Sustainable Stockton Terms, Conditions, and Notices of Agreement for Website Use

Your use of the Sustainable Stockton website is subject to the following terms, conditions, and notices of agreement.  Any reference herein to Sustainable Stockton includes the non-profit Citizen’s Group as well as its authorized members, officers, employees, agents and contractors. 

Sustainable Stockton provides this website as a public service. The information and features included in Sustainable Stockton\’s website has been compiled from a variety of sources and is subject to change at any time without notice. The website and all information it contains are provided "AS IS." By using this website, you assume the risk that the information on this website may be incomplete, inaccurate, out of date, or may not meet your needs and requirements.

The thoughts, ideas and opinions contained in this website (including the coments) are the responsibility of the individual posters. Unless explicitly stated, they do not represent the beliefs or opinions of Sustainable Stockton in any way. Sustainable Stockton respects and invites comments reflecting all viewpoints but reserves the right to remove inappropriate or inflammatory comments. Nothing in this website is intended to provide legal or other professional advice, and should not be interpreted as a substitute for legal or professional advice.

Sustainable Stockton reserves the right to add, remove or edit any materials from its website without notice. If you feel there is information that should be added, something on this site that should not be there, or information that is erroneous, please e-mail us at sustainablestockton.org.
The Sustainable Stockton website is offered to you, the user, conditioned on acceptance of the terms, conditions, and notices of agreement contained herein, without modification. You agree to the following terms, conditions, and notices of agreement by accessing this website, using the website, or accepting the information from this website.

Endorsements
Any mention on Sustainable Stockton’s website of organizations, agencies, groups, services, consultants, vendors, products, or processes, (by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise), is for informational purposes only.  Sustainable Stockton does not endorse, recommend, or favor the organizations, agencies, groups, services, consultants, vendors, products, or processes that are contained on this website or its hyperlinks; and makes no representations, guarantees, or warranties, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, completeness, content, quality, adequacy, currency, suitability, sequence, and timeliness of the information or data provided.
The views and opinions expressed on this website or its hyperlinks do not necessarily state or reflect those of the Sustainable Stockton and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.

Reliability
Sustainable Stockton makes no representations or warranties regarding the condition or functionality of this website, its suitability for use, or that this web service will be uninterrupted or error-free.
Sustainable Stockton takes no responsibility for and will not be liable for the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues (or otherwise) beyond its control or for any loss or damage suffered as a result of the use of or access to, or inability to use or access this website whatsoever.

External Links
There are hyperlinks and pointers to third party Internet websites contained in Sustainable Stockton’s website. These sites linked from the Sustainable Stockton website are not under Sustainable Stockton’s control. Sustainable Stockton does not assume any responsibility or liability for any information, communications, or materials available at such linked sites, or at any link contained in a linked site. Sustainable Stockton does not intend these third party links to be referrals or endorsements of the linked entities, and are provided for convenience only. Sustainable Stockton does not authorize the use of copyrighted materials or information obtained from hypertext links. When users select a link to an outside website, they are leaving the Sustainable Stockton website and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the external website.
Users of Sustainable Stockton website or any of its hyperlinks are responsible for checking the accuracy, completeness, content, currency, suitability, and timeliness of all information.

Liability
Sustainable Stockton specifically disclaims any and all liability for any claims, damages, expenses (including attorney\’s fees), or demands arising out of claims from your access of this website, use of this website, incorrect use of website, connection to the website, or violation of any rights of another person or entity, including and without limitation any claims alleging facts, that if true, would constitute a breach by you of these Sustainable Stockton website terms, conditions, and notices of agreement. 

Sustainable Stockton specifically disclaims any and all liability for any claims, damages, expenses, or demands that may result from providing this website or the information it contains, including any websites maintained by third parties and linked to or from the Sustainable Stockton website. Sustainable Stockton makes no effort to independently verify, and does not exert editorial control over, information or services provided on pages outside of the Sustainable Stockton website domain.

Sustainable Stockton also assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in the Sustainable Stockton website or your downloading of any materials from the website or its hyperlinks.

Your use of and browsing in the Web Site are at your risk. Neither Sustainable Stockton nor any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering the website is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, the website. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the website is provided to you "AS IS" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. 

In no event will Sustainable Stockton be liable to you for damages of any kind including without limitation any direct, special, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages resulting from or in connection with this website, its content, or any errors or omissions in its technical operation or its content, even if Sustainable Stockton has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
 
Sustainable Stockton specifically disclaims any and all liability for any claims, damages, expenses, or demands including any risk to your computer, software or data being damaged by any virus, software, or any other file which might be transmitted or activated via Sustainable Stockton’s website or your access to it. Sustainable Stockton shall not in any event be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, special, incidental, or consequential damages, including, without limitation, lost revenues, or lost profits, arising out of or in any way connected with the use or misuse of the information or lack of information on this website or with the delay or inability to use this web site, or from any information, documents, services, software, or other material obtained through this website, or otherwise arising out of the use of this website, whether based on contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, even if Sustainable Stockton has been advised of the possibility of damages. Sustainable Stockton shall not be liable for any loss or injury caused in whole, or in part, by its actions, omissions, or contingencies beyond its control, including in procuring, compiling, or delivering the information, or arising out of any errors, omissions, or inaccuracies in the information regardless of how caused, or arising out of any user\'s decision, or action taken or not taken in reliance upon information furnished.

