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Privacy Statement / Privacy Policy

This privacy statement was last changed on May 13, 2025, last checked on May 13, 2025, and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the United States.

In this privacy statement, we explain what we do with the data we obtain about you via https://navc.com. We recommend you carefully read this statement. In our processing we comply with the requirements of privacy legislation. That means, among other things, that:

  • we clearly state the purposes for which we process personal data. We do this by means of this privacy statement;
  • we aim to limit our collection of personal data to only the personal data required for legitimate purposes;
  • we first request your explicit consent to process your personal data in cases requiring your consent;
  • we take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data and also require this from parties that process personal data on our behalf;
  • we respect your right to access your personal data or have it corrected or deleted, at your request.

If you have any questions, or want to know exactly what data we keep of you, please contact us.

1. Purpose and categories of data

We may collect or receive personal information for a number of purposes connected with our business operations which may include the following: (click to expand)

1.1 Contact - Through phone, mail, email and/or webforms

The following categories of data are collected

  • A first and last name
  • A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town
  • An email address
  • A telephone number
  • Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement
  • Professional or employment-related information

Retention period

Upon termination of the service we retain this data for the following period: 7 years.

1.2 Newsletters

The following categories of data are collected

  • A first and last name
  • An email address
  • Professional or employment-related information

Retention period

Upon termination of the service we retain this data for the following period: 7 years.

1.3 To support services or products that a customer wants to buy or has purchased

The following categories of data are collected

  • A first and last name
  • A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town
  • An email address
  • A telephone number
  • Professional or employment-related information

Retention period

Upon termination of the service we retain this data for the following period: 7 years.

1.4 To be able to comply with legal obligations

The following categories of data are collected

  • IP Address
  • Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement
  • Geolocation data

Retention period

Upon termination of the service we retain this data for the following period: 7 years.

1.5 Compiling and analyzing statistics for website improvement.

The following categories of data are collected

  • Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement
  • Geolocation data

Retention period

Upon termination of the service we retain this data for the following period: 7 years.

2. Sharing with other parties

We only share or disclose this data to other recipients for the following purposes:

3. Disclosure practices

We disclose personal information if we are required by law or by a court order, in response to a law enforcement agency, to the extent permitted under other provisions of law, to provide information, or for an investigation on a matter related to public safety.

If our website or organisation is taken over, sold, or involved in a merger or acquisition, your details may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchasers and will be passed on to the new owners.

4. How we respond to Do Not Track signals & Global Privacy Control

Our website does not respond to and does not support the Do Not Track (DNT) header request field.

5. Cookies

Our website uses cookies. For more information about cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy on our Opt-out preferences webpage. 

We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google.

6. Security

We are committed to the security of personal data. We take appropriate security measures to limit abuse of and unauthorized access to personal data. This ensures that only the necessary persons have access to your data, that access to the data is protected, and that our security measures are regularly reviewed.

7. Third-party websites

This privacy statement does not apply to third-party websites connected by links on our website. We cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. We recommend you read the privacy statements of these websites prior to making use of these websites.

8. Amendments to this privacy statement

We reserve the right to make amendments to this privacy statement. It is recommended that you consult this privacy statement regularly in order to be aware of any changes. In addition, we will actively inform you wherever possible.

9. Accessing and modifying your data

If you have any questions or want to know which personal data we have about you, please contact us. Please make sure to always clearly state who you are, so that we can be certain that we do not modify or delete any data of the wrong person. We shall provide the requested information only upon receipt of a verifiable consumer request. You can contact us by using the information below. You have the following rights:

9.1 You have the following rights with respect to your personal data

  1. You may submit a request for access to the data we process about you.
  2. You may object to the processing.
  3. You may request an overview, in a commonly used format, of the data we process about you.
  4. You may request correction or deletion of the data if it is incorrect or not or no longer relevant, or to ask to restrict the processing of the data.
  5. You may appeal our decision whenever we refuse to take action on a request and submit a complaint with the competent authority if your appeal is denied.

9.2 Supplements

This section, which supplements the rest of this Privacy Statement, applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of California (CPRA), Colorado (CPA), Connecticut (CTDPA), Nevada (NRS 603A), Utah (UCPA) and Virginia (CDPA)

California

Right to know what personal information is being collected about you

A consumer shall have the right to request that a business that collects personal information about the consumer disclose to the consumer the following:

  1. The categories of personal information it has collected about that consumer.
  2. The categories of sources from which the personal information is collected.
  3. The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling personal information.
  4. The categories of third parties with whom the business shares personal information.
  5. The specific pieces of personal information it has collected about that consumer.

The right to know whether personal information is sold or disclosed and to whom

A consumer shall have the right to request that a business that sells the consumer’s personal information, or that discloses it for a business purpose, disclose to that consumer:

  1. The categories of personal information that the business collected about the consumer.
  2. The categories of personal information that the business sold about the consumer and the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold, by category or categories of personal information for each third party to whom the personal information was sold.
  3. The categories of personal information that the business disclosed about the consumer for a business purpose.

