BY ACCESSING OR USING THIS SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS HEREIN. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF USE, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THIS SITE.
This website and its contents (“Site”) are provided by the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS).
Acceptance Of Terms.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND ACCEPT THESE TERMS OF USE. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions of use, you may not access or otherwise use the Site. This Agreement governs your use of the Site, including but not limited to any viewing or use of any content displayed on the Site, sending and receiving electronic mail, uploading or downloading any information or content, or participating in any online conferences, message boards, newsgroups or chats.
Modification of the Terms of Use.
NTHS reserves the right to change, modify, add or delete any portion of this agreement at any time, and such modification shall be effective immediately upon either posting of the modified Agreement or notifying you. You agree to review this Agreement periodically to ensure that you are aware of any modifications. Your continued access or use of the Site shall be deemed your conclusive acceptance of the modified Agreement.
Modification of the Site.
NTHS may change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Site at any time, including the availability of any Site feature, database, or content. NTHS may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access to parts or all of the Site without notice or liability. NTHS reserves the right, in their discretion, to correct any errors or omissions in any portion of the Site.
License of Your Content.
By posting content, uploading files (text, audio or video), entering data, or engaging in any other form of communication to the Site, you grant to NTHS a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to (a) use, copy, sublicense, adapt, distribute, reproduce, transmit, publicly perform, display, modify, create derivative works and edit any such communications; and (b) sublicense to third parties the unrestricted right to exercise any of the foregoing rights granted with respect to communications. The foregoing grant includes the right to exploit any such communications, including but not limited to rights under copyright, trademark, service mark, or patent laws under any relevant jurisdiction. You hereby waive all rights to any claim against NTHS for any alleged or actual infringements of any proprietary rights, rights of privacy and publicity, moral rights, and rights of attribution in connection with such communications.
Your Representations, Warranties and Covenants.
You represent, warrant and covenant that in your use of the Site: (a) you shall not alter or tamper with the content, presentation or branding of the Site or upload, post or transmit to or distribute or otherwise publish through the Site any materials which: (i) restricts or inhibits any other user from using the Site, (ii) are illegal, abusive, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, offensive, pornographic, profane, sexually explicit or indecent, (iii) constitute or encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or other violations of the law, (iv) violate, plagiarize or infringe the rights of third parties including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, rights of privacy or publicity or any other proprietary right, (v) contain any information, software or other material of a commercial nature, (vii) contain advertising of any kind, (viii) constitute or contain false or misleading indications of origin or statements of facts, (ix) contain a virus, contaminants or other corrupted data or (x) contain any message which is harmful, hateful, threatening or abusive; (b) you shall not use the Site: (i) to harass or stalk or in any way violate the rights of any other person, (ii) to intercept email or other communications not intended for you, (iii) to spam or otherwise send email for purposes of unsolicited advertising or for sending a mass unsolicited message, or (iv) in such a manner that you limit the availability of NTHS’s resources or the Site for others; and (c) that you are at least eighteen (18) years old or have your parent’s or legal guardian’s permission to use this Site.
Third Party Content and Websites.
The Site contains links and pointers to the other related World Wide Web Internet sites including charter schools. NTHS provides no representation, guarantee or warranty concerning the content, accuracy, or material on such third party sites. These websites may include false or misleading representations, defamatory material, material that infringes intellectual property rights of others, or material that some people may find inappropriate or offensive. NTHS disclaims any and all responsibility for content contained in any third party materials provided through links from the Site. In the event that you discover that a link is inoperative or otherwise non-functioning, please bring it to our attention by emailing info@nths.org or 1.800.801.7090.
Ownership and Intellectual Property.
The Site is owned and operated by NTHS and contains material which is derived in whole or in part from NTHS and other sources and is protected by United States and international copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. The content, including web pages, case studies, tools and templates, and graphics appearing on and accessible for download from this website belong to NTHS. Documents are provided to inform, to improve the understanding of NTHS. Documents may be downloaded and printed for NTHS chartered schools, Advisors to current chartered schools, member students, use only.
