Welcome to a website brought to you by the Stand Together Foundation. The following Terms (the “Terms”) govern the use of the website (the “Stand Together Foundation Site”). By using the Stand Together Foundation Site, you agree to Stand Together Foundation’s Privacy Statement (to view our Privacy Statement click here) and the Terms. If you do not agree to any part of the Privacy Statement or to these Terms, please do not use the Stand Together Foundation Site.
The Stand Together Foundation Site is intended for use exclusively by persons 18 or older. By accessing or in any way using the Stand Together Foundation Site, you affirm that you are 18 years of age or older and that you are fully able and competent to enter into these Terms. You represent that you are not a person barred from receiving services under the laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction. And you agree to abide by and comply with these Terms.
Unless otherwise attributed, all materials provided by Stand Together Foundation contained in the Stand Together Foundation Site (“Stand Together Foundation Content”) are the copyrighted or trademarked property of Stand Together Foundation. Stand Together Foundation Content may be accessed, downloaded, printed, or transmitted only for personal, non-commercial use. You may not download, republish, retransmit, reproduce, or otherwise use any images on the Stand Together Foundation Site as a stand-alone file. Stand Together Foundation Content may not be used or redistributed for commercial purposes. You may not download, copy, reproduce, distribute, modify, display, republish, transmit, repost, upload, or otherwise use Stand Together Foundation Content in any way or for any other purpose without the prior express written permission of Stand Together Foundation. To request such permission you may contact us. Furthermore, under no circumstances may you add, delete, distort, or otherwise misrepresent any Stand Together Foundation Content.
The trademarks used in the Stand Together Foundation Site are owned by Stand Together Foundation or their respective trademark owners. The names of actual companies and products mentioned may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Nothing on the Stand Together Foundation Site should be construed to grant implicitly, by estoppel, or otherwise in right or license to use and of Stand Together Foundation’s trade names, trademarks, or services marks with the express prior consent of Stand Together Foundation. You may not use any of the previously mentioned or other trademarks displayed anywhere on the Stand Together Foundation Site or in any Stand Together Foundation Content. All rights are reserved.
Any and all attempts to distort, misrepresent, or modify any Stand Together Foundation Content or to defeat or circumvent the Stand Together Foundation Site’s technical security measures are prohibited without Stand Together Foundation’s prior express written permission.
While using the Stand Together Foundation Site you agree to comply with all applicable laws. You also agree to respect other users of the Stand Together Foundation Site.
Furthermore, you will not to use the Stand Together Foundation Site to:
Stand Together Foundation reserves the right to remove any and all content, including but not limited to: Stand Together Foundation Content, user-submitted content, and/or any other content related to the Stand Together Foundation Site at any time without prior notice. Further, Stand Together Foundation reserves the right to deny access to any user at any time without any prior notice for violation of these Terms. Content you submit, including but not limited to remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, or comments, that violates these Terms, in the sole discretion of the Stand Together Foundation, may be removed.
You agree that your use of the Stand Together Foundation Site shall be at your sole risk. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Stand Together Foundation, its affiliates, members, officers, directors, employees, and agents, disclaim all warranties, express or implied, in connection with the website and your use thereof. Stand Together Foundation makes no warranties or representations about the accuracy or completeness of content of the Stand Together Foundation Site or the content of any sites linked to by the Stand Together Foundation Site and assumes no liability or responsibility for any:
Stand Together Foundation does not warrant, endorse, guarantee, or assume responsibility for any product or service advertised or offered by a third party through the website, through any hyperlinked website, or featured in any banner or other advertising, and Stand Together Foundation will not be a party to or in any way be responsible for monitoring any transaction between you and third-party providers of products or services. As with the purchase of a product or service through any medium or in any environment, you should always use your best judgment and exercise caution where appropriate.
