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General
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Casey Foundation ("the Foundation")
and contains material which is derived in
whole or in part from The Foundation and
other sources. This web site and its contents
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trademark and other intellectual property
laws. You may not modify, copy, reproduce,
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in any way any material from this web site,
including code and software for any commercial
purposes. You may only download material
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agree to use our service in accordance with these
Terms. Because the web is an evolving medium,
we may need to change these Terms of Use from
time to time, in which case we will post the
revised Terms of Use on the web site. By continuing
to use the Foundation’s web site after
we post any such changes, you accept the Terms
of Use, as modified.
License to The Foundation
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personal information only for internal use
and to provide better services to its web
site visitors.
Disclaimer
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The inclusion of any link does not imply
The Foundation's endorsement of such linked
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Web Site Linking Requirements (see next section)
and all applicable laws.
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BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS WEB
SITE OR ANY OF ITS FUNCTIONS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED
OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED,
OR THAT THIS WEB SITE, INCLUDING BULLETIN BOARDS,
OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE IT AVAILABLE, ARE FREE
OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THE FOUNDATION
DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS
REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF
THE MATERIALS IN THIS WEB SITE OR IN THIRD-PARTY
WEB SITES IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY,
TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY OR OTHERWISE. YOU (AND
NOT THE FOUNDATION) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF
ALL NECESSARY MAINTENANCE, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
Web Site Linking Requirements
Unless we have a written agreement with you,
you may not present the link to our web site
in any way that suggests the Foundation has
any relationship or affiliation with your
web site, or endorses, sponsors or recommends
the information, products or services on
your web site. Link only to the home page
of the Foundation's web site, unless you
have the Foundation's prior, written permission
to link to another page. Also, you may not
without the Foundation's prior, written permission:
(a) incorporate any content from our web
site into your web site (e.g., by in-lining
or framing); (b) use any the Foundation name
or tagline or other information identifying
the Foundation web site in any "metatag" or
other information used by search engines
or other information location tools to identify
and select web sites. The Foundation will
not tolerate links from any obscene, scandalous,
profane, defamatory, unlawful web site, or
any web site that may adversely affect the
Foundation's name, reputation, and/or goodwill.
The Foundation reserves the right to cancel
permission to link at any time and for any
reason.
Interactive Areas
Services offered on Casey’s web sites may
include bulletin boards, forums and chat rooms
(“Interactive Areas”) which allow
feedback to Casey and real-time interaction between
users. Casey does not control the messages, information
or files delivered to its unmoderated Interactive
Areas. It is a condition of your use of the Interactive
Areas and this web site that you do not:
- Restrict or inhibit any other user from
using and enjoying the Interactive Areas.
- Pose or transmit any information you know
to be false or misleading.
- Post or transmit any information that, in
Casey’s opinion, is inappropriate for
children.
- Collect or store personal data about other
users of the Interactive Areas.
- Impersonate another person, whether a third
party or a Casey representative or moderator;
or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent
your affiliation with a person or entity.
- 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, state, national
or international law.
- Post or transmit any information, software
or other material that violates or infringes
upon the rights of others, including material
which is an invasion of privacy or publicity
rights or which is protected by copyright,
trademark or other proprietary right, or
derivative works with respect thereto, without
first obtaining permission from the owner
or right holder.
- Post or transmit any information, software
or other material that contains a virus or
other harmful component.
- Post, transmit or in any way exploit any
information, software or other material for
commercial purposes, or which contains chain
letters, junk mail, pyramid schemes or other
forms of advertising.
You understand that Casey has no obligation to
monitor the Interactive Areas. However, Casey
reserves the right at all times to disclose any
information as necessary to satisfy any law,
regulation or governmental request, or to refuse
to post or to remove any information or materials,
in whole or in part, that in Casey’s sole
discretion are objectionable or in violation
of these terms and conditions. Casey reserves
the right to terminate your access to the Interactive
Areas upon breach of these terms and conditions.
Limitation of Liability
Under no circumstances, including, but not limited
to, negligence, shall the Foundation, or
any parties affiliated with the Foundation,
be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental,
special or consequential damages that result
from the use of, or the inability to use,
the Foundation materials, products or services,
or third party materials, products or services
made available through the Foundation. You
specifically acknowledge and agree that the
Foundation is not liable for any defamatory,
offensive or illegal conduct of any user.
If you are dissatisfied with any the Foundation
materials, products or services or with these
Terms of Use, your sole and exclusive remedy
is to discontinue using the Foundation's
web site.
Termination
These Terms of Use are effective until terminated
by the Foundation, at any time without notice.
In the event of termination, you are no longer
authorized to access the bulletin boards
and the restrictions imposed on you with
respect to material downloaded from the bulletin
boards, the disclaimers and limitations of
liabilities set forth in this agreement,
shall survive.
Other
These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement
between you and the Foundation with respect
to the subject matter contained in this agreement
and supersedes all previous and contemporaneous
agreements, proposals and communications,
written and oral. These Terms of Use shall
be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Washington
without giving effect to any principles or
conflicts of law. If any provision of these
Terms of Use shall be unlawful, void or for
any reason unenforceable, then that provision
shall be deemed severable from this agreement
and shall not affect the validity and enforceability
of any remaining provisions.
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