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Effective as of: April 1, 2021

Welcome to the website (“Site”) for the American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia (“Union”) and the American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia (“Foundation”) (collectively, “ACLU of the District of Columbia,” “we,” “our,” “us”).

The Site consists of our website at acludc.org, including all web pages whose domain name contains acludc.org and www.acludc.org, or which are operated by the ACLU of the District of Columbia and link to this User Agreement.

To be clear, this is not the User Agreement for websites operated by the ACLU of the District of Columbia that do not contain these domain names and do not link to this User Agreement. Those websites have site-specific User Agreements.

This User Agreement also does not apply to websites that the ACLU of the District of Columbia does not operate where an ACLU of the District of Columbia entity has a presence, such as ACLU of the District of Columbia pages on Facebook.

Finally, this is not the online User Agreement for the websites of other ACLU local/state affiliate organizations (collectively, “Affiliates”) or the national organizations: the American Civil Liberties Union, Inc. and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc. (collectively, “National”). In all of those cases, site-specific terms of use apply, and are posted accordingly.

Please read this User Agreement carefully, including the ACLU of the District of Columbia Online Privacy Statement. By using the ACLU of the District of Columbia Site, you agree to follow the rules set forth on these web pages. From time to time we may revise this User Agreement, including its Online Privacy Statement, so be sure to check these web pages occasionally. If we do make material changes, we will post a notice on our home page that the User Agreement has been modified and provide a link to the revised User Agreement. When you continue to use the ACLU of the District of Columbia Site after we post a change, it means you agree to the new rules.

The ACLU of the District of Columbia and the ACLU of the District of Columbia Foundation

The American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia (Union) and its affiliated organization,  American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia (Foundation), are separate organizations that are each engaged in the same mission of defending the rights guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution, including First Amendment freedoms, equality, privacy rights, and fundamental fairness.

Online Privacy Statement & Information You Voluntarily Submit to the ACLU of the District of Columbia Site

Please review our ACLU of the District of Columbia Online Privacy Statement, which is part of this User Agreement and describes how we handle any personally identifying information about ACLU of the District of Columbia Site users, including information you provide directly to the ACLU of the District of Columbia Site. By providing such information, you hereby acknowledge and agree to ACLU of the District of Columbia’s treatment of such information as described in the Online Privacy Statement.

Copyright

Except where otherwise indicated, the ACLU of the District of Columbia owns or licenses the copyright in all the materials on the ACLU of the District of Columbia Site, including text, graphics, logos, button icons, audio clips, video clips, photographs, and software, and those rights are protected by United States and international copyright laws and other intellectual property laws (“ACLU of the District of Columbia Content”). To the extent your use of material on our Site does not constitute “fair use” for which you do not need our permission, the following rules apply to use of the material:

Automatically Permitted Distribution

Unless the specific web page from which ACLU of the District of Columbia text material is available indicates you may not do so, you may copy or distribute text materials that appear on the ACLU of the District of Columbia Site, in print or digital format, subject to three limitations:

  1. You may not use the materials for any commercial purpose, including any purpose connected with the sale of goods or services;
  2. You may not make editorial changes to material you attribute to us; and
  3. You may not excerpt, juxtapose, or present attributed material in any way that is misleading as to our original editorial intent, or as to your relationship with us.

You may also copy or distribute ACLU of the District of Columbia Content that is not ACLU of the District of Columbia text materials if and only to the extent that the specific launching page from which that ACLU of the District of Columbia Content is accessible, and/or the ACLU of the District of Columbia Content itself, explicitly indicates that the ACLU of the District of Columbia Content may be distributed in a specified manner, subject to the same three limitations stated above.

All distributed copies, whether of text or non-text materials, must display the following copyright notice:

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Originally posted by the ACLU of the District of Columbia at [complete address of source page].

