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HITRUST Directory Terms of Use

Last updated 5/30/2024

Welcome to the HITRUSTDirectory.com website. These terms, conditions, and notices (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of HITRUSTDirectory.com, including access and use through any other website or platforms or applications, (“Site”).

Be sure to return to this page periodically to review the most current version of these Terms. We may modify these Terms or any additional terms that apply to this Site to, for example, reflect changes to the law or changes to this Site. We will notify you about material changes to these Terms by either sending a notice to the email address you provided to us and/or by placing a prominent notice of modifications to these Terms on this page. Changes will not apply retroactively and will become effective no sooner than fourteen days after they are posted. However, changes addressing new functions or features of this Site or changes made for legal reasons will be effective immediately. If you do not agree to the modified Terms, you should discontinue your use of this Site.

The terms “we,” “us,” “our” and “HITRUST” refer to HITRUST Services Corp. located at 6175 Main St., #400, Frisco, TX, United States. The term “you” refers to the person visiting this Site and/or contributing content on this Site. If you are accessing or using this Site on behalf of a business, that business accepts these Terms, and the term “you” also refers to that business.

Use of the Site

This Site allows you to search for and list information about technology products, services, and vendors. As a condition of your use of this Site, you warrant that:

  • all information supplied by you on this Site is true, accurate, current, and complete;
  • if you have a HITRUSTDirectory.com account (“Registered User”), you will safeguard your account information and will supervise and be completely responsible for any use of your account by anyone other than you; and
  • you are 18 years of age or older.

We do not knowingly collect the information of anyone under the age of 18. We retain the right at our sole discretion to deny access to anyone to this Site and the content we offer, at any time and for any reason, including, but not limited to, for violation of these Terms.

Prohibited Activities

The content and information on this Site (including, but not limited to, messages, data, information, text, music, sound, photos, graphics, video, maps, icons, software, code, or other material), as well as the infrastructure used to provide such content and information, is proprietary to us, except as expressly provided in these Terms. You agree not to otherwise modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell or re-sell any such content or information obtained from or through this Site.

Additionally, you agree not to:

  1. use this Site or its contents for any commercial purpose without our express written permission;
  2. access, monitor, or copy any content or information of this Site using any robot, spider, scraper, or other automated means or any manual process for any purpose without our express written permission;
  3. violate the restrictions in any robot exclusion headers on this Site or bypass or circumvent other measures employed to prevent or limit access to this Site;
  4. take any action that imposes, or may impose, in our discretion, an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure;
  5. “frame,” “mirror,” or otherwise incorporate any part of this Site into any other website or mobile application without our prior written authorization;
  6. attempt to modify, translate, adapt, edit, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any software programs used by the Site in connection with this Site or the content we provide; or
  7. log in using an alias that masks your true identity, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site.

Liability Disclaimer

THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, SUBMISSIONS, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND/OR SERVICES PUBLISHED ON OR THROUGH THIS SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR ERRORS. HITRUST DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY OF, AND DISCLAIMS, ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR OTHER INACCURACIES RELATING TO, THE INFORMATION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS AND RELATED SERVICES DISPLAYED ON THIS SITE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE PRICING, SCREENSHOTS, VIDEOS, LIST OF PRODUCT AND SERVICE FEATURES, VENDOR COMPANY INFORMATION, GENERAL PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS, ETC.). HITRUST MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, SUBMISSIONS, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND/OR SERVICES CONTAINED OR DESCRIBED ON THIS SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE, AND THE INCLUSION OR OFFERING OF ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES ON OR THROUGH THIS SITE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ANY ENDORSEMENT OR RECOMMENDATION OF SUCH PRODUCTS OR SERVICES BY HITRUST. ALL SUCH INFORMATION, CONTENT, SUBMISSIONS, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND/OR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND BY HITRUST. HITRUST DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS THAT THIS SITE, ITS SERVERS, OR ANY EMAIL SENT FROM HITRUST, ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. HITRUST HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, SUBMISSIONS, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND/OR SERVICES CONTAINED OR DESCRIBED ON THIS SITE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

USE OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES LISTED IN THE SITE DOES NOT GUARANTEE:

  • FAVORABLE HITRUST ASSESSMENT OUTCOMES,
  • HITRUST CERTIFICATION, OR
  • COMPLIANCE WITH ANY LAW, REGULATION, FRAMEWORK, OR STANDARD.

