These are the Terms of Use for imaginesd.org (the “Site”), a website maintained by the South Dakota State University Growth Partnership Ltd., a South Dakota non-profit corporation (the “Growth Partnership”) in connection with the Research Park at SDSU (the “Research Park”).
To use the Site to submit a business pitch or share information (collectively a “Submission“), you must agree and be bound by the following terms. By use of the Site, you represent and agree:
User Requirements
If you do not comply with these requirements, your access to the Site may be terminated.
Your Submission
Our Disclaimers
You acknowledge and agree that:
Our Remedies
If you breach these Terms of Use, the Growth Partnership and each Recipient will be entitled to all remedies available under applicable law, including, but not limited to, recovery of interest, attorneys’ fees and costs. You will defend, indemnify and hold the Growth Partnership and each Recipient harmless from any and all liabilities, damages and expenses (including interest, attorneys’ fees and costs) incurred by or asserted against them by a third party as a result of your breach of these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy.
Prohibited Activities
You agree not to engage in any of the following activities with respect to the Site:
Consent and Changes to Terms of Use
We may update or revise these Terms of Use. When a change is made, the “last updated” date at the beginning of these Terms of Use will change. Please check for updates as continued use of Site constitutes your consent to the Terms of Use with any updates.
General Terms
Contact Information
We welcome your questions about these Terms of Use or making a Submission. You may contact us by email to info@imaginesd.org. You may also submit a message through our Contact Us page, or call the Research Park at (605) 696-5600. Research Park Staff are available during normal business hours.
Suggested text: Our website address is: https://imaginesd.com.
Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.