NAAAP ONLINE
TERMS OF AGREEMENT (TOA)
NAAAP ONLINE is operated
and provided by NAAAP ONLINE and its Affiliate Chapters throughout the
US and Canada ("NAAAP ONLINE," "NAAAP ONLINE " or "we") to you ("Member"
"User" or "you") as the member, are subject to the following Terms of
Agreement also referred to as TOA. TOA defines the relationship between
NAAAP ONLINE and you and supersedes any prior agreements between NAAAP ONLINE and you; and such relationship shall also include additional terms
at the discretion of NAAAP ONLINE which you will be made aware of whenever
such event may present itself. NAAAP ONLINE reserves the right to revise
the TOA at any time and such changes shall take immediate effect upon
posting of the new TOA with the date of the most recent revision. You
agree to review the TOA periodically to be made aware of the new terms.
If any part of the TOA is found unacceptable, you may terminate your membership.
Your continued participation of NAAAP ONLINE following such notice will
be deemed as acceptance and compliance of all terms and revisions of the
TOA.
Upon establishing membership
which includes setting up a member name, password and successful registration,
member understands that membership is not transferable to any other
person or entity. Member is entirely responsible for all activities
under member’s account, including all passwords and for assuring compliance
with the terms set forth in this TOA and will be subject to all consequences
and liabilities incurred under member’s account. Protection of one’s
password lies solely in the hands of the member.
Member also assures that
information provided during registration is complete and honest.
Member agrees not to assume
the name of anyone else unless it is his own as well, or a name that
violates intellectual property rights of another, or a member name that
may be deemed offensive by NAAAP ONLINE. NAAAP ONLINE reserves the right
to cancel any member name that is deemed offensive.
NAAAP ONLINE reserves the
right to change, discontinue or interrupt any aspect or feature of NAAAP ONLINE including but not limited to content, hours of availability and
equipment needed for access or use. NAAAP ONLINE also reserves the right
though not limited to, to assess fees and charges for use (though at
this moment at time, membership fees are determined by your local chapter
and access to NAAAP ONLINE is inclusive).
Member is responsible for
all equipment necessary to access NAAAP ONLINE and the maintenance thereof,
such equipment may be though not limited to, telephone access, computer
hardware, internet access and any other associated equipment and all
charges related thereto.
Member Conduct (A) The
use of NAAAP ONLINE by member shall be for lawful purposes only. Member
will not post through NAAAP ONLINE any material that infringes on the
rights of others; that are obscene, vulgar, threatening, abusive, demeaning,
defamatory, indecent or objectionable as deemed by NAAAP ONLINE. Nor
will member post material that is invasive of privacy or publicity rights.
Member will not use NAAAP ONLINE to conduct unlawful endeavors that
would create civil liability or otherwise violate any law. Any member’s
conduct that is deemed restrictive to others or prohibiting their enjoyment
will not be tolerated and may lead to termination of their account.
Member may not post material
containing advertisements or solicitations of any kind through NAAAP ONLINE without prior authorization by NAAAP ONLINE. No member will encourage
others to become members of other services that directly competes with
NAAAP ONLINE.
NAAAP ONLINE contains copyrighted
material which may include but not limited to proprietary software,
text, graphics, images, video, sound, music and the overall look and
feel of the interface which are governed by current and future copyright
laws as prescribed by the United Stated copyright laws. Modification
of such material is strictly prohibited as is the transmission, publishing,
and sale thereof. Copyrighted material may not, in whole or part be
altered or exploited in any manner or fashion. Member may download such
copyrighted material for personal use only. Such downloaded material
may not be recopied, redistributed, republished or commercially exploited
except where allowed under United States copyright law or without the
express written consent of NAAAP ONLINE and copyright holder. When and
if such permission is granted, such material will not be altered in
any way, in whole or part, or where such use will divert from the original
intention of the copyrighted material. Public domain material may be
used personally by the member or for non-commercial redistribution.
Member also recognizes that the download of any copyrighted material
does not constitute a transfer of ownership from the copyright holder
to the member.
