Web Site Terms and Conditions of Use
Description of Service
Calusa Nature & Planetarium is a company that helps parents and educators teach their children about the environment by giving the parents and educators tools and resources to help teach children. Parents must complete the application and establish the site user name and password. Parents and adults over the age of 18 are our customers of record. CalusaNature.org is also a social networking site designed for parents and educators, for the benefit of their children. Any child accessing the members only site can only do so under the supervision and with direct consent of their parents or an educator, per the terms of the agreement.
Terms
By accessing this web site, you are agreeing to be bound by these web site Terms and Conditions of Use, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium reserves the right to modify these terms without notice. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium may, from time to time, update these terms without notice. You should revisit this page occaisionally to review the terms and conditions. The materials contained in this web site are protected by applicable copyright and trade mark law.
Accounts
Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium provides several types of membership accounts. By using our services you agree our right to change the account structure, services offered, pricing or any other aspect of the service at any time.
FranChild Intellectual Property
The content, arrangement and layout of CalusaNature.org, including, but not limited to, the trademarks, service marks, package designs, text, art work, graphics, images, buttons, screen shots, music, digitally downloadable files, other content, and the compilation of the foregoing ("Content") are the property of Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium, except where otherwise noted, and are protected from copying, imitation, communication, or simulation under domestic and international laws and are not to be reproduced, communicated, displayed, distributed, or transmitted without the express written permission of Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium.
CalusaNature.org may also contain references to other company brand and product names. These company brand and product names are used herein for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks of their respective owners. The images of people or places displayed, forms, structures, and graphics displayed or found within CalusaNature.org are either the property of CalusaNature.org or used with permission. Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium may be, but is not necessarily sponsored by or affiliated with any of owners of the other company brand and product name appearing on Calusa Nature.org, and makes no representations about them, their owners, their products or services.
Any unauthorized use of the materials, structure, sequence, arrangement, or design of CalusaNature.org, or trademarks, service marks, or trade dress found within calusanature.org may violate civil or criminal laws, including, but not limited to, copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes. By visiting calusanature.org you understand and acknowledge that you do not acquire or obtain by implication or otherwise, any license or right to use or make additional copies of any materials or information displayed on franchild.com. You agree not to display or use any content or third party content located on the calusanature.org in any publications, in public performances, for any commercial purpose, in any other manner that is likely to cause confusion among consumers, that disparages or discredits Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium, that dilutes the strength of Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium or its property, or that otherwise infringes Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium or its intellectual property rights.
Cancellation
You understand and agree that you have no ownership rights in your calusanature.org account. Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium may cancel your account and delete all content associated with your account at any time, and without notice, if we deem that you have violated the terms of this agreement, or for any other reason. Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium assumes no liability for any information removed from our site for violating these terms.
You may also cancel your account at any time. This cancellation takes effect immediately. After a cancellation, Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium will remove all content associated with your account. We reserve the right to permanently restrict access to our products and services to members who have had their accounts cancelled.
Security of User Name and Password
Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium accounts are protected by a username and password. You agree to keep your password secure and not to disclose it to anyone. You also agree not to solicit or use another member’s account and password. You are solely responsible for any and all use of your account, including the manner in which you allow your child to use your account.
House Rules for Participating in the open forum:
Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium members agree to not to any of the following:
* Create, upload, transmit or make available in any way any material that harms children in any way.
* Solicit personal information from any member.
* Create, upload, transmit or make available in any way any text, messages, images, or files that are derogatory, defamatory, abusive, threatening, vulgar, obscene, bigoted, hateful, racially offensive, insulting or that violates any person’s privacy (including but not limited to posting pictures, full names, email addresses, addresses, or phone numbers).
* Use Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium services to transmit junk mail, chain letters, unsolicited mass email, spam, spim, or comment spam.
* Post information that you know is false, misleading, or that promotes illegal activity.
* Use the forum to promote any products or services (whether for profit or not for profit), or solicit others for commercial products or services of any kind.
* Impersonate any person or misrepresent yourself or your association with any person or group.
* Create, upload, transmit or make available in any way any content that violates any third party’s legal rights, or any domestic or international law or regulation.
* Upload, transmit, or make available in any way any content that you do not have the right to transmit under any law, contract, or fiduciary agreement.
* Create, upload, transmit or make available in any way any files, computer codes, or software programs that contain software viruses or any other type of harmful material that is intended to disrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of computer or network hardware or software products or services.
* Interfere, disrupt, or create an undue burden on any network services provided by Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium.
We reserve the right to remove any material or cancel the account of any person we determine violates any of these terms. We also reserve the right to turn over to law enforcement personnel any content created, uploaded, transmitted, distributed or made available in any way on Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium that we deem may be in violation of these terms or any applicable law. Furthermore, we reserve the right to prosecute fraudulent orders.
Posted content
Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium does not claim ownership of content you create, upload, transmit or make available in any way in the forum. By posting content in the forum you grant Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium a non-exclusive, fully-paid, royalty-free worldwide license to copy, use, translate, modify, adapt, store, and reproduce the content for the purposes of displaying, publishing, distributing, and transmitting the content on CalusaNature.org and affiliated sites. If you remove content from the forum, this license will be terminated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you understand and acknowledge that you do not own the servers on which your content resides, and you own no protectable rights in and to those servers, your user account, or any data Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium stores on the servers Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium uses or owns. Should your account be terminated, you will not be given back any content you uploaded in the forum, nor will you be given access to those materials.
Furthermore, you agree that you will not post any content that infringes on any copyright, privacy or publicity right, patent, trademark, trade secret, or any other proprietary right of any party. You may not use, copy, transmit, publish, distribute, modify, broadcast, or sell any content published in the forum that was not created by you.
You acknowledge that Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium does not pre-screen content but that members of the the forum and its designees have the right (but not the obligation) to remove or refuse to remove any content in the forum. Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium also has the right to remove any content that violates these terms. You agree to that you will be solely responsible for all risks associated with the use of this content, including the accuracy, completeness or useful of this content.
Use License
1. Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of the materials (information or software) on Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium web site for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license you may not:
1. modify or copy the materials;
2. use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);
3. attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium web site;
4. remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or
5. transfer the materials to another person or "mirror" the materials on any other server.
2. This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession whether in electronic or printed format.
Disclaimer
1. The materials on Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium's web site are provided "as is". Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties, including without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights. Further, Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on its Internet web site or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this site.
Limitations
In no event shall Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium or its suppliers be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data, goodwill or profit, or due to business interruption,) arising out of the use or inability to use the materials on Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium's Internet site and pages, even if Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium or a Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium authorized representative has been notified orally or in writing of the possibility of such damage. Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to you.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium and and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees, harmless from any alleged claim or demand, including reasonable attorney fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your Content, your use of the Service, your connection to the Service, your violation of the Terms and Conditions, or your violation of any rights of another, whether you are a registered user or not. The user is solely responsible for his or her actions when using the Service, including, but not limited to, costs incurred for Internet access.
Revisions and Errata
The materials appearing on Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium's web site could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium does not warrant that any of the materials on its web site are accurate, complete, or current. Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium may make changes to the materials contained on its web site at any time without notice. Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium does not, however, make any commitment to update the materials.
Links
Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its Internet web site and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium of the site. Use of any such linked web site is at the user's own risk.
Site Terms of Use Modifications
Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium may revise these terms of use for its web site at any time without notice. By using this web site you are agreeing to be bound by the then current version of these Terms and Conditions of Use.
Governing Law
Any claim relating to Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium's web site shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida without regard to its conflict of law provisions.