TERMS OF USE

Welcome to www.whatcomcoalition.com (the “Site”) owned and operated by Whatcom Coalition (“Organization,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).  On our Site, we provide online services to our users (“You” or “Your”) to provide you with content, allow you to contact us, letting you sign up for our newsletter, and allowing you to share or “like” our Site or its features with your social network (collectively, the “Services”).  The following terms and conditions (these “Terms of Use”) form a binding agreement between You and us.  Please review the following terms carefully.  Each time you access the Site or use the Services, You are agreeing to be bound by these Terms of Use.  If You do not agree to all of these Terms of Use, we are unwilling to grant You access to the Site or Services, and You must cease access to the Site and Services immediately.

  1. RULES REGARDING INFORMATION AND OTHER CONTENT.  When You access the Site and/or Services, You obtain access to various kinds of information and materials, all of which we call “Content.”  You understand and acknowledge that Organization and/or its licensors own all intellectual property and proprietary rights to the Content we provide on the Site plus any software, code and/or systems in the Site (collectively, “Our Property”). Our Property may not be copied, modified, reproduced, republished, posted, transmitted, sold, offered for sale, or redistributed in any way without our prior written permission and the prior written permission of our applicable licensors.  You must abide by all copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in or attached to any of Our Property.  Our Property includes certain of the names, logos, and other materials displayed on the Site or in the Services constitute trademarks, tradenames, service marks or logos (“Marks”) of us or other entities.  You are not authorized to use any such Marks.  Ownership of all such Marks and the goodwill associated therewith remains with us or those other entities.

Content also includes information and materials posted to the Site or through the Services by You.  As between You and us, You retain any intellectual property rights in any copyrighted materials and trademarks that are contained in Content that You post to the Site or through the Services.  You grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid, fully sublicenseable, worldwide license, under any and all of Your intellectual property rights related to that Content, to the extent necessary for us to provide the Services.  You also authorize us to sublicense those rights to our contractors who help us provide the Services.  You agree not to revise Content posted by others, and You represent and warrant that You will not post or use any Content in any manner that:

  • Infringes the copyright, trademark, trade secret, or other intellectual property or proprietary right of others;
  • violates the privacy, publicity, or other rights of third parties;
  • is discriminatory, defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive, or hateful, as determined by Organization in its sole discretion; or is false or inaccurate.

Though we strive to enforce the above rules with all of our users and our other customers, You may be exposed through the Site or Services to Content that violates our policies or is otherwise offensive. You access the Site and Services at Your own risk.  We may, but are not obligated to remove Content from the Site if we determine or suspect that the Content violates these Terms of Use.  We take no responsibility for Your exposure to Content on the Site or through the Services whether it violates our content policies or not.

