Site Terms and Conditions of Use
1. User's Acknowledgment and Acceptance of Terms
The Sullivan County Federation for the Homeless ("Us" or "We") provides the
scfrederation.org site and various related services (collectively, the "site")
to you, the user, subject to your compliance with all the terms, conditions, and
notices contained or referenced herein (the "Terms of Use"), as well as any
other written agreement between us and you. In addition, when using particular
services or materials on this site, users shall be subject to any posted rules
applicable to such services or materials that may contain terms and conditions
in addition to those in these Terms of Use. All such guidelines or rules are
hereby incorporated by reference into these Terms of Use.
BY USING THIS SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO
NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THE THESE TERMS OF USE, PLEASE EXIT THE SITE NOW. YOUR
REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THIS SITE, OR ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, CONTENT,
OR OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THIS SITE, IS TO STOP USING THE
SITE AND/OR THOSE PARTICULAR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. YOUR AGREEMENT WITH US
REGARDING COMPLIANCE WITH THESE TERMS OF USE BECOMES EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON
COMMENCEMENT OF YOUR USE OF THIS SITE.
These Terms of Use are effective as of 4/18/12. We expressly reserve the
right to change these Terms of Use from time to time without notice to you. You
acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this site and
these Terms of Use from time to time and to familiarize yourself with any
modifications. Your continued use of this site after such modifications will
constitute acknowledgement of the modified Terms of Use and agreement to abide
and be bound by the modified Terms of Use.
As used in these Terms of Use, references to our "Affiliates" include our
owners, subsidiaries, affiliated companies, officers, directors, suppliers,
partners, sponsors, and advertisers, and includes (without limitation) all
parties involved in creating, producing, and/or delivering this site and/or its
contents.
2. Description of Services
We make various services available on this site including, but not limited
to, Provide place to promote Sullivan County Federation for the Homeless and
contact information to utilize and to donate to our organization., and other
like services. You are responsible for providing, at your own expense, all
equipment necessary to use the services, including a computer, modem, and
Internet access (including payment of all fees associated with such access).
We reserve the sole right to either modify or discontinue the site, including
any of the site’s features, at any time with or without notice to you. We will
not be liable to you or any third party should we exercise such right. Any new
features that augment or enhance the then-current services on this site shall
also be subject to these Terms of Use.
3. Registration Data and Privacy
In order to access some of the services on this site, you will be required to
use an account and password that can be obtained by completing our online
registration form, which requests certain information and data ("Registration
Data"), and maintaining and updating your Registration Data as required. By
registering, you agree that all information provided in the Registration Data is
true and accurate and that you will maintain and update this information as
required in order to keep it current, complete, and accurate.
You also grant us the right to disclose to third parties certain Registration
Data about you. The information we obtain through your use of this site,
including your Registration Data, is subject to our Privacy Policy, which
is specifically incorporated by reference into these Terms of Use.
4. Conduct on Site
Your use of the site is subject to all applicable laws and regulations, and
you are solely responsible for the substance of your communications through the
site. By posting information in or otherwise using any communications service,
chat room, message board, newsgroup, software library, or other interactive
service that may be available to you on or through this site, you agree that you
will not upload, share, post, or otherwise distribute or facilitate distribution
of any content -- including text, communications, software, images, sounds,
data, or other information -- that:
a. is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous,
deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of another’s privacy, tortious, contains
explicit or graphic descriptions or accounts of sexual acts (including but not
limited to sexual language of a violent or threatening nature directed at
another individual or group of individuals), or otherwise violates our rules or
policies;
b. victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of
individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race,
ethnicity, age, or disability;
c. infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of
publicity, or other proprietary right of any party;
d. constitutes unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, junk or bulk email
(also known as "spamming"), chain letters, any other form of unauthorized
solicitation, or any form of lottery or gambling;
e. contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs
that are designed or intended to disrupt, damage, or limit the functioning of
any software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment or to damage or obtain
unauthorized access to any data or other information of any third party; or
f. impersonates any person or entity, including any of our employees or
representatives.
We neither endorse nor assume any liability for the contents of any material
uploaded or submitted by third party users of the site. We generally do not
pre-screen, monitor, or edit the content posted by users of communications
services, chat rooms, message boards, newsgroups, software libraries, or other
interactive services that may be available on or through this site. However, we
and our agents have the right at their sole discretion to remove any content
that, in our judgment, does not comply with these Terms of Use and any other
rules of user conduct for our site, or is otherwise harmful, objectionable, or
inaccurate. We are not responsible for any failure or delay in removing such
content. You hereby consent to such removal and waive any claim against us
arising out of such removal of content. See "Use of Your Materials" below for a
description of the procedures to be followed in the event that any party
believes that content posted on this site infringes on any patent, trademark,
trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, or other proprietary right of any
party.
