Terms of Use, Privacy & Disclaimers

The ALLYnces™ website is a complimentary information service provided by ALLYnces and Jay Nolan Community Services, Inc. (“Jay Nolan”), as a convenience to users. These TERMS OF SERVICE (the “Agreement”) set forth the terms and conditions that apply to your use of this website, its related websites, web pages, blogs, domains and subdomains, and the services and materials offered thereon (together, the “Site”) This Agreement also applies to your submission of any content for publication on the ALLYnces Site. For purposes of this Agreement, “ALLYnces” means and includes ALLYnces, Jay Nolan, and its and their officers, directors, employees, agents, contractors and affiliates.
USE OF THIS SITE, AND/OR YOUR SUBMISSION OF CONTENT IN ANY FORM OR MEDIUM FOR PUBLICATION ON THIS SITE, CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF, AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY, ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, POLICIES AND DISCLAIMERS OF THIS AGREEMENT. ALLYnces reserves the right to change the terms of this Agreement at any time and from time to time.
1.  Disclaimers on Advice and Links
ALLYnces provides this website for informational purposes only; it is not intended to provide medical or legal advice or services. Specific legal and/or medical questions should be referred to an attorney or medical professional.
This site also provides access to other sites on the internet. Our links are for informational purposes only, and do not imply endorsement or approval of the opinions, products or information offered at those sites.
Similarly, our site may host comments, blog posts, and editorial content by visitors, users and invited guests. ALLYnces does not necessarily endorse, support, sanction, encourage, verify or agree with the comments, opinions or other statements made public at the Site by such visitors, users and guests. Any information or material sent by such visitors, users and guests, including advice and opinions, represents only the views, and is the sole responsibility of, those visitors, users and guests.

2.  Not For Children



Our Site is intended for a general audience, and we do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13, or knowingly allow such persons to provide us with their personal information. If you are under 13, do not send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or e-mail address. In the event we learn that we collected personal information from anyone under the age of 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have collected personal information from anyone under the age of 13, please contact us at editor@allynces.org.
3.  Privacy Policy


Collection of Personal Information


You may provide, or be asked to provide, your Personal Information when sending us an e-mail, providing blog posts, articles, comments or other content to us for publication, making donations, registering on certain pages of the site, requesting communications from ALLYnces, participating in the social networking aspects of the site, and/or in other ways as will be described in this Privacy Policy. Depending on the type of communication or transaction, the personal information we collect may include, but is not limited to, your name, postal address, ZIP code, telephone number, organization name, e-mail address, credit card, bank information or billing information. Any such information provided by you, together with any technical information (as described below), is referred to herein as “Personal Information”.


In addition, we may also collect technical information such as, the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using (e.g., Windows 8 or Mac OS), CPU type (e.g. Pentium), your manner of connecting to the Internet (e.g., connection speed, narrow or broad band access); internet protocol (“IP”) addresses; website usage information; other information about your geographic location; and the domain name of your internet service provider.


Use of Personal Information


Your Personal Information may be used by us to send further information about our organization to you -- for example, letting you know of problems with our Site, letting you know about our on-going work or about new services offered by ALLYnces, or presenting you with the opportunity to make donations or participate in fund-raising events.  However,  except in the limited situations described below (“Exceptions”), we will not intentionally share your name, e-mail addresses or other Personal Information with any outside parties.  Also, you may always opt-out of receiving future mailings (see the "Opt Out" section below).

Exceptions



ALLYnces reserves the right to share your Personal Information in certain situations:

1.    Credit Card Transactions, Electronic Fund Transfers, Payments by Check or Money Order and On-line Transactions. ALLYnces and Jay Nolan use third parties to provide credit card, bank, payment and information processing services. If you choose to make a donation online, by phone, through the mail or by other means we will share your Personal Information with our processing service providers. While we believe these other companies will treat your Personal Information responsibly, we do not own or control them and cannot guarantee your privacy.




