Welcome to our website. It is important to read the following terms and conditions (collectively “Terms”). If you continue to browse and use our web site (the “Website”) you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following Terms, which together with our Privacy Policy govern TBM Consulting Group’s relationship with you in relation to this Website. These Terms constitute a legal, binding agreement between you and TBM. There may be additional or different terms and conditions stated elsewhere on the Website that apply to your access and use of the Website. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not access or use the Website.
The term “TBM Consulting Group” or “TBM” or “us” or “we” refers to TBM Consulting Group, the owner of the Website whose registered office is 507 Airport Blvd., Suite 105, Morrisville, NC 27560, TBM Leadership Solutions, LLC, an affiliate of TBM Consulting Group, and Time Based Management Consulting Mexico S. de R.L.de CV. The term “you” refers to the user or viewer of our Website.
The use of this Website is subject to the following terms of use:
Changes to These Terms
The content of the pages of this Website is for your general information and use only. TBM may modify these Terms at any time. Those modified Terms will become effective immediately after TBM posts them on the Website. You agree to review these Terms posted on the Website each time you access or use the Website so that you are aware of any modifications made to these Terms. If you do not agree to the modified Terms, you are not authorized to access or use the Website. Your failure to comply with these Terms as they may be modified from time to time will constitute breach of contract and may violate TBM’s copyright, trademark, and other proprietary and intellectual property rights.
Modification of the Website
TBM reserves the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Website or any part of the Website from time to time, for any or no reason and without notice. You agree that TBM will not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the Website. TBM may change the information and materials on the Website from time to time at its discretion.
Privacy
To access the Website or some of the resources it offers, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of the Website that all the information you provide on the Website is correct, current, and complete.
TBM is sensitive to privacy issues with respect to the use of personal information that visitors to the Website provide. All information we collect on the Website is subject to our Privacy Policy. By using the Website, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.
Transmission of Information and Other Materials Via the Website
TBM welcomes your comments and suggestions about the Website and TBM’s products and services, but TBM does not wish for you to send any confidential or proprietary ideas, suggestions, materials, or other information relating to developing, designing, redesigning, modifying, providing, or marketing any of its products or services or any new products or services. You agree that any information, ideas, suggestions, or materials that you or individuals acting on your behalf send to TBM via the Website, including feedback, data, questions, comments, product or service ideas, know-how, or suggestions (collectively, “Information”), will not be considered confidential or proprietary, even if the Information is labeled “Confidential” or “Proprietary.” Further, TBM will own all Information you submit to it via the Website, and by submitting the Information to TBM, you irrevocably assign to TBM all worldwide rights, title, and interest in and to that Information. TBM will be free to reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute Information to others without limitation or liability. TBM may use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques in the Information for any purpose whatsoever, including developing and marketing products or services that incorporate or otherwise embody Information, without providing any notice, compensation, or attribution to you.
About Children
The Website is not intended for use by anyone under the age of 13 without the prior consent and ongoing supervision of a parent or guardian. By using the Website, you represent and warrant to TBM that you meet the foregoing age requirement. TBM will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information via the Website from visitors under the age of 13 and will take prompt steps to delete any such personally identifiable information if notified that any has been inadvertently collected.
Intellectual Property
TBM owns the Website and owns or has the right to use all of the content on the Website, including all text, images, appearance, graphics, photographs, video clips, audio clips, designs, icons, wallpaper, characters, artwork, sounds, information, software, data, and other materials, and all HTML design, layouts, configurations, CGI, and other code and scripts in any format used to implement the Website (the “Content”), all of which are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws. Absent TBM’s express written permission as to particular Content on the Website, you may use the Content only for personal, noncommercial, informational purposes, and you may, subject to any stated restrictions or limitations, print a single copy of a limited amount of Content solely for these purposes, if the copy bears all copyright and other intellectual property and proprietary notices displayed on the web page. Except as expressly authorized by these Terms, you may not distribute, publish, download, transmit, modify, or create derivative works from, or in any way exploit, any of the Content, in whole or in part, without TBM’s prior written consent, provided that (a) your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials, (b) you may store files that are automatically cached by your Web browser for display enhancement purposes, and (c) if we provide desktop, mobile, or other applications for download, you may download a single copy to your computer or mobile device solely for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided you agree to be bound by our end user license agreement for such applications. Additionally, framing pages or parts of pages on the Website and deep linking to pages in the Website are prohibited.
TBM, the TBM logo, LeanSigma® and Dploy® are registered trademarks of TBM Consulting Group, Inc. TBM or its affiliates own or license all trademarks, service marks, and trade names on the Website unless stated otherwise on the Website. You may not use these marks without TBM’s prior express written permission.
Except as expressly provided above, TBM is not granting you a license under any copyright, trademark, service mark, patent, or other intellectual property or proprietary right in any Content, and nothing in these Terms will be interpreted as conferring by implication, estoppel, or otherwise any license or right under any patent, trademark, copyright, or other proprietary, intellectual, or other right of TBM or any third party. You obtain no rights in the products, equipment, processes, or technology described on this Website by accessing or using the Website. TBM and any third-party owners retain all of those rights.