In addition, you may not use your account to breach security of another
account or attempt to gain unauthorized access to another network or server. Not
all areas of the site may be available to you or other authorized users of the
site. You shall not interfere with anyone else’s use and enjoyment of the site
or other similar services. Users who violate systems or network security may
incur criminal or civil liability.
You agree that we may at any time, and at our sole discretion, terminate your
membership, account, or other affiliation with our site without prior notice to
you for violating any of the above provisions. In addition, you acknowledge that
we will cooperate fully with investigations of violations of systems or network
security at other sites, including cooperating with law enforcement authorities
in investigating suspected criminal violations.
5. Third Party Sites and Information
This site may link you to other sites on the Internet or otherwise include
references to information, documents, software, materials and/or services
provided by other parties. These sites may contain information or material that
some people may find inappropriate or offensive. These other sites and parties
are not under our control, and you acknowledge that we are not responsible for
the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, decency, or any other aspect of
the content of such sites, nor are we responsible for errors or omissions in any
references to other parties or their products and services. The inclusion of
such a link or reference is provided merely as a convenience and does not imply
endorsement of, or association with, the site or party by us, or any warranty of
any kind, either express or implied.
6. Intellectual Property Information
Copyright (c) 4/18/12 The Sullivan County Federation for the Homeless All
Rights Reserved.
For purposes of these Terms of Use, "content" is defined as any information,
data, communications, software, photos, video, graphics, music, sounds, and
other material and services that can be viewed by users on our site. This
includes message boards, chat, and other original content.
By accepting these Terms of Use, you acknowledge and agree that all content
presented to you on this site is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service
marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws, and is the sole property of
The Sullivan County Federation for the Homeless and/or its Affiliates. You are
only permitted to use the content as expressly authorized by us or the specific
content provider. Except for a single copy made for personal use only, you may
not copy, reproduce, modify, republish, upload, post, transmit, or distribute
any documents or information from this site in any form or by any means without
prior written permission from us or the specific content provider, and you are
solely responsible for obtaining permission before reusing any copyrighted
material that is available on this site. Any unauthorized use of the materials
appearing on this site may violate copyright, trademark and other applicable
laws and could result in criminal or civil penalties.
Neither we or our Affiliates warrant or represent that your use of materials
displayed on, or obtained through, this site will not infringe the rights of
third parties. See "User’s Materials" below for a description of the procedures
to be followed in the event that any party believes that content posted on this
site infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of
publicity, or other proprietary right of any party.
All custom graphics, icons, logos and service names are registered
trademarks, trademarks or service marks of The Sullivan County Federation for
the Homeless or its Affiliates. All other trademarks or service marks are
property of their respective owners. Nothing in these Terms of Use grants you
any right to use any trademark, service mark, logo, and/or the name of The
Sullivan County Federation for the Homeless or its Affiliates.
7. Unauthorized Use of Materials
Subject to our Privacy Policy, any communication or material that you
transmit to this site or to us, whether by electronic mail, post, or other
means, for any reason, will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary.
While you retain all rights in such communications or material, you grant us and
our agents and affiliates a non-exclusive, paid-up, perpetual, and worldwide
right to copy, distribute, display, perform, publish, translate, adapt, modify,
and otherwise use such material for any purpose regardless of the form or medium
(now known or not currently known) in which it is used.
Please do not submit confidential or proprietary information to us unless we
have mutually agreed in writing otherwise. We are also unable to accept your
unsolicited ideas or proposals, so please do not submit them to us in any
circumstance.
We respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask you to do the
same. If you or any user of this site believes its copyright, trademark or other
property rights have been infringed by a posting on this site, you or the user
should send notification to our Designated Agent (as identified below)
immediately. To be effective, the notification must include:
1. Identify in sufficient detail the copyrighted work that you believe has
been infringed upon or other information sufficient to specify the copyrighted
work being infringed).
2. Identify the material that you claim is infringing the copyrighted work
listed in item #1 above.
3. Provide information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you
(email address is preferred).
4. Provide information, if possible, sufficient to permit us to notify the
owner/administrator of the allegedly infringing webpage or other content (email
address is preferred).
5. Include the following statement: "I have a good faith belief that use of
the copyrighted materials described above as allegedly infringing is not
authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law."
6. Include the following statement: "I swear, under penalty of perjury, that
the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright
owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that
is allegedly infringed."
