IMPORTANT: Please review the following terms and conditions carefully. These
Terms Of Use are a legally binding contract between you and Susan G. Komen For The
Cure ("Komen" or "our" or "we" or "us") pertaining to the access and use of the
services offered, and all products, information, content, media, content, printed
materials and "online" or other electronic documentation accessible from, www.komen.org
or any sub-domains thereof or other websites operated by or for Komen (collectively,
the "Sites").
The Sites are all offered by Komen to you free of charge on the express condition
that you accept, without modification, and abide by these Terms Of Use. Your access
and use of the Sites is conditioned upon your continued compliance with these Terms
Of Use. Please read these Terms Of Use carefully, as your use of the Sites constitutes
your acceptance of these Terms Of Use. Komen reserves the right to change the Terms
Of Use any time by reasonable notice, including without limitation by posting revised
terms on the Sites (which shall constitute reasonable notice), and such amended
terms shall be binding upon you; thus, you should consult the most recent version
of these Terms Of Use each time that you view the Sites.
The Promise
Komen was founded on one promise made between two sisters. Komen is committed
to saving lives and ending breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring
quality care for all and energizing science to find the cures (the "Promise"). The
Sites are designed, and all uses of the Sites are intended, to be in furtherance
of the Promise.
Disclaimer
You acknowledge that the materials on the Sites are provided "as is" for general
information only and without warranties of any kind. The materials on the Sites
are not meant to be used for self-diagnosis or to replace the services of a medical
professional. While Komen endeavors to keep the materials on the Sites current,
healthcare information changes rapidly and thus, the materials on the Sites should
not be relied upon to be fully comprehensive or error free. Komen does not recommend,
endorse or make any warranties or representations of any kind with regard to the
accuracy, completeness, timeliness, quality, efficacy or non-infringement of any
of the programs, materials, products or other information provided on the Sites
or by the companies or organizations linked or referred to in the Sites. The Sites
do not offer medical advice or recommendations to individuals and you should not
rely on the information posted on the Sites as a substitute for consultations with
qualified health care professionals who are familiar with individual medical conditions
and needs. Komen does not advocate that you attempt to treat yourself, your family
or someone you know without proper medical supervision. Komen encourages you to
seek the guidance of your healthcare provider if you feel that you, your family
or someone that you know suffers from the conditions described on the Sites.
In certain instances Komen permits third parties to provide testimonials and information,
and in certain situations, create personal home pages for fundraising purposes in
furtherance of the Promise. Komen may from time to time post articles and other
information provided by third parties that might be of interest or benefit to the
public. You acknowledge that the opinions and recommendations of third parties contained
on the Sites are not necessarily those of Komen or endorsed by Komen.
Restrictions on Use of Materials
Unless otherwise indicated, Komen or its licensors holds the copyright to all materials
on the Sites, including without limitation, research materials, photographs, text,
graphics, logos, icons, images, content, sound recordings, tutorials, white papers,
audio/visual clips and design. Additionally, Komen owns all of the trademarks, service
marks, slogans and logos (collectively, the "Marks") used and displayed on the Sites,
unless otherwise noted. Without the explicit consent of Komen, no material from
the Sites (including, without limitation, the Marks), may be copied, reproduced,
displayed, republished, downloaded, posted, digitized, translated, modified, transmitted,
distributed or commercially exploited in any way. Any unauthorized use of materials
contained on the Sites may violate copyright, trademark and other laws. We retain
all rights not expressly granted, and nothing in these Terms Of Use constitutes
a waiver of any rights under copyright laws or any other federal, state or local
law, regulation, ordinance or treaty. Nothing in these Terms Of Use should be construed
as conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right under
or to any intellectual property right, including without limitation, any patent,
trademark, service mark or copyright of Komen or any third party.
Komen will allow you to view and print information, documents and web pages located
on the Sites for your own personal use but not for any for-profit or commercial
activities or purposes or resale; provided that (i) the copies must retain any copyright,
intellectual property, proprietary or other notices or disclaimers contained in
the original materials, (ii) you must give attribution to Komen and if possible
provide a reference to Komen's main site www.komen.org, (iii) the material must
be printed in its entirety without modification, reformatting, adaptation or adjustment,
and (iv) if you combine the materials with other hard copy materials, you must clearly
designate which portion of the complete work is Komen's material. No electronic
copies are permitted. If you share the printed materials with others, you agree
to advise any person to whom you share the materials as to these Terms Of Use and
they must agree to abide by these Terms Of Use. Failure to abide by these conditions
will immediately terminate this permission and may result in the infringement of
the copyrights and/or trademarks owned by Komen or its licensors.
