This web page states the “Terms and Conditions” for use of the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America’s (AWSNA) website, www.waldorfeducation.org. By accessing or using the AWSNA website, members and users agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. The terms “You” and “User” are used to refer to anyone who is accessing the Website.  All AWSNA members and website users are responsible to review these terms and conditions to determine the most current obligations and requirements. AWSNA may modify the terms and conditions of use at any time, without prior notice, and such modifications shall become effective upon posting on the AWSNA website. 

 

IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE.

 

The entire contents of the Website, including the text, graphics, images, logos, button icons, HTML code, and other "material" are copyrighted by AWSNA under the copyright laws of the United States.  User agrees not to remove or obscure copyright notices appearing on the Website, unless authorized explicitly by membership to AWSNA. AWSNA grants no copyright or ownership interests to User for any of the material and proprietary information referred to herein belonging to Association; limited use of the materials is permitted only as expressly stated in the terms below or as outlined in AWSNA membership agreements.  Permission to the Website content may be granted in special circumstances on a case-by-case basis.  Please direct any request to use content to awsna@awsna.org  

 

Below are selected permitted and prohibited uses of AWSNA materials that are posted at the Website.

1.     Anyone who is doing personal, noncommercial research may view, print material, and temporarily store public or member portal materials from the Website, provided that AWSNA's copyright notices are not removed and that the reuse of material does not conflict with any of the prohibited uses below.

2.     Any use other than as described in paragraph 1 above requires prior written permission from AWSNA. Please direct any request by emailing awsna@awsna.org

3.     User’s Link: you may link or post the link of this Website to any document or location. AWSNA does not have any control over link(s) made to any document or location at the Website, and is not responsible for any of the content therein.

4.     AWSNA reserves the right to restrict access to its website or the contents contained therein. All users are responsible to review regularly the contents of this Notice to determine the terms and conditions contained herein.

 

1.     Except for the permitted uses above, User agrees not to reproduce, distribute, transmit (via print, fax, electronic, or other means), modify, alter, or create derivative works of the materials contained in the Website without prior written permission from Association.

2.     User agrees that materials may not be commercially exploited or sold to third parties without prior written authorization from AWSNA.

3.     User agrees that materials may not be systematically stored on a server so as to substitute for the purchase of a subscription and/or license agreement to/for the materials.

 

User agrees not to use the name of AWSNA, the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America, or their logos for any promotional or commercial purpose or any other purpose without the prior written consent of AWSNA.

 

Certain areas of the AWSNA website provide for the exchange of information between the user and AWSNA. Any submission by the user becomes the property of AWSNA and the user, by submitting such content, represents that it holds title to and the right to use such content and grants AWSNA the right to use the content of those submissions in accordance with Association's privacy policy. In no event will AWSNA or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates be held liable for its use of such content.

 

Interference with Website operation: User agrees to not access or use the Website in any manner that could damage, disable, impair or cause undue burden on the Website and/or its host, servers, network, systems or other users. User agrees to not attempt to interfere in any way with the operation of the Website, that User will not transmit any virus or worm to the Website, that User will not use any spider, robot or any other automated mechanism to access the Website and/or its servers or systems, and that you will not engage in flooding, spamming, mail-bombing, crashing or otherwise sending unsolicited e-mail to other users of the Website.  User further agrees that User will not attempt to access AWSNA that is not intended for your use, that User will not attempt to log on to a server or account that User is not authorized to access, and that User will not probe, scan or test the vulnerability of any system or network related in any way to the Website without authorization.

 

Alteration of Website content:  None of the material contained on the Website (including all software, HTML code, and other code) may be reverse-engineered, disassembled, decompiled, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language or computer language, retransmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photo-reproduction, recordation, or otherwise), resold or redistributed without the prior written permission of AWSNA.

 

Violation of Website security: Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Website.  This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control.  Please see our Privacy Policy for further details concerning the Website’s privacy practices.

Compliance: User agrees to comply with all applicable laws, as well as with these Terms and Conditions.  User agrees not to engage in any unlawful or commercial activity on the Website.

 

Users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their information and password. User is responsible for all use associated with User's registration and the compliance with all Terms and Conditions. User agrees to immediately notify AWSNA of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security.

 

AWSNA reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to pursue all of its legal remedies, including, but not limited to deletion of User's postings from the Website and immediate termination of User's registration with the Website or ability to access the Website and/or any other service provided to User by AWSNA, upon any breach by User of these Terms and Conditions or if AWSNA is unable to verify or authenticate any information User submits to the Website for registration.  AWSNA shall not be liable to User nor any third party for any termination of User’s account or access to the Website.
 

 

THE INFORMATION, IMAGES, TEXTS, DOCUMENTS OR CONTENTS APPEARING ON THE AWSNA WEBSITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ANY OTHER WARRANTY IMPLIED BY LAW.  IN NO EVENT SHALL AWSNA OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATE ORGANIZATIONS OR SUBSIDIARIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST DATA OR PROFITS), OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES WHATSOEVER WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE IMAGES, TEXT, DOCUMENTS, CONTENT AND INFORMATION.  THIS INFORMATION COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES MAY BE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN.

 

AWSNA DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE WEBSITE AND ITS SERVER ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL MECHANISMS.  IF YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR THE MATERIAL RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR TECHNICAL PROGRAMS, AWSNA IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS.

 

Some of the links appearing on the www.waldorfeducation.org website allow the user to access third party websites. Links to third party websites are provided for the user's convenience and information only. AWSNA does not control and is not responsible for the content appearing on these sites. In no event will AWSNA or its subsidiaries or affiliates be liable for any damages suffered by user with regard to access to or use of such website or the contents contained therein.  AWSNA makes no representations to the user concerning these sites or about the material available at these sites and the fact that AWSNA makes these links available to the user is not an endorsement or recommendation to you by AWSNA of any of these sites or any material found there. The user is responsible to review and comply with the Notices, Terms, Conditions and Policies governing third party websites.

 

Individuals who believe that their intellectual property rights have been infringed by unauthorized use of their protected works appearing at www.waldorfeducation.org website may contact AWSNA and request that the infringing materials be removed.

 

The names, logos and taglines identifying AWSNA services are proprietary marks of AWSNA or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks appearing on AWSNA website may be owned by unaffiliated entities.

 

Foreign Access
If User accesses this Website from outside the United States, User does so at User's own risk.  User agrees to comply with all applicable local rules and laws regarding the transmission of technical AWSNA information exported from the United States or the country in which you reside.

 

Governing Law
These Terms and Conditions are governed by laws of the District of Columbia. Jurisdiction for any claims arising under these Terms and Conditions shall lie exclusively with the state or federal courts within the District of Columbia. If any provisions of these Terms and Conditions are found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect.  No waiver of any term of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term.

 

Effective Date: October 2019