Terms and Conditions of Use
Use of this website (evidenceaid.org) is provided by International Rescue Committee, Inc. (IRC), a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. . Access to and use of this website, linking to this website as well as downloading any materials and content hereon is subject to the below terms and conditions set forth in this Terms of Use. If you do not accept the Terms of Use in its entirety, you may not access or use this website, link to this website, or download any materials or content from this website. Please note that the IRC reserves the right to alter or amend this Terms of Use at any time for any reason and without notice. You acknowledge and agree that you are responsible for keeping yourself apprised of any such changes.
YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THIS TERMS OF USE AND ANY OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT MAY BE OUTLINED ELSEWHERE ON THIS WEBSITE.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TRADEMARK OWNERSHIP
You acknowledge and agree that the IRC is the sole owner of the IRC’s name, logo, and other IRC registered trademarks and service marks (“IRC’s Marks”) as well as, except as expressly provided on this Website or in these Terms of Use, the IRC’s materials and content found on this website. This includes, but is not limited to, the trademark and logo “Evidence Aid”.
Certain material, as is identified on the website, is covered by the Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms.
USE OF THE WEBSITE
The entire contents of all material available through the Website are protected by copyright unless otherwise indicated. As a User you have certain rights specified below; all other rights are reserved.
Users may download, view, copy and save to hard disk or diskette and store or print out single copies of individual pages for their own personal and non-commercial use, scholarly, educational or scientific research or study. Users may transmit to a third party, in hard copy or electronically, a single page from the Website for that party’s own personal and non-commercial use or scholarly, educational, or scientific research or study. In addition, Users have the right to use, with appropriate credit, brief excerpts from the Website content in their own work for the above purposes.
Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, Users may not copy, distribute, transmit or otherwise reproduce, sell or resell material or any extracts of material from the Website; store such material in any form or medium in a retrieval system; download and/or store material; or transmit such material, directly or indirectly, for use in any paid service such as document delivery or list serve, or for use by any information brokerage or for systematic distribution, whether or not for commercial or non-profit use or for a fee or free of charge. For any uses other than those permitted above, permission should be sought from IRC in the first instance by contacting IRC at the above address.
Users agree not to remove, obscure or modify any copyright or proprietary notices, author attribution, disclaimer or any screen display as they appear on the Website. Users may not integrate material from the Website with other material or otherwise create derivative works in any medium based on or including materials from the Website. However, brief quotations for purposes of comment, criticism or similar scholarly purposes are not prohibited herein.
USE OF IRC’S MARKS
You understand that you may not use the IRC’s logo as a link, but you may link to the IRC using one of the IRC approved banners and links provided you act in full compliance with the terms and conditions of this Terms of Use. Specifically, you acknowledge that you may not use the IRC’s logo on any external website or social networking sites such as Facebook or YouTube.
You acknowledge and agree that you may only use IRC approved banners and links and/or IRC materials or content for education purposes and raising awareness about the IRC.
You acknowledge and agree that your use of any IRC approved banners and links and/or IRC materials or content bearing the IRC’s Marks may not be combined with any other graphic elements; nor may they be altered in any manner including size, proportions, font, design, arrangement, colors or elements; nor may they be animated, morphed or otherwise distorted in perspective or appearance.
You acknowledge and agree that you may not exploit the IRC’s materials or content and/or IRC approved banners and links.
You agree that you will not use the IRC’s materials and content and/or IRC’s banners and links for purposes that violate the laws of any state, country or other jurisdiction, including without limitation all laws relating to copyright and trademark.
You acknowledge and agree that you may not misrepresent your relationship with the IRC.
Your use of the IRC’s material and content and/or IRC approved banners and links may not indicate or create an impression that the IRC endorses, approves, sponsors or is affiliated with your products, goods, services or website.
Your use of the IRC’s material and content and/or IRC approved banners or links may not indicate or create an impression that the IRC will benefit from the sale of any good or service.
Your use of the IRC’s material and content and/or IRC approved banners or links may not be used in any manner likely to confuse, mislead, or deceive the public, or be adverse to the best interests of the IRC.
You acknowledge and agree that you are prohibited from using the IRC’s material and content and/or IRC approved banners or links in any way that the IRC finds, in its sole discretion, to be objectionable or which includes obscene, violent intolerant, tasteless, denigrating or sexually oriented content or materials. Specifically, the IRC’s approved banners and links may not appear on any pages of any Web sites that include content or advertising for alcoholic beverages, tobacco, pornography, religious material, partisan material, political material or firearms.
THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
The Website may provide links to third-party websites. Where such links exist, IRC disclaims all responsibility and liability for the content of such third-party websites. Users assume the sole responsibility for the accessing of third party websites and the use of any content appearing on such websites.
TERMINATION
The IRC may revoke your right to use the IRC’s materials and content and/or the IRC’s banners and links at anytime with or without cause. Upon receipt of notice of termination, you shall immediately cease any all further use of the IRC’s materials and content and/or the IRC’s approved banners and links. The IRC has the right to seek appropriate legal action to terminate any uses of the IRC’s materials and content and/or the IRC’s banners and links in the event that the IRC determines that your use does not conform to any terms and conditions of this Terms of Use or as provided elsewhere on the Web site; infringes any intellectual property right or other right of the IRC or a third party, adversely affects the IRC’s image, reputation or services or programs, violates any applicable law, regulation or ordinance, and/or is a prohibited activity.
CHOICE OF LAW; JURISDICTION
These Terms of Use shall be governed in accordance with the laws of England as if made and wholly performed in England and the parties agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
REMEDIES
Please be aware that violation of the IRC’s copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights may subject you to civil and criminal penalties.
INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the IRC for any harm arising out of your wrongful and/or improper use of this website, IRC’s materials and content, and/or the IRC’s approved banners and links.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
THE IRC MAKES NO WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR STATEMENTS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE MATERIALS AND CONTENTS ON ITS WEB SITE, INCLUDING ITS MARKS, AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE BE IMPLIED BY LAW. USE OF THE IRC’S MATERIALS AND CONTENT AND/OR IRC APPROVED BANNERS AND LINKS IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
International Rescue Committee, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, EIN number 13-5660870, with registered office at 122 East 42nd Street, New York, New York 10168-1289.