Sponsors
Komen may choose to acknowledge certain persons and companies who have provided
donations or sponsorships in furtherance of the Promise. Such acknowledgement may
be in the form of recognition on the Sites by use of such persons or companies'
own names or marks and/or links to such person or companies' own websites. However,
Komen does not solicit or permit the purchase or use of advertisements or commercial
endorsements on the Sites by any person or company (including, without limitation,
its sponsors and donors). If you choose to click on the links to any of our sponsors'
websites or otherwise engage in any correspondence or business dealings with or
other purchase of products or services from any of our sponsors, you do so on your
own initiative and you agree that Komen is not responsible or liable for any loss
or damages of any sort incurred as a result of any such dealings or as a result
of the acknowledgement of or links to such sponsors in conjunction with the Sites.
Links To Other Sites; Link Agreement
Komen may provide links to other Internet sites or resources. Komen likewise may
permit others to post on certain public forums links to other Internet sites or
resources. The information provided to you in such links are provided solely for
your interactive enjoyment. The results are not guaranteed to be accurate and are
in no way endorsed, offered or guaranteed by Komen.
Links to the Sites are permitted by Komen only in accordance with
Komen's Link Agreement. You should be aware that links to the Sites may
be provided from other sites, either known or unknown to Komen, and some links to
the Sites may be unauthorized, and accessing any other site linked to or from the
Sites is done at your own risk. Komen has not reviewed and is not responsible for
the content of any third party sites linked to or from the Sites.
General Indemnification
You agree that you will hold harmless Komen, its officers, directors, employees,
volunteers, licensors and suppliers from all claims arising out of or related to
your access or use of, or your inability to access or use, the Sites or other sites
to which they are linked. If your use of materials from the Sites results in the
need for servicing, repair of equipment or data, you will assume any costs thereof.
Limitation of Liability
In no event and under no circumstances shall Komen or the contributors of information
to the Sites or our sponsors, licensors or authorized representatives be liable
to you or any third party for special, incidental, punitive or consequential damages
(including without limitation any loss of profits, lost savings, or loss of data)
arising out of your (or any authorized user's) or any unrelated party's use or inability
to use the Sites, or your (or any authorized user's) or any unrelated party's reliance
or use of information, products or services provided on or through the Internet,
or that result from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletions of files or other
data loss, errors, defects, delays in operation, service or transmission or any
failure of performance of the Sites, even if we, or any of our authorized representatives,
have been advised of the possibility of such damage and even if the remedies stated
in these Terms Of Use fail of their essential purpose.
Disclaimer of Warranties
THE SITES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ALL SERVICES AND CONTENT) ARE PROVIDED "AS
IS" AND "WITH ALL FAULTS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND AND THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO
SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY AND EFFORT IS WITH YOU. There is no
warranty, representation or guarantee that the Sites will continuously operate or
be error free or that any problems will be corrected, or that any information, software
or other material accessible from the Sites is free of viruses, worms, trojan horses
or other harmful components. Further, we do not warrant, guarantee, or make any
representations regarding the use of, or the results of the use of the Sites either
in terms of its compatibility with hardware or other software, its reliability,
currentness, or otherwise; and you rely on the Sites solely at your own risk. ANY
AND ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS OF THE PRODUCT FOR A PARTICULAR USE
OR PURPOSE, QUALITY, COURSE OF DEALINGS, USAGE OF TRADE, INACCURACY IN CONTENT CAUSED
BY OUR FAILURE TO PERFORM WITH REASONABLE CARE, QUIET ENJOYMENT OR NON-INFRINGEMENT
ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED.
THE SITES ARE MANAGED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. KOMEN MAKES
NO REPRESENTATION THAT IT OPERATES (OR IS LEGALLY PERMITTED TO OPERATE) IN ALL GEOGRAPHIC
AREAS. KOMEN MAKES NO REPRESENTATION THAT THE SITES, SERVICES OR INFORMATION FOUND
THROUGH THE SITES OR SERVICES IS APPROPRIATE OR AVAILABLE FOR USE IN ALL GEOGRAPHIC
LOCATIONS, AND ACCESSING THE SITES FROM TERRITORIES WHERE THE CONTENT OF THE SITES
IS ILLEGAL IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED. IF YOU VIEW THE SITES AND/OR ACCESS THE SERVICES
FROM ANY COUNTRY OTHER THAN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU
ARE DOING SO ON YOUR OWN INITIATIVE AND YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE
WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS.
