The Northspan Group, Inc. manages this online portal to provide accurate and timely data for community development, economic development and research purposes.
These data have been compiled from multiple government and commercial sources. Although we consider these data to be reliable, we cannot guarantee their accuracy or timeliness. Any use of these data is at your own risk.
External Links Policy
Linking to www.NorthlandConnection.com
Organizations and individuals (site owner) are encouraged to link to www.NorthlandConnection.com (NC.com) for information. Advance permission is not required from The Northspan Group, Inc. (Northspan).
Links should be made using the appropriate base URL of www.northlandconnection.com or such other URL as the site owner may use for obtaining data from NC.com. Because Northspan staff may change subpages at any time without notice, the site owner should routinely verify links to organization subpages.
What Site Owners May Not Do in Linking to www.NorthlandConnection.com
Site owners may not capture NC.com pages within the site owner's frames, present NC.com Web site content as that of the site owner, otherwise misrepresent the content of the NC.com pages or misinform users about the origin or ownership of the content of the NC.com Web site.
Any link to NC.com should be a full forward link that passes the client browser to the NC.com site unencumbered. The BACK button should return the visitor to the site owner's site if the visitor wishes to back out.
Although the content of NC.com is available to the public, certain information or images may be trademarked, service marked, or otherwise protected as NC.com's intellectual property, and all NC.com content is protected by federal copyright laws.
Use of protected intellectual property must be in accordance with federal and state law and must reflect the copyright, trademark, service mark or other intellectual property ownership of NC.com. Site owners should not link to individual NC.com graphics or tables within NC.com pages, especially in an effort to place the downloading burden on the NC.com server.
Site owners should contact Northspan to request permission to use a copy of NC.com's graphics within the site owner's pages.
Links from any NC.com Website.
Links from NC.com are provided for convenience and information only, and NC.com assumes no responsibility for their content.
Northspan reserves the right to link to external Web sites that NC.com believes provide a service to its browsers.
Northspan makes all efforts to ensure these links will open in new browser windows.
All requests for links from NC.com must be submitted to Northspan. Each request will be reviewed under the provisions listed in the Web site Links Policy.
Northspan reserves the right to refuse any link request from NC.com without condition.
Northspan reserves the right to remove posted links on NC.com without condition. Specific conditions include, but are not limited to, if the Web site or Web site’s sponsors:
ü Are engaged in any unlawful activity
ü Are engaged in any activity incongruous with NC.com's mission
ü Are engaged in the sale, promotion, or display of pornographic material
ü Exhibits or promotes hate, bias, discrimination, libelous, or defamatory content
ü Offer invasive or intrusive advertising, such as, but not limited to, continuous pop-up windows with advertising, even if it is for products or services provided by the Web site to which the link pointed
NC.com will also not link to any Web site or sponsor where such link will violate Northspan's status as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit corporation.
NC.com will not link to any Web site furthering the political agenda or candidacy of any candidate running in any organization or agency.
Links may also be removed for the following reasons:
ü The link no longer points to the original information or resource to which it was intended to point;
ü The Web site pointed to by the link contains inaccurate or misleading information or has changed such that it is no longer in compliance with the acceptance criteria;
ü The Web site pointed to by the link violates the conditions for link maintenance;
ü Access to the information has become difficult due to non-standard formatting, lengthy download times or intrusive advertising; or
ü The link is permanently unreachable or remains unavailable for a lengthy period.
Northspan reserves the ultimate right to refuse or permit any Web site link, irrespective of the above policy.
Contact Information:
For questions and concerns regarding the linking policy, e-mail Chris Maddy at cmaddy@northspan.org.
To request a link be placed from NC.com to an external Web site, please fill out a Web site Link Request form and send the completed form to Northspan by any one of the following methods:
Email to cmaddy@northspan.org
Print and mail to:
Chris Maddy
Director, Northland Connection
The Northspan Group, Inc.
221 West First Street
Duluth, MN 55811-1909 |
