Terms and Conditions
INTRODUCTION. Welcome to the www.mysandyhookfamilyfund.com website. These terms and conditions of use (the “Terms of Use”) are a contract between you and My Sandy Hook Family Fund, Inc. (“My Sandy Hook Family Fund”, “we” or “us”) and apply to our online environment accessible through all domains and subdomains under www.mysandyhookfamilyfund.com (the “Site”).
We may update these Terms of Use from time to time to reflect new practices or technologies that impact use of the Site. We recommend that you review these Terms of Use on a routine basis to view any changes. The date of the last revision or update appears at the top under the title. BY ACCESSING, USING OR SIGNING UP FOR THE SITE, OUR NEWSLETTER(S) OR ANY OTHER SERVICE YOU ARE AGREEING TO THESE TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS OF USE THEN DO NOT USE THE SITE.
SITE AUDIENCE. This Web Site is operated by My Sandy Hook Family Fund from its offices in the United States. This Web Site is directed to adults in the United States and is not intended for children under the age of thirteen.
SITE INFORMATION. This Site provides only general information.
THE CONTENT AVAILABLE VIA THE WEB SITE IS PROVIDED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT NEITHER My Sandy Hook Family Fund NOR ITS SUPPLIERS OR USERS ARE ENGAGED IN RENDERING MEDICAL, COUNSELING, LEGAL, OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OR ADVICE. Such content is intended solely as a general education aid. It is not intended as medical or healthcare advice, or to be used for medical diagnosis or treatment for any individual problem. Always seek the advice of your physician or other healthcare provider regarding any medical issue or condition and before starting any new regimen or treatment.
We may list things to do of interest in particular areas, but we do not check the accuracy of all the information we receive. You should check directly with the event website to be sure.
OWNERSHIP AND USE OF SITE CONTENT. The Site is owned by My Sandy Hook Family Fund. Unless otherwise noted, all features and content on or relating to the Site, including without limitation information and other materials, trademarks, trade dress, logos, illustrations, product detail, icons, images, artwork, graphics, photography, text, data, audio sound, software, and infrastructure, as well as their selection, assembly and arrangement (collectively, “Site Content”) are owned by My Sandy Hook Family Fund or are licensed from third parties by My Sandy Hook Family Fund. The Site, in whole and in part, and all Site Content are protected by copyright, trademark, service mark, trade name and other proprietary rights, and all such rights are reserved. You may not access or use the Site, or any portion of it, for any purpose other than to view the Site Content and make personal use of the services provided on the Site in accordance with these Terms of Use. As such, we authorize you to view or download a single copy of the Site Content solely for your personal, non-commercial use. You must not, however, delete or alter any copyright or other notice we place on any such Site Content. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
USER SUBMISSIONS. My Sandy Hook Family Fund does not own any content posted or submitted to or communicated via the Site by Site users. Each user who posts content to the Site is solely responsible for that content and its submission.
My Sandy Hook Family Fund welcomes submissions of photos, videos, stories, and other content. If you do submit any content to us, you grant us an irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual right to use that content in our discretion. This includes the royalty-free right to copy, display, perform, transmit, and create derivative and collective works of that Content, and allow our business partners and others to do the same (through multiple tiers). It also includes permission to use the image and likeness of you and any person depicted in any such content for all purposes, without compensation, and a waiver of any rights of attribution, integrity, publicity or privacy you and any person depicted in any such Content may have. You represent and warrant that any content you submit does not infringe or misappropriate any right of a third party and that you have the right to grant all rights granted in the preceding paragraph.
CHANGES TO SITE AND PRODUCTS. The Site Content as well as the products and services described within the Site are subject to change. Not all Site Content is available or intended for all geographic areas.
YOUR CONTACT WITH THIRD PARY AFFILIATES, ADVERTISERS OR OTHER WEB SITES. Your dealings with advertisers or other third parties found on or accessible through the Web Site are solely between you and the third party. These dealings include, but are not limited to, your participation in promotions, the payment for and delivery of items if any, and any terms, conditions, warranties, or representations associated with such dealings. These links are provided solely as a convenience to Users and should not be construed as an endorsement by My Sandy Hook Family Fund of content, items, or services on those third-party Web sites. You access and use such sites, including the content, items, or services on those sites, solely at your own risk.
My Sandy Hook Family Fund does not make any representations or warranties with respect to any content or privacy practices, or otherwise with respect to such third parties or any items or services that may be obtained from such third parties, and you agree that My Sandy Hook Family Fund will have no liability with respect to any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of any dealings between you and any third party, or as a result of the presence of such third parties on the Web Site.
LINKS. The Site, and any content posted to message boards, may contain links to third party websites, which are governed by the terms of use and privacy polices of their owners and operators (“Linked Sites”). Linked Sites are not under the control of My Sandy Hook Family Fund and My Sandy Hook Family Fund is not responsible for their contents. These links are provided only as a convenience, and presence of a link does not imply endorsement of the Linked Sites by My Sandy Hook Family Fund or any association with its operators. My Sandy Hook Family Fund is not responsible or liable for any damage or loss caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any content, goods or services available on or through any Linked Sites.
