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Terms of use
Please read these Terms of Use carefully before using any of the Web sites operated by Project Aware ("Project Aware Sites" i.e. Young Aware, Kids Aware, Art Aware, Atreya, etc.). By accessing or using the Project Aware sites, you agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not wish to be bound by these Terms of Use, please do not use the Project Aware sites.
Trademarks, Copyrights, and Restrictions
The Project Aware sites are controlled and operated by Project Aware ("Project Aware," "we," "us," or "our"). If you wish to contact us, you may <link contact sheet>. The Project Aware sites were created to be both useful and entertaining. All materials on the Project Aware sites ("Online Materials"), including, without limitation, names, logos, trademarks, service marks, images, illustrations, audio clips, and video clips, are protected by copyrights and other intellectual property rights owned and controlled by Project Aware or by other parties that have licensed their material to Project Aware. You may download and retain only a single copy of the Online Materials, solely for your personal, non-commercial use. No Online Material may be copied, reproduced, republished, modified, uploaded, posted, transmitted, distributed in any way, or otherwise used for any purpose without the prior written permission of their respective owners. You may not add, delete, distort, or otherwise modify the contents on the Project Aware sites. Any unauthorized attempts to modify any Online Material, to defeat or circumvent our security features, or to utilize the Project Aware sites for other than their intended purposes are prohibited. Please report any material on any Project Aware sites which you believe may infringe your copyright by contacting us – Click here
Linked Sites
We have provided links to related sites for your convenience ("Linked Sites"). We do not review or endorse Linked Sites in any way whether or not Project Aware is affiliated with the sponsors of a site. We are not responsible for the content of Linked Sites or any off-site pages linked to the Project Aware sites. You access such linked sites and off-site pages at your own risk. It is up to you to take precautions to ensure that such linked sites that you visit and the information you select on them are free of viruses, worms, vermin, trojan horses, and other items of a destructive nature. Visitors to any Linked Sites are urged and expected to abide by the Terms of Use and Privacy Policies of that particular Linked Site.
Submissions to Project Aware sites
You may only use Project Aware sites and their contents for lawful purposes and in accordance with applicable law and you are prohibited from storing, distributing or transmitting any unlawful material through Project Aware sites. You may not collect or store personal information regarding other users. You recognize that storing, distributing or transmitting unlawful material could expose you to criminal and/or civil liability. You agree that if a third party claims that material you have contributed to Project Aware sites is unlawful, you will bear the burden of establishing that it is lawful. You understand and agree that all materials publicly posted (other than by Project Aware) or privately transmitted on or through Project Awares sites are the sole responsibility of the sender, not Project Aware, and that you are responsible for all material you upload, post or otherwise transmit to or through Project Aware sites.
Any notes, message/bulletin board postings, ideas, suggestions, concepts, or other material submitted to us will become the property of Project Aware and Project Aware shall be entitled to use such material for any type of use forever, including in any media whether now known or hereafter devised. You agree that any submission you make to us is original with you and accurate. You agree that you will not submit or otherwise publish through the Project Aware sites any content, or act in any way, which in Project Aware's opinion:
(A) may constitute libel, defamation, invasion of privacy, or is obscene, pornographic, abusive, or threatening;
(B) may infringe any intellectual property or other right of any entity or person;
(C) may violate any applicable law or advocates illegal activity;
(D) advertises or otherwise solicits funds or is a solicitation for goods, services, advertisers or sponsors or otherwise engages in commercial activity;
(E) disrupts the normal flow of dialogue or otherwise act in a way which affects the ability of other people to engage in real time activities via Project Aware sites;
(F) includes programs which may contain viruses, worms, trojan horses or other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunication;
(G) includes MP3 format files;
(H) disobeys any policy or regulation established from time to time regarding use of Project Aware sites or any networks connected to Project Aware sites; or
(I) contains links to other sites that contain the kind of content which falls within the descriptions set out in (A) to (H) above.
We are not responsible for any material posted on the bulletin boards or in the chat areas conducted on the Project Aware sites. We will cooperate with any law enforcement authorities and comply with any judicial order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity of anyone posting materials in violation of any applicable federal, state, or local laws. We reserve the right in our sole discretion to remove or disable access to any material posted on or to our site, including without limitation material posted by you to an Project Aware site message board or chat room if we believe that material violates any of the above policies or infringes any intellectual property rights. Furthermore, if we believe in our sole discretion that you have violated any of the terms of these Terms of Use, including specifically but without limitation by posting or providing links to material which infringes intellectual property rights, we reserve the right to terminate your access to the Project Aware sites.
