LiftOne Terms of Use

(These Terms of Use were last updated on June 17, 2010)

As a general reminder, let's keep this site a positive experience for all involved by being courteous and respectful in all of our exchanges. And remember...this is your space. You set the topics, you ask the questions. However, please observe the following guidelines as you post:

1. Do not post anyone's email address without their prior consent (CI staff members, fellow group members, etc.).
2. In order to protect the privacy of the sponsored children, do not post any child's last name, ID or specific location beyond simply the country and city where he or she lives.
3. Keep all discourse civil (no name-calling, no foul language, no personal attacks, etc.).
4. If in doubt about whether something should be posted, contact the site administrator privately.
5. We welcome members of fellow humanitarian organizations. However, we do request that our site not be used for fundraising or soliciting for other organizations.

Posts not meeting these criteria will be deleted. 

The LiftOne Website (located at http://www.liftone.org) is provided as an interactive and informational resource. It is provided to you by Children International, in connection with our partners, service providers, sponsors, or other affiliates. Certain services of this website are provided to you in conjunction with our service provider, KickApps Corporation, and their content providers, business partners, and other parties (collectively, “Service Provider”).

These Terms of Use governs our relationship with users and others who interact with the LiftOne Website. By using or accessing the LiftOne website you agree to these Terms of Use.

We may modify these Terms of Use and such change will be effective on posting on the LiftOne Website. You agree to be bound to any changes to this Agreement when you use the LiftOne Website after any such change is posted. It is therefore important that you review these Terms of Use regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes.

IMPORTANT NOTICE - If you choose to do so, photos and limited personal information about sponsored children may be shared by you on the LiftOne Website up to and including photo, name, city, country and information related to donations you’ve made, visits and letters received from the child and his or her family. You agree that you, or any authorized user of your LiftOne account, shall not transmit, share or otherwise communicate any health-related information about a sponsored child that you may have. Additionally, you shall not reveal any information related to child’s specific location beyond city and country. You may choose to upload your own photographs to the LiftOne Website but agree to adhere to strict guidelines regarding online decency and accept full responsibility for any photos or information you submit of questionable content as defined by us or our Service Provider.

To aid in your understanding of these Terms of Use, each section is preceded by a summary sentence in bold. Although these sentences summarize the legal language defined below, on their own they have no legal significance and it is important you read through these Terms of Use thoroughly.

1. We may end your access to the LiftOne Website at any time.

Membership to the LiftOne Website is subject, in our or our Service Provider’s sole discretion, to termination at any time. If you violate any part of these Terms of Use, your permission to access and/or use the Content and LiftOne Website automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of the Content and/or LiftOne Website.

2. Review and stay compliant with our Privacy Policy.

Your privacy is important to us. As a result, our Privacy Policy is designed to make important disclosures about how you can use Lift One to share with others and how we collect and can use your content and information. We encourage you to read the Privacy Policy.

3. Only use the content of the LiftOne Website for personal and non-commercial reasons.

The LiftOne Website contains material, such as software, text, graphics, images, video, audio and other material (collectively referred to as the “Content”). The Content may be owned by us or may be provided through an arrangement we have with others, including other users of the LiftOne Website, our Service Provider and their partners, sponsors, or affiliates. The Content is protected by copyright under both United States and foreign laws. Unauthorized use of the Content may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. No Content may be modified, copied, distributed, reproduced, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted, transmitted, or sold in any form or by any means, in whole or in part, without our or the owner of the Content’s prior written permission, except that the foregoing does not apply to your own User Content (as defined below) that you legally post to the LiftOne Website.

Provided you are not in violation of these Terms and Conditions, you are granted a limited license to access and use the LiftOne Website and the Content and to download or print a copy of any portion of the Content to which you have properly gained access solely for your personal, non-commercial use, provided that you keep all copyright or other proprietary notices intact. Any use of the LiftOne Website or the Content other than as specifically authorized pursuant to these Terms of Use, is strictly prohibited and will terminate the license granted herein. Unless expressly stated in these Terms of Use, this license is revocable at any time without notice and without cause.

4. There are no rights given to you in the trademarks of third-parties on the LiftOne Website.

Various company, product, and service names displayed on the LiftOne Website may be trademarks or service marks owned by others (“Third-Party Trademarks”). Nothing on this Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Third-Party Trademark, or any confusingly similar marks, displayed on the LiftOne Website. Third-Party Trademarks may not be used to disparage any applicable third-party, any of their products or services, or in any manner in which, in our or our Service Provider’s reasonable judgment, may damage any goodwill in the Third-Party Trademarks.

