Terms of Use

Welcome to our website.  Midwest Technical Inspections, Inc., and its subsidiaries and affiliates ("MTI") require that all visitors to our sites on the World Wide Web (the "Sites") adhere to the following Terms of Use.  Please read the Terms of Use carefully.  By accessing our sites, you indicate that you acknowledge and accept the Terms of Use.  These Terms of Use apply to all sites operated by Midwest Technical Inspections, Inc., including: MTInspections.com ("MTI website"), myGISA.com ("myGISA"), and portal_myGISA.com ("GISA Portal").

MTI Respects Your Privacy Concerns

MTI's privacy and security policies demonstrate our responsibility to the individuals from and about whom we receive and report information, and to our customers, who rely on us to safeguard the information they report.  Please review our Privacy Policy, which also applies to your visit to this Site.  If you have any questions or concerns about these policies, please .

Copyright

By visiting this site, you understand and agree that all copyrights and trademarks will be respected.  Copyright ® 2012 by Midwest Technical Inspections, Inc., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  All information and content included on this Site, including but not limited to (i) text, graphics, logos, icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, and product demonstrations; (ii) data and content compilations; and (iii) software, is the property of MTI or its content or software suppliers and is protected by United States and international copyright laws.  You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, publish, sell, or license any information from this site without the express written consent of MTI and any applicable third-party owner or licensor.  You may not create derivative works, or use any information, content, or software available on or through this Site for commercial or public purposes without the express written consent of MTI and any applicable third-party owner or licensor.  In addition, you may not reproduce, transmit, transcribe, store in a retrieval system, or translate into any human or computer language any part of the material and databases on this Site in any form or by any means whatsoever without the express written consent of MTI, with the exception of printable output from the Automated Ordering Page or GISA that is necessary in the normal course of your business, which may be printed or saved to your computer system for record-keeping purposes.  You must include the following statement on any permissible copies of material made from our sites: "Copyright, Midwest Technical Inspections, Inc., (year)." Such consent may be requested by contacting Midwest Technical Inspections at P.O. Box 127 • Bloomingdale, IL 60108 • Attn: Legal Department.

Trademarks

The trademarks, logos, service marks, graphics, and trade dress displayed on this Site are the intellectual property of MTI and other applicable parties that have licensed their property and/or material to MTI.  You should assume that any product or service name is a registered mark, trademark, or service mark and the intellectual property of MTI or a third party.  You are prohibited from using any MTI or third-party trademarks or service marks noted on the Site for any purpose, including but not limited to use as meta-tags on other pages or sites on the World Wide Web, without the express written permission of MTI or such third parties.  If MTI grants such written permission, you may not use the trademarks and service marks in any manner that (i) is likely to cause confusion among customers or the public, or (ii) disparages or discredits MTI.

This is a partial list of MTI trademarks and service marks.  These trademarks and service marks, and their associated logos, are trademarks of Midwest Technical Inspections, Inc.   MTI updates this list periodically.  However, MTI may claim additional trademarks and service marks not listed here.

Midwest Technical Inspections®, MTSC - Midwest Technical Safety ConsultantsTM, Safety Net 800TM, GISA - Global Inspection System Access®, GISA PortalTM, GISA WebInspectTM, PATH - Predictive Analytical Trend HistoryTM, CUSTOM - Comprehensive Underwriting Strategy & Options ManagementTM; and associated logos.

License & Site Use

MTI grants to you, the user, a limited license to access and make personal use of this Site; but you may not download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with the express written consent of MTI.  However, printable output from the Automated Ordering Page or GISA, which is necessary in the normal course of your insurance business, may be printed or saved to your computer system for record-keeping purposes.  You must include the following statement on any permissible copies of material made from our sites: "Copyright, Midwest Technical Inspections, Inc., (year)." This license does not include any right to (i) resell or use this Site or its contents for any commercial purposes; (ii) collect and use any product listings, descriptions, or prices found on this Site; (iii) make any derivative use of this Site or its contents; (iv) download or copy account information found on this Site for the benefit of any individual or corporation; or (v) use data mining, robots, or similar data-gathering and extraction tools in connection with this Site or any information found on this Site.  You may not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, visit, or otherwise exploit this Site or any portion of this Site for any commercial purpose without the express written consent of MTI.  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 MTI or any third party without the express written consent of the applicable proprietary information owner.  You may not use any meta-tags or any other "hidden text" using MTI's name or trademarks without MTI's express written consent.  Any unauthorized use immediately terminates the limited license granted to you by MTI.

MTI grants to commercial web search engines a limited license to index this site by any manual or automated method and to display the titles of pages and brief excerpts from those pages as search results.  You are granted a limited, revocable, and non-exclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of this Site so long as the link does not portray MTI or its products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive manner.  You may not use the MTI logo or any other proprietary graphic or trademark of MTI as part of such link without MTI's express written permission.  Nothing in this license shall confer on you or any third party any rights to or under any patent, copyright, or trademark of MTI or any third party.

