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Terms of Services
See Below for Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
The website located at https://home.bluemonitor.net/ (the “Website”) is owned and/or operated by BLUE Monitor(herein referred to as “we”, “us”, or “BLUE Monitor”). Before using the Website, please read the following Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms of Use”) carefully.
Through the Website, BLUE Monitor provides an internet-based service that allows users to video monitor private spaces with web-enabled cameras acquired from a retailer. This service enables remote access, motion detection, and other related monitoring services through the Website, as more fully set out on the Website, as amended from time to time (collectively, the “Services”). These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of the Website, including but not limited to your use of the Services. For greater certainty, any use of the Services constitutes use of the Website. Your access to and use of the Website is expressly conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms of Use. BY USING THE WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO FOLLOW AND BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE [AND THE BLUE Monitor PRIVACY POLICY (available by clicking here) WHICH ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE]. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE [AND THE PRIVACY POLICY], YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THIS WEBSITE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE.
BLUE Monitor may modify or amend these Terms of Use from time to time and such modification or amendment shall be effective upon posting and your continued use of the Website or Services thereafter shall constitute your acceptance of the amended Terms of Use. If you do not agree to the modification or amendment, you must cease your use of the Website. Account Holders (as defined below) will be provided 30 days’ notice in advance of any modification or amendment to these Terms of Use.
These Terms of Use, together will the Privacy Policy and all other applicable terms and conditions, constitute your agreement with us (the “Agreement”).
2. Account Holders
Certain portions of the Website may be accessed only by BLUE Monitor account holders (“Account Holders”). Additional terms and conditions will apply to each Account Holder of BLUE Monitor. On requesting a BLUE Monitor account, you warrant that all information you submit to us is true and accurate and that you are of sufficient legal age in your jurisdiction to create binding legal obligations.
BLUE Monitor is not liable for any breach of the above warranties by an Account Holder, whether or not such breach is caused intentionally. In the event of a breach of one or more of the above warranties, and without limitation to any other remedy available to it, BLUE Monitor may discontinue an account or revoke the privileges of the Account Holder.
On registration, Account Holders will select identification information which will enable the Account Holder to access those portions of the Website reserved for Account Holders. When establishing your account, you will be required to create a password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of this identification information and password, and are responsible for all activities (whether by you or by others) that occur under your account or by your identification information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or identification information or password or any other breach of security. BLUE Monitor disclaims all liability for any loss or damage arising from your failure to protect your account or identification information. For greater certainty, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, an Account Holder shall be responsible for any breach or violation of these Terms of Use caused by any activity under that Account Holder’s account.
3. Term – Account Holders
For Account Holders, subject to these Terms of Use, including any provisions which by their terms are meant to survive cancellation and termination, and any other applicable terms and conditions, this Agreement shall be in force for the length of time that the account remains active. Your account will terminate automatically at the end of the applicable subscription period if your subscription to the Website is not renewed. We may immediately terminate your account if you are in breach of this Agreement. We may also terminate your account on 5 days’ notice if for any reason we stop providing the Website or Services. We may terminate your account for any other reason, but in advance of such termination, we will provide you with notice either (a) 30 days in advance of termination, or (b) such period in advance of termination that is equal to the remaining subscription period if the applicable subscription period ends 30 days or less from the date of the notice, whichever period is shorter. For greater certainty, BLUE Monitor is not obligated to provide notice in advance of termination resulting from the expiry of a subscription period, and nothing in these Terms of Use shall oblige BLUE Monitor to offer to your renewal of your subscription for the Services.
An Account Holder may terminate this Agreement by contacting BLUE Monitor at support@surveillanceinthecloud.com. However, notwithstanding such termination, the Account Holder will remain responsible for paying any applicable fees and/or charges pertaining to the remaining portion of the subscription period, and any other fees or charges incurred through your use of the Website.
In the event of cancellation or termination, you are no longer authorized to access the part of the Website affected by such cancellation or termination.
4. Survival
The restrictions imposed on you with respect to material downloaded from the Website, and the disclaimers and limitations of liabilities set forth in these Terms and Conditions of Use, and any indemnification obligations imposed upon you hereunder, shall survive any cancellation or termination of this Agreement.
5. Payment
You are responsible for paying all fees together with all applicable taxes associated with your account and the Service. Applicable fees are set out on the Website, and may be modified from time to time at BLUE Monitor’s sole discretion. Any requirement to pay any fee or other payment in connection with your use of the Website are part of and subject to these Terms of Use. Failure to pay any fee when due is a breach of this Agreement.