The Right to equal service and price, even if you exercise your privacy rights


A consumer shall have the right to request that a business delete any personal information about the consumer which the business has collected from the consumer.


A business that receives a verifiable request from a consumer to delete the consumer’s personal information pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section shall delete the consumer’s personal information from its records and direct any service providers to delete the consumer’s personal information from their records.


A business or a service provider shall not be required to comply with a consumer’s request to delete the consumer’s personal information if it is necessary for the business or service provider to maintain the consumer’s personal information in order to:

  1. Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, provide a good or service requested by the consumer, or reasonably anticipated within the context of a business’s ongoing business relationship with the consumer, or otherwise perform a contract between the business and the consumer.
  2. Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity.
  3. Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
  4. Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law.
  5. Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act pursuant to Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 1546) of Title 12 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.
  6. Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the businesses’ deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, if the consumer has provided informed consent.
  7. Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law.
  8. To enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with the expectations of the consumer based on the consumer’s relationship with the business.
  9. Comply with a legal obligation.
  10. Otherwise use the consumer’s personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which the consumer provided the information.

Right to opt-out

You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you. For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.

Financial incentives

Selling of personal data to third parties

We have not sold consumers’ personal data in the preceding 12 months

We have not disclosed consumers’ personal information for a business purpose in the preceding 12 months.

  • A first and last name
  • An email address
  • Professional or employment-related information

Colorado

Right to Data Portability

When exercising the right to Access personal data , you have the right to obtain the personal data in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance. You may exercise this right no more than two times per calendar year.

Right to opt-out

You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you.

Under Colorado law this concerns the following purposes:

  1. targeted advertising;
  2. the sale of personal data; or
  3. profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning a consumer.

For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.

Connecticut

Right to Data Portability

When exercising the right to Access personal data , you have the right to obtain the personal data in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance.

We are not required to reveal any trade secret.

Right to opt-out

You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you.

Under the CTDPA this concerns the following purposes:

  1. targeted advertising; or
  2. the sale of personal data; or
  3. profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning a consumer.

For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.

Nevada

Right to opt-out

You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you.

Under the Nevada Privacy Law, this concerns the sale of personal data.

For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.

Utah

Right to Data Portability

When exercising the right to Access personal data, you have the right to obtain the personal data that you previously provided to us as a controller in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance.

Right to opt-out

You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you.

Under the UCPA this concerns the following purposes:

  1. targeted advertising; or
  2. the sale of personal data.

For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.

Virginia

Right to Data Portability

When exercising the right to Access personal data , you have the right to obtain the personal data in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance. You may exercise this right no more than two times per calendar year.

Right to opt-out

You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you.

Under the CDPA this concerns the following purposes:

  1. targeted advertising;
  2. the sale of personal data; or
  3. profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning a consumer.

For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.

10. Children

Our website is not designed to attract children and it is not our intent to collect personal data from children under the age of consent in their country of residence. We therefore request that children under the age of consent do not submit any personal data to us.

11. Contact details

The NAVC
NAVC (Gainesville)
5003 SW 41st Blvd.
Gainesville, FL 32608
United States
Website: https://navc.com
Email: privacy@ex.comnavc.com
Toll free phone number: +1.352.375.5672
Phone number: +1.352.375.5672

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What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the NAVC Site, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.

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What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.

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The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.

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How you can correct any inaccuracies in your information.

Your Access to and Control Over Information

You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on the NAVC Site and below:

  • See what data we have about you, if any.
  • Change/correct any data we have about you.
  • Have us delete any data we have about you.
  • Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

You may choose at any time to remove your name, telephone and fax numbers, or postal and email addresses from any lists NAVC may use to send notices or updates and elect not to receive correspondence from us by emailing us at [email protected].

Other Internet sites you visit, including those linked from the NAVC Site, may have their own privacy policies or no policy at all. Other websites might use personal information differently than this Notice permits. We strongly encourage you to review the privacy policies of any site before providing any personal information.

