JITCONNECT Web Site Terms and Conditions of Use

1. Terms

By accessing this web site, you are agreeing to be bound by these web site Terms and Conditions of Use, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in this web site are protected by applicable copyright and trade mark law.

 

2. Use License

JITCONNECT grants you a personal, limited, revocable, non-exclusive and non-transferable right to access and use the Site and Service for your personal, non-commercial use. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license you may not:

  1. modify or copy the materials;
  2. use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);
  3. attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on JITCONNECT ‘s web site;
  4. remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or
  5. transfer the materials to another person or “mirror” the materials on any other server.

You may use the Site and Materials only while these Terms remain in effect.  Under no circumstances shall you have any rights of any kind in or to the Site or Materials after any termination or expiration of your agreement to these Terms for any reason. This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by JITCONNECT at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession whether in electronic or printed format.

 

3. Disclaimer

The materials on JITCONNECT ‘s web site are provided “as is”. JITCONNECT makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties, including without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights. Further, JITCONNECT does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on its Internet web site or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this site.

 

4. Limitations

In no event shall JITCONNECT or its suppliers be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data or profit, or due to business interruption,) arising out of the use or inability to use the materials on JITCONNECT ‘s Internet site, even if JITCONNECT or a JITCONNECT authorized representative has been notified orally or in writing of the possibility of such damage. Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to you.

 

5. Revisions and Errata

The materials appearing on JITCONNECT ‘s web site could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. JITCONNECT does not warrant that any of the materials on its web site are accurate, complete, or current. JITCONNECT may make changes to the materials contained on its web site at any time without notice. JITCONNECT does not, however, make any commitment to update the materials.

 

6. Links

JITCONNECT may provide links that will take you to third party websites, JITCONNECT has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its Internet web site and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. These links are provided for your convenience only.  If you decide to access linked websites you do so at your own risk.  JITCONNECT does not endorse or take responsibility for the content on other websites or the availability of other websites and you agree that JITCONNECT is not liable for any loss or damage that you may suffer by using other website. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by JITCONNECT of the site. Use of any such linked web site is at the user’s own risk. JITCONNECT has no control over the content or availability of any third-party software or web site.  In particular, (a) JITCONNECT makes no warranty that any third-party software you download or web site you visit will be free of any contaminating or destructive code, such as viruses, worms or Trojan horses and (b) JITCONNECT notifies you that it is your responsibility to become familiar with any web site’s privacy and other policies and terms of service, and to contact that site’s webmaster or site administrator with any concerns.

 

 7. Site Terms of Use Modifications

JITCONNECT may revise these terms of use for its web site at any time without notice. By using this web site you are agreeing to be bound by the then current version of these Terms and Conditions of Use.

 

8. Governing Law

Any claim relating to JITCONNECT ‘s web site shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

General Terms and Conditions applicable to Use of a Web Site.

 

9. Contact

JITCONNECT is located in San Diego, California, U.S.A.  Any questions, comments or suggestions, including any report of violation of these Terms should be provided to the Administrator as follows:

By E-mail:         jit@jitfosteryouth.org

By Phone:         619 770 1850

By Postal Mail:  PO Box 81292 San Diego, CA 92138

 

10. Trademarks

All brand, and service names used in the Service that identify Just in Time for Forster Youth or JITCONNECT are proprietary marks of Just in Time for Foster Youth.  All brand, product and service names used in the Service, which identify third parties and their products, and Service are proprietary marks of such third parties.  Nothing in the Service shall be deemed to confer on any person any license or right on, the part of JITCONNECT , Just in Time for Foster Youth, or any third party with respect to any such image, logo or name.

 

11. Copyright

Unless otherwise stated in these Terms or on the Site, JITCONNECT is the owner of all copyright and database rights in the Service and its contents.  You may not publish, distribute, extract, reuse or reproduce any such content in any material form (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means) other than in accordance with these Terms.

 

12. Suspension or Termination of Access or Membership

JITCONNECT reserves the right to suspend or terminate your use of the Site, at any time, without notice, for any reason, including but not limited to (a) breach of these Terms, including policies or guidelines set forth by JITCONNECT elsewhere; and (b) conduct that JITCONNECT believes is harmful to other users of the Service or the business of JITCONNECT or other third party information providers (including slowing down the servers and affecting other users.  Further, you agree that JITCONNECT shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Site.  JITCONNECT reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that JITCONNECT shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.