Neither Stand Together Foundation nor any of its affiliates, directors, members, officers, employees, or consultants are responsible or liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages whatsoever arising under any contract, negligence, strict liability, or other theory arising from or in any way relating to Stand Together Foundation, the Stand Together Foundation Site, materials contained therein, or any content or service linked therein and/or that result from: (1) the use of, or inability to use, the Stand Together Foundation Site or Stand Together Foundation Content; (2) the actions or conduct, whether online or offline, of any person or entity, even if Stand Together Foundation has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Under no circumstance will Stand Together Foundation its affiliates, directors, members, officers, employees, or consultants be responsible or liable for any failure in performance resulting directly or indirectly from an act of force majeure or causes beyond Stand Together Foundation reasonable control.
The foregoing limitation of liability shall apply to the extent permitted by law in the applicable jurisdiction.
You specifically acknowledge that Stand Together Foundation will not be liable for user submissions or the defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of any third party and that the risk of harm or damage from the foregoing rests entirely with you.
The Stand Together Foundation Site is controlled and offered by Stand Together Foundation from its facilities in the United States of America. Stand Together Foundation makes no representations that the Stand Together Foundation Site is appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who access or use the Stand Together Foundation Site from other jurisdictions do so at their own risk, according to their own volition, and are responsible for compliance with local law.
Certain state laws may not allow Stand Together Foundation to limit or exclude liability for incidental or consequential damages. If you live in a state whose laws in some cases prohibit limitation or exclusion of incidental or consequential damages, some or all of the above limitation arguably may not apply to you. But, in any event, Stand Together Foundation’s liability to you for any and all losses, damages, injuries, and claims of any kind will not be greater than the amount you paid to access the Stand Together Foundation Site.
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Stand Together Foundation, its affiliates, related parties, officers, directors, members, employees, trustees, agents, independent contractors, advertisers, partners, and co-branders from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney’s fees, that may be made by any third party, that is due to or arising out of your conduct or connection with the Stand Together Foundation Site or service, your submission of content, your violation of any applicable law or these Terms, or any other violation of the rights of another person or party.
Any content submitted to the Stand Together Foundation Site, including but not limited to remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, or comments, becomes and remains property of Stand Together Foundation, even if this agreement is later terminated. Any and all such submitted content is subject to these Terms.
If any portion of the content posted by any visitor is found by Stand Together Foundation to be in violation of any the policies of the Stand Together Foundation Site, including these Terms, at any time, Stand Together Foundation reserves the right to modify or remove such content or delete such submissions at any time without prior notice.
Your Representations and Warranties: By submitting content to Stand Together Foundation servers, you represent and warrant that all such submitted content complies with all applicable laws and website policies, including these Terms. Furthermore, by submitting content, you represent and warrant that you own the copyright and all applicable intellectual property rights in all submitted content and have all necessary permissions from any persons or places depicted therein to upload the content and to grant to Stand Together Foundation an irrevocable license to use the submitted content according to Stand Together Foundation sole discretion, including but not limited to use in connection with third-party websites such as Facebook.com, YouTube.com, or any other website Stand Together Foundation deems appropriate. You warrant that Stand Together Foundation does not need to treat any such submitted content as confidential or proprietary, and you agree that you cannot and will not sue Stand Together Foundation for using or republishing in any manner any content or ideas you submit to Stand Together Foundation.
Your Grant of Rights/License to Stand Together Foundation: By submitting content to the Stand Together Foundation Site you grant Stand Together Foundation (and its successors, assigns, licensees, agents, and affiliates) a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Stand Together Foundation Site to modify, adapt, publish, translate, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, create derivative works from, transfer, and sell such content in any format either now known or hereafter created, and to use any information identifying the author provided in connection with that content, wholly in accordance with Stand Together Foundation’s sole discretion. You expressly grant Stand Together Foundation the right to repost any such submitted content in any modified or unmodified form, without any further authorization from you, to other websites or media Stand Together Foundation deems appropriate, including but not limited to, Facebook.com and YouTube.com.
