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By using this site, you signify your assent to these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to all of these Terms and Conditions of use, do not use this site!
STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA?. ("STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA?.") may revise and update these Terms and Conditions at any time. Your continued usage of the STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA?. websites ("STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA?. Sites," or the "Sites,") will mean you accept those changes.
INDEX
Agreement
Mental Health Resources Provided on the Web Site
Access
The Site Does Not Provide Counseling Advice
Children's Privacy
Use of Content
User Submissions
User Media Submissions ? Image, Video, Audio files
Passwords
Advertisements, Search and Links to Other Sites
Indemnity
General
Jurisdiction
Notice and Take Down Procedures, Copyright Agent
Complete Agreement
Agreement
By entering this site, you expressly acknowledge and agree that neither STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA?, nor any of its contractors, volunteers, agents, or representatives are responsible for any personal information which you may enter over the Internet during transmission. Despite our efforts to protect your information some level of risk when communicating over the Internet is always present.
Because your participation in the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line? is not medical care or treatment, STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA?, nor any of its volunteers, contractors, agents, or representatives are responsible for any decisions or results of the decisions that you make while, as a result of, or after participating in the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?. This includes whether you choose to seek or not seek professional medical or psychological/psychiatric care, or to modify or terminate specific treatment that you currently are receiving based on the information provided by this service. If the trained volunteer counselor concludes that you are at imminent danger to yourself or others, they will request your telephone number so they can attempt to provide you with additional assistance, including sending local emergency services to you. As a visitor, you may refuse to provide your telephone number and STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA?, nor any of its volunteers, contractors, agents, or representatives will be able to attempt to contact you to offer you additional counseling or assistance.
Mental Health Resources Provided on the Web Site(s)
The Web Sites of STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? also provide mental health resource information to make it easy for you to connect to mental health information.
Access
Access to the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line? and its resources is free to all.
The Site Does Not Provide Counseling Advice
The contents of the STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA?. Site, such as text, graphics, images, information obtained from STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA?s and other material contained on the STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA?. Site ("Content") are for informational purposes only. By using this site, you expressly acknowledge that our participants are not health professionals, but are laypeople volunteering their time to discuss matters of concern to our Users. The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional counseling advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your psychologist or professional counselor or other qualified mental health provider with any questions you may have regarding depression or suicidal feelings. Never disregard professional counseling/advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on the STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA?. Sites!
If you think you may have an emergency, call your 911 or dial The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at
1-800-273 TALK (8225) IMMEDIATELY.
STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA?. does not recommend or endorse any specific counselors, products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned on the Sites. Reliance on any information provided by STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA?, its employees, volunteers or others appearing on the Sites at the invitation of STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA?, or other visitors to the Site is solely at your own risk.
The Site may contain, or our volunteers may engage in discussions that include mental health or psychology-related materials and which may be in part sexually explicit. If you find these materials or the possibility of such discussions offensive, you may not want to use our Site.
My use of this site shall constitute a waiver of my right to challenge any disclosure that I might make, in the course of my use of this site, of my treatment history and of any of my mental health information, under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (?HIPAA?) as amended or any similar law of any state.
Children's Privacy
We are committed to protecting the privacy of children. You should be aware that our Sites are not intended or designed to attract children under the age of 13. We do not collect personally identifiable information from any person we actually know is a child under the age of 13. By using our site, you represent that you are over the age of 13.
Use of Content
STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? authorizes you to view or download a single copy of the material on the STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? Site solely for your personal, noncommercial use if you include the following copyright notice: "Copyright ?2005, STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, or Love Our Children USA?, Copyright ?1999 with the Site address. All rights reserved" and other copyright and proprietary rights notices that are contained in the Content. Any special rules for the use of certain software and other items accessible on the STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA?, Site may be included elsewhere within the Sites and are incorporated into these Terms and Conditions by reference.
The Content is protected by copyright under both United States and foreign laws. Title to the Content remains with STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? and/or its volunteers or licensors. Any use of the Content not expressly permitted by these Terms and Conditions is a breach of these Terms and Conditions and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. Content and features are subject to change or termination without notice in the editorial discretion of STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA?. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA?., its volunteers and its licensors.
If you violate any of these Terms and Conditions, your permission to use the Content automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of any portion of the Content.
User Submissions
The personal information you submit to STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? is governed by the STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? Privacy Policy. To the extent there is an inconsistency between this Agreement and the STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? Privacy Policy, this Agreement shall govern.
You agree that you will not upload or transmit any communications or content of any type to the Public Areas (including blogs, Guest Book, Tell Us Why, etc.) that infringe or violate any rights of any party. By submitting communications or content to the Public Areas, you agree that such submission is non-confidential for all purposes.
If you make any such submission you agree that you will not send or transmit to STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? by email, (including through the email addresses listed on the "Contact Us" page) any communication or content that infringes or violates any rights of any party. If you submit any business information, idea, concept or invention to STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? by email, you agree such submission is non-confidential for all purposes.
If you make any submission to a Public Area or if you submit any business information, idea, concept or invention to STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? by email, you automatically grant-or warrant that the owner of such content or intellectual property has expressly granted-STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA?. a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, world-wide nonexclusive license to use, reproduce, create derivative works from, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display the communication or content in any media or medium, or any form, format, or forum now known or hereafter developed. STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? may sublicense its rights through multiple tiers of sublicenses. If you wish to keep any business information, ideas, concepts or inventions private or proprietary, do not submit them to the Public Areas or to STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? by email. We try to answer every email in a timely manner, but are not always able to do so.
User Submissions ? Image, Video, Audio Files
You agree to only post or upload Media (like photos, videos or audio) that you have taken yourself or that you have all rights to transmit and license and which do not violate trademark, copyright, privacy or any other rights of any other person. Photos or videos of celebrities and cartoon or comic images are usually copyrighted by the owner.
