PORT WASHINGTON POLICE DISTRICT WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA DISCLAIMER AND PRIVACY POLICY
THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS GOVERN THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE VIEWING THIS WEBSITE OR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE
1. Definitions
In these Terms and Conditions “you” and “your” refer to the user of this website or social media page and includes any individual, organization or business.
2. Consent to Terms and Conditions of Use
These Terms and Conditions, which may be amended from time to time, and all applicable laws govern your use of this website or social media page. By using this website or social media page, you are consenting to these Terms and Conditions. If you do not wish to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, do not use this website or social media page.
If you access this website or social media page from any non-U.S. territory, please note you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with any local laws. Individuals, organizations and businesses are free to use this website or social media page for any lawful, worthy and ethical purpose, except as limited by these Terms and Conditions or applicable law. Users agree not to access or try to access this website or social media page via any automated means.
3. Information Disclaimer
This website or social media page is designed to provide individuals, organizations and businesses with access to and information concerning the Port Washington Police District. The information, data, downloadable documents, links and other material contained on this website or social media page are provided by the Port Washington Police District for general reference purposes only and have been compiled from a variety of sources. The Port Washington Police District has tried to provide accurate and complete information, downloadable documents, links and other material on this website or social media page. Any person or entity relying on any information, data, downloadable documents, links or other material obtained from this website or social media page does so at his, her or its own risk. Neither the Port Washington Police District nor any agency, officer, commissioner or employee of the Port Washington Police District warrants the accuracy, reliability, timeliness or completeness of any of the information, data, downloadable documents, links or other material provided herein. Any errors or omissions should be reported.
The Port Washington Police District reserves the right to make changes and updates to the information, downloadable documents, links and other materials provided herein at any time. However, the Port Washington Police District is under no obligation to provide updates.
4. No Warranties or Representations
The Port Washington Police District provides the information, data, downloadable documents, links and other material contained on this website or social media “as is,” without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to, warranties of title, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose with respect to the quality, content, accuracy, completeness, currency, freedom from interruption, freedom from computer virus, freedom from errors or omissions, and non-infringement of content placed on this website (whether by the Port Washington Police District or a third party) including any of the design, information, text, graphics, images, pages, interfaces, links, software, or other materials displayed on this website or social media page.
5. No Liability for the Port Washington Police District, its Officers, Commissioners, Employees and Agents
The Port Washington Police District and the officers, commissioners, employees, representatives, and agents of the Port Washington Police District shall not be liable for any errors, omissions, or inaccuracies in the information, data, downloadable documents, links or other materials provided regardless of how caused, or any decision made or action taken or not taken by any user in reliance upon any information, data, downloadable documents or links furnished hereunder. This limitation shall include, but is not limited to, liability for incidental, consequential, special or indirect damages of any sort (regardless of whether they were foreseeable), whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, even if the Port Washington Police District has received prior notice of errors, omissions or inaccuracies. Furthermore, if you are a user located in a state that does not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, you may not use the information, data, downloadable documents or links provided herein.
6. Indemnification
a. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless, the Port Washington Police District and the agents, servants, officials, commissioners and employees of the Port Washington Police District from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of this website or social media page or materials and information contained on this website or social media page.
b. You hereby represent and warrant that your use of this website or social media page or any materials or information contained on this website or social media page will not infringe upon any copyright. You agree that you shall protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Port Washington Police District and the agents, servants, officials, commissioners and employees of the Port Washington Police District from and against all liabilities, fines, penalties, actions, damages, claims, demands, judgments, losses, suits or actions, costs and expenses arising out of any claim asserted for infringement of copyright, including reimbursement of the cost of reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the Port Washington Police District and the agents, servants, officials, commissioners and employees of the Port Washington Police District in any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with any claim asserted for infringement of copyright related to your use of this website or social media page or any materials or information contained on this website or social media page.
c. You shall defend the Port Washington Police District and the agents, servants, officials, commissioners and employees of the Port Washington Police District in any proceeding or action, including appeals, arising out of, or in connection with your use of this website or social media page or any materials or information contained on this website or social media page. Alternatively, at the Port Washington Police District’s option, the Port Washington Police District may defend any such proceeding or action and require you to pay reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the Port Washington Police District for the defense of any such suit.
