THESE WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (these “Site Terms”) apply to Pilgrimages of Hope for Creation (“POHFC”).
PLEASE READ THESE SITE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE. BY USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU AGREE 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 POHFC website, https://catholicpilgrimsofhope.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 POHFC. If you are using the Site on behalf of any 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 indemnify you and POHFC 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 POHFC and meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements.
POHFC 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 time and in its sole discretion. Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting the revisions on the Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes or modifications will constitute your acceptance of such changes or modifications. Therefore, you should frequently review the 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 the amended terms, you must stop using the Site.
Local Laws and Export Control
POHFC controls and operates this Site from the United States of America (“U.S.”). POHFC makes no representation that materials on this Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and access to this Site from territories outside of the U.S., where such content 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://catholicpilgrimsofhope.org//privacy-policy for information on how POHFC collects, uses and discloses personally identifiable information from its users.
Donation Guidelines
Please refer to the guidelines and other information as may be published on the Site from time to time for information on how POHFC 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 POHFC or the applicable licensors, or users and are protected by U.S. and international copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. Permission is granted to access and use the Site and to display, copy, print, and download the Site 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. In addition, 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 or extraction methods; (f) downloading (other than the page caching) of any portion of the Site, the Site Materials or any information contained therein, except as 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 is revocable by POHFC 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 POHFC or the copyright owner. The permission given to you terminates automatically if you breach any of the Site Terms. Upon termination, you must immediately destroy any downloaded and printed materials. You also may not, without POHFC’s permission, “mirror” any material contained on this Site on any other server. Any unauthorized use of any material contained on this Site may violate applicable law (including copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes).
Feedback
If you send or transmit any communications or materials to POHFC 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”), POHFC shall be free to use such Feedback irrespective of any other obligation or limitation between you and POHFC governing such Feedback. You hereby assign to POHFC all rights, title, and interest in, and POHFC 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 POHFC’s control, and POHFC 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. POHFC does not intend links on this Site to be referrals or endorsements of the linked entities or their products or services and is provided for convenience only. Your use of third-party sites, third-party content, or any third-party products and services is at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of the provider.
Disclaimer
YOUR USE OF THIS SITE, THE SITE MATERIALS, AND THE SERVICES PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE (THE “SERVICES“) IS AT YOUR OWN RISK AND ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. POHFC 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 ITS SERVERS ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOU SHOULD USE INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED SOFTWARE TO DETECT AND DISINFECT VIRUSES FROM ANY DOWNLOAD. POHFC IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS OR OMISSIONS. REFERENCE TO ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, PROGRAMS OR OTHER INFORMATION BY TRADE NAME, TRADEMARK, MANUFACTURER, SUPPLIER OR OTHERWISE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OR IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, SPONSORSHIP OR RECOMMENDATION THEREOF, OR ANY AFFILIATION THEREWITH, BY POHFC. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY THE LAW, POHFC EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, AND OTHER TERMS, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES RIGHTS AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Refund Policy
POHFC 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 your use 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,
And by 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 POHFC, is objectionable or which restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying
the Interactive Areas or the Site, or which may expose POHFC or its users to any harm or liability of any type.
POHFC 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 damage thereto, nor is POHFC 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, POHFC 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 POHFC has no obligation to screen, edit, or monitor any of the Content posted in any Interactive Area, POHFC reserves the right, and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen, or edit any user content 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 and replacing 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 in violation of the foregoing violates these Site Terms and may result in, among other things, termination or suspension of your rights to use the Interactive Areas and/or the Site.
You retain all rights in User Content you post to the Site. Unless we indicate otherwise, you grant POHFC a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, and display such User Content on or in connection with the Site and any related Services. You grant POHFC and its affiliates and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content if they choose. You represent 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 user content 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 these Site 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 POHFC’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 POHFC has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, POHFC 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 POHFC may access, preserve and disclose your account information and User Content if required to do so by law or if POHFC 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 POHFC, other Site users, or the public.
Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL POHFC, 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 “POHFC 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 POHFC 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 POHFC PARTY’S RECORDS, PROGRAMS OR SERVICES. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF SUCH POHFC 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 EXCEED ANY COMPENSATION YOU PAY, IF ANY, TO ANY POHFC PARTY FOR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SITE.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold each POHFC Party harmless from and against any claims, damages, costs, actions, demands, liabilities, and settlements and expenses (including,g without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to your violation of these 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 POHFC 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, POHFC reserves the right, without notice and in its sole discretion, to discontinue the Site or any Services offered through the Site and to terminate your license to use and block your access to the Site at any time without notice. In addition, POHFC reserves the right to delete, 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 these Site 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 further or 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 equity arising 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 hereby irrevocably 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 [email protected], or by regular mail to the address set forth below.
Pilgrims of Hope for Creation
1400 Quincy St NE
Washington, DC 20017