You are visiting the website (“Site”) of The Virtual Museum of Southwest Florida Jewish History (“Museum”), operated by The Jewish Historical Society of Southwest Florida (“Society”), collectively “we”, “us” or “our.”
By visiting our site you agree to be legally bound by and comply with our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, collectively “Terms”. Please read these terms carefully. If you do not agree, please do not use our site. From time to time, our terms may be revised by us, without any notice. Revised terms will be posted to the site. By continuing to visit our site, you continue to agree with our revised terms.
Copyrights and Permissions
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Users must adhere to all copyright notices and restrictions and include all copyright, trademark, credit, author and source of the content as they would material from any printed work. Online, print, video and all other use must include credit to The Virtual Museum of Southwest Florida Jewish History and www.jewishhistorysouthwestflorida.org.
All commercial and public use is expressly prohibited, including, but not limited to, copying, downloading, displaying, modifying, re-posting, publication, distribution, transmission, or exploitation of the site and any of its content.
Public Domain Materials
From time to time, the site may add to its content materials it believes to be in public domain. We provide no warranties that any form of use of such content will not infringe upon the rights of others, who may be holding rights to these works. It is your responsibility to determine and clear the specific rights if you intend to use these materials.
Please contact admin@jewishhistorysouthwestflorida.org for notices/updates of ownership of public domain materials.
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Links and Tags
You may link to our Site as long as your intentions coincide with our mission(s). Linking with intent to cast a false or misleading light is expressly prohibited. You may not frame the content of our Site or use tags and any other “hidden text” that incorporates Our Marks without our prior written consent.
Outgoing Links
This Site may contain links to other World Wide Web destinations that we think may be of interest or relevance to our visitors. Please be advised that we have no control over these sites or their content. We advise you to read the privacy policies and terms of use that govern use of third-party sites.
Limitation of Liability
Under no circumstances will the Site, Society or its directors, officers, employees, or agents be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, exemplary or similar damages, including lost revenues or profits, loss of business, or loss of data arising out of or related to your use of our site, services, or content or these terms, regardless of the theory of liability, whether tort, including negligence, contract, or any other legal or equitable theory. Some jurisdictions do not allow a limitation of liability for these kinds of damages, so these limitations or exclusions may not apply to you.
DISCLAIMERS
THE SERVICES AND CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR SITE ARE AVAILABLE “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY SERVICES OR CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR SITE OR THROUGH LINKS TO THIRD-PARTIES’ SITES, INCLUDING THAT OUR SITE, SERVICES, OR CONTENT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CORRECT ERRORS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, INACCURACIES OR OTHER ISSUES CONCERNING OUR SITE, SERVICES, AND CONTENT. IF YOU RELY ON OUR SITE, SERVICES OR CONTENT, YOU DO SO ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO OUR SITE, SERVICES, AND CONTENT, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, EVEN IF SUCH PURPOSE HAS BEEN DISCLOSED TO US, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
ALTHOUGH WE INTEND TO TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF VIRUSES, WORMS, OR OTHER HARMFUL ELEMENTS TO OUR SITE, WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT OUR SITE, SERVICES OR CONTENT WILL BE FREE FROM SUCH AND WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR HARM ATTRIBUTABLE TO THEM.
Privacy Policy
We are committed to protecting your privacy when you visit our Site. This Privacy Policy is part of our Terms of Use, collectively, “Terms”. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully because by visiting this Site, you agree to be legally bound by and comply with its terms. If you do not agree, please do not use this Site. We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. If you continue to use the Site after such revisions are posted, you agree to the revised terms.
Information We Collect and How We Use It
We collect personally identifiable information from you (e.g., name, mailing address, email address, and social media profile). This “Personal Information”) you voluntarily provide it to us or our third party service providers.
We will use your Personal Information for the purpose for which you provided it. We may also send you other communications regarding our mission, programs, events, and opportunities that we think may be of interest to you. For fundraising purposes, we may combine and use your Personal Information with information that we have previously collected from you and from publicly available data.
We may also collect anonymous information (that does not include personally identifiable information) about visitors, compile and aggregate the information, and use it or share it with third parties to help us improve your experience on our Site. This information may include the type of browser you use (e.g., Firefox, Google Chrome, or Internet Explorer), your Internet Protocol address (a number assigned to each user by an Internet service provider), the pages you visit on our Site, and so forth. We collect this information through technology such as “cookies,” which are small text files placed on the hard drive of the visitor’s computer. Most Internet browsers will let you disable cookies. If you do so, certain areas of our Site may not function as intended.
Sharing Information
We may share your Personal Information with service providers who help us operate our Site. We also reserve the right to disclose and use Personal Information and other information to enforce this Privacy Policy and our Terms, to take action regarding suspected illegal activities; to protect the rights, safety or property of any one; to comply with law or legal process (e.g., a search warrant, subpoena, statute, or court order); in connection with a merger, consolidation, or reorganization or a sale or transfer of some or all of our assets or a similar transaction; or for other reasons we determine in good faith are necessary, appropriate, or required by law.
Review and Correction of Personal Information; Opt Out
We will make reasonable efforts to enable you to review your Personal Information and, upon your instructions, to correct inaccuracies in your Personal Information. If you wish to review or correct your Personal Information, or if you would like to request that we not use your Personal Information in certain ways, please contact us at admin@jewishhistorysouthwestflorida.org. If you no longer wish to receive communications from us, you can follow the opt-out or unsubscribe instructions in the materials you receive or contact us at office@jhsswf.org.
Security
We strive to keep your Personal Information secure and uses commercially reasonable efforts to safeguard it from unauthorized use. Of course, no security measures can be guaranteed to be 100% effective, so you use our Site at your own risk.
Updated June 2022
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