Terms of Use Agreement for the website of Covenant Presbyterian Church:
TERMS OF USE
These Terms of Use were last updated on June 22, 2018.
READ THIS FIRST. This section contains the Terms of Use that govern your use of the Covenant Presbyterian Church website found at www.covenantmadison.org or social media or by otherwise accessing any content found on this website or social media (“Website”). It contains information that you, the “User,” should familiarize yourself with before you use the Website or send information through them. By using the Website the Users are deemed to have entered into an agreement with the owner and operator of the Website, Covenant Presbyterian Church (“Owner”), and to have agreed to be bound by all of the terms set out below.
1. Website Content and Intellectual Property Protection.
A. Material on the Website, including but not limited to, text, software, code,
graphics, photographs, charts, images, data, audio and video (collectively, the
"Materials"), is owned by the Owner or third-party licensors. The Owner and/or
third-party licensors retain all proprietary rights to the Materials, including all
intellectual property rights associated therewith (e.g., copyrights, patents,
trademarks, trade secrets and know-how). Unless otherwise indicated on the
Website, Users may download one copy of the Materials for personal,
noncommercial use and/or printing copies of the Materials for such use, but Users
may not sell, modify, reproduce, display, publicly perform, prepare derivative
works based upon, distribute or otherwise use the Materials in any way without
first obtaining the written permission of the Owner.
Requests for permission for uses not authorized by these Terms of Use may be sent to:
Covenant Presbyterian Church
326 S Segoe Road
Madison, WI 53705
Or e-mailed to info@covenantmadison.org
B. Users must retain all copyright, trademark, and other proprietary notices
contained in the original Materials on any copy Users make of the Materials.
Users may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose all or any portion of
the Website. Users may not use any meta tags or any other similar hidden text
utilizing the PCUSA name or trademarks.
2. User Postings on the Website and Related Social Media.
A. Users are responsible for their own communications and are responsible for the
consequences of any of their postings in the public areas of the Website and
related Owner social media. By submitting any material for posting on the
Website or social media, Users automatically grant (or, if Users are not the owner,
Users warrant that the owner of such material has expressly granted) the Owner a
royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive and fully sublicensable right to
use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from,
distribute, perform, display and otherwise use and exploit such material (in whole
or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other work in any form, media or
technology now known or later developed.
B. The Owner does not represent or guarantee the accuracy, completeness or
reliability of any material posted by Users of the Website or related social media
nor do we endorse any opinions expressed by any Users. A User may rely on
material posted by other users only at User’s own risk. Although the Owner may
occasionally screen or monitor material posted by Users, the Owner does not do
so systematically, and the Owner is not obligated to do so.
C. The Owner may for any reason edit, refuse to post or remove without notice
any materials or items posted by Users. However, the Owner has no obligation to
edit, refuse to post or remove any material, including material that Users may find
objectionable or offensive or that violates these Terms of Use. If Users become
aware of any material that violates these Terms of Use, Users may email such
information to the Owner at info@covenantmadison.org. However, the Owner does
not guarantee that any action will be taken as a result of User’s contact.
3. Prohibited Activities.
Users may not do any of the following while using the Website:
• Upload, download or transfer in any way to the Website messages, information, data,
text, software, graphic files or other materials that are unlawful, harmful, threatening,
abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, hateful or otherwise
objectionable or that may invade another’s privacy (“Disallowed Materials”);
• Upload, download or transfer in any way to the Website any Disallowed Materials that
violate or infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or any intellectual
property right, of whatever nature, of anyone;
• Interfere with or disrupt networks connected to the Website or violate the regulations,
policies or procedures of such networks;
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website, computer systems or networks
connected to the Website, through password mining or any other means;
• Interfere with another User’s use and enjoyment of the Website;
• Upload, download or transfer in any way to the Website Disallowed Materials that
contains a virus, worm, corrupted file, or other harmful program or component;
• Impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, employees of the Owner
or related entities, volunteers or elected representatives or falsely state or otherwise
misrepresent any affiliation with any such person or entity, or upload, download or
transfer in any way to the Website any Disallowed Materials or other materials under a
fictitious name;
• Upload, download or transfer in any way to the Website any Disallowed Materials or
other electronic or other materials that Users do not have a right to upload under law or
under contractual or fiduciary relationships (including but not limited to nondisclosure
agreements);
• Upload, download or transfer in any way to the Website any information or grant
permissions to view information to any person in a manner that exceeds a User’s
contractual or other legal authority;
• Upload, download or transfer in any way to the Website any unsolicited advertising,
promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, contests,
surveys, or any other form of solicitation (commercial or non-commercial); or
• Intentionally or unintentionally violate or encourage or assist another to violate any law
or regulation relating to a User’s use or another's use of the Website.