6. User Information
BLUE Monitor’s use of your personal information and any other information provided to us by you in connection with the Website (“User Information”), which for greater certainty includes any information provided or created and stored in connection with the Service (such as video recordings or live streamed information), is subject to the BLUE Monitor Privacy Policy. You are responsible for the accuracy and quality of such User Information. You are responsible for the legality of all User Information, and you agree that you are solely responsible for the complying with any applicable laws, including those related to privacy and intellectual property rights or ownership, in respect of any disclosure to us or use of User Information in connection with the Website.
BLUE Monitor is not responsible for any deletion, alteration, damage, loss, destruction, misdirection or failure to store of any User Information. BLUE Monitor may at its discretion discard or destroy any of your User Information in the event that this Agreement is terminated or such User Information is in violation of these Terms of Use.
7. Disclaimer of Warranty, Limits of Liability and Indemnity
THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND ANY THIRD-PARTY SITES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF TITLE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR ANY OF ITS FUNCTIONS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT ANY PART OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING BULLETIN BOARDS, OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE IT AVAILABLE, ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. BLUE SURVEILLANCE IS NOT LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS YOU SUFFER IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR ACCESS OR USE OF THE WEBSITE, ANY LINKED WEBSITES OR ANY SOFTWARE AVAILABLE AT THE WEBSITE.
IN NO EVENT SHALL BLUE Monitor, ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS, AFFILIATES, ASSOCIATES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLES; OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES EVEN IF BLUE Monitor HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, ARISING FROM THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE BLUE Monitor’S WEBSITE, MATERIAL, IMAGES OR SERVICES. FURTHERMORE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BLUE Monitor IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY OTHER PARTIES AND THAT THE RISK OF INJURY FROM THE FOREGOING REST ENTIRELY WITH YOU. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER TYPES OF DAMAGES; THEREFORE, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
You must provide and are solely responsible for all hardware and/or software necessary to access the Website. You assume the entire cost of and responsibility for any damage to, and all necessary maintenance, repair or correction of, that hardware and/or software.
8. Intellectual Property Rights
BLUE Monitor and related words, domain names and logos are trade-marks and the property of BLUE Monitor All other trade-marks, product names and company names or logos cited herein are the property of their respective owners.
The intellectual property rights in material contained on the Website, including all portions of the Website, content, site design, text, graphics, and the selection and arrangement thereof are held by BLUE Monitor and its licensors, except as otherwise expressly provided herein. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
All software, materials, information and content offered by BLUE Monitor are protected by copyright and other applicable laws. You may use these materials so long as you do not change the materials or remove any copyright or other proprietary rights notices included in the materials. You may not distribute or copy such material without the written permission of the copyright owner. You may not reverse engineer the Services and/or any of BLUE Monitor’s technology or software for any purpose whatsoever.
9. Right to Use
BLUE Monitor hereby grants to the Account Holder a non-exclusive, non-transferrable right to use the Service, subject to these Terms of Use. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved to us and our licensors.
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed as conferring any right in any copyright, trademark, trade name or other proprietary property of BLUE Monitor or any other party who owns or has proprietary rights to the content, information and materials provided on the Website.
10. Third Party Links
We may provide links to third-party sites that might be of interest to you. We do not endorse any such site and have no control over the content or availability of these sites. It is your responsibility to read and understand each site’s privacy and other policies as well as the terms and conditions of their service. If you have any questions or concerns regarding these third-party sites, please contact their site’s web master or site administrator. BLUE Monitor is not liable for any damages that you incur, and you agree not to assert any claims against us arising from your use of any third-party site.
11. Compliance with Laws
You shall abide by all local, Provincial, national, and foreign, laws, treaties and regulations in connection your use of the Website, including those related to privacy.