Applicability of Online Materials
Unless otherwise specified, the Online Materials are presented solely for the purpose of Informing or Entertaining users of this site and for promoting Project Aware programs, projects, and other products. The Project Aware sites are controlled and operated by Project Aware from its office in Amsterdam. We make no representation that the Online Materials are appropriate or available for use in other locations outside The Netherlands. Those who visit the Project Aware sites from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with all applicable local laws. You specifically agree to comply with all applicable laws of the country in which you reside.
Disclaimer of warranties and liability
YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE PROJECT AWARE SITES, THE ONLINE MATERIALS, AND ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES PURCHASED ON THE PROJECT AWARE SITES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. ALL ONLINE MATERIALS AND THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED ON THE PROJECT AWARE SITES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, PROJECT AWARE! DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. NEITHER PROJECT AWARE, NOR ITS AFFILIATED AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES, NOR THEIR RESPECTIVE VENDORS, AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES, NOR ANY PERSON INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PROJECT AWARE'S WEB SITES WARRANT THAT THIS SITE WILL BE AVAILABLE, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT PROJECT AWARE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES THEM AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THE MATERIAL THAT YOU MAY READ ON PROJECT AWARE!'S WEB SITES IS PROVIDED FOR PROMOTIONAL AND ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES. PROJECT AWARE DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE MATERIAL IN PROJECT AWARE'S WEB SITES OR LINKED SITES IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. PROJECT AWARE MAKES NO WARRANTIES THAT YOUR USE OF THE MATERIALS, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, FACILITIES, SERVICE OR OTHER CONTENT IN PROJECT AWARE SITES WILL NOT INFRINGE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS AND PROJECT AWARE ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN SUCH MATERIALS, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, FACILITIES, SERVICES OR OTHER CONTENT OF PROJECT AWARE SITES. IF APPLICABLE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE IMPLIED WARRANTIES TO APPLY TO YOU, THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS WILL APPLY TO YOU ONLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMER, YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT PROJECT AWARE, ITS AFFILIATED AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE VENDORS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, AND ANY PERSON INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PROJECT AWARE'S WEB SITE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR: (A) ANY CLAIMS, LIABILITY, OR DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, ACTUAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR OTHER DAMAGES RESULTING FROM YOUR PURCHASE OF ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICES ON THE PROJECT AWARE SITES OR FROM YOUR USE OF ANY ONLINE MATERIALS; (B) YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE OR ACCESS THE PROJECT AWARE SITES; OR (C) DEFECTS, DELAYS IN OPERATION, TRANSMISSION FAILURE, OR OTHER FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE ON THE PROJECT AWARE SITES OR THE INTERNET. IF APPLICABLE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY TO APPLY TO YOU, THE LIMITATION WILL APPLY TO YOU ONLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. WE DO NOT ENDORSE ANY MATERIAL, INFORMATION OR OPINIONS INCLUDED AND/OR EXPRESSED IN OR ON THE BULLETIN BOARDS, IN THE CHAT AREAS OR OTHER FORUMS CONDUCTED ON THE PROJECT AWARE SITES ("FORUMS") AND WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES REGARDING SUCH MATERIAL, INFORMATION OR OPINIONS. WE DO NOT UNDERTAKE TO MONITOR OR REVIEW FORUMS, AND THE CONTENT OF FORUMS IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROJECT AWARE!. PROJECT AWARE! MAY REMOVE OR MODIFY ANY CONTENT WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY AT ANY TIME IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION. ANY USE OF ANY PROJECT AWARE SITE OR THE FORUMS WILL BE AT YOUR OWN RISK AND WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION ON LIABILITY SET OUT ABOVE.
Indemnification
You will indemnify and hold harmless Project Aware, its parent, affiliated and subsidiary entities, and the successors, licensees, assigns, officers and directors of each from and against any and all claims, losses and damages (including reasonable attorney's fees) constituting and arising out of a breach of any of the provisions of these Terms of Use, including without limitation from your placement or transmission of any content onto Project Aware's servers, and/or from any and all use of any Project Aware sites.
