TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE OF THE JCLC WEBSITE

By accessing this website, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions appearing in this document and you accept our Privacy Policy which is available here. If there is anything you do not understand please email any inquiry to jclcwebhelp@jclc.org.

In these terms and conditions "We/us/our/JCLC" means The Jefferson County Library Cooperative, "website" means the website located at www.jclc.org (or any subsequent URL which may replace it) and all associated websites and micro sites of The Jefferson County Library Cooperative and "You/your" means you as a user of the website.

You shall not use the website for any illegal purposes, and you will use it in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. You agree not to use the website in a way that may cause the website to be interrupted, damaged, rendered less efficient or such that the effectiveness or functionality of the website is in any way impaired;

You agree not to attempt any unauthorized access to any part or component of the website; and You agree that in the event that you have any right, claim or action against any Users arising out of that User's use of the website, then you will pursue such right, claim or action independently of and without recourse to us.

YOU AGREE TO BE FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR (AND FULLY INDEMNIFY US AGAINST) ALL CLAIMS, LIABILITY, DAMAGES, LOSSES, COSTS AND EXPENSES, INCLUDING LEGAL FEES, SUFFERED BY US AND ARISING OUT OF ANY BREACH OF THE CONDITIONS BY YOU OR ANY OTHER LIABILITIES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, OR THE USE BY ANY OTHER PERSON ACCESSING THE WEBSITE USING YOUR PC OR INTERNET ACCESS ACCOUNT.

We reserve the right to modify or withdraw, temporarily or permanently, the website (or any part of) with or without notice to you and you confirm that we shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification to or withdrawal of the website.

We may alter these terms and conditions from time to time, and your use of the website (or any part of) following such change shall be deemed to be your acceptance of such change. It is your responsibility to check regularly to determine whether the Conditions have been changed. If you do not agree to any change to the Conditions then you must immediately stop using the website.

The website is subject to constant change. You will not be eligible for any compensation because you cannot use any part of the website or because of a failure, suspension or withdrawal of all or part of the website.

We are not responsible for the availability of any external sites or resources, and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for the privacy practices or the content (including misrepresentative or defamatory content) of any third party websites, including (without limitation) any advertising, products or other materials or services on or available from such websites or resources, nor for any damage, loss or offense caused or alleged to be caused by, or in connection with, the use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on such external sites or resources.

We have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor any activity and content associated with the website. We may investigate any reported violation of these Conditions or complaints and take any action that we deem appropriate (which may include, but is not limited to, issuing warnings, suspending, terminating or attaching conditions to your access and/or removing any materials from the website).

You acknowledge and agree that all copyright, trademarks and all other intellectual property rights in all material or content supplied as part of the website shall remain at all times vested in us or our licensors. You are permitted to use this material only as expressly authorized by us.

You acknowledge and agree that the material and content contained within the website is made available for your personal non-commercial use only and that you may download such material and content onto only one computer hard drive for such purpose. Any other use of the material and content of the website is strictly prohibited. You agree not to (and agree not to assist or facilitate any third party to) copy, reproduce, transmit, publish, display, distribute, commercially exploit or create derivative works of such material and content.

The website's Copyright is The Jefferson County Library Cooperative. All rights reserved.

DISCLAIMER

WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED IN RELATION TO THE ACCURACY OF ANY INFORMATION WE PLACE ON THE WEBSITE. THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION OR ENDORSEMENT. UNLESS SPECIFIED IN SEPARATE TERMS AND CONDITIONS RELATED TO A PARTICULAR PRODUCT OR SERVICE, WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN RELATION TO THE WEBSITE, OR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED ON THE WEBSITE WHETHER BY US OR ON OUR BEHALF (INCLUDING FREE SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS) INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, COMPATIBILITY, SECURITY, ACCURACY, CONDITION OR COMPLETENESS, OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OR TRADE.

UNLESS SPECIFIED IN SEPARATE TERMS AND CONDITIONS RELATED TO A PARTICULAR PRODUCT OR SERVICE, WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE WEBSITE OR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED ON THE WEBSITE WHETHER BY US OR ON OUR BEHALF (INCLUDING FREE SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS) WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE OR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED ON THE WEBSITE WHETHER BY US OR ON OUR BEHALF (INCLUDING FREE SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS) ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR BUGS OR ARE FULLY FUNCTIONAL, ACCURATE, OR RELIABLE. WE WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OF CONTENT OR MATERIAL AS A RESULT OF UPLOADING TO OR DOWNLOADING FROM THE WEBSITE.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE CANNOT GUARANTEE AND THEREFORE SHALL NOT BE IN ANY WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SECURITY OR PRIVACY OF THE WEBSITE AND ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED TO OR TAKEN FROM THE WEBSITE BY YOU.

WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE, IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, NEGLIGENCE), PRE-CONTRACT OR OTHER REPRESENTATIONS (OTHER THAN FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATIONS) OR OTHERWISE OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEBSITE OR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED ON THE WEBSITE WHETHER BY US OR ON OUR BEHALF (INCLUDING FREE SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS) FOR ANY ECONOMIC LOSSES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOSS OF REVENUES, PROFITS, CONTRACTS, BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS) OR ANY LOSS OF GOODWILL OR REPUTATION, OR ANY LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF DATA, OR ANY SPECIAL OR INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSSES; IN ANY CASE WHETHER OR NOT SUCH LOSSES WERE WITHIN THE CONTEMPLATION OF EITHER OF US AT THE DATE ON WHICH THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE LOSS OCCURRED.

We will not be liable in contract, tort or otherwise if you incur loss or damage connecting to the website through a third party's hypertext link.

If any part of the Conditions shall be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed to be severable from these Conditions and shall not effect the validity and enforceability of any of the remaining provisions of the Conditions.

Nothing shall be construed as a waiver by us of any preceding or succeeding breach of any provision.

These Conditions and documents referred to herein (as amended from time to time) contain the entire agreement between you and us relating to the subject matter covered and supersede any previous agreements, arrangements, undertakings or proposals, written or oral, between you and us in relation to such matters. No oral explanation or oral information given by either of us shall alter the interpretation of these Conditions. You confirm that, in agreeing to accept these Conditions, you have not relied on any representation save insofar as the same has expressly been made a representation in these Conditions and you agree that you shall have no remedy in respect of any misrepresentation which has not become a term of these Conditions save that your agreement contained in this Clause shall not apply in respect of any fraudulent misrepresentation whether or not such has become a term of these Conditions.

You agree to the terms of our privacy policy which is available here.

These Conditions will be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Alabama and the United States whose Courts will have exclusive jurisdiction in any dispute, save that we have the right, at our sole discretion, to commence and pursue proceedings in alternative jurisdictions.

You may send us notices under or in connection with these Conditions by email to jclcwebhelp@jclc.org or by telephone to (205) 226-3615. As proof of sending does not guarantee our receipt of your notice, you must ensure that you have received an acknowledgement from us, which should be retained by you.

RULES FOR THE USE OF JCLC ONLINE SERVICES AND SOCIAL MEDIA

Overview

The Jefferson County Library Cooperative (JCLC) has established social media sites primarily to inform Jefferson County library users about programs, resources, and events, held at any of the 40 member library locations that make up the JCLC. Library social media sites include any online service, site, web application, or account created and maintained by JCLC or its agents, which permit users to communicate with other users through postings. They include but are not limited to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube and future social media sites not currently in use. The JCLC social media policy applies to all users of the JCLC social media sites.

As a user of JCLC "Online Services" or content management system you confirm that you have read, understand and agree to these rules, JCLC's Terms and Conditions of use for "Online Services" and you agree to the terms of JCLC's Online Services Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use JCLC's online services, or if you are already using JCLC's online services, please stop immediately.

Online Services/Website Privacy Policy

Users should have no expectation of privacy in postings on JCLC sponsored social media sites. By using these sites, users consent to the JCLC's right to access, monitor and read any postings on the sites.

Third party websites also have their own privacy policies, which apply to all users of the JCLC social sites.

Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this Policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and disclose and make use of personal information. The following outlines our privacy policy.

We do not use "persistent" web cookies. Persistent web cookies are defined as web cookies that can track the activities of users over time and across different web sites.

Session cookies, the kind used on this site, automatically expire when users leave a site. Session cookies retain information only during the session or for the purpose of completing a particular online transaction, without any capacity to track users over time and across different web sites.

Emails and Web Forms

Personally identifying information that you provide by email and/or web forms will be used only for such purposes as are described at the point of collection (for example on a web form), such as to send information or products to you, process your application, or to respond to your questions or comments. If you provide contact information, JCLC staff or its contractors may contact you to clarify your comment or question, or to learn about your level of customer satisfaction with our services.

JCLC conducts promotional campaigns to inform the community of our services. We regularly send emails to patrons regarding events of our local libraries. We also conduct online fundraising campaigns and may use patron email or postal address for those mailings also. We do not sell any personal information to third parties.

