BDI DisABILITY Awareness Solutions

DAS Privacy Policy
 

DAS Privacy Policy
BDI DisABILITY Awareness Solutions ("DAS," "us" or "we"), a program of the Bobby Dodd Institute, is the owner or operator of the www.disabilityawarenesssolutions.com web site ("Web Site"). DAS respects your privacy and has adopted this policy ("Policy") to inform you of how we collect, use, disclose and protect your Personal Information on this Web Site. "Personal information" is personally identifiable information about an individual person, as more particularly described under applicable privacy laws. By using the Web Site, you agree to the terms contained in this Policy.
ATTENTION: If you do not agree with this Policy, please do not use our Web Site.

This Policy notifies you of:

  • Personal Information Collected Through our Web Site
  • Our Use and Disclosure of Your Personal Information
  • Choices You Have Regarding Collection, Use and Distribution of your Personal Information
  • Security Procedures
  • Your Ability to Access, Review and Change Your Personal Information.

Updates and Changes.
We may update the Policy on this Web Site from time to time. It is your obligation to review this Policy from time to time and to review updates that are posted on the Web Site. By continuing to use the Web Site, you agree to this Policy and any updates.

Policy Scope.
This Policy applies to the Web Site only and does not necessarily reflect practices with respect to information gathered through other sites that we, or associated divisions or organizations of the Bobby Dodd Institute, operate or the collection of information through off-line means. The Policy does not apply to practices of companies whose sites may be linked to the Web Site or accessed through this Web Site ("Linked Sites"). For access to the privacy policies of those Linked Sites, please refer to the policies provided on those sites.

Consent to Processing and Transfers of Information.
The servers that make the Web Site available and that store the information that is collected are located in the United States of America ("USA"). This Site is intended only for use in the USA. If you are located outside the USA, please note that the information you provide will be transferred to the USA or other countries which may not provide the same level of legal data protection as the country from which you access the Web Site. By using the Web Site and submitting Personal Information to DAS, you consent to such transfers and the processing by DAS of such information as described in this Policy and authorize this practice.

What Personal Information is Collected.
DAS collects Personal Information when you request information from DAS, purchase merchandise from, or make donations to, the Web Site, or otherwise provide information to participate in the services and offerings on the Web Site. On such occasions, the Personal Information collected by or on behalf of DAS may include, without limitation: your name, email address, address, zip code, telephone number, related information concerning your interests, and other demographic information (e.g. age), as applicable. We may also ask some additional optional questions to help us better serve you.

DAS also collects Personal Information during promotions, surveys and other Web Site registration. In addition, Personal Information is collected in certain portions of the Web Site in which guests specifically and knowingly provide such information along with content submissions, community postings (i.e., blogs or bulletin boards) or suggestions. DAS may use such content and information for editorial and feedback purposes and for those other purposes as provided on the Web Site and in the Web Site Terms and Conditions of Service (below) and the Submission Terms and Conditions.

Non-Personal Information.
We may collect certain non-personally identifiable information automatically when you visit the pages of the Web Site. This information may include, but is not limited to, records information from server logs found on your browser, your IP address and the type of web browser you are using to access the Web Site. This automatically collected information provides us with information regarding the use of the Web Site. We may aggregate and use and share certain non-personally identifiable information and statistical information with our marketing partners or other third parties for research or marketing purposes.

Our Use and Disclosure of Your Personal Information.

Business Uses.
DAS uses the Personal Information you provide to us (i) to provide the products and services that you have ordered or requested or process donations; (ii) contact you regarding your Web Site account and to provide customer service and respond to your requests and inquiries; (iii) to protect you, and us, against error and fraud and for archival purposes; and (iv) for fulfillment of promotions and Web Site community offerings to you. In addition, we may use your Personal Information to customize content that we present to you, to contact you concerning special events, e-newsletters and new service and product offerings. You may also be asked on our Web Site whether you wish to receive information from third parties. Upon your consent, DAS and/or such third parties may use the Personal Information you provide to contact you consistent with the consent you provided.

