Volunteer Center of North Texas
Privacy Policy for
www.volunteernorthtexas.org

Introduction

The Volunteer Center of North Texas, the operators of this Web site, is committed to preserving the privacy of those who visit the www.volunteernorthtexas.org site ("Web site"). This document, as our official Privacy Policy, will outline how we gather and utilize various sources of information obtained during your visit to our Web site. This Privacy Policy applies to information collected at this particular Web site and outlines Terms & Conditions of Use.

Acceptance of Terms

By accessing and using our web site, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.

You agree not to:

• Mislead as to the origin of any material;
• Access, use, alter, post, transmit, copy, collect, store, display, transfer, perform, distribute or otherwise send material which is not your own without proper authorization;
• Post, transmit, copy, display, collect, store, perform, distribute or otherwise send to the web site any material containing viruses, trojan horses, worms, timebombs, cancelbots, or any other material harmful to the web site or to the computer systems or data of another;
• Interfere with, cause damage to, or disrupt the operation of the web site;
• Interfere with someone else’s use of the web site;
• Use the web site to engage in any illegal act, whether a violation of law, statute, ordinance, regulation or other rule of governance;
• Post, transmit, copy, transfer, display, use, collect, store, distribute or otherwise send inappropriate, obscene, profane, lewd, vulgar, sexually-oriented, rude, inflammatory, threatening, disrespectful, or hurtful material in connection with your use of the web site;
• Attempt to harvest any screen names or e-mail addresses for any commercial uses;
• Use the web site to harm minors in any way, or encourage interactions with minors of a sexual nature;
• Post, transmit, display, copy, collect, store, distribute, or otherwise send private information or personal data about another person

Termination
You may terminate your registration with the web site at any time. Parts of these Terms and Conditions that by their nature remain in force subsequent to the termination of your registration, including, but not limited to, those provisions covering disclaimers, limitations on liability, and representations and warranties, survive any termination of your registration or suspension of your access and remain fully enforceable and applicable to you. In the event that the Volunteer Center of North Texas learns of, or has reasonable grounds to suspect that activity in violation of these Terms and Conditions has occurred within your account, we can suspend or terminate your access to your account or the services and refuse its future use without notice to you. The Volunteer Center of North Texas reserves the right to discontinue service on the web site at any time without reason or advance notice to you.

No Warranty
ALL CONTENT, INFORMATION AND MATERIALS CONTAINED ON THE WEB SITE ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN "AS IS" "WHERE IS" AND "WHERE AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND/OR ACCURACY. The Volunteer Center of North Texas expressly disclaims, to the fullest extent possible under the law, any and all liability for any infringement or other violation of intellectual property rights associated with the web site or its content.

The Volunteer Center of North Texas makes no warranty that the web site will meet your requirements or that the services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or free of errors or viruses, nor does the Volunteer Center of North Texas warrant that the results you may obtain though the web site will meet your needs or that the Volunteer Center of North Texas will correct any software defects. Any content and/or data you download or otherwise obtain though the web site comes at your own discretion and your own risk. You alone are solely responsible for any damage to your computer systems including, but not limited to, computer hardware, computer software or connections, or loss or corruption of data. No advice or information from the Volunteer Center of North Texas, whether oral or written, will create a warranty.

Limitation of Liability
By entering the web site you acknowledge and agree that your use is at your own risk and that none of the parties involved in creating, producing, or delivering the web site is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages, or any other losses, costs, or expenses of any kind (including legal fees, expert fees, or other disbursements) which may arise, directly or indirectly, through the access to, use of, or browsing of this site or through your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video or audio from this site, including but not limited to anything caused by any viruses, bugs, human action or inaction or any computer system, phone line, hardware, software or program malfunctions, or any other errors, failures or delays in computer transmissions or network connections.

Indemnification
You are personally responsible for your behavior while you use the web site. You hereby agree to indemnify, defend, and hold the Volunteer Center of North Texas and any affiliated companies harmless from and against any and all liability and costs, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees and settlement amounts, incurred by the Volunteer Center of North Texas and any affiliated companies in connection with any claim or demand of any third party alleging losses, damages, injuries, expenses, harm, costs and the like arising out of your use of, or inability to use, the web site, connections to the web site, alleged violation of these Terms and Conditions, alleged violation of the rights of a third party, or alleged violation of federal privacy law including, without limitation, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act or any other regulations or rules with respect to privacy promulgated or enforced by any federal agency.

Amendment
The Volunteer Center of North Texas reserves the right to amend this Agreement at any time and for any reason and reserve the right to make changes at any time, without notice or obligation, to any of the information contained on the web site.

Severability
If any part or section of these Terms and Conditions shall be held illegal, unenforceable, or invalid for any reason, the illegality, unenforceability, or invalidity of any provision or portion of the Terms and Conditions shall not affect the remainder of the Terms and Conditions, and the Terms and Conditions shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal, unenforceable, or invalid provision or portion thereof had not been included herein.

Non-Waiver
The failure of the Volunteer Center of North Texas to enforce at any time any term, provision or condition of these Terms and Conditions, or to exercise any right herein, shall in no way operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise preclude any other right herein. In no way whatsoever shall a waiver of any term, provision or condition of these Terms and Conditions be valid unless in writing, signed by the Volunteer Center of North Texas, and only to the extent set forth in such writing.

Governing Law and Forum Selection
This site is designed for use in the United States of America and is to be construed and evaluated according to the laws of the United States of America.

