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    Terms of Use

    Sotera Health LLC and its affiliates and subsidiaries, as applicable, (collectively, “Sotera Health”, “we” or “our”) requires that all visitors to our site(s) (“you” or “your”) on the World Wide Web (“Site”) understand and agree to be bound by and adhere to these Terms of Use.

    Agreement to Terms of Use

    By accessing or using our Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understand and agree to be bound by and adhere to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to OUR Terms of Use, do not use our Site.

    Modification of These Terms of Use

    From time to time, we may modify these Terms of Use. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes indicates your acceptance of the changes.

    Other Terms and Conditions

    Additional terms and conditions may apply to purchases of goods or services and to specific portions or features of the Site, including contests and promotions (“Additional Terms”), all of which by this reference are incorporated into these Terms of Use. You agree to and accept such Additional Terms, including, where applicable, you represent that you are of sufficient legal age to use or participate in such service or feature. If there is a conflict between these Terms of Use and the Additional Terms for or applicable to any specific portion of the Site, or for any service offered or received on or through the Site, the Additional Terms shall control with respect to your use of that portion of the Site or the specific service offered or received. Our obligations, if any, with regard to our products and services are governed solely by the agreements pursuant to which they are provided, and nothing on this Site should be construed to alter such agreements.

    Content and Use of the Site

    Except as otherwise indicated, all trademarks, logos, slogans, and product and service names, whether or not appearing in large print, italics, or with a trademark symbol (“Trademarks”), and all text, graphics, designs, photos and artwork (“Content”), including the design, selection, expression, arrangement, and “look and feel” of Site Content, is owned, controlled, or licensed by or to Sotera Health, and is or may be protected by trade dress, copyright, patent and trademark laws, and various other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws. You may not use any Trademarks or Content without Sotera Health’s prior express written consent.

    The Site is for educational use only. You may not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or otherwise prohibited by these Terms of Use. You may not use the Site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site (or the network(s) connected to the Site) or interfere with any other party’s use or enjoyment of the Site. You may not reverse look-up, trace or attempt to trace information on any other Site user or visitor, or any other customer of Sotera Health. You may not exploit the Site or any service or information made available by or through the Site in any way where the purpose is to reveal information, other than your own information, as provided for by the Site. You may not use meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing Sotera Health or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates’ names, Trademarks or Content without Sotera Health’s prior express written consent. You may not use the Site to directly or indirectly develop, promote, distribute, sell or support any product or service that we determine is competitive with our products and services.

    Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, no part of the Site or its Content may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted or distributed in any way (including “mirroring”) to any other computer, server, Web site or other medium for publication or distribution or for any commercial enterprise, without Sotera Health’s express prior written consent.

    You may use information about our products and services purposely made available by us for downloading from our Sites (such as data sheets, knowledge base articles, and similar materials), provided that (1) you do not remove any proprietary notice language in any copies of such information, (2) you use such information for private (non-public) informational purposes only and do not copy or post such information on any networked computer or broadcast it in any media, (3) you make no modifications to such information, and (4) you do not make any additional representations or warranties relating to such information.

    Information About You and Your Visits to our Site

    You understand and agree that by providing any personal or proprietary information to us through our Site, you acknowledge that you understand that such personal or proprietary information may be transmitted over international borders as necessary for processing in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which by this reference is made part of these Terms of Use.

    Sotera Health and certain of our third party service providers may collect information from and about the users of our Site through the use of cookies. Our Cookie Policy, which by this reference is made part of these Terms of Use, provides additional information regarding our use of cookies.

    Links to Third Party Sites

    Our Site may contain links to third party Web sites (“Linked Sites”). Sotera Health does not control Linked Sites, and we do not assume responsibility for any information or content on such Linked Sites. The fact that we have provided a link to a Linked Site is not an endorsement, authorization, sponsorship or affiliation with respect to such Linked Site, its owners or providers.

    Note that Linked Sites may contain rules and regulations, privacy provisions, confidentiality provisions, transmission of personal data provisions, and other terms and conditions that differ from these Terms of Use. Sotera Health is not responsible for such provisions, and expressly disclaims any and all liability related thereto.

    Violation of Terms of Use

    You agree that Sotera Health may in its sole discretion and without prior notice, terminate or limit your access to any or all of the Site, including any related account services, if we determine that you have violated these Terms of Use or Additional Terms.

