General Notice
As the host of freechild.org, the Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement has created this notice of privacy to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy related to our web site.
We endeavor to keep this site available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. However, we are subject to the same technological challenges, including hardware and systems failures, as anyone else using the Internet. We will also occasionally need to bring the site down to make updates and content changes.
Following are the terms of our privacy policy and the terms of use for users of freechild.org, which all users expressly understand and agree to upon visiting any page contained within the parameters of any website which is owned by the Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement.
Privacy Policy
the Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement, host of freechild.org, is committed to protecting the privacy of users of its services.
IP Address
We use your IP address (aggregated with every other freechild.org user’s IP address) to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer our Web site, and to determine usage patterns of different areas of the site over time. We cannot identify you as an individual via your IP address. It allows us to determine what country you are from and what Internet service provider you are using. This information is used internally only. This information will never be shared, bartered or sold, even in the aggregate.
Personal Information
We do not collect personal information when you use our site. Users are not members, and the Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement doesn’t not offer memberships or other signatory opportunities. We give you the opportunity to sign up for – and opt out of – our e-mail newsletter at your own discretion. This site contains links to other sites. The Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these Web sites.
User Submissions
In many places on freechild.org, we ask you to submit information such as organizational profiles, links, handouts, etc. To provide such information, you must send an email to info@freechild.org. Please note that when you submit any material to freechild.org, you are granting the Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement and freechild.org a license to use, display, publicly perform, distribute, reproduce, modify and prepare derivative works from such material. Accordingly, we require that you only submit information that is owned by you or which you have authority or permission to submit to freechild.org. Liability for posting materials without permission is the sole responsibility of the person who submitted the materials. If you recognize materials on freechild.org that you believe are being used without proper consent, please notify our staff at info@freechild.org. For more information about user submissions, please see “Additional Terms and Conditions of Use” below.
Updating Your Submissions
We try to make it as simple as possible for users to update their personal information. To update your information, send an email to info@freechild.org. To update or delete submissions you have made to the site that have yet to be reviewed by staff and approved or rejected, please send an e-mail to info@freechild.org.
Policy Changes
The Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement may modify the terms of this privacy policy and terms of use by posting notice of such modification on this page or another page of this site entitled “Privacy Policy and Terms of Use” or similar title. By using the site, you agree that you have read and will periodically review the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use to be aware of any such revisions. If any revision is unacceptable to you, you agree to stop accessing freechild.org. Your continued use of freechild.org following such notification of any such revision (s) shall be conclusively deemed as acceptance of and agreement to abide by all such revisions.
Additional Terms and Conditions of Use
By using freechild.org, you agree to the following terms and conditions:
User Submissions
The following shall apply to all submissions to the freechild.org website. Once you make a submission to freechild.org, you will have the opportunity to edit or delete your submission until the Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement staff has reviewed and revised, posted or deleted the submission. We will make reasonable effort to follow your wishes regarding your submissions. If you want to edit or delete a submission after it has been posted to the site, you can e-mail info@freechild.org. Our staff will endeavor to respond within 24 hours.
We reserve the right to edit and/or exclude all or any part of your submissions to freechild.org. Staff may choose to edit the submission for grammar, spelling, content, or to make it clearer. The usual reason for exclusion would be that the submission is off-topic or contains offensive information. Decisions regarding submissions will be made at the sole discretion of freechild.org staff and are final.
You hereby grant the Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement, through its website called freechild.org, and its successors and assigns a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, transferable, sub licensable, worldwide license to Use (as defined below) for any purposes relating to freechild.org and its programs and publications (“Promotional Purposes”), all or any portion of the text, graphics, artwork, images, content and other materials which you submit to the freechild.org website (collectively the “Works”), and to identify you, or not to identify you, as one or more authors of or contributors to the Works or any portion thereof, whether or not the Works or any portion thereof has been modified. You further waive any moral rights, or other rights with respect to attribution of authorship or integrity of the Works or any use of the Work. “Use” means use, reproduce, distribute, perform and display (whether publicly or otherwise), prepare derivative works of and otherwise modify all or any portion of a Work, including, without limitation, the making of additions to or deletions, regardless of the medium (now or hereafter known) into which the Work may be modified and regardless of the effect of such modifications on the Work. Use for Promotional Purposes includes, without limitation, use in calendars, newsletters, exhibitions, slide shows, brochures, posters and on websites and such promotional products as T-shirts.
You warrant that you have obtained all authorizations, releases, clearances, and consents that may be required in connection with Use of the Works, including without limitation (i) written releases from individuals appearing recognizably in the Works; and (ii) if any pre-existing copyrighted works are included in the Works, licenses from the copyright owners of such Works.
Everything on this website is protected by applicable intellectual property laws. In addition, the graphics, icons, organization, arrangement, and overall appearance of freechild.org are also the property of the Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement. The posting of information by the Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement does not constitute a waiver of any of the Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement’s proprietary rights (including, but not limited to, copyrights or trademarks) or a grant of any rights to you. You may not sell, reprint, or republish, or copy for other than non-commercial use, in any form or media, the information or any portion thereof without the prior written consent of the Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement. You agree to abide by any and all additional copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained anywhere on the Website. You agree not to delete any copyright or similar notice from any Information you obtain from freechild.org.
Links to Other Websites
Links are established between freechild.org and other websites operated by third parties, and additional links may be established from time to time. the Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement has no control over any such other websites or any contents therein and will have no liability arising out of such websites or their content. The existence of any such links does not constitute an endorsement by the Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement, the contents of the websites or the operators of the websites.
No Warranties; Limitation of Liability
Although the Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement attempts to provide useful information, we do not guarantee the accuracy, timeliness or quality of the information. The Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement assumes no obligation to update or continue to post any information. The Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement does not guarantee that access to freechild.org will be uninterrupted, that freechild.org will be free of viruses or that freechild.org cannot be tampered with by third parties. ALL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS, WITH NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE, ACCURACY, OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. USE OF FREECHILD.ORG AND THE INFORMATION IS AT THE USER’S SOLE RISK. ACCORDINGLY, IN NO EVENT WILL THE FREECHILD INSTITUTE FOR YOUTH ENGAGEMENT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO FREECHILD.ORG, ANY WEBSITE OPERATED BY ANY THIRD PARTY OR ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED IN FREECHILD.ORG OR ANY OTHER WEBSITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, WHETHER UNDER CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY, EVEN IF THE INNOVATION CENTER IS AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO STOP USING THE SITE AND THE INFORMATION.
Contacting freechild.org
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with freechild.org or the Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement, please contact:
Adam Fletcher, Director
Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement
PO Box 1455
Estacada, OR 97023
(360) 489-9680
info@freechild.org
Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement 