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1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS. Welcome to the Kenyon Alumni Association Online Services. Kenyon College (“Kenyon” or “we”), through the Kenyon Office of Alumni and Parent Programs, provides its service to you (“you” or “user”), subject to the following Terms of Service (“Terms of Service”), which may be updated by Kenyon from time to time without notice to you. Kenyon encourages you to review the most current version of these Terms of Service often. Your continued use of the Service constitutes your agreement to these Terms of Service, including but not limited to any changes.
2. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE. Kenyon currently provides users with access to the Kenyon Alumni Association Online Services, a collection of information, communications tools, forums, chat rooms and other on-line resources that Kenyon operates, owns and licenses (the “Service”). Unless explicitly stated otherwise, all new features that enhance the current Service, including but not limited to the release of new Kenyon services, are subject to these Terms of Service. Kenyon reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part of the Service) with or without notice. Kenyon is not liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.
3. REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS. To obtain access to all features and functions of the Service, you must complete and submit the registration form online. Without doing that, you may be able to access limited parts of the Service, but not be able to fully access, or interact with others on, the Service. You must provide accurate, current and complete information about yourself (the “Registration Data”) as prompted by the Service’s registration form, and maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it accurate, current and complete.
4. PRIVACY POLICY. Kenyon has taken reasonable precautions to secure the personal information available through the Service. The online directory is password- protected and intended to allow access by registered Kenyon alumni only. Furthermore, the directory is located on a secure web site that incorporates encryption technology. Although these precautions should effectively protect any personal information available through the directory from abuse or outside interference, a certain degree of privacy risk is faced any time information is shared over the Internet. Therefore, through the Profile Management feature of the Kenyon Alumni Online Directory feature of the Service, you have the ability to control the nature and amount of information available to other alumni through the Service.
The Service is intended to allow you to keep in touch with other alumni for personal purposes only, and not for business purposes. Communications among alumni are not intended for publication or retransmission in any media. Using the addresses or other information contained in the online directory for any public, private, commercial or political mailing is strictly prohibited. Use of any information available on the Service is subject to the provisions of the USER CONDUCT section below.
We may disclose to third parties certain aggregate information contained in your Registration Data or related data, but that information will NOT include personally identifying information, except as specifically authorized by you or in the good faith belief that the disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with the law, legal process, to enforce these Terms of Service, to protect the rights or property of Kenyon, to protect the personal and informational safety of users or the public in exigent circumstances, or as Kenyon determines is reasonably necessary to maintain or efficiently operate the Service (such as the operation of servers hosting the Service). Certain technical processing of communications and their content may be required to: (a) send and receive messages; (b) conform to connecting networks’ technical requirements; (c) conform to the limitations of the Service; or (d) conform to other similar requirements. That processing and alteration are automated and do not constitute the exercise of editorial control over the messages or communications or the monitoring of content.
Kenyon may collect personally identifiable information about individuals. Personally identifiable information on individual users will be used for Kenyon’s purposes but will typically only be sold or otherwise transferred to unaffiliated third parties in connection with Kenyon-sponsored activities. Kenyon reserves the right to contact a user regarding account status, or changes to these Term of Service, and other matters relevant to the Service and/or the information collected and to use personally identifiable information for purposes of supporting Kenyon’s operations.
The Kenyon site contains links to other sites. Kenyon is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. Also, users should be aware that Kenyon may sometimes permit third parties to offer subscription and/or registration-based services through a Kenyon site. Kenyon is not responsible for any actions or policies of such party when handling personally identifiable information.
Additionally, users should be aware that when they voluntarily disclose personally identifiable information (e.g., user name, e-mail address) in the interactive portions of the Service, that information, along with any substantive information disclosed in the user’s communication, can be collected and correlated and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages from other posters or third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of Kenyon and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.
Users also should be aware that non-personal information and data may be automatically collected through the standard operation of the Service or through the use of “cookies”. “Cookies” are small text files a web site can use to recognize repeat users, facilitate the user’s ongoing access to and use of the site and allow a site to track usage behavior and compile aggregate data that will allow content improvements and targeted advertising. Cookies are not programs that come onto user’s system and damage files. Generally cookies work by assigning a unique number to the user that has no meaning outside the assigning site. Users should be aware that Kenyon cannot control the use of cookies or the resulting information by advertisers or third parties hosting data for Kenyon. If a user does not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows the user to deny or accept the cookie feature, however, users should note that cookies may be necessary to provide the user with certain features (e.g., customized delivery of information) available on the Service.
