Who We Are
Westchester Disabled On the Move, Inc.
Website Terms and Conditions
This wdom.org website (“our site” or “this site”)
is owned and operated by Westchester Disabled On the Move, Inc. (WDOM)
Please read these terms and conditions carefully before using our site.
By using this site you automatically agree to all terms of use. WDOM
may revise these terms from time to time. If you continue to use our
site after we post changes to these terms and conditions, it will mean
that you accept those changes.
Use of Materials on this Site
WDOM maintains
this site for your personal information, education, and communication.
Please feel free to browse our site. All materials on our site, including
but not limited to artwork, photographs, graphics, audio clips, video
clips, text and trademarks are the sole property of the WDOM or its
licensors. The exclusive rights to all materials on this site are protected
by U.S. and international laws of copyright, trademark and unfair competition.
You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, modify,
display, prepare derivative works based on, republish, transmit,
repost or otherwise use the content of our site, without prior written
authorization from WDOM. To request such permission, contact Melvyn
R. Tanzman, Executive Director, WDOM. In no event may WDOM’s
trademarks, symbols, artwork, or otherwise visual or audio elements
be reproduced separately from the textual content associated with
them on the site.
Security
The site has security measures
in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information
under our control. However, your confidential use of this site cannot
be guaranteed by WDOM. WDOM shall not be responsible for any harm that
you or any person may suffer as the result of a breach of confidentiality
with respect to information you transmitted to the site.
Poster Materials
The information and
opinions expressed in materials posted by visitors on the chat areas,
bulletin boards, lists or other venues connected with our site (collectively, “forums”)
are not necessarily those of WDOM or its affiliates and WDOM makes
no representations or warranties regarding such posted materials.
Users should be aware that our forums are public, not private communications.
When you voluntarily disclose personal information on our forums,
that information can be collected and used by others and may result
in unsolicited messages from other people.
You shall not submit, upload or post to our forums
any content which (1) libels, defames, invades, invades privacy,
or is obscene, pornographic, abusive, or threatening; (2) infringes
any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity
including but not limited to, violating anyone’s copyright or trademarks; (3) falsifies or deletes author
attributions, legal notices or other proprietary designations; (4)
violates any law; (5) advocates illegal activity; (6) contains viruses,
corrupted files, or other materials that may cause damage to another’s
computer; (7) supports or opposes any candidate for public office or
(8) advertises or otherwise solicits funds or sales of goods or services.
By posting any content on our forums, you automatically agree to indemnify
WDOM from and against any and all third party claims, demands, liabilities,
costs or expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting
from you breach of these posting restrictions.
By posting any content on our forums, you automatically
grant to WDOM a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable and unrestricted
worldwide right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish,
translate, create derivative works from and distribute the posted
content or incorporate the posted content into any form, medium,
or technology now known or later developed for any purpose, including
advertising and promotion, and you automatically waive all “moral rights” with
respect to the posted content.
Outside Links
WDOM has not reviewed
all of the sites linked to this site and is not responsible for the
privacy practices or the content of any off-site pages or any other
sites linked to this site, whether or not they are affiliated with
WDOM. Such linked sites are for your convenience only and you access
them at you own risk. WDOM makes no representations or warranties as
to the accuracy or functioning of any such link. That another web site
is linked to our site does not constitute endorsement by WDOM of the
owner of the other site, the content of its site, or its products or
services.
Privacy
a. Normal website usage:
WDOM has a firm commitment to internet privacy. You can visit most portions
of checnet.org without telling us who you are and without revealing any personal
information. The only information we collect from a normal web site visit
is the name of your internet service provider, the browser type and the type
of machine you are using, the web site that referred you to us, the pages
you request and the date and time you request them. We use this information
to generate statistics and measure site activity to improve the usefulness
of the site to our visitors.
b. Collection of personally identifiable information:
WDOM may collect email addresses and other personally identifiable data about
visitors when such data is voluntarily submitted to Westchester Disabled On
the Move, Inc. For example, our site uses order forms for visitors to request
information, products, and services, or to become a member. Contact information
from the order form is used to send orders and information about WDOM to our
visitors.
