Terms of Use

Last Updated December 4, 2010

Welcome to the Central Region Consortium website. This website is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance of the terms and conditions outlined here. By using this website, you accept these terms of use in full. If you disagree with these terms of use or any part of these terms of use, you must not use our website.

Privacy
Any information you disclose voluntarily on our comments page or in any properties hosted by the Central Region Consortium becomes public information. We cannot control the action of our site users and advise you to always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information about yourself or your children in any Communication Service.

Information sharing is optional and done so at your own risk. Privacy is a very personal matter and we encourage you to be careful and responsible when disclosing personal information online.

The Central Region Consortium does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Service and, therefore, the Central Region Consortium specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Service.

Use of Communication Services
The Central Region Consortium website may contain bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the public at large or with a group (collectively, "Communication Services"), you agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Communication Service.

By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Communication Service, you will not use our website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the website; or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity. You must not use our website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer.

In addition you will not use our website to defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others; publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information; advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages; conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters; download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner; falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded; restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services; violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service; harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent or violate any applicable laws or regulations.

Central Region Consortium has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, Central Region Consortium website reserves the right to review materials posted to a Communication Service and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. Central Region Consortium website reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

Central Region Consortium reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in Central Region Consortium's sole discretion.

Links to Third Party Sites
The Central Region Consortium website may contain links to other websites ("linked sites"). The linked sites are not under the control of Central Region Consortium and Central Region Consortium is not responsible for the contents of any linked site, including without limitation any link contained in a linked site, or any changes or updates to a linked site.

Central Region Consortium is not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any linked site. Central Region Consortium is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Central Region Consortium of the site or any association with its operators.

Changes to Terms of Use
The Central Region Consortium may update the terms of use to reflect changes in our services, business practices and based on your feedback. When changes are made the "last updated" date at the top of this page will be updated.

Contact Us
The Central Region Consortium welcomes your comments regarding the terms of use. If you have questions or comments please email Sue Clark at clarks@yosemite.edu.