Global FIA follows the following privacy practices for this website. This privacy notice applies to information collected by the website.

Information collection, use, and sharing

Global FIA is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We only have access to and collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contacts from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.

We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g. to ship an order or in order to comply with any court orders or applicable laws.

Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.

Your access to and control over information

You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website:

• See what data we have about you, if any.
• Change or correct any data we have about you.
• Have us delete any data we have about you.
• Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

Security

We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.

Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way using a secure socket layer (SSL). You can verify this by looking for a closed lock icon at the bottom of your web browser, or looking for "https" at the beginning of the address of the web page.

While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

Cookies

We use "cookies" on this site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor's hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. For instance, when we use a cookie to identify you, you would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site.

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via the telephone or email address displayed on our site.

1. The Agreement

This agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into between Global FIA, Inc., a Washington corporation (“Seller”) and the quoted party in Sales Quotations or the invoiced party in issued Invoices or Commercial Invoices (“Buyer”). This Agreement, together with the sales quotation (“Quote”) and / or Invoice (“Invoice”) issued by Seller to the Buyer, sets forth the terms and conditions for the sale by Seller and the purchase by Buyer of the merchandise (“Merchandise”) identified on the Quote and / or Invoice.

2. Acceptance

The Quote is an offer to sell the Merchandise and becomes a binding contract on the terms and conditions herein when accepted by the Buyer by Buyer’s signature on the Sales Quotation or by issuance of a Purchase Order issued by the Buyer. Alternatively, the Invoice is a record of sale and becomes a binding contract on the terms and conditions herein when the invoice is paid by the Buyer. No revision of this Quote or the Invoice or any of the terms and conditions hereof shall be valid unless in writing and signed by an authorized representative of Buyer and Seller, and no condition stated by Buyer in acceptance of or acknowledging this Quote or payment of the Invoice shall be binding upon Seller if in conflict with, inconsistent with, or in addition to the terms and conditions contained herein unless expressly accepted in writing by Seller (an “Amendment”). If there is an inconsistency between the Amendment and the Sales Quotation, the terms of the Amendment shall control.

3. Price

Prices in effect at time of shipment of the merchandise shall prevail. All prices quoted by SELLER are subject to correction or change. Prices do not include freight, shipping, handling fees and/ or duties, any present or future sales-, use-, excise-, value-added- or similar taxes. Where applicable, such taxes shall be billed as a separate item and paid by Buyer. A standard shipping charge is applied to each invoice for goods to cover the material preparation, packaging, freight and/or any additional costs associated with each shipment based on value and/or weight of the shipment. Additional charges for local delivery may also apply. Export orders may be subject to other special pricing. All prices are quoted in US dollars (US$).

4. Confidential Information

In association with the sale of the Merchandise, Seller may provide Buyer with a limited license for the use of certain software (“Software”) and documentation of the chemical formulation of the reagents to be used in the Merchandise and the chemistry workflow of the methodology to be used with the Merchandise, all of which Seller regards to be Confidential Information. “Confidential Information” shall mean technical and business information including, where appropriate and without limitation, any information, patent disclosures, patent applications, structures, models, techniques, processes, compositions, compounds, code, and apparatus relating to the same disclosed by Seller to Buyer or obtained by Buyer through observation, examination or inadvertent disclosure of information or developments, but only to the extent that such information is maintained as confidential by Seller.

5. Disclosure of Confidential Information

Buyer agrees not to disclose any Confidential Information to third parties, and Buyer agrees not to use any of the Confidential Information at any time except for Buyer’s own use with the Merchandise as noted above; provided, however, Buyer shall have no liability to Seller with respect to use, or disclosure to others not parties to this Agreement, of such information as Buyer can establish by written documentation to:

a. have been publicly known,

b. have become publicly known, without fault on the part of Recipient, subsequent to disclosure by Seller of such information to Recipient;

c. is required by law to be disclosed to a government agency provided that Buyer gives notice thereof before disclosure in such a time as to allow Seller the opportunity to prevent the disclosure thereof through proper legal means; or

d. have been received by Buyer at any time from a source other than Seller lawfully having possession of such information and the right to disclose the same.
There shall be no use or exhibition of the Merchandise by Buyer in a public manner and no resale of the Merchandise by Buyer without the application of these terms and conditions on the new owner of the Merchandise.
Buyer may disclose Confidential Information to employees of Buyer who are reasonably necessary to Buyer’s use of the Merchandise and the Confidential Information and who are bound by written agreements with Buyer to maintain the Confidential Information in confidence and under terms no less restrictive than as provided herein.

