Acceptance of Terms
Welcome to ndunited.org (hereinafter referred to as “our site.”) North Dakota United (NDU) provides our site to you as a service subject to the following Terms of Use (TOU). Unless explicitly stated otherwise, all features of our site are subject to the TOU. By using our site, you accept the terms below. If you do not accept any of these terms, you are not authorized to use our site. We reserve the right to modify these terms at any time. Your continued use of our site following the posting of any changes to the TOU constitutes your acceptance of the new terms.
Description of Service
Through our site, NDU strives to provide users — NDU members and advocates for public service employees — with access to a rich array of resources, including personalized content. We hope you find our site useful. We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue our site, or any part of it, at any time, for any reason without prior notice to you. You agree that we shall not be liable for any such modification, suspension, or discontinuance.
Registration Obligations
If you choose to become a registered user of our site, you agree to provide us with true, accurate, and current registration information and to update your registration information to keep it that way.
Privacy Statement
Your registration information, as well as other personally identifiable information that you provide us about yourself on our site, is subject to our Privacy Statement.
User Conduct
As a condition of using our site, you agree not to use our site, among other things, to:
- Impersonate any person or entity, including but not limited to an official of NDU, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
- Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers to disguise the origin of any text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, or other materials (hereinafter referred to as “Content”) transmitted through our site.
- Harm minors in any way.
- Harass, threaten, embarrass, or cause distress, unwanted attention, or discomfort to a person or entity.
- Transmit or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable, as solely determined by NDU.
- Transmit or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights of any party.
- Transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited advertising, promotional information, bulk e-mail, or other solicitation.
- Transmit or otherwise make available any Content containing any “virus,” “worm,” “trojan horse,” or any other computer code, file, or program designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment.
- Interfere with or disrupt our site or servers or networks connected to our site, or disobey any requirements or policies of networks connected to our site.
- Intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law.
You further agree that this list is not intended to be complete, but merely illustrative. We reserve the right in our sole and final judgment to determine whether certain conduct violates this User Conduct Section.
User-Submitted Content
By submitting Content to us for inclusion on an electronic mailing list, a message board, or otherwise, you represent and warrant that:
- You own all the legal rights to the Content that you submit.
- Our publication of the Content will not infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary right of any party.
- You have complied with the TOU.
You also grant NDU:
- A nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such Content throughout the world in any medium.
- The right to use the name and contact information that you submit in connection with such Content, if we so choose. You agree that you will not be compensated for any Content you submit to our site unless expressly contracted in writing to do so.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless NDU, its officers, directors, employees, agents, and partners from and against any claim or demand, including attorneys’ fees, made by any third party in connection with:
- Any Content that you transmit or otherwise make available via our site.
- Your use of our site.
- Your connection to our site.
- Your violation of the TOU.
Termination
You agree that NDU may, in its sole discretion, terminate your use of our site for any reason, including but not limited to a violation of the TOU, without prior notice to you. You also agree that NDU shall not be liable for any termination of access to our site.
Mobile Terms and Conditions
- There is no fee from North Dakota United (NDU) to receive text messages. Message and data rates may apply—please check with your mobile service provider for details. Charges are billed and payable to your mobile service provider or deducted from your prepaid account. Consent to receive text messages is not a condition of membership or purchase.
- Data collected in connection with this SMS service may include your mobile phone number, your carrier’s name, and the date, time, and content of your messages. This information may be used to contact you and provide the services or updates you’ve requested from NDU. SMS alerts may not be delivered if your mobile phone is out of range, if sufficient network capacity is unavailable, or due to other factors beyond our control, such as equipment issues, terrain, buildings, or weather. Wireless carriers do not guarantee message delivery and are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
- For details about data collection and use, please read our full Privacy Policy.
- NDU is not responsible for any delays in the receipt of SMS messages, as delivery is subject to effective transmission by your mobile service provider.
- By submitting your cell phone number you are agreeing to receive text messages from North Dakota United about upcoming events and activities or organizational and membership/account updates. Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply.
- For assistance, reply HELP to any message or contact us at [email protected]. To stop receiving messages, text STOP or email [email protected].
Links
The terms in the TOU do not apply to any websites that are linked from our site (“linked-sites”). These linked-sites will have their own policies and practices that may be different from ours. You understand and agree that NDU is not responsible for the operation of any linked-site and does not endorse nor is responsible for any Content, services, or advertising on linked-sites. You agree that NDU shall not be held liable for any loss or damage incurred as a result of such Content, services, or advertising.
Contact Information
For any questions or concerns regarding these terms, please contact [email protected]
