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Our corporate postal address is 172 Shrewsbury St, Worcester, MA 01602.

We can be reached by phone at 508-755-8004.

Your use of our websites indicates to us that you have read and accepted our Privacy Policy and these Terms and Conditions.

We encourage a free and open exchange of information and ideas but ask you to abide by certain terms as a condition of using this site. Use of the content, services, and/or products presented in any and all areas of this site constitutes the User's agreement to abide by the following terms and conditions.

Your use of this site is at your own risk.

Worcester Business Journal including its associated website at https://www.wbjournal.com, newsletters, news alerts and all news, information, data, images, specifications, reviews, videos, and other content is an information and news service (collectively referred to as the “Service”) from Worcester Business Journal and New England Business Media, LLC. (collectively referred to as Worcester Business Journal)

“User” shall mean you and all other persons that use or access any part of the Services. User and Worcester Business Journal are sometimes referred to herein collectively as the “Parties” or individually as a “Party.”

By using the Service you agree to be bound by all of the terms in this Terms and Conditions of Use Agreement (the “Agreement”). If you do not fully agree with this Agreement, do not use the Service. Your failure to follow this Agreement may result in termination of your access to the Service, without notice and in addition to any other remedies available to Worcester Business Journal. 

Access to part of the Service may be restricted to users who have registered and paid for certain content (“Restricted Content”). If you have been issued a login ID and password in order to access our Restricted Content, you may not share your login ID and password with others. When you use your login ID and password to access our Restricted Content, you warrant that you are the authorized user and that you provided accurate information about yourself and your company when you signed up for the Restricted Content.

Worcester Business Journal may change the terms in this Agreement at any time. When material portions of the terms are changed, Worcester Business Journal will notify you by posting a notice on the Service, and the changes will appear in this document. By using the Service after any change in the Agreement is posted, you agree to be bound by all of the changes as well.

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND MEMBERSHIP

Paid subscription Membership is available for certain services and required for some Restricted Content. Membership levels,  plans and pricing offers are detailed here: www.wbjournal.com/user/subscribe

Applicable sales taxes will be applied.  

If you are ordering a subscription with print delivery outside of the U.S., please email circulation@nebusinessmedia.com for a rate quote and to place your order.

Credit card statements will show payment to New England Business Media.

Upgrades to existing membership levels are available. The Upgrade is a flat fee not based on term and any upgrade does not extend initial subscription term.

Subscriptions will automatically renew at the rate and membership level in effect unless you opt out of that service in your membership profile.

You may cancel your subscription by contacting 1-845-267-3008.  Refunds will only be issued at the Classic membership level.  Refunds will be issued for the remainder of the subscription term.  Loss of access to Restricted Content will be effective immediately upon cancellation and will also include print subscription cancellation.  

COPYRIGHT AND LIMITATIONS ON USE

The information available through the Service is the property of Worcester Business Journal and others and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. Information received through the Service may be displayed, reformatted and printed for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided you abide by this Agreement. 

Without the prior written consent of Worcester Business Journal, you agree not to: 

Store, post, create a database from or otherwise archive the articles, data, information, images, works or other materials from the Service (the “Content”) on a personal computer, local or wide area networks, online services, electronic bulletin boards or forums, Internet sites or any other server that is Internet-enabled; reproduce, retransmit, distribute, sell, publicly display, publish, post to newsgroups or electronic bulletin boards, or broadcast the Content received through the Service to anyone, including to others in the same company or organization; Use any Content in competition with the Service (whether or not such use would constitute a fair use under 17 U.S.C. § 107 or is substantially similar to the Content), including without limitation by using such Content as a principal source of a work distributed or displayed in connection with a commercial print- or web-based information source; Create abstracts from, scrape or display headlines from the Service for use on another web site or service; or Frame, or use other means of redirecting the Service Content. 

You may, on an occasional basis, include insubstantial portions of information from the Service in memoranda, reports, and presentations, but only if such memoranda, reports, and presentations are for a non-competitive purpose, to a limited number of individuals. You must include in all such memoranda, reports, and presentations the phrase “Reprinted with permission from Worcester Business Journal, Copyright [year of article]”. You may also occasionally utilize the “share” and/or “email to a friend” (or similar) features on an article-by-article basis if such features are provided in the Service. Official Reprints are available to purchase.  Please see how to order a Worcester Business Joural PDF reprint. 

