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Welcome to FindTopSchools.com (the "Site").This page states the terms and conditions under which you may use the Web site and any materials, online communications and other information that is or becomes available on the Web site. By accessing the Web site you accept and agree to be bound, without limitation or qualification by these terms. If you do not accept any of the terms stated here, do not use the Web site.

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Links to Other Sites

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• use the Web Site for any purpose that is prohibited by any law or regulation, or to facilitate the violation of any law or regulation;
• use or attempt to use any "deep-link," "scraper," "robot," "bot," "spider," "data mining," "computer code" or any other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, process or methodology or manual process having similar processes or functionality, to access, acquire, copy, or monitor any portion of the Web Site or any data or Content found on or accessed through the Web Site without prior express written consent;
• obtain or attempt to obtain through any means any materials or information on the Web Site that have not been intentionally made publicly available either by their public display on the Web Site or through their accessibility by a visible link on the Web Site;
• in any way bypass or circumvent any other measure employed to limit or prevent access to the Web Site or its Content;
• violate the security of the Web Site or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Web Site Content, data, materials, information, computer systems, or networks connected to any server associated with this Web Site, through hacking, password mining, or any other means;
• interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Web Site or any activities conducted on or through the Web Site, including accessing any data, Content, or other information prior to the time that it is intended to be available to the public on the Web Site;
• take or attempt any action that, in the sole discretion of this Web Site's operators, imposes or may impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load or burden on the Web Site or such operation's infrastructure.