Website Services
Services. In furtherance of the Promise, Komen may offer from time to time
certain services or features on the Sites (including without limitation, message
boards, blogs, chatrooms, public forums, personal home pages, on-line donations,
shopping carts and tutorials) (collectively, the "Services"). The following terms
under these Terms Of Use pertain to your ability to use the Services made available
by Komen on the Sites. Komen will permit your use of the Services free of charge
on the express condition that you accept, without modification, and abide by these
Terms Of Use, only for as long as your use of the Services are helping Komen to
fulfill the Promise.
Account Set Up. Browsing of the Sites public pages is currently provided
free of charge to any person. However, access to the Services and certain features
of the Sites will require an account to be first established and activated for you.
You may sign up for an account by accessing the Sites and following the direction
for setting up an account. When you register for an account, you will be asked to
create a unique user name (and/or a forum name), a password and a valid email address
for your account. You will be asked whether you have read these Terms Of Use and
agree to abide by its terms. You may be asked specific questions if you are seeking
to use certain features of the Sites (such as a Personal Home Page), and your answers
to those questions will determine whether or not you are eligible to register for
those features. If you answer "I agree" and you answer all of the questions posed
for each feature and otherwise are eligible, your account may be activated. If you
answer "I Do Not Agree" or otherwise do not answer all of the questions or otherwise
are not eligible, your account will not be activated and you will not be permitted
to access the Services online. Komen reserves the right to decline to activate an
account for any person for any reason. If your account is activated, you will receive
a notification email immediate after you register and you must confirm your email
address and acceptance of these Terms Of Use by clicking on the confirmation link
in the notification email. Once you have confirmed, you will be permitted to log
in, view, load, post and use the Services and the specific features of each Komen
public forum or service for which you have been registered. By making such confirmation,
you acknowledge that you have read these Terms Of Use, understand your rights and
obligations, and agree to be bound by these Terms Of Use. You acknowledge that certain
Services will be provided subject to additional terms and conditions (or a separate
written agreement only) and you agree that you will abide by such additional terms
and conditions applicable to those Services.
Password Protection. You must have a password to access the Services online
via your account. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your password
and protecting against unauthorized use of your password. You also are responsible
for all activities that occur under your password and user name or your account
made by you or others. You will immediately notify Komen if your password is lost,
stolen, disclosed to an unauthorized third party or otherwise has been compromised
or if there is any other breach of security. You must ensure that you exit from
your account at the end of each session. You will be permitted to access only those
portions of the Sites for which you have been granted permission to use by Komen.
Account Requirements. In consideration of your use of the Sites and the Services,
you agree to: (i) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about
yourself as prompted by our account activation form; and (ii) maintain and promptly
update such account information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.
If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete,
or we have reasonable grounds to suspect that such account information is untrue,
inaccurate, not current or incomplete, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate
your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Sites or the Services
or any portion thereof.
Parental Consent. As part of the account activation process, you must certify
that you are 18 years of age or older. If you are under the age of 18, then your
parent or legal guardian may establish an account for each minor child who may use
the Services. In such event, the parent or legal guardian must certify that he or
she is at least 18 years old and that he or she is the parent or legal guardian
of the child/children listed on the account. The parent or legal guardian also must
provide his or her contact information. By creating an account for a minor, the
parent or legal guardian gives your minor child permission to access all of the
Sites and the Services. As the legal guardian or parent, it is your responsibility
to determine whether any of the Sites and the Services and/or information contained
on the Sites is appropriate for the minor child and whether the minor child should
participate in any feature of the Sites or Services, including without limitation
the message boards, blogs or chatrooms. You should understand that we may disclose
any activity under the minor child's account to the parent or legal guardian.
Message Boards & Other Public Forums. As part of your account, you may
participate in certain message boards, blogs, chatrooms, instant messaging and other
public forums. Your participation is voluntary; however by choosing to post or send
a message or blog or otherwise participate in any public forum, you acknowledge
and agree that any information or content provided by you may be viewed by the general
public and will not be treated as private or confidential. You further agree that
Komen may use the posted content in any manner that it deems necessary or appropriate.