  1. GENERAL RULES OF USER CONDUCT.  It is our goal to make access to our Site and Services a good experience for all of our users.  You agree not to, and represent and warrant that You will not, reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the Site or Services, use the Site or Services or access the Site or Services for any purposes other than for which the Site or Services are being provided to You, or do any of the following:
  • Conduct or promote any illegal activities while using the Site or Services;
  • upload, distribute or print anything that may be harmful to minors;
  • attempt to reverse engineer or jeopardize the correct functioning of the Site, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code of the software (including the tools, methods, processes, and infrastructure) that enables or underlies the Site;
  • attempt to gain access to secured portions of the Site or Services to which You do not possess access rights;
  • upload or transmit any form of virus, worm, Trojan horse, or other malicious code;
  • use the Site or Services to generate unsolicited email advertisements or SPAM; allow, enable, or otherwise support the transmission of mass unsolicited, commercial advertising or solicitations via e-mail (SPAM);
  • use the Site or Services to stalk, harass or harm another individual;
  • use any high volume automatic, electronic or manual process to access, search or harvest information from the Site or Services (including without limitation robots, spiders or scripts);
  • interfere in any way with the proper functioning of the Site and Services or interfere with or disrupt any servers or networks connected to the Site or Services, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Site or Services;
  • impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise misrepresent Your affiliation with a person or entity; or
  • frame the Site, place pop-up windows over its pages, or otherwise affect the display of its pages.
  1. MODIFICATIONS TO TERMS.  We may change these Terms of Use from time to time on a going-forward basis.  We will notify you of any such changes by posting notice of the changes on the Site.  Any such modifications become effective upon your continued access to and/or use of the Site or Services after we post notice of such modifications.  It is Your sole responsibility to check the Site from time to time to view any such changes to these Terms of Use.  If You do not agree to any changes, if and when such changes may be made to these Terms of Use, You must cease access to the Site and use of the Services.
  2. MODIFICATIONS TO THE SITE OR SERVICES.  We reserve the right to modify or discontinue the Site or Services with or without notice to You.  We will not be liable to You or any third party should we exercise our right to modify or discontinue the Site or Services.  If You object to any such changes, Your sole recourse will be to cease access to the Site or Services.  Continued access to the Site or Services following notice of any such changes will indicate Your acknowledgement of such changes and satisfaction with the Site or Services as so modified.
  3. All uses of Your personal information will be treated in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated by this reference into these Terms of Use.
  4. THIRD PARTY CONTENT AND OTHER WEBSITES.  Content from other users and other third parties may be made available to you through the Site and/or Services.  Because we do not control such content, you agree that we are not responsible for any such content.  We make no guarantees about the accuracy, currency, suitability, or quality of the information in such content, and we assume no responsibility for unintended, objectionable, inaccurate, misleading, or unlawful content made available by other users, advertisers, and other third parties or violation of any third party rights related to such content.  The Site and Services may contain links to websites not operated by organization.  We are not responsible for the content, products, materials, or practices (including privacy practices) of such websites.  You understand that by using the Site and/or Services you may be exposed to third-party websites that you find offensive, indecent or otherwise objectionable.  We make no warranty, representation, endorsement, or guarantee regarding, and accept no responsibility for, the quality, content, nature or reliability of third party websites, products or services accessible by hyperlink or otherwise from the Site and/or the Services.  We provide these links for your convenience only and we do not control such websites.  Our inclusion of links to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the materials on such third party websites or any association with their operators.  It is your responsibility to review the privacy policies and terms of use of any other website you visit.  You agree that in no event will we be liable to you in connection with any websites, content, products, materials, or practices of any third party, including other users.
  5. DURATION OF ACCESS.  You agree that Organization, in its sole discretion, may immediately terminate your access to the Site and the Services at any time, for any reason, in its sole discretion.  YOU AGREE THAT WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR ANY TERMINATION OF YOUR ACCESS TO THE SITE OR THE SERVICES OR DELETION OF YOUR USER CONTENT.
  6. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES.  YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE SITE OR THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.  BOTH THE SITE AND THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY ORGANIZATION ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. ORGANIZATION EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE, OPERABILITY, CONDITION, QUIET ENJOYMENT, VALUE, ACCURACY OF DATA AND SYSTEM INTEGRATION.  ORGANIZATION MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE; NOR DOES ORGANIZATION MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SITE OR THE SERVICES OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE SITE OR THE SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY MATERIAL OR INFORMATION DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SITE OR THE SERVICES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SERVICES OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH MATERIAL AND/OR INFORMATION.
  7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.  YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT WE ARE ONLY WILLING TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE SITE AND TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES IF YOU AGREE TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS OF OUR LIABILITY TO YOU AND TO THIRD PARTIES.  YOU UNDERSTAND THAT TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL ORGANIZATION OR ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS, PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF REVENUES, PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA, LOST OPPORTUNITIES, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTIONS OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF SUCH PARTIES WERE ADVISED OF, KNEW OF OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY), ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OR ACCESS TO, OR THE INABILITY TO USE OR TO ACCESS, THE SITE OR THE SERVICES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARE BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE AND STRICT LIABILITY), WARRANTY, STATUTE OR OTHERWISE. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD PARTIES OR FOR ANY INFORMATION APPEARING ON THIRD PARTY SITES.  IN NO EVENT WILL ORGANIZATION BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ACT OR OMISSION OF ANY USER.  IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SITE OR THE SERVICES, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USE OF THE SITE AND THE SERVICES.  THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF ORGANIZATION TO YOU FOR ANY PARTICULAR CLAIM ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE SITE OR THE SERVICES IS LIMITED TO FIVE DOLLARS (U.S. $5.00).  SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.  ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.  TO THE EXTENT THAT WE MAY NOT, AS A MATTER OF APPLICABLE LAW, DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OR LIMIT LIABILITIES, THE SCOPE AND DURATION OF SUCH WARRANTY AND THE EXTENT OF OUR LIABILITY WILL BE THE MINIMUM PERMITTED UNDER SUCH APPLICABLE LAW.