2.     Necessity. We will disclose, without notice to you, Personal Information as we deem appropriate: (i) if we have reason to believe that there has been some inappropriate interference with or use of our website, communications, or charitable services; (ii) if we have reason to believe that one of the ALLYnces web site users, donors, employees or other related parties may have been injured or may have harmed some other party; (iii) if we have a good faith belief that there is an emergency that poses a threat to the safety of you or another person; (iv) when necessary either to protect the rights or property of ALLYnces or any of its affiliates or third party providers; or (v) if compelled by a legal or regulatory authority (for example, a court order, search warrant or subpoena).


3.    Cookies. A "cookie" is a small piece of data that is sent to your browser from ALLYnces’ web server and is stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies are used to collect non-identifying information about the user, such as web surfing behavior or user preferences for a specific web site.  Cookies are used to allow you to quickly navigate and use the Site; cookies are used to serve targeted ads on the Site; and you may receive cookies and web beacons from third-party advertisers on the Site. We use two different types of cookies – session-based and persistent cookies. Session-based cookies expire at the end of a browser session (once you close your browser the cookie simply terminates). Persistent cookies remain on your computer until you remove them. Persistent cookies are used to provide internal web site analytics. You can manually delete all cookies, including persistent ones, within your browser privacy settings menu. For more information on how third parties collect and use this information, go to Google's Advertising Policies Page


4.    Agents and Contractors. ALLYnces may use agents and contractors in order to help operate our website. If such agents and contractors have access to Personal Information, they are required to protect this information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy by, for example, not using the information for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for ALLYnces.

Website Links



ALLYnces’ privacy practices may not be applicable at any third-party sites, including any advertising sites or other third-party sites we provide “links” to from our Site. Anytime you leave our website, we have no control regarding what information may be collected about you, nor do we control what third-parties might do with the information. It is important that you review any privacy policies on third-party sites carefully, BEFORE you use any services or programs offered.


Opt-Out or Change Your Contact Information
You may stop receiving e-mails from us at any time, or change your contact information, by sending an e-mail to editor@allynces.org.

Questions About Our Policies



If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this Site, or your dealings with our Site, you can contact us at editor@allynces.org.