Komen reserves the right to edit or abridge content for any reason and to edit,
refuse to post or remove any content submitted by you or others. Komen cannot and
does not guarantee that it will post every content submitted or that such content
will not be offensive, defamatory, or objectionable. Although Komen reserves the
right to remove without notice any posting for any reason, Komen has no obligation
to delete content that you personally may find objectionable or offensive. Komen
does not control in real time the information posted via the Services and as such
does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such information. In addition
to other disclaimers found in these Terms Of Use, Komen does not endorse or make
any warranties or representations with regard to the accuracy, completeness or timeliness
or any content posted on any Komen public forum.
Personal Home Page. While accessing or using the Sites, you may be provided
access to website development tools and the use of a fundraising web space that
can be personalized with your own content or otherwise to create a personal webpage
(a "Personal Home Page"). Your Personal Home Page may have several features such
as my story page, a slide show (up to 10 photos with captions), a link to donate
to "my Komen event", a link to testimonials or comments that can be edited only
by you), donation goal (optional), personal URL at komen.org (or such other sub-domain
or URL as may be designated by Komen), guest book and email address book. In addition
to these Terms Of Use, your use of the Personal Home Page and related Services may
require your agreement and compliance with supplemental terms at the time that you
register for a Personal Home Page.
Posted Content. You may post messages, text, photos, testimonials or other
content on the Site via the public forums or your Personal Home Page. Any content
submitted to Komen will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary, and
you authorize Komen and its affiliates and licensees, without compensation to you
or others, to copy, reproduce, incorporate, distribute, publicly display or otherwise
use such information in furtherance of its operations and the Promise throughout
the world in any format or media (whether now know or hereafter created) for the
duration of any copyright or other rights in such content, and such permission may
not be revoked for any reason. To the extent permitted under applicable law, you
waive and release and covenant not to assert any moral rights that you may have
in any content posted by you. By posting such content on the Sites, you represent
to Komen that you own or have the right to use and permit Komen to use such content
in the manner stated above. By way of example and not limitation, if you post a
photograph of yourself with others, you need to first obtain permission or a release
from the other people appearing in the photograph to use their image on your Personal
Home Page, and you need to be the owner or licensee of the copyright in the photograph.
You agree not to post any photographs or text that belongs to any person other than
yourself or that contains the name, voice or likeness of any person other than yourself
unless you first obtain permission to do so from that person. If you identify yourself
by name or provide a picture or audio or video recording of yourself on your Personal
Home Page, you further authorize Komen and its affiliates and licensees (without
compensation to you or others) to reproduce, print, publish and disseminate in any
format or media (whether now known or hereafter created) your name, voice and likenesses
in furtherance of Komen's operations and the Promise throughout the world, and any
such permission cannot be revoked for any reason.
Availability of Service. Komen reserves the right to establish general practices
and limits concerning the Services and user accounts at any time (and may modify
such practices and limits at its sole discretion), including without limitation
the maximum number of days that your or any third-party's information, pictures,
content or email will be retained and the maximum amount of disk space that will
be allotted on Komen's servers on your behalf. Without limiting the foregoing, you
agree that Komen shall have no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure
to deliver or store your Personal Home Page or any other public forum, or any information,
pictures, content or email provided by or stored by you on your Personal Homepage
or any other public forum, regardless of whether such deletion or failure was due
to the established practices or limits of the Services or as a result of error,
intentional misconduct, or negligence of Komen. You acknowledge that Komen reserves
the right to log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time and
reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to modify or discontinue,
either temporarily or permanently, the Services (or any part thereof) with or without
notice. You agree that Komen shall not be liable to you or to any third party for
any such modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Services.
Privacy of Patient Information. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act ("HIPAA") may regulate and limit the use and disclosure of your private health
information by certain healthcare institutions. However, you should know that the
HIPAA regulations apply to information gathered in the treatment of patients and
not to information gathered by or through the Sites. For details on how Komen protects
the privacy of personally identifiable information gathered by or through the Sites,
please see our Privacy Policy.
Shopping Cart Purchases & On-Line Donations. In order to purchase products
from the Sites' store or make donations online, you must submit the necessary contact
and payment information, including, without limitation, your name, address, credit
card and email. You are responsible for the accuracy of the information in your
account(s) supplied by you to Komen. By providing such information to Komen by any
means (e.g.: email, fax, telephone, mail, etc.), you represent that any information
or materials provided by you shall be accurate, complete and correct and that you
shall have lawful right to provide such information to Komen for use in processing
your orders or receiving your donations from the Sites. In order to purchase the
products or make donations online using the payment method displayed on the Web
site (e.g., VISA, Mastercard, PayPals, etc.), you must be 18 years of age or over.