PROHIBITED CONDUCT. When using the Site, you may not:
Reproduce, retransmit, publish, display, distribute, disseminate, sell, license, sublicense, transfer, rent, lease, broadcast, timeshare, loan, disclose or otherwise make available the Site, the Site Content, or any part thereof, to any third party. Modify, translate, adapt, alter, reverse engineer or create derivative works based upon the Site, the Site Content, or any part thereof.
Post or communicate any material that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, vulgar, indecent, obscene, defamatory, profane, libelous, harassing, abusive, embarrassing, disparaging, tortuous, infringing, fraudulent, deceptive, hateful, sexually explicit, racially or ethnically objectionable or otherwise objectionable or encouraging of conduct that would constitute a criminal offense or give rise to civil liability.
Post or communicate any material that violates the privacy or publicity rights of another individual, or post, communicate or collect information about other individuals, including personal information and images, without their consent. Post or communicate any material that would violate any copyright, intellectual property right, or any other right of any entity or individual. Before posting or quoting any content that is owned or protected by a third party under intellectual property laws, a User must obtain all necessary consents or permissions from the owner of the protected content.
Post or transmit materials that contain viruses, malicious code, corrupted files or that may damage the operation of the Site or engage in any activity that circumvents any security features or otherwise interferes with or disrupts any features of the Site, which includes, but is not limited to the use of web robots, crawlers, wanderers and spiders or any product, browser or browser feature that significantly accelerates the speed of page downloads.
Conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk mail, spam, phishing or unsolicited mass communication distribution.
Remove any proprietary notices, labels, trademarks or service marks on the Site or any part thereof.
Violate any applicable laws or regulations or promote or encourage illegal activity.
NO ENDORSEMENT. Except as may be indicated in particular articles or blogs made by or on behalf of us, My Sandy Hook Family Fund does not pre-screen or control the substance of any content provided by Site users and others and, as such, does not endorse, support, represent, or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy or reliability of any communication posted or endorse any opinion expressed in any such content or posting. The substance of any My Sandy Hook Family Fund article, blog or other message board reflects the thoughts and opinions of the author(s), and does not represent the thoughts, opinions, plans or strategies of My Sandy Hook Family Fund. My Sandy Hook Family Fund undertakes no obligation to update, correct or modify any statements made by the author(s) of the post. Any reliance on material from the Site is at your own risk.
TAKE DOWN PROCEDURE. My Sandy Hook Family Fund may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, remove or disable access to Site Content or any other content on the Site, including user provided content, if it believes or is notified that certain material may infringe on the rights of others. If you are a copyright owner and you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide the information requested below to [email protected] with the subject line “Copyright Dispute”:
A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
A link to the infringing material or description of where such material is located on the Site;
Information that permits us to contact you, such as your address, telephone number, or e-mail address;
A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
If content you submitted was removed and you believe that the work is not infringing, that you are permitted to use the content pursuant to applicable law or that you have the permission of the copyright owner to exploit your submitted content, you may send your counter-notice to the same contact information above.
Although My Sandy Hook Family Fund is not responsible for any user provided content or communications or the conduct of users of the Site, it may take down, terminate, suspend or take other necessary action regarding any such content, communications or conduct at any time if it is made aware of content, communications or conduct that is unlawful, would constitute a criminal offense or give rise to civil liability, or violates these Terms of Use.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, My Sandy Hook Family Fund reserves the right to edit, refuse to post or remove any other information or materials from the Site, in whole or in part, for any reason whatsoever, in its sole discretion. My Sandy Hook Family Fund will not be liable or responsible for the performance or nonperformance of such activities.
NO OBLIGATION TO MONITOR. My Sandy Hook Family Fund has no obligation to monitor the Site, including for the purposes of removing material that is illegal, inaccurate, offensive or inappropriate or material which otherwise violates these Terms of Use. Notwithstanding the foregoing, My Sandy Hook Family Fund reserves the right to monitor use of the Site at any time. If we are notified or determine, in our sole discretion, that Site Content contained in the Site violates these Terms of Use or applicable laws, we reserve the right (but not the obligation) to edit or remove such Site Content.
INDEMNIFICATION. You agree to indemnify and hold My Sandy Hook Family Fund and its affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, agents and employees, and third parties associated with the Site harmless against any damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or related to your breach or violation of these Terms of Use.
TERMINATION. My Sandy Hook Family Fund, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to terminate your access to and use of the Site or any part hereof. Any such termination may be effected without any prior notice. My Sandy Hook Family Fund will not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to the Site.
