Acceptance
of terms
Welcome
to the International Exchange Alumni website! The U.S. Department of
State provides this service to you, subject to the following Terms
of Service ("TOS"), which may be updated by us from time
to time without notice to you. You can review the most current
version of the TOS at any time.
Description
of service
The
International Exchange Alumni website currently provides its
participants with a variety of services including (but not limited
to): grant proposals, the ability to post jobs or grants, networking
capabilities (events, alumni updates, and the ability to find and
contact other alumni directly), events listings and career
information.
Your
registration obligations
In
consideration of your use of this service, you agree to: (a) provide
true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as
prompted by the registration form and (b) maintain and promptly
update your information to keep it true, accurate, current and
complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate,
not current or incomplete, or International Exchange Alumni has
reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue,
inaccurate, not current or incomplete, International Exchange Alumni
reserves the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse
any and all current or future use of the International Exchange
Alumni site (or any portion thereof).
International
Exchange Alumni Privacy Policy
Registration
data and certain other information about you is subject to our
Privacy Policy. For more information, see our full privacy
policy.
Member
account, password and security
You
choose a username and password upon signing up for participation in
the International Exchange Alumni website. You are responsible for
maintaining the confidentiality of your username and password, and
are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your
password. You agree to (a) immediately notify International Exchange
Alumni of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any
other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your
account at the end of each session. The U.S. Department of State
cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from
your failure to comply with this Section 5.
Member
conduct
You
understand that all information, data, messages or other materials
("Content"), whether publicly posted or privately
transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from which
such Content originated. This means that you, and not the U.S.
Department of State, are entirely responsible for all Content that
you post, email, transmit or otherwise make available via the site.
The U.S. Department of State does not control the Content posted
and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality
of such Content. You understand that by using the Service, you may
be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable.
Under no circumstances will the U.S. Department of State be liable
in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, for any
errors or omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any
kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed,
transmitted or otherwise made available via the site.
You
agree to not use the site to:
post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
harm minors in any way;
impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, another participant of the U.S. Department of State's international exchange programs;
forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the site;
post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights") of any party;
post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation;
post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
disrupt the normal flow of dialogue or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in exchanges;
interfere with or disrupt the site or servers or networks connected to the site, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the site;
intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, including, but not limited to, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any national or other securities exchange, including, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having the force of law;
stalk or otherwise harass another; or
collect or store personal data about other users.
You
acknowledge that the U.S. Department of State does not pre-screen all
Content, but that the U.S. Department of State and its designees
shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole
discretion to refuse or move any Content that is available via the
site. Without limiting the foregoing, the U.S. Department of State
and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content that
violates the TOS or is otherwise objectionable. You agree that you
must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any
Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or
usefulness of such Content.
You acknowledge and agree that
the U.S. Department of State may preserve Content and may also
disclose Content if required to do so by law or in the good faith
belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary
to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the TOS; (c) respond
to claims that any Content violates the rights of third-parties; or
(d) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of the U.S.
Department of State, its users and the public.
You
understand that the technical processing and transmission of the
site, including your Content, may involve (a) transmissions over
various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical
requirements of connecting networks or devices.
Special
admonitions for international use
Recognizing
the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all
local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable Content.
Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding
the transmission of technical data exported from the United States
or the country in which you reside.
Content
submitted or made available for inclusion on the site
The
U.S. Department of State does not claim ownership of Content you
submit or make available for inclusion on the site.
Indemnity
You
agree to indemnify and hold the U.S. Department of State, and its
subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other
partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to
or arising out of Content you submit, post, transmit or make
available through the site, your use of the site, your connection to
the site, your violation of the TOS, or your violation of any rights
of another.
No
resale of service
You
agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for
any commercial purposes, any portion of the site, use of the site,
or access to the site.
General
practices regarding use and storage
You
acknowledge that the U.S. Department of State may establish general
practices and limits concerning use of the site, including without
limitation the maximum number of days that message board postings or
other uploaded Content will be retained by the site, and the maximum
number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may access
the site in a given period of time. You agree that the U.S.
Department of State has no responsibility or liability for the
deletion or failure to store any messages and other communications
or other Content maintained or transmitted by the site. You
acknowledge that the U.S. Department of State reserves the right to
log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time.
You further acknowledge that the U.S. Department of State reserves
the right to change these general practices and limits at any time,
in its sole discretion, with or without notice.
Modifications
to service
The
U.S. Department of State reserves the right at any time and from
time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently,
the site (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree
that the U.S. Department of State shall not be liable to you or to
any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance
of the site.
Termination
You
agree that the U.S. Department of State, in its sole discretion, may
terminate your password, account (or any part thereof) or use of the
site, and remove and discard any Content within the site, for any
reason, including, without limitation, for lack of use or if the
U.S. Department of State believes that you have violated or acted
inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the TOS. The U.S.
Department of State may also in its sole discretion and at any time
discontinue providing the site, or any part thereof, with or without
notice. You agree that any termination of your access to the site
under any provision of this TOS may be effected without prior
notice, and acknowledge and agree that the U.S. Department of State
may immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related
information and files in your account and/or bar any further access
to such files or the site. Further, you agree that the U.S.
Department of State shall not be liable to you or any third-party
for any termination of your access to the site.
Links
The
site may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World
Wide Web sites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that the U.S.
Department of State is not responsible for the availability of such
external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not
responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products, or
other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You
further acknowledge and agree that the U.S. Department of State
shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any
damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection
with use of or reliance on any such Content, goods or services
available on or through any such site or resource.
The
U.S. Department of State's proprietary rights
You
acknowledge and agree that the site and any necessary software used
in connection with the site ("Software") contain
proprietary and confidential information that is protected by
applicable intellectual property and other laws. You further
acknowledge and agree that Content is protected by copyrights,
trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and
laws. Except as expressly authorized by the U.S. Department of State
or the appropriate participant, you agree not to modify, rent,
lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on
the site or the Software, in whole or in part.
The
U.S. Department of State grants you a personal, non-transferable and
non-exclusive right and license to use the object code of its
Software on a single computer; provided that you do not (and do not
allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of,
reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover
any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest
in or otherwise transfer any right in the Software. You agree not to
modify the Software in any manner or form, or to use modified
versions of the Software, including (without limitation) for the
purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to the Service. You agree
not to access the site by any means other than through the interface
that is provided by the U.S. Department of State for use in
accessing the site.
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