7. Sign the paper.
8. Send the written communication to the following address:
Designated Agent for Claimed Infringement:
Contact: Stacey Bresky
Address: Box 336 Monticello, NY 12701
Phone:
845-794-2604
You acknowledge and agree that upon receipt of a notice of a claim of
copyright infringement, we may immediately remove the identified materials from
our site without liability to you or any other party and that the claims of the
complaining party and the party that originally posted the materials will be
referred to the United States Copyright Office for adjudication as provided in
the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
8. Disclaimer of Warranties
ALL MATERIALS AND SERVICES ON THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS
AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR THE WARRANTY OF NON-INFRINGEMENT. WITHOUT
LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT (A) THE SERVICES AND MATERIALS
WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (B) THE SERVICES AND MATERIALS WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (C) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE
OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR MATERIALS WILL BE EFFECTIVE, ACCURATE
OR RELIABLE, OR (D) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, OR INFORMATION
PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU FROM THE SITE FROM US OR OUR AFFILIATES WILL MEET
YOUR EXPECTATIONS OR BE FREE FROM MISTAKES, ERRORS OR DEFECTS.
THIS SITE COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL OR OTHER MISTAKES, INACCURACIES OR
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. WE MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THE MATERIALS AND SERVICES AT THIS
SITE, INCLUDING THE PRICES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF ANY PRODUCTS LISTED HEREIN, AT
ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. THE MATERIALS OR SERVICES AT THIS SITE MAY BE OUT OF
DATE, AND WE MAKE NO COMMITMENT TO UPDATE SUCH MATERIALS OR SERVICES.
THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR THE DOWNLOADING OR OTHER ACQUISITION OF ANY
MATERIALS THROUGH THIS SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND WITH
YOUR AGREEMENT THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR
COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM SUCH ACTIVITIES.
Through your use of the site, you may have the opportunities to engage in
commercial transactions with other users and vendors. You acknowledge that all
transactions relating to any merchandise or services offered by any party,
including, but not limited to the purchase terms, payment terms, warranties,
guarantees, maintenance and delivery terms relating to such transactions, are
agreed to solely between the seller or purchaser of such merchandize and
services and you. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY REGARDING ANY TRANSACTIONS EXECUTED
THROUGH, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SITE, AND YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT SUCH
TRANSACTIONS ARE CONDUCTED ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. ANY WARRANTY THAT IS
PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, MATERIALS, OR INFORMATION
AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THIS SITE FROM A THIRD PARTY IS PROVIDED SOLELY BY SUCH
THIRD PARTY, AND NOT BY US OR ANY OTHER OF OUR AFFILIATES.
Content available through this site often represents the opinions and
judgments of an information provider, site user, or other person or entity not
connected with us. We do not endorse, nor are we responsible for the accuracy or
reliability of, any opinion, advice, or statement made by anyone other than an
authorized The Sullivan County Federation for the Homeless spokesperson speaking
in his/her official capacity. Please refer to the specific editorial policies
posted on various sections of this site for further information, which policies
are incorporated by reference into these Terms of Use.
You understand and agree that temporary interruptions of the services
available through this site may occur as normal events. You further understand
and agree that we have no control over third party networks you may access in
the course of the use of this site, and therefore, delays and disruption of
other network transmissions are completely beyond our control.
You understand and agree that the services available on this site are
provided "AS IS" and that we assume no responsibility for the timeliness,
deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user communications or
personalization settings.
SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN
WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
9. Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL WE OR OUR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY
FOR ANY SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY
KIND, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RESULTING
FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR
IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THIS SITE OR OF ANY WEB SITE REFERENCED OR LINKED
TO FROM THIS SITE.
FURTHER, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR THIRD PARTY GOODS AND SERVICES
OFFERED THROUGH THIS SITE OR FOR ASSISTANCE IN CONDUCTING COMMERCIAL
TRANSACTIONS THROUGH THIS SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE PROCESSING OF
ORDERS.
SOME JURISDICTIONS PROHIBIT THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR
CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO
YOU.
10. Indemnification
Upon a request by us, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us and our
Affiliates harmless from all liabilities, claims, and expenses, including
attorney’s fees, that arise from your use or misuse of this site. We reserve the
right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any
matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will
cooperate with us in asserting any available defenses.
11. Security and Password
You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your
password and account and for any and all statements made and acts or omissions
that occur through the use of your password and account. Therefore, you must
take steps to ensure that others do not gain access to your password and
account. Our personnel will never ask you for your password. You may not
transfer or share your account with anyone, and we reserve the right to
immediately terminate your account if you do transfer or share your
account.
12. Participation in Promotions
From time to time, this site may include advertisements offered by third
parties. You may enter into correspondence with or participate in promotions of
the advertisers showing their products on this site. Any such correspondence or
promotions, including the delivery of and the payment for goods and services,
and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with
such correspondence or promotions, are solely between you and the advertiser. We
assume no liability, obligation or responsibility for any part of any such
correspondence or promotion.
13. E-mail, Messaging, Blogging, and Chat Services
We may make email, messaging, blogging, or chat services (collectively,
"Communications") available to users of our site, either directly or through a
third-party provider. We make available separate supplemental agreements
characterizing the relationship between you and us that, except where expressly
noted or contradictory, includes these Terms.
