Illinois Tool Works Inc. ("ITW") makes certain human resource ("HR") related information (such as health and benefits information, and links to third party websites) on this site ("ITWemployee" or "Site") for your benefit and for the benefit or your dependents and other approved beneficiaries.

In order to access ITWemployee, you will be provided with a logon ID and password. It is your responsibility to protect your password. You must notify ITW of any known or suspected unauthorized use of your logon ID or password, or any known or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of your password information. You agree that you are fully responsible for the use and disclosure of your logon ID or password.

ITW authorizes you to view and use ITWemployee (i) solely for your personal informational and noncommercial use, and (ii) only for the purposes, and period, that you are employed by ITW or an ITW business unit. You agree that you shall (i) not take any action to access information which you believe, or have reason to believe, you are not authorized to access, (ii) not take any steps to defeat any security measures, and (iii) not take any action that may cause harm to ITWemployee, ITW, or an ITW business unit.

For your benefit and convenience, certain hyperlinks may be provided on ITWemployee which link to the websites of third parties that are not under the control of ITW. ITW is not responsible for, and disclaims all liability and makes no representations or warranties for, any products or services offered by such third parties, including through such websites, nor is ITW responsible for the availability, accuracy, content or any other aspect of such websites. ITW is not responsible for the privacy statements or practices of websites or services controlled by other companies or organizations. Your use of other websites, and the offer or purchase of products or services from such third parties, or on or through such other websites, is subject to the terms and conditions and privacy policies thereof. You agree that you will bring no suit or claim against ITW arising from or based on your use of, or the offer or purchase of products or services on or through, such other websites.

You acknowledge that ITW or third parties granting rights to ITW hold title to all materials on this site, which are the copyrighted works of ITW or the third parties, with all rights reserved. Such materials include but are not limited to design, text, graphics, files, photographs, video and audio clips, and the selection and arrangement thereof. You agree that you will not modify, distribute, perform, or publish in any media on ITWemployee for any public or commercial use without the prior written permission of ITW.

The terms "ITW" and "ITWemployee", and the products and services described on ITWemployee are either trademarks, trade names, or service marks of ITW or its licensors, or are the property of their respective owners. These marks may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without the express prior written permission of ITW or their respective owners, and then with the proper acknowledgments.

You agree that all ITW policies, procedures and other ITW information posted on ITWemployee are "Confidential Information." Confidential Information excludes information in the public domain, generally known in either party's industry, or independently developed or lawfully acquired without breach of any legal or contractual obligation. You agree to take reasonable measures to keep Confidential Information in confidence. Except as authorized by ITW or as required by law, you agree that you will not disclose any Confidential Information to any person other than authorized users of the Site or your dependents or approved beneficiaries. You agree that you will ensure that dependents or beneficiaries of the benefits discussed on the Site will refrain from disclosing Confidential Information to unauthorized persons or entities. Upon expiration or termination of employment, you agree to return all such Confidential Information, retain no copies, and erase all magnetic media containing such information (other than reasonable archival data). Your obligations to protect Confidential Information shall survive expiration or termination of this Agreement. You may otherwise disclose Confidential Information only if compelled by subpoena or other legal process, provided that, immediately after receiving any such subpoena, order or similar request for disclosure, you agree to advise ITW, and cooperate with ITW's efforts to obtain a protective order (at ITW's expense), or other reasonable and lawful measures to protect ITW’s Confidential Information.

You agree that any feedback or submissions you make to ITW in connection with, or relating to, ITWemployee, including but not limited to questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, discoveries, plans, notes, drawings, original or creative materials, or any other information or intellectual property ("Submissions") provided by you shall become the sole property of ITW to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. You hereby assign and agree to assign to ITW all right, title and interest in any and all such Submissions. ITW shall own exclusive rights, including any and all intellectual property rights, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use of Submissions for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or additional compensation to you. In the event applicable law operates to prevents such assignment, or otherwise prevents ITW from becoming the sole owner of any such Submissions, you agree to grant to ITW, and this provision shall be effective as granting to ITW, (with unfettered rights of assignment) a perpetual, worldwide, paid-in-full, nonexclusive right (including any moral rights) and license to make, use, sell, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, communicate to the public, perform and display the Submissions (in whole or in part) worldwide and or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, for the full term of any rights that may exist in any such Submissions. By making Submissions, you represent that (i) you have full power and authority to make the assignment and license set forth above, (ii) the Submissions do not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party, and (iii) ITW shall be free and have the right to use, assign, modify, edit, alter, adapt, distribute, dispose, promote, display, and transmit the Submissions, or reproduce them, in whole or in part, without compensation, notification, or additional consent from you or from any third party.

ITWemployee IS PROVIDED "AS IS" "WITH ALL FAULTS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, ITW DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WORKMANLIKE EFFORT, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. ITW DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE AVAILABILITY OF OR THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE SITE, SITE CONTENT, LINKED THIRD PARTY SITES, SOFTWARE, OR SERVER WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE, SITE CONTENT, LINKED THIRD PARTY SITES, THE SERVER THAT MAKES THEM AVAILABLE, OR THE SOFTWARE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT THE SITE, SITE CONTENT, LINKED THIRD PARTY SITES, SOFTWARE OR SERVER DO NOT VIOLATE ANY PATENT OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF ANY PERSON. ITW DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE SITE, THE SITE CONTENT, LINKED THIRD PARTY SITES, THE SERVICES OR THE SOFTWARE, IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, SHALL ITW BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE, SITE CONTENT, LINKED THIRD PARTY SITES, OR THE SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ITW HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. WHILE ITW TAKES PRECAUTIONS AGAINST SECURITY BREACHES, NO WEB SITE OR INTERNET TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETELY SECURE, AND AS SUCH, ITW SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT MAY RESULT FROM UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, HACKING, DATA LOSS, OR OTHER BREACHES THAT MAY OCCUR. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL ITW'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO ITW, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THIS SITE.

ITW may, in its sole discretion, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of ITWemployee at any time, including the availability of any feature, database, or content without notice or liability. ITW may also, in its sole discretion, impose limits on certain features and services without notice or liability.

You understand and agree that ITW may, in its sole discretion and at any time, restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to ITWemployee, and discard and remove any and all submissions posted by you for any reason in its sole discretion. You understand and agree that ITW may take any one or more of these actions without any notice to you, prior or otherwise. You understand and agree that ITW shall not have any liability to you or any other person for any restriction, suspension, or termination of your access to ITWemployee.

ITWemployee is operated by ITW from its offices in the State of Illinois in the United States of America. Use of ITWemployee constitutes your consent and submission to service of process under applicable Illinois laws and to personal jurisdiction in a court of competent jurisdiction in Illinois for the purposes of any legal action or claim pertaining to these Terms of Use, or arising from the use of ITWemployee. These Terms of Use shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois without regard to its choice of law principles.

ITW reserves the right to update or modify the ITWemployee Terms of Use at any time and without prior notice by posting the revised version of the Terms of Use on ITWemployee. If we make material modifications to the Terms of Use, we will post the revised Terms of Use on this site with a link on the home page for 30 days prior to the implementation of the changes in the revised Terms and Conditions. Your continued use of the site will constitute your consent to any such changes in the Terms of Use except where otherwise required by applicable law. Should you wish your personally identifiable information removed from ITWemployee, and to discontinue use, please send an email to: hrisupport@itw.com.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about the use of ITWemployee, the Terms of Use, please contact us at:

Illinois Tool Works Inc.
HRIS Department
3600 West Lake Avenue
Glenview, IL 60026

Phone Number 866.469.2468 option 4.

This Terms of Use Policy was last revised on June 1, 2010.