7. Termination of Access
The Port Washington Police District reserves the right, in their sole discretion, to terminate or refuse your access to this website, or any portion thereof, without notice, if the Port Washington Police District believe that your conduct violates these Terms and Conditions or applicable law or is harmful to the interests of the Port Washington Police District and the agencies, officers, commissioners, employees, representatives and agents of the Port Washington Police District, or other users of this website or social media page.
8. Not Liable for Linked Websites
Links exist on and may from time to time be added to this website or social media page which will permit you to leave this website or social media page and visit linked websites. These links are provided only as a convenience. The linked websites are not under the control of the Port Washington Police District, and the Port Washington Police District assumes no responsibility or liability for their content including but not limited to any inaccurate, defamatory, offensive, or illegal materials found on such linked websites. If you choose to visit linked websites, the risk of injury from viewing, hearing, downloading or storing such materials is entirely that of the user.
Links appearing on this website or social media page do not imply any approval or endorsement by the Port Washington Police District of the linked site, its sponsor or its contents, including any opinions expressed therein. All linked websites operate under the auspices and at the direction of their respective owners who should be contacted directly with questions regarding the content of those sites.
When visiting this website or social media page, your web browser may produce pop-up advertisements. These advertisements were most likely produced by other websites you visited or by third-party software installed on your computer. The Port Washington Police District does not endorse or recommend products or services which may be viewed on a pop-up advertisement on your computer while visiting this site.
9. No Endorsement
Reference in this site to any specific commercial product, process or service by its trade name, trademark, manufacturer or otherwise, does not constitute or imply an endorsement, recommendation or favoring by the Port Washington Police District. The views and opinions of authors of documents, including any text, graphics/photos and web pages do not in essence affirm or reflect the opinion of the Port Washington Police District, and shall not be used for advertising or endorsement.
10. Use Limitations
Users may not reproduce or distribute the information, downloadable documents, links or other material provided herein to other persons or entities without prior express written permission from the Port Washington Police District. When the information, downloadable documents, links or other documents provided herein are used in the development of digital or printed material, the Port Washington Police District must be acknowledged in the relevant, printed and published media.
11. The Information on this Website or Social Media Page Does Not Constitute Legal Advice
The information, downloadable documents, links or other materials provided herein do not constitute legal advice by the Port Washington Police District or any of the agencies, officers, employees, commissioners, agents, attorneys or representatives of the Port Washington Police District and are not a substitute for and do not replace the advice or representation of a licensed attorney. If you have any legal questions regarding any information, downloadable document, links or other material provided herein you should consult an attorney.
12. Information Collected
Port Washington Police District retains the right to automatically collect and store the following information about any visit to this website:
– The Internet Protocol (IP) address and domain name used, but not the email address attached thereto. An IP address is a numerical identifier assigned to an internet service provider or device;
– The type of browser and operating system used and connection speed;
– The date and time of each visit to this site;
– The web pages or services accessed during a visit to this site; and
– The website you visited prior to coming to this site.
None of the passive information collected can be used to identify anyone personally and the Port Washington Police District makes no attempt to link them with individuals who browse the Port Washington Police District website.
13. Voluntary Information
When you visit this website or social media page, if you contribute to a survey, send an email, or perform some other transaction online, the following supplementary information will be collected: the email address and contents of the email (for those who communicate via email), information volunteered in response to a survey, and information volunteered through an online form for any other purpose. Your email will be responded to appropriately. This may be to respond to you directly, to address issues you may identify, to further improve our website or social media page, or to forward the email to another internal department for appropriate action. Information from other online forms will be used exclusively for the intent stated or identified within the form details.
