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Date of Last Revision: September 13, 2007.
Welcome to Aquent GoodWorks, a tool enabling Non-Profit
Organizations to leverage the Internet to achieve their mission. The Aquent
GoodWorks service and network (collectively, "GoodWorks" or "the Service") are
operated by Aquent LLC and its corporate affiliates (collectively, "us", "we" or
"the Company"). By accessing or using our web site at
GoodWorks.Aquent-IT-Solutions.com or the instance customized for the
organization giving you access to GoodWorks (together the "Site"), you (the
"User") signify that you have read, understand and agree to be bound by these
Terms of Use ("Terms of Use" or "Agreement"), whether or not you are a
registered member of GoodWorks. We reserve the right, at our
sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or delete portions of these Terms of
Use at any time without further notice. If we do this, we will post the changes
to these Terms of Use on this page and will indicate at the top of this page the
date these terms were last revised. Your continued use of the Service or the
Site after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms of Use.
If you do not agree to abide by these or any future Terms of Use, do not use or
access (or continue to use or access) the Service or the Site. It is your
responsibility to regularly check the Site to determine if there have been
changes to these Terms of Use and to review such changes. Use
of this site is given to a Non-Profit Organization (“Organization”) as governed
by a Master Services Agreement between an Organization and the Company.
As a User, you are being given access to the Site by an
Organization you are a member of. Your access is for the
purpose of pursuing the mission of the Organization. The
Organization has the right to control your level of access and to remove your
access at any time without notice.
Registration Data; Account Security
In consideration of your use of the Site, you agree to (a)
provide accurate, current and complete information about you as may be prompted
by any registration forms on the Site ("Registration Data"); (b) maintain the
security of your password and identification; (c) maintain and promptly update
the Registration Data, and any other information you provide to Company, to keep
it accurate, current and complete; and (d) be fully responsible for all use of
your account and for any actions that take place using your account.
You understand that the Site is available for your personal,
non-commercial use in pursuit of the mission of the Organization granting you
access. You represent, warrant and agree that no materials of any kind submitted
through your account or otherwise posted, transmitted, or shared by you on or
through the Site will violate or infringe upon the rights of any third party,
including copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or other personal or
proprietary rights; or contain libelous, defamatory or otherwise unlawful
material.
You agree not to upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make
available:
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any content that we deem to be harmful, threatening,
unlawful, defamatory, infringing, abusive, inflammatory, harassing, vulgar,
obscene, fraudulent, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, hateful, or
racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
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any videos other than those that: (i) are original art or
animation created by you or your Organization, (ii) are licensed by your
Organization for use in this manner;
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any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, solicitations,
promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid
schemes," or any other form of solicitation;
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any private information of any third party, including,
without limitation, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, Social
Security numbers and credit card numbers;
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any material that contains software viruses or any other
computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the
functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications
equipment;
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content that would constitute, encourage or provide
instructions for a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or
that would otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national
or international law;
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content that is obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit or
content that depicts graphic or gratuitous violence;
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content that, in the judgment of Company or Organization, is
objectionable or which restricts or inhibits any other person from using or
enjoying the Site, or which may expose Company or Organization or its users
to any harm or liability of any type.
In addition, you agree not to use the Site to:
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harvest or collect email addresses or other contact
information of other users from the Service or the Site by electronic or
other means for the purposes of sending unsolicited emails or other
unsolicited communications;
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use the Service or the Site in any unlawful manner or in any
other manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the Site;
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use automated scripts to collect information from or
otherwise interact with the Service or the Site;
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register for more than one User account, register for a User
account on behalf of an individual other than yourself, or register for a
User account on behalf of any group or entity;
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impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or
otherwise misrepresent yourself, your age or your affiliation with any
person or entity;
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solicit personal information from anyone under 18 or solicit
passwords or personally identifying information for commercial or unlawful
purposes;
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intimidate, harass or bully another;
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use or attempt to use another's account, service or system
without authorization from the Company, or create a false identity on the
Service or the Site.
The Company is not responsible or liable in any manner for
any User or Organization Content posted on the Site or in connection with the
Service, whether posted or caused by users of the Site, by GoodWorks, by third
parties or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in
the Site or the Service. Although we provide rules for user conduct and
postings, we do not control and are not responsible for what users post,
transmit or share on the Site and are not responsible for any offensive,
inappropriate, obscene, unlawful or otherwise objectionable content you may
encounter on the Site or in connection with any User Content or Third Party
Content. The Company is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or
offline, of any user of the Site or Service.