5. We have no responsibility for the content on sites linked from our site.

The LiftOne Website contains links to third-party websites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by us of the content on such site. The content of third-party websites is developed and provided by others. You should contact the site administrator or webmaster for those third-party websites if you have any concerns regarding such links or any content located on such website.

6. The LiftOne Website is to be used for personal use only and not in violation of any law or to harm anyone.
   • Collecting usernames and/or email addresses of other users by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email or other unsolicited communications;
   • Any use of the LiftOne Website, which in our or our Service Provider’s sole judgment, degrades the reliability, speed, or operation of the LiftOne Website or any underlying hardware or software thereof;
   • Publishing any falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage us or any third party;
   • Submitting material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, libelous, threatening, pornographic, harassing, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, violate any law, or is otherwise inappropriate;
   • Posting advertisements or solicitations of business;
   • Impersonating another person; or
   • Any use of the LiftOne Website which is unlawful or in violation of these Terms of Use.

The LiftOne Website is for personal use only and may not be used in connection with any charitable commercial endeavors except those that are specifically approved by us or our Service Provider. Nor may it be used for any partisan political or religious advocacy or commentary. The following activities are expressly prohibited:



7. You must be older than 13 years of age to use this site.

By using the LiftOne Website, you represent and warrant that you are 13 years of age or older. Your account may be terminated without warning, if we believe that you do not adhere to the age requirements.

You are responsible for the content you upload and you may not violate any laws, provide health related information, provide specific location information on your sponsored child or violate these Terms of Use in the content you provide.

The LiftOne Website may now or in the future permit the submission of Content by users of the LiftOne Website (“User Content”) and the hosting, sharing, and/or publishing of such User Content. You understand that whether or not such User Content is published, we and our Service Provider do not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any submissions.

Photos and limited personal information about sponsored children may be shared on the LiftOne Website up to and including photo, name, city, country and information related to donations you’ve made, visits and letters received from the child and his or her family. You agree that you, or any authorized user of your LiftOne account, shall not transmit, share or otherwise communicate any health-related information about a sponsored child that you may have. Additionally, you shall not reveal any information related to child’s specific location beyond city and country. You may choose to upload your own photographs to the LiftOne Website but agree to adhere to strict guidelines regarding online decency and accept full responsibility for any photos or information you submit of questionable content as defined by us or our service providers.

You are solely responsible for User Content you submit and the consequences of our or our Service Provider’s posting or publishing such User Content. In connection with any User Content you submit, you affirm, represent, and/or warrant that: (i) you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use and authorize both us and our Service Provider to use all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to any and all User Content to enable inclusion and use of the User Content in the manner contemplated by the LiftOne Website and these Terms of Use; and (ii) you have the written consent, release, and/or permission of each and eidentifiable individual person in the User Content to use the name or likeness of each and every such identifiable individual person to enable inclusion and use of the User Content in the manner contemplated by the LiftOne Website and these Terms of Use.

8. You grant a license to both our users and us to use the content you submit.

By submitting the User Content to us, you hereby grant both us and our Service Provider a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, change, display, and perform all or any portion of the User Content in connection with the LiftOne Website and our (and our successors’) business and in connection with other websites that make use of services provided by our Service Provider, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the LiftOne Website (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels. You also hereby grant each user of the LiftOne Website a non-exclusive license to access your User Content through the LiftOne Website, and to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform such User Content solely as permitted through the functionality of the LiftOne Website and under these Terms of Use. We or our Service Provider may maintain copies of any User Content for purposes of backup, security, or maintenance, or as required by law.

9. We do not endorse the content you or any other user uploads and may terminate your access if you upload content in violation of these Terms of Use.

We do not endorse any User Content or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein, and we expressly disclaim any and all liability in connection with any User Content. We do not permit copyright infringing activities and infringement of intellectual property rights on this Site, and we will remove all Content and User Content if properly notified that such Content or User Content infringes on another's intellectual property rights. We and our Service Provider may remove any Content and User Content without prior notice. We or our Service Provider may also terminate your access to the LiftOne Website, if you are determined to be a repeat infringer. A repeat infringer is anyone who has been notified of infringing activity more than once and/or has had any User Content removed from the LiftOne Website more than twice. We and our Service Provider also reserve the right to decide whether Content or User Content is appropriate and complies with these Terms of Use for violations other than copyright infringement and violations of intellectual property law, such as, but not limited to, pornography, obscene or defamatory material, or excessive length. We or our Service Provider may remove such User Content and/or terminate your access for uploading such material in violation of these Terms of Use at any time, without prior notice and at its sole discretion.