Additionally, you agree to pay and authorize Mainebiz to assess your licensing fees at Worcester Business Journal's standard reprint pricing for your use of the Content in violation of the Copyright and Limitations of Use restrictions above.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIABILITY

Due to the number of sources from which information on the Service is obtained, and the inherent hazards of electronic distribution, there may be delays, omissions or inaccuracies in such information and the Service. The Service may include facts, views, opinions, and recommendations of individuals and organizations deemed of interest. Worcester Business Journal does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of, or otherwise endorse these views, opinions or recommendations. 

ALL MATERIALS, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS". WORCESTER BUSINESS JOURNAL AND ITS AGENTS AND LICENSORS DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENTNESS, NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE NEWS AND INFORMATION AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICE. NEITHER WORCESTER BUSINESS JOURNAL NOR ANY OF ITS AGENTS OR LICENSORS SHALL BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY LOSS OR INJURY CAUSED IN WHOLE OR PART BY ITS NEGLIGENCE OR CONTINGENCIES BEYOND ITS CONTROL IN PROCURING, COMPILING, INTERPRETING, REPORTING OR DELIVERING THE SERVICE AND ANY NEWS AND INFORMATION THROUGH THE SERVICE.

IN NO EVENT WILL WORCESTER BUSINESS JOURNAL, ITS AGENTS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DECISION MADE OR ACTION TAKEN BY YOU IN RELIANCE ON SUCH INFORMATION OR FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOU AGREE THAT THE LIABILITY OF WORCESTER BUSINESS JOURNAL, ITS AGENTS AND LICENSORS, IF ANY, ARISING OUT OF ANY KIND OF LEGAL CLAIM (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE SERVICE OR THE INFORMATION IN THE SERVICE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT, IF ANY,THAT YOU PAID TO WORCESTER BUSINESS JOURNAL FOR USE OF THE SERVICE.

USER-PROVIDED CONTENT AND LICENSE

Certain portions of the Service may allow you to post or submit comments, reviews, ideas, or creative content (“User Content”) for use by the Service. We may offer you ways to access and remove your User Content. You retain all rights and responsibility for the User Content you post. 

By posting or submitting such User Content, you represent and warrant that you own or otherwise have sufficient rights to the User Content that you provide, that the User Content is accurate, that it does not violate this Agreement or any applicable law, and that it will not violate the rights of any person or entity.

You further grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable license and right to publicly display, distribute, reproduce, modify, translate, edit, create derivative works and use the User Content throughout the world in any media solely as part of the features of the Service (including as an incidental part of advertising or marketing). This grant of rights and license applies to use of your name, photo, likeness, voice, and other personal information if included in the User Content. If you remove the User Content, the Service will discontinue further use of the User Content but may retain copies for archival or backup purposes. Posting of User Content does not influence Worcester Business Journal’s news coverage but Worcester Business Journal editors may comment on or post notable or interesting User Content and Worcester Business Journal reserves its fair use rights under applicable copyright laws to use User Content in Worcester Business Journal’s news reporting operations.

Worcester Business Journal reserves the right to delete or edit any of your comments or content at any time, for any reason, but has no obligation to review or remove any such comments or content. We further reserve the right to disclose any information about you, including registration data, in order to comply with any applicable laws and/or requests under legal process, to operate our systems properly, to protect our property or rights, and to safeguard the interests of others.

You agree to not post material that: 

contains vulgar, profane, abusive or hateful language, inflammatory attacks of a personal, racial or religious nature, or expressions of bigotry, racism, discrimination or hate; is defamatory, threatening, false, misleading, fraudulent, unfair, contains gross exaggeration or unsubstantiated claims, or violates the privacy rights of any third party; violates any municipal, state or federal law, rule, regulation or ordinance, or attempts to encourage such an evasion or violation; unfairly interferes with the uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Service; advertises or offers to trade any goods or services, except in areas specifically designated for such purpose; includes copyrighted or other proprietary material of any kind without the express permission of the owner of that material; or contains or transmits viruses or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files. 
 

