Acceptable Use Policy

Terms of Service

Welcome to the LIU Cares website. If you continue to browse and use this website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy govern LIU’s relationship with you in relation to this website.

The term “LIU” or “us” or “we” refers to the owner of the website, Long Island University, with its principal place of business at 700 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, NY  11548. The term “you” refers to the user or viewer of The LIU Cares website (“the site”).

These terms and conditions may be modified at any time and such modification shall be effective immediately upon web posting of the modified terms and conditions. Your continued use of the LIU Cares website shall be deemed to be your conclusive acceptance of the modified terms and conditions.

The use of this site is subject to the following terms and conditions of use:

1. Acceptable Use Policy

Changes to the Site and services provided

• The content of the pages of this site is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice;
• LIU will make every effort to ensure that the site and services are constantly operational;
• LIU reserves the right to modify, discontinue or suspend all or part of the site or its services at any time without notice.

User Conduct

• You must not use the site in any way that causes, or is likely to cause, the site or access to it to be interrupted, damaged or impaired in any way;
• You must ensure that any content you upload onto the site (including photographs) is not obscene, offensive, defamatory or racist and does not breach any law or regulation or any intellectual property rights of a third party or any right or duty owed to a third party. This means that if any of the content you upload is copyright protected, you must obtain the copyright owner’s written permission in order to use it;
• In the event that you become aware of any content which breaches any of the above rules, please notify us immediately by emailing: secureIT@LIU.edu
• You must not use the site to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person or organization;
• You must not use the site to send junk or spam email;
• You must not use the site to conduct, display or forward details of any survey, contest, pyramid scheme or chain letter;
• LIU reserves the right to remove any content from any page without notice at its sole discretion;
• You must not to attempt to modify, adapt, translate, sell, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the site or any other web site;
• You must not to attempt to bypass the network firewall;
• You must not to use any part of the site which you are not authorized to use or devise ways to circumvent security in order to access part of the site which you are not authorized to access. This includes but is not limited to scanning networks with the intent to breach and/or evaluate security, whether or not the intrusion results in access;
• You must not to use or attempt to use the site for any unlawful, criminal or negligent purpose. This includes but is not limited to password cracking, social engineering (defrauding others into releasing their passwords), denial-of-service attacks, harmful and malicious destruction of data, injection of computer viruses and intentional invasion of privacy.

 

Security Policy

LIU is committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How LIU uses cookies

• A cookie is a small file, which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences;
• We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system;
• Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us;
• You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

 

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest easily. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information, which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

1. General Policy

Refunds

LIU cannot process refunds on behalf of charities. Please contact the charity involved directly quoting your LIU donation reference number.

Unauthorized Card Use

You agree not to use an invalid or unauthorized credit card. Once a donation is made, the transaction is final and not subject to dispute unless unauthorized use of your payment card is proved. If you become aware of fraudulent use of your card, or if it is lost or stolen, you must notify your card issuer in accordance with its reporting rules.

Protecting your Password

• Upon registration with LIU, you will be invited to create a password to protect your personal account;
• It is your responsibility to keep this password safe and ensure that it is not disclosed to any third party;
• If you become aware that unauthorized use of your password has, or may take place, you are advised to change your password immediately by following the on-Site instructions;
• Please click here to see a copy of our Privacy Policy.

Disclaimer and No Liability

• Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law;
• Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this site meet your specific requirements;
• In no circumstances will we be liable for any loss or damages, whether direct or indirect, arising out of your use of the site and the services provided there or your inability to use them;
• LIU shall not be liable to you or any third parties in contract or in tort arising out of, or in connection with, or relating to, the holding or staging of a fundraising appeal or event which has been published on the website or any fact, matter or thing relating to the holding or staging of a fundraising appeal or event (whether negligent or in breach of contract or not).

Breach of Terms and Conditions of Use

In the event of your failure to comply with these Terms and Conditions of use, we reserve the right to immediately suspend your access to any and/all parts of the site and the services provided there without notice and without reference to you.

• Validity and Satisfaction of Terms;
• LIU accepts no liability for any failure to comply with these terms and conditions where such failure is due to circumstances beyond the LIU’s reasonable control;
• If any of these terms and conditions are held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, the remaining terms and conditions shall nevertheless continue in full force.

Fundraising and Physical Activities

By creating a fundraising page connected to a physical activity or fitness event (each such event, an “Event”) I agree as follows:

• I agree, represent, and warrant that I have received consent from my physician to participate in health and fitness programs, workouts, exercises, or any other related activities connected to my fundraising activities and declare that I am physically fit and have trained sufficiently to participate in and complete the Event.
• I waive, release and discharge LIU and its officers, employees, contractors, volunteers or agents involved in the Event from all claims or causes of action I may have (including for negligence) arising from any injury, loss or damage of any kind suffered by me including personal injury, illness or death and/or loss or damage to any property arising either directly or indirectly out of my attendance at or participation in the Event. I also waive, release and discharge LIU and its officers, employees, contractors, volunteers or agents involved in the Event from all claims or causes of action I or any person under my care may have (including for negligence) arising from any injury, loss or damage of any kind suffered by any person or property being pushed, carried, accompanied or in any like manner by me. This includes children in child-carrying devices arising either directly or indirectly out of my or their attendance at or participation in the Event. I agree to take all necessary precautions and actions to ensure any child or person accompanying me, whether in a child-carrying device or not, is safe. I indemnify and will keep indemnified LIU Care and its officers, employees, contractors, volunteers and agents against all costs, losses or damages arising from or in relation to my attendance at or participation in the Event including the attendance or participation of any person in my care.
• I consent to the free use of my name and pictures of me in any broadcast, telecast and print by LIU in relation to the Event.

Governing Law

• Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to laws of the State of New York.

 

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