12. Prohibited Behavior
You agree that you will not:
- restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Website;
- interfere with or disrupt any servers or networks used to provide the Website or its features, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of the networks we use to provide the Website;
- gain unauthorized access to the Website, or any account, computer system, or network connected to this Website, by means such as hacking, password mining or other illicit means;
- use the Website to impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
- use the Website to instigate or encourage others to commit illegal activities or cause injury or property damage or interfere with business interests or contractual relations of any person;
- obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through this Website;
- use the Website to post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent information of any kind, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, provincial, state, national or international law;
- use the Website to post or transmit any information, software or other material that violates or infringes upon the rights of others, including material that is an invasion of privacy or publicity rights or that is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, or derivative works with respect thereto, without first obtaining permission from the owner or rights holder;
- use the Website to post or transmit any information, software or other material that contains a virus or other harmful component;
- use the Website to post, transmit or in any way exploit any information, software or other material for commercial purposes, or that contains advertising;
- use the Website to advertise or solicit to anyone to buy or sell products or services, to cease using the Website, to visit another competing Website, or to make donations of any kind, without our express written approval; or
- gather for marketing purposes any email addresses or other personal information that has been posted by other users of the Website.
You agree to indemnify BLUE Monitor and each of its officers, directors, employees, agents, distributors and affiliates from and against any and all third party claims, demands, liabilities, costs, or expenses, including reasonable legal fees, resulting from your breach of any of the foregoing provisions.
We reserve the right to deny access to the Website or any features of the Website to anyone, for any reasons, including as a result of persons who violate these Terms of Use or who, in our sole judgment, interferes with the ability of others to enjoy the Website or infringes the rights of others.
13. Indemnity
You agree to fully indemnify and hold harmless BLUE Monitor, and all our personnel and agents from and against all damages, losses, expenses and costs, including reasonable legal fees, resulting from any violation of this Agreement, or any circumstances related to your negligence or wrongful conduct when using the Website.
14. Jurisdictional Issues
Some or all of the products and services offered on the Website may not be eligible for solicitation in your jurisdiction. If you are accessing this Website from such a jurisdiction, you should not consider anything on this Website as an offer to sell or as a solicitation to the public to purchase any product or service from BLUE Monitor. The Website is for use only by persons residing in jurisdictions where such products and services may legally be sold.
BLUE Monitor makes no representation that any of the materials contained in the Website are appropriate or available for use in other locations or jurisdictions. Those who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.
15. General
These Terms of Use shall be governed by the law of the State of Texas without respect to its conflict of laws principles, and the laws of United States of America applicable therein. Any claim or dispute between you and BLUE Monitor that arises in whole or in part from the BLUE Monitor Website shall be decided exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction located in Texas, US. This Agreement, together with the Privacy Policy, any other legal notices published by BLUE Monitor on the Website, and any other applicable terms and conditions of use shall constitute the entire agreement between you and BLUE Monitor concerning the Website. If any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and BLUE Monitor’s failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Any rights not expressly granted by these Terms of Use are reserved to BLUE Monitor.
16. Force Majeure
Neither party shall be in default if failure to perform any obligation hereunder is caused by supervening conditions beyond the failing party’s control, provided that the party seeking excuse is reasonably diligent in attempting to remedy the supervening condition, uses reasonable efforts to notify the other party of the supervening condition, and resumes performance as soon as possible.
17. Language
The parties hereto have expressly requested these Terms of Use to be drawn up in the English language.
18. Digital Millennium Copyright Act Notice
We take copyright violation very seriously and will vigorously protect the rights of legal copyright owners.
If you are the copyright owner of content which appears on our website and you did not authorize the use of the content you must notify us in writing in order for us to identify the allegedly infringing content and take action.
We will be unable to take any action if you do not provide us with the required information, so if you believe that your material for which you own the copyright has been infringed upon or violated, please provide our Copyright Agent, in writing, with the following information:
1.) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
2.) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.
3.) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material.
4.) Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
5.) A statement that the complaining party has 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.
6.) A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Written notice should be sent to our designated agent as follows:
DMCA AGENT Email: support@bluesurveillance.com
Any notice required under this agreement to be given by writing shall be delivered to us at support@bluesurveillance.com.
19. Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
The privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. This privacy policy document is designed to advise you about how we collect, use, and protect the Personally Identifiable Information (hereinafter defined) that you provide to us through our website. By visiting this website, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1.) INFORMATION WE GATHERS AND TRACKS
(a) Log Files
Like many other Web sites, our site makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol ( IP ) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
(b) Cookies and Web Beacons
We do use cookies to store information about visitors preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the user access or visit, customize Web page content based on visitors browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.
(c) ADVERTISING PARTNERS – Visitor Information and Cookies:
This website may accept forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.
The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this website. That content, advertising space or post may not always be identified as paid or sponsored content.
The owner(s) of this website may be compensated to provide opinions on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this website receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this website are purely the author. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.
DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site.
Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to our site and other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL: https://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html.
2.) USE OF INFORMATION
Any of the information we collect from you may be used in, but not limited to, the following ways:
– To personalize your experience
– To improve our website
(a) Identification of Purchasers
If you purchase one of our products or services, you authorize us to use your name and identification information in advertising or promotions.
We may use personal information in an aggregate form (i.e., not individually attributable to you) for business analysis, operational, marketing and other promotional purposes.
You are also agreeing to receive information about the product or service you purchased. This may include, but is not limited to, information about product or service updates, new features, or information we believe you may find interesting.
3.) HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. We will not sell, provide, or transfer you email address to others.
4.) CHILDREN PRIVACY PROTECTION
This website does not provide services or sell products to children under the age of 18.
If we discover we have received any information from a child under the age of 18 in violation of this policy, we will delete that information immediately. If you believe we have received any information from or about anyone under the age of 18, please contact us at the address listed below. support@bluesurveillance.com
5.) THIRD PARTY LINKS
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
6) POLICY CHANGES
These policies may be amended by us at any time and without notice, but will be posted at this page. You agree that your continued use of our websites, product or service after that date will constitute your consent and acceptance of the amendment.
7.) CONTACT INFORMATION
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us at the following e-mail address: support@bluesurveillance.com
DMCA
We take copyright violation very seriously and will vigorously protect the rights of legal copyright owners.
If you are the copyright owner of content which appears on our website and you did not authorize the use of the content you must notify us in writing in order for us to identify the allegedly infringing content and take action.
We will be unable to take any action if you do not provide us with the required information, so if you believe that your material for which you own the copyright has been infringed upon or violated, please provide our Copyright Agent, in writing, with the following information:
1.) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
2.) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.
3.) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material.
4.) Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
5.) A statement that the complaining party has 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.
6.) A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Written notice should be sent to our designated agent as follows:
DMCA AGENT Email: supports@surveillanceinthecloud.com
NADD
NDAA
These products are subject to certain restrictions on procurement, use, funding or contracting by the United States federal government as set forth in Section 889 (Prohibition on Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019.
The US Congress took action on this subject through the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (NDAA) by banning the procurement or use of specifically named video surveillance camera and systems vendors as well as specifically named component suppliers that are used in some video surveillance products that could or are deployed in US Government-related video surveillance system deployments.
This interim Federal Acquisition Regulation applies to section (a)(1)(A) of Section 889 of the NDAA – there is no rule yet for the ‘blacklist’ clause, which has been spun off and will be implemented one year from now. It is an ‘interim’ rule because it has not been published in the Federal Register yet.
Once in the Federal Register, “interested parties” may submit suggestions for changes within a 60-day period. (Such modifications are typically minor – major changes would need “a supplemental proposed rule”, the Federal Register’s website states.)
The rule states that “it is in the best interest of the Government to apply this rule to contracts for the
acquisition of COTS items” [commercial off-the-shelf items], citing an “unacceptable level of risk”:
Most video surveillance products bought by the US government are ‘COTS’ in that they are widely commercially available
Contractors must include an NDAA notice – which discloses banned equipment – for all “solicitations issued on or after August 13”.
Even if the government requested solicitations before the 13th, if the contract is awarded afterwards, the notice must be included:
Even with ongoing contracts, the NDAA notice must be included, barring further procurement of covered products:
In their NDAA notices, contractors must pledge not to supply covered equipment:
Note: while the line above says ‘telecommunication’, the FAR itself defines video surveillance as part of ‘covered telecommunications equipment’
If they are including covered equipment, contractors must report it to the contracting officer or, for DoD contracts, directly to the DoD website:
Contractors must also disclose key details about the covered equipment, including whether “the entity was the OEM or a distributor”:
Waivers
Waivers allowing contractors to supply covered equipment are obtainable “on a one-time basis” from “[federal] agency heads”.
However, these waivers can only be granted if there is a “compelling justification for the additional time [necessary] to implement” the NDAA ban and the contractor submits a “phase-out plan”:
The only other way to get a waiver is if the Director of National Intelligence “determines the waiver is in the national security interests of the United States”.
For more information concerning the rules of deployment click here
Affiliate Disclosure
Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in this website are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, the owner of this website will receive an affiliate commission. Regardless, the owner of this website only recommend products or services that will add value to the readers. The owner of this website is disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.
This website may accept forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.
The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this website. That content, advertising space or post may not always be identified as paid or sponsored content.