To protect your privacy, you agree that you will not submit any media that contains Personally Identifiable Information (like name, phone number, email address or web site URL.) of you or of anyone else. Uploading media like images or video of other people without their permission is strictly prohibited.
By uploading any media on the STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? site, you warrant that you have permission from all persons appearing in your media for you to make this contribution and grant rights described herein. Never post a picture or video of you or with someone else unless you have their explicit permission.
It is strictly prohibited to upload media of any kind that contain expressions of hate, abuse, offensive images or conduct, obscenity, pornography, sexually explicit or any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under applicable law or regulations or that otherwise may be in conflict with these Terms and Conditions, the STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? Advertising Policy and the STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? Privacy Policy.
You agree that you will not upload any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or this Web site.
By uploading any media like a photo or video, (a) you grant to STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, copy, print, display, reproduce, modify, publish, post, transmit and distribute the media and any material included in the media; and (b) you certify that any person pictured in the submitted media (or, if a minor, his/her parent/legal guardian) authorizes STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? to use, copy, print, display, reproduce, modify, publish, post, transmit and distribute the media and any material included in such media; and (c) you agree to indemnify STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? and its affiliates, directors, officers, volunteers and employees and hold them harmless from any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising from the media and/or your failure to comply with these the terms described in this document.
STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? reserves the right to review all media prior to submission to the site and to remove any media for any reason, at any time, without prior notice, at our sole discretion
Passwords
STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? has several tools that allow you to record and store information. You are responsible for taking all reasonable steps to ensure that no unauthorized person shall have access to your STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? passwords or accounts. It is your sole responsibility to (1) control the dissemination and use of activation codes and passwords; (2) authorize, monitor, and control access to and use of your STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? account and password; (3) promptly inform STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? of any need to deactivate a password. You grant STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? and all other persons or entities involved in the operation of the Site the right to transmit, monitor, retrieve, store, and use your information in connection with the operation of the Site. STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? cannot and does not assume any responsibility or liability for any information you submit, or your or third parties' use or misuse of information transmitted or received using STOMP Out Bullying, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line, or Love Our Children USA tools and services.
Advertisements, Searches, and Links to Other Sites
STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? may provide links to third-party web sites. STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? also may select certain sites as priority responses to search terms you enter and STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? may agree to allow advertisers to respond to certain search terms with advertisements or sponsored content. STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? does not recommend and does not endorse the content on any third-party websites. STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites, sites framed within the STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? Sites, third-party sites provided as search results, or third-party advertisements, and does not make any representations regarding their content or accuracy. Your use of third-party websites is at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such sites. STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? does not endorse any opinions, advice, product, service, or treatment advertised on the STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? Site.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA?, its officers, directors, employees, volunteers, agents, licensors, and suppliers, harmless from and against any claims, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements including without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, resulting from, or alleged to result from, your violation of these Terms and Conditions.
General
STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and Love Our Children USA? is based in New York, New York, in the United States of America with principal offices in New York, New York. STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? make no claims that STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? Sites within the STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? Network and the Content are appropriate or may be downloaded outside of the United States. Access to the Content may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? Network from outside the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction.
The following provisions survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever: Liability, User Submissions, User Submissions ? image, video, audio files, Indemnity, Jurisdiction, and Complete Agreement.
Jurisdiction
You expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute with STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA?, or in any way relating to your use of the STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? Site, resides in the courts of the State of New York and you further agree and expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in the courts of the State of New York in connection with any such dispute including any claim involving STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? or its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, volunteers, contractors, officers, directors, telecommunication providers, and content providers.
These Terms and Conditions are governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of New York, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is 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 of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other term or condition.
Notice and Takedown Procedures; and Copyright Agent
If you believe any materials accessible on or from the Sites infringe your copyright, you may request removal of those materials (or access thereto) from this web site by contacting STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA?' copyright agent (identified below) and providing the following information:
Identification of the copyrighted work that you believe to be infringed. Please describe the work, and where possible include a copy or the location (e.g., URL) of an authorized version of the work.
Identification of the material that you believe to be infringing and its location. Please describe the material, and provide us with its URL or any other pertinent information that will allow us to locate the material.
Your name, address, telephone number and (if available) e-mail address.
A statement that you have a good faith belief that the complained of use of the materials is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
A statement that the information that you have supplied is accurate, and indicating that "under penalty of perjury," you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
A signature or the electronic equivalent from the copyright holder or authorized representative.
STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA?'s agent for copyright issues relating to this web site is as follows:
STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA?
Mailing Address:
STOMP Out Bullying?
Love Our Children USA
220 East 57th Street
New York, NY 10022-2820
Or call: 877-602-N0BULLY (8559)
In an effort to protect the rights of copyright owners, STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? maintains a policy for the termination, in appropriate circumstances, of subscribers and account holders of the Sites who are repeat infringers.
Complete Agreement
Except as expressly provided in a particular "legal notice" on the STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? Sites, these Terms and Conditions and the STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? with respect to the use of the STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? Site and Content.
Thank you for your cooperation. We hope you find the STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, or Love Our Children USA? Sites helpful and convenient to use! Questions or comments regarding this website, including any reports of non-functioning links, should be submitted using our Contact Us Form or via U.S. mail to: STOMP Out Bullying?, the STOMP Out Bullying Help/Chat Line?, and/or Love Our Children USA? to our mailing address at:
STOMP Out Bullying?
Love Our Children USA
220 East 57th Street
New York, NY 10022-2820
Or call: 877-602-N0BULLY (8559)
We try to answer every email in a timely manner but due to volume may not always be able to do so.