TERMINATION.

Worcester Business Journal may terminate your privilege to use or access the Services and Content immediately and without notice for any reason whatsoever.  Upon such termination, you must immediately cease accessing or using the Services and Content and agree not access or make use of, or attempt to use, the Services and Content. Furthermore, you acknowledge that Worcester Business Journal reserves the right to take action -- technical, legal or otherwise -- to block, nullify or deny your ability to access the Services and Content.  You understand that Worcester Business Journal may exercise this right in its sole discretion, and this right shall be in addition to and not in substitution for any other rights and remedies available to Worcester Business Journal. All provisions of these Terms of Use which by their nature should survive termination shall survive the termination of your access to the Services and Content, including, without limitation, provision regarding ownership, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS; DOWNTIME, SERVICE OUTAGES, OR OTHER UNAVAILABILITY.

User acknowledges and agrees that all features of the Services may be subject to availability of a suitable or adequate Internet connection, valid email account, computer equipment, and sufficiently available bandwidth at the time of User’s attempted use or access. User shall be solely responsible for procuring the necessary computer equipment and Internet connection required for accessing and using the Content and Services. User shall hold Worcester Business Journal harmless from any failure or inability to access the Content and Services resulting from User’s failure to procure any such necessary equipment or services.

User agrees and acknowledges that the Services may be interrupted or unavailable during Downtime (as defined below). Worcester Business Journal shall use commercially reasonable efforts to restore Services after any interruption caused by Downtime. Worcester Business Journal shall not be liable for, and User agrees to hold Worcester Business Journal harmless from, any service interruption or unavailability of the Services as a result of Downtime, events beyond the reasonable control of Worcester Business Journal, anticipated or scheduled maintenance of the Services or website, or otherwise. Without limiting the foregoing, Worcester Business Journal shall not be responsible for (i) delivering or otherwise providing access to any Services that were published during Downtime or otherwise retroactively restoring, or reimbursing User for, any content published during such Downtime (whether or not such content is subsequently available on the Services after such Downtime) or (ii) any interruption to the Services caused by User or User’s service provider(s) or other vendor(s) providing services to User, for which User assumes all liability and responsibility. For purposes of this Agreement, “Downtime” shall mean a malfunction in a core component of the Services, the loss of a material function of the Services, or any other action that prevents User’s access to or use of the Services, which malfunction or loss was caused solely by a failure of the Services or Worcester Business Journal’s computer or server equipment controlling the same.

MISCELLANEOUS

Through your use of the Service, you may be provided with hyperlinks to other Internet sites or resources, including hyperlinks provided by third-party advertisers and sponsors to the Service. Worcester Business Journal has no control over those sites and resources, or over the advertising material presented by third-party advertisers and sponsors through the Service. You agree that Worcester Business Journal will not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such information, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource. 

Worcester Business Journal may discontinue or change the Service, or its availability to you, at any time without notice. This Agreement is personal to you, and you may not assign your rights or obligations to anyone. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid under applicable law, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect. The Privacy Policy and this Agreement are, together, the complete and entire agreement between you and Worcester Business Journal and supersedes any prior agreement, whether oral or written.

This Agreement, all intellectual property issues, and your rights and obligations shall be governed by the laws of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts governing contracts wholly entered into and wholly performed within Massachusetts and any action to enforce this Agreement or in any manner related to the Service shall be brought exclusively in the federal or state courts located in Massachusetts, and you agree to submit to the jurisdiction of such courts. You agree to be responsible for any damages resulting from your breach of this Agreement and reimburse us for all of the costs, expenses and fees (including all attorney's fees) arising from or relating to your breach.

If you believe that your work has been copied and is accessible through the Service in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or that the Service contains a link or other reference to another online location that contains materials or activity that infringes on your copyright rights, you may notify Worcester Business Journal by providing the information required by the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512 to the following address:

Worcester Business Journal
172 Shrewsbury Street
Worcester, MA 01604

If you have any comments or questions regarding these Terms or wish to report any violation of these Terms of Service, please contact us at 508-755-8004. We will address any issue to the best of our abilities.