By using the Sites' payment method, you confirm that you possess the legal authority
to enter into the conditions of use for the Sites, including, without limitation,
instructing Komen or its authorized vendors to collect any payments from a credit
or debit card, and to use the Sites in accordance with all terms and conditions
of these Terms Of Use. Billing to your credit card or to your account occurs at
the time of purchase or donation or shortly thereafter. All sales of merchandise
purchased from Komen on the Sites are subject to Komen's standard sales terms and
conditions, which contain certain warranty and liability limitations. All returns
and exchanges of merchandise purchased from Komen on the Sites are subject to Komen's
standard return and exchange policy. Komen will charge tax in states where such
purchases are taxable and your invoice will include both the purchase price and
sales tax based on the bill-to address for you for your credit card at the sales
tax rates then in effect at the time of purchase. You agree that you are responsible
for all charges incurred by your use of the Sites and you expressly authorize Komen
to charge the credit card provided by you or listed on your account for any outstanding
fees or costs due to Komen or any donations submitted online via the Sites.
Services Indemnification. IN ADDITION TO THE GENERAL INDEMNIFICATION PROVIDED
UNDER THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU WILL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD KOMEN AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS,
EMPLOYEES, VOLUNTEERS, AFFILIATES, LICENSORS AND SUPPLIERS HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST
ANY LAWSUIT, CLAIM, DAMAGE, LIABILITY, OR EXPENSE (INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS'
FEES) INCURRED BY KOMEN AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, VOLUNTEERS, AFFILIATES,
LICENSORS AND SUPPLIERS PERTAINING TO KOMEN'S USE OF THE INFORMATION AND CONTENT
PROVIDED BY YOU IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES, YOUR FAILURE TO ABIDE BY THE ACCEPTABLE
USE POLICY (SET FORTH BELOW), YOUR WILLFUL MIDSCONDUCT OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE, OR ANY
PATENT, COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT OR RIGHT OF PUBLICITY
OR PRIVACY OF ANY THIRD PARTY THAT RELATES TO ANY INFORMATION, IMAGE, VOICE, NAME
OR CONTENT PROVIDED BY YOU IN CONECTION WITH THE SERVICES, EVEN IF ANY SUCH CLAIMS,
DAMAGES, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE ARE BASED IN WHOLE OR IN PART ON KOMEN'S OWN NEGLIGENCE.
IN NO EVENT SHALL KOMEN'S AGGREGATE AND COMPLETE LIABILITY TO YOU AND ANY THIRD
PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH ANY AND ALL OF ITS SERVICES PROVIDED VIA THE SITES, HOWEVER
ARISING, EXCEED A MAXIMUM OF $100.00.
Acceptable Use Policy for Services & Sites
You will not, and will not allow or authorize others to, use the Services or the
Sites to take any actions that: (i) infringe on any third party's copyright, patent,
trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
(ii) violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including those
regarding export control); (iii) are defamatory, trade libelous, threatening, harassing,
invasive of privacy, stalking, harassment, abusive, tortuous conduct, hateful, discrimination
based on race, ethnicity, gender, sex or disability, pornographic or obscene; (iv)
interfere with or disrupt any services or equipment with the intent of causing an
excessive or disproportionate load on Komen or its licensors or suppliers' infrastructure;
(v) involve knowingly distributing viruses, Trojan horses, worms, or other similar
harmful or deleterious programming routines; (vi) involve the preparation and/or
distribution of "junk mail", "spam", "chain letters", "pyramid schemes" or other
deceptive on-line marketing practices or any unsolicited bulk email or unsolicited
commercial email or otherwise in a manner that violate the Controlling the Assault
of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003); (vii) would
encourage conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability
or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international laws
or regulations; (viii) involve the unauthorized entry to any machine accessible
via the Services or interference with the Sites or any servers or networks connected
to the Sites or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of
networks connected to the Sites, or attempt to breach the security of or disrupt
Internet communications on the Sites (including without limitation accessing data
to which you are not the intended recipient or logging into a server or account
for which you are not expressly authorized); (ix) impersonate any person or entity,
including, without limitation, one of Komen's or other's officers or employees,
or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
(x) forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin
of any information transmitted through the Sites; (xi) collect or store personal
data about other account users or attempt to gain access to other account users'
accounts or otherwise mine information about other account users or the Sites; (xii)
execute any form of network monitoring or run a network analyzer or packet sniffer
or other technology to intercept, decode, mine or display any packets used to communicate
between the Sites' servers or any data not intended for you; (xiii) attempt to circumvent
authentication or security of any content, host, network or account ("cracking")
on or from the Sites; or (xiv) are contrary to Komen's public image, goodwill, reputation
or mission or otherwise not in furtherance of the Promise.