5.  Discontinuing, Suspending or Terminating Use


We reserve the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, our Site or any portion thereof with or without notice. You agree ALLYnces will not be liable to you or anyone else for any such modification or discontinuance of our Site. In addition, we reserve the right to terminate your access to our Site for any reason, and to take other actions that ALLYnces in its sole discretion believes to be in the best interest of our Site and/or our users.
6.  Restrictions on Use
Copyrights and Trademarks
The Site (including all articles, blogs, content, text, images, photographs, graphics, video and audio content, code, software and other elements contained herein)  is owned and operated by ALLYnces, is protected by copyright as a collective work or compilation under the copyright laws of the United States and other countries, contains material that is derived in whole or in part from material supplied and owned by ALLYnces and other sources, is protected by trademark and other applicable laws, and we (subject to the rights of our licensors and licensees under applicable agreements) have all rights therein. All individual articles, blogs, content, text, images, photographs, graphics, video and audio content, code, software and other elements comprising our site are also copyrighted works, and we (subject to the rights of our licensors and licensees under applicable agreements) have all rights therein.
Unless otherwise expressly provided, you may not copy, modify or prepare derivative works based on any articles, blogs, content, text, images, photographs, graphics, video and audio content, code, software and other elements from or contained on or in the Site (“Material”). You may download Material from the Site for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices and use the Material in accordance with all restrictions applicable to your use of the Site in general. In the event that you download Material from the Site, such Material is licensed to you by ALLYnces and ALLYnces does not transfer title to any such Material to you.
If you would like to publish information, images or other Material that you find on our website, please send your request to editor@allynces.org.
7.  Comment Policy
Conduct Rules
ALLYnces strives to maintain a welcoming, safe environment for its users. To that end, each user has a responsibility to maintain a civil and respectful manner toward others, and to avoid using anyone's name or identifying information, including but not limited to the names or identifying characteristics of children, spouses, friends, teachers, service providers (including their company names and the names of their staff), etc. Each user also should take care to avoid disclosing personally identifiable information about himself or others. ALLYnces recommends that, for commenting, you use a login name that does not disclose, or include information that could result in the disclosure of, your name or identity. In particular, it is a condition of your use of the Site that you do not: (i) restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Site; (ii) post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent information of any kind; (iii) post or transmit comments containing harassing or offensive language, or engage in disruptive activities online; (iv) post or transmit any information, software or other material that is fraudulent or violates or infringes the rights of others, including material that violates privacy or publicity rights, or infringes copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights, without first obtaining permission from the owner or right holder; (v) post or transmit any information, software or other material that contains a virus or other harmful component; (vi) post or transmit content that solicits, encourages or provides instructional activities about illegal activities, or that itself constitutes illegal, unethical or immoral conduct; (vii) impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your professional or other affiliation with any person or entity; or (viii) use the Site or Service to collect personally identifying information about users of the Site in violation of our Privacy Policy. ALLYnces, at its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine whether any information transmitted or received violates this provision. You may not use any Material in connection with any site or other use that contains or is associated with information or content prohibited by this section.
Monitoring
ALLYnces has no obligation to monitor the use of the Site by users or members. However, you acknowledge and agree that ALLYnces reserves the right to, and may from time to time, monitor any and all information transmitted or received through the Site for operational and other purposes. Moreover, comments may be monitored, edited, suspended and reviewed to maintain relevance to the original blog post topic, to maintain compliance with our policies and procedures, to prevent or correct the disclosure of private information (including but not limited to the names or identifiable characteristics of third parties).  During monitoring, information may be examined, recorded, copied, and used for authorized purposes in accordance with our Privacy Policy, and there may even be a delay in the publication of your comment, if it is pending review. Use of the Site constitutes consent to such monitoring. Furthermore, ALLYnces reserves the right at all times to disclose any information posted on any portion of the Site as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request, or to refuse to post, or to remove, any information or materials, in whole or in part, that in ALLYnces' sole and absolute discretion are objectionable or in violation of this Agreement.
You Can Help!
Please help us maintain a friendly, safe and welcoming environment by letting us know of inappropriate or problematic comments, or any other violations of our policies and procedures.
8.  Rights & Obligations Relating to Submitted Content


By posting or submitting content on or to our Site (regardless of the form or medium with respect to such content, whether text, videos, photographs, audio or otherwise), you are giving us, and our affiliates, agents and third party contractors the right to display or publish such content on our Site, its affiliated publications, and any future works or publications we may create (either in the form submitted or in the form of a derivative or adapted work), to store such content, and to distribute such content and use such content for promotional and marketing purposes.


You shall be solely responsible for your own submissions and the consequences of posting or publishing them. In connection with each of your submissions, you affirm, represent, and/or warrant that:  (i) you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use and authorize us to use all copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights in and to such submissions; and (ii) you have the written consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual person in such submissions to use his or her name or likeness, as applicable. Additionally, you agree that you will not: (i) publish falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage us or any third party; or (ii) submit material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, libelous, threatening, pornographic, harassing, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or that encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, violate any law, or that is otherwise inappropriate. We reserve the right to remove or not publish submissions without prior notice.


You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless in accordance with the Indemnification agreement, below.
9.  Disclaimers of Warranties, Express or Implied


OUR SITE IS AVAILABLE “AS IS.” WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT OUR SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. WE DO NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO OUR SITE OR ANY INFORMATION, SERVICES OR GOODS THAT ARE AVAILABLE OR ADVERTISED OR SOLD THROUGH OUR SITE.


