McKinsey & Company and its affiliates (“McKinsey” or “we”) provides its content on this Web site and RSS Service (collectively, the “Site”), subject to the following terms and conditions (the “Terms”). We may periodically change the Terms, so please check back from time to time. These Terms were last updated on March 15, 2008. By accessing and using this Site, you agree to these Terms. For an explanation of McKinsey’s practices and policies related to the collection, use, and storage of our users’ information, please read our Privacy Policy.

1. Copyrights.

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2. Trademarks.

The trademarks, service marks, designs, and logos (collectively, the “Trademarks”) displayed on the Site are the registered and unregistered Trademarks of McKinsey and its licensors. You agree that you will not refer to or attribute any information to McKinsey or its licensors in any public medium (e.g., press release, Web sites) for advertising or promotion purposes, or for the purpose of informing or influencing any third party and that you will not use or reproduce any Trademark of, or imply any endorsement by or relationship with, McKinsey or its licensors.

3. Use of Site Content.

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4. User Postings.

You acknowledge and agree that McKinsey shall own and have the unrestricted right to use, publish, and otherwise exploit any and all information that you post or otherwise publish on the Site in postings, survey responses, and otherwise, and you hereby waive any claims against McKinsey for any alleged or actual infringements of any rights of privacy or publicity, moral rights, or rights of attribution in connection with McKinsey’s use and publication of such submissions. You covenant that you shall not post or otherwise publish on the Site any materials that (a) are threatening, libelous, defamatory, or obscene; (b) would constitute, or that encourage conduct that would constitute, a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate law; © infringe the intellectual property, privacy, or other rights of any third parties; (d) contain a computer virus or other destructive element; (e) contain advertising; or (f) constitute or contain false or misleading statements. McKinsey does not and cannot review all information posted to the Site by users and is not responsible for such information. However, McKinsey reserves the right to refuse to post and the right to remove any information, in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason.

5. RSS.

McKinsey provides an RSS Service on behalf of its customers. You acknowledge that McKinsey may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the RSS Service, including, without limitation, the maximum number of times you may access the service in a given time period and the number of unique URL subscriptions you may create. You agree that McKinsey has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any content preferences you may enter into the RSS Service. You acknowledge that McKinsey reserves the right to terminate subscribers that are inactive for an extended period of time or violate our Terms of Service. Subscribing to an RSS feed is free, but McKinsey reserves the right to charge for RSS feeds in the future.

6. Notices of Infringement and Takedown by McKinsey.

McKinsey prohibits the posting of any information that infringes or violates the copyright rights and/or other intellectual property rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of any person or entity. If you believe that your intellectual property right (or such a right that you are responsible for enforcing) is infringed by any content on the Site, please write to McKinsey at the address shown below, giving a written statement that contains: (a) identification of the copyrighted work and/or intellectual property right claimed to have been infringed; (b) identification of the allegedly infringing material on the Site that is requested to be removed; © your name, address, and daytime telephone number, and an e-mail address if available; (d) a statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the copyrighted work and/or exercise of the intellectual property right is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or the law; (e) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that the signatory is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the right that is allegedly infringed; and (f) the signature of the intellectual property right owner or someone authorized on the owner’s behalf to assert infringement of the right. McKinsey will remove any posted submission that infringes the copyright or other intellectual property right of any person under U.S. law upon receipt of such a statement (or any statement in conformance with 17 U.S.C. § 512©(3)). U.S. law provides significant penalties for submitting such a statement falsely. Under appropriate circumstances, persons who repeatedly submit infringing or unlawful material will be prohibited from posting further submissions. McKinsey’s contact for submission of notices under this Section 5 is: McKinsey & Company, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10022.

7. Disclaimers.

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8. Third-Party Web Sites.

We may provide links to third-party Web sites, and some of the content appearing to be on this Site is in fact supplied by third parties, for example, in instances of framing of third-party Web sites or incorporation through framesets of content supplied by third-party servers. McKinsey has no responsibility for these third-party Web sites, which are governed by the Terms of Use and privacy policies, if any, of the applicable third-party content providers.

9. Governing Law; Jurisdiction.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York without reference to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof.