Sociocultural Research Consultants (“SCRC”) respects the intellectual property of others, and SCRC requires its users to do the same.  SCRC may, in its sole and absolute discretion, disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who may be infringing the intellectual property rights of others.

If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide the SCRC Copyright Agent identified below with the following information:

• an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
• a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
• a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;
• your address, telephone number, and email address;
• a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright or intellectual property owner, its agent, or the law; and
• a statement by you that the above information in your Notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf.

By mail: Eli Lieber
c/o Sociocultural Research Consultants, LLC
644 36th Street
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
By phone: (310) 704-7553
By fax: (310) 838-0328
By email: support@ethnonotes.com

• to access and use the products and services you or your company have ordered for your use from SCRC;
• to maintain accounting and billing contact information and other financial records;
• to customize the advertising and content available on our website;
• to contact you regarding our services.

• When you register with SCRC, we ask for your name, e-mail address, physical address, telephone numbers and, in some cases, credit card information when you order services online. Some of our customers use SCRC to include teams of researchers, colleagues, or others to use SCRC services.  Some of our customers include other institutions, businesses, or organizations as collaborators.  Our customers will sometimes list business offices, individuals in those offices, or others involved in payment or business transactions on behalf of the customer.  SCRC may store this information on behalf of our customers as necessary to fulfill our obligations to our customers. SCRC requires that all such customers use, hold and process such PII in accordance with applicable privacy laws.
• SCRC also automatically receives and records information regarding your IP address, cookie information, and the page(s) you requested.
• SCRC routinely collects information that cannot be identified to a particular individual such as time-stamps and logs events (like features used, number of participants, etc.) This data is used for accounting/billing purposes as well as for performance and optimization of the SCRC services.
• Some of our customers will store information on their EthnoNotes database that may identify the names, addresses, telephone numbers, or other identifying information linked to individuals, groups, or organizations that they have included in their information database.  SCRC tries to ensure that such records are viewed only by the customer and others authorized by the customer to access such records.  However, SCRC is not responsible for any unauthorized access which may result from actions beyond the sole and exclusive control of SCRC.  Each SCRC customer represents that he, she, or it, has the full authority to transmit to SCRC all of the information actually transmitted.

• SCRC may use and retain your PII when you use this website or other SCRC applications, or services. SCRC may also receive PII from its business partners.
• SCRC retains the PII that it collects only for the period of time such information is required to achieve the purposes set forth above. Generally, the retention period, will not be greater than two years after you cease to be an active customer depending on the purpose and any regulatory or audit requirements (e.g., financial records may be retained for a longer period to satisfy audit requirements).
• SCRC uses and retains only your PII which is directly relevant to the purpose for which it is collected. This information is retained as you provide it, but will be updated when you notify us of changes in order to maintain its accuracy. 
• SCRC assumes no independent responsibility to verify the accuracy or currency of any PII.
• SCRC assumes no independent responsibility to verify the accuracy or currency of any PII.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

• SCRC will not sell or rent your PII except as authorized under this policy.
• SCRC will send PII about you to other companies or people only when:

• SCRC has your consent to share the information;
• SCRC needs to share your information to provide the application or service you have requested;
• SCRC needs to send the information to companies who work on behalf of SCRC in order to provide an SCRC application or service or to otherwise assist SCRC with its business activities;
• SCRC determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that it is necessary to transmit your PII to respond to subpoenas, court orders or engage in the legal process; or
• SCRC determines that your actions on our websites violate the SCRC End User License Agreement or Terms of Service

You can direct SCRC to edit, correct, or erase your PII, at any time, except as otherwise provided for in this policy. To request such account maintenance, send your e-mail request to support@ethnonotes.com. You may also indicate that you do not wish to receive messages from SCRC regarding our services or update your information relating to such messages at support@ethnonotes.com. Following your request for either type of data editing, your information will be changed within a reasonable amount of time in SCRC’s databases after we receive the information necessary to process your request.