IN NO EVENT SHALL HITRUST (NOR ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND AFFILIATES) BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH, YOUR ACCESS TO, DISPLAY ON, OR USE OF THIS SITE OR WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO ACCESS, DISPLAY, OR USE THIS SITE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, YOUR RELIANCE UPON OPINIONS APPEARING ON THIS SITE; ANY COMPUTER VIRUSES, INFORMATION, CONTENT, SUBMISSIONS, SOFTWARE, LINKED SITES, PRODUCTS, AND/OR SERVICES OBTAINED OR ACCESSED THROUGH THIS SITE; OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE ACCESS TO, DISPLAY ON, OR USE OF THIS SITE) WHETHER BASED ON A THEORY OF NEGLIGENCE, CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, AND EVEN IF HITRUST HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

The limitation of liability reflects the allocation of risk between the parties. The limitations specified in this section will survive and apply even if any limited remedy specified in these Terms is found to have failed of its essential purpose. The limitations of liability provided in these Terms inure to the benefit of HITRUST.

Indemnification

You agree to defend and indemnify HITRUST and its affiliates and licensees and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, causes of action, demands, recoveries, losses, damages, fines, penalties, liabilities, or other costs or expenses of any kind or nature including but not limited to reasonable legal and accounting fees, brought by third parties as a result of:

  1. your breach of these Terms or the documents referenced herein;
  2. your violation of any law or the rights of a third party; or
  3. your use of this Site.

Links to Third-party Sites

This Site contains hyperlinks to websites or platforms operated by parties other than HITRUST. Such hyperlinks are provided for your reference only. We do not control such websites or platforms and are not responsible for their content or the privacy or other practices of such websites or platforms. Further, it is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever links you select or software you download (whether from this Site or other websites or platforms) is free of such items as viruses, worms, trojan horses, defects, and other items of a destructive nature. Our inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites or platforms does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or platforms or any association with their operators. In some cases, you may be asked by a third-party site, platform, or mobile application (such as LinkedIn, Facebook, or Twitter) to link your profile on this Site to a profile on that third-party site, platform or mobile application. Choosing to do so is purely optional, and the decision to allow this information to be linked can be disabled (with the third-party site, platform, or mobile application) at any time.

Software and Licensed Materials Available on This Site

This Site is controlled and operated by HITRUST from its offices in the State of Texas in the United States. Software used in the operation of, or downloadable from, this Site (“Software”) is subject to United States export controls. No Software may be downloaded or otherwise exported or re-exported (a) into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, Syria, or any other country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods, or (b) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department’s Table of Deny Orders. By using this Site, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list.

Any Software or reports, additional licensed content, sponsored content, and/or research reports (individually and collectively, “Licensed Materials”) that is made available through this Site or otherwise from HITRUST is the copyrighted and proprietary work of HITRUST, or HITRUST affiliates, or other third parties as identified. Your use of any Licensed Materials is governed by the terms of the end user license agreement, if any, which accompanies, or is included with, the Software (“License Agreement”). You may not install, access, or use any Software that is accompanied by or includes a License Agreement unless you first agree to the License Agreement terms. For any Software made available for download on this Site not accompanied by a License Agreement, we hereby grant to you a limited, personal, nontransferable, non-sublicensable license to use the Software for viewing and otherwise using this Site in accordance with these Terms and for no other purpose.

Please note that all Software, including, without limitation, all HTML, XML, Ruby code, Java code, and Active X controls, and all Licensed Materials contained on or made available through this Site, is owned by HITRUST, and/or its affiliates or licensors, and is protected by copyright and/or trade secret laws and international treaty provisions. Any reproduction, redistribution, or disclosure of the Software and/or Licensed Materials is expressly prohibited and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, COPYING OR REPRODUCTION OF THE SOFTWARE AND/OR LICENSED MATERIALS TO ANY OTHER SERVER OR LOCATION FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED BY HITRUST IN WRITING. THE SOFTWARE AND/OR LICENSED MATERIALS ARE WARRANTED, IF AT ALL, ONLY ACCORDING TO THE TERMS OF THE APPLICABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT.

