Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

Privacy Policy

Terms of Use

1. Ownership of the Site
   This website and all materials on it are the property of McCormick Freedom Project unless otherwise noted. This agreement gives you no ownership rights to any materials on this site.
2. Copyright Laws
   This site and all materials on it are protected under United States copyright laws, which give creators of original works of authorship the exclusive right to use their works for a limited period of time. With certain exceptions, copyrighted materials may not be used or copied without the permission of the copyright holder. This agreement describes the uses which you are permitted to make of the materials on this site.
3. License to Use
   You are licensed by the McCormick Freedom Project to use materials on this site for non-commercial educational purposes only. You may copy these materials for classroom use, so long as the copies contain all copyright and trademark notices. This license is not exclusive to you, and you may not transfer it.
   
   The McCormick Freedom Project is offering content on the Post-Exchange for re-publication free of charge with the Freedom Project’s permission and credits. Please contact managing director, Shawn Healy, at shealy@mccormickfoundation.org for more information.
4. Prohibited Uses
   Any commercial or personal use of the materials on this site is strictly prohibited. Materials may not be used in any way--electronically or in print--without the express written permission of McCormick Freedom Project. This includes, but is not limited to multimedia presentations, photographs, videos, podcasts, news articles and commentaries. You may not sell, assign, sublicense or otherwise transfer these materials, copy them for non-classroom use, publish them for personal gain, or remove any copyright or trademark notice, without the express written permission of the McCormick Freedom Project.
5. Trademarks
   McCormick Foundation and McCormick Freedom Project are trademarked and may not be used for any purpose without the express written permission of the Foundation and the Freedom Project.

User forums and content policy

• Play nice. Keep in mind that the Post-Exchange may also be used as a teaching tool in classrooms, so please be respectful in the lively debate. Please keep the dialogue on discussion forums focused on the issues. Debate, but don’t personally attack other forum members.
• Do not submit any material that infringes on copyright, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights without permission from the owner of that material. U.S. Copyright laws allow users to quote short excerpts from articles or other works, particularly for scholarly or review purposes. Please refer to U.S. Copyright law for more information.
• Material that is pornographic, obscene, libelous, defamatory or purely commercial in nature will be removed.
• Comments that directly seek to incite violent or illegal acts shall be removed. Threats of physical harm directed at another user or entity shall be removed, and could be referred to law enforcement authorities at the discretion of the McCormick Freedom Project.
• Do not misrepresent your identity or impersonate another person.
• The McCormick Freedom Project Post-Exchange does not endorse any user submitted content and cannot vouch for the reliability and accuracy of information or photos that appear in user-generated forums.
• Responsibility for user content rests with the user alone. The McCormick Freedom Project Post-Exchange, McCormick Foundation and its affiliates are indemnified against any losses, expenses, damages, and costs, including attorneys’ fees as a result of any claims brought by a third party relating to content posted by a user.
• Post-Exchange writers may include links to individuals or entities within their news articles or commentaries. These links are not meant to be an endorsement of those individuals or entities by the McCormick Freedom Project, and are simply to provide information to readers. The McCormick Freedom Project cannot vouch for the accuracy or reliability of information on these Web sites.
• By using this Web site you shall not obtain or attempt to obtain unauthorized access to database systems or harvest e-mail addresses, wireless addresses or other contact or personal information. Users are prohibited from modifying, adapting, disassembling or reverse engineering any part of this site.
• Spamming is prohibited.
• Users can report content in forums that they deem inappropriate but the Post-Exchange has no obligation to edit or remove content.
• The Post-Exchange may or may not pre-screen user content and reserves the right (but not the obligation) in its discretion to move, remove, block, edit or refuse user content for any reason including, but not limited to the guidelines in this policy.
• The Post-Exchange reserves the right to suspend or terminate a user’s access to this site, if the user’s conduct fails to meet any of the guidelines in this policy.