ALLYNCES HAS PROVIDED LINKS AND POINTERS TO INTERNET SITES MAINTAINED BY THIRD PARTIES (“THIRD PARTY SITES”), AND ALLYNCES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME PROVIDE THIRD PARTY MATERIALS ON THE SITE. ALLYNCES DOES NOT OPERATE OR CONTROL IN ANY RESPECT ANY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES ON THESE THIRD PARTY SITES, AND WE DO NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS, NOR DO WE ENDORSE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS OR RELIABILITY OF ANY ADVICE, OPINION, STATEMENT OR OTHER MATERIAL OR DATABASE PUBLISHED, DISPLAYED, UPLOADED OR DISTRIBUTED ON THIS SITE OR AVAILABLE THROUGH LINKS ON OUR SITE. THE SITE, THE MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS AVAILABLE IN OR ACCESSIBLE THROUGH ALLYNCES, AND ANY THIRD PARTY SITES AND CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, ALLYNCES DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND WARRANTIES IMPLIED FROM A COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR COURSE OF DEALING.


ALLYNCES DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE USE OF, OR FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN, SUCH MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS, OR IN THE SITE , WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR USE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SITE, INCLUDING THE STORAGE SERVICES AND THEIR CONTENTS, OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES THEM AVAILABLE, ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. You assume all risk of errors and/or omissions in the Site, including the transmission or translation of information. You acknowledge and agree that your use of the Site, and any information sent or received in connection therewith, may not be secure and may be intercepted by unauthorized parties.
10.  Special Damages
IN NO EVENT SHALL ALLYNCES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THE SITE OR WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF ALLYNCES HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. THIS WAIVER APPLIES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY ARISING FROM ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, FILE CORRUPTION, COMMUNICATION-LINE FAILURE, NETWORK OR SYSTEM OUTAGE, OR THEFT, DESTRUCTION, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF ANY RECORD. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT ALLYNCES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY USER OF THE SITE. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.

11.  Indemnification



You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless ALLYnces, Jay Nolan, and its and their affiliates, directors, officers, managers, employees, shareholders, agents, and licensors from and against any and all claims, actions, suits or proceedings, as well as any and all losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) arising out of or accruing from (a) any material posted or otherwise provided by you that infringes any copyright, trademark, trade secret, trade dress, patent or other intellectual property right of any person or defames any person or violates their rights of publicity or privacy, (b) any violation by you of this Agreement, any breach by you of your representations and warranties hereunder, or any misrepresentation made by you in connection with your use of the Site; (c) any non-compliance by you with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and (e) claims brought by persons or entities other than the parties to this Agreement arising from or related to your access and use of the Site, including the information obtained through the Site. We reserve the right to take over the exclusive defense of any claim for which we are entitled to indemnification under this Section 7.  In such event, you shall provide us with such cooperation as is reasonably requested by us.
12.  Modification
ALLYnces reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to amend this Agreement, and to modify, add or discontinue any aspect, content, or feature of the Site. Such amendments, modifications, additions or deletions shall become effective upon notice thereof, which may be provided to you by posting on the Site, via e-mail or any other reasonable means. Continued use of the Site by you shall constitute your binding acceptance of any such amendments, modifications, additions or deletions.
13.  Miscellaneous
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. Although you acknowledge that we will have the ability to enforce our rights in any court of competent jurisdiction, you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., regarding any and all disputes relating to this Agreement, your use of the Site or Service, or our use or publication of any content or Materials provided by you for publication on the Site. You acknowledge and agree that the warranty disclaimers and liability and remedy limitations in this Agreement are material terms of this Agreement and that they have been taken into account in the decision by ALLYnces to provide the Site hereunder. You may not assign any of your rights, obligations or privileges hereunder without the prior, written consent of ALLYnces. Any assignment of the foregoing other than as provided for in this section shall be null and void. If any provision of this Agreement shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this Agreement, shall be enforced to the fullest extent allowed by law as to effect the intention of the parties, and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. This Agreement and any posted operating rules constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether oral or written, between the parties with respect to such subject matter. No waiver of any provision or any right granted hereunder will be effective unless set forth in a written instrument signed by the waiving party. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach or default. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.