Terms of Service

YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE DEAFNA (Previously AFNA) WEBSITE TERMS OF USE

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The Drug Enforcement Association of Federal Narcotics Agents (DEAFNA) Blog on the AFNA.org Site provides a place to share information and opinions. DEAFNA also provides Members-only Pages on the AFNA.org Site with content intended for the viewing of logged-in users. The following are the terms of use for the Members-only Pages and Blog (“Terms”).

By accessing or viewing the Members-only Pages or Blog, contributing any content (including photos and documents), or participating in the Blog in any way, you agree to these Terms. Please read these Terms carefully. If you do not want to be subject to any of these terms and conditions, do not read, use, or contribute to the Members-only Pages and Blog.

DEAFNA may contribute content. DEAFNA content belongs to DEAFNA and is subject to DEAFNA’s copyright ownership. You are permitted to access DEAFNA Contributions through the Internet. You can save, display, and print a copy of DEAFNA Contributions and other users’ contributions for your own personal use only. You may not otherwise copy, transmit, publish, distribute, display or in any way exploit any DEAFNA Contributions or other users’ contributions.

If any DEAFNA Contribution is provided by a named employee or agent of DEAFNA, then, unless otherwise expressly stated, the statements and opinions expressed in such DEAFNA Contribution are those of the author only and are not the statement or opinions of DEAFNA or its management.

USER REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR Members-only Pages AND BLOG CONTRIBUTORS

DEAFNA requires users who wish to access the Members-only Pages and/or contribute to the Blog (each a “Contributor”) to register on the DEAFNA Site. You may register by choosing a username and password. You are required to provide your true name and any identifying information. However, you may not choose a username that is misleading or that misidentifies you as another person. Your username may not be indecent or offensive. Registration is required to access and read the content of the Members-only Pages and Blog.

You further agree to accept all responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password, if any, and that you will not sell, transfer or assign your account or allow others to use it. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any user name and/or password that may assigned to or selected by you so that others may not access any members-only or password-protected portions of AFNA.org using your account and/or identity. DEAFNA reserves the right, in its sole discretion and without notice to you, to terminate your account and/or to restrict your access to all or part of AFNA.org for any reason, including without limitation for extended periods of inactivity.

USER CONTRIBUTIONS

By posting content to the Blog (each a “User Contribution”), you grant DEAFNA a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, and worldwide license to such User Contribution.

You agree not to provide any User Contribution that is illegal, misleading, defamatory, indecent or obscene, in poor taste, threatening, infringing of any third party proprietary rights, invasive of personal privacy, illegal, or otherwise objectionable. By posting any User Contribution, you represent that you have all required rights and permissions to do so.

By posting comments to the DEAFNA Blog you agree to avoid abusive and offensive language and to refrain from posting any content that is commercial in nature, advocates for a political cause or legislation, or infringes upon any third party’s rights, including privacy, copyright, trademark, or patent. We reserve the right to delete comments and links we find to be inappropriate or offensive or not related to the topic, including, without limitation, links to commercial and political websites. We may discontinue the Blog at any time. We do not have the ability to remove comments upon your request. By submitting comments, you acknowledge that they may be posted on the World Wide Web.

By posting or distributing information or material through the Blog, you expressly abandon any proprietary rights you may have in your comments, and such information or material may be freely copied and distributed by others without your permission. You are responsible for obtaining permission from any third party owner of proprietary material, such as a copyrighted story or a news article written by another person, before you post or distribute such material. DEAFNA requires you to obtain all necessary permissions before posting or distributing any content on the website or Blog.

DEAFNA does not warrant that use of the materials displayed in the Blog will not infringe the rights of third parties not owned by or licensed to DEAFNA. For example, some works may be under copyright by the artist or the artist’s heirs holding rights to these works. Such works may not be used in any form; they may not be copied or downloaded without prior permission from the holder of the underlying copyright.

DEAFNA does not edit or control the information or materials posted to or distributed through the website and/or Blog. DEAFNA is not in any way responsible or liable for website content or blog content, and claims no proprietary rights of any kind arising from the posting or distribution of material through the website or through the Blog.

