Please carefully read these terms and conditions before using these Harcourt, Inc. World Wide Web pages (the "Harcourt Site"). By using the Harcourt Site you indicate your agreement to these terms and conditions. If you do not accept these terms and conditions, please do not use the Harcourt Site.

This World Wide Web site is the property of Harcourt, Inc. ("Harcourt") and its licensors and is protected by United States and International Copyright laws. All copyright, trademark, and other proprietary rights in the Harcourt Site and in the software, text, graphics, design elements, audio, music and all other materials originated or used by Harcourt at its site (the "Harcourt Information") are reserved to Harcourt and its licensors.

You may not reproduce, upload, post, transmit, download or distribute any part of the Harcourt Information or information accessed at other sites through links made at the Harcourt Site ("Other Sites") other than printing out or downloading portions of the text and images for your own personal, non-commercial use.

You may not modify the Harcourt Site, Other Sites, or any material residing on such Sites. You shall observe copyright and other restrictions imposed by Other Sites. You may not use the Harcourt Site or Other Sites in any manner that infringes the rights of any person or entity.

Domain names and trademarks of Other Sites, or contained in information accessed at Other Sites, are the sole property of their respective owners. No affiliation with, endorsement of, or sponsorship by Harcourt should be inferred.

Harcourt does not screen, edit or review material submitted by users. Harcourt can therefore accept no responsibility or liability for any material which may reside in or is accessed by the Harcourt Site other than Harcourt Information. Harcourt has no responsibility with respect to Other Sites.

You may not link, upload, post or transmit any illegal, obscene, offensive or otherwise inappropriate material to the Harcourt Site. You agree to indemnify Harcourt from any damage, loss, cost or expense which may be incurred by Harcourt as a result of the material you link, upload, post, or transmit to the Harcourt Site. Harcourt has no duty to review or edit materials submitted by users. Any such materials may be removed by Harcourt at any time for any reason.

No warranties of any kind are made with respect to the Harcourt Site, Harcourt Information, or Other Sites. HARCOURT DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE HARCOURT SITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, WILL BE ACCURATE, OR WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. WE EXPRESSLY EXCLUDE AND DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WE SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE HARCOURT SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DATA LOSS OR CORRUPTION, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY IS BASED IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE.

All concepts, ideas, comments, manuscripts, illustrations, and all other materials disclosed or offered to Harcourt on or in connection with this Site are submitted without any restrictions or expectation of confidentiality. Harcourt shall have no financial or other obligations to you when you submit such information, nor shall you assert any proprietary or moral right of any kind with respect to such submissions. Harcourt shall have the right to use, publish, reproduce, transmit, download, upload, post, display or otherwise distribute your submissions in any manner without notice or compensation to you.

Harcourt Inc. has no objection to links made from Other Sites to Harcourt, Inc. Sites, provided that you comply with the following requirements:

• You may not frame or alter the appearance of the Harcourt, Inc. Site.
• You may not state or imply that Harcourt, Inc. endorses, sponsors or otherwise approves your site or any Other Sites.
• You may not use any Harcourt, Inc. Trademarks or logos without the prior written consent of Harcourt, Inc. The only permitted forms for linking can be found on the following page:
  http://www.harcourt.com/about/link_instructions.html.
• In view of the dynamic nature of the Internet, and the possibility of updates and changes, we request that your link enter our Harcourt, Inc. Site at the home page.
• You must abide by all of the other Harcourt, Inc. terms and conditions of use set forth above. For example, you may not reproduce or host Harcourt, Inc. content on your Web site.
• Due to the diverse nature of our businesses, companies within the Harcourt family may have linking policies that differ from this policy. In such cases, the linking policy of the particular Harcourt company will be posted, and will supersede the terms of this document.

Your use of the Harcourt Site will comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations that govern the export of technical data.

This Harcourt Site is operated from our offices in the State of Florida, United States of America. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, without reference to any conflict of law principles.

IN NO EVENT SHALL HARCOURT OR ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS OR CONTRACTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR MULTIPLE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND.

Any action on any claim against Harcourt must be brought by the user within one (1) year following the date the claim first accrued, or shall be deemed waived.

This is the entire agreement between the parties and may not be modified except in writing signed by both parties.

THE INFORMATION ABOUT YOU COLLECTED ON THIS WEB SITE IS SUBJECT TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. BY DISCLOSING THE INFORMATION TO US, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THE POLICY.

Harcourt, Inc. recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of our customers and visitors to our Web site while permitting us to conduct legitimate business by providing services and information of interest to our customers and visitors. Our privacy policy is stated below:

We will collect certain personal information when you register for our services or purchase our products. During registration we will ask you to set up a user name and password to establish secure access to your personal information. We will also ask you for your name, address, phone number, and email address. This contact information that you provide at registration allows you to:

• buy items without having to re-enter your personal information every time you purchase a product
• view all your purchases and shipments from the Harcourt Store 24 hours a day, seven days a week

When you purchase a product, we ask you for your name, billing address, shipping address (if different from billing address), phone number, email address, and payment information. The payment and contact information is used to complete and verify the transaction, and your email address allows us to contact you regarding the receipt, completion, and shipping of your transaction and product. We maintain this information in our secure customer database. From time to time, we may also collect additional information, such as in connection with special offers, contests, or other promotions.

We may use "cookies" to recognize you and your access privileges on our site, as well as to trace site usage. A cookie is a piece of information that is sent to your Web browser from a Web site and stored on your computer's hard drive. Each time you return to our site, we are able to identify you as a previous or registered customer. Cookies also enable us to measure our site traffic, including the number of repeat versus new visitors, the time users spend online, and their navigation behavior. Collecting this information allows us to make changes that improve our site.

The information that we collect is used to provide the service or product requested; to enable billing and shipping; to provide you with information about related products and services; to improve our Web site, for development of new products and services; and for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes.

We will not share your email address with parties outside the Harcourt family of companies, and we offer you the option to not have your other information shared with parties outside the Harcourt family of companies. Personal information, such as mother's maiden name or credit card numbers, will not be shared with third parties unless you are notified at the point where the information is collected, such as during a promotion or special event. Information concerning individuals' usage of our sites will not be disclosed to third parties except in aggregate form (e.g., "45% of the customers visiting our site purchase at least one product").

You may review and approve the information about you collected upon registration that is housed in our secure customer database by accessing "Manage My Account" from the main menu. Upon your request, we will correct personal information that you state is erroneous or remove any information from our customer database. Requests for the correction or removal of information should be directed to privacy@harcourt.com. In addition, please understand that information about you in our databases may come from a number of sources, including orders placed by you and third-party mailing lists.

Privacy Contact: Questions regarding this policy should be directed to Harcourt, Inc. at privacy@harcourt.com. Harcourt is not responsible for the privacy policies of Web sites to which this site may link.

Due to the diverse nature of our businesses, companies within the Harcourt family may have privacy policies that differ from this policy. In such cases, the privacy policy of the particular Harcourt company will be posted, and will supersede the terms of this document.