Conditions of Use

Welcome to BFIS.com. BFIS.com provides services to you subject to the following conditions. If you visit BFIS.com, you accept these conditions. Please read them carefully.

PRIVACY

Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs your visit to BFIS.com, to understand our practices.

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

When you visit BFIS.com or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on this site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

COPYRIGHT

Except where otherwise indicated, content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of BFIS.com or its content suppliers and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of BFIS.com and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. All software used on this site is the property of BFIS.com or its software suppliers and is protected by United States and international copyright laws.

TRADEMARKS

Bridgestone/Firestone Information Services Company (BFIS), Bridgestone/Firestone Americas Holding Company, and other marks indicated on our site are registered trademarks of Bridgestone or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. BFIS.com's graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names are trademarks or trade dress of BFIS. BFIS.com's trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not BFIS.com's in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits BFIS.com. All other trademarks not owned by BFIS.com or its subsidiaries that appear on this site are the property of their respective owners who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by BFIS.com or its subsidiaries.

The information expressed, and the trademarks displayed, on this site are protected by intellectual property rights of BFIS or others in agreement with it. A visitor to this site may only COPY or PRINT the information, without alteration, from this site only for personal use and subject to the copyright notice and trademark notice(s) at this site and provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices appear in all copies in the same manner as the original. This right granted to visitors can be revoked or changed at any time. No other use is permitted without the prior written consent of BFIS.com.

LICENSE AND SITE ACCESS

BFIS.com grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with the express written consent of BFIS.com. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of this site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without the express written consent of BFIS.com. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of BFIS.com and our affiliates without the express written consent of BFIS.com. You may not use any meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing BFIS.com's name or trademarks without the express written consent of BFIS.com. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by BFIS.com. You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of BFIS.com so long as the link does not portray BFIS.com, its affiliates, or their products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any BFIS.com logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without the express written consent of BFIS.com.

Access by a visitor to this site grants to BFIS the right to review and use for its own internal purposes information about the visitor to the extent that the visitor provides such information as a matter of access to the site, in response to inquiries at the site, or other means common in internet communications. However, BFIS will not accept any confidential information from a visitor without the prior written consent of an officer of the company. If given anyway, it is no longer confidential.

A VISITOR VIEWS THE INFORMATION EXPRESSED AT THIS WEB SITE “AS IS,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO CERTAIN VISITORS.

BFIS reserves the right to change the content of this site at any time. Any links provided by the company to other Web sites are provided solely for convenience; there is no endorsement of those Web sites or their content. Any other notices or conditions of use within this site must also be observed.

IN NO EVENT WILL BFIS BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR OTHER TYPES OF CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR USE OF THIS WEB SITE OR ANY OTHER HYPERLINKED WEB SITE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR LOSS OF DATA, EVEN IF BFIS IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

YOUR INFORMATION

COMMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND CONTENT

Visitors may post comments and submit suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other information, so long as the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of “spam.” You may not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of a card or other content. BFIS.com reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content, but does not regularly review posted content.

If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant BFIS.com and its affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You grant BFIS.com and its affiliates and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify BFIS.com or its affiliates for all claims resulting from content you supply. BFIS.com has the right (but not the obligation) to monitor and edit or remove any activity or content. BFIS.com takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY BFIS.com ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. BFIS.com MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, BFIS.com DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. BFIS.com DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS OR OPERATIONS OF THIS SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE, ITS SERVERS, OR E-MAIL SENT FROM BFIS.com ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. BFIS.com WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

APPLICABLE LAW

By visiting BFIS.com, you agree that the laws of the State of Ohio, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Conditions of Use and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and BFIS.com or its affiliates.

DISPUTES

Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to BFIS.com or to products you purchase through BFIS.com shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, except that, to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate BFIS.com's intellectual property rights, BFIS.com may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the State of Ohio, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts. Arbitration under this agreement shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator's award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under this agreement shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to this agreement, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.

SITE POLICIES, MODIFICATION, AND SEVERABILITY

Please review our other policies, such as our privacy policy, posted on this site. These policies also govern your visit to BFIS.com. We reserve the right to make changes to our site, policies, and these Conditions of Use at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

As a convenience to users, this site may contain links to sites owned or operated by third parties.  We have no control over and accept no responsibility for the content or performance of such third party sites and a link to any such site does not mean we endorse or make ant representations about that site, its performance, its contents, its owner(s), or its owner's products or services.  Your use of any third party sites is entirely at your own risk.

OUR ADDRESS

Bridgstone/Firestone Information Services Company
1655 South Main
Akron, OH 44301
Phone: 330-379-7000
Fax: 330-379-7290
http://www.BFIS.com

 1-800-275-5260