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St. Louis Communtiy College Website Terms and Conditions

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE. Your use of the St. Louis Community College (“SLCC”) website (the “Site”) is expressly conditioned on your acceptance of the following terms and conditions. By using the Site, you signify your assent to these terms and conditions. If you do not agree with any part of the following terms and conditions, you must not use the Site.

1. OWNERSHIP. Except for items in the public domain, the information and all other materials comprising the Site (collectively, the “Materials”), are wholly owned by (or licensed to) SLCC and/or its content providers. The Site contains copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information. SLCC owns a copyright in the selection, coordination and arrangement of the Site. Nothing contained on this Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any of the Materials without the written permission of SLCC or such other party that may own the Materials.

2. USE OF SITE. Except for your non-commercial personal use, the Site may not, in whole or in part, be sold, reproduced, published or redistributed in any medium, directly or indirectly, for any commercial or non-commercial purpose. Unauthorized use of the Site and/or the Materials may violate applicable intellectual property laws or other laws. You must retain all copyright and trademark notices, including any other proprietary notices, contained in the materials. The use of such materials on any other website or in any environment of networked computers is prohibited. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law.

By uploading or otherwise submitting a file or other information (“Contribution”) to the Site, you automatically grant, or warrant that the copyright owner of the Contribution has expressly granted, to SLCC a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, publicly display, modify, store, create derivative works from, and/or distribute the Contribution (in whole or part) and/or to incorporate it in other works in any medium now known or hereafter developed, as if the Contribution were public domain information. You similarly permit any Internet user to download, store, manipulate, view, print and display the Contribution for that user’s personal use.

3. AGE AND RESPONSIBILITY. You represent that you are of sufficient legal age to use the Site and to create binding legal obligations for any liability you may incur as a result of the use of the Site. You understand that you are financially responsible for all uses of the Site by you and those using your login information.

4. PRIVACY. You have read the SLCC Website Privacy Policy, the terms of which are incorporated herein, and agree that the terms of such policy are reasonable. You consent to the use of your personal information by SLCC and/or its third party providers and distributors in accordance with the terms of and for the purposes set forth in the SLCC Privacy Policy.

5. NO WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. Your use of the Site is at your sole risk. You assume full responsibility and risk of loss resulting from the downloading and/or use of files or other material (including software) obtained through the Site. Neither SLCC nor any of its content providers endorse or stand behind the accuracy, truthfulness or reliability of any information provided on or by means of SLCC.

THE SITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS,” AND NEITHER SLCC NOR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS, CONTENT PROVIDERS, LICENSORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR THE LIKE MAKES ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES REGARDING THE USABILITY, CONDITION OR OPERATION THEREOF. No oral advice or written information given to you by SLCC or any of its content providers, agents, or the like shall create any warranty. Neither SLCC nor any of its content providers, agents, or the like warrants that access to, or use of, the Site will be uninterrupted, virus free, or error-free, or that the Site (including, without limitation, any content on the Site) will meet any particular criteria of performance or quality. SLCC, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ALL OF ITS CONTENT PROVIDERS, AGENTS AND THE LIKE, HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND/OR REPRESENTATIONS, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ORAL OR WRITTEN, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, REASONABLE CARE, COMPATIBILITY, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, ACCURACY, AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE (WHETHER OR NOT SLCC KNOWS, HAS REASON TO KNOW, HAS BEEN ADVISED, OR IS OTHERWISE IN FACT AWARE OF ANY SUCH PURPOSE), IN EACH INSTANCE IN RESPECT OF THE SITE. FURTHERMORE, SLCC, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ALL OF ITS CONTENT PROVIDERS, AGENTS AND THE LIKE, HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OF TITLE AND/OR NON-INFRINGEMENT IN RESPECT OF THE SITE.

6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. SLCC and all of its content providers, agents and the like, in each instance will not be liable for (a) any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential and/or special damages arising out of your use of, or inability to use, the Site, and you hereby waive any claims with respect thereto, whether based on contractual, tort or other grounds, even if SLCC has been advised of the possibility of such damages, and/or (b) damages or injury caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of any file, in each instance whether for breach of contract, tortious behavior, negligence, or under any other cause of action. For further clarity, in all events, SLCC and all of its content providers, agents and the like shall not be liable for the defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of other users of the Internet. Some jurisdictions do not allow implied warranties to be excluded or modified or liability to be limited, so not all of the above limitations may apply to you.

The provisions of this Section 6 and Section 5 above represent a reasonable allocation of the risks under this Agreement. SLCC’s willingness to allow you to use the Site reflects this allocation of risk and the limitations of liability specified herein.

7. INDEMNIFICATION. You agree to indemnify SLCC and all of its content providers, agents and the like, in each instance from and against any and all claims, suits, liabilities, expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees), and/or damages arising out of claims based upon your use of the Site including, without limitation, any claim of libel, defamation, violation of legal rights of others (including rights of privacy or publicity), loss of service by other subscribers and/or infringement of intellectual property or other rights.