MTI controls and operates this Site from its offices within the United States of America.  MTI makes no representation that materials in the Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited.  Those who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.  Materials may not be used or exported in violation of U.S. export laws and regulations.  Any claim relating to the materials will be governed by the substantive laws of the State of Illinois excluding its choice of law provisions.

Children

Only adults may use this site.  We do not knowingly use this website to solicit data from or market to children under the age of 13.

Hold Harmless

Our reports are based on information obtained through fallible human sources and accuracy is not guaranteed.  All information in our reports is strictly confidential for your own exclusive use and benefit and shall never be revealed to subjects on whom reported unless authorized to do so by federal and state laws or other governing statutes.  Midwest Technical Inspections, Inc., any of its affiliates and subsidiaries, or any of its representatives shall not in any way be liable because of any violations of these conditions or because of any inaccuracies in these reports and warranty that your procurement and use of any of our services are in full compliance with Public Law 91-508 in its entirety and all other Federal or State laws or other governing statutes.  The charge for completion of the report represents a fee for services only.  The charge does not include any assumption of liability or risk arising from any insurance coverage written by the requesting company or any entity doing business with said company.  By your acceptance of our reports you specifically agree to these conditions and further agree to indemnify us for any costs or expenses caused by your non-compliance with any of these terms.

Linked Internet Sites

Except as noted above, MTI expressly prohibits unauthorized hypertext links to the Site and the framing of any content available through the Site.  MTI reserves the right to disable any unauthorized links or frames and specifically disclaims any responsibility for the content available on any other Internet sites linked to the Site.  Access to and use of any other Internet sites linked to the Site is at the user's own risk.  Although MTI maintains high standards regarding the protection of your privacy and personal data and information, linked sites may contain rules and regulations, privacy provisions, confidentiality provisions, transmissions of personal data provisions, and other provisions that differ from the provisions provided on the Site.  MTI is not responsible for examining or evaluating these provisions and expressly disclaims any and all liability related not only to such provisions, but also to any of the content found on any linked sites.  You should carefully review both the privacy statements and the terms or conditions of use applying to any linked site.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

All content, products, and services on this site, or obtained from a website to which this site is linked, are provided to you by MTI "as is" without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.  The information, software, products, and content published on this site or a linked site may contain technical inaccuracies or errors, including typographical errors.  MTI specifically disclaims any and all liability for such errors and reserves the right to make improvements or changes to the site at any time without notice.

You agree that MTI will not be liable, whether in contract, tort, strict liability, or otherwise, for any direct, special, incidental, punitive, consequential, or indirect damages (including but not limited to lost profits or lost opportunity) arising out of or in connection with the use of the site or a linked site, or with the delay or inability to use the site or a linked site.  This limitation of liability includes, but is not limited to, the transmission of any viruses which may infect a user's equipment, failure of mechanical or electronic equipment or communication lines, telephone or other connection problems, unauthorized access, theft, operator errors, strikes or other labor problems, or any force majeure.  MTI cannot and does not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted access to the site.  Certain jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain damages.  If these laws apply to you, some of the above disclaimers and limitations may not apply.

Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless MTI, together with its respective employees, agents, directors, officers, and shareholders, from and against all the liabilities, claims, damages, and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees and costs) arising out of your use of this Site; your breach or alleged breach of this Agreement; or your breach or alleged breach of the copyright, trademark, proprietary, or other rights of MTI or third parties.

Employment Opportunities

MTI may place notices of employment opportunities on this Site.  At MTI, we fully recognize and are sensitive to all confidentiality issues surrounding the on-line employment application process. Therefore, in accordance with MTI's privacy guidelines and principles, if you choose to submit your name, address, contact information, resume, and/or any other personal information to MTI in response to an employment opportunity, you can be confident that MTI will use this information only for lawful and legitimate employment purposes.  MTI does reserve the right to distribute the information you submit among its employees for legitimate business purposes. Furthermore, nothing in these Terms of Use or contained on this Site shall constitute a promise by MTI to interview, hire, or employ any individual who submits information to it, nor shall anything in these Terms of Use or contained on the Site constitute a promise that MTI will review any or all of the information that users or applicants submit.  MTI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Changes to Terms of Use

MTI reserves the right to revise these Terms of Use at any time.  Users are deemed to be apprised of and bound by any changes.

Severability

If any condition is 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 conditions.

Violations of Terms of Use

MTI reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law and in equity for violations of these Terms of Use, including the right to block access to this Site.

Access to Password Secure Areas

MTI may restrict certain secure areas of this Site to authorized users and permit access to these secure areas only by the use of a confidential password.  Unauthorized individuals attempting to access such areas of this Site are in explicit violation of these Terms of Use and may be subject to prosecution and applicable damages.

Jurisdictional Issues and Applicable Law

You acknowledge and agree that the laws of the State of Illinois without regard to conflict of law principles, and applicable federal law, will govern these Terms of Use, your use of the Site, and any dispute of any kind that might arise between you and MTI in connection with the Site.  Any action you, any third party, or MTI brings arising out of or in any way connected to this Site and/or these Terms of Use shall be brought exclusively in either the state or federal courts located in or having jurisdiction over DuPage County, Illinois, and you expressly consent to the jurisdiction of said courts.