Information Collected Only and Stored Automatically

JCLC will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:

1. The Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" if you use a private Internet access account, or "your school.edu" if you connect from a university) and IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web) from which you access our web site;
2. The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
3. The date and time you access our site;
4. The pages you visit and how long you visited each page; and
5. If you linked to the JCLC web site from another web site, the address of that web site.

We use this information to help us make our site more useful to visitors and to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use. We do not track or record information about individuals and their visits.

Links to Other Sites

Our policy discloses the privacy practices for the JCLC website. But JCLC provides links to other websites. When you leave the JCLC website, you will go to sites outside our control. These external sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data, or solicit personal information. The privacy policies and procedures described here for JCLC do not apply to any external links. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any site you link to from ours, especially if you share any personal information. Be informed. You are the person best qualified to protect your own privacy.

Security

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, the Jefferson County Library Cooperative uses software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or otherwise cause damage.

Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1001 and 1030. Information also may be used for authorized law enforcement investigations. Except for the above purposes, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits.

Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable should contact JCLC by sending an email to jclcwebhelp@jclc.org.

Copyright and Sharing

Users will make every attempt to protect copyrighted or other intellectual property rights. Proper credit needs to be given to all referenced sources.

You agree that you will not upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any material that may infringe any person or entity's intellectual property rights (including patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyright or other intellectual or other property right).

You agree not to upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any material which (a) is defamatory, libelous, disruptive, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, harmful, abusive, harassing, obscene, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; or that otherwise violates any law, (b) contains software viruses or any other computer codes, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment, (c) may infringe any person or entity's intellectual property rights (including patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyright or other intellectual or other property right).

By posting any material, you confirm, represent and warrant that you have the lawful right to distribute and reproduce such material.

Ownership

By posting on JCLC’s social media sites, users give JCLC permission to use their name, profile picture, and the content of any posting users make without compensation to them or liability on the part of the JCLC. This permission ends when users delete their posting.

You will not impersonate any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity. You agree not to repeatedly post the same or similar message ("flooding") or post excessively large or inappropriate images. Without JCLC's written permission you will not distribute or publish unsolicited promotions, advertising or solicitations for funds, goods or services, including but not limited to, junk mail, spam and chain letters.

Postings to Online Services become public information. You should be very careful about posting personally identifiable information such as your name, address, telephone number or email address. If you post personal information online, you may receive unsolicited messages from other users in return.

JCLC reserves the right to issue warnings, suspend or terminate the registration of users who refuse to comply with these rules. JCLC may modify these rules from time to time and such modifications will be effective and binding on you when posted online.

You will remain solely liable for the content of any messages or other information you upload or transmit.

Outreach

JCLC does not mine content from its affiliated sites and groups. JCLC may repost social media content where beneficial for the network. JCLC may send outreach communications to its member libraries to post and share events on their own social media sites. JCLC may use its social media sites to inform library users of legislation being considered at the state or federal level.

By using JCLC's Online Services, you grant JCLC the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully sub licensable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, edit, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, display and remove the content you post to publicly accessible areas of the JCLC site.

JCLC may investigate any reported violation of its policies or complaints and take any action that it deems appropriate. Such action may include, but is not limited to, issuing warnings, removing posted content and/or reporting any activity that is suspects violates any law or regulation to appropriate law enforcement officials, regulators, or other third parties.

Recognizing the global reach of the internet, you agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable content.

We take precautions with customer information and personal data, however, we do not accept responsibility for any loss or damage resulting from any security breaches that may occur.

Monitoring

The JCLC reserves the right to monitor content before it is posted on all of its social media sites and to remove any messages, tags or postings that it deems to be abusive, defamatory, in violation of copyright, or otherwise inappropriate for the service. The JCLC does not act in place of or in the absence of a parent and is not responsible for enforcing any restrictions which a parent or guardian may place on a minor's use of social media sites.

JCLC's Online Services are not actively monitored and JCLC is not responsible for the content of any messages that are posted. JCLC has the right, but not the obligation, to monitor any activity and content associated with the Online Services. JCLC does not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any message. The messages express the views of the author of the message, not the views of JCLC. JCLC reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to edit, delete, or refuse to post any message or thread for any reason whatsoever.

Legal Name

The name Jefferson County Library Cooperative, Inc. is the legal name filed on behalf of the organization with the Alabama Secretary of State office, Oct. 9, 2002 and it can only be used in conjunction with official JCLC online services, social sites, and websites.

Affiliated Groups

The JCLC systems librarian has administrative privileges for those affiliated pages, accounts or posts, bearing JCLC's logo or trademark.

Adopted by the JCLC Board of Directors, November 10, 2016