Service Providers and Vendors.
We also share certain Personal Information we collect about you with third parties who perform services for us or with whom we contract for the purposes described in this Policy. For example, we may use third parties to host our Web Site, operate certain of its features, send e-mails, print or send mailings, authorize and process your payments, provide customer service, analyze data and assist in fulfilling your orders. These third-party service providers are given the Personal Information that they need to perform their designated functions and we do not authorize them to use or disclose your Personal Information for any other purpose.

Affiliated Organizations.
We may share your Personal Information among our affiliated organizations of the Bobby Dodd Institute. They may use this Personal Information to offer products and services to you consistent with the purposes identified in this Policy.

DAS will not share, sell or rent your Personal Information to any third party except as provided in this Privacy Policy or if DAS is required by law to disclose the Personal Information, including to respond to a subpoena, court orders or other legal process requiring such disclosure.

Choices You Have.
The provision of Personal Information through this Web Site is voluntary. No person (of any age) is required to provide us with the Personal Information we request. If you do not wish to provide your Personal Information, you are free not to do so. Your provision of requested Personal Information to us through our Web Site or other means is presumed by us to be voluntary and with your consent to the uses described herein. However, in some cases, only persons who provide the requested Personal Information will be able to establish a membership account, order products and services or otherwise participate in the Web Site activities and offerings.

General Audience Website.
The Web Site is considered a general audience site and is not intended to be used by children. DAS is concerned about the privacy of young children and does not seek to collect Personal Information from persons under the age of 13. We offer our services and resources on our Web Site for use by adults. If you are under 13, you may use the Web Site only with the involvement of a parent or legal guardian. No information should be submitted to or posted at this Web Site by children 13 years of age or under without their parent's or guardian's consent.

Use of Cookies.
What are cookies? Cookies are pieces of information that a Web Site transfers to an individual's hard drive for record-keeping purposes while at the site. Cookies make web-surfing easier by saving your passwords, purchases, and preferences for you. The use of cookies is an industry standard, and you'll find cookies at most major web sites. DAS does not use information transferred through cookies for any promotional or marketing purposes, nor is the information shared with any third parties. DAS does not use cookies to identify individuals or to retrieve information from your computer that was not originally sent in a cookie.

Cookies help make DAS better by showing us how and when guests use the Web Site. They do not, however, gather user specific information about persons who use the We Site. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you'd prefer, you can set yours to refuse cookies. However, it is possible that some areas of the Web site will not function properly if you do so.

Security.
We employ various security measures designed to help protect the Personal Information that we collect about you. We have instituted software firewalls to protect our servers and network. DAS maintains Personal Information provided by you to DAS in a secure database using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology while that information is in the possession of DAS. Unfortunately, no transmission of information over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure and therefore we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any such information.

Managing Your Information.
You have the right to request corrections to your Personal Information we have collected via the Web Site. You may also "opt-out" of receiving certain types of communication from us. However, you will not be able to opt-out of receiving all types of communication, such as service announcements and administrative messages, as these types of communications are a necessary part of your membership account. You can make such a request or a related inquiry by contacting us using our contact information as provided below. Please note that modification of your account status will not stop communications (i) that are generated before DAS can accomplish the modification of the status of your Personal Information or (ii) from third parties with whom DAS may have already shared your information, as permitted under this Policy. DAS also reserves the right to retain any Personal Information reasonably necessary to appropriately document its business activities and for archival and record retention purposes. We will store your Personal Information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy.

