Privacy Policy

1. Eligibility

The Sites are only available to users who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law. By accessing or using the Sites, you represent and warrant that (a) you are at least 18 years of age, or over the age of majority in the state or country where you are a resident or citizen, and (b) if you are using the Sites on behalf of an entity, you are authorized to accept these Terms on that entity’s behalf.

 

2. Additional Terms

Any new or additional features, tools, sites, portals, or content that are added to the Sites will also be subject to these Terms unless expressly stated otherwise. Certain features of the Sites (“Additional Sites”) may be subject to additional terms (“Additional Terms”) presented within the Additional Sites. You must agree to any applicable Additional Terms before using those Additional Sites. Unless otherwise specified in any Additional Terms, the Additional Terms supplement and are incorporated into these Terms. If you do not agree to the Additional Terms, you may not use the Additional Sites. If any of the Additional Terms are inconsistent with these Terms, the Additional Terms will govern solely with respect to those Additional Sites.

 

3. Restricted Use

(a) General Use Restrictions. The Sites may contain (without limitation) information, materials, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, instructional documents and any other materials (collectively, the “Content”). The Content is the sole and exclusive property of the Foundation or its licensors. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant to you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to access and use the Content and the Sites solely for your own noncommercial and internal purposes. Except as set forth in this Section, you may not download, copy, duplicate, sell, print, rent, lease, issue, distribute, transmit, broadcast, modify, perform, display, transfer, upload, post, create derivative works of, exploit, sublicense or otherwise assign to any third party the Sites or Content.

 

In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, with respect to the Sites, Content, and User Contributions (as defined below), you are not permitted to:

  • remove any proprietary notices, or attempt to disable, bypass, modify, defeat, or otherwise circumvent any digital rights management, authentication, or security system used as part of the Sites, Content, or User Contributions or any host, network, system, or account related thereto;
  • interfere with or disrupt the proper functioning of the Sites, Content, User Contributions, or of any Foundation networks or systems, including those used by the Foundation or Foundation Third Parties to host or provide the Sites;
  • infringe, misappropriate, or violate the intellectual property, proprietary, or privacy rights of any third party;
  • use the Sites, Content, or User Contributions for any purpose or in any manner that is unlawful or violates any applicable local, state, national, or international law;
  • provide or upload any content, data or information to the Sites that contains viruses or malicious code or is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy or right of publicity, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
  • provide or upload through the Sites or User Contributions information, including personal data, of others that you are not authorized to provide;
  • use the Sites, Content, or User Contributions to develop applications, websites, or any other functionalities that leverage the Sites, Content, or User Contributions;
  • provide the Sites, Content or User Contributions to the public, or otherwise make available any links, hypertext (Universal Resource Locator (URL) address) or otherwise grant access (other than a “bookmark” from a web browser) to the Sites, or any part thereof;
  • link or shortcut to our Sites from your website, blog or similar application;
  • use the Sites, Content, or User Contributions in a way that suggests you are a representative of the Foundation or for any lobbying or political activities; or
  • cause damage to the Foundation’s business, reputation, employees, members, facilities, or to any other person or legal entity.

Any scraping, automated access, or other unauthorized access to, and storage of, Sites or Content may, in our sole discretion, result in immediate suspension or termination of your access to the Sites, Content, your Credentials or your Account (as defined below). Use of the Sites or Content for any purpose other than what is described in this Section is prohibited.

We reserve the right to monitor and exercise all other rights of ours, and to modify or remove any Content or User Contribution (as defined below) at any time, but do not undertake any duty to do so. Any opinions, advice, statements, assistance, services, offers, or information expressed or made available by third parties, including users, are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of the Foundation.

(b) Charitable or Governmental Use. We may provide Content that, if so designated (“Designated Content”), may be downloaded and used by you for additional purposes pursuant to this Section. YOU MAY REVIEW, DOWNLOAD, COPY, DISTRIBUTE AND USE DESIGNATED CONTENT SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF FURTHERING YOUR CHARITABLE OR GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSE AND IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF ANY ATTENDANT OPERATIONS. YOU MAY NOT SELL OR EXPLOIT DESIGNATED CONTENT OR OTHERWISE DISTRIBUTE IT FOR A FEE. YOU WILL NOT USE OR DISCLOSE DESIGNATED CONTENT TO ANY THIRD PARTIES EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PERMITTED BY THESE TERMS.