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Terms of Use

Welcome to OurCalvert.org, the resource website for Calvert County, Maryland. These terms, which may be occasionally updated, apply to all OurCalvert.org platforms including our website, emails or any other service related to OurCalvert.org. 
 

 

GENERAL USE

 

This page explains the terms by which you may use our online and/or mobile services, website and software provided on or in connection with the service (collectively the “Service”). By accessing or using the Service, you signify that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by this Terms of Use Agreement (“Agreement”) and to the collection and use of your information as set forth in the OurCalvert.org privacy policy, whether or not you are a registered user of our Service. This Agreement applies to all visitors, users and others who access the Service (“Users”).

 

OUR SERVICES

 

OurCalvert.org is a resource website that provides service providers and community members real-time information. Our goal is to promote a shared understanding of resources in our county and improved collaboration. We appreciate your contributions to the Service.

 

OUR PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

 

OurCalvert.org is protected by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation, pursuant to U.S. copyright laws, international conventions and other laws. Any contributed article text, or as expressly provided herein, the Service and all materials therein or transferred thereby, including, without limitation, software, images, graphics, illustrations, text, logos, patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, photographs, audio, videos, music, and User content belonging to other Users, and all intellectual property rights related thereto, are the exclusive property of OurCalvert.org and its licensors (including other Users who post User content to the Service). Except as explicitly provided herein, nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to create a license in or under any such intellectual property rights, and you agree not to sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit or create derivative works from any OurCalvert.org content.

 

LISTING POLICY

 

In order to use OurCalvert.org, you must form a binding contract with OurCalvert.org, and only in compliance with this Agreement and all applicable local, state, national and international laws, rules and regulations. The Service is not available to any Users previously removed from the Service. Any use of the Service by anyone under 18 is strictly prohibited and in violation of this Agreement. 
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you are hereby granted a non-exclusive, limited, non-transferable, freely revocable license to use the Service as permitted by the features of the Service. OurCalvert.org may terminate this license at any time for any reason or no reason.

 

YOUR ACCOUNT

 

If you open an OurCalvert.org account on behalf of a company, organization or other entity, then (a) “you” includes you and that entity, and (b) you represent and warrant that you are an authorized representative of the entity with the authority to bind the entity to this Agreement, and that you agree to this Agreement on the entity’s behalf.  
 
You may never use another User’s account without permission. You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your account and you must keep your account password secure. We encourage you to use “strong” passwords (passwords that use a combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols) with your account.  
 

 

USING THE SERVICE

 

You agree not to engage in any of the following prohibited activities: (i) transmitting spam, chain letters or unsolicited email; (ii) attempting to interfere with, compromise the system integrity or security or decipher any transmissions to or from the servers running the Service; (iii) taking any action that imposes or may impose at our sole discretion an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure; (iv) uploading invalid data, viruses, worms or other software agents through the Service; (v) collecting or harvesting any personally identifiable information, including account names, from the Service; (vii) impersonating another person or otherwise misrepresenting your affiliation with a person or entity conducting fraud; (viii) interfering with the proper working of the Service; (ix) accessing any content on the Service through any technology or means other than those provided or authorized by the Service; or (x) bypassing the measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Service, including without limitation features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content or enforce limitations on use of the Service or the content therein.

 

USER CONTENT

 

The Service allows users to post content such as profile information, instructional and informational materials, images and other content or information. We claim no ownership rights over User content created by you. The User content you create remains yours; however, by sharing User content through the Service, you agree to allow others to view, edit and share your User content in accordance with this Agreement. OurCalvert.org has the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to remove any User content that is shared via the Service. 
 
You agree not to post User content that: (i) may create a risk of harm, loss, physical or mental injury, emotional distress, death, disability, disfigurement, or physical or mental illness to you, to any other person, or to any animal; (ii) may create a risk of any other loss or damage to any person or property; (iii) seeks to harm or exploit children by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable details or otherwise; (iv) may constitute or contribute to a crime or tort; (v) contains any information or content that we deem to be unlawful, harmful, abusive, racially or ethnically offensive, defamatory, infringing, invasive of personal privacy or publicity rights, harassing, humiliating to other people (publicly or otherwise), libelous, threatening, profane, obscene or otherwise objectionable; (vi) contains any information or content that is illegal (including, without limitation, the disclosure of insider information under securities law or of another party’s trade secrets); (vii) contains any information or content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships; or (viii) contains any information or content that you know is not correct and current. You agree that any User content that you post does not and will not violate third-party rights of any kind, including without limitation any intellectual property rights (as defined below) or rights of privacy. OurCalvert.org reserves the rights, but is not obligated, to reject and remove any User content that OurCalvert believes, in its sole discretion, violates these provisions or is otherwise inappropriate for the Service. Additionally, the terms of service listed here are incorporated into this agreement.

 

Resource Directory Information


OurCalvert.org is a resource directory website only. Any resource directory information provided is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as professional advice.

 

 

PRIVACY

 

We care about the privacy of our Users. You understand that by using the Service you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information and aggregate data as set forth in our Privacy Policy, and to have your personally identifiable information collected, used, transferred to, and processed in the United States.

 

THIRD-PARTY LINKS

 

The Service may contain links to third-party websites, advertisers, services, special offers or other activities that are not owned or controlled by OurCalvert.org. OurCalvert.org does not assume any responsibility for any such third-party sites, information, materials, products or services. If you access a third-party website from the Service, take notice that you are doing so at your own risk. 
 

 

UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES

 

You agree not to: 
•    Violate any law, regulation or court order 
•    Defame, abuse, harass, threaten or violate any legal rights of another 
•    Use offensive or demeaning language 
•    Post any trademarked/copyrighted content without expressed consent from the owner 
•    Incite, encourage or discuss illegal activity 
•    Disseminate unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or promotional materials 
•    Impersonate, falsely identify or misrepresent yourself or another person 
•    Post anything contrary to our public image that could harm OurCalvert.org 
 

 

WARRANTY DISCLAIMER

 

Use this website at your own risk. Any material may have not been verified in whole or in part by OurCalvert.org. These postings and submissions may include inaccuracies, typographical mistakes or other errors. OurCalvert.org does not warrant the accuracy of the submitted material on this website. OurCalvert.org is not liable for any errors within the materials, whether they are provided by OurCalvert.org, the service providers, reviewers or other users.