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Visa may at any time revise these Rules by updating this posting. You are bound by such revisions and should therefore visit this page to review the current Rules from time to time.

Visa International Service Association maintains www.Visa.com and is related sites for your personal information, entertainment and enjoyment. Please feel free to browse, download from, and otherwise use the Visa Site. At the same time, please remember that your access to the Visa Site is subject to the following rules as well as all applicable laws. By accessing and using the Visa Site, you accept and agree to the Rules without limitation or qualification, and acknowledge that any other agreements you may have with Visa are superseded by the Rules, to the extent any conflict exists. If you do not agree with these Rules, please do not use the Visa Site.

In addition, please note that the Visa U.S.A. Web site has a privacy policy that applies specifically to it. When visiting Web sites for other countries or regions, or other Web sites that are owned or operated by Visa U.S.A., you should review the privacy policy for each specific site, as each may contain different terms.

Access to and use of the Visa Site is subject to all applicable international, federal, state and local laws and regulations. Unless otherwise specifically indicated, you may download material displayed on the Visa Site for personal, non-commercial use only. You may not distribute, modify, copy, publish, transmit, display, sell, license, use, reuse or create derivative works of any of the contents of or material displayed on the Visa Site for any public or commercial purpose without the written consent of Visa or any third party Visa deems necessary. You must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices on downloaded and/or copied material. Any copy of material from the Visa Site you make and distribute for any purpose must also include these Rules. You may not access or use the Visa Site in any way that could or is intended to damage or impair the Visa Site, or any server or network underlying the Visa Site, or interfere with anyone else's use and enjoyment of the Site.

You should assume that everything on the Visa Site is copyrighted unless otherwise noted and that it must not be used except as provided in the Rules or with the express written consent of Visa or any third party Visa deems necessary. One or more patents apply to this site and to the features and services accessible via the site, including without limitation: US Patent No. 6,091,956 and all corresponding foreign counterparts. Visa neither warrants nor represents that your use of the material displayed on the Visa Site will not infringe rights of third parties. Any product, service, programme, or technology described on the Visa Site may be the subject of other intellectual property rights (including but not limited to copyright, trademark, or patent rights) owned by Visa. Any such right that is not expressly licensed herein is reserved by Visa.

Images of people or places displayed on the Visa Site are either the property of, or used with permission by, Visa. Use of these images by you or other third parties is prohibited unless expressly permitted in the Rules or elsewhere on the Visa Site. Any unauthorised use of these images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and other applicable regulations and statutes.

Any product, service, programme or technology described in any document published by Visa on the Visa Site may be the subject of other intellectual property rights owned by Visa. Any such right that is not expressly licensed hereunder is reserved by Visa.

The trademarks and copyrights not attributed to Visa are the property of their respective owners.

The trademarks, logos and service marks, whether registered or unregistered (collectively the "Trademarks") displayed on the Visa Site are Trademarks of Visa and others. The Three Bands Design and It's Everywhere You Want To are registered Trademarks of Visa in the United States and other countries (trademark denotations on the Visa Site indicate federal registrations in the United States). Nothing contained on the Visa Site should be construed as granting by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any licence or right to use any Trademark displayed on the Visa Site without the written permission of Visa or such third party that may own the Trademark. Misuse of any Trademarks, or any other content, displayed on the Visa Site is prohibited. Visa aggressively enforces its intellectual property rights, including via civil and criminal proceedings.

Apart from your personal information (which is addressed in the Privacy Policy, any communication or material you send to the Visa Site, electronically or otherwise, including, but not limited to, data, questions, comments, suggestions or submissions, is and will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary, unless otherwise stated in the Privacy Policy. Please note that the Visa U.S.A. Web site has a privacy policy that applies specifically to it, and may contain different terms.

Anything you send to the Visa Site may be used by Visa for any purpose including, but not limited to, reproduction, transmission, disclosure, publication, broadcast and posting. By submitting material to Visa.com, you irrevocably transfer and assign to Visa, and forever waive and agree never to assert, any copyrights, "moral" rights, or other rights that you may have in such material. Visa is free to use, without obligation of any kind, any ideas, concepts, techniques or know-how contained in any communication you send to the Visa Site for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products and services.

By using the Visa Site, you may submit, or Visa may gather, certain limited information about you and your usage of the Visa Site. Subject to the terms of the Privacy Policy, Visa is free to use such information for any purpose it deems appropriate. 

The information and services provided or referenced on the Visa Site are provided "as is" and with all faults, and the entire risk as to satisfactory quality, performance, accuracy and effort is with the user. This means that although Visa uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information on the Visa Site, Visa makes no warranties or representations as to its accuracy. Visa makes no warranty, either express or implied, that any information or service provided or referenced by the Visa Site is either merchantable or accurate, that such information or service will fulfil any of your particular purposes or needs, or that such information or service does not infringe on any third party rights. Visa may periodically add, change or improve any of the information, products, services, programmes and technology described on the Visa Site without notice. Visa assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of the Visa Site.

Your use of the Visa Site is at your own risk. To the maximum extent allowed by law, neither Visa nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Visa Site, will be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages (including, without limitation, lost profits, cost of procuring substitute service or lost opportunity), however caused, arising out of your access to, use of, or reliance on the Visa Site, even if Visa has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Without limiting the foregoing, Visa assumes no responsibility for, and will not be liable for any damages relating to or caused by any viruses which may affect your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or downloading from, the Visa Site. Visa cannot and does not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to the Visa Site.

Toolkits, case studies, statistics, research and recommendations are provided “AS IS” and intended for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon for operational, marketing, legal, technical, tax, financial or other advice. Visa Inc. does not make any warranty or representation as to the completeness or accuracy of the Information within this document, nor assume any liability or responsibility that may result from reliance on such Information. The Information contained herein is not intended as legal advice, and readers are encouraged to seek the advice of a competent legal professional where such advice is required. Toolkits and related marketing materials should be independently evaluated in light of your specific business needs and any applicable laws and regulations. Visa is not responsible for your use of the toolkit, best practice recommendations, or other information, including errors of any kind, contained in this document.

Visa has not reviewed all of the sites which are linked to the Visa Site, and the fact of such links does not indicate any approval or endorsement of any material contained on any linked site. Visa is not responsible for the contents of any site linked to the Visa Site. Your connection to and use of any such linked site is at your own risk. 

Most of the information on the Visa Site applies internationally, but a significant amount of information applies only to certain countries or regions. For instance, if you see the following indication in connection with information on the Visa Site.

"The information on this page applies to businesses in the United States."

then the information on that page applies only to businesses operating in the United States. Although Visa makes reasonable attempts to indicate which information is country- and/or region-specific by including this type of statement, it does not warrant or represent that the information without this type of statement applies internationally. You should check the applicability of any information on the Visa Site to you or your organisation. The fact that you have access to such United States-specific information does not mean that such information applies or ever will apply to a country or region outside the United States.