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These Terms of Use (together with the documents referred to in it) set out the terms on which you, the visitor, may make use of our, MOWW Companion Portal (moww.toucantech.com) (MOWW Online Database, MOWW Online Community, et al), whether as a Companion or otherwise. Use of our website includes accessing, browsing, or registering to use our website.
Your use of our website constitutes your acceptance of these Terms of Use, in consideration of our provision to you of our website. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you will be removed from the online community.
Other applicable terms
These Terms of Use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our website:
About us
This website is operated by MOWW, a VSO registered in Virginia under [company/ charity] number [xxxxxxx] and whose registered office at 435 N Lee Street, Alexandria, VA 22314.
You are able to contact us in relation to our website at admin@moww.org, or write to us at the above address, HQ MOWW/DA. Further contact information can be located at the “Contact Us” page of this website (or moww.org/contact).
Changes to these terms
The Chief of Staff of MOWW reserves the right to revise these Terms of Use at any time by amending this page. MOWW shall reasonably attempt to notify you of any changes to these Terms of Use. Any changes made shall have immediate effect upon being posted to this website, and your continuing use of our website constitutes your acceptance of such amended Terms of Use.
Changes to the Online Community portal
We may update the MOWW Online Database & Community Portal and/or change the content in it at any time. However, we do not guarantee that the Community, or any content in it, will be free from errors or omissions. Any of the content in our Community may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update it. In certain situations, content may be created by user-based sources in group settings such as Chapter, Region, or Committees. In the event that a smaller group's content is old or outdated, please notify the smaller group via the internal messaging system.
Accessing the Online Community Portal
Our website is made available free of charge to all dues-paying members of the MOWW. In the event that your dues have lapsed, please contact MOWW Membership for help on re-accessing your membership information.
We do not guarantee that our website, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to our website is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue, and/or change all or any part of our website without notice.
Your Account and Password
Your login email address and password chosen as part of our security procedures must be treated as confidential and must not be disclosed to any third party.
We have the right to disable any email address or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms of Use or the policies of MOWW.
If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your login password, you must promptly notify us at admin@moww.org.
Children under 18 years of age
Children under 18 years of age are not allowed to be members of MOWW, and, in turn, this website. Any Civics Education students looking for details regarding YLCs and YLSs, please refer to the MOWW Patriotic Education Program webpage.
Intellectual property rights
This website and all content, including any software, code, designs, graphics, and/or other materials contained on or pertaining to this website are owned by or licensed to us and are protected by copyright, trade marks, patents, and/or other proprietary or intellectual property rights and/or laws (the “IP”). All of our rights pertaining to our IP (including any moral authorship or otherwise) are reserved. You are not permitted to use any of our IP except for as provided in these Terms of Use (or as otherwise specified on this website).
Please refer to the MOWW Brand Guidelines for any content or images that can be distributed as part of official MOWW documents and productions. If in doubt, please refer to the MOWW Policy Manual.
Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our website must always be acknowledged, and you must not remove any copyright or trademark notices from any copies of the content of this website without our prior written consent. You must not use any part of the content on our website for purposes other than communication with MOWW Companions. No non-MOWW Companions will be allowed access to the MOWW Database Online Community website and its contents.
If you print off, copy or download any part of our website in breach of these Terms of Use, your right to use our website will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. You are responsible at all times for complying with these Terms of Use and any applicable intellectual property laws which apply to our online community.
No Reliance on Information
The content on our website is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely.
Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our website, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether expressed or implied, that the content on our website is accurate, complete, or up-to-date.
Limitation of liability
Nothing in these Terms of Use excludes or limits our liability for:
To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations, and/or other terms which may apply to our website or any content on it, whether express or implied (including any warranties with respect to availability, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or otherwise).
We will not be liable to any user or any other person for any loss or damage (including any direct, indirect, incidental, and/or consequential losses), whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, arising under or in connection with the:
whether or not we have been advised of the possibility of such claims and/or losses in advance, and even if such claim or loss is foreseeable.
We only provide our website for domestic and private use. MOWW Companions will use discretion when disclosing contect from this online community to the general public. As always, please refer to the MOWW Policy Manual regarding official MOWW Matters.
We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect or otherwise affect your computer equipment, computer programs, data, and/or other proprietary material due to your use of our website or to your accessing or downloading of any content on our website, or on any website linked to it.
We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our website. Such links should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. This does not apply to teh links contained herein connecting to the MOWW website, moww.org. We do maintain and update that website in parallel with the contect here.
We shall not be liable to you for any breach of these Terms of Use or any failure or delay in providing to you our services through this website.
Uploading Content to our Online Community
Any content you upload to this online community will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary, and we have the right to use, copy, distribute, and/or disclose to all Companions of MOWW. We also have the right to disclose your identity to other MOWW Companions, who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by you to our online community constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.
You shall ensure that: (i) any content which you upload to, or post in, this community shall not be illegal, defamatory, or offensive; and (ii) that you have at the time of posting and shall maintain all relevant proprietary and intellectual property rights in the content which you are uploading or posting. You shall additionally ensure that you comply with our forum rules at all times when posting or uploading content to our website.
We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any content posted by you or any other user of our community. We have the right to remove any posting you make on our website for any reason, including where, in our opinion, your post is obscene, offensive, and/or infringes on third party intellectual property rights.
Views expressed by Companions in our community do not represent the views or values of the entire MOWW Community and/or MOWW Headquarters. Please use discretion when posting in the community and be respectful.
Viruses
We do not guarantee that our website will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access our website. You should use your own, up-to-date virus protection software.
You must not misuse our website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs, and/or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our website, the server on which our website is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to our website. You must not attack our website via a denial-of-service (DOS) attack or a distributed denial-of service (DDOS) attack. By breaching this provision, you may commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990, and we will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our website will cease immediately.
Linking to our Community Portal
MOWW Companions will be able to access the MOWW Online Community via the MOWW website (moww.org). Any linking by a Chapter or sub-entity of MOWW is restricted. Please be respectful of your fellow Companions by respecting their information and yours to remain confidential and only for MOWW and its Companions.
You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part where none exists. You must not establish a link to our website in any website that is not owned by you. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
If you wish to make any use of content on our website other than that set out above, please contact us using the details set out in the “About Us” section of these Terms of Use.
Third party links and resources in our Community Portal
Where our website contains links to other Sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those websites or resources. The following of any link to an external website is entirely at your own risk, and we shall not be liable for the content of such websites (see the “Limitation of Liability” section of these Terms of Use).
To the extent that this website or any content on this website is published or hosted by a third party, such third party shall not be responsible for the accuracy of such.
Severance
In the event that any part of these Terms of Use is held to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable by a competent body, it shall not affect the validity, legality, or enforceability of any other remaining terms within these Terms of Use.
Waiver
If we do not enforce any right conferred to us under these Terms of Use, such non-enforcement shall not constitute a waiver of that right.
Applicable law and Jurisdiction
These Terms of Use (including their formation), your use of this online community, and the contents of this community shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the MOWW Policy Manual, the state in which you reside, or the United States of America.