As required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act Section 512(c)(2), if you believe that any material on the Stand Together Foundation Site infringes your copyright, you must send a notice of claimed infringement to Stand Together Foundation Designated Agent at the following address:
General Counsel’s Office
c/o General Counsel
1320 N. Courthouse Road, Suite 200, Arlington, VA, 22201
Phone: (703) 875-1010
Email: ContactUs@StandTogetherFoundation.org
Written Notice: To be effective, Section 512(c)(3)(A) of Title 17 of the United States Code requires that your notification of claimed infringement be a written communication provided to Stand Together Foundation and that it include each of the following elements:
Stand Together Foundation does not permit copyright infringing activities and infringement of intellectual property rights on the Stand Together Foundation Site and Stand Together Foundation will remove the infringing content if properly notified of infringement. As stated above, Stand Together Foundation reserves the right to remove any and all content and user submissions without prior notice.
Counter-Notice: If you believe that your submitted content that was removed (or to which access was disabled) is not infringing, or that you have authorization from the copyright owner, the copyright owner’s agent, or pursuant to the law, to post and use the content in your submission, you may send a counter-notice containing the following information to Stand Together Foundation’s Designated Agent:
If a counter-notice is received by Stand Together Foundation’s Designated Agent, Stand Together Foundation may provide the person who submitted the original DMCA Notice against the organization or individual accused of infringing on the copyrighted works a copy of the counter-notice informing that person that he or she may replace the removed content or that Stand Together Foundation will cease disabling it in ten (10) business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the content provider, the removed content may be replaced, or access to it restored, in ten (10) to fourteen (14) business days or more after receipt of the counter-notice, at Stand Together Foundation sole discretion.
The Stand Together Foundation Site may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by other parties. You agree not to hold Stand Together Foundation responsible for the content or operation of any and all such third party websites. A hyperlink from the Stand Together Foundation Site to another website, or from another website to the Stand Together Foundation Site, does not imply or mean that Stand Together Foundation endorses the content on that website or the operator or operations of that site. You are solely responsible for determining the extent to which you may or should use any content located at any other websites to which you might link from the Stand Together Foundation Site. Additionally, any link to a third-party site submitted or posted by you must not in any way represent that you have received the endorsement, sponsorship or support of Stand Together Foundation or Stand Together Foundation’s respective employees, agents, or directors.
Stand Together Foundation or you may terminate this agreement at any time. You may terminate this agreement by destroying: (a) all materials obtained from all the Stand Together Foundation Site and (b) all related documentation and all copies and installations. Stand Together Foundation may terminate this agreement immediately without notice if, in its sole judgment, you breach any term or condition of these Terms. Upon termination, you must destroy all such materials.
Although we may attempt to notify you when material changes are made to our Privacy Statement or these Terms, you should periodically review the most updated versions. Stand Together Foundation may, in Stand Together Foundation sole discretion, modify, or revise the Privacy Statement and these Terms at any time, and you agree to be bound by such modifications or revisions. Your continued use of the Stand Together Foundation Site indicates your acceptance of the Privacy Statement, these Terms, and any changes to the Privacy Statement and Terms.
This is the entire agreement between the parties relating to the use of the Stand Together Foundation Site.
These Terms for the Stand Together Foundation Site are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States of America, excluding Virginia’s conflicts of law rules. Through use of the Stand Together Foundation Site, you expressly agree that the exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or action arising out of or relating to these Terms or your use of the Stand Together Foundation Site shall be filed only in the state or federal courts located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
You may not transfer or assign any rights and licenses granted in these Terms, however, any such rights and licenses may be transferred or assigned by Stand Together Foundation without restriction.
You and Stand Together Foundation agree that any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to the website must commence within one (1) year after the cause of action accrues. Otherwise, such claim or cause of action is permanently barred.
If any part of these Terms is unlawful, void, or otherwise unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. Any possible evidence of use of the Stand Together Foundation Site for illegal purposes will be provided to law enforcement authorities.
If you need to contact the Stand Together Foundation, please email us at ContactUs@StandTogetherFoundation.org or by mail at:
Stand Together Foundation
c/o Website Queries
1320 N. Courthouse Road Suite 200
Arlington, VA 22201
Phone: (703) 875-1010
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