    No Warranties

    Although we take reasonable steps to provide secure, accurate and complete information on our Site, we do not promise that any of our Sites, Content, PRODUCTS, services, or features will be error-free or uninterrupted, free from loss, corruption, attack, interference, hacking, or other security intrusion, that any defects will be corrected, or that your use of the Site will provide any specific results.

    YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND ITS CONTENT IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SITE, CONTENT, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND FEATURES ON OUR SITES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, IMPLIED, EXPRESSED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUS, IS GIVEN WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE OR SITE CONTENT, OR ANY LINKED SITES.

    FEDERAL LAW, SOME STATES, PROVINCES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS AGREEMENT GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS THAT VARY BY JURISDICTION. WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND EXCLUSIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT DO NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

    Limitation of Liability

    SOTERA HEALTH, ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS (THE “SOTERA HEALTH PARTIES”) SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR ANY SITE CONTENT, INCLUDING DAMAGES CAUSED BY YOUR RELIANCE ON THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS OF SITE CONTENT, OR YOUR PROVISION OF USER INFORMATION OR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SITE, EXCEPT THAT THE FOREGOING SHALL NOT PRECLUDE RECOVERY OF DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURY, LOSS OR DAMAGE TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OR DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA CAUSED BY THE SOTERA HEALTH PARTIES’ NEGLIGENCE, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, RECKLESSNESS, FRAUD OR OTHER WILLFUL, UNCONSCIONABLE OR INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT THE CLEARLY ESTABLISHED LEGAL RIGHT OF A CONSUMER TO RECOVER ATTORNEYS’ FEES OR OTHER REMEDIES AFFORDED BY APPLICABLE STATUTE OR LAW.

    SOME STATES, PROVINCES OR OTHER JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS AGREEMENT GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS THAT VARY BY JURISDICTION. THE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT DO NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

    Indemnification

    You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Sotera Health Parties from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of Site Content, your violation of the rights of a third party, and any negligent acts, omissions or intentional wrongdoing by you.

    Governing Law and Jurisdiction

    All matters relating to these Terms of Use, the Site, or its Content and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Ohio without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of, or related to, the Site or these Terms of Use must be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or courts of the State of Ohio, in each case located in the City of Cleveland and County of Cuyahoga. To the extent permitted by applicable law, you waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts. The choice of governing law and jurisdiction do not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.

    We administer and operate many of our Sites from our offices within the United States, but other Sotera Health sites are administered and operated from various locations outside the United States. Although many of our Sites are accessible worldwide, not all of the products, services or features discussed, referenced, offered or received on or through our Sites are available to everyone, or appropriate or available for use in all geographic locations. Sotera Health reserves the right to limit, in its sole discretion, the provision and quantity of products, services, or any feature, to any person or geographic area. Any offer for any product, service or feature made on our Sites is void where prohibited. If you choose to access a Site from outside the country of its administration and operation, you do so on your own initiative and you are solely responsible for complying with applicable local laws.

    Miscellaneous

    If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent necessary, or replaced with a valid provision that best embodies the intent of these Terms of Use, such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect to the maximum extent permitted by law. In the event of the elimination of a provision of these Terms of Use, that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms of Use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

    These Terms of Use, together with any online notices and all additional terms referred to herein (including the Privacy Policy and the Cookie Policy), constitute the entire agreement between us and you with regard to your use of the Site or its Content. Any and all other written or oral agreements or understandings previously existing between you and Sotera Health with respect to your use of the Site or its Content are hereby superseded and cancelled. Other than as provided in a purchase agreement entered into between you and Sotera Health, Sotera Health will not accept any counter-offers to these Terms of Use, and all such offers are hereby rejected. Our failure to insist on or enforce strict performance of these Terms of Use shall not be construed as a waiver by Sotera Health of any provision or any right it has to enforce these Terms of Use, nor shall any course of conduct between Sotera Health and you or any other party be deemed to modify any provision of these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use shall not be interpreted or construed to confer any rights or remedies on any third parties. To the extent permitted by applicable law, any claim under these Terms of Use must be brought within one (1) year after the cause of action arises, or such claim or cause of action is barred. Claims made under separate terms and conditions of purchase for goods or services are not subject to this limitation.