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Terms and Conditions
We have made reasonable efforts to design this website to be useful, informative, and helpful. Hopefully we've accomplished that — and we ask that you provide feedback if you would like to see improvements or changes that would make it even easier for you to find the information you need and want about Good Shepherd.
As a user of this website, we ask that you agree to abide by the following Terms and Conditions.
Please take a few minutes to look them over because by using our site you automatically agree to them. Naturally, if you don't agree, please do not use the site. We reserve the right to make any modifications that we deem necessary at any time. Please continue to check these terms periodically to see what those changes may be! Your continued use of the Good Shepherd Church Web site means that you accept any and all changes.
RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF OUR ONLINE MATERIALS
All materials contained in the Good Shepherd Church Web site ("Online Material") are the copyrighted property of Good Shepherd Church. All trademarks, service marks, and trade names are proprietary to Good Shepherd Church. No Online Material from our Web sites may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, except that you may download one copy of the materials on any single computer for your personal, noncommercial home use only, provided that you 1) retain all copyright, trademark and propriety notices, 2) you make no modifications to the materials, 3) you do not use the materials in a manner that suggests an association with any of our products, services, events or brands, and 4) you do not download quantities of materials to a database, server, or personal computer for reuse for commercial purposes. You may not, however, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit or distribute our Online Material in any way or for any other purpose unless you get our written permission first. Neither may you add, delete, distort or misrepresent any content on the Good Shepherd Church site. Any attempts to modify any Online Material, or to defeat or circumvent our security features is prohibited.
Everything you download, any software, plus all files, all images incorporated in or generated by the software, and all data accompanying it, is considered licensed to you by Good Shepherd Church or its third-party licensors for your personal, non-commercial home use only. We do not transfer title of the software to you. That means that we retain full and complete title to the software and to all of the associated intellectual-property rights. You're not allowed to redistribute or sell the material or to reverse-engineer, disassemble or otherwise convert it to any other form that people can use.
SUBMITTING YOUR ONLINE MATERIAL TO US
All remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, comments, or other information that you send to Good Shepherd Church through our site (other than information we promise to protect under our Privacy Policy), becomes and remains our property, even if this agreement is later terminated. That means that we don't have to treat any such submission as confidential. You can't sue us for using the ideas that you submit. If we use them, or anything like them, we don't have to pay you or anyone else for them. We will have the exclusive ownership of all present and future rights to submissions of any kind. We can use them for any purpose we deem appropriate to our mission, without compensating you or anyone else for them. You acknowledge that you are responsible for any submission that you make. This means that you (and not we) have full responsibility for the message, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality, and copyright.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Good Shepherd Church WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY THAT ACCOMPANY OR RESULT FROM YOUR USE OF ANY OF ITS SITES.
THESE INCLUDE (BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO) DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY ANY:
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USE OF (OR INABILITY TO USE) THE SITE
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USE OF (OR INABILITY TO USE) ANY SITE TO WHICH YOU HYPERLINK FROM OUR SITE
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FAILURE OF OUR SITE TO PERFORM IN THE MANNER YOU EXPECTED OR DESIRED
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ERROR ON OUR SITE
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OMISSION ON OUR SITE
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INTERRUPTION OF AVAILABILITY OF OUR SITE
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DEFECTS ON OUR SITE
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DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION OF OUR SITE
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COMPUTER VIRUS OR LINE FAILURE
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PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING:
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DAMAGES INTENDED TO COMPENSATE SOMEONE DIRECTLY FOR A LOSS OR INJURY
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DAMAGES REASONABLY EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM A LOSS OR INJURY (KNOWN IN LEGAL TERMS AS "CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.")
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OTHER MISCELLANEOUS DAMAGES AND EXPENSES RESULTING DIRECTLY FROM A LOSS OR INJURY (KNOWN IN LEGAL TERMS AS "INCIDENTIAL DAMAGES.")
WE ARE NOT LIABLE EVEN IF WE'VE BEEN NEGLIGENT OR IF OUR AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITIY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR BOTH.