Member agrees not to upload
material that would violate any copyright laws, specifically material
that belongs to a third party and under copyright protection. Member
will not violate copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights of
other copyright holders. Proving that such material is not under copyright
protection lies solely on the member. The foregoing does not apply to
public domain material though all responsibility and liability for doing
so lies solely on the member and member will hold NAAAP ONLINE harmless
in any claims of copyright infringement. Also, member agrees to allow
NAAAP ONLINE to edit, copy, publish and distribute any and all material
uploaded to NAAAP ONLINE by member. Also in conjunction with the foregoing,
member grants NAAAP ONLINE the automatic, irrevocable and perpetual
non-exclusive right to use such material, in whole or in part, on a
royalty-free basis for any medium in current existence or developed
in the future.
NAAAP ONLINE does not guarantee
the accuracy of content posted by other members and it is the member’s
responsibility to pursue and verify the validity of any member posted
contact at the source. NAAAP ONLINE does not pre-screen content however
NAAAP ONLINE will reserve the right but not the responsibility to delete
content deemed inappropriate or invalid.
Such foregoing provisions
will also protect any affiliates with NAAAP ONLINE, all subsidiaries,
any third party content providers and licensors and each may assert
their own copyright infringement policies on their own behalf.
NAAAP ONLINE reserves the
right but not the responsibility to monitor any and all chats, newsgroups
and other public forums for quality and adherence to provisions set
out in the TOA.
Member also acknowledges
that NAAAP ONLINE is made accessible on a worldwide basis and in doing
so, laws applicable of the respective countries including the provisions
set out in this TOA and laws of the United States of America apply where
applicable and necessary.
Member recognizes that
NAAAP ONLINE is made accessible through the internet and in turn through
other services such as on-line services. Member consequently recognizes
that NAAAP ONLINE is independent of the service that provides you access
to NAAAP ONLINE. Member also acknowledges that NAAAP ONLINE is not responsible
for any other sites or WWW pages operated by other entities other than
NAAAP ONLINE and that a hyperlink from NAAAP ONLINE to another site
operated by another entity does not constitute any sort of guarantee,
validation, assurance or accreditation by NAAAP ONLINE and that conduct
will be governed by the guidelines set up by that respective site operator.
USE OF NAAAP ONLINE IS
SOLELY AT THE MEMBER’S OWN RISK AND PERIL. NEITHER NAAAP ONLINE, ITS
AFFILIATES, ANY ENTITY CREATED BY NAAAP ONLINE OR CREATED IN CONJUNCTION
WITH ANOTHER ENTITY, THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, ANY CONTENT
PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED
OR ERROR FREE; NOR IS WARRANTY MADE AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY,
VALIDITY OF THE CONTENT OR EFFECTS FROM USE OR THE MERCHANTIBILITY,
FITNESS, SOUNDNESS OR GUARANTY OF ANY MERCHANDISE WHICH MAY BE ACQUIRED
THROUGH NAAAP ONLINE.
NAAAP ONLINE IS PROVIDED
TO THE MEMBER ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES EITHER EXPRESSED
OR IMPLIED. THIS ALSO INCLUDES WARRANTIES MADE UNDER MERCHANDISE ACQUIRED
THROUGH NAAAP ONLINE OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED,
MODIFIED OR RESTRICTED UNDER FEDERAL AND STATE LAW OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
NAAAP ONLINE DISCLAIMS
LIABILITY OF ALL DAMAGES OR INJURY CREATED BY PERFORMANCE FAILURE, TECHNICAL
ERROR BEYOND NAAAP ONLINE’S EFFECTIVE CONTROL, ERRORS, INTERRUPTION,
OMISSIONS AND DELETIONS, INCOMPLETE TRANSFERS OR DOWNLOADS, TRANSMITTED
VIRUSES, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO MEMBER ACCOUNT,
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, TAMPERING, DAMAGING OF RECORD, WHETHER FOR MALICIOUS
INTENT TO DO HARM, OR VIA NEGLIGENCE, OR THROUGH ANY OTHER ACTION. MEMBER
ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT NAAAP ONLINE DOES NOT WARRANT THUS HOLD HARMLESS
FOR ANY OFFENSIVE, DEROGATORY, MATERIAL WHICH MAY APPEAR AND ANY ILLEGAL
CONDUCT WHICH MAY TAKE PLACE ON NAAAP ONLINE AND THAT INJURY OR DAMAGE
RESTS SOLELY ON THE MEMBER.
