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Common Ground Foundation Privacy Policy
Common
Ground Foundation, a non-profit foundation with offices at 475
10th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94118, is dedicated to the empowerment
and development of urban youth in the United States, and operates
this website, located at www.commongroundfoundation.org. This
site provides information about the Common Ground Foundation,
and information to empower urban youth. One of the newest features
of our site is our reading corner, where website visitors 13 and
over can read and share ideas about children's books.
How
Common Ground Collects and Uses Information
On almost all areas of our website, visitors can browse and read
information about Common Ground Foundation without providing any
personally identifiable information. Currently only one area of
this site collects personally identifiable information, namely
The Corner Book Club. In this area, youth 13 and over are able
to register and post reviews of books they have recently read.
All postings are reviewed by Common Ground Foundation staff prior
to posting for appropriateness and compliance with our website
Terms and Conditions (included in those terms is a prohibition
on posting personally identifying information), and not all submissions
will be posted on the site. To register, users are asked to provide
their first names, year of birth, and email address. Username
will be posted along with book reviews selected for posting. Information
you submit is used as described at the time you provided information,
as described in this policy, and to respond to your request. Information
may also be used for other of or our business purposes. We may
also send you updates via email about The Corner Book Club, upcoming
live chats and other Common Ground Foundation activities.
Common
Ground Foundation may share information submitted on its site
with third parties in response to a subpoena, governmental inquiry,
if it believes that it is legally required to do so, to protect
Common Ground Foundation or the proper operation of this site,
or if we believe it necessary in order to protect the health or
safety of one of our users. In the unlikely event that Common
Ground Foundation or our assets are acquired by another company,
we will transfer your information to the new owner. Information
collected on this site will also be shared with Common Ground
Foundation's affiliates and related entities.
In
addition to information specifically requested from our users,
as described above, this site may also use passive tracking technologies
such as cookies and web beacons to log non-identifiable information
such as IP address, browser type and site usage. The information
collected through passive tracking technologies is used for site
maintenance and development, including to help us analyze site
usage, and for our own business purposes. Some of the features
on this site will only function if your browser is set to accept
cookies. Thus, if you decline to accept cookies, certain features
of our site may not operate properly.
Links
to Third Party Websites
From time to time, as a service to our users, we may provide links
to third party websites. Once the user leaves our site, the user
will be submitting information to a third party, over whom we
have no authority or control, and who may have different information
collection and use practices. You should always read a company's
privacy policy carefully, including those companies to whom we
provide links, before submitting information to them.
Confidentiality
and Security
We use industry standard measures to protect the information submitted
on this site. A username is password protected, and when a user
posts to the website, only the username is viewable on the site.
By its nature, however, information you submit (other than email
addresses) will become public should you chose to make a posting
to our site. We encourage you to think carefully before posting.
To learn more about how to protect yourself online, we encourage
you to visit and to read carefully the information at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/kidzprivacy/kidz.htm
and http://www.onguardonline.gov/socialnetworking_youth.html.
Contacting
Us/Your Options
If at any time you no longer wish to receive email messages from
us, please send us an opt-out request to optout@commongroundfoundation.org.
If you wish to have any of your postings removed from our site,
please email a request to book club@commongroundfoundation.org
If you have other questions please contact us at Common Ground
Foundation, 475 10th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94118 or bookclub@commongroundfoundation.org
or 415-571-8975.
Changes
to this Privacy Policy
Policies on www.commongroundfoundation may change from time to
time. If required by law, we will notify you if we make changes
to our privacy practices that impact how we treat information
you have already provided. We will always have the most updated
privacy policy on our website.
Effective
Date: May, 2008
Common
Ground Foundation Terms of Use
Common
Ground Foundation, a non-profit foundation with offices at 475
10th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94118, is dedicated to the empowerment
and development of urban youth in the United States, and operates
this website, located at www.commongroundfoundation.org ("Site").
This Site provides information about the Common Ground Foundation,
and information to empower urban youth. One of the newest features
of our Site is our reading corner, where website visitors 13 and
over can read and share ideas about children's books.