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    Parties. The parties to these Terms are you, and the owner and operator of this Website: EASTERN STATES VETERINARY ASSOCIATION, INC., a Florida non-profit corporation D/B/A THE NORTH AMERICAN VETERINARY COMMUNITY (“NAVC”). All references to “we”, “us”, or “this Website” shall be construed to mean NAVC.
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    Modification of Terms. We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time, and without prior notice, by posting amended Terms that are always accessible through the “Terms of Use” link on this Website’s home page. Your continued use of this Website indicates your acceptance of the amended Terms. You should check these Terms through this link periodically for modifications. We may also, from time to time, issue additional guidelines and rules with respect to using our Website. We will notify you on the Website when we issue any such additional information. By using our Website, you agree that you will comply with any such additional guidelines and rules.
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    License. NAVC grants you a limited non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license to access and use the Website, only in connection with fostering professional development of the global veterinary healthcare community and related uses. You may not access or use this Website for purposes of resale. This license terminates automatically if you breach these Terms.
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    Prohibited Activities. You do not have the right to modify this Website, its content, or any copyright or other proprietary notices. Unauthorized use of this Website or any content may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes. You may not copy, distribute, transfer, or transmit this Website or its content in any form without NAVC’s prior written permission. Further, the following activities are also expressly prohibited without NAVC’s prior written permission: (i) any non-personal or commercial use of the Website, including without limitation, selling any information contained on this Website to third parties, compiling such information into a list for purposes of selling same, or sending e-mail communications to any parties listed on the Website with the intent of marketing, advertising, selling or distributing your products or services or the products or services of others; (ii) use of any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy this Website or any of its content; (iii) attempting to gain unauthorized access to any of our services, user accounts, computer systems or networks through hacking, password mining or other means; (iv) “mirroring” this Website or any content on any other server; (v) reverse engineering, attempting to derive source code from, or translating for commercial purposes any part of the Website; (vi) collection or use of information for a supplier of competitive or comparable products or services; (v) misusing the Website or the services we provide, creating fraudulent member accounts, or collecting or storing personal information about other users; (vi) any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on this Website or otherwise interferes with its functioning; and (vii) any other action that may reasonably and adversely jeopardize NAVC’s services or reputation.
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    Membership. Portions of this Website are viewable without registration or membership with NAVC, but the majority of our services and our Website is available only to registered members. By registering, you authorize us to use and disclose any information you provide to us, including any of your personal information, for purposes of allowing us to provide our services to you and as otherwise disclosed in our Privacy Policy. As part of the registration process, you will provide an email address and create a password for your account. This information should be kept private and you should not share this information with any other parties that you do not wish to have access to your account information. If you learn that your access information has been stolen, lost or otherwise compromised, you must notify us immediately.
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    Posting To Public Areas of This Website. We will not treat information that you post to areas of this Website that are viewable by others (for example, to a forum or chat-room) as confidential or proprietary. By posting information to public areas of this Website, you agree that we may use that information without any restrictions. However, you shall be solely responsible for any such information, material or content, whether created by or for you, and the consequences of posting or publishing it on the Website. You may not post any infringing, threatening, defamatory, sexually graphic, inflammatory, profane, or other inappropriate material. We have no obligation to monitor posts to this Website; however, we reserve the right to review such posts and to remove any material that, in our sole judgment, is not appropriate.
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    No Guaranty or Endorsement. Unless expressly stated by us to the contrary in writing, we do not endorse, recommend or support any persons, entities, organizations, or companies (such as, for example, conference participants, sponsors, or partners) that we may list or mention on this Website.
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    Monitoring. We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to monitor your access and use of this Website without notification to you. We may record or log your use in a manner as set out in our Privacy Policy.
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    Ownership. The material and content provided on this Website is protected by law, including, but not limited to, United States copyright law and international treaties. The copyright in the content of this Website is owned by NAVC. Except for the limited rights granted above, all other rights are reserved. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. You may not copy, modify, distribute, download, display, transfer, post, remove or attempt to do any of the foregoing with respect to any copyright, trademark or other intellectual property contained on this Website or on any other content associated with the services we provide.
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    Access to Website. We do not guarantee that you will be able to access or use the Website at times or locations of your choosing. We may perform updates or maintenance to the Website from time to time, and nothing herein shall in any way modify or limit our right to perform such maintenance and other services even if such services would temporarily restrict your access to the Website.
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    Links to This Website. NAVC grants you a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of this Website so long as the link does not portray NAVC or its products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or offensive matter. You may not use NAVC logo, NAVC trademark, or NAVC’s name or trademarks, or other proprietary graphic in the link without the prior written permission of NAVC.
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    Participation In Promotions Of Advertisers. You may enter into correspondence with or participate in promotions of advertisers, if any, promoting their products, services or content on this Website (“Advertisers”). Any such correspondence or participation, including the delivery of and the payment for products, services or content, are solely between you and each Advertiser.
