Terms of Use
These Terms Of Use are between you and Room Five Charity Foundation Inc. (“Room5”) pertaining to the access and use of the services offered, information, and content accessible from, www.roomfivecharity.org or any sub-domains thereof or other websites operated by or for Room5 (collectively, the “Sites”).
The Sites are all offered by Room5 to you free of charge on the express condition that you accept, without modification, and abide by these Terms Of Use. Your use of the Sites constitutes your acceptance of these Terms Of Use. Room5 reserves the right to change the Terms Of Use at any time.
Mission Statement
Room5 is organized for charitable, educational, scientific, and literary purposes. The Sites are designed, and all uses of the Sites are intended, to be in furtherance of the Mission.
Disclaimer
You acknowledge that the materials on the Sites are provided “as is” for general
information only and without warranties of any kind. Room5 does not recommend,
endorse or make any warranties or representations of any kind with regard to the
accuracy, completeness, timeliness, quality, efficacy or non-infringement of any of the
programs, materials, products or other information provided on the Sites or by the
companies or organizations linked or referred to in the Sites. In certain instances Room5
permits third parties to provide testimonials and information, and in certain situations,
create home pages for fundraising purposes in furtherance of the Mission. Room5 may
from time to time post articles and other information provided by third parties that might
be of interest or benefit to the public. You acknowledge that the opinions and
recommendations of third parties contained on the Sites are not necessarily those of
Room5 or endorsed by Room5.
Restrictions on Use of Materials
Unless otherwise indicated, Room5 holds the copyright to all materials on the Sites,
including without limitation, research materials, photographs, text, graphics, logos, icons,
images, content, sound recordings, tutorials, white papers, audio/visual clips and design.
Additionally, Room5 owns all of the trademarks, service marks, slogans and logos used
and displayed on the Sites, unless otherwise noted. Without the explicit consent of
Room5, no material from the Sites may be copied, reproduced, displayed, republished,
downloaded, posted, digitized, translated, modified, transmitted, distributed or
commercially exploited in any way. Any unauthorized use of materials contained on the
Sites may violate copyright, trademark and other laws. We retain all rights not expressly
granted, and nothing in these Terms Of Use constitutes a waiver of any rights under
copyright laws or any other federal, state or local law, regulation, ordinance or treaty.
Nothing in these Terms Of Use should be construed as conferring by implication,
estoppel or otherwise, any license or right under or to any intellectual property right,
including without limitation, any patent, trademark, service mark or copyright of Room5
or any third party.
Room5 will allow you to view and print information, documents and web pages located
on the Sites for your own personal use but not for any for-profit or commercial activities
or purposes or resale.
Sponsors
Room5 may choose to acknowledge certain persons and companies who have provided
donations or sponsorships in furtherance of the Mission. Such acknowledgement may be
in the form of recognition on the Sites by use of such persons or companies' own names
or marks and/or links to such person or companies' own websites. If you choose to click
on the links to any of our sponsors' websites or otherwise engage in any correspondence
or business dealings with or other purchase of products or services from any of our
sponsors, you do so on your own initiative and you agree that Room5 is not responsible
or liable for any loss or damages of any sort incurred as a result of any such dealings or
as a result of the acknowledgement of or links to such sponsors in conjunction with the
Sites.
Links To Other Sites; Link Agreement
Room5 may provide links to other Internet sites or resources. Room5 likewise may
permit others to post on certain public forums links to other Internet sites or resources.
The information provided to you in such links are provided solely for your interactive
enjoyment. The results are not guaranteed to be accurate and are in no way endorsed,
offered or guaranteed by Room5.
General Indemnification
You agree that you will hold harmless Room5, its officers, directors, employees,
volunteers, licensors and suppliers from all claims arising out of or related to your access
or use of, or your inability to access or use, the Sites or other sites to which they are
linked. If your use of materials from the Sites results in the need for servicing, repair of
equipment or data, you will assume any costs thereof.
Limitation of Liability
In no event and under no circumstances shall Room5 or the contributors of information to
the Sites or our sponsors, licensors or authorized representatives be liable to you or any
third party for special, incidental, punitive or consequential damages arising out of your
or any unrelated party's use or inability to use the Sites, or your or any unrelated party's
reliance or use of information, products or services provided on or through the Internet,
or that result from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletions of files or other data loss,
errors, defects, delays in operation, service or transmission or any failure of performance
of the Sites, even if we, or any of our authorized representatives, have been advised of the
possibility of such damage and even if the remedies stated in these Terms Of Use fail of
their essential purpose.
Disclaimer of Warranties
There is no warranty, representation or guarantee that the Sites will continuously operate
or be error free or that any problems will be corrected, or that any information, software
or other material accessible from the Sites is free of viruses, worms, or other harmful
components. Further, we do not warrant, guarantee, or make any representations
regarding the use of, or the results of the use of the Sites either in terms of its
compatibility with hardware or other software, its reliability, or otherwise; and you rely
on the Sites solely at your own risk.
