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PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE, AS WELL AS OUR PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OR OUR PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS SITE.
International Cultural Exchange Organization Inc. (“ICEO”) offers access to and use of its website – www.iceoinc.org and portal – iceoinc.hanovercrm.com (collectively the” Site”) – subject to and conditional upon your compliance with these terms and conditions of use (the “Terms”).
By accessing or using the Site, you accept and agree that your access to and use of the Site is subject to these Terms, which include by reference our Privacy Policy and any additional terms and conditions regarding such access and use contained in any other agreement between you and ICEO (including agreements governing participation in our exchange programs).
Please also check these Terms periodically for updates, as ICEO may revise and update them from time to time in its sole discretion. Your accessing or using its Site after such changes occur shall be deemed to be acceptance of those changes. If you do not want to agree to these Terms, you must not access or use our Site.
OWNERSHIP OF THE SITE AND CONTENT
This Site and all of its contents, features, and functionalities, including but not limited to all images, displays, information, text, audio, video, and software, and the design, selection and arrangement thereof (the “Content”), are owned by ICEO, its licensors or other providers of such Content, and are protected by applicable copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws. No right, title, or interest in or to the Site or the Content is transferred to you, and all rights in the Site and Content not expressly granted herein are reserved by ICEO. All trademarks, service marks, and trade names of ICEO used on this Site are trademarks of ICEO.
PROHIBITED AND PERMITTED USES OF THE SITE AND CONTENT
You may not use the Site or Content except as permitted in these Terms. You may use the Site and Content for your personal, non-commercial use only. You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, creative derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store or transmit the Site or Content, except that (a) your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials, (b) you may store files that are automatically cached by your browser for display enhancement purposes, and (c) you may print or download one copy of a reasonable number of webpages of the Site for your own personal, non-commercial use in connection with your application to or participation in an ICEO exchange program, not for further reproduction, publication or distribution, and provided that you may not (i) modify such copies, (ii) delete or alter any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices from such copies, (iii) copy or use any photographs, illustrations, video or audio sequences or graphics contained on the Site separately from the accompanying text, or (iv) use any mechanized or other systematic process for harvesting information from the Site. Use of the Site in any unauthorized, illegal, abusive, harassing, threatening or otherwise objectionable manner is strictly forbidden.
FEEDBACK
To the extent that you give us feedback, comments or suggestions concerning the Site or Services (collectively, “Feedback”), you acknowledge and agree that all Feedback is ICEO’s sole and exclusive property, and you hereby unconditionally and irrevocably assign and transfer to ICEO, your entire right, title and interest in and to any intellectual property rights that you may now or hereafter have in or relating to the Site or Services. To the extent that the foregoing assignment is ineffective for whatever reason, you agree and hereby grant to ICEO a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide license (with the right to grant and authorize sublicenses) to make, have made, use, import, offer for sale, sell, reproduce, distribute, modify, prepare derivative works of, display, perform, and otherwise exploit such Feedback without restriction. At our request and expense, you will execute documents and take such further acts as we may reasonably request to assist us in acquiring, perfecting and maintaining our rights in, and other legal protections for, the Feedback.
TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF ACCESS AND USE
ICEO may revoke any of the rights granted by these Terms and terminate or suspend your access to and use of the Site, for violation of these terms and in ICEO’s sole discretion, without notice. Upon termination or suspension, you shall immediately cease all use of the Site and Content. The sections of these Terms titled Ownership of the Site and Content, Indemnification, Limitation of Liability, and Miscellaneous shall in all events survive any termination of these Terms.
CONTESTS, SWEEPSTAKES AND PROMOTIONS
Any contests, sweepstakes or other promotions (collectively, “Promotions”) made available through the Site may be governed by rules that are separate from these Terms. If you participate in any Promotions, please review the applicable rules as well as our Privacy Policy. If the rules for a Promotion conflict with these Terms, the Promotion rules will apply.
ICEO PROGRAMS
Any ICEO programs (collectively, “Programs”) made available through the Site may be governed by terms that are separate from these Terms. If you enroll or participate in any Program, please review the applicable Program terms as well as our Privacy Policy. If the Program terms conflict with these Terms, the Program terms will apply.
