Ladera Hope - Keep the Dream Alive

TERMS OF USE - PRIVACY POLICY

Site Policies

The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by Ladera Hope and while we endeavor to keep the information up-to-date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.

In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage, including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website.

Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of the Ladera Hope. We are providing this website and links to other sites in an effort to share information with our subscribers and the Ladera Ranch community at large. We hope you find it informative and recognize that, while we endeavor to review the websites we provide as links, we have no control over the nature, accuracy or reliability and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.

Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, Ladera Hope takes no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.

If you have any questions regarding our site policies, please send e-mail to laderahope@cox.net.

Privacy

The Ladera Hope Site Privacy Policy
We may collect personal information on this site. We will not sell, rent or otherwise provide any of your personal information to any third parties except in the case where required by a court of law. We may use general demographic information for marketing purposes. This excludes any and all information that could allow them to personally identify you. We may provide information to law enforcement and emergency officials if we believe you are an imminent danger to yourself or others.

Terms of Service

Updated 1/3/2008

By using or accessing Ladera Hope site, or any subdomain thereof (the "Site"), or by using any of the services provided by the Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms") and the Privacy Policy of Ladera Hope ("LaderaHope.org", "LaderaPower.com" or "Ladera Hope"). Collectively these are referred to as the "Agreement." If you do not agree to the terms of this Agreement you may not use or access the Site or the Services.

Ladera Hope may at its sole discretion modify this Agreement from time to time, and may modify, suspend or terminate the Site and Services for any reason or no reason and without notice.

1. Description of the Services

Ladera Hope forum provides its users the ability to post without limitation text, writing, stories, and images that are owned by users of Ladera Hope or to which they have any necessary rights ("User Content"), and to engage in both private and public discussions and interactions.

Though the Site and Services are normally available, at times the Site or Services are interrupted for scheduled maintenance or upgrades, for emergency repairs, or due to failure of equipment and telecommunications links beyond the control of Ladera Hope. Ladera Hope reserves the right to delete any Content for any reason without notice. Some deleted content may be stored by Ladera Hope to meet legal obligations. Ladera Hope recommends that you keep a backup of your User Content.

2. Age Requirements

Users of the Service must be at least 18 years of age. No information of children under 18 will be knowingly collected by Ladera Hope. If parents or guardians become aware that a child has provided information, such as through misrepresenting their age, they should immediately Contact Us with details of the account.

3. Member Conduct

Pursuant to this Agreement, you agree not to:

Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any content that is illegal.
Invade another user's privacy. This includes revealing another user's password, phone number, address or any other personally identifiable information.
Create member names, or post or send messages that denigrate, threaten, abuse or harm others on the basis of race, culture, religion, sexual orientation, nationality or gender.
Make personal attacks against other members. This includes name-calling.
Use excessive profanity
Harass, stalk or send unwanted messages.
Transmit, solicit or post sexually explicit messages, text or photographs.
Impersonate another user or staff.
Promote violence
Post or send messages that tell other members how to potentially harm themselves or others.
Transmit unsolicited messages that advertise or link to businesses, sites, programs or other unauthorized commercial ventures. This includes junk mail, spam, bulk mailings, unauthorized promotional materials and pyramid schemes.
Forge headers or otherwise change identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any content transmitted through our service.
Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any content that they do not have a right to transmit under any law or contractual relationship. This includes proprietary and confidential information learned as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements, and any other inside information.
Transmit anything that violates any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights of another party.
Upload, post, email, fax or otherwise transmit material that contains software viruses or any other code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware or equipment.
Interfere with the site's servers or networks, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to TFS.
Intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law.
Post material that is adult or mature in nature.

4. Spam

If you use the Service to transmit any unsolicited commercial messages you agree to pay a fine of $500 per message to Ladera Hope.

5. Submissions & License

Ladera Hope does not claim ownership to your User Content. By posting or submitting User Content to the Ladera Hope Forum, you grant the Ladera Hope Forum the non-exclusive, transferrable, worldwide right to use, transmit, reproduce, sub-license, create derivative works from, display, perform, adapt, modify, distribute, have distributed, and promote the content in any form, anywhere and for any purpose. You acknowledge that you are solely responsible for all Content you submit to the Site or provide to the Service. You represent that you either own the User Content or have the rights necessary to grant Ladera Hope this license.

6. Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Liability

LADERA HOPE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICE, OR THE CONTENT OR PRODUCTS, PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. LADERA HOPE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. LADERA HOPE MAKES NO WARRANTY AS TO THE SECURITY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND PERFORMANCE OF THIS SERVICE. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT LADERA RANCH IS NOT LIABLE FOR YOUR DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT, OR SUCH CONDUCT BY THIRD PARTIES, AND YOU EXPRESSLY ASSUME ALL RISKS AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGES AND LOSSES ARISING FROM SUCH CONDUCT. EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS, LIMITED REMEDIES PROVIDED HEREIN, AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, LADERA HOPE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM USE OF THE SERVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, EVEN IF LADERA HOPE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMERS, WAIVERS AND LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF OR LIMITATIONS ON CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR DAMAGES. THEREFORE, SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL LADERA HOPE AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED THE AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU TO LADERA HOPE PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT.

7. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Ladera Hope and its officers, directors, members, employees, and agents, from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising out of or in any way connected with your access to or use of the Site or Services, or your violation of this Agreement

8. Jurisdiction

This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflicts of law rules. You expressly agree that the exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or your use of the Services will be filed only in the federal courts located in the State of California, or state courts located in Orange County, California. You further agree and submit to the exercise of personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of litigating any such claim or action. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of, or related to, use of the Services or this Agreement must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose, or be forever barred.

9. Copyright Infringement

We accept notifications of alleged copyright violations in accordance with the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (The text of the act can be found at http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/). Note that if you materially misrepresent a claim of copyright infringement you will be liable for damages (incuding costs and attorney fees -- see http://www.onlinepolicy.org/action/legpolicy/opg_v_diebold/) We require the following information in order to respond to your request:

Describe in detail the copyrighted work that you believe has been infringed upon (for example, "The copyrighted work is the code that appears on http://www.example.com/thecode.html)
Identify the material that you claim is infringing the copyrighted work listed in #1. Include relevant URL's that will allow us to identify the work.
Your address, telephone number, and email address
Include the following statement "I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described above as allegedly infringing is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law"
Include the following statement "I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed."
Sign the notification (Type your full name to sign it electronically if submitted via email).
Send the notification to our agent at laderahope@cox.net.

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