PLEASE
READ THESE ONLINE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY ("Terms").
If you use our Site, that means that you understand and agree
to these Terms. If you do not understand or agree with these Terms,
please do not use the Site. The Terms are a legal agreement between
Common Ground Foundation and you. If you want to be an interactive
user of this Site and provide us with personal information, you
should see our Privacy Policy (which is made a part of these Terms)
for questions or concerns. If we change the Terms, the most recent
version will be posted on www.commongroundfoundation.org/terms.
If you continue to use the Site after the Terms have changed,
your continued use will be deemed your acceptance of the revised
Terms.
OWNERSHIP
OF CONTENT AND WEBSITE
The Site is owned by Common Ground Foundation, Inc. and is protected
under U.S. and international laws, including copyright laws. Anything
published by Common Ground Foundation on this Site, including
informational resources, photographs, images, illustrations, audio
clips, and video clips ("Content") are protected by
copyright, and owned or controlled by Common Ground Foundation,
its parent or affiliated companies, or a someone else who has
given Common Ground Foundation permission. Common Ground Foundation
owns or is licensed to use the trademarks COMMON GROUND FOUNDATION,
INC. and commongroundfoundation.org.
By
using the Site, you agree not to copy, reproduce, republish, upload,
post, or transmit (including by e-mail, facsimile, or other electronic
means) any Content. You further agree not to make or distribute
anything that includes the Content. It is a violation of our rights
to do this, even if you are only giving them away for free. The
only time you permitted to use the Content is if you have express
written consent from Common Ground Foundation. Using Content for
any other purpose is a violation of our copyright and other proprietary
rights.
THE
CORNER BOOK CLUB
Certain areas of the Site allow you to post content to the Site.
When posting content, you must follow these rules:
" You agree that your postings will be original to you, and
that you are the sole author of your postings. You agree that
you will not copy, plagiarize, and steal any content or information
from any third party and include it in your posting. You understand
and agree that information you submit to this Site will not remain
a secret, and that Common Ground Foundation may post any and all
information to its website, or may otherwise publicize, distribute,
or share your materials. You hereby grant to Common Ground Foundation
a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, nonexclusive right and
license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate,
create derivative works from, and distribute your postings or
incorporate materials from your postings into any form, media,
or technology now known or later developed throughout the universe.
You further agree, upon our request, to execute any paperwork
that may be necessary to implement or perfect the terms herein.
" You agree that you will not post anything that is offensive,
profane, racist, threatening or untrue. You also agree not to
post anything about other people that contain lies, or that are
illegal, or that encourage someone else to break the law. If you
fail to be appropriate, Common Ground Foundation will remove your
postings and may even block you from using the Site or participating
in the Common Book Club.
" You agree to provide Common Ground Foundation with information
that is true, complete, up-to-date, and accurate. Common Ground
Foundation may immediate cancel your membership if Common Ground
Foundation finds that you supplied it with untrue or inaccurate
information. You must keep your account information confidential,
and you agree to tell us if you know someone has used your membership,
or if you think someone has.
" You agree not to post any content to the Site that contains
personal information about any individual or violates anyone else's
privacy. You also agree not to post any unauthorized copies of
other people's works, and agree not to pretend to be someone else
when you are online, or to pretend that someone else supports
or endorses the things you or the things you say.
" You agree not advertise for business purposes, including
offering to sell a product or service, soliciting donations, or
giving people a link, URL or other contact information where they
can ask you about a product or service. If we think you are using
the Site for an inappropriate commercial purpose, we reserve the
right to take action to end such activity.
" You agree not to post any content that contains viruses,
corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that
may harm this Site or make it operate poorly, or that would do
the same to a third-party computer, the Corner Book Club, or any
other specific feature of the Site.
