Website Terms of Use

Last Modified: 17 October 2024

  1. Please Read These Terms Carefully Before Using This Site.
  2. This website, its subdomains, and additional online resources provided for use, including but not limited to https://www.ncf-pah.org (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Websites”), are owned and operated by NCF-PAH, LLC (“NCF-PAH”) and may be used for informational purposes only. By using the Websites or downloading materials from the Websites, you agree to abide by the terms and conditions set forth in this Notice. If you do not agree to abide by these terms and conditions do not use the Websites or download materials from the Websites.
  3. Limited License
    1. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Notice, NCF-PAH grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to access, use and display the Websites and the materials thereon. You agree not to interrupt or attempt to interrupt the operation of the Websites, deface or attempt to deface the Websites, or otherwise alter or attempt to alter the content of the Websites in any way.
    2. NCF-PAH authorizes you to view and download the information (Materials) from the Websites only for your personal, non-commercial use, unless explicitly authorized by NCF-PAH. This authorization is not a transfer of title in the Materials and is subject to the following restrictions:
      1. You must retain, on all copies of the Materials downloaded, all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the Materials.
      2. You may not modify the Materials in any way or reproduce or publicly display, perform, or distribute or otherwise use them for any public or commercial purpose.
      3. You must not transfer the Materials to any other person unless you give them Notice of, and they agree to accept, the obligations arising under these terms and conditions of use.
      4. You agree to abide by all additional restrictions displayed on the Websites as it may be updated from time to time.
      5. The Websites, including all Materials, are copyrighted and protected by worldwide copyright laws and treaty provisions. You agree to comply with all copyright laws worldwide in your use of the Websites and to prevent any unauthorized copying of the Materials. Except as expressly provided herein, NCF-PAH does not grant any express or implied right to you under any patents, trademarks, copyrights or trade secret information.
  4. General Disclaimer
    1. INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITES IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
    2. IN NO EVENT WILL NCF-PAH BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR ANY USE OF THE WEBSITES, OR ON ANY OTHER HYPERLINKED WEBSITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WE ARE EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF RECORD, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTUOUS BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE LIABILITY OF NCF-PAH AND IT’S SUPPLIERS RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THE SITE, THE SERVICES, OR THE CONTENT EXCEED $100 OR THE MINIMUM AMOUNT ALLOWABLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, WHICHEVER IS GREATER, REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL THEORY ASSERTED FOR SUCH LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, WARRANTY, OR OTHERWISE. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE, THE SERVICES, THE CONTENT, OR THE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE, THE SERVICES, AND/OR THE CONTENT.
    3. Information on the Websites may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Information may be changed or updated without Notice. NCF-PAH may also make improvements and/or changes in the products and/or the programs described in this information at any time without Notice.
    4. Any comments or materials sent to NCF-PAH including feedback data, such as questions, comments, suggestions, or the like regarding the content of any such documents (collectively, Feedback), shall be deemed to be non-confidential. NCF-PAH shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such Feedback and shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, exhibit, display, transform, create derivative works and distribute the Feedback to others without limitation. Further, NCF-PAH shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such Feedback for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products incorporating such Feedback.
    5. Information NCF-PAH publishes on the Websites may contain references or cross references to NCF-PAH products, programs and services that are not announced or available in your territory or country. Such references do not imply that NCF-PAH intends to announce such products, programs or services in your territory or country. Consult your NCF-PAH sales contact for information regarding the products, programs and services that may be available to you.
    6. As a convenience to you, NCF-PAH may provide, on the Websites, links to Web sites operated by other entities. If you use these Sites, you will leave the Websites. If you decide to visit any linked Sites, you do so at your own risk and it is your responsibility to take all protective measures to guard against viruses or other destructive elements. NCF-PAH makes no warranty or representation regarding, and does not endorse, any linked Web sites or the information appearing thereon or any of the products or services described thereon. Links do not imply that NCF-PAH or the Websites sponsor, endorse, are affiliated or associated with, or are legally authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol displayed in or accessible through the links, or that any linked Site is authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol of NCF-PAH or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries.
  5. Copyright: All content, materials and programs included on or associated with the Websites, including the code, text, graphics and logos, are the exclusive property of or licensed to NCF-PAH unless explicitly stated otherwise. In addition, the overall look and feel and the compilation of all materials and content on the Websites are the exclusive property of NCF-PAH.
  6. Trademarks
    1. The trademarks, service marks and logos (Trademarks) used and displayed on the Websites are registered and unregistered Trademarks of NCF-PAH and others. Nothing on the Websites should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on the Websites, without the prior written permission of the Trademark owner. NCF-PAH aggressively enforces its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law. The name of NCF-PAH, NCF-PAH logo or the other NCF-PAH formatives may not be used in any way, including in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of materials on the Websites, without prior, written permission from NCF-PAH.
    2. NCF-PAH prohibits use of NCF-PAH logo as part of a link to or from any Site unless NCF-PAH approves establishment of such a link in advance in writing. Fair use of NCF-PAH’s Trademarks requires proper acknowledgment. Other product and company names mentioned in the Websites may be the Trademarks of their respective owners.
  7. Indemnification: You understand and agree that you are personally responsible for your reliance upon any information or recommendation provided on the Websites, its Content and Materials, by NCF-PAH personnel, your behavior on the Websites, and your Submissions. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless NCF-PAH and NCF-PAH’s joint venturers, business partners, licensors, employees, agents, officers, directors, managers, owners, and any third-party information, Software, Content, Materials, and Web Services Application providers to the Websites and Services from and against all claims, losses, expenses, damages and costs (including, but not limited to, direct, incidental, special, consequential, punitive, exemplary and indirect damages), physical or otherwise, and reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from or arising out of your use, misuse, or inability to use the Websites, the Services, or the Content and Materials, participation in any NCF-PAH events, your reliance upon any information or recommendation provided by NCF-PAH personnel, your submissions, or any violation by you of these Terms of Use.