Distribution Requiring Advance Written Permission

You must obtain written permission in advance if you wish to reproduce ACLU of the District of Columbia Content in any manner not listed in the previous paragraph. You can request this permission by sending us an email at [email protected] that contains the information listed below:

  • complete description of the ACLU of the District of Columbia Content requested, such as the URL of the web page that contains the ACLU of the District of Columbia Content, a description of the sections or paragraphs that will be distributed, and, where applicable, the title and date of the ACLU of the District of Columbia Content;
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Information You Post to the ACLU of the District of Columbia Site

To the extent you voluntarily post material to the ACLU of the District of Columbia Site for display on the ACLU of the District of Columbia Site itself, you automatically grant to ACLU of the District of Columbia an irrevocable, perpetual worldwide license for the ACLU of the District of Columbia to display such material on the ACLU of the District of Columbia Site, except to the extent we have indicated otherwise on the portion of the ACLU of the District of Columbia Site that permits you to post such information (e.g., if a particular blog or forum on the ACLU of the District of Columbia Site posts any specific terms of use that applies to that particular blog or forum). Additionally, unless otherwise explicitly agreed upon in writing by you and ACLU of the District of Columbia, by posting any material to the ACLU of the District of Columbia Site for display on the ACLU of the District of Columbia Site, you are representing, warranting, and covenanting to the ACLU of the District of Columbia that those materials are original to you or you have obtained permissions, releases, rights, or licenses, if any are required (including where use of that material does not constitute “fair use”), that you assume full responsibility for the posting of such material vis-à-vis third parties, including but not limited to making any payments to third parties with respect to displaying such third party material. By posting material for display on a portion of the ACLU of the District of Columbia Site that contains specific terms of use applicable to that portion of the ACLU of the District of Columbia Site, you agree you have read, understand, agree to, and accept such specific terms of use.

Trademarks (Including Logos)

ACLU OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ACLU OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOUNDATION, ACLU of the District of Columbia, ACLU of the District of Columbia logos, and any other trademarks on the ACLU of the District of Columbia Site (collectively “ACLU of the District of Columbia Trademarks”) are trademarks of the ACLU of the District of Columbia in the United States and other countries unless it is explicitly stated on the ACLU of the District of Columbia Site where a trademark appears that the trademark is the trademark of a third party (or it is obvious from the context that it is the trademark of a third party; e.g., where we include on the ACLU of the District of Columbia Site the name or logo of a coalition partner) (“Third-Party Trademarks”). To the extent your use of ACLU of the District of Columbia Trademarks does not constitute “fair use” for which you do not need our permission, the following rules apply to use of the material:

You may not use the ACLU of the District of Columbia Trademarks for any product or service that does not belong to the ACLU of the District of Columbia, nor in any manner that is likely to cause confusion about whether we are the source, affiliated with, sponsor of, or endorser of any product or service. In addition, you may not use the ACLU of the District of Columbia Trademarks in any manner that illegally disparages or discredits us.

Your ability to use a Third-Party Trademark that appears on the ACLU of the District of Columbia Site is limited to the manner, if any, in which the ACLU of the District of Columbia Site explicitly states on the page on which such Third-Party Trademark appears that such use in such manner is authorized by the third-party owner of that Third-Party Trademark (unless your use is permissible under the law [e.g., it is “fair use”] or the owner of such Third-Party Trademark has specifically granted you the right to such use in such manner).

Frames and Metatags

You may not frame the content of the ACLU of the District of Columbia Site. You may not use metatags or any other “hidden text” that incorporates ACLU of the District of Columbia Trademarks or our name without our express written consent.

Links to Other Websites

The ACLU of the District of Columbia Site contains links to other websites that we think may be of interest to you. We are not responsible for and have no control over these other sites or their content. Remember that when you link to another site, that other site is governed by its own user agreement and privacy statement, which you should be sure to read.

Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

ALTHOUGH WE TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF VIRUSES, WORMS, “TROJAN HORSES,” OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE MATERIALS TO THE ACLU OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SITE, WE DO NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT THE ACLU OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SITE OR MATERIALS THAT MAY BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE ACLU OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SITE ARE FREE FROM SUCH DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR HARM ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH FEATURES.

WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, LOSS, OR INJURY BASED ON ERRORS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN THE ACLU OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SITE, NOR FOR ANY CLAIM, LOSS, OR INJURY THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR USE OF THE ACLU OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SITE OR YOUR BREACH OF ANY PROVISION OF THIS USER AGREEMENT.

Termination

We reserve the right to terminate the ACLU of the District of Columbia Site and this User Agreement at any time without notice for any reason, including, in the case of the User Agreement, for your violation of any of its provisions. The Limitation of Liability and Governing Law Sections of this User Agreement survive any such termination.

Governing Law

This User Agreement is governed by the laws of the District of Columbia applicable to contracts made and performed there without regard to its conflicts of law principles. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in the District of Columbia and District of Columbia County and waive any jurisdictional, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such courts.