Questions about our Policy.
If you have any questions regarding your privacy or the Policy, you can send a request with any further questions to our Customer Service Department by mail at:
DAS Privacy Policy
Attn: Megan Branch
2120 Marietta Blvd., NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
678.365.0071

Last Updated: September 15, 2009



Terms and Conditions of Service
Please read these terms and conditions carefully. These terms and conditions apply to all visits to and use of the website located at www.disabilityawarenesssolutions.com (the "website"), as well as to the content, information, recommendations and services provided to you on or through the website whether you are a "Visitor" (i.e. you simply browse the website) or you are accessing as a "Registered User" (i.e. you have registered with the website). By accessing this website, you are indicating that you have read, acknowledge and agree to be bound by these terms and conditions (also referred to as an "agreement" here). Your agreement, shown by accessing and using this website, is as legally binding as if you signed a written document. If you do not agree to all these terms and conditions, do not access this website.

The BDI DisABILITY Awareness Solutions (DAS) website is an online information and communication service provided by BDI DisABILITY Awareness Solutions and Bobby Dodd Institute. You understand that, except for information, products, or services clearly identified as being supplied by DAS, we do not operate, control, or endorse any products, services, or information on the website or Internet in any way. Content (as defined below) published or posted by Visitors is solely the opinion and responsibility of the person posting the Content. DAS may review Content submitted by Visitors prior to posting on the website and that Content does not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of DAS. DAS shall have the right, but no obligation, to monitor Content of the website provided by third parties to determine compliance with these terms and conditions or any other operating rules established by DAS for this website or to determine compliance with any laws, regulations, or authorized government request.

This website contains hyperlinks to websites owned or operated by parties other than DAS ("Linked Sites"). Links to Linked Sites are for your convenience only. DAS is not responsible for examining or evaluating, and does not warrant the content or privacy policies or the security of those Linked Sites.

Use of Service
You assume total responsibility and risk for your use of the service, website and the Internet. DAS cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading through the website will be free of infection or viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code that manifest contaminating or destructive properties. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to the website for the reconstruction of any lost data.

Authorized Access
Some areas of this website can only be properly accessed by BDI employees. Only employees may enter passwords and identification data at restricted pages, or view any information normally and properly accessed via those pages of the website. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website, or computer systems or networks connected to the website, through hacking, password or data mining, or any other means to circumvent security procedure.

Passwords

Non-Commercial Use of Website and Copyrights
The website and services provided on the website are for the personal, informational, and non-commercial use of Visitors and may not be used, displayed, reproduced or distributed for any commercial use, except as expressly approved in writing by DAS in each instance. All of the content featured or displayed on the website, including, but not limited to, text, graphics, photographs, images, moving images, video, illustrations and software ("Content") is owned by DAS, or its parent or affiliate entities, , its licensors or its content providers.

You may view, copy and print individual pages from the website (provided that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on those pages). Except for this limited license, DAS does not convey to you any right or interest in the website, Content or information available through the website or software application by permitting you to access the website. You may not modify any Content posted on the website and you may not distribute, transmit, display, publish, license, create derivative works from or sell any Content.

User Content
By displaying, publishing or posting comments, text, images, photos, or other content, directly or indirectly, on or through the website (collectively, "Your Content"), you hereby grant to DAS, its parent and affiliate entities and those acting at their direction, a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide license and right to use, publish, edit, reproduce, publicly perform, display, store, distribute and create derivative works based upon Your Content for any commercial and non-commercial purposes in any media, now known or hereafter created, as DAS may determine, in its sole discretion, without the need for any acknowledgment or compensation.

By submitting Your Content, you consent to the posting by DAS of Your Content on the website. You acknowledge that as part of the website, Your Content may be viewed by others, and, therefore, you have no expectation of privacy or confidentiality with respect to Your Content and your name (as applicable). You further acknowledge that Your Content and name (as applicable) as made available via the website may be accessed, viewed, printed and downloaded by others. You should therefore consider Your Content to be public information and you should not submit any confidential or proprietary information to the website. By submitting Your Content, you expressly permit DAS to allow other Visitors to access, view, print, download, store, and reproduce Your Content as it is made available on the website.

