Terms & Conditions

Global Potato News User Agreement

Syngenta Limited ("Syngenta" or "Global Potato News") provides the potatonews.com website (the "Site") as a service to farmers and agricultural professionals, subject to the terms and conditions of this User Agreement (this "Agreement"). Syngenta is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Syngenta AG.

Definitions of "you" and "your company"

If you operate your business as a corporation or a partnership, then the term "your company" refers to the corporation or partnership you identified as your business on the first registration page. The terms "you" and "your" refer to you, individually. If you operate your business as a sole proprietorship, you can ignore the references to "your company" in this Agreement.

Who is Bound by This Agreement?

If you operate your business as a corporation, you and your company are bound by this Agreement; as an agent of your company, your actions on this Site will bind your company.

If you operate your business as a sole proprietorship, you, individually, are bound by this Agreement. In either case, you, individually, consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Statement contained in this Agreement.

Use of this Site

You and your company understand and agree that this Site is made available to you and your company only pursuant to this Agreement. If you operate your business as a corporation or partnership, you may use this Site only as an agent of your company.

Privacy Statement

Global Potato News is committed to respecting the personal privacy of the individuals who use this Site. The Privacy Statement posted on this Site describes Global Potato News's current policies and practices with regard to personal information collected by Global Potato News through this Site.

If you were a registered user of this Site before its relaunch in October 2001, when you agree to be bound by this Agreement, you are consenting to the transfer of your personal information to Global Potato News and its use and disclosure in accordance with the Privacy Statement. If you have registered as a user of this Site since its relaunch in October 2001, when you agree to be bound by this Agreement, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Statement.

The Privacy Statement is part of this User Agreement. When you agree to be bound by this Agreement, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Statement contained in this Agreement.

Please take a few minutes to review the Privacy Statement.

This Agreement May Change

Global Potato News is continually improving and adding new functionality and features to this Site and improving and adding to its existing services and programs. Because these ongoing improvements, changes in the law and changes in technology may require changes to this Agreement, Global Potato News reserves the right to update or modify this Agreement at any time without prior notice. Global Potato News will do so by posting an updated or modified version of this Agreement on this Site. Your use of this Site following any such change constitutes your and your company's agreement to follow and be bound by the terms and conditions of the Agreement as changed. For this reason, we encourage you to review this Agreement regularly. You may review this Agreement at any time by clicking on the button marked "Terms & Conditions" at the bottom of each page of this Web Site. You may review the Privacy Statement, which is part of this Agreement.

For your convenience, whenever this Agreement (or the Privacy Statement) is changed, Global Potato News will alert you and your company by posting a notice in the "Alerts" section of the home page for thirty days. If you have not visited the Site within thirty days, be sure you review this section of this Agreement to see if this Agreement has been revised since your last visit.

This Agreement was last revised in July, 2001.

Usernames, Passwords and Security

Your username and password are issued to you personally, and may not be used by anyone else (including other employees or agents of your company). You and your company are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your username and password. Furthermore, you and your company are entirely responsible for all activities that occur on this Site using your username and password, whether or not the activities or the use of your password was authorized by you or your company. You or your company must notify Global Potato News immediately of any known or suspected unauthorized use of your username and password or any other breach of security (contact Global Potato News by phone: +1(902) 628-6229, fax: +1(902) 628-6938, or e-mail).

Updating User Information

You or your company must notify Global Potato News promptly if any of the information that you provided as part of this registration process (the "User Information") changes, or if you or your company becomes aware that any of the User Information is inaccurate or incomplete. To notify Global Potato News of changes to or mistakes in the User Information, visit the Preferences page when you log on to this Site.

Copyright Notice and Limited License

The copyrights in the content of this Site are owned by Syngenta or by one of its affiliates, or by third parties who have licensed their materials to Syngenta.

You may download, store, print, and copy selected portions of the Content of this site, provided you:

(1) only use the content you download for your personal, noncommercial use;

(2) you do not publish or post any part of the content on any other Internet site;

(3) you do not publish or broadcast any part of the content in or on any other media;

(4) you do not modify or alter the content in any way or delete or modify any copyright or trademark notices or notices of confidentiality.

Except as expressly stated above, you may not copy, download, print, publish, display, perform, distribute, transmit, transfer, translate, modify, add to, update, compile, abridge or in any other way transform or adapt all or any part of the content of this site without first obtaining written permission from Syngenta.

Except as expressly stated above, no right, title or interest in the downloaded content is transferred to you when you download content from this site. Except for the limited, non-exclusive license expressly granted above, nothing contained in these terms and conditions or on this web site shall be construed as conferring a license, be it by implication, estoppel or otherwise, or any other right under any copyright, trademark, patent, or other intellectual property right of Syngenta or any third party.

Trademark Notice

All of the trademarks, service marks and logos displayed on this web site (the "Trademark(s)") are registered and unregistered trademarks of Syngenta, one of its affiliates, or third parties who have licensed their Trademarks to Syngenta or one of its affiliates.

Except as expressly stated in these terms and conditions, you may not reproduce, display or otherwise use any Trademark without first obtaining Syngenta's written permission.

Third-Party Information

Much of the information, articles and other materials available through this site are provided to Global Potato News by third-parties. Wherever practical, in our opinion, the source of these third-party materials is identified. Syngenta does not endorse these materials or the parties who supply them to us, nor does Syngenta warrant or represent that these materials are current, accurate, complete or reliable. Syngenta accepts no responsibility for any use to which third party information is put. 

Right to Alter Web Site

SYNGENTA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ALTER THE CONTENT AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THIS WEB SITE IN ANY WAY, OR TO LIMIT ACCESS TO THIS WEB SITE, OR TO SHUT DOWN THIS WEB SITE, AT ANY TIME, FOR ANY REASON, WITHOUT PRIOR NOTIFICATION, AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH CHANGES.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

THIS WEB SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS," "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, SYNGENTA AND ITS AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, SYNGENTA DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THIS WEB SITE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION OR THAT ITS OPERATION WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. SYNGENTA DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE CONTENT OF THIS SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES, WORMS OR OTHER CODE THAT MAY MANIFEST CONTAMINATING OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES. ALTHOUGH SYNGENTA HAS MADE AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE GREAT EFFORTS TO PROVIDE ACCURATE AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION, INFORMATION PUBLISHED ON THIS WEB SITE MAY BE INCOMPLETE OR OUTDATED AND MAY CONTAIN INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. SYNGENTA DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE, VALIDITY, ACCURACY, CURRENCY OR RELIABILITY OF, OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF, OR OTHERWISE RESPECTING THIS WEB SITE OR ANY INFORMATION PUBLISHED ON THIS WEB SITE.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, SHALL SYNGENTA, ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS, BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR ACCESS OF, USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEB SITE OR YOUR RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS WEB SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, SYNGENTA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR POSSIBLE ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE CONTENTS OF THIS SITE; THIS APPLIES IN PARTICULAR TO ANY REFERENCES TO PRODUCTS AND SERVICES SUPPLIED BY SYNGENTA. THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY THAT APPLIES TO ALL LOSSES AND DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT, GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF DATA, REVENUE OR PROFITS. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY APPLIES WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER BASIS AND EVEN IF AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF SYNGENTA OR ITS AFFILIATES HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

SOME COUNTRIES OR SOME POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF CERTAIN COUNTRIES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SET FORTH ABOVE, SO THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF ANY PART OF THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS FOUND TO BE INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF SYNGENTA AND/OR ITS AFFILIATES UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES FOR LIABILITIES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN LIMITED SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($100).