In addition you will not, and will not assist, enable or permit others to, directly
or indirectly (i) modify, enhance, alter, or prepare derivative works based on any
of Komen or its licensors or supplier's content, software or infrastructure, (ii)
decompile, decode, unlock, attempt to discover the source code of, or otherwise
reverse engineer, any of Komen or its licensors or supplier's software or infrastructure,
or (iii) sublicense, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, or convey any rights under
these Terms Of Use to any third party, or otherwise commercially exploit or profit
from the information or content of the Sites (or any part or portion thereof).
IMPROPER USE OF THE SITES WILL RESULT IN LOSS OF YOUR ACCOUNT ACCESS AND MAY RESULT
IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LIABILITIES.
Term & Termination
These Terms Of Use are effective from the date that you first access the Sites
or on the date that you activate your account for the Services, whichever is earlier,
and continues in effect until terminated in accordance with these Terms Of Use.
Komen may terminate your access to the Sites or the Services at any time for any
reason. Cause for such termination shall include, but not be limited to: (i) breaches
or violations of these Terms Of Use; (ii) requests by law enforcement or other government
agencies; (iii) a request by you (self-initiated account deletions); (iv) discontinuance
or material modification to the Services (or any part thereof); (v) unexpected technical
or security issues or problems; (vi) extended periods of inactivity; (vii) fraudulent
or illegal activities performed by or on behalf of you in connection with the Services
or the Sites; (viii) discontinuance of the Services as a whole; (ix) a statement
by you that you no longer agree to these Terms Of Use, or a statement by you otherwise
requesting termination of your access to the Services; (x) completion of the Komen
or other fundraising event or program in which you are participating; and/or (xi)
any other reason reasonably considered by Komen to be in its best interest.
Your access to the Sites or the Services also will terminate automatically if you
fail to comply with any term or provision of these Terms Of Use. You agree that
any termination of your account and/or your access to the Sites or the Services
may be effected without prior notice and you acknowledge and agree that Komen may
immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related information, files
or content in your account and/or bar any access to such information or content
by you or others. Komen shall not be obligated to return or provide copies of any
information, files or content in your account to you upon deactivation.
You may deactivate your account at any time subject to full payment of any costs
or donations charged to your account(s). In order for us to deactivate your account,
you must provide us with written notice. You may look under "My Account" and follow
the instructions for providing written notice to us so that your account will be
deactivated. You acknowledge that our entire liability and your exclusive remedy
under these Terms Of Use for any dispute with us shall be your right to terminate
your account in accordance with this section.
You further agree that the Komen shall not be liable to any third-party for any
termination or deactivation of your access to your account(s) or the Sites.
Upon termination, Komen will have no further obligation or responsibility to you
with respect to the Services terminated, and you will have no further obligation
or responsibility to Komen with respect to the Services terminated or the Sites;
provided, however, the foregoing statement does not apply to any liability, responsibility,
or obligation of either party existing or arising prior to the effective date of
termination. Your obligations under these Terms Of Use, which by their nature are
intended to survive termination (such as indemnification) shall survive the termination
of your access to the Sites or the Services.
Deactivation of the Sites
We reserve the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue,
temporarily or permanently, the Sites, or any part or portion thereof, with or without
notice to you. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or to any third party
for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Sites, or any part or
portion thereof. Nothing in these Terms Of Use shall be construed to obligate Komen
to maintain and support the Sites, or any part or portion thereof, during the term
of these Terms Of Use.
Notice of Claims of Intellectual Property Violations
The content of the Sites may include pictures, information, testimonials, letters,
marks, slogans and other content uploaded or provided by third parties or otherwise
received from third parties. Komen does not permit the use of content on the Sites
that infringes on the copyright or trademarks or rights of publicity of others,
and will remove any such content that violates the copyright or trademarks or other
rights of others if properly notified of such violation in accordance with the procedure
set forth in these Terms Of Use. If you believe that any of the content on the Sites
infringes your copyright or trademark rights or your rights of publicity, please
provide Komen's general counsel (whose contact information provided below) with
the following information:
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the
owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
- Identification of the copyrighted work or mark or publicity right claimed to have
been infringed, or, if you believe that multiple works, marks or publicity rights
have been infringed on the Sites, a representative list of such works, marks or
publicity rights.