NAAAP ONLINE AND ALL RESPECTIVE
AFFILIATED ENTITIES IN PROVIDING CONTENT OF IN ASSISTANCE WITH THE CREATION
OF THE CONTENT WILL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY
TO USE NAAAP ONLINE OR IN CASES OF BREACH OF CONTRACT OF THIS TOA OR
WITH ANY WARRANTIES AND NAAAP ONLINE INC’S SOLE REMEDY AND LIABILITY
WILL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW AS GOVERNED BY THOSE
STATES THAT DO NOT PROVIDE EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATION OF WARRANTIES. MEMBER
RECOGNIZES NAAAP ONLINE WILL BE HELD HARMLESS IN ALL AREAS OF CONTENT
OFFERED BY NAAAP ONLINE.
NAAAP ONLINE does not warrant
any of the claims or validity of sponsors or advertisers that may appear
throughout NAAAP ONLINE. Member understands that claims made by sponsors
or advertisers are their own and in no way does NAAAP ONLINE provide
any warranty in any form or manner for such ads.
Member agrees to defend,
indemnify and hold harmless NAAAP ONLINE and any entity created by NAAAP ONLINE and in association with another entity; respective affiliates
and their employees and agents from and all claims, expenses including
but not limited to attorney fees brought against them through the use
of NAAAP ONLINE.
Either the member or NAAAP ONLINE may terminate membership at any time it sees fit. In addition,
provided that no limitation is set on the foregoing, NAAAP ONLINE may
exercise the right to terminate any member’s online account (not necessarily
membership) if so doing coincides with the determination at the sole
discretion of NAAAP ONLINE that such conduct of the member is in violation
of the provisions set forth in this TOA. Such incidents to determine
termination are described above. If member decides to terminate his/her
account, such action may be done by sending notice to NAAAP ONLINE at
which time, all responsibility to member will be automatically dissolved.
All transactions in progress will not be safeguarded or guaranteed in
any way by NAAAP ONLINE. Upon termination, no refunds will be granted
to any and all fees.
NAAAP ONLINE reserves copyright,
trademark protection as well as restrictions on the following: NAAAP's
Web, NAAAP Access, NAAAP's Net and NAAAP ONLINE; and NAAAP ONLINE. All
logos represented are also the property of NAAAP ONLINE Copyright (c)
2000, 2001 All rights reserved. All other trademarks appearing through
NAAAP ONLINE are the property of their respective owners.
Member recognizes NAAAP ONLINE is not liable or responsible for the accuracy or validity of
any third party entity appearing on NAAAP ONLINE. Any advice, opinion,
suggestions, services, offers, promotions or other information are provided
by such third entity and NOT by NAAAP ONLINE and any warranties implied
directly or indirectly lies solely between the third party and the member.
NAAAP ONLINE does not endorse any opinions appearing on NAAAP ONLINE
nor is NAAAP ONLINE responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, validity,
reliability or merchantability thereof except in cases authorized by
a NAAAP ONLINE employee or spokespersons or in similar capacities acting
with the full knowledge and assurance of the NAAAP ONLINE. Losses incurred
through the use of NAAAP ONLINE is solely the responsibility of the
member and member will hold NAAAP ONLINE harmless in such incidents.
It is the responsibility of the member to seek out and assess the validity,
accuracy, completeness, authenticity and usefulness of any content appearing
on NAAAP ONLINE.
All member information
gathered by NAAAP ONLINE will not be sold or distributed to third
parties without member consent. Privacy of member information will be
safeguarded except in cases where the action of law forces NAAAP
ONLINE to reveal information on a specific or group of individual(s).
Also, NAAAP ONLINE does not own the membership data it collects
through its site. All membership data belongs exclusively to each respective
chapter where the member has elected to join and upon demand, NAAAP
ONLINE will surrender such data in a secure fashion to the respective
NAAAP Chapter. Upon surrender of such data, such data will be deleted
from the NAAAP ONLINE database and those affected members will
no longer have access to NAAAP ONLINE and its resources. In the
event of insolvency or any event that renders NAAAP ONLINE unable
to carry on, membership data will be surrendered to the current President
of each participating NAAAP chapter and upon successful receipt of such
data, that data will be deleted from NAAAP ONLINE's database.
All access to member information
will be restricted to NAAAP ONLINE and their respective participating
chapters.
Member recognizes the precedence
of this TOA. However, should any part of this TOA be held invalid, unenforceable,
that specific portion will be construed consistent with applicable law
as nearly as possible to the original intentions of the provision with
the remaining portions held intact and in full force and effect as provided
by law. The provisions of the TOA will be governed by the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and member will submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction and laws of the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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