERIALS OR THE RELIABILITY OF ANY ADVICE, OPINION,
STATEMENT OR OTHER INFORMATION DISPLAYED OR DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE SITE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT ANY RELIANCE ON ANY SUCH OPINION, ADVICE, STATEMENT, MEMORANDUM, OR INFORMATION SHALL
BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE ISSUER RESERVES THE RIGHT, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, TO CORRECT ANY
ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY PORTION OF THE SITE. THE ISSUER MAY MAKE ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE
SITE, THE MATERIALS AND THE PRODUCTS, PROGRAMS, SERVICES OR PRICES (IF ANY) DESCRIBED IN THE
SITE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.
THE ISSUER DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE OR THE MATERIALS WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS, IF ANY, WILL BE CORRECTED.
THE ISSUER ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT MAY BE SUFFERED BY YOU, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSSES FROM DELAYS, NONDELIVERIES OF CONTENT OR ANY COMMUNICATIONS,
ERRORS, SYSTEM DOWN TIME, MISDELIVERIES OR MISCOMMUNICATIONS, NETWORK OR SYSTEM OUTAGES,
FILE CORRUPTION, OR SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS CAUSED BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE ISSUER, ITS
AFFILIATES, ITS LICENSORS, OR YOUR OWN ERRORS AND/OR OMISSIONS.THE SITE, THE INFORMATION
AND MATERIALS ON THE SITE, AND ANY SOFTWARE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE SITE, ARE PROVIDED "AS IS"
WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE
ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
THIRD-PARTY SITES:
As a convenience to you, the Issuer may provide, on the Site, links to web sites operated
by other entities. If you use these sites, you will leave the Site. If you decide to visit
any linked site, you do so at your own risk and it is your responsibility to take all
protective measures to guard against viruses or other destructive elements. The Issuer
makes no warranty or representation regarding, and does not endorse, any linked web sites
or the information appearing thereon or any of the products or services described thereon.
Links do not imply that the Issuer or the Site sponsors, endorses, is affiliated or
associated with, or is legally authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright
symbol displayed in or accessible through the links, or that any linked site is authorized
to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol of the Issuer or any of its
affiliates or subsidiaries.
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY YOU:
The Issuer does not want you to, and you should not, send any confidential or proprietary
information to the Issuer via the Site, except for certain information requested in the
application for the Lowe’s Card or in connection with customer service. You agree that,
except as provided in the Issuer’s Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") for the Lowe’s
Card Consumer Online Credit Center, any information or materials that you or individuals
acting on your behalf provide to the Issuer will not be considered confidential or
proprietary. By providing any such information or materials to the Issuer, you grant to
the Issuer an unrestricted, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce,
display, publicly perform, transmit and distribute such information and materials, except
as limited by the Privacy Policy, and you further agree that the Issuer is free to use any
ideas, concepts or know-how that you or individuals acting on your behalf provide to the
Issuer. You further recognize that the Issuer does not want you to, and you warrant that
you shall not, provide any information or materials to the Issuer that are defamatory,
threatening, obscene, harassing, or otherwise unlawful, or that incorporates the proprietary
material of another.
LIMITATION OF DAMAGES:
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ISSUER OR LOWE’S OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES OR SUBSIDIARIES
BE LIABLE TO ANY ENTITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES
(INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION
OR PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM) THAT ARE RELATED TO THE USE
OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE CONTENT, MATERIALS, AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SITE OR ANY LINKED
WEBSITE, EVEN IF THE ISSUER OR LOWE’S IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES.
CHANGES:
The Issuer reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any
portion of this Agreement in whole or in part, at any time. Changes in this Agreement will
be effective when notice of such changes is posted on the Site. Your continued use of the
Site after any changes to this Agreement are posted will be considered acceptance of those
changes.
The Issuer may terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Site, including
the availability of any features of the Site, at any time. The Issuer may remove, modify or
otherwise change any content, including that of third parties, on or from the Site. The
Issuer also may impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access to
part or all of the Site without notice or liability. The Issuer may terminate the authorization,
rights and license given above and, upon such termination, you shall immediately destroy all
Materials. The Issuer may terminate your use of the Site at any time in its sole discretion.
INTERNATIONAL USE AND CHOICE OF LAW:
The Site is controlled, operated and administered by the Issuer from its offices within the
United States of America. Access to the Site from territories where its contents are illegal
is prohibited. This Web Site Usage Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of
New York and the federal laws of the United States of America, without giving effect to their
conflict of laws provisions. For all disputes arising from or related to the Site, you agree
to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located
in New York
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Issuer and you with respect
to the terms of usage for the Site. Any cause of action you may have with respect to your
use of the Site must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action
arises. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of this
Agreement or portion thereof to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced
to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of this Agreement, and the
remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
PRIVACY POLICY:
The Issuer has a Privacy Policy for the Lowe’s Card Consumer Online Credit Center
that describes the types of information that the Issuer collects when you visit the Site
and how the Issuer uses that information.
Copyright Notice.
Except as otherwise noted on this web site, the contents of this web site are copyrighted
© 2000 by GE Money Bank. All rights are reserved. No part
of the materials on this web site, including web site text, graphics and html code, may
be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means without the express written consent
of GE Money Bank.