SCRC strongly recommends that you carefully guard any passwords issued by SCRC for use of the websites or applications.  It is the policy of SCRC to require that each customer identify one, and only one, individual to whom an administrative password will be issued (the “Account Administrator”).  The Account Administrator is solely and exclusively responsible for guarding their password.  Any additional passwords authorized for multiple users of EthnoNotes will be issued to the Account Administrator, who will have sole and exclusive responsibility to provide any additional passwords to other authorized users.  SCRC is not responsible for any unauthorized acquisition and use of passwords or unauthorized access to EthnoNotes resulting from such acquisition and use after the Account Administrator is provided the administrative password issued by SCRC.

The Account Administrator may choose to relinquish a password at any time.  However, such relinquishment will only be effective if done so according to SCRC’s policies and procedures.  Within thirty (30) days of service termination, SCRC will terminate all passwords issued to the Customer.

Release

Click here for a downloadable copy of this Sociocultural Research Consultants, LLC Online Privacy Policy

By using the pages in this site, you agree to these terms and conditions. If you do not agree, you should not use this website or any applications or services contained on, or downloaded from this website. These terms and conditions may be changed or updated from time to time.

The Software is protected by copyright laws, as well as other intellectual property laws. The Software is licensed, not sold.  You may view and use the Software on the terms and conditions specified herein.  You may not store, copy, replicate, or otherwise save any portion of the Software.  You may not reverse engineer, de-compile,

disassemble, modify, translate, make any attempt to discover the source code of the Software, or create derivative works from the Software.  The Software is licensed as a single product. Its component parts may not be separated for use on more than one computer.  You may not rent, sub-license, or lease the Software. You may not transfer the Software or any rights you may have as a user under this Agreement to another person or entity.

The following provisions shall apply with respect to copyrightable works, proprietary, development, technical, assessment methodologies, artwork, presentation materials, manuals, computer programming techniques and all record bearing media containing or disclosing such information and techniques, ideas, discoveries, inventions, applications for patents, and patents (collectively, “Intellectual Property”).

SCRC personally holds an interest in and solely owns the Intellectual Property that is described herein.  Intellectual Property will include but not be limited to those products and services, including but not limited to the Software developed by SCRC and/or its affiliates before, during and after services provided and described in this Agreement.  Any improvements to Intellectual Property items listed herein, further inventions or improvements, and any new items of Intellectual Property discovered or developed by SCRC (or its employees or agents,) during the term of this Agreement shall be the sole and exclusive property of SCRC. You will not acquire any rights or interest in any way in such Intellectual Property by virtue of the development, experimentation, modification, or adaptation of any portion of the Software.

SCRC grants you a non-exclusive, written license to use SCRC’s intellectual property embodied in the Software needed to exploit the rights granted under this Agreement.   Nothing in this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of any patents, trademarks, service marks, ownership interests, or copyrights that SCRC has in the Software.

All titles and copyrights in and to the Software, the accompanying printed materials, and any copies of the Software, are owned by SCRC or its suppliers.  The Software is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Therefore, you must treat the Software like any other copyrighted material.  

U.S. GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS.        
The Software and documentation are provided with restricted rights. Use, duplication, or

disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 or subparagraphs (c)(1) and (2) of the Commercial Computer Software Restricted Rights at 48 CFR 52.227-19, as applicable. The Manufacturer is SCRC 10565 Blythe Avenue, Los Angeles, Ca 90064.

9. Termination By Customer.  You may terminate this Agreement by providing written notice to SCRC via email to support@ethnonotes.com Such termination will be effective on the last day of the billing cycle, subject to (30) days prior written notice.

10. Export Restrictions.  You acknowledge that the Software, or portion thereof may be subject to the export control laws of the United States. You will not export, re-export, divert, transfer or disclose any portion of the Software or any related technical information or materials, directly or indirectly, in violation of any applicable export law or regulation

11. Injunctive Relief.  You acknowledge that any use of the Software contrary to this Agreement, or any transfer, sublicensing, copying or disclosure of technical information or materials related to the Software, may cause irreparable injury to SCRC, its affiliates, suppliers and any other party authorized by SCRC to resell, distribute, or promote the Software, and under such circumstances SCRC will be entitled to equitable relief, without posting bond or other security, including, but not limited to, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief.

12. Choice of Law and Forum. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of California, U.S.A., as applied to agreements entered into and to be performed in California by California residents. The parties consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts located in and serving Los Angeles, California.