 

13. Rules of Conduct

You understand that all information, data, text, or other materials (“Content”), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated. This means that you, and not JITCONNECT, are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available via the JITCONNECT Service. JITCONNECT does not control the Content posted via the JITCONNECT Service and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. Under no circumstances will JITCONNECT be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the JITCONNECT Service. By using any of the Site, you agree that you will not distribute any Content that:

(a) is defamatory, abusive, harassing, threatening, or an invasion of a right of privacy of another person; is bigoted, hateful, or racially or otherwise offensive; is violent, vulgar, obscene, pornographic or otherwise sexually explicit; or otherwise harms or can reasonably be expected to harm any person or entity;

(b) is illegal or encourages or advocates illegal activity or the discussion of illegal activities with the intent to commit them, including a submission that is, or represents an attempt to engage in, child pornography, stalking, sexual assault, fraud, trafficking in obscene or stolen material, drug dealing and/or drug abuse, harassment, theft, or conspiracy to commit any criminal activity;

(c) infringes or violates any right of a third party including: (i) copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary or contractual rights; (ii) right of privacy (specifically, you must not distribute another person’s personal information of any kind without their express permission) or publicity; or (iii) any confidentiality obligation;

(d) is commercial, business-related or advertises or offers to sell any products, services or otherwise (whether or not for profit), or solicits others (including solicitations for contributions or donations);

(e) contains a virus or other harmful component, or otherwise tampers with, impairs or damages the Site or any connected network, or otherwise interferes with any person or entity’s use or enjoyment of the Site;

(f) does not generally pertain to the designated topic or theme of the Site;

(g) violates any specific restrictions applicable to a public forum, including its age restrictions and procedures; or

(h) is antisocial, disruptive, or destructive, including “flaming,” “spamming,” “flooding,” “trolling,” and “griefing” as those terms are commonly understood and used on the Internet.

 

You expressly agree that you are solely responsible for any and all acts and omissions related to your use of the Site and the Service, and you agree not to engage in any unacceptable uses of the Service, which include, without limitation, use of the Service to:

(a) register for the Site and the Service if you have not acknowledged reading and agreed to abide by these Terms and the Privacy Policy;

(b) interfere, disrupt or attempt to gain unauthorized access to other accounts on the Site or any other computer network;

(c) use the Site or the Service in connection with any commercial endeavors;

(d) post your personal information such as instant messaging addresses, personal URLs, physical addresses and phone numbers in any publicly viewable areas of the Site;

(e) post or give out any financial information or transmit electronically or physically any money to other Users;

(f) create user accounts by automated means or under fraudulent or false pretenses;

(g) create or transmit unsolicited electronic communications such as spam to Users or promote any products or services;

(h) submit or upload any type of material that is unlawful, harmful, hateful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, offensive, obscene, pornographic, lewd, lascivious, or otherwise objectionable, as determined by JITCONNECT ;

(i) submit or upload any content for which you do not own all applicable rights or that infringes the proprietary rights of other parties;

(j) submit, engage in or upload any type of competitions or content that can cause physical or mental harm to the participants or visitors to the Site;

(k) harass, threaten or intentionally embarrass or cause harm or distress to another person or group;

(l) collect and publish any information about any of our Users;

(m) adapt, modify or reverse engineer any portion of the Service or the Site;

(n) use any spider, robot, retrieval application, or any other device to retrieve any portion of the Site;

(o) reformat any of the pages that are part of the Site;

(p) disseminate, store or transmit viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other malicious code or program;

(q) encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal or civil offense;

(r) violate any applicable federal, state, local or international law or regulation;

(s) exploit children under 18 years of age;

(t) invade the privacy of any person, including but not limited to submitting personally identifying or otherwise private information about a person without their consent (or their parent’s consent in the case of a child under 13 years of age);

(u) solicit personal information from a child under 13 years of age;

(v) submit false or misleading information to JITCONNECT , the Site or other Users; or

(w) engage in any other activity deemed by JITCONNECT to be in conflict with the spirit of these Terms and the Privacy Policy.

 

We cannot and do not assure that other Users are or will be complying with the foregoing rules of conduct or any other provisions of these Terms, and, as between you and us, you hereby assume all risk of harm or injury resulting from any such lack of compliance