TO THE EXTENT THE LAW PERMITS, YOU RELEASE US FROM ANY CLAIMS OR LIABILITY RELATED TO ANY CONTENT POSTED ON THE SITE OR THROUGH THE SERVICES AND FROM CLAIMS RELATED TO THE CONDUCT OF ANY USER.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL ORGANIZATION OR ITS LICENSORS BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DELAY OR FAILURE IN PERFORMANCE RESULTING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM ACTS OF NATURE, FORCES, OR CAUSES BEYOND ITS REASONABLE CONTROL, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INTERNET FAILURES, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT FAILURES, TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT FAILURES, OTHER EQUIPMENT FAILURES, ELECTRICAL POWER FAILURES, STRIKES, LABOR DISPUTES, RIOTS, INSURRECTIONS, CIVIL DISTURBANCES, SHORTAGES OF LABOR OR MATERIALS, FIRES, FLOODS, STORMS, EXPLOSIONS, ACTS OF GOD, WAR, GOVERNMENTAL ACTIONS, ORDERS OF DOMESTIC OR FOREIGN COURTS OR TRIBUNALS, OR NON-PERFORMANCE OF THIRD PARTIES.

  1. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Organization, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, partners, employees, consultants and agents, from and against any and all third-party claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, expenses, fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs) that such parties may incur as a result of or arising from (1) any of Your Content and/or information that You submit, post or transmit through the Site or the Services, (2) Your use of the Site or the Services, (3) Your violation of these Terms of Use, (4) Your violation of any rights of any other person or entity or (5) any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other similar harmful or deleterious programming routines input by You into the Site or the Services.
  2. LINKING TO THE SITE.  You may provide links to the Site, provided that You (a) do not remove or obscure, by framing or otherwise, advertisements, proprietary notices, or other notices on the Site, and (b) discontinue providing links to the Site immediately upon our request.
  3. COPYRIGHTS VIOLATIONS.  We respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask You to do the same. If You believe that Your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our Copyright Agent the following information:
  • An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
  • a description of the copyrighted work that You claim has been infringed;
  • a description of where the material that You claim is infringing is located on the Site or the Services;
  • Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
  • a statement by You that You have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
  • a statement by You, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in Your notice is accurate and that You are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.

Please send notices of claims of copyright infringement on the Site or the Services to 2423 E. Bakerview Road, Bellingham, Washington 98226 or [email protected].

  1. GENERAL TERMS.  You are responsible for compliance with all applicable laws.  These Terms of Use and the relationship between You and us will be governed by the laws of the State of Washington, without giving effect to any choice of laws principles that would require the application of the laws of a different country or state.  Any legal action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use, or Your use of the Site or the Services must be instituted exclusively in the federal or state courts located in the State of Washington and in no other jurisdiction.  You further consent to exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue in, and agree to service of process issued or authorized by, any such court.  These Terms of Use are personal to You, and You may not transfer, assign or delegate Your right and/or duties under these Terms of Use to anyone else and any attempted assignment or delegation is void.  You acknowledge that we have the right hereunder to seek an injunction, if necessary, to stop or prevent a breach of Your obligations hereunder.  The paragraph headings in these Terms of Use, shown in boldface type, are included only to help make these Terms of Use easier to read and have no binding effect.  Any delay or failure by us to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.  No waiver by us shall have effect unless such waiver is set forth in writing, signed by us; nor shall any such waiver of any breach or default constitute a waiver of any subsequent breach or default. These Terms of Use constitute the complete and exclusive agreement between You and us with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all prior oral or written understandings, communications or agreements. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of these Terms of Use, or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision of these Terms of Use will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of the parties, and the remainder of these Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.
  2. Please report any violations of these Terms of Use to [email protected].
  3. LAST UPDATED.  October 29, 2019