Terms and Condition of use | ISB Alumni Website
Date: February 13, 2012 1. USE OF ISB ALUMNI WEBSITE SERVICES The ISB Alumni website services may include, but are not limited to: email services, newsletter subscriptions, donation opportunities, nomination submissions, surveys, social communication areas, event calendars, photo albums, and other message or communication facilities designed to help connect you with resources and to communicate with others. These services include any updates, enhancements, new features, and/or the addition of any new web properties. You agree to use these services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and, when applicable, related to the particular service you are choosing to use. For example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using the services on the website, you will not:
The website electronically publishes news and information that may include facts, views, opinions and recommendations of individuals and organizations deemed of interest to alumni. ISB Alumni does not review, monitor, verify or guarantee the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of or otherwise endorse information provided by such organization or individual, give advice or advocate the purchase or sale of any product or service not directly offered by ISB. The website may include personal opinions and other expressions of the persons who post entries on a wide range of topics and are not statements of advice, opinion, or information of ISB Alumni. ISB Alumni reserves the right to review materials posted to its website and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. ISB Alumni reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the website services at any time, without notice, for any reason whatsoever. ISB Alumni reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as ISB Alumni deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in ISB Alumni’s sole discretion. Always use caution when giving out any personally identifiable information about you and your family. Unless otherwise specified, ISB Alumni services are for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from the services for commercial purposes. 3. PRIVACY AND PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION The website has password-protected, secure areas which enable alumni and friends to connect with each other. Services included are the Alumni Directory, My Profile for updating and submitting contact and other information, E-mail lists, Message Boards and Chat, and the career network. Your personal information may be used to provide you with information about ISB Alumni activities and for ISB-related activities. The information on this site will not be used for any commercial or philanthropic purpose not directly connected with or approved by ISB. 4. MEMBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD & PRIVACY In order to become a member and access some features of the website, you will be asked to complete a registration process by providing us with current, complete and accurate information as prompted by the registration form. You may also be asked to choose a username and password. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the accuracy of the information submitted and the confidentiality of your username and password. You must notify ISB Alumni immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account. Although the ISB Alumni will not be liable for your losses caused by any unauthorized use of your account; you may be liable for the losses of ISB Alumni or others due to such unauthorized use. You may never use another's account. Your account may not be shared, transferred, or sold to other parties. ISB Alumni will not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of someone else using your account, either with or without your knowledge. 5. NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE You will not use the website’s services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use the website’s services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair any ISB Alumni server, or the network(s) connected to any ISB Alumni server, or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of any services offered on the website. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any services, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to any ISB Alumni server or to any of the services, through hacking, password mining or any other means. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through the services offered on this website. 6. INDEMNIFICATION You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless ISB Alumni, the Directors, officers, employees and agents harmless from any claims, losses or damages, including legal fees, resulting from your violation of these terms and conditions, your use of the website or your placement of any content onto the website, and to fully cooperate in ISB Alumni’s defense against any such claims. 7. DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY ISB Alumni does not warrant that the website will operate in an uninterrupted or error-free manner or that the websites are free of viruses or other harmful components. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law. You agree that ISB Alumni will not be liable to you for any loss or damages, either actual or consequential, arising out of or relating to these terms of use, or to your (or any third party's) use or inability to use the website, or to your placement of content on the website, or to your reliance upon information obtained from or through the website, or your involvement with any online alumni community. In particular, ISB Alumni will have no liability for any direct, indirect, consequential, punitive, special or incidental damages, whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, (including, but not limited to, claims for defamation, errors, misuse of email or other services, loss of data, or interruption in availability of data), arising out of or relating to these terms, your use of or inability to use a website, or any purchases on the websites, or your placement of content on a website, or your involvement with an online alumni community or your reliance upon information obtained from or through a website, whether based in contract, tort, statutory or other law, except only to the extent that applicable law requires such liability. ISB Alumni makes no representation regarding your ability to transmit and receive information from or through the website and you agree and acknowledge that your ability to access the website may be impaired. ISB Alumni disclaims any and all liability resulting from or related to such events. 8. AMENDMENTS You agree that from time to time we may alter (including adding or eliminating all or parts of provisions) these terms and conditions. Amended versions of the terms and conditions will take effect on the date specified and will apply to all information that was collected before or after such date, including information in databases. 9. GOVERNING LAW AND EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION You agree that we may give all notices we are required to give you by sending notice by email and all other communications. When we communicate by email, we may use any email address you provide when communicating with us or that we otherwise have in our records, so only supply to us an email address at which you are willing to receive all communications, including “legal” or potentially sensitive communications such as information about a job or grant application. In the event that we do not have your current or active email address, you agree that we may give notices by posting notice on our website. You agree to check for notices posted on our website. | |