EXCEPTION: CERTAIN STATE LAWS MAY NOT ALLOW US TO LIMIT OR EXCLUDE LIABILITY FOR THESE "INCIDENTAL" OR "CONSEQUENTIAL" DAMAGES. IF YOU LIVE IN ONE OF THOSE STATES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION OBVIOUSLY WOULD NOT APPLY WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE THE RIGHT TO RECOVER THESE TYPES OF DAMAGES. HOWEVER, IN ANY EVENT, OUR LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL LOSSES, DAMAGES, INJURIES, AND CLAIMS OF ANY AND EVERY KIND (WHETHER THE DAMAGES ARE CLAIMED UNDER THE TERMS OF A CONTRACT OR CLAIMED TO BE CAUSED BY NEGLIGLENCE OR OTHER WRONGFUL CONDUCT, OR THEY'RE CLAIMED UNDER ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY) WILL NOT BE GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO ACCESS OUR SITES.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
We sometimes provide referrals to and links to other World Wide Web sites from our site. Such a link should not be seen as an endorsement, approval or agreement with any information or resources offered at sites you can access through our sites. If in doubt, always check the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address provided in your WWW browser to see if you are still in a Good Shepherd Church-operated site or have moved to another site. Good Shepherd Church is not responsible for the content or practices of third party sites that may be linked to our sites. When Good Shepherd Church provides links or references to other Web sites, no inference or assumption should be made and no representation should be inferred that Good Shepherd Church is connected with, operates or controls these Web sites. Any approved link must not represent in any way, either explicitly or by implication, that you have received the endorsement, sponsorship or support of any Good Shepherd Church site or endorsement, sponsorship or support of the ministry of Good Shepherd Church, including its respective employees, agents or directors.
MONITORING ONLINE POSTINGS
Good Shepherd Church shall have the right to monitor and review the content of any discussions, chats, forums, postings, transmissions and bulletin boards, although Good Shepherd Church is not under legal obligation to do so. As a Christian organization we uphold specific foundational beliefs. We expect visitors to our sites, and anyone using our communication tools to adhere to a sense of decency and decorum that we deem appropriate. We are the sole authority on questions of appropriateness. Naturally, Good Shepherd Church assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of an online posting. However, we do specifically prohibit you or any visitor from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage what could be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law. Good Shepherd Church will fully cooperate with authorities or court orders requesting details of criminal postings. Good Shepherd Church shall have the right in its sole discretion to edit, refuse to post or remove any material submitted to or posted on any Good Shepherd Church web site. Good Shepherd Church shall have the right to remove any material that it determines to be in violation of these provisions or otherwise objectionable. In addition, children 13 and under are not authorized to post messages or participate in Forums on any Good Shepherd Church Web site unless the site has been specifically designed for them and all appropriate parental notification and approval devices have been complied with fully. For more information see our Privacy Policy.
TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
This agreement is effective until terminated by either party. You may terminate this agreement at any time, by destroying all materials obtained from any Good Shepherd Church Web site, along with all related documentation and all copies and installations. Good Shepherd Church may terminate this agreement at any time and without notice to you, if, in its sole judgment, you breach any term or condition of this agreement. Upon termination, you must destroy all materials. In addition, by providing material on our Web sites, we do not in any way promise that the materials will remain available to you. And Good Shepherd Church is entitled to terminate all or any part of any of its Web site without notice to you.
JURISDICTION AND OTHER POINTS TO CONSIDER
Unless otherwise specified, the Online Materials on our sites are presented to provide information about the resources of Good Shepherd Church. The ministry of Good Shepherd Church was organized under the laws of Maryland, in the United States of America. If you use our sites from locations outside of the United States, you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. These Terms of Use, and the agreement they create, shall be governed by and interpreted according to the laws of the State of Maryland. If any provision of this agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, it will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. Good Shepherd Church may modify these Terms of Use, and the agreement they create, at any time, simply by updating this posting and without notice to you. This is the ENTIRE agreement regarding all the matters that have been discussed.
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