DEAFNA may, but is not required to, screen content before posting or use.

DEAFNA does not warrant that any content you post on the website or in the Blog will be kept ‘private’ or seen only by other Members. You acknowledge that any content you post on the website or in the Blog may be viewed by non-Members, therefore you should not post any content that is considered ‘private’ information.

NON-COMMERCIAL USE

The Blog is for noncommercial use only. You agree not to provide any Contribution that includes a request for money or contains any promotion, advertising, or any solicitation involving goods or services. You agree not to solicit other users to join any organization. You agree not to solicit or collect personal data about other users. You may not claim that DEAFNA endorses you, your activities, your business, or your User Contributions.

THIRD-PARTY SITES AND LINKS

DEAFNA does not approve or endorse the contents of any third-party site or data that may be reached by means of any link. DEAFNA is not responsible for any content on such sites.

If you link to AFNA.org, you may only link to the home page, and the link must be in plain text, unless otherwise approved in writing by DEAFNA. Any such link must not damage, dilute or tarnish the goodwill associated with DEAFNA and/or any DEAFNA intellectual property, nor may the link create the false appearance that your web site or organization is sponsored, endorsed by, affiliated or associated with DEAFNA, and you may not “frame” AFNA.org. You may not link to AFNA.org from any web site that is unlawful, abusive, indecent or obscene, that promotes violence or illegal acts or that is otherwise inappropriate in DEAFNA’s sole discretion. DEAFNA reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate any link from any web site.

NO GUARANTEE REGARDING DEAFNA CONTRIBUTIONS OR USER CONTRIBUTIONS

DEAFNA assumes no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of information in any material in any Blog, including any DEAFNA Contributions and any User Contributions. DEAFNA does not approve or endorse any statements, opinions or recommendations in DEAFNA Contributions and any User Contributions.

NO ROBOTS AND SPIDERS

Use of Members-only Pages and Blog is for participants and readers only. You agree to not use any automated means, including, without limitation, agents, robots, scripts, or spiders, to access, monitor or copy any part of any Members-only Pages and Blog.

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless DEAFNA, its subsidiaries, and their officers, directors, owners, employees, and agents from and against any and all liability, losses, costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by any of them in connection with any claim arising out of any User Contribution that you provide, your violation of these Members-only Pages and Blog Terms, or your violation of the Terms of Use that apply for the DEAFNA Site generally.

DISCLAIMERS AND EXCLUSIONS OF WARRANTIES

THE Members-only Pages AND Blog AND THEIR CONTENTS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”. DEAFNA MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. INACCURACIES OR MISTAKES ARE POSSIBLE. DEAFNA DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE Members-only Pages AND Blog WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. DEAFNA SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE Members-only Pages AND BLOG OR THEIR CONTENT.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

IN NO EVENT SHALL DEAFNA OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, MULTIPLE, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, EVEN IF DEAFNA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION.

COMPLIANCE WITH LAW

You agree that your use of the Members-only Pages, Blog and the DEAFNA Site will comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations.

DISCLAIMER

DEAFNA MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO AFNA.org OR ITS CONTENTS, WHICH ARE PROVIDED FOR USE “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” DEAFNA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO AFNA.org AND ANY WEB SITE WITH WHICH IT IS LINKED. DEAFNA DOES NOT WARRANT THE FUNCTIONS, INFORMATION OR LINKS CONTAINED ON AFNA.org OR THAT ITS CONTENTS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, THAT AFNA.org, OR ITS CONTENTS, ARE FIT FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE OPERATION OF AFNA.org OR ITS CONTENTS, WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES, CANCELBOTS OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. DEAFNA DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE MATERIALS ON AFNA.org IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. YOU (AND NOT DEAFNA) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, SHALL DEAFNA BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE MATERIALS ON AFNA.org, EVEN IF DEAFNA OR AN DEAFNA AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL DEAFNA’s TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, OR NOT (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING AFNA.org.

CHANGES TO TERMS OF USE

DEAFNA reserves the right to make changes to the Terms of Use and to these Blog Terms at any time. Your continued access to, viewing, contribution to or other use of the Blog will constitute your acceptance of any new terms and conditions.