General Disclaimer

The information on the Animal Compassion Foundation website is presented for informational and educational purposes only. It is based on information provided by various producers and researchers along with the personal observations of foundation members and/or employees. This information does not necessarily reflect the position of the Animal Compassion Foundation or its Board of Directors or sponsors. Neither the Animal Compassion Foundation nor its Board of Directors or sponsors endorses, guarantees or certifies, in any manner, the information contained on this website.

Terms of Use

General
Welcome to the Animal Compassion Foundation (the "Foundation") website. By utilizing our website you agree to the terms set forth below as of the date of such use. If you do not want to be subject to these terms please do not use our website. The Animal Compassion Foundation may periodically change these terms and you should review them often. These Terms of Use were last updated on November 1, 2006.

Information Exchange
As part of your use of this website, we may obtain certain information about you which we will hold in confidence according to these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy; please read our Privacy Policy describing how we will and will not use information. By using information you submit when you visit this website, the Foundation may send you emails or other communications on various topics such as information about the Foundation.

Provided that the Foundation will not use your information in a way that identifies you personally (unless required by law), please understand that information submitted to or gathered by the Foundation via this website, may be treated as non-confidential. You agree that all such information may be used by the Foundation for any purpose without compensation to you.

With regard to the content of any submissions you make to the Foundation through this website, you agree to remain solely responsible, and agree not to submit materials that are unlawful, defamatory, abusive or obscene. You also agree that you will not submit anything to this website that will violate any right of a third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary rights. With respect to any proposal you submit to the Foundation through this website, you represent that: (1) you have the right to submit the information contained in the proposal to the Foundation, and (2) the submission of such information to the Foundation does not violate any laws.

Copyright and Trademark
The Foundation grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited license to view this website, and to download and/or print insignificant portions of materials retrieved from this website provided: (1) it is used only for informational, educational purposes; and (2) you do not remove or obscure the copyright notice or other notices. Except for this grant, no part of this website may be reproduced, republished, copied, transmitted, or distributed in any form without the written consent of the Foundation. Please understand that the above grant does not include any linked website. Unless otherwise noted on this website, all right, title and interest (including all copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights) in this website belongs to the Foundation, one of its sponsors, or to another party that has licensed their material to the Foundation. The names, images, pictures, logos and icons identifying various producers, products and services are the property of the Foundation and/or others. Except as expressly provided above, nothing on this website shall be construed as conferring any license or right under copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights.

Through use of this website, you agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation harmless for any and all unauthorized uses you may make of any material on this website. You acknowledge the unauthorized use of this website's contents could cause irreparable harm to the Foundation and in the event of your unauthorized use, the Foundation will be entitled to an injunction in addition to its other rights.

Use of Information
The information on the Foundation's website is presented for informational and educational purposes only. It is based on information provided by various producers and researchers along with the personal observations of foundation members and/or employees. This information does not necessarily reflect the position of the Foundation or its Board of Directors or sponsors. Neither the Foundation nor its Board of Directors or sponsors endorses, guarantees or certifies, in any manner, the information contained on this website.

Links
For your convenience, the Foundation provides links to third party websites and we want you to understand that the Foundation does not assume any responsibility for the: (1) content of, (2) technology implemented by, or (3) privacy practices of these third party websites. You should review the privacy policy and terms of use for each of these websites to make sure they are acceptable to you. The link to a third party website provided on this website does not imply endorsement of or responsibility for such linked website by the Foundation and we are not responsible for any information you submit to them.

Disclaimer and Limit of Liability

This website is provided on an "as is", "as available" basis and the foundation expressly disclaims all warranties, including the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

A covered party (as defined below) shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages (including attorneys' fees and lost profits or savings) to you connected with use of this website, including its content and regardless of any negligence of any covered party. "Covered Party" means the Foundation, its sponsors, and any officer, director, employee, subcontractor, agent, successor, or assign of any of them.

The Foundation does not guarantee that the functions contained on this website will be uninterrupted or error-free, that this website or its server will be free of viruses or other harmful components, or that defects will be corrected even if the is aware of them.

Please understand that the Foundation disclaims all responsibility for any loss, injury, claim, liability, or damage of any kind resulting from, arising out of, or in any way related to: (1) any errors in or omissions from this website, including but not limited to technical inaccuracies and typographical errors; (2) any third party websites or content therein directly or indirectly accessed through links in this website; (3) the unavailability of this website or any portion of this website; (4) your use of this website; or (5) your use of any equipment or software in connection with this website.

Children
Parent should always supervise their children while online. The Foundation website is not designed nor intended to collect personal information from children under the age of thirteen. So that we may comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, we ask that children under the age of thirteen not provide any personal information on this website.

Jurisdictional
Use of this website shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, United States of America, as they apply to agreements made and solely performed in Texas. Disputes arising based on this website or in any way related to this website shall be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts of the United States of America and/or the State Courts of Texas, and jurisdiction therefore shall be solely in Texas.

The Foundation makes no representation that materials in this website are appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you access this website from outside the United States, please understand that this website may contain references and/or links to products and services that are not available or are prohibited in your country.

Entire Agreement
These Terms of Use incorporate by reference any notices contained on this website and constitute the entire agreement with respect to your access to and use of this website. If any provision of these Terms of Use is unlawful, void or unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms of Use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms.

Privacy & Security
For an explanation of the Foundation's practices and policies related to the collection, use and storage of online information supplied directly or indirectly by you as a result of your use of the Foundation's website, please read our Privacy Policy. By accessing this website, you are consenting to our information collection and use practices described in these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy.