Terms of Use

The website of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Our Lady of Guadalupe Helotes Conference (SVDP Helotes), is comprised of various web pages operated by SVDP Helotes. This website is offered conditioned on your acceptance, without modification, of the terms, conditions, and notices herein. Your use of the website constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices.

Modification of These Terms

SVDP Helotes reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which its website is offered, including, but not limited to, the charges associated with the use of the SVDP Helotes website.

Links to Third-Party Sites

The SVDP Helotes website may contain links to other websites (“Linked Sites”). Those Linked Sites are not under the control of SVDP Helotes, and SVDP Helotes is not responsible for the content of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. SVDP Helotes is not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any Linked Site. We provide these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply our endorsement of the site or any association with its operators.

No Unlawful or Prohibited Use

As a condition of using our website, you warrant to SVDP Helotes that you will not use the SVDP Helotes website for any purpose that is unlawful or that is prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use the SVDP Helotes website in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the SVDP Helotes website or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the website. You may not obtain, or attempt to obtain, any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided through the SVDP Helotes website.

Use of Communication Services

The SVDP Helotes website may contain pages or services, bulletin boards, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal pages, calendars, or other message/communication facilities designed to enable communication with or between groups or the public at large (collectively, “Communication Services”). You agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and/or receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Communication Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Communication Service, you will not:

  • Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten, or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
  • Publish, post, upload, distribute, or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, or unlawful topic, name, material, or information.
  • Upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy or publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.
  • Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer.
  • Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages.
  • Download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such a manner.
  • Falsify or delete any author attributions, or legal or other proper notices, or proprietary designations, or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
  • Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services.
  • Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service.
  • Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including email addresses, without their consent.
  • Violate any applicable laws or regulations.

SVDP Helotes has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to review materials posted to a Communication Service and to remove any materials, and we reserve the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

We reserve the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post, or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in our sole discretion.

Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information about yourself or your children in any Communication Service. SVDP Helotes does not control or endorse the content, messages, or information found in any Communication Service and, therefore, specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in them. Website managers and hosts are not official spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect the views of SVDP Helotes or its management.

Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to limitations on usage, reproduction, and/or dissemination. You are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you download the materials.

Materials Submitted to SVDP Helotes

SVDP Helotes does not claim ownership of materials that you provide to SVDP Helotes (including feedback or suggestions), or that you post, upload, input, or submit to SVDP Helotes or to its associated services (collectively “Submissions”). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing, or sending your Submission, you are granting SVDP Helotes, its affiliated companies, and necessary sublicensees the permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission.

No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission as provided herein. SVDP Helotes is under no obligation to post, use or reuse any Submission that you may provide, and we may remove any Submission at any time at our sole discretion.

By posting, uploading, inputting, providing, or sending your Submission, you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise legally control all of the necessary rights therefor and that you transfer to SVDP Helotes, without limitation, all rights necessary to reuse, repost and/or publish such Submission.

LIABILITY DISCLAIMER

THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN, OR AVAILABLE THROUGH, THE SVDP Helotes WEBSITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES AND/OR ERRORS. SVDP Helotes AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES AT ANY TIME. ADVICE RECEIVED VIA THE SVDP Helotes WEBSITE SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR PERSONAL, MEDICAL, LEGAL, OR FINANCIAL DECISIONS, AND YOU SHOULD CONSULT AN APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE FOR YOUR SITUATION.

SVDP Helotes AND ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ABOUT THE MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS, SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND/OR ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OF THE WEBSITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE OF ANY KIND.

IN NO EVENT SHALL SVDP Helotes AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND AND NATURE WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH, THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE WEBSITE, THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SVDP Helotes WEBSITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF USE OF THE SVDP Helotes WEBSITE.

SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SVDP Helotes WEBSITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SVDP Helotes WEBSITE.

General Provisions

SVDP Helotes reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the SVDP website and related services, or to any portion thereof, at any time without notice.

This agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Texas (U.S.A.), and you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Bexar County, Texas, in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the SVDP Helotes website. Use of this website is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to these terms and conditions, including, without limitation, this paragraph.

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and SVDP Helotes as a result of this agreement or your use of the SVDP Helotes website. Our performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal processes, and nothing in this agreement shall prohibit or restrain SVDP Helotes from complying with any request, requirement, order, or process of the government or the courts relating to your use of the website or information provided to, or gathered from, you by us.

If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision, and the remainder of the agreement shall remain in full force and effect. Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and SVDP Helotes regarding the SVDP Helotes website. This version, as dated above, supersedes all prior versions, whether electronic, oral, or written, between you and SVDP Helotes. A printed version of this agreement, and of any notice given in the electronic form, shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish of the parties that this agreement and all related documents be drawn up in English.

Copyright and Trademark Notices

All contents of the SVDP Helotes website are copyright-protected. All rights reserved. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.