The Site and the Service may be temporarily unavailable from time to time for
maintenance or other reasons. Company assumes no responsibility for any error,
omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission,
communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or
alteration of, User communications. The Company is not responsible for any
technical malfunction or other problems of any telephone network or service,
computer systems, servers or providers, computer or mobile phone equipment,
software, failure of email or players on account of technical problems or
traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Site or combination thereof,
including injury or damage to User's or to any other person's computer, mobile
phone, or other hardware or software, related to or resulting from using or
downloading materials in connection with the Web and/or in connection with the
Service, including without limitation any Mobile Client software. Under no
circumstances will the Company be responsible for any loss or damage, including
any loss or damage to any User Content or personal injury or death, resulting
from anyone's use of the Site or the Service, any User Content or Third Party
Applications, Software or Content posted on or through the Site or the Service
or transmitted to Users, or any interactions between users of the Site, whether
online or offline.
THE SITE, THE SERVICE, ANY PLATFORM APPLICATIONS AND THE SITE CONTENT ARE
PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR
NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE COMPANY CANNOT GUARANTEE AND DOES NOT PROMISE ANY SPECIFIC
RESULTS FROM USE OF THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICE AND/OR ANY PLATFORM
APPLICATIONS. COMPANY DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT SOFTWARE, CONTENT OR
MATERIALS ON THE SITE, THE SERVICE OR ANY PLATFORM APPLICATIONS ARE ACCURATE,
COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT OR ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE SITE OR SERVICE ITS
SERVERS, OR ANY PLATFORM APPLICATIONS ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL
COMPONENTS. THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN THE USE AND DOWNLOADING OF
ANY SUCH SOFTWARE, CONTENT OR MATERIALS AND USE INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED SOFTWARE TO
DETECT AND DISINFECT VIRUSES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, YOU UNDERSTAND AND
AGREE THAT YOU DOWNLOAD OR OTHERWISE OBTAIN CONTENT, MATERIAL, DATA OR SOFTWARE
(INCLUDING ANY MOBILE CLIENT) FROM OR THROUGH THE SERVICE AND ANY PLATFORM
APPLICATIONS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY
RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR USE THEREOF AND ANY DAMAGES TO YOUR MOBILE DEVICE OR
COMPUTER SYSTEM, LOSS OF DATA OR OTHER HARM OF ANY KIND THAT MAY RESULT.
The Company reserves the right to change any and all content, software and other
items used or contained in the Site and any Services offered through the Site at
any time without notice. Reference to any products, services, processes or other
information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier or otherwise does
not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof, or
any affiliation therewith, by Company.
IN NO EVENT WILL COMPANY OR ITS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES OR
AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL,
EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING FOR ANY LOST
PROFITS OR LOST DATA ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR THE SERVICE, ANY
PLATFORM APPLICATIONS OR ANY OF THE SITE CONTENT OR OTHER MATERIALS ON, ACCESSED
THROUGH OR DOWNLOADED FROM THE SITE, EVEN IF THE COMPANY IS AWARE OR HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE
CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, THE COMPANY'S LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE
WHATSOEVER, AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE
LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO COMPANY FOR THE SERVICE DURING THE
TERM OF MEMBERSHIP, BUT IN NO CASE WILL THE COMPANY'S LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED
$1000. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF NO FEES ARE PAID TO COMPANY FOR THE SERVICE, YOU
SHALL BE LIMITED TO INJUNCTIVE RELIEF ONLY, UNLESS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW,
AND SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO DAMAGES OF ANY KIND FROM COMPANY, REGARDLESS OF THE
CAUSE OF ACTION.
CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE
EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR
ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU,
AND YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
The Company or the Organization may terminate your access,
delete your profile and any content or information that you have posted on the
Site or through any Platform Application and/or prohibit you from using or
accessing the Service or the Site (or any portion, aspect or feature of the
Service or the Site) for any reason, or no reason, at any time.
You agree to indemnify and hold the Company, its subsidiaries
and affiliates, and each of their directors, officers, agents, contractors,
partners and employees, harmless from and against any loss, liability, claim,
demand, damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees,
arising out of or in connection with any User Content, any Third Party
Applications, Software or Content you post or share on or through the Site, your
use of the Service or the Site, your conduct in connection with the Service or
the Site or with other users of the Service or the Site, or any violation of
this Agreement or of any law or the rights of any third party.
You acknowledge and agree that any questions, comments,
suggestions, ideas, feedback or other information about the Site or the Service
("Submissions"), provided by you to Company are non-confidential and shall
become the sole property of Company. Company shall own exclusive rights,
including all intellectual property rights, and shall be entitled to the
unrestricted use and dissemination of these Submissions for any purpose,
commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you.
The failure of Company to exercise or enforce any right or
provision of these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or
provision in that or any other instance. If any provision of this Agreement is
held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and
effect. If any provision of these Terms of Use shall be deemed unlawful, void or
for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from
these Terms of Use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any
remaining provisions.