Bulletin Boards, Chat Rooms, Postings, or Any Other Communication or Interactive Venue
Any bulletin boards, chat rooms, postings, message boards, guest books, discussion webs, or any other communication or interactive venue (“forum”) on Sustainable Stockton’s website is available to the general public.  Please exercise due caution when posting any information to these forums. By posting to these interactive venues, you acknowledge that your username and e-mail address are now in the public domain.

To the extent that this website contains or may in the future contain one or several types of forums such as bulletin boards, discussion webs, chat rooms, or other message, interactive or communication facilities involving Sustainable Stockton and other users, you, as a user, agree to use such forums only to send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular forum. Responsibility for what is posted on bulletin boards, web logs, chat rooms, and other public posting areas on the site, or sent via any email services on the site, lies with each user - you alone are responsible for the material you post or send. We do not control the messages, information, or files that you or others may provide through the site.

You understand that Sustainable Stockton has no obligation to monitor any bulletin boards, chat rooms, web logs, or other interactive areas of its website through which users can supply information or material. However, Sustainable Stockton reserves the right at all times to disclose any information we believe necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request, or to refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that in its sole discretion are objectionable or in violation of these terms of agreement and conditions. Sustainable Stockton also reserves the right to deny access to the site or any features of the site to anyone who violates these terms of conditions and agreements, or who, in Sustainable Stockton’s sole judgment, interferes with the ability of others to enjoy our website or infringes the rights of others.

Sustainable Stockton is not responsible or liable for the content or alleged content of any third party postings to these venues.  Any postings on interactive venues within this website are not endorsed, reviewed, screened or approved by Sustainable Stockton. 

By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Forum or any interactive venue that is part of, linked to, or associated with Sustainable Stockton’s website, you shall not violate the law by:

Defaming, abusing, harassing, stalking, threatening or otherwise violating the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.

Publishing, posting, distributing, or disseminating any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful material or information.

Uploading or downloading files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy or publicity) unless the User owns or controls the rights thereto or has received all necessary consents.

Deleting any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded.

Falsifying the origin or source of any material contained in a file that is uploaded.

Knowingly introducing viruses, corrupted files or any other similar software or programs that may damage, alter or destroy this website or the operation of another\'s computer system, network, software, program, documentation or data contained therein.

Knowingly accessing or attempting to access or use Sustainable Stockton’s computer system, computer network, or any part thereof, including this website, for the purpose of devising or executing any scheme or artifice to defraud; obtaining money property or services by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations or promises; or committing theft, including but not limited to theft of proprietary information.

Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Site.

Use the Site to impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.

Interfere with or disrupt any servers or networks used to provide the Site or its features, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of the networks we use to provide the Site.

Use the Site to instigate or encourage others to commit illegal activities or cause injury or property damage to any person.

Gain unauthorized access to the Site, or any account, computer system, or network connected to this Site, by means such as hacking, password mining or other illicit means.

Obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through this Site.

Use Sustainable Stockton\’s website to post or transmit any unlawful information of any kind, including transmissions or postings which constitute or encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law.

Accuracy
As a user of this website or any hyperlinks connected to it, you are responsible for checking the accuracy, completeness, content, currency, suitability, and timeliness of all information. Sustainable Stockton does not endorse the organizations, services, products, vendors, or consultants contained on this website or the hyperlinks and make no representations, guarantees, or warranties, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, completeness, content, currency, suitability, and timeliness of the information provided. The views and opinions expressed on this website or any hyperlinks do not necessarily state or reflect those of the Sustainable Stockton.

Sustainable Stockton disclaims any responsibility for typographical errors and accuracy of the information that may be contained on the website. The information and data included on the website has been compiled by from a variety of sources, and are subject to change without notice to you. Sustainable Stockton makes no warranties or representations whatsoever regarding the quality, content, completeness, suitability, adequacy, sequence, accuracy, or timeliness of such information and data.

Termination
We may cancel or terminate your right to use Sustainable Stockton’s website or any part of the website at any time without notice. In the event of cancellation or termination, you are no longer authorized to access the part of the website affected by such cancellation or termination. The restrictions imposed on you with respect to material downloaded from the website, and the disclaimers and limitations of liabilities set forth in these terms, conditions, and notices of agreement shall survive.

Registration
If you elect to sign-up for a particular feature of the Sustainable Stockton website, such as chat rooms, web logs, or bulletin boards, you may also be asked to register with us on the form provided and such registration may require you to provide personally identifiable information such as your name and email address. You agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the website\'s registration form. If we have reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the website (or any portion thereof).

Password
To use certain features of the website, you will need a username and password, which you will receive through the Site\'s registration process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and are responsible for all activities (whether by you or by others) that occur under your password or account. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. We cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to protect your password or account information.

Privacy
Sustainable Stockton does not sell or rent e-mail addresses to anyone outside the organization.
By accessing the website, you may have a "cookie" placed in the browser files of your computers by any third parties whose external hyperlinks are linked to this site, including but not limited to web rings, message boards, and external hyperlinks. When you voluntarily disclose personal information (e.g., user name, e-mail address) on the message board / guest book, that information could be collected and used by others and may result in unsolicited messages from other posters or third parties.

Severability
If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitation set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the Agreement shall continue in effect.

Use of Directories
The information contained in any company directories that may be provided on the website is provided for business lookup purposes and is not to be used for marketing or telemarketing applications. This information may not be copied or redistributed and is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind. In no event will we or our suppliers be liable in any way with regard to such information.
You, as a user, agree to (as available) send and receive electronic mail, engage in conferences and chats, download and upload files, and otherwise use the Sustainable Stockton website only as permitted by these terms, conditions, and notices of agreement and any additional policies or procedures published in this website from time to time by Sustainable Stockton, and any applicable law.