Acceptable Use Policy
You will not, and will not allow or authorize others to, use the Sites to take any actions
that: (i) infringe on any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other
proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) violate any applicable law, statute,
ordinance or regulation (including those regarding export control); (iii) are defamatory,
trade libelous, threatening, harassing, invasive of privacy, stalking, harassment, abusive,
tortuous conduct, hateful, discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender, sex or
disability, pornographic or obscene; (iv) interfere with or disrupt any services or
equipment with the intent of causing an excessive or disproportionate load on Komen or
its licensors or suppliers' infrastructure; (v) involve knowingly distributing viruses,
Trojan horses, worms, or other similar harmful or deleterious programming routines; (vi)
involve the preparation and/or distribution of "junk mail", "spam", "chain letters",
"pyramid schemes" or other deceptive on-line marketing practices or any unsolicited bulk
email or unsolicited commercial email or otherwise in a manner that violate the
Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act (CAN-SPAM
Act of 2003); (vii) would encourage conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give
rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or
international laws or regulations; (viii) involve the unauthorized entry to any machine
accessible via the Services or interference with the Sites or any servers or networks
connected to the Sites or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of
networks connected to the Sites, or attempt to breach the security of or disrupt Internet
communications on the Sites (including without limitation accessing data to which you
are not the intended recipient or logging into a server or account for which you are not
expressly authorized); (ix) impersonate any person or entity, including, without
limitation, one of Room5’s or other's officers or employees, or falsely state or otherwise
misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; (x) forge headers or otherwise
manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any information transmitted
through the Sites; (xi) collect or store personal data about other account users or attempt
to gain access to other account users' accounts or otherwise mine information about other
account users or the Sites; (xii) execute any form of network monitoring or run a network
analyzer or packet sniffer or other technology to intercept, decode, mine or display any
packets used to communicate between the Sites' servers or any data not intended for you;
(xiii) attempt to circumvent authentication or security of any content, host, network or
account ("cracking") on or from the Sites; or (xiv) are contrary to Room5's public image,
goodwill, reputation or Mission.
Term & Termination
These Terms Of Use are effective from the date that you first access the Sites or on the
date that you activate your account for the Services, whichever is earlier, and continues in
effect until terminated in accordance with these Terms Of Use.
Room5 may terminate your access to the Sites or the Services at any time for any reason.
Cause for such termination shall include, but not be limited to: (i) breaches or violations
of these Terms Of Use; (ii) requests by law enforcement or other government agencies;
(iii) a request by you (self-initiated account deletions); (iv) discontinuance or material
modification to the Services (or any part thereof); (v) unexpected technical or security
issues or problems; (vi) extended periods of inactivity; (vii) fraudulent or illegal activities
performed by or on behalf of you in connection with the Services or the Sites; (viii)
discontinuance of the Services as a whole; (ix) a statement by you that you no longer
agree to these Terms Of Use, or a statement by you otherwise requesting termination of
your access to the Services; (x) completion of the Room5 or other fundraising event or
program in which you are participating; and/or (xi) any other reason reasonably
considered by Room5 to be in its best interest.
Your access to the Sites or the Services also will terminate automatically if you fail to
comply with any term or provision of these Terms Of Use.
Deactivation of the Sites
We reserve the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue,
temporarily or permanently, the Sites, or any part or portion thereof, with or without
notice to you. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any
modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Sites, or any part or portion thereof.
Nothing in these Terms Of Use shall be construed to obligate Room5 to maintain and
support the Sites, or any part or portion thereof, during the term of these Terms Of Use.
Privacy
Room5 understands that many visitors to the Sites may be concerned about the
information that they may provide or that may be generated from their use of the Sites
and how Room5 may use such information. Protecting privacy is an important priority to
Room5. Our Privacy Policy governs the collection, use, retention and disclosure of
personal information gathered from the Sites
Governing Law
These Terms Of Use are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, U.S.A.
Dispute Resolution
In the event of any dispute arising out of these Terms Of Use, you and Room5 each agree
to use good faith efforts to resolve our differences amicably. In the event those efforts are
unsuccessful, you and Room5 agree not to commence litigation until attempting to
resolve our dispute through mediation. Either you or Room5 may initiate the mediation
process with thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the other.
Miscellaneous
If any provision of these Terms Of Use is held to be illegal, invalid, or unenforceable,
then that provision shall be fully severable from these Terms Of Use and shall not effect
the legality, validity, or enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Terms Of Use.
Failure by us to enforce any particular term of these Terms Of Use shall not be construed
as a waiver of any of our rights hereunder.
These Terms Of Use have been written in the English language and the English language
shall control.
These Terms Of Use (and each supplemental agreement referenced in or referencing
these Terms Of Use found on the Sites) constitutes the entire agreement between you and
Room5 with respect to the Sites.
Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding these Terms Of Use, you may write to Room5:
By mail:
Room Five Charity Foundation Inc P O Box 228674 Miami FL 33222.