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    Links to Third Party Web Sites. NAVC does not review or control third party Web sites that link to or from this Website, is not responsible for their content, and does not represent that their content is accurate or appropriate. Your use of such third party web sites is on your own initiative and at your own risk and may be subject to the other sites’ terms of use.
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    USA Patriot Act Notice. The U.S. federal USA Patriot Act (“USA Patriot Act”) provides generally for the operator of a communication host and law enforcement to be able to monitor any content, upon request of the operator. We anticipate fully complying with all our obligations, and availing ourselves of all our rights, under the USA Patriot Act.
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    Accuracy of Information and Disclaimer of Warranty. NAVC has made every effort to present the content on this Website accurately, but additions, deletions and changes may occur. Except as may be provided in any separate agreements originating from this Website, products, services, and/or content on this Website is provided “as is”, and neither NAVC nor its representatives make any representation or warranty with respect to such products, services, and/or content. EXCEPT AS MAY BE PROVIDED IN ANY SEPARATE WRITTEN AGREEMENT SIGNED BY THE PARTIES OR SEPARATE AGREEMENT ORIGINATING FROM THIS WEBSITE, NAVC AND ITS REPRESENTATIVES SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, RELATING TO THIS SITE OR PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND/OR CONTENT ACQUIRED FROM THIS SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, CORRECTNESS, NONINFRINGEMENT, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NAVC ALSO DOES NOT IN ANY WAY REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE, THAT LOSS OF DATA WILL NOT OCCUR, OR THAT THE WEBSITE IS FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES, CONTAMINANTS OR OTHER HARMFUL FILES.
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    Limitation of Liability. Under no circumstances will NAVC or its affiliates have any liability with respect to any claims or damages (whether direct or indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive) as a result of your access or use of (or inability to access or use) this Website or its content, even if they have been advised of the possibility of such damages. You access and use this Website at your own risk. IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE TO YOU (OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY CLAIMING UNDER OR THROUGH YOU) FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE. THESE EXCLUSIONS APPLY TO ANY CLAIMS FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES, EVEN IF WE KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN THOSE JURISDICTIONS THAT DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, OUR LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. YOUR SOLE REMEDY AGAINST NAVC FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE WEBSITE OR ANY CONTENT IS TO STOP USING THE WEBSITE OR ANY SUCH CONTENT. THIS LIMITATION OF RELIEF IS A PART OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
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    Indemnification. You hereby release, indemnify and hold NAVC and its employees, directors, agents, and affiliates (collectively, the “NAVC Indemnified Parties”) harmless from, and agree that NAVC Indemnified Parties shall in no event be liable for, any claims, losses, damages or liabilities relating to (i) any inaccuracies, errors or omissions with respect to any information contained on the Website, (ii) any use or access of this Website or NAVC’s services whatsoever by you or any person utilizing your identifying or access information; (iii) the violation of these Terms or the Privacy Policy by you or any person utilizing your identifying or access information; (iv) your violation, alleged or actual, of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right; (v) any claim that any material or content you uploaded or e-mailed to NAVC or published on the Website caused damage to a third party; or (vi) your gross negligence or willful malfeasance. This indemnification obligation does not apply with respect to any claims, losses, damages or liabilities resulting from our own gross negligence or intentional misconduct. This indemnification obligation is in addition to other obligations set forth elsewhere in these Terms.
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    California Residents. IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 1542, WHICH SAYS “A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH, IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR”.
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    Jurisdiction And Venue. The courts of Alachua County in the State of Florida, USA and the nearest U.S. District Court to Alachua County in the State of Florida, USA shall be the exclusive jurisdiction and venue for all legal proceedings relating to these Terms.
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    Controlling Law. These Terms shall be construed under the laws of the State of Florida, USA, excluding rules regarding conflicts of law.
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    Entirety; Waiver. These Terms, including the Privacy Policy and any supplemental terms, policies, guidelines and rules that may be posted on the Website from time to time, embody the entire agreement between the parties concerning the matter dealt with herein and supersede all prior agreements or understandings as may relate to the subject matter hereof. No waiver of any of the provisions of these Terms shall be deemed to or shall constitute a waiver of any other provision hereof (whether or not similar).
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    Assignment. You may not assign or transfer any of your interest in or rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent. We may, however, assign or transfer any of our rights or obligations under these Terms to any third party without your prior consent.
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    Intended For Use Only In The United States. This Website is controlled and operated by NAVC from its offices within the United States. NAVC does not represent that this Website is appropriate or available for use elsewhere; access to this Website from locations where its contents are illegal is not authorized. If you access this Website from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and at your own risk.
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    Force Majeure. We shall not be liable for damages for any delay or failure of delivery arising out of causes beyond their reasonable control and without their fault or negligence, including, but not limited to, Acts of God, acts of civil or military authority, fires, riots, wars, embargoes, Internet disruptions, hacker attacks, or communications failures.
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    Authority, Eligibility. In accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, children under the age of 13 are prohibited from using this Website. Membership on this Website is null and void if prohibited by applicable law. By using the Website, you represent and warrant to us that you are at least 18 years of age, that you have the proper right, authority and capacity to enter into these Terms on your behalf or on behalf of another person, and that you will abide by the terms and conditions contained in these Terms.
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    Privacy. Please review this Website’s Privacy Policy below which also governs your visit to this Website.