Terms of Use

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Welcome to www.kirkhumanitarian.org. The webpages available at www.kirkhumanitarian.org (“Site”), are owned and operated by Kirk Humanitarian (“KH”) and is accessed by you under these Terms of Use (“Terms”). By using this Site you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use this Site. For purposes of these Terms, “you” means the person using this Site; if the user is not an individual, then “you” means the user’s company and its officers, directors, members, agents, successors and assigns.

1. Scope and Content

As long as you comply with these Terms, KH grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-assignable, non-sublicensable license to use this Site for personal, non-commercial purposes only. All materials contained on this Site including, but not limited to text, graphics, news articles, forms, artwork, photographs, images, illustrations, audio clips, video clips, logos, user interfaces and computer code (“Content”) are the property of KH or its licensors and are protected by copyright and trademark laws, as well as other applicable laws.

2. Restrictions

You are responsible for all of your activity in connection with using this Site. Any fraudulent, abusive, or otherwise illegal activity may be grounds for suspension or termination of your access to this Site. You agree that you will not:

1. 1. Modify, remove, delete, augment, add to, publish, distribute, participate in the transfer, rental, license or sale of, create derivative works from, or in any way exploit any of the Content, in whole or in part;
   2. Manipulate, alter or affect or attempt to manipulate, alter or affect the Site, the Content, any feature or program of the Site or the Content;
   3. Interfere with, circumvent, disable or attempt to interfere with, circumvent or disable the Site, the proper working of the Site, security features of the Site, the equipment connected to the Site or any product or service provided on or through the Site;
   4. Mirror any Content contained on this Site or any KH server or use any framing techniques to enclose the Site or any part thereof;
   5. Use any metatags or any other hidden text incorporating KH’s name or trademarks;
   6. Access or attempt to access the Site or to collect or index information provided to or on the Site using any automated means, such as robots, spiders, scrapers, scripts, harvesting ‘bots, or similar means or equivalent manual processes;
   7. Provide false or misleading information in connection with any account or use of the Site;
   8. Impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the Site or KH’s systems or networks, or any systems or networks connected to the Site or KH;
   9. Restrict or inhibit any other person from using the Site (including without limitation by hacking or defacing any portion of the Site);
   10. Solicit, trace or otherwise collect any information from users or visitors of the Site;
   11. Reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise extract source code provided on or through the Site;
   12. Use the Site for commercial activities such as contests or advertising;
   13. Create a database by downloading and storing the Content or any part thereof;
   14. Upload or transmit viruses, worms or other malicious code to the Site; and
   15. Violate any law in connection with your use of the Site, including export laws and privacy laws.

3. Ownership

As between you and KH, KH or its affiliates, licensors or suppliers own all right, title, and interest in this Site and the Content, including all copyrights, names, trademarks, service marks, symbols, slogans or logos appearing on this Site. All rights of any kind in this Site or the Content that are not expressly granted in these Terms are entirely and exclusively reserved to and by KH, its affiliates, licensors and suppliers. Under no circumstances will you have rights of any kind in or to this Site or the Content, other than the right to use this Site and the Content in accordance with these Terms.

4. Privacy

Any personal information that you provide to KH on this Site is subject to KH’s Privacy Notice, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. You acknowledge that the confidentiality or privacy of any communication or information transmitted to KH via this Site or any website linked to this Site cannot be guaranteed.

5. Third Party Websites

The information presented on this Site is made available solely for general informational purposes. This Site may include links to third party websites for identifying information that may be of interest. Use of such third party links, this Site and the Content is performed entirely at your own risk. Your use of any third party website is subject to the terms and conditions of such website. KH expressly disclaims any responsibility for the content, the accuracy of the information, or quality of products or services provided by or advertised on such third party websites or the transactions you conduct or enter into with third parties.

6. Changes

KH reserves the right, at its discretion, to modify these Terms at any time by posting a notice on this Site. You are responsible for reviewing and becoming familiar with any such modifications. Your use of this Site following such modification means that you agree to follow and be bound by these Terms as modified.

7. Termination

KH may terminate or suspend your access to this Site without prior notice or liability, if you breach any of these Terms, or for any other reason whatsoever or for no reason. All provisions of these Terms which by their nature should survive termination will survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, and limitations on liability.

8. Geographic Restrictions

KH makes no claims that this Site or the Content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to this Site may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. It’s important for you to check the laws of your country. For that reason, if you access this Site from outside the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

9. Important Note to New Jersey Consumers

There are some special rules for residents of New Jersey. If you reside in New Jersey, the following provisions of these Terms do not apply to you (and do not limit any rights that you may have) to the extent that they are unenforceable under New Jersey law: (a) in Section 11, titled LIMITATION ON LIABILITY below, specifically the disclaimer of liability for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary or punitive damages of any kind (for example, to the extent unenforceable under the New Jersey Punitive Damages Act, New Jersey Products Liability Act, New Jersey Uniform Commercial Code and New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act); (b) in Section 11, titled LIMITATION ON LIABILITY below, specifically the limitation on liability for lost profits or loss or misuse of any data (for example, to the extent unenforceable under the New Jersey Identity Theft Protection Act and New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act); (c) in Section 11, titled LIMITATION ON LIABILITY below, specifically the application of the limitations of liability to the recovery of damages that arise under contract and tort, including negligence, strict liability or any other theory (for example, to the extent such damages are recoverable by a consumer under New Jersey law, including the New Jersey Products Liability Act); (d) in Section 12 titled INDEMNIFICATION below, specifically the requirement that you indemnify KH (for example, to the extent the scope of such indemnity is prohibited under New Jersey law); and (e) in Section 17 titled GENERAL below, specifically the Utah governing law provision (for example, to the extent that your rights as a consumer residing in New Jersey are required to be governed by New Jersey law).