We will not inspect or disclose the contents of private Communications except
with the consent of the sender or the recipient, or in the narrowly-defined
situations provided under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, or as other
required by law or by court or governmental order. Further information is
available in our Privacy Policy.
We may employ automated monitoring devices or techniques to protect our users
from mass unsolicited communications (also known as "spam") and/or other types
of electronic communications that we deem inconsistent with our business
purposes. However, such devices or techniques are not perfect, and we will not
be responsible for any legitimate communication that is blocked, or for any
unsolicited communication that is not blocked.
Mailboxes may have a limited storage capacity. If you exceed the maximum
permitted storage space, we may employ automated devices that delete or block
email messages that exceed the limit. We will not be responsible for such
deleted or blocked messages.
14. International Use
Although this site may be accessible worldwide, we make no representation
that materials on this site are appropriate or available for use in locations
outside the United States, and accessing them from territories where their
contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this site from
other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance
with local laws. Any offer for any product, service, and/or information made in
connection with this site is void where prohibited.
15. Termination of Use
You agree that we may, in our sole discretion, terminate or suspend your
access to all or part of the site with or without notice and for any reason,
including, without limitation, breach of these Terms of Use. Any suspected
fraudulent, abusive or illegal activity may be grounds for terminating your
relationship and may be referred to appropriate law enforcement authorities.
Upon termination or suspension, regardless of the reasons therefore, your
right to use the services available on this site immediately ceases, and you
acknowledge and agree that we may immediately deactivate or delete your account
and all related information and files in your account and/or bar any further
access to such files or this site. We shall not be liable to you or any third
party for any claims or damages arising out of any termination or suspension or
any other actions taken by us in connection with such termination or
suspension.
16. Governing Law
This site (excluding any linked sites) is controlled by us from our offices
within the New York, United States of America. It can be accessed from all 50
states, as well as from other countries around the world. As each of these
places has laws that may differ from those of New York, by accessing this site
both of us agree that the statutes and laws of the State of New York, without
regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof and the United Nations
Convention on the International Sales of Goods, will apply to all matters
relating to the use of this site and the purchase of products and services
available through this site. Each of us agrees and hereby submits to the
exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue any court of competent jurisdiction
within the State of New York with respect to such matters.
17. Notices
All notices to a party shall be in writing and shall be made either via email
or conventional mail. Notices to us must be sent to the attention of Customer
Service at [email protected], if by email, or at The Sullivan County Federation
for the Homeless Box 336 Monticello, NY 12701 if by conventional mail. Notices
to you may be sent to the address supplied by you as part of your Registration
Data. In addition, we may broadcast notices or messages through the site to
inform you of changes to the site or other matters of importance, and such
broadcasts shall constitute notice to you at the time of sending.
18. Entire Agreement
These terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement and understanding
between us concerning the subject matter of this agreement and supersedes all
prior agreements and understandings of the parties with respect to that subject
matter. These Terms of Use may not be altered, supplemented, or amended by the
use of any other document(s). Any attempt to alter, supplement or amend this
document or to enter an order for products or services which are subject to
additional or altered terms and conditions shall be null and void, unless
otherwise agreed to in a written agreement signed by you and us. To the extent
that anything in or associated with this site is in conflict or inconsistent
with these Terms of Use, these Terms of Use shall take precedence.
19. Miscellaneous
In any action to enforce these Terms of Use, the prevailing party will be
entitled to costs and attorneys’ fees. Any cause of action brought by you
against us or our Affiliates must be instituted with one year after the cause of
action arises or be deemed forever waived and barred.
You may not assign your rights and obligations under these Terms of Use to
any party, and any purported attempt to do so will be null and void. We may free
assign our rights and obligations under these Terms of Use.
You agree not to sell, resell, reproduce, duplicate, copy or use for any
commercial purposes any portion of this site, or use of or access to this
site.
In addition to any excuse provided by applicable law, we shall be excused
from liability for non-delivery or delay in delivery of products and services
available through our site arising from any event beyond our reasonable control,
whether or not foreseeable by either party, including but not limited to, labor
disturbance, war, fire, accident, adverse weather, inability to secure
transportation, governmental act or regulation, and other causes or events
beyond our reasonable control, whether or not similar to those which are
enumerated above.
If any part of these Terms of Use is held invalid or unenforceable, that
portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to
reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the
remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.
Any failure by us to enforce or exercise any provision of these Terms of Use
or related rights shall not constitute a waiver of that right or provision.
20. Contact Information
Except as explicitly noted on this site, the services available through this
site are offered by The Sullivan County Federation for the Homeless located at
Box 336 Monticello, NY 12701. Our telephone number is (845)794-2604. If you
notice that any user is violating these Terms of Use, please contact us at
[email protected].