Welcome to the web site of the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei ("AmCham"). Please read the following terms and conditions relating to your use of AmCham web site carefully. By accessing and using the AmCham site, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions of use.

What We Do

These terms and conditions apply to your use of all sites and services owned or operated by AmCham, including www.amcham.com.tw and all its web pages. Unless otherwise stated, all references to the AmCham web site in these terms and conditions include all such web pages. These terms and conditions do not apply to your use of unaffiliated sites to which any part of the AmCham web site may link.

AmCham reserves the right to modify these terms and conditions at any time. You should check these terms and conditions periodically for changes. If at any time you choose not to accept these terms and conditions of use, please do not use this web site.

Access to and/or use of the AmCham web site currently is free to all members of the public. AmCham reserves the right to charge for access to and/or use of its web site in the future.

Restrictions on Use of Materials

The contents of the AmCham web site (including, but not limited to text, photographs, graphics, video and audio content) are protected under the copyright laws of the Republic of China and other countries, and is the property of AmCham or the party credited as the provider of that content. You must abide by all copyright notices and restrictions on use.

By sending content to AmCham via our web site, you are giving AmCham the right to display such content on its web site and its affiliated publications and to use such content for promotional and marketing purposes.

You may access the materials located within the AmCham web site only for your personal use. This means that you may download and save one copy of posted materials on a single computer for personal, non-commercial home use only, so long as you neither change nor delete any author attribution, trademark, service mark, or copyright notice.

You may not modify, copy, publish, sell, display, transmit, distribute, create derivative works, or in any other way use or exploit the content of the AmCham web site.

Copyright Matters

We respect the intellectual property rights of others, and expect that people who use the AmCham web site to do the same. To notify us of an alleged copyright infringement found on the AmCham web site, please contact us with the following information:

1. Your contact information (name, mailing address, telephone number and e-mail address).
2. Identification of the copyrighted work and the copyright owner. Identification of the material you claim infringes the copyrighted work, including its URL.
3. A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
4. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright that is allegedly infringed.
5. Your signature (physical or electronic).

After receiving notification of an alleged copyright infringement, AmCham will remove or disable access to such content pending further review.

Web Links

As a service to our users, we may post hyperlinks on our web site to other web sites on the internet maintained by third parties. These hyperlinks do not in any way indicate our endorsement or sponsorship of, or our affiliation with, such sites. Any such sites have their own online policies and practices, and AmCham neither has control over, nor is responsible for, their content. Thus, we assume no liability for those sites. Any such hyperlinks are posted only for your convenience and information.

Other sites may link to any of the AmCham web site only through a plain-text link. Permission must be granted by AmCham for any other type of link to the AmCham web site. To seek our permission, you may write to: The American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei, MinSheng East Road Section 3 #129, Suite 706, Taipei, Taiwan 10596. AmCham reserves the right, however, to withdraw any permission granted by us to link through a plain-text link or any other type of link, and to require termination of any such link to any part of the AmCham web site, at our discretion at any time.

No Personal Advice

The information contained in or made available through the AmCham web site cannot replace or substitute for the services of trained professionals in any field, including, but not limited to, financial, medical, or legal matters. AmCham will not be liable for any damages of any nature whatsoever that may result, including but not limited to economic loss, injury, illness or death.

Exclusion of Liability

AmCham expressly excludes all liability for any damage or injury suffered directly or indirectly through use of this web site. All users agree to access and use this web site on an "as is" basis.

Miscellaneous

These terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of China, without regard to any principles of conflicts of law. You agree that any action at law or in equity that arises out of or relates to these terms will be filed only in courts located in the Republic of China, and you hereby consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action. If any of these terms and conditions are found unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be considered severable from the remaining terms and conditions, and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions. Any inquiries concerning these terms and conditions of use should be directed to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it