By accessing this web site both you and the Volunteer Center of North Texas agree that the statutes and laws of the State of Texas, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof, will apply to all matters arising from or relating to the use of this web site. Any disputes arising under or related in any way to these Terms and Conditions or to this web site shall be solely and exclusively litigated, arbitrated, or otherwise heard in Texas. You consent to jurisdiction in any state or federal courts sitting in Texas and arbitration in Texas, and hereby waive any claim or defense that such forum is not convenient.

Headings
The headings appearing at the beginning of the sections contained in these Terms and Conditions have been inserted for identification and reference purposes only and shall not be used to determine the construction or interpretation of this agreement.

What Information We Collect

All people are welcome to search our Web site, participate in services and contribute to the information contained on our Web site. In some areas of the Web site it is necessary to collect personally identifiable information about our visitors in order to allow participation in an activity or to communicate with the visitor. Such areas include our SkillBank registration process. The Operators do not wish to collect more personally identifiable information from those who visit our Web site than is necessary for them to participate in our on-line activities.

The Operators collect different kinds of information from users to customize their experience on our website and to offer services tailored to meet their particular needs and interests. We collect both anonymous information which cannot be tied back to a specific individual, such as the number of people who visit our website or certain pages within the site, and individually identifiable information, such as names, e-mail addresses, companies affiliated with and addresses.

Each user controls the amount and type of individually identifiable information that he or she chooses to disclose to us. We know individually identifiable information about you only if you choose to share such information with us. You may choose not to enter individually identifiable information, although this may mean that certain features of our Web site will not be available to you.

When you register with us, you provide information about yourself, such as your first and last name, your e-mail and address. Registration is at your discretion. If you register with us and agree to the Terms & Conditions, you will become a registered user of our Web site. Once you become a registered user, you will be granted access to certain portions of the Web site that are not available to general visitors.

The Organizers currently collect personally identifying information in the following situations: (i) if your web browser provides information to our web server, i.e., Log-File information; (ii) if you provide information to us by completing or running a search request; (iii) any information you provide in a request for information or content form, (iv) an e-mail to us; or (v) if you register on the site.

How We Use the Information

The individually identifiable information collected by the Organizers on our Web site may be used to administer our site and to provide you with services. The Organizers may aggregate your individually identifiable information with other information in a way that does not identify you. We may provide this aggregate information to third parties as we deem appropriate, such as to show a potential partner the demographic profile of all of our users as a whole.

The Organizers will disclose individually identifiable information and other information in the event that any applicable law or regulation requires such disclosure or if the disclosure is compelled by any court order. The Organizers may disclose individually identifiable information if we choose to cooperate with an investigation by or reporting requirement of a law enforcement agency or regulatory agency. The Organizers may also disclose individually identifiable information of a web site user if we are seeking to enforce our legal rights against that user.

Without disclosing individually identifiable information to a third party, we may use your information to help us determine services we may wish to offer that may be of value to our users.

The information we collect in the registration process is used for internal administrative purposes. The information you provide when posting comments will be available to other users of the Web site. The information you provide to us in an e-mail message will be used to communicate with you.

Cookies

Cookies, in the on-line world, are small pieces of data that we send to the hard drive of your computer. These cookies contain identification information allowing certain information to be recalled by our Web site each time you visit the Web site. When you return to the Web site our servers are able to read the cookie file on your computer and thus personalize your visit; however, we cannot read cookies left by other websites and they cannot read our cookies.

Cookies cannot read other material on your hard drive and they will not reveal anything about you that you have not already voluntarily revealed to us. You can choose whether to accept or deny cookies. Since different browsers have different ways to turn cookies on or off, you will have to follow the instructions for your particular web browser; however, most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you turn off cookies you may not be able to use all the services on our site.

By allowing cookies, you give us the ability to store an ID and password for you, personalize your visit to the site and identify which parts of the site have been visited or keep track of previous selections. We hope that the use of cookies will allow you to find the information and services that interest you as quickly and easily as possible.

Links to Third Party Sites

We may make content or services from other web sites available to you from links located on our Web site. These "other" domains (web sites) are not controlled by the Operators. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy policies of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. Visiting sites linked from our Web site is at your own risk.

Security

This site has security measures in place designed to help protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. The Operators will not be liable for disclosure of your personal information due to errors in transmission or unauthorized acts of third parties. We have undertaken all commercially reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized Internet access to visitor data retained in our servers, however, the Operators cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or any information provided online, and you do so at your own risk. Users must accept all risks associated with any data transmission, including the risk that their personal information may be intercepted in transit.

Policy Modifications

We reserve the right to change this policy from time to time to comply with changes in the law, government policy and technology developments, or to stay current with our philosophy. We will post a notice on the home page for several days whenever a substantial change has been made to this policy. We encourage you to check here periodically to ensure that you are aware of any changes to this policy.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions or the Privacy Policy, please contact:

Volunteer Center of North Texas
2800 Live Oak Street Dallas, TX 75204
phone: (214) 826-6767
fax: (214) 821-8716
www.volunteernorthtexas.org

Comments and Questions

Please check this page periodically for changes to this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to modify this policy as we deem appropriate by posting a new privacy policy at this location. If we decide to change our current policy to any significant degree, we will not use your personal information under the new policy in a manner that is materially inconsistent with this current Privacy Policy without your prior consent. Thank you for patronizing VolunteerNorthTexas.org.

This policy was last updated on: 7/20/2004

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