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject
of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled,
and information reasonably sufficient to permit Komen to locate the material.
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit Komen to contact you, such as an address,
telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which you may
be contacted.
- A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner
complained of is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or the law.
- A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty
of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive
right that is allegedly infringed.
Komen's agent for the notice of any claim of infringement of any copyright or trademark
or right of publicity is its General Counsel, who can be reached, as follows:
By mail:
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Attention: Legal Department
5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 250
Dallas, Texas USA 75244
Please provide all of the information requested above. No specific form is required
to provide Komen with notifications of possible infringement. However, it will take
Komen longer to process your notice if any of this information is not provided,
and in some cases, we may not be able to process your notice.
COPPA
Komen does not knowingly solicit data from children or knowingly market to children.
Komen is concerned about the safety of children and their use of the Internet. Therefore,
in accordance with the U.S. Childrens' Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, it
does not knowingly request or solicit personally identifiable information from anyone
under the age of 13 without prior verifiable parental consent. In the event that
Komen receives actual knowledge that it has collected such personal information
without the requisite and verifiable parental consent, Komen will delete that information
from the Sites as quickly as is reasonably practical.
Privacy
Komen understands that many visitors to the Sites may be concerned about the information
that they may provide or that may be generated from their use of the Sites and how
Komen may use such information. Protecting privacy is an important priority to Komen.
Our Privacy Policy governs the collection, use, retention and disclosure of personal
information gathered from the Sites and you can view our
Privacy Policy.
Equitable Remedies
You agree that, if the terms of these Terms Of Use are not specifically enforced,
we will be irreparably damaged, and therefore you agree that we shall be entitled,
without bond, other security or proof of damages, to appropriate equitable remedies
with respect any breach(es), in addition to any other available remedies.
Governing Law; Venue; Statute of Limitations
These Terms Of Use are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, U.S.A., excluding
any conflict of laws, rules or similar principals, and the applicable laws, regulations
and treaties of the United States of America. Any action arising out of any dispute
with respect to this Agreement shall only be brought in the state or federal courts
located in Dallas County, Texas. You agree that the statute of limitations for any
claim against Komen shall be brought within one year from when the claim arose,
and any claims not brought within such period of time shall be deemed waived.
Dispute Resolution
In the event of any dispute arising out of these Terms Of Use, you and Komen each
agree to use good faith efforts to resolve our differences amicably. In the event
those efforts are unsuccessful, you and Komen agree not to commence litigation until
attempting to resolve our dispute through mediation. Either you or Komen may initiate
the mediation process with thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the other.
The dispute shall be submitted to mediation in Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. Costs of mediation
shall be borne equally by both you and Komen. Mediation of the dispute shall be
completed within fifteen (15) days of commencement, unless you and Komen agree to
extend the time by mutual agreement or unless the mediator declares you and Komen
to be at an impasse. Notwithstanding the above, in the event that Komen believes
that immediate injunctive relief is required to protect its rights, Komen may invoke
the immediate powers of the appropriate court of law without the requirement to
first mediate the dispute.
Miscellaneous
If any provision of these Terms Of Use is held to be illegal, invalid, or unenforceable,
then that provision shall be fully severable from these Terms Of Use and shall not
effect the legality, validity, or enforceability of the remaining provisions of
these Terms Of Use.
Failure by us to enforce any particular term of these Terms Of Use shall not be
construed as a waiver of any of our rights hereunder.
These Terms Of Use have been written in the English language and the English language
shall control. These Terms Of Use, which are in English, shall be interpreted in
accordance with the commonly understood meaning of the words and phrases in the
United States of America. You waive any right that you may have under local law
to receive these Terms Of Use in any language other than English.
These Terms Of Use (and each supplemental agreement referenced in or referencing
these Terms Of Use found on the Sites) constitutes the entire agreement between
you and Komen with respect to the Sites and the Services.
Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding these Terms Of Use, you may write to Komen:
By mail:
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Attention: Legal Department
5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 250
Dallas, Texas USA 75244
Posted: 8/14/2008