6. No Grant of License

This Agreement shall not be construed to grant any license or other rights except as specified herein. The obligations of Buyer shall continue for a period of five (5) years from the signature date hereof.

7. Indemnification

Buyer’s use of the Confidential Information shall be at its own risk, and Buyer agrees to hold harmless and to indemnify Seller against any and all claims, judgments, costs, awards, expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees) and liabilities of every kind arising from any use made by Buyer of the Confidential Information received from Seller.

8. No Changes

Buyer shall not reverse engineer, decompile, modify or alter Software supplied.

9. Confidentiality

The contents of this Quote and all related commercial and technical information shall be kept secret and confidential by Buyer and will not be divulged by Buyer to any third party or utilized by Buyer otherwise than in connection with this Quote or Invoice. Buyer shall not be able to commercialize any of the technology related to the Merchandise or other Confidential Information.

10. Assignment

Buyer shall not assign, transfer or hypothecate this Quote or Invoice or any part hereof without obtaining the prior written consent of Seller.

11. Waiver

Any waiver by Seller of strict compliance with any of the provisions hereof shall not be deemed a waiver of any other provisions hereof and shall not be deemed a waiver of any of Seller’s rights, privileges, claims, or remedies, nor of Seller’s right to insist on strict compliance thereafter.

12. General

a. This Quote and any documents referenced to on the face hereof constitute the entire agreement between the parties, and all prior agreements, written or oral, relating to the subject matter hereof are superseded by the terms hereof. Such terms may be modified only by a writing signed by both parties.

b. The provisions of this Quote or Invoice are severable and in the event any provision is held to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.

c. It is understood that Buyer is not an employee or agent of Seller and that Buyer shall have no power whatsoever to bind Seller in any way in any dealings between Buyer and third parties and shall not attempt or purport to do so.

d. This Quote and the contract created by the acceptance thereof are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of Washington without regarding the conflicts of laws principles thereof. The provisions of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the Sale of Goods are hereby excluded.

This Limited Warranty gives the Buyer specific legal rights.

For a period of 365 calendar days from the date of shipment, Global FIA Inc. (hereafter Seller) warrants the goods to be free from defect in material and workmanship to the original purchaser. During the warranty period, Seller agrees to repair or replace defective and/or non-conforming goods or parts without charge for material or labor OR at Seller’s option demand return of the goods and tender repayment of the price. Buyer’s exclusive remedy is repair or replacement of defective and nonconforming goods OR at Seller’s option return of the goods and repayment of price.

SELLER EXCLUDES AND DESCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY, WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, FOR LOSS OF USE, REVENUES OR PROFITS, PERSONAL INJURY, INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE, OR FOR CONSEQUENTIAL INCIDENTAL OR SPECIFIC DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF, RESULTING FROM, OR RELATING IN ANY MANNER TO THESE GOODS.

This Limited Warranty does not cover defects or nonconformity resulting from abuse, misuse, neglect, lack of reasonable care, modification or the attachment of improper devices to the goods. This Limited Warranty does not cover expendable items. This warranty is VOID when repairs are performed by a non-authorized service center or representative. At Sellers option, repairs or replacements will be made on site or at the factory. If repairs or replacements are to be made at the factory, Buyer shall return the goods prepaid and bear all the risks of loss until delivered to the factory. If Seller returns the goods, they will be delivered prepaid and Seller will bear all risks of loss until delivery to the Buyer. Buyer and Seller agree that this Limited Warranty shall be governed by and construed with the laws of the State of Washington.

THE WARRANTIES CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARISING BY LAW OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING: (A) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE; (B) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE; AND (C) ANY RIGHT, CLAIM OR REMEDY IN TORT, WHETHER OR NOT ARISING FROM THE SELLERS NEGLIGENCE.

This Limited Warranty supersedes all prior proposals or representations oral or written and constitutes the entire understanding regarding the warranties made by Seller to Buyer. This Limited Warranty may not be expanded or modified except in writing signed by the parties hereto.