ACCOUNTS and COMPLETING OF ONLINE FORMS
When you create an account or complete any online form with ICEO, you represent that you are above the age of 18, and that the information you provide ICEO is accurate, complete, and current at all times. Inaccurate, incomplete, or obsolete information may result in the immediate termination of your account on the Site.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password, including but not limited to the restriction of access to your computer and/or account. You agree to accept responsibility for any and all activities or actions that occur under your account and/or password, whether your password is with the Site or a third-party service. You must notify us immediately upon becoming aware of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account.
You may not use as a username the name of another person or entity or that is not lawfully available for use, a name or trademark that is subject to any rights of another person or entity other than you, without appropriate authorization. You may not use as a username any name that is offensive, vulgar or obscene.
We reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in our sole discretion.
WARRANTY DISCLAIMER
THIS SITE AND THE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, ICEO DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
ICEO DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES THE SITE AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Site will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT
The information presented on or through the Site is made available solely for general informational purposes. We may update the content available from time to time but it is not necessarily complete or up-to-date. ICEO DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTEES OR REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, ADEQUACY, USEFULNESS, TIMELINESS OR RELIABILITY OF THE CONTENT. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS ON WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
USER-GENERATED CONTENT
ICEO may permit you and other users of the Site to post content on the Site.
With respect to content you post to or make available for inclusion on the Site, you grant ICEO a permanent world-wide, royalty free, and non-exclusive license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform, and publicly display such content on the Site or in any other medium for any purpose.
With respect to content other users post to or make available for inclusion on the Site, you understand and agree that ICEO is not responsible for such content or under any obligation to review such content before it becomes available on the Site, and that your use of such content is at your own risk.
ICEO reserves the right to block or remove user-generated content that we determine to be (a) abusive, defamatory, or obscene, (b) fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading, (c) in violation of any copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right, or (d) offensive or otherwise unacceptable to ICEO in its sole discretion.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
We take claims of copyright infringement seriously. We will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable law. If you believe any materials accessible on or from the Site infringe your copyright, you may request removal of those materials (or access to them) from the Site by submitting written notification to us at: info@iceoinc.org. It is ICEO’s policy to terminate the user accounts of repeat infringers.
INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless ICEO, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers from and against all losses, liabilities, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from any violation of these Terms, any content you post to or make available on the Site, or any activity (including negligent or wrongful conduct) by you or any other person accessing the Site using your account.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
ICEO SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THIS SITE OR THE CONTENT, EVEN IF ICEO HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL THE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF ICEO AND ITS LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, AND DIRECTORS TO ANY PARTY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID TO ICEO FOR ACCESS TO THE SITE IN THE SIX MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM GIVING RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
PRIVACY
ICEO’s collection and use of your Personal Data is subject to its Privacy Policy. For more information, see the Privacy Policy.
LINKS TO AND FROM OUR SITE
In an attempt to provide increased value to our visitors, ICEO may link to sites operated by third parties. However, even if the third party is affiliated with ICEO, ICEO has no control over these linked sites or their privacy and data collection practices. Nor do these third party sites reflect the opinion of ICEO. These linked sites are only for your convenience and therefore you access them at your own risk. Nonetheless, ICEO seeks to protect the integrity of its Site and the links placed upon it and therefore requests any feedback to info@iceoinc.org on not only our Site, but for sites we link to as well (including if a specific link does not work).
You may link to pages within the Site provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage ICEO’s reputation or take advantage of it, and provided that you do not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on ICEO’s part without ICEO’s express written consent. ICEO reserves the right to withdraw linking permission in ICEO’s sole discretion.
GEOGRAPHIC RESTRICTIONS
The owner of the Site is based in the state of California in the United States. We make no claims that the Site or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Site may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Site from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
MISCELLANEOUS
Your use of this Site shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the state of California, United States. without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You agree that jurisdiction over and venue in any legal proceeding directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to this Site (including but not limited to applying to or participating in as ICEO exchange program) shall be in the state or federal courts located in California. ICEO’s failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these Terms shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. If any provision of these Terms is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms will continue in full force and effect. These Terms and the Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and ICEO with regard to your use of this Site. Neither the course of conduct between the parties nor trade practice shall act to modify any of these Terms. ICEO may assign its rights and duties under these Terms to any party at any time without notice to you.
Your Comments and Concerns
All other feedback, comments, requests for technical support and other communications relating to the Site should be directed to: info@iceoinc.org.
LAST REVISED: September 30, 2020