NO WARRANTIES. THE SITE AND ALL THE CONTENTS THEREOF ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. My Sandy Hook Family Fund AND ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, DIRECTORS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES, AND THIRD PARTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY OR THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. My Sandy Hook Family Fund AND ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, DIRECTORS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES, AND THIRD PARTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE, DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR SITE CONTENT ARE ERROR OR VIRUS FREE, WILL OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, OR ARE COMPATIBLE WITH ALL EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE CONFIGURATIONS. My Sandy Hook Family Fund AND ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, DIRECTORS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES, AND THIRD PARTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE, DO NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES REGARDING THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR QUALITY OF THIRD PARTY CONTENT AND NO USER SHALL HAVE ANY REMEDY AGAINST My Sandy Hook Family Fund WITH RESPECT TO THE SAME.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT SHALL My Sandy Hook Family Fund OR ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, DIRECTORS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES, OR THIRD PARTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE, BE LIABLE TO ANY USER OR ANYONE CLAIMING THROUGH ANY USER FOR (1) INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGES, OR (2) ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR SITE CONTENT, LOSS OF TIME, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF PROFITS OR LOSS OF GOODWILL ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE SITE OR THE PERFORMANCE OR NON-PERFORMANCE OF My Sandy Hook Family Fund OR THE SITE OR THE CONTENT ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE SITE, EVEN IF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IS FORESEEABLE. USERS AGREE THAT THE LIABILITY OF My Sandy Hook Family Fund, ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES AND THIRD PARTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE IS LIMITED SOLELY TO YOUR DIRECT DAMAGES AND IN NO EVENT SHALL IT EXCEED, IN THE AGGREGATE, FIFTY DOLLARS ($50).
PERSONAL INFORMATION. When you use or access this Site, you give us your consent to collect, process, use, store, and disclose, any nonpublic information or data that identifies you as an individual (“Personal Information”), which you submit or convey through your use of this Site in accordance with My Sandy Hook Family Fund’s Privacy Policy, the terms of which are herein incorporated by reference. When we refer to our Terms of Use, we mean it shall include our Privacy Policy as well. For additional information, please see My Sandy Hook Family Fund’s online Privacy Policy.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, your use of the Site constitutes your consent to receive all communications from us in connection with the Site or products or services provided (collectively referred hereafter as “Notices”) electronically, either by posting them in this Site or by sending them to an email address that you provide to us. The delivery of any such Notice is effective when posted or sent, regardless of whether you read the Notice. If you want to withdraw your consent to receive such Notices electronically, you must discontinue your use of this Site.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES. Please keep in mind that all of the material you read in our community areas comes from other members. My Sandy Hook Family Fund doesn’t monitor or verify all the information posted by our members. The comments, opinions, and statements posted on our forums and product review pages reflect the views of the user who makes the post and don’t necessarily reflect the views of My Sandy Hook Family Fund. The information posted on our forums, including advice and opinions, is the responsibility of those members who create the posts. Posts from users may contain medical information that is incorrect or dangerous to you or your children. Please consult your doctor or other qualified professional before relying on information you find in the community areas. If you believe that you have an emergency of any kind, please contact your healthcare provider or dial 911 or your local emergency number for assistance.
My Sandy Hook Family Fund AND ITS AFFILIATES ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY CONSEQUENCE RELATING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO ANY ACTION OR INACTION YOU TAKE BASED ON THE CONTENT AVAILABLE VIA THE WEB SITE, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY AREAS. YOU MUST EVALUATE, AND BEAR ALL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH, THE USE OF ANY CONTENT, INCLUDING ANY RELIANCE ON THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR USEFULNESS OF CONTENT POSTED IN THE COMMUNITY AREAS.
THE CONTENT AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY AREAS IS PROVIDED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT NEITHER My Sandy Hook Family Fund NOR ITS SUPPLIERS OR USERS ARE ENGAGED IN RENDERING MEDICAL, COUNSELING, LEGAL, OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OR ADVICE.
SEVERABILITY OF AGREEMENT. If any provision of the Agreement is found by a court or other binding authority to be invalid, you agree that every attempt shall be made to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in that provision, and the remaining provisions contained in the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
GOVERNING LAW. These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the State of California (except for conflict of law provisions). Any claim related to any dispute arising as a result of the Site or under these Terms of Use will be made before a court of competent jurisdiction located in San Diego, California. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to the Terms of Use or use of the Site must be filed within one year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
MISCELLANEOUS. Headings used in these Terms of Use are for reference purposes only and in no way define or limit the scope of the section. These Terms of Use, Privacy Policy and Community Rules on the Site constitute the entire agreement between you and My Sandy Hook Family Fund and govern your use of the Site, superseding any prior agreements between you and My Sandy Hook Family Fund. If any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be unenforceable, such provision will be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable. The failure of My Sandy Hook Family Fund to act with respect to a breach of these Terms of Use by you or others does not constitute a waiver and will not limit My Sandy Hook Family Fund’s rights with respect to such breach or any subsequent breaches.
COMPLAINTS. You understand that by using this Site or any materials or services provided in the Site, you may encounter Site Content that may be deemed by some to be offensive, indecent, or objectionable, which Site Content may or may not be identified as such. You agree to use the Site and any related materials or services at your sole risk and that we will have no liability to you for Site Content that may be deemed offensive, indecent, or objectionable.