• Privacy Policy

    Ceres, Inc. operates the Ceres Roadmap 360º website located at roadmap360.ceres.org, which provides the Service.

    This page is used to inform website visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use our Service.

    If you choose to use our Service, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation to this policy. The Personal Information that we collect is used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

  • Information Collection and Use

    We take and respect your privacy seriously. We may collect information via cookie or weblog. This is to customize services and enhance customer satisfaction.

    The data we collect are:

    • Log Data

      When you visit our Service, we collect information that your browser sends to us that is called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser version, pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.

    • Cookies and Third-Party Advertising

      Cookies are files with a small amount of data that is commonly used an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website that you visit and are stored on your computer's hard drive.

      Our website uses these "cookies" to collect information and to improve our Service. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies, and know when a cookie is being sent to your computer. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

      We do not allow third-party companies to serve ads and/or collect information when you visit our website.

    • Module Responses

      We will collect your substantive responses to the questions asked in the course of providing the Service. We will not use or share this information in any way that identifies you. We reserve the right to use and publish collected information on an aggregated, anonymized basis.

    • Payment Information

      Paid subscribers to the Service will make their payments via a third-party payment processor. We do not collect, retain or share personal financial information such as credit/debit card numbers. We have selected a payment vendor that, to our knowledge, takes reasonable and appropriate steps to safeguard your personal information.

  • Security

    We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information. Thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

  • Links to Other Sites

    Our Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

  • Changes to This Privacy Policy

    We reserve the right to update this privacy policy with or without notice. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.

    Terms of Use

  • Acceptance of Terms

    Ceres, Inc. ("Company") provides this website at roadmap360.ceres.org (referred to hereafter as "the Website") for use by consumers and businesses. By using the Website in any way, you are agreeing to comply with these Terms of Use. Should you object to any term or condition of the Terms of Use or any guideline of the Website, your only recourse is to immediately discontinue use of the Website.

  • Conduct

    You agree not to post any text, files, images, video, audio, or other materials ("Content") or use the Website in any way that:

    • infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights of any party;
    • violates any state, federal, or other law;
    • threatens, harasses, or is libelous;
    • is harmful to minors;
    • contains self-benefiting advertising or marketing in public areas of the Website that have not been paid for and are not designated for the addition of promotional content;
    • produces Software viruses or code harmful to other computers;
    • disrupts the normal dialogue of users of the Website;
    • employs misleading or false information;
    • uses forged headers or other items to manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of Content.

    You agree not to decompile or reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to discover any source code contained in the Website.

    Unless you receive explicit permission, you agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, or exploit for any commercial purposes, any aspect of the Website. Any business that registers with a listing or purchases advertising or any other service ("Customer") has the right and permission to manage their listing or purchased advertising or other services to their commercial benefit so long as the codes of conduct above are not violated.

  • Content

    This Website and some of the Content on this Website contain links to other resources on the Internet. Such links are provided as aids to assist you in identifying and locating other Internet resources that may be of interest to you, and are not intended to state or imply that Company sponsors, endorses, are affiliated or associated with, or are legally authorized to use any trade name, registered trademark, logo, legal or official seal, or copyrighted symbol that may be reflected in said links.

    Information or calculation results at our Website may be outdated due to the date and the method of the collection or may be incorrect. If you find information or calculation results on the Website that you believe to be in error, please contact us with the specifics and we will investigate the matter and where we are allowed by our data source we will update the information.

    The goal of the Service is to give you helpful, actionable information. However, we do not warrant that this information is sufficient to determine whether your organization meets any particular sustainability-related standard or benchmark, or how your organization scores on such a benchmark.

    You are free to forward or publish the results of our Service. You agree not to change the text of responses given by the Service, or otherwise misrepresent the function of the Service.

  • Paid Subscriptions

    If you are a paid subscriber, you will be notified of the end of your subscription period no later than 14 days in advance, with an opportunity to opt out of renewing your subscription. If you do not opt out, your subscription will be renewed, with payment processed by a third party processor as indicated above.

  • Limitations and Termination

    Company may create limitations of your use of the Website including, but not limited to, the number of times you may access the Website. Limitations can include full termination of your access to the Website and you agree that Company has the right at any time, in its sole discretion, with or without notice, to modify or discontinue the Website (or any part thereof).

  • Disclaimer of Warranties

    THE COMPANY WEBSITE AND ANY INCLUDED SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE WARRANTIES THAT IT IS FREE OF DEFECTS, ERRORS, VIRUSES, MERCHANTABLE AND THAT IT IS FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGING. YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.

  • Limitations of Liability

    UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, RESULTING FROM ANY ASPECT OF YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES THAT ARISE FROM YOUR INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVICE, OR THE INTERRUPTION, MODIFICATION, OR TERMINATION OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICE OR PART THEREOF. COMPANY’S LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU IN THE PRECEDING 12 MONTH PERIOD.

  • Jurisdiction

    The Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You and Company agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within Massachusetts.

  • Partial Invalidity

    Any provision of this Terms of Use which is found to be invalid or unenforceable by any court in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the provision in other jurisdictions and shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions. The waiver or failure of the Company to exercise in any respect any right provided for in this Terms of Use shall not be deemed a waiver of any further right under this Agreement.

  • Changes to the Terms of Use

    We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, or alter the Terms of Use at any time. Such changes shall become effective immediately upon the posting thereof. The most current version of the Terms of Use will be linked from the footer of the Website. You must review the Terms of Use on a regular basis to keep yourself apprised of any changes.

  • Violation of Terms

    You agree that monetary damages may not be a sufficient remedy for any breach of this Agreement and that Company shall be entitled, without waiving any other rights or remedies, to seek injunctive or equitable relief as may be deemed proper by a court of competent jurisdiction.

  • General

    The Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and Company and govern your use of the Website, superseding any prior agreements between you and Company.