DAS only acts as a passive conduit for the distribution of Content provided by Visitors and is not responsible or liable for any of the Content, communications and other materials generated by you or any other Visitors to the website.

Posted Content and Prohibited Activity
You are prohibited from using the website to post or transmit any Content which is or may be infringing, threatening, false, misleading, inflammatory, libelous, defamatory, invasive of privacy, obscene, vulgar, profane, pornographic, harassing, abusive, discriminating, illegal or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party or that may otherwise give rise to civil liability or violate any law. You are further prohibited from using the website to post or transmit any Content that could damage or disparage DAS or any of its affiliate entities in any manner.

You may not use the website in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the website or any service we provide or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the website or any service we provide. You agree that any information you provide to us through the website will be correct and complete. In addition to those activities otherwise provided in these terms and conditions, the following is a partial list of the kind of Content and activity that you are prohibited to post or otherwise engage in during your use of the website.

Do not transmit any "junk mail," "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing or "spamming" in connection with the website.
Do not use any robot, spider, search/retrieval application or automatic device to retrieve, index "data mine" or reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the website or Content or circumvent any data protection measures.
Do not "frame" or "mirror" any part of the website.
Do not impersonate another person, user or any DAS staff, employee, or representative. Do not imply that any statements you make are endorsed by DAS.

No False Information
You shall not provide any false information in connection with the use of this website. Also, you agree to update or correct any information which you have provided if such information becomes outdated or misleading. You must use the website consistent with all applicable laws and regulations.

Site Misuse
DAS reserves the right, but has no obligation, to reject, refuse to post or remove any posting or Content, to prohibit access to the website, and to take technical and legal steps to keep Visitors off the website if we think that they are creating problems, possible legal liabilities, or acting inconsistently with the letter or spirit of these terms and conditions or our policies. If you believe in good faith that any content posted on this website infringes your rights, please contact us by sending an e-mail to disabilityawareness@bobbydodd.org . You must be able to identify the specific content and provide necessary information for us to evaluate your request. Please note that any decision to remove content from the website is at DAS’s discretion.

Visitor Disputes
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Visitors on the website. DAS reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor or mediate disputes between you and any other Visitors.

Information Not Guaranteed to be Reliable
The information and materials on the website may contain errors or inaccuracies, including both typographical and substantive errors. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, without any obligation and without any notice requirement, to discontinue, change, improve or correct the information, materials and descriptions on the website and to suspend or deny access to the website for scheduled or unscheduled maintenance, upgrades, improvements or corrections. Any dated information is published as of its date only, and we have no responsibility to update or amend any such information.

Termination
We may terminate your access to the website or any part of it at any time with or without notice, in our sole discretion.

Disclaimers
THE WEBSITE AND ALL CONTENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND DAS, ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSORS AND SUPPLIERS, DISCLAIM ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. DAS DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF THE MATERIALS ON THE WEBSITE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, ADEQUACY, USEFULNESS, TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, AND IN EACH CASE, THOSE WARRANTIES ARE DISCLAIMED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

We have no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, any of your data or data on this website. We are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems.

YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. NEITHER DAS, NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, NOR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS OR AGENTS OR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DELIVERING THE WEBSITE WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUR OF OR ANYWAY CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE, THE MATERIALS OR CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE, including claims of personal injury or death, resulting from anyone's use of the website or any content posted on the website or transmitted to anyone, or any interactions between users of the website, whether online or offline (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR STRICT LIABILITY) EVEN IF DAS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGES. PLEASE NOTE THAT SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Linking to this Website
Establishing or maintaining a link from another website to this website without the prior express written consent of DAS is prohibited.

Changes to the Terms
We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these terms and conditions at any time. Please check these terms and conditions periodically for changes. Your continued use of the website following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.