4. Linking to the Website.
Users may provide a link on their site to the Website subject to the following requirements:
• Users may not frame or alter the appearance or visual presentation of the Website.
• Users may not state or imply that the Owner endorses, sponsors or otherwise approves of
the User’s site or any other sites, unless it is true and accurate. Links to the Website may
not be used in a way that implies or suggests that the Owner approves or endorses the
User, User’s website or User’s goods and services, unless it is true and accurate.
• Links may be text-based using the words: “Covenant Presbyterian Church,” “Covenant” or
"CPC" or graphics based using the Covenant logo (the "Licensed Marks"), subject to
the terms and conditions for use of the Covenant Presbyterian Church Licensed Marks and emblem.
• Users may not use the Licensed Marks on any site that disparages the Owner or any of
the Owner’s affiliates or presents false information about them.
• Users may not use the Licensed Marks as a predominant feature of their site. At a
minimum, this means that the Licensed Marks must appear smaller than the User’s web
page title and any of User’s marks or logos, they may not be displayed more prominently
than other marks or logos on User’s page, and they should not appear at the top of the
page, but rather at the bottom, along the sides or in some less prominent location.
• Users may not use the Licensed Marks in any manner that would adversely affect the
name, reputation or goodwill of the Owner or use the Licensed Marks on any site that
contains any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious,
defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, hateful or otherwise objectionable or that may
invade another's privacy.
• Users may not use the Licensed Marks on any site that violates or infringes any patent,
trademark, trade secret, copyright or any right, of whatever nature, of anyone, or that
violates or encourages or assists another to violate any law or regulation.
• The Owner has no responsibility or liability for any content appearing on a User’s
website. Users agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Owner and its affiliates
and their officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all thirdparty
claims, liability, actions, demands, costs or expenses (including, but not limited to,
reasonable legal and accounting fees) arising from or relating to User’s website. The
Owner reserves the right to defend any such claim and Users agree to provide the Owner
with such reasonable cooperation as it may request.
• By linking, Users acknowledge and agree that, other than as specifically set forth in these
Terms of Use, all rights to the Licensed Marks and other Owner marks and logos belong
to the Owner. In addition, Users acknowledge the validity of the Owner’s ownership in
the Licensed Marks and other Owner marks and logos and will not contest such
ownership or the validity of any registrations of the Owner relating to such marks and
logos. Users agree that use of the Licensed Marks shall inure to the benefit of the Owner.
If Users happen to obtain any rights or goodwill in the Licensed Marks, Users agree that
all such rights and goodwill will automatically vest in the Owner and Users will take all
actions necessary to effect such vesting.
• Users are prohibited from using the Owner’s marks or logos or any names, marks or other
items in a manner that is likely to cause confusion with, dilute or damage the reputation
or image of the Owner.
• The Owner reserves the right at any time and in its sole discretion to request that Users
remove all links or any particular link to the Website from User’s site.
Subject to these Terms of Use and User’s compliance with the above requirements, the Owner
agrees to grant Users a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free license to use the
Licensed Marks solely for the purpose of establishing any link that is permitted hereunder.
Except for the limited license to use the Licensed Marks set forth in this paragraph, Users may
not use any of the Owner’s trademarks or service marks or logos for any other reason without the express written permission of the Owner. The Owner may, at any time, in its sole discretion,
without cause, terminate the license granted herein to use the Licensed Marks and User’s right to link to any pages on the Website. Upon our request, Users agree to immediately remove all links to the Website and to cease using the Licensed Marks. Without limiting the foregoing, if Users violate any of this Section 4, the User’s license to use the Licensed Marks and the User ’s right to link to any pages on the Website automatically terminates. Thereafter, any future links to the Website will require the express written permission of the Owner.
5. Links to Third-Party Sites. The Website contains links to third-party websites. These links
are provided solely for User’s convenience. They are not an endorsement by the Owner of the
contents of such third-party websites. The Owner is not responsible for the content or practices
of linked third-party sites. The Owner does not make any representations or warranties about the
content or accuracy of materials on such third-party websites or the practices of such sites. If
Users decide to access linked third-party websites, they do so at their own risk. Users should
review the terms of use, privacy policy, and other policies of any linked site.
