Terms of Use
Dear Fellow WorldMUN Alum,
This site was created for you by other WorldMUN Alumni. We will do everything we can to maintain a useful and secure site. These Terms of Use are meant to help us maintain that trust and goodwill we all felt at the WorldMUN conference. We hope this site will be a useful resource for you. We have tried to be as fair as possible with our Terms of Use, as this is a non-profit operation for the benefit of WorldMUN Alums, but some legal jargon is inevitable. A few notes on what we ask of you in order to continue using the site:
Use of WorldMAP Network Content:
The WorldMAP Network Content and materials contained within the site are intended solely for our members’ personal, non-commercial use. This means you cannot take Content or material that you did not create from the WorldMAP Network and repost or redistribute that Content or material in another location, whether on the internet or offline. You may not use the WorldMAP Network or services to sell a product or service, or to increase traffic to your own web site for commercial reasons, including, but not limited to, for viewing the advertising that may exist on your site. If you want to make commercial use of the WorldMAP Network or services you must enter into a written agreement with WorldMAP to do so in advance, and abide by our commercial use policy as well as add something of value back to our community of Alumni. Please contact us for more information.
Password Protection:
You are the only person allowed to use your WorldMAP Network account, username, and password. We interpret all material contributed by someone using your username as though it were your own material. For this reason, it is very important that you not divulge your password or other information related to your WorldMAP Network account to anyone else. You agree not to allow anyone else to use your account or password, and to take reasonable steps to prevent unauthorized persons from learning your password and using the Site. You will inform the WorldMAP Network Team promptly if you learn of any unauthorized use of your account or password.
Personally Identifiable Information:
The WorldMAP Network promises to use reasonable care to protect the information you provide us that identifies you personally, such as your name, address, phone number, age, email address or medical or financial information ("personally identifiable information" or "PII"). We may provide certain of your PII to third parties if you allow us to do so by opting in to an offer, say from an employer you’re interested in. We may also provide certain of your PII to third parties that provide services to us in operating the Site or our business, such as account services, web hosting, software development and information processing. These third parties will be bound by contractor privacy policies in order to protect your information. We may also provide your PII to governmental agencies or under a court order, or as otherwise required by law. We will not rent or sell your PII to a mail house or direct marketing company, so you will never receive email from a third party as a result of your relationship with us, unless you explicitly opt in to do so. See also our Privacy Policy for information about you we collect and how we use it.
Your Submissions to the Site:
You are solely responsible for the Material that you and anyone using your username contribute to the WorldMAP Network. You agree that any submission you make to the Site is non-confidential and not protected by any privacy or intellectual property laws. You also agree that misrepresentation of information, or extreme exaggeration of achievements, constitutes fraud, putting the trust of the community at risk, and will lead to your account being closed.
Our Right to Contact You:
You agree that we have the right to communicate with you by email to send you noncommercial messages about your account. We will not send you unsolicited commercial email. Ever. You understand and agree that as part of the normal day-to-day functioning of the WorldMAP Network, you may receive certain communications from the WorldMAP Network, such as account creation confirmations, invitation requests, and private message receipts, administrative announcements, and the like. You will be able to opt out of many of these communications, but not from messages critical to your privacy and security, or the privacy and security of other members.
Grant of Rights to the WorldMAP Network:
The information you submit to the site is yours. However, in order to maintain the normal functioning of the site we require a non-exclusive license to your content and the right to republish it for non-commercial purposes with your permission. We may release aggregate data (e.g. from our WorldMAP Surveys), but that will never provide personally identifiable information.
Outside Links:
We neither endorse nor accept responsibility for links to sites outside the WorldMAP Network. We cannot and have not reviewed all the external sites that our users link to from within the WorldMAP Network. The WorldMAP Network is constructed by its members and consequently contains links that those members, rather than we, feel appropriate to share. We encourage you to review the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy of any and all sites that you may visit.
Removing Content:
We reserve the right in our sole discretion to refuse to post or to delete materials, including your Materials, from the WorldMAP Network without notification or recourse. There are two primary applications of this right. First, just as we are constantly adding new functions within the WorldMAP Network, we are similarly removing obsolete or redundant components. Second, as we are facilitating communication and the sharing of information, we are removing material that is detrimental to these goals, creates mistrust or otherwise offends our membership, in our own view or in the view of other members as reported to us. Furthermore, we retain the right to keep back-up copies of any materials we delete from the WorldMAP Network.
Suspension and Expulsion of Members:
We reserve the right in our sole discretion to revoke or suspend your membership in the WorldMAP Network, or any other member's membership, at any time without notification or liability to you or any other person. Suspension or revocation of a membership generally would result from a member's abuse of the WorldMAP Network and the principles to which you are currently agreeing in these Terms of Use. Actions that are detrimental to the WorldMAP Network such as spamming or issuing abusive remarks aimed at other members or groups in the WorldMAP Network can lead to temporary or permanent expulsion from the WorldMAP Network. While we retain this right, the WorldMAP Executive Committee shall have no responsibility to exercise it or otherwise moderate disputes between members.
Disclaimer of Warranties:
We provide the Site, and the material and tools on the WorldMAP Network Site "as is". OTHER THAN AS EXPLICITLY SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS OF USE, THE WORLDMAP NETWORK AND ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DISCLAIMS ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, GUARANTIES, AND CONDITIONS TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THAT SUCH DISCLAIMERS ARE LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, SUITABILITY, ACCURACY, CURRENCY TIMELINESS, EFFICACY, AVAILABILITY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, NON-INTERRUPTION AND COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS OF THE MATERIALS AND CONTENT CONTAINED ON THE SITE.
Limitation of Liability:
Our liability regarding damages occurring from your use of the CarePlace Site is limited. Your use of the Site is at your own risk.
Indemnification:
By using the Site, you agree to indemnify the WorldMUN Network and Executive Committee and any parent, subsidiary or affiliated entities, and our and their directors, officers and employees, and hold them harmless from and against any and all claims and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, directly or indirectly arising from your breach of these Terms of Use, your use of our Site and any services or products available through our Site, any Material you submit to the Site, and any third party claims in connection with your use of the site or any Material you submit to the Site.
General Legal Terms:
This Web site is created and controlled by the WorldMAP Network in the State of New York, USA. The laws of New York will therefore govern these Terms of Use, without reference to any principles of conflicts of laws. If any provision or portion of this Agreement is held illegal, invalid, or unenforceable, in whole or in part, it shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to correct any deficiencies and shall not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any other provisions or portions of this Agreement. No waiver of any of these Terms of Use will be effective unless made in a writing manually executed by an authorized officer of the WorldMUN Network and email shall not constitute effective waiver. The Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between the you and WorldMUN Network and its affiliates with respect to its subject matter, and supersede any oral agreements, proposals, negotiations, representations or communications relating to the subject matter of the Terms of Use.
Last revised: Wednesday, March 14, 2007.
Thanks for your cooperation,
The WorldMUN Alumni Project Executive Committee