10. Disclaimer of Warranties

KH expressly disclaims all warranties for this Site. You agree that your use of this Site is at your sole risk. This Site and the Content are provided ‘AS IS’ and ‘AS AVAILABLE’ without any express, statutory or implied warranty of any kind, including but not limited to any warranties or conditions of merchantability, non-infringement, title or fitness for a particular purpose. KH does not warrant or assume responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any information, text, graphics, links or other items contained within this Site. KH makes no warranties respecting any harm that may be caused by the transmission of a computer virus, worm, time bomb, logic bomb or other such computer program. KH does not warrant that this Site, or your access or use of this Site, complies with any law and you acknowledge and agree that it is your sole responsibility to ensure that your access and use of this Site complies with all laws.

The Content and Site are for informational purposes only and are not intended to be or to be a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. You should consult with a medical professional regarding all medical conditions and treatments.

The foregoing does not affect any warranties that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law and only applies to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

11. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event will KH be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary or punitive damages of any kind, including but not limited to personal injury, pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of revenue, loss of profits, loss of business or anticipated savings, loss of goodwill, loss or misuse of data, and whether caused by tort (including negligence and strict liability), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree that your exclusive remedy and the maximum aggregate amount that KH will be liable for to you for any breach of these Terms (including without limitation, the Privacy Notice) whether caused by tort (including negligence and strict liability), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable, and for any aggregate damages due you (or others related to you) for any reason relating to any part of the Site, will be, at KH’s option: (a) substitution, correction or replacement of all or part of the Content you allege has damaged you; or (b) the amount of damages you actually incurred that are not excluded in the preceding sentence, which amount will be the lesser of the amount you actually paid KH for the item causing the damage (if any), or $50. The damage exclusions and limitations in these Terms are independent and will apply even if any remedy fails of its essential purpose. The foregoing does not affect any liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

12. Indemification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless KH, its employees, agents and licensors against all claims, suits, actions and proceedings by third-parties arising out of your actions and inactions pursuant to these Terms and pay all attorneys’ fees, damages and liabilities associated therewith. This indemnification will survive termination of these Terms.

13. Injunctive Relief

In addition to any other rights KH may have at law or equity, it will be entitled to injunctive relief to prevent breaches of these Terms and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of these Terms.

14. Your Representations And Warranties

You are 18 years of age or older, an emancipated minor or the parent or guardian of a minor whom you are authorizing to use the Site and you are authorized to sign for and bind the person or entity using the Site.

15. Submissions

If you submit to the Site any ideas, suggestions, information, designs, images, advertisements, data or proposals (“Submissions”), then you agree that such Submissions will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary. You hereby grant to KH a nonexclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to use, copy, modify, display, distribute and create derivative works from the Submissions for any purpose in any medium without any compensation or credit to you whatsoever. KH will have no obligations with respect to such Submissions.

16. Copyright Violations

KH respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your copyrighted work has been copied or posted on or through the Site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, then please contact us at [email protected] and provide the following information:

1. 1. A description of the copyrighted work that you believe has been infringed;
   2. A description of what the allegedly infringing work is;
   3. A description of the location where the allegedly infringing work is located on the Site;
   4. An address and telephone number where you can be contacted, including an email address if possible;
   5. A statement that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law;
   6. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright; and
   7. A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in the notice is accurate and that the signatory is the copyright owner or is authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

17. General

The failure of KH to exercise in any respect any right provided for in these Terms will not be deemed a waiver of any further rights. KH will not be liable for any failure to perform its obligations under these Terms where such failure results from any cause beyond KH’s reasonable control, including, without limitation, mechanical, electronic or communications failure or degradation. All matters relating to these Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Utah, excluding Utah conflict of law rules. The exclusive venue for any dispute arising under or relating to these Terms is Salt Lake County, Utah. You and KH consent to the personal jurisdiction of these courts and waive, to the fullest extent possible, the defenses of forum non conveniens and personal jurisdiction. These Terms, including the Privacy Notice, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference, constitutes the entire agreement between you and KH with respect to this Site and supersedes all prior agreements with respect to this Site, unless an agreement exists between you and KH that specifically supersedes these Terms. If any provision of these Terms is found to be unlawful or unenforceable in any respect, you agree that the court may reform such provision so as to render it enforceable (or, if it is not possible to reform such provision so as to make it enforceable, then delete such provision). As so reformed or deleted, the court will fully enforce the resulting Terms. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result of these Terms and you do not have any authority of any kind to bind KH in any respect whatsoever.

Use of the terms “including” and “include” mean “without limitation” and indicate non-exclusive lists of items.