Proprietary Rights

All title and intellectual property rights and interest in and to the HITRUST CSF, including but not limited to any text, images, photographs, animations, video, and audio incorporated into it, and any copies of any of the foregoing are and continue to be solely owned by HITRUST or its suppliers. The HITRUST CSF includes valuable, proprietary, and confidential information, compilations, methods, techniques, procedures, and processes not generally known, which can only be obtained from HITRUST. You acknowledge and affirms HITRUST’s ownership and exclusive right, title and interest in the HITRUST CSF and all of its component parts.

By accepting this agreement, you agree NOT do any of the following:

  • Provide or otherwise allow the disclosure of an electronic or paper copy, in whole or part, of the HITRUST CSF to others.
  • Use the HITRUST CSF, in whole or part, to provide analyses, assessments, services or products of any kind to any other person or entity unless specifically otherwise authorized to do so by HITRUST in writing.
  • Store or otherwise maintain the HITRUST CSF, in whole or part, in any medium including, without limitation, any cloud service, storage provider, or other electronic database.
  • Create any Derivative Work, based in whole or part on any portion of the HITRUST CSF, without HITRUST’s express prior written consent. “Derivative Work” as used herein shall mean any service, software program or other work, and copies thereof which are based on or incorporate any part of the HITRUST CSF, including without limitation any modification, enhancement, translation, compilation, expansion, or any other form in which the HITRUST CSF may be recast or adapted, and that, if prepared without HITRUST’s authorization, would constitute an infringement or violation of HITRUST’s rights.
  • Disassemble, reverse engineer or decompile such HITRUST CSF.

Copyright and Trademark Notices

All contents of this Site are: © Copyright HITRUSTDirectory.com All Rights Reserved. HITRUST is not responsible for content on websites, platforms, or mobile applications operated by parties other than HITRUST. HITRUST, its logo, the HITRUST CSF, and, except as noted below, all other product or service names, logos, or slogans displayed on this Site are registered and/or common law trademarks of HITRUST or its suppliers or licensors and may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of HITRUST or the applicable trademark holder. In addition, the look and feel of this Site, including all page headers, custom graphics, button icons, and scripts, is the service mark, trademark, and/or trade dress of HITRUST and may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of HITRUST. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names, and company names or logos mentioned in or on this Site are the property of their respective owners. Reference to any products, services, processes, or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier, or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation thereof by HITRUST.

Other logos and product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

General

This Site is operated by a U.S. entity, and these Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, USA. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts in Colin County, Texas, USA and stipulate to the fairness and convenience of proceedings in such courts for all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of this Site, except as otherwise expressly provided in our Privacy Policy. You agree that all claims you may have against HITRUST arising from or relating to this Site must be heard and resolved in a court of competent subject matter jurisdiction located in Collin County, State of Texas. Use of this Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms, including, without limitation, this paragraph. You hereby waive the right to any jury trial relating to the enforcement of these Terms.

You agree that no joint venture, agency, partnership, or employment relationship exists between you and HITRUST and/or affiliates as a result of these Terms or Use of this Site.

Our performance under these Terms is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in these Terms limits our right to comply with law enforcement or other governmental or legal requests or requirements relating to your use of this Site or information provided to, or gathered by, us with respect to such use. To the extent allowed by applicable law, you agree that you will bring any claim or cause of action arising from or relating to your access or use of this Site within two (2) years from the date on which such claim or action arose or accrued or such claim or cause of action will be irrevocably waived.

If any part of these Terms is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remaining provisions in these Terms shall continue in effect.

These Terms (and any other terms, policies, guidelines, or agreements referenced herein) constitute the entire agreement between you and HITRUST with respect to this Site and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written, between you and HITRUST with respect to this Site. A printed version of these Terms and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to these Terms to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.

Help

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