Last Updated September 15, 2009



Terms and Conditions for Submission of Materials
IMPORTANT: YOU MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AND THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR OR AN AGENT AUTHORIZED BY THE COPYRIGHT OWNER AND AUTHORS (AS APPLCIABLE) TO MAKE ANY SUBMISSION TO BDI DISABILITY AWARENESS SOLUTIONS FOR OUR E-NEWSLETTER OR WEBSITE.
Please review the following terms and conditions. By clicking the "I Agree" button below, you agree that you have read, understand and intend to be bound by the following terms with the respect to your submission to BDI DisABILITY Awareness Solutions ("DAS"). If you do not agree to the following terms, please do not proceed with providing your submission to DAS.

By submitting your article, photograph, video, images, graphics or other materials ("Submissions") to DAS, you grant DAS and its parent, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and their respective officers, employees, agents, successors, and assigns the worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, right and license to use, publish, edit, create derivative works based on, publicly perform, reproduce, display, store and distribute your Submissions and your name and likeness (as applicable) on the www.disabilityawarenesssolutions.com website (the "Website") and as part of our e-Newsletter and for any other purposes, in any form, media or manner, by itself or as part of a compilation, as reasonably determined by DAS. You acknowledge that as part of the Website, e-Newsletter, promotional and other materials, your Submissions and name and likeness (as applicable) may be viewed by others and, therefore, you have no expectation of privacy or confidentiality. You expressly permit DAS to allow other users to access, download, view, re-print and distribute your Submission and your name and likeness (as applicable) as made available on the Website, in our e-Newsletter, or related materials.

Submissions should be educational in nature. DAS reserves the right, but has no obligation, to review Submissions for infringing, obscene, harmful, or otherwise inappropriate material, as determined by DAS. You are prohibited from including within your Submissions any infringing, threatening, false, misleading, abusive, harassing, libelous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or violate any law, violate any personal or privacy rights of any other person, or that could damage or disparage DAS in any manner. DAS may refuse to use or post Submissions for any or no reason. Once a Submission is used or posted, DAS reserves the right to remove it for any or no reason, but has no obligation to monitor or remove any Submissions or other content.

You represent and warrant that (i) you are 18 years of age or older; (ii) your Submission is your own original work (or you have written authorization from each copyright owner and author to submit the work in accordance with these terms and conditions); (iii) your Submission has not been published or distributed by any other person or entity, in any form and does not infringe or violate the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other rights of any person or entity; (iv) you have the full power to grant the licenses and rights provided in these terms and conditions; and (v) any research, graphics or sources incorporated in the Submission are properly supported, cited and attributed as to source.

If permission from a third party is required for use of the Submission or other materials to be delivered to DAS by you as provided under these terms and conditions or for the exercise of any of the rights granted to DAS herein, you shall, at your own expense, be responsible for obtaining such permissions from those third parties and deliver them to DAS. Such permissions shall cover use of such material in all permitted forms and uses of the Submission and the exploitation of all rights of DAS granted in these terms and conditions.

You acknowledge that DAS has the right to charge a fee to users for access to the Website, E-newsletters or for download, reprint or access to any Submissions. DAS has not promised you any compensation for your Submission or use of your name or likeness and that DAS is not obligated in any way to make any use of your Submission or your name or likeness. You agree that DAS is not required to submit to you any materials for approval prior to use by DAS, and you hereby waive any right to inspect or approve those materials. DAS reserves the right to modify any Submission, in whole or in part, for any reason, and you waive any and all "moral rights" in and to your Submission.

You hereby release and agree to indemnify and hold harmless DAS and its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates and their respective officers, employees, agents, successors, assigns and those acting on their behalf from any and all claims, demands, or causes of action arising out of or in connection with your Submission or use of it by DAS, including, but not limited to, defamation and violation of the intellectual property rights or rights of publicity or privacy in the use by DAS of your Submissions or your name or likeness. You agree that this release shall be binding on you, your spouse, legal representatives, heirs, successors and assigns.

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