These Terms and Conditions (collectively “Terms”) govern your access to and use of the websites located at www.stem-hub.org and www.stem-hub.com (collectively the "Service"), which is operated by Career Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County ("us", "we", or "our").
Please read these Terms carefully before using the Service.
Your access to and use of the Service is conditioned upon your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. These Terms apply to all visitors, users and others who wish to access or use the Service.
By accessing or using the Service you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you disagree with any part of the terms then you do not have permission to access, and are prohibited from accessing, the Service.
By creating an Account on our service, you agree to subscribe (receive) newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information we may send. However, you may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the “unsubscribe” link or instructions provided in any email we may send.
Our Service allows you to post, link, store, share and otherwise make available certain information, text, graphics, videos, or other material ("Content"). You are responsible for the Content that you post on or through the Service, including its legality, reliability, and appropriateness.
By posting Content on or through the Service, you represent and warrant that: (i) you are the legal owner or licensee of the Content (ii) you have the legal right to grant us any rights and license as provided in these Terms, and (iii) that the posting of your Content on or through the Service does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights or any intellectual property rights, contract rights, or any other rights of any person or entity. We reserve the right to remove any Content without prior notice to you. We further reserve the right to terminate the account of anyone who has posted Content that violates these Terms. We have the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit all Content provided by you.
You retain any and all of your rights to any Content you submit, post or display on or through the Service and you are solely responsible for protecting those rights. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for Content you or any third party posts on or through the Service. However, by posting Content using the Service you grant us the right and license to use, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such Content on and through the Service. You agree that this license includes the right for us to make your Content available to other users of the Service, who may also use your Content subject to these Terms.
In addition, Content found on or through this Service is either the property of Career Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County or is being used by us with permission from the Content’s owner or licensee. You may not distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, download, repost, copy, or use any Content, whether in whole or in part, for commercial purposes or for personal gain, without express advance written permission from us.
When you create an account with us, you certify that you are above the age of 13, and that the information you provide to us is accurate, complete, and current at all times. Inaccurate, incomplete, or obsolete information may result in the immediate termination of your account on the Service.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password, including but not limited to the restriction of access to your computer and/or account. You agree to accept responsibility for any and all activities or actions that occur under your account and/or password, whether your password is with our Service or a third-party service. You must notify us immediately upon becoming aware of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account.
You may not use as a username the name of another person or entity, or that is not lawfully available for use, a name or trademark that is subject to any rights of another person, or entity other than you, without appropriate authorization. You may not use as a username any name that is offensive, vulgar or obscene. We reserve the right to terminate any account violating these Terms.
If you use the Service outside the United States, you do so at your own risk, and you are responsible for complying with any laws and regulations of the territory from which you access or use the Service. We make no representation that materials on the Service are appropriate or available for use in locations outside of the United States and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. International users agree to comply with all local laws regarding online conduct and acceptable content.
We respect the intellectual property rights of others. It is our policy to respond to any claim that Content posted on the Service infringes on the copyright or other intellectual property rights ("Infringement") of any person or entity.
If you are a copyright owner, or authorized on behalf of one, and you believe that the copyrighted work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please submit your claim via email to stemhub@ctesonomacounty.org, with the subject line: "Copyright Infringement" and include in your claim a detailed description of the alleged Infringement as detailed below, under "DMCA Notice and Procedure for Copyright Infringement Claims.”
You may be held accountable for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees) for misrepresentation or bad-faith claims on the infringement of any Content found on and/or through the Service on your copyright.
You may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by providing our Organization with the following information in writing (see 17 U.S.C § 512(c)(3) for further detail):
You can contact us via email at stemhub@ctesonomacounty.org.
The Service and its original content (excluding Content provided by users), features and functionality are and will remain the exclusive property of Career Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County and its licensors. The Service is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both the United States and foreign countries. Our trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service without our prior written consent. Any content or material you copy, print, or download is licensed to you by us for your personal, non-commercial home use only, provided that you do not change or delete any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices.
Our Service may contain links to third-party web sites or services that are not owned or controlled by us.
We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party web sites or services. We do not warrant the offerings of any of these entities/individuals or their websites.
You acknowledge and agree that we 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 third-party web sites or services.
We strongly advise that you read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any third- party web sites or services that you visit.
As a condition of your use of the Service, you will not use the Service for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions and notices. You may not use the Service in any way that could damage, disable, overburden, and/or impair the Service or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Service. You may not attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Service, including but not limited to, the following activities: providing false or misleading registration information, disclosing your username or password to anyone; using an account, username, password, or personal information of another user; collecting information about any users of the Service; transmitting or facilitate the transmission of any “spam” in connection with the Service; using any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application or automatic device to retrieve, index, “data mine” or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Service or any content or Information of the Service; modifying the content, programs or other materials on the Service; or hacking into the Service or our servers; framing or mirroring any part of the Service; reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling, translating or otherwise altering any portion of the Service; uploading viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, or other computer programs that are intended to damage the Service.
We may terminate or suspend your account and bar access to the Service immediately, without prior notice or liability, under our sole discretion, for any reason whatsoever and without limitation, including but not limited to a breach of the Terms.
If you wish to terminate your account, you may simply discontinue using the Service.
All provisions of these Terms shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Career Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County and its licensee and licensors, and their employees, contractors, agents, officers and directors, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees), resulting from or arising out of a) your use and access of the Service, by you or any person using your account and password; b) a breach of these Terms, or c) Content posted on the Service.
In no event shall Career Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County, nor its directors, employees, partners, agents, suppliers, or affiliates, be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from (i) your access to or use of or inability to access or use the Service; (ii) any conduct or content of any third party on the Service; (iii) any content obtained from the Service; and (iv) unauthorized access, use or alteration of your transmissions or content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence) or any other legal theory, whether or not we have been informed of the possibility of such damage, and even if a remedy set forth herein is found to have failed of its essential purpose.
Your use of the Service is at your sole risk. The Service is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis. The Service is provided without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement or course of performance.
Career Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County, its subsidiaries, affiliates, and its licensors, do not warrant any of the following: a) the Service will function uninterrupted, secure or available at any particular time or location; b) any errors or defects will be corrected; c) the Service is free of viruses or other harmful components; or d) the results of using the Service will meet your requirements.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, so the limitations above may not apply to you.
These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, in the United States of America, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
You agree that all dispute resolution proceedings, including any court proceeding, will be conducted in Sonoma County, California. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in effect.
These Terms and the Service’s Privacy Notice and Policy constitute the entire agreement between us regarding our Service, and supersede and replace any prior agreements we might have had between us regarding the Service.
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time.
By continuing to access or use our Service after any revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the new Terms, you are not authorized to use the Service.
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at stemhub@ctesonomacounty.org.