The owner(s) of this website may be compensated to provide opinions on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this website receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this website are purely the author. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.
This website does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest
Terms of Use
By accessing this web site, you are agreeing to be bound by these web site Terms and Conditions of Use, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in this web site are protected by applicable copyright and trade mark law.
Intellectual Property Rights
All copyrights, trademarks, patents and other intellectual property rights in and on our website and all content and software located on the site shall remain the sole property of our company or its licensors. The use of our trademarks, content and intellectual property is forbidden without the express written consent from the owner of this website.
You must not:
* Republish material from our website without prior written consent.
* Sell or rent material from our website.
* Reproduce, duplicate, create derivative, copy or otherwise exploit material on our website for any purpose.
* Redistribute any content from our website, including onto another website.
Acceptable Use
You agree to use our website only for lawful purposes, and in a way that does not infringe the rights of, restrict or inhibit anyone else’s use and enjoyment of the website. Prohibited behavior includes harassing or causing distress or inconvenience to any other user, transmitting obscene or offensive content or disrupting the normal flow of dialogue within our website.
You must not use our website to send unsolicited commercial communications.
You must not use the content on our website for any marketing related purpose without our express written consent.
Restricted Access
We may in the future need to restrict access to parts (or all) of our website and reserve full rights to do so. If, at any point, we provide you with a username and password for you to access restricted areas of our website, you must ensure that both your username and password are kept confidential.
Revisions
The owner of this website may change these terms from time to time and so you should check these terms regularly. Your continued use of our website will be deemed acceptance of the updated or amended terms. If you do not agree to the changes, you should cease using our website immediately.
If any of these terms are determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted from these terms and the remaining terms shall survive and continue to be binding and enforceable.
Limitation of Liability
THE MATERIALS AT THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OWNER OF THIS WEBSITE OR ITS AGENTS OR OFFICERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION, INJURY OR DEATH) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE MATERIALS, EVEN IF THE OWNER OF THIS WEBSITE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGES.
20. Affiliate Disclosure
NDAA:
These products are subject to certain restrictions on procurement, use, funding or contracting by the United States federal government as set forth in Section 889 (Prohibition on Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019.
The US Congress took action on this subject through the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (NDAA) by banning the procurement or use of specifically named video surveillance camera and systems vendors as well as specifically named component suppliers that are used in some video surveillance products that could or are deployed in US Government-related video surveillance system deployments.
This interim Federal Acquisition Regulation applies to section (a)(1)(A) of Section 889 of the NDAA – there is no rule yet for the ‘blacklist’ clause, which has been spun off and will be implemented one year from now. It is an ‘interim’ rule because it has not been published in the Federal Register yet.
Once in the Federal Register, “interested parties” may submit suggestions for changes within a 60-day period. (Such modifications are typically minor – major changes would need “a supplemental proposed rule”, the Federal Register’s website states.)
The rule states that “it is in the best interest of the Government to apply this rule to contracts for the
acquisition of COTS items” [commercial off-the-shelf items], citing an “unacceptable level of risk”:
Most video surveillance products bought by the US government are ‘COTS’ in that they are widely commercially available
Contractors must include an NDAA notice – which discloses banned equipment – for all “solicitations issued on or after August 13”.
Even if the government requested solicitations before the 13th, if the contract is awarded afterwards, the notice must be included:
Even with ongoing contracts, the NDAA notice must be included, barring further procurement of covered products:
In their NDAA notices, contractors must pledge not to supply covered equipment:
Note: while the line above says ‘telecommunication’, the FAR itself defines video surveillance as part of ‘covered telecommunications equipment’
If they are including covered equipment, contractors must report it to the contracting officer or, for DoD contracts, directly to the DoD website:
Contractors must also disclose key details about the covered equipment, including whether “the entity was the OEM or a distributor”:
Waivers
Waivers allowing contractors to supply covered equipment are obtainable “on a one-time basis” from “[federal] agency heads”.
However, these waivers can only be granted if there is a “compelling justification for the additional time [necessary] to implement” the NDAA ban and the contractor submits a “phase-out plan”:
The only other way to get a waiver is if the Director of National Intelligence “determines the waiver is in the national security interests of the United States”.
For more information concerning the rules of deployment click here

Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in this website are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, the owner of this website will receive an affiliate commission. Regardless, the owner of this website only recommend products or services that will add value to the readers. The owner of this website is disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.
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