Governing Law
These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Dutch law without regard to its provisions regarding conflicts of law. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal, state, and local courts located within The Netherlands. If any provision of these Terms of Use is unlawful, void, or unenforceable, it will not affect the validity and enforceability of any other provision. These Terms of Use set forth the entire agreement regarding all of the matters discussed herein. Because these Terms of Use are subject to change and you will be legally bound by such changes, you should periodically visit this section to review the current Terms of Use. We reserve the right to terminate this agreement at any time without notice for any reason. These Terms of Use were last updated on January, 2006.
Privacy policy
Preamble
Thank you for visiting a Project Aware site. Your privacy is important to us. At Project Aware we strive to end torture and oppression by means of collecting support. Collecting personal information as name and e-mail address is vital to this effort.
This Statement of Privacy Principles describes the policies and procedures of Project Aware for the collection, use, and dissemination of personally identifiable information about our supporters in both the online and offline world. From time to time we may modify these Privacy Principles to reflect changes in the law, self-regulatory initiatives and technology.
To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used at this Project Aware site. Click here for a list of Project Aware projects whose sites are governed by this Privacy Notice.
The Information We Collect
At some Project Aware sites, you donate your e-mail address as a token of support as well as order products, enter contests, vote in polls or otherwise express an opinion, subscribe to one of our services such as our online newsletters, or participate in one of our online forums or communities. The types of personally identifiable information that may be collected at these pages may include: name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, fax number, credit card information, and information about your interests in and use of various products, programs, and services.
At some Project Aware sites, you can submit information about other people. For example, you might submit a person's name and e-mail address to send an electronic greeting card and, if you order a gift online and want it sent directly to the recipient, you might submit the recipient's name and address. The types of personally identifiable information that may be collected about other people at these pages include: recipient's name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number.
At certain parts of some of our sites, only persons who provide us with the requested personally identifiable information will be able to order products, programs, and services or otherwise participate in the site's activities and offerings.
We also may collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit many of our web pages such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Firefox, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g., Windows XP or Mac OS) and the domain name of your Internet service provider.
How We Use the Information
We may use the information you provide about yourself to fulfil your requests for our products, programs, and services, to respond to your inquiries about our offerings, and to offer you other products, programs or services that we believe may be of interest to you.
We sometimes use this information to communicate with you, such as to notify you when you have won one of our contests or when we make changes to our subscriber agreements, to fulfil a request by you for an online newsletter, or to contact you about your account with us.
We use the information that you provide about others to enable us to send them your message, gifts or cards. From time to time, we also may use this information to offer our products, programs, or services to them.
The information we collect in connection with our online forums and communities is used to provide an interactive experience. We use this information to facilitate participation in these online forums and communities and, from time to time, to offer you products, programs, or services.
If you choose to submit content for publication (e.g., a "letter to our editors"), we may publish your screen name and other information you have provided to us.
We sometimes use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content of our site and to enable us to personalize your Internet experience. We also may use this information in the aggregate to analyze site usage, as well as to offer you products, programs, or services.
We may disclose personally identifiable information in response to legal process, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also may disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency's request.
Agents and contractors of Project Aware who have access to personally identifiable information are required to protect this information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Notice by, for example, not using the information for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for Project Aware.
Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Notice.
Finally, Project Aware sites will not use or transfer personally identifiable information provided to us in ways unrelated to the ones described above.
Collection of Information by Third-Party Sites and Sponsors
Some of our sites contain links to other sites whose information practices may be different than ours. Visitors should consult the other sites' privacy notices as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.
Project Aware sites sometimes may offer content (e.g., contests, sweepstakes, or promotions) that is sponsored by or co-branded with identified third parties. By virtue of these relationships, the third parties may obtain personally identifiable information that visitors voluntarily submit to participate in the site activity. Project Aware has no control over the third-party's use of this information. The Project Aware site will notify you at the time of requesting personally identifiable information if these third-parties will obtain such information.
In those instances where our information collection activities involve children, Project Aware provides special privacy protections. Click here to read the Young Aware/Kids Aware Privacy Policy.
Deletion of personally identifiable information
Whenever possible, each of the Project Aware sites permit consumers to have a right to delete the personally identifiable information from its files.
Cookies
To enhance your experience with our sites, many of our web pages use "cookies." Cookies are text files we place in your computer's browser to store your preferences. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your e-mail address or other personally identifiable information unless you choose to provide this information to us by, for example, registering at one of our sites. However, once you choose to furnish the site with personally identifiable information, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie.
