TERMS OF USE
Welcome to the Website (the “Website”).
The Website is owned and operated by (“Living
Quilt”), who maintains the Website as a source of information to
its visitors. By using the Website, you agree to comply with and be bound
by the following terms of use. Please review the following terms carefully.
If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use the Website.
1. Intellectual Property. The contents of the Website, including, without
limitation, all text, graphics, images, logos, icons, source codes and
software (collectively, the “Content”) are proprietary materials
owned by the Living Quilt or third party content suppliers. The Content
is protected by copyright, trademark, and other law. The compilation (meaning
the collection, arrangement and assembly) of the Content on the Website
is the exclusive property of the Living Quilt as protected by copyright
law. The copying, redistribution, use or publication by you of any of
the Content, except as allowed under Section 2 below, is strictly prohibited.
Unauthorized use of the Content, in whole or in part, may violate copyright,
trademark, or other laws. You do not acquire ownership rights to any of
the Content. The posting by the Living Quilt of Content on the Website
does not constitute a waiver of any right in such Content.
2. Limited Right to Use. The viewing, printing or downloading of any of
the Content grants you only a limited, nonexclusive license solely for
your own personal use and not for republication, distribution, assignment,
sublicense, sale, preparation of derivative works, or any other use. No
part of any of the Content may be reproduced in any form or incorporated
into any information retrieval system, electronic or mechanical, other
than for your personal use.
3. Editing, Deleting and Modification. We reserve the right in our sole
discretion to edit or delete any of the Content.
4. Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy, as effective from time to time,
is a part of these Terms of Use.
5. Use of Information. We reserve the right, and you hereby authorize
us, to use and assign all information regarding your use of the Website
and all information provided by you in any manner consistent with our
Privacy Policy.
6. Miscellaneous. These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the internal laws of the District of Columbia (without
regard to conflict of law principles). To the extent that anything in
or associated with the Website is in conflict or inconsistent with these
Terms of Use, these Terms of Use shall take precedence. Our failure to
enforce any provision of these Terms of Use shall not be deemed a waiver
of such provision nor of the right to enforce such provision.
PRIVACY POLICY
(“Living Quilt”) is committed to
protecting your privacy and maintaining your confidence and trust. This
Privacy Policy describes how we collect information from you or about
you online through the Website, why we collect this information, how we
will use or disclose this information and how you may update or delete
identifiable information about you from our records.
Living Quilt knows that you care about how your personal information is
used and shared, and we take your privacy seriously. PLEASE NOTE THAT
BY VISITING THE WEBSITE OR DOWNLOADING OR USING ANY CONTENT WE OFFER ON
THE WEBSITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ACCEPT THE PRACTICES AND POLICIES
OUTLINED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE WEBSITE.
What Does This Privacy Policy Cover?
Personal information (“Personal Information”) means any information
that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited
to, a first and last name, a home or other physical address, and an email
address or other contact information, whether at work or at home. This
Privacy Policy covers Personal Information that we gather when you are
accessing the Website and when you are downloading the Content. This Privacy
Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that we do not own
or control, or to individuals that we do not employ or manage.
What Personal Information Does Living Quilt Collect?
The information we gather from our users enables us to communicate with
them and to improve the experience of visitors to the Website. We collect
the following types of information from our users:
Personal Information You Provide to Us:
We sometimes request users of the Website to provide Personal Information,
which users provide strictly on a voluntary basis. We receive and store
any Personal Information you enter on the Website or provide to us in
any other way. The types of Personal Information collected include your
name, email address, and comments. You can choose not to provide us with
certain information, but then we may not be able to communicate with you.
The Personal Information you provide is used for purposes such as responding
to your requests for information, and communicating with you about features
of the Website.
Personal Information Collected Automatically:
• We receive and store certain types of information whenever you
interact with the Website. We automatically receive and record information
on our server logs from your browser, including your Internet Protocol
(IP) address, and the page you requested.
• An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your
computer by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) whenever you access the
Internet. This number may be the same each time you access the Internet
or it may change. Like other Internet sites, we use IP addresses to collect
aggregate, anonymous information about numbers of visitors and site usage.
The address is logged on our server when your computer requests information
from us. However, to allow users to access the Website anonymously, your
IP address is not linked with Personal Information about you. We reserve
the right, in rare instances, to use IP addresses to identify individuals
who threaten the Website or its users.
• Generally, our service automatically collects information on our
server logs from your web browser regarding your usage of the Website.
Examples of information we collect automatically from all users include
the IP address used to connect your computer to the Internet; computer
and connection information such as browser type and version, operating
system, and platform; and full Uniform Resource Locator (URL) click stream
data, including date and time, and content you viewed on the Website.
We only use this data in aggregate, anonymous form (that is, as a statistical
measure), and not in a manner that would identify you personally. This
type of aggregate, anonymous data enables us to figure out how often users
use parts of the Website so that we can make the Website appealing to
as many users as possible.
Email Communications:
We often receive a confirmation when you open an email from us if your
computer supports this type of program. We use this confirmation to help
us make emails more interesting and helpful. We also compare our user
list to lists received from other companies, in an effort to avoid sending
unnecessary messages to our users. If you do not want to receive email
or other mail from us, please contact us by email, phone or fax as set
forth below.