If you are a copyright owner and believe that your work has been copied and posted on the Website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide us with notice containing the following information: (i) a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; (ii) identification of the copyrighted work or works claimed to have been infringed; (iii) identification of the material that you claim is infringing and a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Website; (iv) your address, telephone number, and e-mail address; (v) a written statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (vi) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. Any notification by a copyright owner or a person authorized to act on its behalf that fails to comply with these requirements will not be considered sufficient notice and will not be deemed to confer on TBM actual knowledge of facts or circumstances from which infringing material or acts are evident. You must send the written notice to:
TBM Consulting Group
507 Airport Blvd., Suite 105, Morrisville, NC 27560
If you wish to make any use of Content other than as authorized in this section, please contact us at the above address or at the following e-mail address: tbm@tbmcg.com.
Prohibited Actions
You may use the Website only for lawful purposes in accordance with these Terms. You agree not to use the Website: (a) in any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the US or other countries); (b) for the purpose of exploiting, harming, or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information, or otherwise; (c) to send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use, or re-use any material which does not comply with the section of these Terms titled “Intellectual Property”; (d) to transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material, including any “junk mail”, “chain letter,” “spam,” or any other similar solicitation; (e) to impersonate or attempt to impersonate TBM, a TBM employee, another user, or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using e-mail addresses associated with any of the foregoing); (f) to engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm TBM or users of the Website or expose them to liability; or (g) to interfere with the proper working of the Website. You also agree not to use any robot, spider, or other automatic device, process, or means to access the Website for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Website. Unauthorized use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offense.
References to Other Companies/Links to Other Websites
References on the Website to names, marks, products, or services of third parties or hypertext links to third-party websites do not constitute or imply TBM’s endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation of the third parties or their products, services, or websites. TBM does not monitor or control the content of any website linked to or from the Website, and TBM is not responsible for the content of those other websites or the terms of use or privacy practices of those sites.
Linking to the Website and Social Media Features
You may not create a link to this website from another website or document without TBM Consulting Group's prior written consent.
Disclaimers of Warranties
TBM disclaims all responsibility and liability for the timeliness, sequence, quality, accuracy, content, completeness, legality, reliability, operability, and availability of information and material contained on the Website. The Website may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. TBM disclaims any responsibility for the deletion, failure to store, failure to update, misdelivery, or untimely delivery of any information or material on the Website. TBM does not warrant or guarantee that the Website will be error-free or virus-free or that access to the Website will be uninterrupted. TBM and its content providers cannot and do not warrant or guarantee against errors, omissions, delays, interruptions, or losses, including loss of data.
THE SITE AND THE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER. TBM DISCLAIMS ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY AND OTHER WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AS WELL AS ANY WARRANTY OF QUALITY, FUNCTIONALITY, ACCURACY, CURRENCY, COMPLETENESS, RELIABILITY, OPERABILITY, USE, PERFORMANCE, OR ABSENCE OF VIRUSES.
IF YOU DOWNLOAD OR OTHERWISE OBTAIN ANY MATERIAL FROM THE SITE, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CLAIMS, INCLUDING ANY DAMAGES TO YOUR COMPUTING SYSTEM OR ANY LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM DOWNLOADING OR OTHERWISE OBTAINING THAT MATERIAL. YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK OF LOSS RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT WILL TBM, ITS AFFILIATES, ITS DATA PROVIDERS, OR ANYONE ELSE INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, DELIVERING, OR MANAGING THE CONTENT (COLLECTIVELY, THE “SITE PROVIDERS”), BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY CLAIMS WHATSOEVER, IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST REVENUES, LOST PROFITS, LOST OPPORTUNITIES, AND LOSS OF PROSPECTIVE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH (A) YOUR ACCESS OR USE OF THE SITE, (B) ANY COMMUNICATIONS SENT TO YOU VIA THE SITE OR OTHERWISE FROM TBM, OR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF OMISSIONS OR INACCURACIES IN SUCH INFORMATION, (C) THE TRANSMISSION OF CONFIDENTIAL OR SENSITIVE INFORMATION TO OR FROM THE SITE PROVIDERS, OR (D) INCONVENIENCE, DELAY, OR LOSS OF USE OF THE SITE OR ANY SERVICE, EVEN IF SOME OR ALL OF THE SITE PROVIDERS ARE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE SITE PROVIDERS ASSUME NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE OR INJURY TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY ARISING FROM ANY ACCESS OR USE OF ANY INFORMATION, IDEA, OR INSTRUCTION IN THE CONTENT.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless TBM, its affiliates, licensors and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to (a) your use of the Website, (b) user content you submit, post to, or transmit through the Website, (c) your violation of any rights of any other company or person in connection with this Website, or (d) your violation of these Terms.
Electronic Communications
When you visit the Website or send e-mails to TBM, you are communicating with TBM electronically. You consent to receive communications from TBM electronically. TBM will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on the Website. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that TBM provides to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
Your Account
If you set up an account on the Website and/or seek subscription service, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. TBM reserves the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove, or edit content in its sole discretion.+
Conflict Resolution
These Terms (including the Privacy Policy) will be governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina, excluding its conflicts of law provisions. All actions and proceedings relating to the Website or the Content will be commenced and heard exclusively in North Carolina state courts in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina or the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. TBM and you consent to the jurisdiction of those courts
Limitation on Time to File Claims
ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM YOU MAY HAVE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE SITE MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES. OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.
Severability and Waiver
The invalidity of any term, condition, or provision of these Terms will not affect the enforceability of the remaining portions of these Terms. TBM’s failure to enforce any right or provision in these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
Notices
If you have any questions regarding the Website or these Terms, please contact us at:
TBM Consulting Group
507 Airport Blvd., Suite 105, Morrisville, NC 27560
By E-mail: tbm@tbmcg.com
By Phone: 919.471.5535
Last updated: April 30th, 2018.