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Catholic Climate Covenant
Website Terms and Conditions
Last Modified: May[28], 2021
THESE WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (these “Site Terms”) apply to Catholic Climate Covenant, including without limitation the Catholic
Climate Action Platform, Catholic Energies and any other project thereof (collectively,“CCC”).
PLEASE READ THESE SITE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE. BY USING THIS WEBSITE, YOUAGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE.
These Site Terms apply exclusively to your access to, and use of, the CCC website,https://catholicclimatecovenant.org/, to all associated subdomains and Services (as defined below),and to those sites listed in the paragraph below labeled “Additional Websites Subject to Site Terms”
(collectively, the “Site”).
These Site Terms do not alter in any way the terms or conditions of any other agreement you may have with CCC. If you are using the Site on
behalf ofany entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to accept these Site Terms on such entity’s behalf, and that such entity
agrees to indemnifyyou and CCC for violations of these Site Terms.
The Site is not intended for use by any minors (defined as individuals who are not at least 18 years of age), and you must not use the Site if you
are a minor. By using this Site, you represent and warrant that you are the legal age of majority under applicable law to form a binding contract
with CCC and meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements.
CCC reserves the right to change or modify any of the terms and conditions contained in the Site Terms or any policy or guideline of the Site, at
any timeand in its sole discretion. Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting of the revisions on the Site. Your
continued use of the Sitefollowing the posting of changes or modifications will constitute your acceptance of such changes or modifications.
Therefore, you should frequently reviewthe Site Terms and applicable policies from time to time to understand the terms and conditions that
apply to your use of the Site. If you do not agree to theamended terms, you must stop using the Site.
Local Laws and Export Control
CCC controls and operates this Site from the United States of America (“U.S.”). CCC makes no representation that materials on this Site are appropriate or available for usein other locations, and access to this Site from territories outside of the U.S., where suchcontent may be illegal, is prohibited. The content and Services on this Site are subject in all respects to laws and regulations of the U.S., including the U.S. Export Control Regulations, and any successor legislation or regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, or Office of Export Licensing. Those who choose to access this Site from locations outside of the U.S. do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws, including local export and import regulations.
Privacy Policy
Please refer to our Privacy Policy located at the website https://catholicclimatecovenant.org/privacy-policy for information on how CCC collects,
uses and discloses personally identifiable information from its users. [SPB Note to CathCAP: We understand that you may have been looking into
updating this Privacy Policy in connection with another project related to CCC, so we did not undertake the updates ourselves. However, we note that the Privacy Policy will likely need to be updated to address the General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
and any changes to the collection and usage of the data collected by the system from those set forth in the 2015 policy.]
Donation Guidelines
Please refer to the guidelines and other information as may be published on the Sitefrom time to time for information on how CCC collects and uses funds donated by its users.
Copyright and Limited License
Unless otherwise indicated in the Site, the Site and all content and other materials on the Site, including, without limitation all trademarks, service marks,designs, texts, graphics, pictures, information, data, software, methods, inventions, sound files, other files and the selection and arrangement thereof(collectively, the “Site Materials“) are the proprietary property of CCC or the applicable licensors, or users and are protected by U.S. and internationalcopyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. Permission is granted to access and use the Site and to display, copy, print and download theSite Materials for personal, non-commercial use only, in accordance with these Site Terms and the other rules and restrictions contained in the Site,provided you do not modify the Site Materials and that you retain all copyright, trademark, and other proprietary notices contained in the materials. Inaddition, you agree that such permission does not include: (a) any commercial use or any resale or redistribution of the Site or the Site Materials therein;(b) the collection and use of any product listings, pictures or descriptions; (c) the
distribution, public performance or public display of any Site Materials, (d)making any derivative uses of the Site and the Site Materials, or any portion thereof; (e) use of any data mining, robots or similar data gathering orextraction methods; (f) downloading (other than the page caching) of any portion of the Site, the Site Materials or any information contained therein, exceptas expressly permitted in these Site Terms; or (g) any use of the Site or the Site Materials other than for its intended purpose. The permission granted herein isrevocable by CCC at any time, with or
without cause. Except as expressly stated herein, none of the Site Materials may be copied, reproduced, distributed,republished, downloaded, displayed, posted, transmitted or otherwise used in any form or by any means, including, but not limited to, electronic,mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of CCC or the copyright owner. The permission given to youterminates automatically if you breach any of the Site Terms. Upon termination, you must immediately destroy any downloaded and printedmaterials. You also may not, without CCC’s permission, “mirror” any material contained on this Site on any other server. Any unauthorized use of anymaterial contained on this Site may violate applicable law (including copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communicationsregulations and statutes).