8. LINKS. The Site may contain links to websites operated by parties other than SLCC. Such links are provided for your reference only. SLCC does not control such websites and is not responsible for their contents. SLCC makes no representation or warranty regarding any other websites or the contents or materials on such websites. The Site’s inclusion of links to other websites does not imply SLCC’s endorsement of the material on the websites or any association with their operators. Any concerns regarding any such service or resource, or any link thereto, should be directed to the particular service or resource.

9. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement and its performance shall be governed by the laws of the state of Missouri, United States of America, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in St. Louis County, the state of Missouri, United States of America, in all questions and controversies arising out of your use of this Site and this Agreement.

10. NO WAIVER. The failure of either party to insist upon or enforce strict performance by the other party of any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Neither the course of conduct between you and SLCC nor the trade practice shall modify any provision of these Terms and Conditions.

11. MODIFICATION. SLCC may at any time modify these terms and conditions and your continued use of this site will be conditioned upon the terms and conditions in force at the time of your use.

12. ADDITIONAL TERMS. Additional terms and conditions may apply to other portions of the Site, and you agree to abide by such other terms and conditions.

13. SEVERABILITY. These terms and conditions shall be deemed severable. In the event that any provision is determined to be unenforceable or invalid, such provision shall nonetheless be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and such determination shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any other remaining provisions.

14. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NOTICES. All contents of the Site are Copyright © St. Louis Community College and/or its content providers. All rights reserved. Product and company names mentioned in the Site are the trademarks of their respective owners. The SLCC official designated to respond to allegations of copyright infringement on the part of individuals at SLCC (any campus), in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, is the Security Coordinator, 300 S. Broadway, St. Louis, MO 63102.

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act specifies that all infringement claims must be in writing (either electronic mail or paper letter) and must include the following elements:
1. a physical or electronic signature;
2. identification of the infringed work;
3. identification of the infringed material;
4. contact information for the complainant, e.g. address, telephone number, electronic mail address;
5. a statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner or the law; and
6. a statement that the information contained in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

15. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. These terms and conditions, together with those incorporated herein or referred to herein constitute the entire agreement between us relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes any prior understandings or agreements (whether oral or written) regarding the subject matter, and may not be amended or modified except in writing or by making such amendments or modifications available on this site.

SLCC Website Privacy Policy

St. Louis Community College (“SLCC”) is committed to protecting your privacy. The Website Privacy Policy explains our information gathering and dissemination practices. If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact SLCC at the e-mail address provided at the end of this Privacy Policy.

1. WHAT INFORMATION IS COLLECTED. We collect a limited amount of personal information from you in certain areas of the SLCC website (the “Site”) for various reasons. The following is a description of what information is collected:

IP Addresses. An IP address is a number assigned to your computer when you connect to the Internet. As part of the protocol of the Internet, web servers can identify your computer by its IP address. In addition, web servers may be able to identify the type of browser and/or type of computer you are using. SLCC collects IP addresses and related information for the purposes of system administration, to assess the traffic to the Site and to maintain and improve the Site. We do not link IP addresses to your personally identifiable information. We can and will use IP addresses, however, to identify a user when we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance with our Website Terms and Conditions or to protect our service, the Site, customers or others.

Use of Cookies. Cookies are small bits of information that some websites (including the Site) transfer to an individual’s hard drive for research purposes. SLCC uses cookies to analyze the traffic, such as total visitors and pages viewed on the Site, and make improvements based on the data we collect. SLCC never saves passwords or credit card information in cookies. The use of cookies has become a standard in the industry, especially at websites that provide any kind of personalized service. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can usually set your browser to refuse cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent. If you refuse cookies, you may not be able to use some of the functionality of the Site. The Site’s advertisers and other partners may also use cookies in connection with the services and websites to which the Site links. We do not control these cookies.

2. WHO IS COLLECTING THIS INFORMATION. SLCC collects the information described above via the Site. In the case of third party features such as advertising, co-branded areas or links to other websites, such third parties may also collect information. You should review the applicable privacy policies of these third parties before providing personally identifiable information. SLCC is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties.

3. HOW COLLECTED INFORMATION IS USED.

In General. SLCC uses information to learn more about how visitors use the Site and to measure areas of interest. This allows SLCC to build features and functionality that will enhance your Site experience. We also may use the information to filter out those who do not comply with the Website Terms and Conditions. If you so choose, information might also be used to send you information about new features and services on the Site or offered by SLCC, or to send you information from selected third party product or service providers. We might also use this information to respond to e-mails, provide customer support, enforce our Website Terms and Conditions or other similar matters. Aggregate information is also used to help us run and maintain the Site, study traffic patterns and generally learn about the usage of the Site.

Unrelated Companies. SLCC occasionally shares limited customer information with companies we hire to provide operational, marketing, or advertising support, companies that help us distribute our products and services, or companies that provide products and services we want to offer. The companies we choose must satisfy our security and privacy requirements. We share your information with these companies only if they agree to treat it confidentially and only if it is legally permissible to do so. We limit the information we provide these companies to what we reasonably believe they “need to know” in connection with their agreement with SLCC and we don’t permit them to use our customer information for any purposes outside our oversight or control.

Government Authorities and Litigation. Sometimes a law, court order, or other judicial or administrative process requires us to provide information to a government authority or party to a private lawsuit. We will provide the information that we in good faith believe is required to comply with the law, order, or other process. We may also have to disclose certain information in court documents if we have to bring an action against you, for example, to collect a debt you owe us.

4. CHOICES IN THE COLLECTION, USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION. At the time of accessing, you may be given a choice whether you want to receive information about new features, events, offers and special coverage on the Site and about special offers from SLCC’s partners. When you register, you must click in a box if you do not want to receive either type of information. Unless you affirmatively choose not to receive these materials, your registration information may be used to send you this information.

It is important to know that you may inadvertently provide personally identifiable information to third parties through your posting to a forum or participation in a chat session and we have no way to limit their use of the information you may provide. Please keep in mind that whenever you give out personal information online (for example, in forums, message boards or chat sessions) that information can be collected and used by people you don’t know. While we strive to protect our user’s personal information and privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you voluntarily disclose online and you do so at your own risk.

5. WITH WHOM THE INFORMATION MAY BE SHARED. Except for your choices described above, we will not knowingly disclose or authorize the disclosure of personal identifiable information (other than aggregate statistical information) to any third party without your consent unless (1) we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may have breached our Website Terms and Conditions or who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) SLCC’s rights or property, other Site users, or anyone else who could be harmed by such activities or (2) we believe in good faith that the law requires it.

6. CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13 YEARS. In accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), SLCC will not knowingly collect or accept personally identifiable information from a child under the age of 13 without a parent’s or guardian’s prior consent. SLCC will also allow the parent or guardian of a user under the age of 13 to review, update, change, delete or refuse to permit further collection of any and all information collected by the Site. A child’s personally identifiable information will be treated with the same care and respect as an adult’s information. To change, update, review, delete or refuse to permit further collection of your child’s information, please send an e-mail to , call SLCC at (314) 539-5044, or send a letter via postal mail to: SLCC, 300 S. Broadway, St. Louis, MO 63102, ATTN: Children’s Privacy Information.

7. LINKS TO OTHER SITES. While you are using the Site, you may be linked or directed to other third party websites outside the Site that are beyond SLCC’s control. Each of these third parties may have a privacy policy different from that of SLCC. SLCC is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties. You should review the applicable privacy policies of these third party websites before providing personally identifiable information.

8. HOW YOU MAY CHANGE, CORRECT YOUR INFORMATION. If you want to change, correct, update or delete your information, please contact SLCC via e-mail at , call SLCC at (314) 539-5044, or send your request to SLCC, 300 S. Broadway, St. Louis, MO 63102, ATTN: Security Coordinator, and the necessary revisions will be made. This provision applies only to information collected via the Site.

9. SECURITY PROCEDURES WE USE. We are very concerned with the security of your personally identifiable information and take great care in providing secure transmission of your information from your computer to our servers. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to use.

Once we receive your information, we take appropriate steps that we believe are reasonable to protect the security of your data on our system, both internally and from outsiders, and to ensure the integrity of the data we collect. We use a combination of technological and policy methods to protect this data. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and any account information. Please be aware that SLCC will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or e-mail.

10. CHANGES IN THESE TERMS. We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time and will post notices on the Site at the time of any material changes to this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.

If you have questions or concerns regarding SLCC’s Website Privacy Policy, please e-mail SLCC at .

Disclaimer

St. Louis Community College Web site is provided "as is" and makes no representation or warranties, express or implied, with respect to the documents, or any part thereof, including any warranties of title, no infringement of copyright or patent rights of others, merchantability, or fitness or suitability for any purpose. The College further disclaims any liability whatsoever for any information, documentation, programs, software, or other material ("information") which is or may become a part of this Web site.

The user assumes the risk that the information and documentation contained on this Web site may be considered offensive, inaccurate, and/or incomplete, and/or may not meet the needs and requirements of the user. The entire risk as to use of this Web site is assumed by the user. The user agrees to abide by the federal copyright laws and all other applicable laws of the U.S. and/or the state of Missouri as well as the terms of this disclaimer. The user may be held legally responsible for any copyright infringement that is caused or encouraged by the user's failure to abide by the terms set forth.

The College does not accept responsibility for the views and opinion expressed on faculty and staff home pages or for comments made on College sponsored listservs or conferences. Comments should be directed to the page authors or conference moderators.

Links that departments/staff use that leave this Web site are not endorsed by St. Louis Community College and by going to these related links the user understands that the College is not responsible or liable for the contents of these outside sites.

Non-Discrimination Statement

St. Louis Community College is committed to non-discrimination and equal opportunities in its admissions, educational programs, activities and employment regardless of race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, disability or status as a disabled or Vietnam-era veteran and shall take action necessary to ensure non-discrimination.

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Accommodations Statement

St. Louis Community College makes every effort to accommodate individuals with disabilities. If you have accommodation needs please contact the Access office at the campus where you are registering at least six weeks before the beginning of the class. Event accommodation requests should be made with the event coordinator at least two working days prior to the event. Additional information is available from the Access office.