We use cookies to understand site usage and to improve the content and offerings on our sites. For example, we may use cookies to personalize your experience at our web pages (e.g. to recognize you by name when you return to our site), save your password in password-protected areas, and enable you to use shopping carts on our sites. We also may use cookies to offer you products, programs, or services.
Our Commitment to Security
We have put in place appropriate administrative, technical, personnel, physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard personally identifiable information in its possession against loss, theft, maintain data security and unauthorized use, disclosure or modification and correctly use the information we collect online.
Special Note for Parents
The site you are vsiting is one of the Project Aware general audience sites. For more information about our online privacy practices for children's sites, consult the privacy notice at the children's site in which you are interested. Click here to read the Young Aware/Kids Aware Privacy Policy.
Notification of Updates
From time to time, we may update this privacy notice. We will notify you about material changes in the way we treat personally identifiable information by placing a notice on our site. We encourage you to periodically check back and review this notice so that you always will know what information we collect, how we use it, and to whom we disclose it.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about the Project Aware online policy for this site or its implementation you may contact us. Click here
The privacy notice posted on this site was updated on or about January the 1st, 2006.
Complaints and Disputes
Consumers may contact a privacy officer at each of the Project Aware website units regarding privacy complaints and disputes. Click here
Young Aware/Kids Aware privacy policy
Project Aware's Children’s Privacy Policy
Your child’s privacy is important to us at Project Aware We are committed to safeguarding children’s personal information collected online, and to helping parents and their children learn how to exercise control over personal information while exploring the Internet. The additional measures we have taken to help children protect their privacy while online include encouraging children to use non-personally identifiable screen names rather than their real names and taking efforts to prevent children from posting contact information. In addition, we do not ask children to disclose more personal information than is necessary for them to participate in an activity.
To help ensure a rewarding online experience for your child, we provide you with this summary of our information practices. This privacy notice governs the collection and use of information at the Project Aware web sites directed to children. (Young Aware and Kids Aware)
We collect limited personal information from children
At our sites, we have a policy of collecting limited personally identifiable information. To enable children to participate in some of our online activities, we may ask them to provide us with their first name, hometown, and e-mail address.
On some pages of our sites, such as where children can send electronic postcards to their friends, we also may ask your child to provide personal information about other people. This is usually limited to a first name and e-mail address. We also may ask for the name and e-mail address of the child’s parent.
When children visit our sites, we automatically collect certain non-personally identifiable information such as the type of computer operating system (e.g., Windows XP or Mac OS) and browser (e.g., Firefox, Internet Explorer) being used, and the domain name of the Internet service provider.
We never share children’s personal information with third parties
We use children’s information only for our internal purposes such as to enable them to vote for freedom and became Aware and subscribe to our online newsletter, to enter one of our sweepstakes or contests, to express their opinions on various topics, and to send electronic postcards to their friends.
We use the information that we collect about others to either enable the child to communicate with them, for example, to send an electronic greeting card to a friend, or to obtain your consent for participation in these activities, such as to notify you when your child has entered one of our contests.
We sometimes use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content of our site and to enable us to personalize your Internet experience. We also may use this information in the aggregate to analyze site usage, as well as to offer you products, programs, or services.
We will disclose information we maintain when required to do so by law, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also may disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency’s request.
Links to other Websites
Our site contains links to other sites whose information practices may be different than those at this site. Visitors should consult the privacy notice at the particular site to which they link to ascertain the practices there.
Cookies
At some Project Aware sites, we may use a software technology called “cookies.” Cookies are small text files that we place in visitors’ computer browsers to store their preferences. Cookies themselves do not contain any personally identifiable informaton. Although cookies could enable us to relate a visitor’s use of this Web site to personal information (e.g., e-mail address) that a visitor has provided, we do not do so for this site.
Security
Currently, we store the e-mail addresses that we receive in connection with certain children’s activities on our site in our quest for freedom. We have, however, put in place appropriate safeguards to secure the very limited personally identifiable information we receive from children for the time it is in our possession.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding our privacy policy and/or practices, please contact us at the following e-mail address, postaladdress or telephone number:
Project Aware
P.O. Box 1725
1000 BS Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel.fax. 0031 (0)20-4874070
E-mail: Contactformulier
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