Feedback
If you send or transmit any communications or materials to CCC by mail, email, telephone, or otherwise, suggesting or recommending changes to the Site, the Site Materials or the Services, including without limitation, new features or functionality relating thereto, or any comments, questions, suggestions, or the like (“Feedback”), CCC shall be free to use such Feedback irrespective of any other obligation or limitation between you and CCC governing such Feedback. You hereby assign to CCC all right, title, and interest in, and CCC shall be free to use, without any attribution or compensation to you, any ideas, know-how, concepts, techniques or other intellectual property rights contained in the Feedback, for any purpose whatsoever.
Sites Linked From This Site; Third Party Content
This Site may contain links to or may frame third party websites (“Third Party Sites“) and may contain or link to third party information, materials,communications or other content (collectively the “Third Party Content“). Such Third Party Content and Third Party Sites are not under CCC’s control, and CCC does not endorse, assume any responsibility or liability for, or make any representations or warranties regarding, the Third Party Sites, the ThirdParty Content or any products or services offered by any third parties on the Site or any Third Party Site. CCC does not intend links on this Site to bereferrals or endorsements of the linked entities, or their products or services, and are provided for convenience only. Your use of Third Party Sites or ThirdParty Content, or any third party products and services, is at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions or the provider.
Disclaimer
YOUR USE OF THIS SITE, THE SITE MATERIALS AND THE SERVICES PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE (THE “SERVICES“) IS AT YOUROWN RISK AND ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. CCC DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE SITE,THE SITE MATERIALS OR THE SERVICES ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT, ERROR-FREE OR AVAILABLE, OR THAT THE SITE OR ITSSERVERS ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOU SHOULD USE INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED SOFTWARE TO DETECTAND DISINFECT VIRUSES FROM ANY DOWNLOAD. CCC IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS OR OMISSIONS. REFERENCETO ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, PROGRAMS OR OTHER INFORMATION, BY TRADE NAME, TRADEMARK, MANUFACTURER, SUPPLIER OROTHERWISE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OR IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, SPONSORSHIP OR RECOMMENDATION THEREOF, OR ANY AFFILIATIONTHEREWITH, BY CCC. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY THE LAW, CCC EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES,CONDITIONS AND OTHER TERMS EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THEIMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES’ RIGHTS AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Refund Policy
CCC is grateful for all donations received in support of our work to reduce the effects of climate change. Donations are normally nonrefundable once they have been received, but if you believe that your donation was made in error please contact us.All mistaken or unauthorized donations are refunded using the original method of payment.
User Content and Interactive Areas
The Site may include discussion forums, user generated content or other interactive areas or services (“Interactive Areas”), including message boards,online hosting or storage services, or other areas or services in which you or other users create, post or store any content, messages, materials, data,information, text, music, sound, photos, video, graphics, code or other items or materials on the Site (“User Content”). You are solely responsible for youruse of such Interactive Areas and use them at your own risk. By using any Interactive Areas, you agree not to post, upload to, transmit, distribute, store,create or otherwise publish through the Site any of the following:
- User Content that is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive, harassing, threatening,
invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory, fraudulent or otherwise objectionable; - User Content that would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or that
would otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national or international law; - User Content that may infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual or proprietary right of any party,
andby posting any User Content, you represent and warrant that you have the lawful right to distribute and reproduce such User
Content; - User Content that impersonates any person or entity or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity;
- Promotions, advertising or solicitations;
- Private information of any third party, including, without limitation, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, Social Security
numbers and credit card numbers; - Viruses, corrupted data or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files; and
- User Content that, in the sole judgment of CCC, is objectionable or which restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying
the Interactive Areas or the Site, or which may expose CCC or its users to any harm or liability of any type.
CCC takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any User Content posted, stored or uploaded by you or any third party, or for any loss or damagethereto, nor is CCC liable for any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography or profanity you may encounter.Your use of Interactive Areas is at your own risk. As a provider of interactive services, CCC is not liable for any statements, representations or UserContent provided by its users in any public forum, personal home page or other Interactive Area. Although CCC has no obligation to screen, edit ormonitor any of the Content posted in any Interactive Area, CCC reserves the right, and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen or edit any UserContent posted or stored on the Site at any time and for any reason without notice, and you are solely responsible for creating backup copies of andreplacing any User Content you post or store on the Site at your sole cost and expense. Any use of the Interactive Areas or other portions of the Site inviolation of the foregoing violates these Site Terms and may result in, among other things, termination or suspension of your rights to use the InteractiveAreas and/or the Site.