6. Submissions. Any comments, feedback, notes, messages, ideas, suggestions or other
communications (collectively, "Comments") submitted to the Owner is the exclusive property of
the Owner. The Owner is entitled to use, reproduce, disclose, publish and distribute any
Comments for any purpose whatsoever, without restriction and without compensating Users in
any way. For this reason, the Owner asks that Users do not send any Comments they do not wish
to assign to the Owner, including any confidential information or any original creative items
such as stories, photographs, images, product ideas, computer code or original artwork.
The Owner may for any reason edit, refuse to post, hide, delete or remove without notice any
Comments or other items posted, uploaded, downloaded or otherwise transferred onto the
Website by Users, including the materials and items referred to in this Terms of Use.
7. Claims of Copyright Infringement. If Users believe that their work has been copied or
infringed in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, Users should contact
Covenant Presbyterian Church
326 S Segoe Road
Madison, WI 53705
8. Indemnification. Users agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Owner and its
affiliates and their officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all third-party
claims, liability, actions, demands, costs or expenses (of any nature) arising from or
relating to User’s use of the Website or the Materials, material that Users post to the Website or
otherwise provide to the Owner or User’s breach or violation of these Terms of Use.
The Owner reserves the right to defend any such claim, and Users agree to provide the Owner
with such reasonable cooperation as it may request.
9. Disclaimer of Warranties.
A. The Website, the Materials, and the Licensed Marks are provided on an as-is,
as-available basis without warranties, express or implied. The Owner disclaims all
warranties, express or implied, including the warranty of merchantability, noninfringement
or fitness for a particular purpose.
B. Users understand and agree that the Owner:
(1) is not responsible for the timeliness, misdelivery, deletion or failure to
store any information uploaded, downloaded or transferred in any way to
the Website (or attempted to be uploaded, downloaded or transferred) by
Users;
(2) makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the
information and services provided or obtained through the Website or the
results of User’s use of the Website;
(3) may, in its sole discretion, modify, add or discontinue any aspect,
content or feature of the Website.
Further:
(1) it is the User’s responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness
and usefulness of all information obtained or provided through the
Website; and
(2) the information on the Website may contain typographical errors or
inaccuracies and may not be complete or current and, therefore, the Owner
reserves the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions and to
change or update information at any time without prior notice.
C. Users understand and agree that use of the Website and the Materials is at their
sole risk, that any Materials downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of
the Website is at their own discretion and risk and that Users will be solely
responsible for any damage to the User’s computer system or loss of data that
results from the download of such Materials or any materials and electronic items.
The Owner makes no warranty or representation as to the security of any
information Users transmit to the Owner.
10. Limitation of Liability. The Owner and its affiliates are not liable for any damages (direct,
incident, consequential or otherwise), arising from or in any way connected with these Terms of
Use or the inability to use the Website or the Materials or Licensed Marks or anything else
related to the Website no matter what is the nature of the claim (contract, tort or otherwise).
11. Privacy Policy. The Privacy Policy can also be found on this Website is subject to these
Terms of Use and is incorporated by reference herein.
12. Miscellaneous.
A. The Website is based in the United States. Access to the Materials may not be
legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If Users access the Website from
outside the United States, they do so at their own risk and are responsible for
compliance with the laws of their jurisdiction.
B. These Terms of Use will be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of
Kentucky. By signing on and using the Website, Users agree that any action
arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use may be brought only in a court of
competent jurisdiction in Jefferson County, Kentucky (state or federal), and Users
hereby consent to the jurisdiction, venue and convenience of those courts.
C. Headings in these Terms of Use are for convenience only and shall not be used
to interpret or construe its provisions.
D. If any provision of these Terms of Use is found to be invalid, void or
unenforceable by any court having competent jurisdiction, the remainder of these
Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect.
E. Any waiver of any provision of these Terms of Use will be effective only if it
is in writing signed by the appropriate and approved contract signer of the Owner.
No waiver of any term of these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or
continuing waiver of such term or any other term.
F. Notices to the Owner, other than as provided herein, can be sent to:
Covenant Presbyterian Church
326 S Segoe Road
Madison, WI 53705
13. Changes to these Terms of Use. The Owner may amend these Terms of Use at any time
without prior notice by posting the amended Terms of Use on the Website. If Users use the
Website after such changes, it constitutes the User’s agreement to be bound by the amended
Terms of Use. Hence, Users should review these Terms of Use every time they enter the Website