13. Waiver and Severability.  Failure by either party to exercise any of its rights under, or to enforce any provision of, this Agreement will not be deemed a waiver or forfeiture of such rights or ability to enforce such provision. If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be amended to achieve as nearly as possible the same economic effect of the original provision and the remainder of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect.

14. Entire Agreement.  This Agreement embodies the entire understanding and agreement between the parties respecting the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes any and all prior understandings and agreements between the parties respecting such subject matter. SCRC may change the terms of this Agreement at any time by posting modified terms on its website. This Agreement has been prepared in the English Language and such version shall be controlling in all respects and any non-English version of this Agreement is solely for accommodation purposes. All notices or other correspondence to SCRC under this Agreement must be sent to the address provided here support@ethnonotes.com above, or other address as provided by SCRC for such purpose. Any and all rights and remedies of SCRC upon your breach or other default under this Agreement will be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any other right or remedy conferred by this Agreement or by law or equity on SCRC, and the exercise of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other. The captions and headings appearing in this Agreement are for reference only and will not be considered in construing this Agreement.

15. Responsibility for Content of Your Communications.  You agree that you are solely responsible for the content of all visual, written or audible communications sent by you and you will not use this website to send unsolicited commercial email outside your company or organization in violation of applicable law. You further agree not to use this website to communicate any message or material that is harassing, libelous, threatening, obscene, indecent, or would violate the intellectual property rights of any party or is otherwise unlawful, that would give rise to civil liability, or that constitutes or encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, under any applicable law or regulation or that violates your agreed upon responsibilities to other entities including Institutional Review Boards or HIPAA.  You also agree that SCRC may delete any such communications in its sole and absolute discretion without notice.

16. Termination By SCRC. Without prejudice to any other rights, SCRC may terminate this Agreement if you fail to comply with any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement.  You have been, or will be, provided with a username and password.  You are not allowed, under any circumstances to share your username and password with any other person or entity. Doing so terminates any rights you have under this Agreement.  It is the policy of SCRC to require that each customer identify one, and only one, individual to whom an administrative password will be issued (the Account Administrator”).  The Account Administrator is solely and exclusively responsible for guarding their password.  Any additional passwords authorized for multiple users of EthnoNotes will be issued to the Account Administrator, who will have sole and exclusive responsibility to provide any additional passwords to other authorized users.  SCRC is not responsible for any unauthorized acquisition and use of passwords or unauthorized access to EthnoNotes resulting from such acquisition and use after the Account Administrator is provided the administrative password by SCRC.       

18. Assignment.  SCRC shall have the right to assign this Agreement in its entirety and the right to change or reassign various duties regarding the operation and performance of any duties imposed by this Agreement. 

19. Force Majeure.  Inability or delay in providing access to the Software resulting from cause beyond the control of SCRC, including but not limited to interruption of communication lines, labor disputes, acts of terrorism, government action or order, laws, or acts of God or war shall not constitute a breach of contract and the parties hereto agree to resolve any resulting issues by mutual agreement, including, without limitation an extension of service, additional service or credit on a pro rata basis.

20. Compliance With Law.  Each of the parties to this Agreement shall exert every reasonable effort in the performance of their respective obligations hereunder to comply with all applicable municipal, county, state and federal laws, ordinances and regulations.

21. Reservation of Rights.  Copyright © 2006 Sociocultural Research Consultants, LLC.  All rights reserved.  No part of the material protected by this copyright may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electric or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, and broadcasting, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from SCRC.  EthnoNotes, www.ethnonotes.com, SCRC logos, EthnoNotes Logos, SCRC Seal(s), are registered trademarks of SCRC, registered in the State of California, Federal registry and/or other jurisdictions.  All other trademarks referenced are the trademark, service mark, or registered trademark of the respective holders.  The software and technology used to implement the Software contain trade secrets that SCRC considers to be confidential and proprietary information, and your right to use this material is subject to the restrictions in this Agreement under which you obtained it.  Companies, names, products and data used in the examples illustrating SCRC products and EthnoNotes, and in the training materials and demonstrations of EthnoNotes are fictitious.  Any resemblance to existing companies, persons, or products is coincidental and unintentional.