c. WDOM makes every attempt to ensure the secure collection and transmission
of sensitive user information using industry accepted data collection and encryption
methodologies.
d. WDOM does not sell or otherwise disclose such user information outside the
organization. However, if you become a member of WDOM, some information on
our membership lists, such as your name and address, may be exchanged with
other organizations. Members may opt-out of such membership list exchanges
by sending a message to Melvyn R. Tanzman, Executive Director, WDOM.
e. Cookies:
Like most websites, WDOM may place a “cookie,” or small file, in
the browser files of a visitors computer. We use cookies to save information
you give us so you don’t have to re-enter it each time you visit our
site. This allows us to personalize the site to your taste and provide the
best experience to our visitors.
f. Special Notification with Respect to Children’s Privacy (Users
under age of 13)
In response to concerns about protecting children’s privacy online, Congress
enacted the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (“COPPA”),
which sets forth the rules and procedures governing the ways in which Web sites
may collect, use and disclose any personal information for children under the
age of 13. In accordance with COPPA regulations, we DO NOT:
1. Request or knowingly collect personally identifiable online or offline contact
information from users under 13 years of age;
2. Knowingly use or share personal
information from users under 13 years of age with third parties;
3. Give children
the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable
contact information:
4. Entice children with the prospect of a special game, prize or other activity
to divulge more information than is needed to participate in the activity.
Questions regarding children’s privacy should be directed to:
Westchester Disabled On the Move, Inc.
984 North Broadway, Suite L-01
Yonkers , NY 10701
Limitations on the WDOM’s Liability
The materials on this site are provided solely for educational and promotional
purposes. Your use and browsing of this site are at your own risk. The materials
could include technical inaccuracies or other errors. They are provided to
you “as is “without warranty of any kind, either express or implied,
including but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness
for a particular purpose. WDOM does not warrant that the functions contained
in checnet.org materials will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects
will be corrected, or that our site or the server the makes it available are
free of viruses or other harmful components. WDOM does not warrant or make
any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the materials
on our site in term of their correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise.
You (and not the WDOM) assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair
or correction. Applicable law may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties,
so the above exclusion may not apply to you.
Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall
WDOM be liable for any special or consequential damages that result from
the use of, or liability to use, the materials on our site, even if WDOM
or a WDOM -authorized representative has been advised of the possibility
of such damages. Applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion
of liability or incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation
may not apply to you. In no event shall WDOM’s total liability to you
for all damages, losses, and causes of action, including but not limited
to negligence, arising out of our in connection with your use of this site,
exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for accessing this site.
General Provisions
The materials on
wdom.org are presented solely for promotional purposes in the United
States and Canada . This site is operated under the supervision of
WDOM from its offices within the state of New York . WDOM products
are available in many parts of the world. However, our site may describe
products that are not available worldwide. WDOM does not warrant or
represent that materials on our site are appropriate or available for
use in other locations. If you choose to access our site from other
locations, you do so at your own initiative and you are responsible
for complying with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are
applicable. You may not download or otherwise export software from
our site from our site in violation of United States export controls.
These terms shall be governed by and construed according to the laws
of the state of New York , as they are applied to agreements entered
into and to be performed entirely within New York State . Any claim
or cause of action arising out of or relating to these terms shall
be barred unless such claim or cause of action is brought within one
year after it arises; any such claim or cause of action shall be brought
only in the state or federal courts in New York, and you consent to
jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of litigating such actions.
Whenever possible, each provision of these terms shall be interpreted
in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but
if any provision is deemed prohibited or invalid under applicable law,
such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition
or invalidity without invalidating the remainder of such provision
or the remaining provisions of these terms.
WDOM reserves the right to remove for any reason posted materials
from our forums, and the right to deny in its sole discretion any user
access to our site or our forums, without notice.
This is the entire agreement between us relating to
your use of this site. These terms may not be modified by you, in writing
or otherwise, unless agreed to in a written document signed by WDOM.