You may not transfer copies of any of the content of the Site to any person unless providing such document to a third party for a recommendation or application for employment, internship, volunteer or academic acceptance process. Except as permitted under this agreement, copying, storing, displaying, reproducing, distributing, selling, licensing, publishing or creating derivative works of any content on the Site is expressly prohibited without the prior written permission from NTHS or the copyright holder identified in the individual content copyright notice. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you also agree not to use any robot, spider or other automated device to monitor or copy the content of the Site. Also, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, nothing on the Site may be reverse-engineered, disassembled, decompiled, or retransmitted in any way through any medium or otherwise translated into any language or computer language. You are expressly prohibited from framing or linking or otherwise using or displaying the Site in such a manner so that it appears to be part of your own or someone else’s website. You shall not deep link to any page on the Site or otherwise link in a manner that bypasses the Site’s home page.
No Confidentiality of Your Information.
You acknowledge that transmissions to and from the Site are not confidential and your communications may be read or intercepted by others. You acknowledge that by submitting communications to the Site, no confidential, fiduciary, and contractually implied or other relationship is created between you and NTHS unless otherwise agreed by NTHS in writing executed by an authorized officer of NTHS.
Indemnification and Disclaimers.
NTHS expressly disclaims all liability for damages of any kind arising out of use, reference to, or reliance upon any information appearing on this site. You hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold NTHS, and all their officers, directors, owners, agents, contractors, employees, information providers, suppliers, affiliates, licensors and licensees (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) harmless from and against any and all liability and costs incurred by the Indemnified Parties, including, without limitation, attorneys fees and costs, in connection with any claim arising out of any breach by you of this agreement or the foregoing representations, warranties and covenants. You shall cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defense of any claim.
NTHS and all indemnified parties reserve the right, at their own expense, to participate in the defense or settlement or to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you and you shall not in any event settle any matter without the written consent of NTHS.
YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THIS SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. NTHS and its officers, directors, employees, members, agents, affiliated companies, successors, assigns, third party contractors, attorneys, and any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering this Site or any of the content, products or services available on or through this Site HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL EXPRESS AND/OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NTHS MAKES NO GUARANTEES AND DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED: (i) AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE, AND/OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, SERVICES OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE; (ii) THAT THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; (iii) AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR CURRENCY OF ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT, SERVICE, OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THIS SITE; (iv) THAT THE CONTENT OF THIS SITE DOES NOT INFRINGE ON THE RIGHTS OF YOU OR THIRD PARTIES; AND/OR (v) THAT THE SITE, ITS SERVERS, OR E-MAIL SENT FROM OR ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
NTHS DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE CONTINUOUS, UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE ACCESS TO THIS WEBSITE OR ANY RELATED SERVICES. THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE MAY BE INTERFERED WITH BY NUMEROUS FACTORS OUTSIDE THE CONTROL OF NTHS.
NTHS strives to provide accurate and current information, but it cannot assure or guarantee that all pages are up-to-date with complete and precise details. Schedules and engagements are subject to change and new information can develop. NTHS cannot and does not assume responsibility for consequences resulting from the use of information obtained on this website or on websites linked to this one.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL NTHS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES (OTHER THAN DIRECT DAMAGES) THAT RESULT FROM THE CONTENT OF, USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RELIANCE BY A USER ON ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THIS SITE AND/OR DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES OR EMAIL, ERRORS, DEFECTS, VIRUSES, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, WHETHER OR NOT RESULTING FROM ACTS OF GOD, COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION, OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO THE COMPANY’S RECORDS, PROGRAMS, OR SERVICES.
LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE), INFRINGEMENT, OR ANY OTHER BASIS – EVEN IF THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LIABILITY. WITH RESPECT TO DIRECT DAMAGES, YOUR REMEDY IS LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100) OR THAT AMOUNT PAID TO NTHS IN THE PAST TWELVE (12) MONTHS, WHICH EVER IS HIGHER AND DISCONTINUANCE OF USE OF (AND ANY MEMBERSHIP IN) THIS SITE. YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL APPLY TO ALL CONTENT, MERCHANDISE, AND/OR SERVICES AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THIS SITE.
THESE DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Government Law.
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the substantive internal laws of the State of North Carolina. The parties agree to the exclusive jurisdiction to the state and federal courts of Henderson County, North Carolina.
Termination.
In the event that there is a breach of this agreement, NTHS has the right to terminate your access to the Site, without any advance notice.