Kenyon reserves the right to change this policy at any time. If we decide to change Kenyon’s privacy policy, we will post these changes here and/or elsewhere on the Service so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose it to anyone. This privacy policy only applies to the handling of information collected in connection with the Service and not Kenyon’s other operations. If you have any questions about this privacy policy, you may contact: Lisa Schott at schottl@kenyon.edu.
5. USER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD AND SECURITY. You will receive a password and account designation upon completing the Service’s registration process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. You must immediately notify Kenyon of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security. Kenyon will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this section.
6. USER CONDUCT. You understand that all information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials or communications (“Content”), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from which that Content originated. This means that you, and not Kenyon, are entirely responsible for all Content that you post or otherwise transmit using the Service. You may not use the Service to (or attempt to):
(a) post or otherwise transmit any Content that, under the circumstances in Kenyon’s good faith judgment is, or is likely to be perceived by an intended recipient or target as, unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, “stalking,” tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, or harmful to minors in any way, or violate other generally prevailing “netiquette” (such as respect for others’ ideas and privacy and staying “on topic” in discussions), or rules that may apply to specific portions of the Service that you use;
(b) impersonate any person or entity, including but not limited to any Kenyon official, alumni, student or other, falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity, or manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service;
(c) reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service, including but not limited to commercial advertising, solicitation, cold-calling or mass mailing;
(d) post or otherwise transmit any Content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
(e) post or otherwise transmit any Content that inaccurately implies endorsement, approval or sponsorship by Kenyon or any of our offices or officers;
(f) post or otherwise transmit any Content that infringes any privacy, publicity, patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any person or entity, including but not limited to communications that violate other users’ privacy, such as granting access to the Service or distributing information obtained from the Services to non-alumni;
(g) post or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of solicitation, or use any distribution lists to any person who has not given specific permission to be included in that type of process;
(h) post or otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs that interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any software or equipment;
(i) disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to “scroll” faster than other users of the Service are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users’ ability to engage in real time exchanges;
(j) interfere with or disrupt use or enjoyment of the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service;
(k) intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, including but not limited to regulations relating to the export or transmission of technical data, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any national or other securities exchange, and any regulations having the force of law; or
(l) collect or store personal data about other users except as expressly permitted under these Terms and Conditions.
7. CONTENT ACCESSED. Kenyon does not control or endorse the Content available through the Service and so does not guarantee the accuracy, reliability, integrity or quality of that Content. You understand that by using the Service, you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will Kenyon be liable in any way for any Content, including but not limited to for any errors or omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted or otherwise transmitted using the Service. You must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, including but not limited to any reliance on the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of that Content. In this regard, you may not rely on any Content created by Kenyon or submitted to Kenyon, including but not limited to information in forums and chat rooms and other parts of the Service.
9. CONTENT SUBMITTED. Kenyon does not own Content you submit, unless we specifically tell you otherwise before you submit it. You license the Content to Kenyon as set forth below for the purpose of displaying and distributing that Content in connection with the Service. By submitting Content in connection with using the Service, you automatically grant, or warrant that the owner of that Content has expressly granted, to Kenyon the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully sub-licensable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display that Content (in whole or part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed. Kenyon's right to display, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, and create derivative works from your Content is only for the purpose of making your Content accessible to users of the Service, providing the Service andpromoting the Service. For example, Kenyon may need to copy your files onto more than one computer so that it can display your Content quickly and as a backup. Also, Kenyon may use your Content in promotions of the Service. Kenyon may also use different kinds of systems or use other organizations to help serve the pages of the Service that may contain your Content, and in doing so, the format of your Content may need to be changed, such as images being changed from JPEG format to GIF format. Kenyon does not pre-screen Content, but Kenyon and its designees and service providers have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse, edit, move or remove any Content that is available through the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, Kenyon and its designees and service providers have the right to remove any Content that violates these Terms of Service or is otherwise objectionable.
10. INDEMNITY. You shall indemnify and hold Kenyon, and its service providers and their respective directors, trustees, officials, managers, faculty, officers, employees, agents and contractors, harmless from any claim or demand, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content that you provide, your use of the Service, or your violation of these Terms of Service.
