Terms of Use
Web Site Usage Terms
Please read and review the following Terms & Conditions (“Usage Terms”) carefully. Your access to this web site (“site”) constitutes your acceptance of these Usage Terms. If you do not wish to be bound by these Usage Terms, exit this site immediately. These Usage Terms are used for ease of reference and should not be construed as modifying the legal status, rights or obligations of the Foundation.
General Information
The Foundation maintains this site for the purpose of providing information about the Foundation to residents of the United States only. The Foundation makes no representation that this site, including any material contained on this site, is compliant with the laws, or appropriate for use by residents, of any other jurisdiction.
Accuracy of Site
The Foundation makes no representations, warranties or assurances (express or implied) as to the accuracy, currency, reliability or completeness of information on this site. The Foundation makes no representations or warranties that the information on this site satisfies any governmental regulation, including, without limitation, any required disclosure of information. THIS SITE AND INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS. THE FOUNDATION DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. By accessing this site you agree that your use and reliance upon the site and any content is AT YOUR OWN RISK. The Foundation reserves the right to alter, delete or supplement the content of this site at any time for any reason without notification to anyone. The Foundation does not assume any responsibility to update the content of this site. This site may become unavailable due to maintenance or malfunction of computer equipment or other reasons.
Limitation of Liability
The Foundation shall not be liable for any damage or injury that may arise, in whole or in part, from the use of this site or reliance upon any information provided on this site, from your access of the site or from the inability to access the site. In no event shall the Foundation be liable for any damages, including, without limitation, incidental and consequential damages, personal injury, lost profits, or damages resulting from, without limitation, damages caused by computer viruses, lost data or business interruption resulting, in whole or in part, from your use of or inability to use this site or its content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory, even if the Foundation has been advised of the possibility of such damage or injury.
Links to Other Sites
This site may be accessed from other sites and may contain links to sites that are not associated with and/or controlled by the Foundation. The Foundation makes no representation or warranty regarding the content of any other such site. In no event shall any link or reference to any non-Foundation site, product or service imply that the Foundation accepts any responsibility for the content or use of such site or endorses, recommends or approves of any company, product, opinion, service or information referenced or available on such third party site.
Governing Law
These Usage Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland, without regard to its provisions on conflicts of law. If any provisions of these Usage Terms shall be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed eliminated or limited to the extent necessary and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.
Foundation’s Use of Transmitted Information
The Foundation shall have no obligation to protect the confidentiality and/or limit its use of any communication, material, information or data you transmit to this site by electronic mail or otherwise, including any questions, comments, ideas, suggestions or the like. Anything you transmit to the Foundation becomes the property of the Foundation and the Foundation shall be free to use, reproduce, disclose or transmit the information without any restriction whatsoever. Furthermore, the Foundation is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to the site for any purpose whatsoever.
Use of Copyrighted Material
This site, and the information which it contains, is owned or used by permission by the Foundation, and is protected by copyright law, international conventions and other intellectual property laws. No part of this site may be published, reproduced or transmitted in any form, by any means, electronic or mechanical, except that the Foundation authorizes to view, copy, download, and print Foundation documents that are available on this site, subject to the following conditions:
1. The documents may be used solely for personal, noncommercial or informational purposes.
2. The documents may not be modified.
3. Copyright and other proprietary notices may not be removed.
You will not use any electronic or automated means to collect, extract or compile data or content from this site, nor will you publish, reproduce, distribute or transmit any collection or compilation of data or any content obtained from this site in any form or medium. You are authorized to use such content for your information only, and only in accordance with these Usage Terms. Any use of such content not expressly permitted by the Usage Terms shall constitute a breach, and may violate copyright or other laws.
Notice and Take Down Procedures; Copyright Agent
If you believe any materials accessible on or from this site infringe your copyright, you may request removal of those materials (or access thereto) from this site by contacting the Foundation’s copyright agent (identified below) and providing the following information:
1. Identification of the copyrighted work that you believe to be infringed. Please describe the work and, where possible, include a copy or the location (e.g. URL) of an authorized version of the work.
2. Identification of the material that you believe to be infringing and its location. Please describe the material and provide us with its URL or any other pertinent information that will allow us to locate the material.
3. Your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address.
4. A statement that you have a good faith belief that the complained of use of the materials is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
5. A statement that the information that you have supplied is accurate and indicate “under penalty of perjury” that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
6. A signature or the electronic equivalent from the copyright holder or authorized representative.
The Foundation’s agent for copyright issues relating to this site is as follows:
General Counsel
El-Hibri Charitable Foundation
1420 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Entire Agreement
These Usage Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and the Foundation with respect to the use of this site and any content provided on or accessible through this site.