10. Report infringements of your intellectual property rights to us.

If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any User Content or other Content infringes upon your copyright, visit our “Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") Notification Procedure”. If we remove your content for infringing someone else's copyright, and you believe we removed it by mistake, we will provide you with an opportunity to appeal under that same procedure.

11. If your actions cause a lawsuit or claim against us or our providers, you will defend and indemnify us or our providers.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us and our Service Provider harmless from and against any claims, actions or demands, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising or resulting from your related to your actions, content or information on the LiftOne Website. We or our Service Provider shall provide notice to you of any such claim, suit, or proceeding and may assist you, in our sole discretion and at your expense, in defending any such claim, suit or proceeding. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter which is subject to indemnification under this section. In such case, you agree to cooperate with any reasonable requests assisting our defense of such matter.

12. We are not liable for any damages caused to you as a result of this website and disclaim warranties as listed below.

WE, OUR AFFILIATES, OUR SERVICE PROVIDER, AND OUR AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, OR LICENSORS, MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE CONTENT (INCLUDING THE USER CONTENT), INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ITS ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, OR RELIABILITY. NEITHER WE NOR OUR SERVICE PROVIDER SHALL BE SUBJECT TO LIABILITY FOR TRUTH, ACCURACY, OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION CONVEYED TO THE USER OR FOR ERRORS, MISTAKES OR OMISSIONS THEREIN OR FOR ANY DELAYS OR INTERRUPTIONS OF THE DATA OR INFORMATION STREAM FROM WHATEVER CAUSE. YOU AGREE THAT YOU USE THE LIFTONE WEBSITE AND THE CONTENT AT YOUR OWN RISK.

NEITHER WE NOR OUR SERVICE PROVIDER WARRANT THAT THE LIFTONE WEBSITE WILL OPERATE ERROR FREE OR THAT THIS SITE, ITS SERVER, OR THE CONTENT ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES OR SIMILAR CONTAMINATION OR DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. IF YOUR USE OF THE LIFTONE WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA, WE SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS.

THE LIFTONE WEBSITE AND CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. WE AND OUR SERVICE PROVIDER HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE WARRANTY OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES’ RIGHTS, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

IN NO EVENT SHALL WE OR OUR SERVICE PROVIDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE LIFTONE WEBSITE AND THE CONTENT, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, EVEN IF A WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Some states do not allow exclusion of implied warranties or limitation of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you. IN SUCH STATES, OUR AND OUR SERVICE PROVIDER’S LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

13. General legal terms.

These Terms of Use, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by us and our Service Provider without restriction.

You will resolve any claim, cause of action or dispute you have with us or our Service Provider arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use or the LiftOne Website exclusively in a state or federal court located in Jackson County, Missouri. The laws of the State of Missouri will govern these Terms of Use, as well as any claim that might arise between you and us or our Service Provider, without regard to conflict of law provisions. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located in Jackson County, Missouri for the purpose of litigating all such claims.

Failure by us or our Service Provider to act on or enforce any provision of these Terms of Use shall not be construed as a waiver of that provision or any other provision in these Terms of Use. No waiver shall be effective against us or our Service Provider unless made in writing, and no such waiver shall be construed as a waiver in any other or subsequent instance. Except as expressly agreed by the us and you, these Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and us with respect to the subject matter, and supersede all previous or contemporaneous agreements, whether written or oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter. The section headings are provided merely for convenience and shall not be given any legal import. These Terms of Use will inure to the benefit of our successors, assigns, licensees, and sublicensees.

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Technology and hosting for aspects of this website are provided by KickApps Corporation, a Third Party Application Service Provider ("Service Provider"). However, "LiftOne" controls the content, membership and policy of this website, including those pages served by the Service Provider on behalf of this website. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, by participating on this website you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Service Provider on all matters related to your interaction with others using this website and participation with this website, including your representation that you are at least thirteen years old. As such, the Service Provider is a third party beneficiary to your agreement with this website; such agreement with this website is defined above.

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