11. TERMINATION. Kenyon, in its sole discretion, may terminate your password, account (or any part of your account) or use of the Service, and remove and discard any Content within the Service, for any reason, including but not limited to if Kenyon believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of these Terms of Service. Kenyon may also in its sole discretion and at any time discontinue providing the Service, or any part of the Service, with or without notice. Any termination of your access to the Service (or any portion of the Service) under any provision of these Terms of Service may be made without prior notice, and Kenyon (or one or more of its service providers) may immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related information associated with your account and/or bar any further access to that information or the Service. Further, neither Kenyon nor any of its service providers is liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to the Service. Finally, termination does not relieve you of the consequences of your actions while using the Service before termination. The following provisions of these Terms of Service survive termination of these Terms of Service, as well as all other provisions which by their nature should continue: PRIVACY POLICY, CONTENT SUBMITTED, CONTENT ACCESSED, INDEMNITY, TERMINATION, ADVERTISER INFORMATION, LINKS, DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES, LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, EXCLUSIONS, TRADEMARK INFORMATION, COPYRIGHT INFORMATION and GENERAL INFORMATION. Otherwise, neither Kenyon, nor its service providers, nor you, will have any obligation whatsoever to the other after any cancellation or termination of your use of or access to the Service.
12. ADVERTISER INFORMATION. Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Service, including but not limited to payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with those dealings, are solely between you and the advertiser. Kenyon is not responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any of those dealings or as a result of the presence of those advertisers on the Service.
13. LINKS. The Service may provide, or service providers or other third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because Kenyon has no control over those sites and resources, Kenyon is not responsible for the availability of those sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from any of those sites or resources. Further, neither Kenyon nor any of its service providers is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any Content, goods or services available on or through any of those sites or resources.
14. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
(a) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. EACH OF KENYON AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT;
(b) NEITHER KENYON NOR ANY OF ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS MAKES ANY WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (ii) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE; (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; OR (v) ANY DEFECTS IN THE SERVICE WILL BE CORRECTED;
(c) ANY MATERIAL OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY MATERIAL; AND
(d) NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM KENYON OR ANY OF ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE CREATES ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS OF SERVICE.
15. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT NEITHER KENYON NOR ANY OF ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS IS LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE OR DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF KENYON OR ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION WHETHER IN CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORT, STRICT PRODUCT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF KENYON OR ITS SERVICE PROVIDER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM:
(a) THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE;
(b) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE;
(c) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA;
(d) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE;
(e) CHANGES TO THESE TERMS OF SERVICE;
(f) FAILURE BY KENYON OR ITS DESIGNEE TO ENFORCE THESE TERMS OF SERVICE;
(g) TERMINATION, SUSPENSION OR UNAVAILABILITY OF THE SERVICE OR ANY PART OF THE SERVICE OR ANY ASSOCIATED FEATURES OR FUNCTIONS; OR
(h) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE.
16. TRADEMARK INFORMATION. “Kenyon,” Kenyon logos and Kenyon trademarks and service marks and names are trademarks or service marks of Kenyon. Without Kenyon’s prior written permission, you may not display or use in any manner these Kenyon marks.
17. COPYRIGHT INFORMATION. Kenyon respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask users to do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide Kenyon’s copyright agent the following information:
(a) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
(b) a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
(c) a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Service;
(d) your address, telephone number and email address;
(e) 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; and
(f) a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
Kenyon’s copyright agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on the Service is OSAC, Inc., who can be reached by mail at: 100 South Third Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215 or by email at: copyright@bricker.com.
18. GENERAL INFORMATION.
(a) Notices to you may be made via either email or regular mail. The Service may also, but is not required to, provide notices of changes to these Terms of Service or other matters by displaying notices or links to notices to you generally on the Service.
(b) These Terms of Service and the relationship between you and Kenyon are governed by the laws of the State of Ohio without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You and Kenyon shall submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within Knox and Franklin Counties, Ohio. This is a services contract and not a contract for the sale of goods. The United Nations Convention of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply to these Terms of Service. Regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Service or these Terms of Service must be filed within one year after that claim or cause of action arose.
(c) The failure of Kenyon to exercise or enforce any right under or provision of these Terms of Service does not constitute a waiver of that right or provision.
(d) If any provision of these Terms of Service is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of these Terms of Service remain in full force and effect.
(e) The section titles in these Terms of Service are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
(f) These Terms of Service constitute an agreement only between you and Kenyon and, other than Kenyon’s service providers, there is no third party beneficiary to any of the obligations under these Terms of Service.
(g) These Terms of Service constitute the entire agreement between you and Kenyon and govern your use of the Service, superceding any prior representations, proposals, inducements, assurances, promises, agreements and any other communications between you and Kenyon with respect to the subject matter of these Terms of Service. Neither the course of conduct between you, Kenyon and/or its service providers, nor trade practice modifies these Terms of Service. |