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Acceptable Site Use
You agree to use CASSI only for your own internal business purposes.
Prohibited Site Use
You are not permitted to use CASSI except as specifically set forth herein.
You are prohibited from incorporating CASSI into your own products and services for redistribution.
You are prohibited from modifying, adapting, altering, decompiling, or creating derivative works of the material contained in or on CASSI.
You are prohibited from using automated programs for systematic retrieval of CASSI content to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory. An example of automated retrieval is a script written to extract and download CASSI data in batches.
You agree not to monitor or copy, or allow others to monitor or copy, CASSI web pages or the content included therein. You also agree not to "frame" or otherwise simulate the appearance or function of CASSI.
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Governing Law
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