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ACLU Site User Agreement
Effective as of: January 1, 2009
Welcome to the general website "ACLU of Kentucky Site" for the American
Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky and the American Civil Liberties
Union of KentuckyFoundation (collectively, "ACLU of Kentucky"). The
ACLU of Kentucky Site is the website whose home page is located at
www.aclu-ky.org and includes all web pages whose domain name contains
the following: www.aclu-ky.org and some pages of secure.aclu.org where
a link to this privacy statement exists. This is not the user agreement
for any blogs, forums or social networking sites where ACLU of Kentucky
has a presence that are on websites other than the ACLU of Kentucky
Site. This is not the user agreement for the websites of the national
operations of the ACLU, The American Civil Liberties Union or the
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (“ACLU National”) or for any
ACLU local affiliates other than ACLU of Kentucky, and you should refer
to the user agreement on those organizations’ websites or contact those
organizations to learn those websites’ terms of use. Please read this
User Agreement carefully, including the ACLU of Kentucky Online Privacy
Statement. By using the ACLU of Kentucky Site, you agree to follow the rules set forth on these web pages.
From time to time we may revise this User Agreement including its
Online Privacy Statement, so be sure to check these web pages
occasionally. If we do make material changes, we will post a notice on
our home page that the User Agreement has been modified and provide a
link to the revised User Agreement. When you continue to use the ACLU
of Kentucky Site after we post a change, it means you agree to the new
rules.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky and the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Foundation.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky and the American
Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Foundation are separate organizations
that are each engaged in the same mission of defending the rights
guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution, including First Amendment
freedoms, equality, privacy rights and fundamental fairness.
Online Privacy Statement & Information You Voluntarily Submit to the ACLU of Kentucky Site
Please review our Online Privacy Statement, which is part of this User
Agreement and describes how we handle any personally identifying
information about ACLU of Kentucky Site users, including information
you voluntarily submit to the ACLU of Kentucky Site. By providing such
information, you hereby acknowledge and agree to ACLU of Kentucky’s
treatment of such information as described in the Online Privacy
Statement.
Copyright
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materials on the ACLU of Kentucky Site, including text, graphics,
logos, button icons, audio clips, photographs, and software, and those
rights are protected by United States and international copyright laws
and other intellectual property laws “ACLU of Kentucky Site Content”.
To the extent your use of material on the ACLU of Kentucky Site does
not constitute “fair use” for which you do not need our permission, the
following rules apply to use of the material:
Permitted Distribution. Unless the specific web page from which
ACLU of Kentucky text materials is available indicates you may not do
so, you may copy or distribute any text materials that appear on the
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following non-commercial purposes: research, teaching, private study,
and activism within a local geographic area regarding civil liberties
issues. You may also distribute ACLU of Kentucky Content that is not
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accessible, and/or the ACLU of Kentucky Content itself, explicitly
indicates that the ACLU of Kentucky Content may be distributed in a
specified manner. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, all distributed
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You can request this permission by sending us a fax at (502) 589-9687
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that contains the information listed
below:
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or circulation that will include the ACLU of Kentucky Content;
• a description of the geographic scope of the distribution and the
length of time for which rights are being requested. (Please note that
the ACLU of Kentucky grants only nonexclusive rights);
• a reply fax number or email address and a phone number.
Information You Post to the ACLU of Kentucky Site
To the extent you voluntarily post material to the ACLU of Kentucky
Site for display on the ACLU of Kentucky Site itself (e.g., postings
and comments to ACLU blogs and forums), you automatically grant to ACLU
of Kentucky and ACLU National an irrevocable, perpetual worldwide
license for the ACLU of Kentucky to display such material on the ACLU
of Kentucky Site, except to the extent we have indicated otherwise on
the portion of the ACLU of Kentucky Site that permits you to post such
information (e.g., if a particular blog or forum on the ACLU of
Kentucky Site posts any specific terms of use that applies to that
particular blog or forum). Additionally, unless otherwise explicitly
agreed upon in writing by you and ACLU of Kentucky, by posting any
material to the ACLU of Kentucky Site for display on the ACLU of
Kentucky Site, you are representing, warranting and covenanting to the
ACLU of Kentucky and to ACLU National that those materials are original
to you or you have obtained permissions, releases, rights or licenses,
if any are required (including where use of that material does not
constitute “fair use”), that you assume full responsibility for the
posting of such material vis-à-vis third parties, including but not
limited to make any payments to third parties with respect to
displaying such third party material. By posting material for display
on a portion of the ACLU of Kentucky Site that contains specific terms
of use applicable to that portion of the ACLU of Kentucky Site, you
agree you have read, understand, agree to and accept such specific
terms of use.
Trademark
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"ACLU Trademarks") are registered trademarks in the United States and
other countries. To the extent your use of ACLU Trademarks does not
constitute “fair use” for which you do not need our permission, the
following rules apply to use of the material:
You may not use the ACLU Trademarks for any product or service that
does not belong to the ACLU, nor in any manner that is likely to cause
confusion about whether we are the source, affiliated with, sponsor of
or endorser of any product or service. In addition, you may not use the
ACLU Trademarks in any manner that illegally disparages or discredits
us.
At times, the trademark of a third party (such as a coalition
partner will appear on the ACLU of Kentucky Site (“Third-Party
Trademarks”). Your ability to use a Third-Party Trademark that appears
on the ACLU of Kentucky Site is limited to the manner, if any, in which
the ACLU of Kentucky Site explicitly states on the page on which such
Third-Party Trademark appears that such use in such manner is
authorized by the third-party owner of that Third-Party Trademark
(unless your use is permissible under the law (e.g., it is “fair use”)
or the owner of such Third-Party Trademark has specifically granted you
the right to such use in such manner).
Frames and Metatags
You may not frame the content of the ACLU of Kentucky Site. You may not
use metatags or any other “hidden text” that incorporates ACLU or the
ACLU of Kentucky Trademarks or our, our local affiliates’ or ACLU
National’s name without our express written consent.
Links to Other Websites
The ACLU of Kentucky Site contains links to other websites that we
think may be of interest to you. We are not responsible for and have no
control over these other sites or their content. Remember that when you
link to another site, that other site is governed by its own user
agreement and privacy statement, which you should be sure to read.
Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability
ALTHOUGH WE TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF
VIRUSES, WORMS, “TROJAN HORSES” OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE MATERIALS TO THE
ACLU OF KENTUCKY SITE, WE DO NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT THE ACLU
SITE OR MATERIALS THAT MAY BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE ACLU SITE ARE FREE
FROM SUCH DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR
HARM ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH FEATURES.
WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, LOSS OR INJURY BASED ON ERRORS,
OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN THE ACLU OF KENTUCKY
SITE, NOR FOR ANY CLAIM, LOSS OR INJURY THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR USE OF
THE ACLU OF KENTUCKY SITE OR YOUR BREACH OF ANY PROVISION OF THIS USER
AGREEMENT.
Termination
We reserve the right to terminate the ACLU of Kentucky Site and this
User Agreement at any time without notice for any reason, including, in
the case of the User Agreement, for your violation of any of its
provisions. The Limitation of Liability and Governing Law Sections of
this User Agreement survive any such termination.
Governing Law
This User Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Kentucky
applicable to contracts made and performed there without regard to its
conflicts of law principles. You agree to submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in the State of Kentucky
and County of Jefferson and waive any jurisdictional, venue or
inconvenient forum objections to such courts.
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