  8. Prohibited User Conduct
    1. You are prohibited from compromising the security or tampering with system resources and/or accounts related to the Websites. The use or distribution of tools designed for compromising security (e.g., password guessing manually or through programs, cracking tools, or network probing tools) is strictly prohibited. NCF-PAH may monitor your use of the Websites including without limitation the Services, to ensure your compliance with these Terms of Use. If you become involved, or are suspected to have become involved, in any violation of these Terms of Use, NCF-PAH reserves the right to investigate your activities for its own purposes and release the details of your violations to others in NCF-PAH’s sole discretion, including without limitation to governmental authorities, private investigators, or other users of the Websites in order to assist them in resolving security incidents.
    2. You agree not to use the Websites or any Services or Materials in any manner that violates any laws or infringes or misappropriates the intellectual property of, or interferes with the rights of, third parties. You may not take any action that imposes, or may impose in NCF-PAH’s sole discretion, an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Websites’ infrastructure or interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Websites or any activities conducted on the Websites, or bypass any robot exclusion headers or other measures NCF-PAH may use to prevent or restrict access to the Websites.
    3. The Websites may contain bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, reviews, calendars, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the public at large or with a group (collectively, “Communication Services”). You agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Communication Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Communication Service, you will not:
      1. Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others including without limitation engaging in activity that incites discrimination, hate or violence towards one person or a group because of their belonging to a race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, religion or nationality or that insults the victims of crimes against humanity by contesting the existence of those crimes.
      2. Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, material, or information.
      3. Upload, display, or otherwise make available files that contain images, photos, software, or other material that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, privacy right, publicity right, confidentiality obligation or other proprietary right of any party.
      4. Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer.
      5. Use any material or information, including images, software, designs, photographs, or other material which is made available through the Websites in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, privacy right, publicity right, confidentiality obligation or other proprietary right of any party.
      6. Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless NCF-PAH specifically allows such messages.
      7. Conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters.
      8. Download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
      9. Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
      10. Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services.
      11. Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service.
      12. Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without consent from NCF-PAH and them.
      13. Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
      14. Create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others.
    4. NCF-PAH has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, NCF-PAH reserves the right to review materials posted to a Communication Service and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. NCF-PAH reserves the right to terminate your access to the Websites, Services, Materials, Content, and any or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever. NCF-PAH reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in NCF-PAH’s sole discretion. Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information about yourself in any Communication Service. Without limiting these Terms of Use, NCF-PAH does not control or endorse the content, messages, submissions, or information found in any Communication Service and NCF-PAH specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Service, including, without limitation, your use of any Submissions and collaborations with other users of Communication Services.
  9. External Links to the Site: All links to the Websites must be approved in writing by NCF-PAH, except that NCF-PAH consents to links in which:
    1. The link is a text-only link containing only the name “NCF-PAH”, “NCF-PAH, LLC”, or “North & Central Florida Pets & Handlers”,
    2. The link “points” only to https://www.ncf-pah.org and not to deeper pages,
    3. The link, when activated by a user, displays that page full-screen in a fully operable and navigable browser window and not within a “frame” on the linked website, and
    4. The appearance, position, and other aspects of the link may neither create the false appearance that an entity or its activities or products are associated with or sponsored by NCF-PAH nor be such as to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with the name and trademarks of NCF-PAH or its affiliates. NCF-PAH reserves the right to revoke this consent to link at any time in its sole discretion.
  10. Forward-Looking Statements: You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, since such statements speak only as of the date they are made. Certain statements contained in the Websites may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Words or phrases such as “should result,” “are expected to,” “NCF-PAH anticipates,” “NCF-PAH estimates,” “NCF-PAH projects” or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from NCF-PAH’s historical experience and its present expectations or projections. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to:
    1. conditions affecting the availability, acquisition, development and ownership of real estate;
    2. unanticipated weather conditions;
    3. stability of costs and availability of sourcing channels;
    4. NCF-PAH’s ability to attract, train and retain highly-qualified associates and members;
    5. general economic conditions;
    6. the impact of competition; and
    7. regulatory and litigation matters.
  11. International Users and Choice of Law
    1. The Websites are controlled, operated and administered by NCF-PAH from its offices within the United States of America. NCF-PAH makes no representation that materials on the Websites are appropriate or available for use at other locations outside of the United States and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. You may not use the Websites in violation of U. S. export laws and regulations. If you access the Websites from locations outside of the United States, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. The laws of the State of Florida shall govern these Terms and Conditions of use, without giving effect to its conflict of laws provisions.
    2. This Notice constitutes the entire agreement between NCF-PAH and you with respect to your use of the Websites. Any cause of action you may have with respect to your use of the Websites must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of the Notice or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to affect the intent of the Notice, and the remainder of this Notice shall continue in full force and effect.
  12. Security: The Websites have security measures in place and NCF-PAH will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under NCF-PAH’s control. NCF-PAH’s computing equipment is in a secured environment. The information is password protected and is not accessible to unauthorized employees or personnel at any time. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be 100% secure. As a result, NCF-PAH cannot warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.
  13. Privacy: NCF-PAH takes User Privacy concerns very seriously. By using the Websites or downloading materials from the Websites, you agree to the Privacy Policy set forth by NCF-PAH and available at https://www.ncf-pah.org/privacy-policy. If you do not agree to the Privacy Policy, do not use the Websites or download materials from the Websites.
  14. Contact: For questions about the policies contained herein, if you have any security concerns, or wish to report vulnerabilities, contact us at admin@ncf-pah.org.