Terms of Use
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Use of Materials on this Site
The Center for Security Policy maintains this site for your personal information, education, and communication. Please feel free to browse our site. All materials on our site, including but not limited to artwork, photographs, graphics, data collections, methods of analysis, ratings, text and trademarks, are the sole property of The Center for Security Policy or its licensors. The exclusive rights to all materials on this site are protected by U.S. and international laws of copyright, trademark and unfair competition.
You agree to use our site only in a non-commercial manner. You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, modify, display, prepare derivative works based on, republish, transmit, repost or otherwise use the content of our site, without prior written authorization from The Center for Security Policy. To request such permission, contact the Center at 202-835-9077. In no event may The Center for Security Policy trademarks, symbols, ratings, artwork or other visual or audio elements be reproduced separately from the textual content associated with them on the site.
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. However, your confidential use of this site cannot be guaranteed by The Center for Security Policy. The Center for Security Policy shall not be responsible for any harm that you or any person may suffer as the result of a breach of confidentiality with respect to information you transmitted to the site.
Outside Links
The Center for Security Policy has not reviewed all of the sites linked to this site and is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any off-site pages or any other sites linked to this site, whether or not they are affiliated with The Center for Security Policy. Such linked sites are for your convenience only and you access them at your own risk. The Center for Security Policy makes no representations or warranties as to the accuracy or functioning of any such link. That another web site is linked to our site does not constitute endorsement by The Center for Security Policy of the owner of the other site, the content of its site, or its products or services.
Limitations on The Center for Security Policy’s Liability
The materials on this site are provided solely for educational purposes. Your use and browsing of this site is at your own risk. While unlikely, the materials could include technical inaccuracies or other errors. They are provided to you “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, warranties of merchantability, non-infringement of intellectual property, and fitness for a particular purpose. The Center for Security Policy does not warrant that the functions contained in centerforsecuritypolicy.org materials will be uninterrupted, error-free or that defects will be corrected. The Center for Security Policy does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the materials on our site in terms of their correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise.
Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall The Center for Security Policy be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, business interruption, loss of information) arising out of or in connection with the use of, or inability to use, the materials on our site, even if The Center for Security Policy or a Center-authorized representative has been advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event shall The Center for Security Policy’s total liability to you for all damages, losses, and causes of action, including but not limited to negligence, arising out of or in connection with your use of this site, exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for accessing this site.
The Center for Security Policy makes no warranty of any kind, expressed or implied that its site is free of viruses or other computer-software issues that could harm your computer, its software or any related items. You (and not The Center for Security Policy) assume the entire cost associated with any necessary service, repair or correction as a direct or indirect result of your use of The Center for Security Policy.
With regard to all of the disclaimers above, applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages, so the above may not apply.
General Provisions
The materials on centerforsecuritypolicy.org are presented solely for educational purposes in the United States and Canada. The Center for Security Policy may make changes to this site at any time without notice. The Center for Security Policy’s official address is listed in the District of Columbia at 1901 Pennsylvania Ave, Suite 201, Washington, DC 20006. The Center for Security Policy does not warrant or represent that materials on our site are appropriate or available for use in all locations. If you choose to access our site from one of these locations, you do so at your own initiative and you are responsible for complying with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. The Center for Security Policy reserves the right to deny access to the site to anyone at any time.
These terms shall be governed by and construed according to the laws of the District of Columbia, as they are applied to agreements entered into and to be performed entirely within the District of Columbia. Any claim or cause of action arising out of or relating to these terms shall be barred unless such claim or cause of action is brought within one year after it arises; any such claim or cause of action shall be brought only in the state or federal courts in the District of Columbia, and you consent to jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of litigating such actions.
Whenever possible, each provision of these terms shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision is deemed prohibited or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of these terms.
This is the entire agreement between us relating to your use of this site. These terms may not be modified by you, in writing or otherwise, unless agreed to in a written document signed by The Center for Security Policy.
You represent and warrant to The Center for Security Policy that you are at least eighteen (18) years old and that you possess the legal right and ability to enter into this agreement and to use the site in accordance with this agreement.
Privacy
Normal website usage:
The Center for Security Policy has a strong commitment to internet privacy. You can visit most portions of centerforsecuritypolicy.org without telling us who you are and without revealing any personal information. The only information we collect from a normal web site visit is the name of your internet service provider, the browser and type of machine you are using, the web site that referred you to us, the pages you request and the date and time you request them. We use this information to generate statistics and measure site activity to improve the usefulness of The Center for Security Policy site to our visitors.
Collection of personally identifiable information:
The Center for Security Policy may collect email addresses and other personally identifiable data about visitors when such data is voluntarily submitted to centerforsecuritypolicy.org. For example, our site uses information collection forms for voluntarily signing statements. Contact information from these forms may be used to send information and data about The Center for Security Policy to our visitors. We request financial information from any of our visitors only for the purpose of a secure donation under the system of an outside processing service, Piryx.
The Center for Security Policy makes every effort to insure the secure collection and transmission of sensitive user information using industry accepted data collection and encryption methodologies.
The Center for Security Policy does not sell or otherwise disclose private user information outside the organization. Visitors who sign statements which are identified as having signatories posted are understood to be voluntarily providing their signatory and contact information for public posting at the website.
Cookies:
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Amendment:
The Center for Security Policy may amend this policy from time to time. If we make substantial changes in the way we use your name, address, or other information about you that you have disclosed to us, we will notify you by posting announcements on our web site.
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