You retain all rights in User Content you post to the Site. Unless we indicate otherwise, you grant CCC anonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, createderivative works from, distribute, perform and display such User Content on or in connection with the Site and any related Services. You grant CCCand its affiliates and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose. Yourepresent and warrant that (a) you own and control all of the rights to the User Content that you post or you otherwise have the right to post such UserContent to the Site; (b) the User Content is accurate and not misleading; and (c) use and posting of the User Content you supply does not violate theseSite Terms and will not violate any rights of or cause injury to any person or entity.
Registration Data; Account Security
In order to access certain areas or functionality of the Site, you may need to register for an account (“Members-Only Areas”). Your access to any Members-Only Areas is granted solely at CCC’s discretion. In consideration of this access, you represent that you are of legal age to form a binding contract and are not a person barred from receiving the applicable Services under the laws of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction. You further agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself when prompted and (b) maintain and promptly update your information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or if CCC has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, CCC may, in its sole discretion, suspend or terminate your access to any such Members-Only Areas and refuse any and all current or future use of the Site (or portion thereof).
You are responsible for preserving the confidentiality of your account password and will notify us of any known or suspected unauthorized use of your account. You agree that you are responsible for all acts or omissions that occur on your account while your password is being used.
You acknowledge, consent and agree that CCC may access, preserve and disclose your account information and User Content if required to do so by law or if CCC believes that such access, preservation, or disclosure is reasonably necessary to (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the requirements of theseSite Terms; (c) respond to claims that any such content violates the rights of third parties; (d) respond to your requests for customer service; or (e) protect the rights, property or personal safety of CCC, other Site users, or the public.
Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL CCC, ITS AFFILIATES, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS AND CONSULTANTS(WHETHER OR NOT INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, MAINTAINING OR DELIVERING THESITE), AND/OR THE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, SHAREHOLDERS OR AGENTS OF ANY OF THEM (EACH OF THE FOREGOING BEING REFERRED TO HEREIN AS A “CCC PARTY”), BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,INCIDENTIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF INCOME, LOSS OFACTUAL OR ANTICIPATED PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF CONTRACTS, LOSS OF GOODWILL OR REPUTATION, LOSS OFANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF, DAMAGE TO OR CORRUPTION OF DATA, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING BUTNOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THE SITE, THESERVICES, THE CONTENT OR THE MATERIALS CONTAINED IN OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANYDAMAGES CAUSED BY OR RESULTING FROM RELIANCE BY USER ON ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM ANY CCC PARTY, OR THAT RESULT FROMMISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES OR EMAIL, ERRORS, DEFECTS, VIRUSES, DELAYS IN OPERATION ORTRANSMISSION OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, WHETHER OR NOT RESULTING FROM ACTS OF GOD, COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE,THEFT, DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO ANY CCC PARTY’S RECORDS, PROGRAMS OR SERVICES. IN NO EVENT SHALL THEAGGREGATE LIABILITY OF SUCH CCC PARTIES, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, WHETHER ACTIVE, PASSIVE ORIMPUTED), PRODUCT LIABILITY, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OF THE SITE EXCEEDANY COMPENSATION YOU PAY, IF ANY, TO ANY CCC PARTY FOR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SITE.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold each CCC Party harmless from and against any claims, damages, costs, actions,demands, liabilities, and settlements and expenses (including without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to your violation ofthese Site Terms, any User Content you post, store or otherwise transmit on or through the Site, or your use of or inability to use the Site,including without limitation any actual or threatened suit, demand or claim made against any CCC Party, arising out of or relating to the User Content,your conduct, or your violation of the rights of any third party.
Additional Websites Subject to Site Terms
These Site Terms shall apply to the following websites and all associated subdomains:
Termination; Removal of User Content
Notwithstanding any of these Site Terms, CCC reserves the right, without notice and in its sole discretion, to discontinue the Site or any Services offeredthrough the Site, and to terminate your license to use and block your access to the Site at any time without notice. In addition, CCC reserves the right todelete, edit or modify any of the Services at any time without notice.
Severability/Waiver
If any provision of these Site Terms is deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then such provision shall be deemed severable from theseSite Terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. No waiver of any of these Site Terms shall be deemed a furtheror continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other term or condition.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Site Terms and your use of the Site are governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the District of Columbia, without resort to its conflict of law provisions. You agree that any action at law or in equityarising or in any way relating to these Site Terms shall be filed only in the state and federal courts located in the District of Columbia and you herebyirrevocably and unconditionally consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of these SiteTerms.
Questions & Contact Information
Questions or comments regarding the Site should be directed by electronic mail to info@catholicclimatecovenant.org, or by regular mail to the
address set forth below.
Catholic Climate Covenant
415 Michigan Ave. NE, Suite 260
Washington, DC 20017
The Catholic Climate Covenant, is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization (tax ID number 81-1503864) under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal RevenueCode. Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.