Association of Livermore Employees (ALE) Website – Terms of Use Agreement

Welcome to the Association of Livermore Employees (ALE) website. By accessing and using this website, you agree to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use. Please read this agreement carefully before accessing or using this website. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, you must not access or use the website.

1. Use of Website

The ALE website is provided for the sole purpose of enabling ALE members to interact and share information. The website may only be used for lawful purposes and in accordance with this agreement. You may not use the website in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair any ALE server or the network(s) connected to any ALE server, nor may you interfere with any other party’s use of the website.

2. Authorized Users

The website may only be used by authorized individuals, including active ALE members and invited guests. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information about yourself as prompted by the website’s registration form. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account.

3. Privacy

Your use of the website is subject to our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into this agreement. Please read our Privacy Policy carefully for information on how we collect, use, and disclose information from and about users of the website.

4. Intellectual Property

All content on the ALE website, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, images, audio clips, software, and video clips, is the property of ALE or its content suppliers and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. You may not copy, distribute, reproduce, or transmit any content from the website without the prior written consent of ALE or the appropriate copyright owner.

5. Prohibited Conduct

You may not use the website to:

– upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, invasive of another’s privacy, or contains hate speech;
– upload, 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;
– impersonate any person or entity or falsely represent your affiliation with any person or entity;
– forge headers or manipulate identifiers to disguise the origin of any content transmitted through the website;
– upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, spam, or any other form of solicitation;
– interfere with or disrupt the website or servers or networks connected to the website, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies, or regulations of networks connected to the website;
– engage in any activity that constitutes or encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any applicable law, treaty, or regulation.

6. No Warranty

The website is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. ALE does not warrant that the website will be uninterrupted or error-free, nor does it warrant that any defects will be corrected.

7. Limitation of Liability

Under no circumstances shall ALE be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of or in connection with your use of or inability to use the website, even if ALE has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.

8. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless ALE, its officers, directors, employees, agents, and affiliates from any claim, demand, loss, liability, damage, cost, or expense, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or in connection with your use of the website, your content, or your violation of this agreement or any applicable law or regulation.

9. Dispute Resolution

This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of California. Any dispute arising out of or relating to this agreement or the website shall be resolved through binding arbitration conducted in accordance with the Rules of the American Arbitration Association, and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The arbitration shall be held in the city of Livermore, California.

10. Modifications

ALE reserves the right to modify this agreement at any time without prior notice. Your continued use of the website after any such modifications shall constitute your acceptance of the modified agreement. It is your responsibility to review this agreement periodically for changes.

11. Termination

ALE may terminate this agreement and your access to the website at any time without prior notice if you breach any provision of this agreement or engage in any conduct that ALE, in its sole discretion, deems inappropriate. Upon termination, you must immediately cease all use of the website.

12. Entire Agreement

This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and ALE regarding the use of the website and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether oral or written, between you and ALE.

If you have any questions or comments about this agreement, please contact us at info@ale.com.