What About Cookies and Web Beacons?
We do not use cookies or web beacons on the Website.
How Else Does Living Quilt Use Any of the Personal Information It Receives?
Other than as set forth in this Privacy Policy, we may use the Personal
Information you provide about yourself to fulfill your requests for information,
and to respond to your communications about Living Quilt, the Website
and AIDS and HIV related resources.
Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized
disclosures of Personal Information, we cannot guarantee you that the
information we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent
with this Privacy Policy.
We will not use or transfer Personal Information provided to us in ways
unrelated to the ones described in this Privacy Policy without also providing
you with an opportunity to opt out of these unrelated uses.
Will Living Quilt Share Any of the Personal Information It Receives?
We neither rent, sell, nor otherwise provide your Personal Information
to anyone, except as described below.
Business Transfers: In some cases, we may choose to buy or sell our assets.
In these types of transactions, user information is typically one of the
business assets that is transferred. Moreover, if Living Quilt, or substantially
all of its assets were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Living
Quilt goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would
be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party.
You acknowledge that these transfers may occur, and that any acquirer
of Living Quilt may continue to use your Personal Information as set forth
in this Privacy Policy.
Protection of Living Quilt and Others: We may release Personal Information
when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with
law or court order; enforce or apply our conditions of use and other agreements;
or protect the rights, property, or safety of Living Quilt, our employees,
our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other
companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Our disclosures may occur under circumstances where we may not be authorized
to advise you of such action.
With Your Consent: Except as set forth above, you will be notified when
your Personal Information may be shared with third parties, and will be
able to prevent the sharing of this information.
What Choices Do I Have?
• As stated previously, you can always opt not to disclose information
to us, even though it may be needed to take advantage of certain features
of the Website or to otherwise use the Website.
• You may request deletion of your Personal Information by contacting
us by email, phone or fax as set forth below.
• If you do not wish to receive email or other mail from us, please
contact us by email, phone or fax as set forth below. Please note that
if you do not want to receive legal notices from us such as this Privacy
Policy, those legal notices will still govern your use of the Website
and any Content you download from the Website, and you are responsible
for reviewing these legal notices for changes.
A Special Note About Children
The Website is not designed or intended for use by children under 13.
If you are under 18, you should use the Website, products, programs or
services only with involvement of a parent or guardian. Children under
13 may not submit any Personal Information to us, and if we discover that
we have inadvertently gathered any such information from a child under
13, we will take appropriate steps to delete it. We comply with the Children’s
Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (which is available at http://www.ftc.gov/ogc/coppa1.htm)
and do not permit registration by, and will not knowingly collect personally
identifiable information from, anyone under 13.
Links
The Website may contain links to other websites. Please note that when
you click on one of these links, you are moving to another website. We
encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked sites as
their privacy policies may differ from ours.
The links from the Website that go to other websites are for convenience
only, and do not imply that we endorse or approve of those websites. We
have no control over the content found on other websites and make no warranties
or representations as to the accuracy or adequacy of any information found
at such websites. Similarly, we are not responsible for information found
on or through the Website and which is generated by third parties. We
are not responsible for any loss, injury, claim, liability, or damage
related to your use of the Website, whether from errors or omissions in
the content of the Website or any other linked sites, from the Website
being down or from any other use of the Website. Your use of the Website
and others’ websites is at your own risk. We are not responsible
for the privacy practices of other websites that are linked to us. Remember
that any information you voluntarily post on discussion boards or elsewhere
may be accessible by other users and is public information. Please use
caution when disclosing Personal Information on the Website.
Security
We make every effort to safeguard your Personal Information. We commit
to use security procedures to protect Personal Information you submit
to us from misuse or unauthorized disclosure. However, like other websites,
we cannot guarantee that it is completely secure from people who might
attempt to evade security measures or intercept transmissions over the
Internet.
Similarly, we cannot completely ensure the privacy of email communications
to and the Website because they are not encrypted and, therefore, not
secure. These communications, like most Internet email, could be intercepted
without your knowledge and permission, while in transit to or from the
Website. If you are concerned about your privacy, we suggest that you
do not use email to communicate information to us that you consider sensitive.
What this Privacy Policy Does Not Cover
This Privacy Policy does not apply to content that you send to us by email.
If you want to keep content private or proprietary, do not send it in
an email to Living Quilt. We try to answer every email within 48 business
hours, but are not always able to do so.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
You agree that we may amend, modify, alter or otherwise update this Privacy
Policy from time to time as our business needs or other factors dictate.
Use of information we collect now is subject to this Privacy Policy in
effect at the time that information is collected. Any changes to this
Privacy Policy will be posted on this web page.
Questions or Concerns
If you have any questions or concerns regarding privacy at the Website,
please send a detailed message to info@livingquilt.org, call us at 800.461.6946. If at any time you believe that we have not adhered to this Privacy
Policy or you have a complaint regarding the way your Personal Information
is being handled, please contact us by email, phone or fax (as indicated
above). We will resolve disputes under this Privacy Policy and, if necessary,
correct any problem.
Last Revised: October, 2008
