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Terms of Use

This website with its home page in the domain "discoveringyouok.org" (the "Website") is a website offering services dealing with Mental Health, Employment, Life Skills and Business Readiness. Discovering You, Inc. reserves the right to change these terms and conditions any time, and you must consult the most recent version of this User Agreement (not an older cached version) each time you view the Website. Use of this Website constitutes your acceptance of all of the following terms and conditions.

 

Limitation of Liability

You agree that you will hold harmless Discovering You, Inc. and its officers, directors, employees, and volunteers from all claims arising out of or related to your access or use of, or your inability to access or use, this Website or the information contained in this Website or other websites to which it is linked. This includes, but is not limited to, information or materials viewed or downloaded from this Website or another website to which it is linked that appear to you or are construed by you to be obscene, offensive, defamatory, or that infringe upon your intellectual property rights. In no event will Discovering You, Inc. or the contributors of information to this Website be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken by you in reliance on such information or for any consequential, special or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

 

Endorsements

You acknowledge that the opinions and recommendations contained in this Website are not necessarily those of Discovering You, Inc. or endorsed by Discovering You, Inc. Discovering You, Inc. may provide links on the Website to other websites which are not under the control of Discovering You, Inc. In general, any website which has an address (or URL) which does not contain "Discovering You, Inc.” is such a website. These links are provided for convenience of reference only and are not intended as an endorsement by Discovering You, Inc. of the organization or individual operating the website or a warranty of any type regarding the website or the information on the website.  

 

Content Usage Policy

Unless otherwise indicated, all information contained on our website www.discoveringyouok.org or in written form including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, button icons, video or audio clips is copyrighted by and proprietary to Discovering You, Inc. and may not be copied, reproduced, transmitted, displayed, performed, distributed, sublicensed, altered, stored for subsequent use or otherwise used in whole or in part any manner without Discovering You, Inc.'s prior written consent, except that the user may make such temporary copies in a single computer’s RAM and hard drive cache as are necessary to browse the website, and the user may make one permanent copy of each page of the website, brochure or booklet to be used by the user for personal and noncommercial uses which do not harm the reputation of Discovering You, Inc. To obtain written consent inbox us via our contact form.

 

Once written consent is given in the form of a signed permission agreement, the following restrictions apply:

  • The content may be used for informational, non-commercial purposes only

  • Any copy of content or portion thereof must include Discovering You, Inc. cite line as “copyrighted and published by Discovering You, Inc., no part of this document may be reproduced without written consent”

  • Discovering You, Inc. has the right to revoke such authorization at any time, and any such use must be discontinued upon notice from Discovering You, Inc.
     

Electronic File Sharing is Fair Use and is Encouraged

In addition to the foregoing copyright policy which protects Discovering You, Inc.'s website from commercial exploitation by others, Discovering You, Inc. has an overarching policy concerning file sharing on electronic media which encourages electronic downloading and sharing of copyrighted material on Discovering You, Inc. public (non-password-protected) website, conditioned only on including "copyright (or ©) Discovering You, Inc. (date)" under or above the material copied and shared.The date to be used is the date of the download. 

 

Discovering You, Inc. Affiliates

Discovering You, Inc. affiliates in good standing are exempt from being required to obtain written consent for the use of Discovering You, Inc.'s content.

 

Linking Your Website to Discovering You, Inc.

Discovering You, Inc. is dedicated to helping people in our community who is in need of mental health care, life skills, education for obtaining better employment, and business organizaiton. Discovering You, Inc. therefore encourages and permits links to Discovering You, Inc.’s website that support this mission. As such, Discovering You, Inc. allows external, hyper-text links to websites, provided:

 

(a) any text-only link must clearly be marked "Discovering You, Inc.";

(b) the appearance, position and other aspects of either the link or the host website may not be such as to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with Discovering You, Inc.’s name and trademarks;

(c) the appearance, position and other aspects of either the link or the host website may not create the false appearance that an entity other than Discovering You, Inc. is associated with or sponsored by Discovering You, Inc.;

(d) the link, when activated by a user, must display this Website full-screen and not with a "frame" on the linked website. Discovering You, Inc. considers framing, the practice of intact reproduction of a page or pages of one website to another website, to be deceptive and a violation of Discovering You, Inc.’s copyright rights. No authorization or permission is given for framing our content, whether in whole or in part;

(e) Discovering You, Inc. reserves the right to revoke its consent to external links at any time at its sole discretion and require that said links are abolished; and

(f) Discovering You, Inc. reserves the right to require a reciprocal link to the linking site.

 

Discovering You, Inc. Website Linking to External Websites

Discovering You, Inc. is a nonprofit, broad-based, citizens’ movement; however, Discovering You, Inc. is also committed to presenting material in a nonpartisan, noncommercial manner. Thus, links to Discovering You, Inc.’s website should not be used for inappropriate, political or commercial purposes, or suggest that Discovering You, Inc. promotes, endorses or sponsors any third party’s causes, ideas, products or services. Additionally, Discovering You, Inc. is not responsible for the information or materials contained on the host website. Links to external websites are provided for convenience of reference only and are not intended as an endorsement by Discovering You, Inc. of the organization or individual operating the host website or a warranty of any type regarding the host website or the information on the host website.

 

Recognition

Sponsors may be recognized on the Discovering You, Inc. website and may include the sponsor logo, link to the sponsor website, and a brief overview of the sponsor's chief business activity. Internet-based sponsorship recognition will generally be limited to a sponsor section of the website but may also include, in certain circumstances, recognition on the site's homepage and in other prominent areas.

The following guidelines will apply:

 

  • Sponsors may post Discovering You, Inc.'s logo and a link to www.discoveringyouok.org on the sponsor website. The logo use must conform to our Branding Guidelines and any requirement set out in written agreement.

  • Discovering You, Inc. does NOT endorse companies, products or services and strictly prohibits the suggestion of endorsement, recommendation, or superiority of one company, product or service over another company, product or service.

  • A Sponsor's logo and link may not reside on Discovering You, Inc. program-related pages, with the exception of the Annual Conference, Mental Health Month, or general fundraising activities.

  • When Discovering You, Inc.'s web site includes links to other sites, the Association does not assume any responsibility or liability for any communications or materials available at the sites to which it links, including responsibility or liability for their accuracy. No link on Discovering You, Inc.'s website is a referral or endorsement of either the linked-to entity or any product or service. 

  • Discovering You, Inc. will provide links from its site to others where there is mutual benefit, either formalized in an agreement or by an informal understanding. 
     

With respect to ad servers: We do not partner with or have special relationships with any ad server companies.

If our information practices change at some time in the future, we will post the policy changes to our Web site to notify you of these changes and provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our Web site periodically.

 

With respect to security: When we transfer and receive certain types of sensitive information such as financial information, we redirect visitors to a secure server and will notify visitors through a pop-up screen on our site. Donations, e-mails and other sensitive information are collected through a secure web server and protected by Paypal. All information provided by individuals to Discovering You, Inc. is confidential, unless otherwise noted. Information is never sold or traded. Financial information is kept locked for the required amount of time for the IRS, and then destroyed. If Discovering You, Inc. wishes to use any information provided, the provider will be contacted, and a release form outlining its use will be provided. Individuals retain the right to request Discovering You, Inc. remove their information from all mailings, both online and on paper at any time.

 

With respect to Tell-A-Friend: If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our Site, we ask them for the friend's name and email address. Discovering You, Inc.'s Advocacy Network will automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the Site. This information is stored for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email.

 

If you feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, you may contact us through our contact form.

 

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