RELEASE
AND INDEMNIFICATION
You, and if you are a minor, your parent or legal guardian on
his or her own and on your behalf (collectively, "You"),
agree to release Common Ground Foundation, its parents and affiliates
together with their respective employees, agents, officers, directors
and shareholders, from any and all liability and obligations whatsoever
in connection with or arising from your use of the Site. You hereby
indemnify, defend, and hold Common Ground Foundation, its parent
and affiliated companies, and all officers, directors, owners,
agents, information providers, affiliates, licensors, and licensees
(collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") harmless from
and against any and all liability and costs incurred by the Indemnified
Parties in connection with any claim arising out of any breach
by You of the Terms or the foregoing representations, warranties,
and covenants, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys'
fees. You shall use best efforts to cooperate with Common Ground
Foundation in the defense of any claim. Common Ground Foundation
reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive
defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification
by You.
TAKE DOWN POLICY
We respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask you
do the same. If you believe your intellectual property rights
have been violated, please read and complete our Proprietary Rights
Complaint Process and Notification Form [hyperlink to this document,
which we have provided]. If you believe that any information or
materials on this Site violate these terms, please contact us
at bookclub@commongroundfoundation.org.
NO
WARRANTIES
Common Ground Foundation does not guarantee or warrant that information
on the Site posted by third parties, including content posted
by members of the Corner Book Club ("Postings"), is
accurate or reliable. You should not rely on any Postings. Although
the Common Ground Foundation monitors and screens the Postings
to the best of its ability, it makes no warranties, express or
implied, as to the Postings or the accuracy and reliability of
any Postings, and you understand that Common Ground Foundation
has no obligation to modify or remove any inappropriate Postings,
and no responsibility for the conduct of the user submitting any
Posting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Common Ground Foundation,
in its sole discretion, reserves the right to prevent any Postings
from being placed on its Site, and to edit, restrict, or remove
such Postings for any reason at any time.
THIS
SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS-IS AND AS-AVAILABLE" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. COMMON GROUND FOUNDATION DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE
WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED,
OR THAT THIS SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
COMMON GROUND FOUNDATION DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS
REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE SITE IN TERMS
OF ITS CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. UNDER
NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, SHALL
COMMON GROUND FOUNDATION BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL,
PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF,
OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE MATERIALS IN THIS SERVICE OR ANY
OTHER WEB SITE, EVEN IF COMMON GROUND FOUNDATION OR A COMMON GROUND
FOUNDATION-AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL
COMMON GROUND FOUNDATION'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES,
LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT [INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE] OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED A TOTAL OF
USD$ 5.00. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION
OF LIABILITY OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE
LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
LINKS
TO THIRD-PARTY SITES
Common Ground Foundation provides links from the Site to Web sites
of third parties. Once you leave, you are going to a site that
is owned by someone else. We do not have any control over that
other company, or that they will treat your information the same
way we would.
JURISDICTIONAL
ISSUES
This Site is controlled and operated by Common Ground Foundation
from its offices within the State of California, United States
of America. Common Ground Foundation makes no representation that
materials in the Site are appropriate or available for use in
other locations. Those who choose to access this Site from other
locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for
compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are
applicable, and understand that information that they provide
to Common Ground Foundation will be sent out of their home country
to the United States.
TERMINATION
OF SERVICE
Common Ground Foundation may, in its sole discretion, cease operation
of this Site, may terminate your membership, or otherwise restrict
your access to this Site immediately and without prior notice.
In such an event, Common Ground Foundation shall have no liability
to you arising from the altered or cancelled operation of the
Site.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Terms shall be governed by and interpreted by judges in accordance
with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect
to any principles of conflicts of law. If any provision of the
Terms shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable,
then that provision shall be deemed severable from the Terms and
shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining
provisions.
The
Terms constitutes the entire agreement between you and us with
respect to your use of our Site, and replaces any agreements we
may already have had. Common Ground Foundation may amend or modify
the Terms or impose new conditions at any time upon your use of
the Site or your ability to participate in any feature thereof,
including the Corner Book Club . Any use of the Site by you after
such notice shall be deemed to constitute acceptance of such modified
terms.
Click
Here for the Common Ground Propriety Rights Complaint
Form
CONTACTING
COMMON GROUND FOUNDATION
If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding our
privacy policy or practices, please contact us at:
Common Ground Foundation, Inc.
475 10th Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94118
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