The Port Washington Police District strives to protect personal identifying information from disclosure. Information collected through interaction with this site becomes part of the public record and may be subject to local, state and federal disclosure laws. Unless confidentiality is specifically authorized by statute, no privilege or protection from disclosure is warranted or otherwise implied. In the event of a conflict between this Privacy Policy and Legal Disclaimer and any applicable law governing disclosure, the governing law is controlling.
14. Communications/Verifications
Communications to the Port Washington Police District via this website or social media page shall in no way be deemed to constitute legal or official notice to the Port Washington Police District or the agencies, officers, employees, commissioners, representatives or agents of the Port Washington Police District with respect to any existing, pending or future claim or cause of action against the Port Washington Police District or any of the agencies, officers, employees, commissioners, representatives or agents of the Port Washington Police District where notice is required by federal, state or local law. Nor shall communications to the Port Washington Police District via this website or social media page be deemed to constitute legal or official notice for any other purpose to the Port Washington Police District.
All users of this website or social media page must use appropriate names and language in the name spaces, address spaces and other spaces (if any) provided on the website or social media page. Users are prohibited from using false email addresses.
15. Voluntary Registration
Certain parts of this website or social media page may give the user the option of providing their name, e-mail address and other information, which is recorded in databases on this website or social media page’s servers. The data may be used to send e-mail announcements to individuals, businesses and organizations that have shown an interest in particular topics or updates. If you provide contact information to the Port Washington Police District through this website or social media page and do not wish to receive unsolicited e-mail announcements, please e-mail the Port Washington Police District, requesting that you not be included in any direct mailings.
16. Cookies
This website or social media page may use session cookies.
17. Security
The Port Washington Police District is proactive in protecting the safety and integrity of its telecommunications and computing infrastructure. Port Washington Police District does not, however, guarantee the security of all information it maintains.
18. No Guarantee of Availability
The Port Washington Police District does not guarantee that the information, downloadable documents, links and other material provided herein will be available to users without interruption or error. Furthermore, the Port Washington Police District may modify or remove information, downloadable documents, links or other material provided herein and access methods at any time, without prior notice.
19. Intellectual Property
Service marks and trademarks contained in or displayed on this website or social media page and the contents of linked sites operated by third parties, are the property of their respective owners (which may be the Port Washington Police District). All other design, information, text, graphics, images, pages, interfaces, links, software and other items and materials contained in or displayed on this website or social media page, and the selection and arrangements thereof, are the property of the Port Washington Police District. All rights are reserved.
20. Copyright and Trademark Limitations
The Port Washington Police District makes no warranty that materials contained herein are free of copyright or trademark claims or other restrictions or limitations on free use or display. Making a copy of such material may be subject to copyright or trademark laws.
21. Port Washington Police District Seal
Use and display of the Seal of the Port Washington Police District are restricted by law.
22. Unauthorized Modifications
Any attempts to upload information or modifications or attempts to modify any information stored on this website or social media page, are prohibited and may result in criminal prosecution. Moreover, the information, data, downloadable documents, links and other material contained on this website or social media page may not be copied onto another server.
23. Applicable Law
These Terms and Conditions shall be construed and enforced according to the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles.
24. Jurisdiction
You agree to consent to the jurisdiction of any New York or federal court located within Nassau, New York in any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with these Terms and Conditions or your use of this website or social media page, so long as such court shall have subject matter jurisdiction over such suit, action or proceeding. You further agree that any cause of action arising out of these Terms and Conditions, or your use of this website or social media page, shall be deemed to have arisen from a transaction of business in the State of New York.
25. Download of Materials
Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of this website or social media page is done at your own risk. You will be solely responsible for any adverse consequences resulting from the download of any such materials.
26. Miscellaneous
These Terms and Conditions constitute the full agreement between the user and the Port Washington Police District related to the use of this website or social media page. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is held invalid or unenforceable, all other provisions will remain in full force and effect. The Port Washington Police District may choose not to exercise or to delay enforcement of any of our rights under these Terms and Conditions without forfeiting them.