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Introduction
Welcome to the website of Puentes New Orleans, a non-profit organization dedicated to serving Latino students in the Greater New Orleans area. These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of our website and services. By accessing or using our website, you agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use our website.
Use of the Website
1. Eligibility: By using our website, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old or have the permission of a parent or guardian to use the website.
2. Permitted Use: You may use our website for lawful purposes only. You agree not to use the website in any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation.
3. Prohibited Conduct: You agree not to:
- Use the website for any unauthorized, fraudulent, or malicious purpose.
- Impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
- Engage in any conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the website, or which, as determined by us, may harm Puentes New Orleans or users of the website.
- Introduce any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful.
Intellectual Property Rights
1. Ownership: The content, features, and functionality on the website, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, and images, are the property of Puentes New Orleans and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.
2. License: We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license to access and use the website for personal, non-commercial purposes. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of the website or its contents.
User Contributions
1. Content Standards: Any material you post, upload, or otherwise submit to the website (collectively, "User Contributions") must comply with these Terms. User Contributions must not:
- Contain any material that is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable.
- Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age.
- Infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other intellectual property or other rights of any other person.
2. License to Use Contributions: By submitting User Contributions, you grant Puentes New Orleans a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable, and sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, perform, display, distribute, and otherwise disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose.
Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability
1. Disclaimer of Warranties: The website is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis, without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. Puentes New Orleans does not warrant that the website will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free.
2. Limitation of Liability: In no event will Puentes New Orleans, its affiliates, or their licensors, employees, agents, officers, or directors be liable for damages of any kind, under any legal theory, arising out of or in connection with your use, or inability to use, the website, including any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to, personal injury, pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of revenue, loss of profits, loss of business, loss of anticipated savings, loss of use, loss of goodwill, loss of data, and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract, or otherwise, even if foreseeable.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Puentes New Orleans, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, employees, agents, officers, and directors from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from your violation of these Terms of Service or your use of the website, including, but not limited to, your User Contributions, any use of the website’s content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Service, or your use of any information obtained from the website.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms of Service and any disputes arising out of or related to the website shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision. Any legal suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or related to these Terms of Service or the website shall be instituted exclusively in the federal or state courts located in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.
Changes to These Terms of Service
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to revise and update these Terms of Service from time to time. All changes are effective immediately when we post them and apply to all access to and use of the website thereafter. Your continued use of the website following the posting of Terms of Service means that you accept and agree to the changes. We encourage you to review these Terms periodically for any updates or modifications.
Termination
We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the website, without notice, for any conduct that we, in our sole discretion, believe is in violation of any applicable law or is harmful to the interests of Puentes New Orleans or any third party.
Severability
If any provision of these Terms of Service 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 of Service will continue in full force and effect.
Entire Agreement
These Terms of Service, our Privacy Policy, and any other policies or operating rules posted by us on the website constitute the entire agreement between you and Puentes New Orleans with respect to the website and supersede all prior or contemporaneous understandings and agreements, whether written or oral, with respect to the website.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us at:
Puentes New Orleans
3300 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70117
puentesno@gmail.com
(504) 321-1303
Effective Date: 05/30/2024
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By using our website, you signify your acceptance of these Terms of Service. Thank you for supporting Puentes New Orleans and our mission to serve Latine students in New Orleans, Louisiana.