Terms and Conditions

CHEROKEE COUNTY GOVERNMENT TERMS OF USAGE AGREEMENT

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1. Cherokee County Visitor Code of Conduct
   this website is operated by Cherokee County, which owns cherokeega.com, co.cherokee.ga.us and cherokeega-ema.org websites. This 'Terms of Usage Agreement' ("Agreement") informs visitors of the rules and policies that govern this website. We use the general term "visitors" to include both registered members of our website and any other person that accesses the website at any point for any amount of time, whether via the homepage or the website's internal pages, unless designated otherwise. Visitors are expected to follow any posted guidelines or rules. We may update this Agreement from time to time without notice and will post all changes prominently. All visitors have the obligation to review changes in this Agreement. Unless otherwise specified, such changes shall be effective when they are posted. Your use of this website and participation in our website activities constitutes your agreement to be bound by this Agreement.
   Your privacy when visiting our website is of the utmost importance to us. To participate in our website activities, we may request that you submit certain personally identifiable information about yourself, including your name and personal contact information ("personal information"). We may also gather certain types of non-personal information about your visit to protect the security of our members and the site, and to make our program content more enjoyable for all our visitors. Non-personal information includes, but is not limited to, web browser and server identification, clickstream information, web pages visited and duration, and domain type. All personal information gathered from visitors by this website will be governed by our General Audience Privacy Policy and Children's Privacy Policy, (collectively, "Privacy Policies") which are incorporated in this Terms of Usage Agreement by reference.
   If there is a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and our Privacy Policies, the terms of the Privacy Policies will prevail. Please carefully review our Privacy Policies to understand our information collection, use and disclosure practices.
   Visitors are responsible for providing accurate, timely and complete information to us and our operational providers, agents and affiliates in connection with a visitor's participation and use of this website. Cherokee County is not liable or responsible for any claims relating to any inaccurate, untimely, false or incomplete information provided to us.

2. Membership Eligibility for General Audience Website
   You must be eighteen years of age (18) or older to be a member of our general audience website. We will not knowingly collect personal information from visitors under eighteen years of age for activities on our website. Upon discovery of the participation of a person under eighteen years of age in such activities, his/her registration or participation will be canceled immediately and all personal information will be deleted from our files.
   For website activities that request personal information, you agree to provide accurate and current information about yourself. Your membership and/or participation in our website activities will be canceled without notice if, at any time, we discover that you provide false information, or violate any term of this Agreement or our Privacy Policies. If necessary, and in accordance with applicable law, Cherokee County will cooperate with local, state and/or federal authorities to protect our website, visitors, parents, partners, affiliates, subsidiaries and operational providers or to prevent unauthorized use of the site.

3. Restrictions on Visitors' Use of Cherokee County Website Content
   this website contains materials supplied by Cherokee County and is protected by copyrights, trademarks, servicemarks, patents, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights and laws. Except as expressly autdorized by Cherokee County, visitors may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, distribute, sell, license, rent, publicly display or perform, edit, adapt or create a derivative work of, in any manner, any material or content obtained from this site, including code and software ("Material"). Notwithstanding the above, visitors may print or download the Material from this site only for personal or non-commercial use, provided that the visitor does not republish the Material and keeps intact all copyright, trademarks, servicemarks, patent and other proprietary notices.
   Use of the Material for any purpose not expressly permitted in this Agreement is prohibited. As noted above, reproduction, copying, or redistribution for commercial purposes of the Material or design elements on this site is also strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Cherokee County. Permission will be granted only when certain limited criteria have been met. For information on requesting such permission, please contact Cherokee County at:

   Cherokee County Board of Commissioners 1130 Bluffs Pkwy Canton, Ga 30114 770-479-0400

   
   Visitors represent and warrant that they are the owner or otherwise have the right to provide any information or materials (including pre-existing materials) that they post or transmit for use in public areas on the website. Visitors hereby grant Cherokee County, its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries an irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive worldwide license to use, copy, display, modify, edit, and create derivative works from and distribute any information or materials that visitors post in public areas.
   Material on this server may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. We have the right to make changes and update any information contained on this server without prior notice.

4. E-mail
   E-mail is an important communication method for our online visitors. The person in whose name the e-mail account is registered should generate all e-mail sent to us. E-mail users shall not mask their identity by using a false name or another person's name or account. We will use your e-mail address and the content of any e-mail for correspondence and visitor response purposes and to send you information that you may request.
   Any non-personal information you provide to us by e-mail, including, but not limited to, feedback, data, answers, questions, comments, suggestions, plans, ideas or the like, shall be deemed to be non-confidential and we assume no obligation to protect such non-personal information contained in the e-mail from disclosure. The submission of non-personal and non-confidential information to us shall in no way prevent the purchase, manufacture or use of similar products, services, plans and ideas or the like by Cherokee County, its parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, or operational providers for any purpose, and Cherokee County, its parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and operational providers shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose and distribute such information to others without liability or restriction. Any personal information transmitted with an e-mail, such as e-mail or home addresses, and the sender's name, will be protected in accordance with the policies set forth in our Privacy Policies.

5. Choice of Law and Forum
   this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia, excluding its conflicts of law rules. You expressly agree that the exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or your use of this site shall be filed only in the state or federal courts located in the State of New York, and you further agree and submit to the exercise of personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of litigating any such claim or action.

6. Code of Conduct for Bulletin Boards, Chat Rooms, and Auditoriums
   We may provide interactive activities for this website such as chat rooms, bulletin boards (also known as message boards) or auditoriums, collectively identified as "Interactive Areas," for the enjoyment of our visitors. Any submissions or postings by visitors to certain parts of this website, including Interactive Areas, without limitation, will be public and posted in public areas on the website. Cherokee County, its parents, partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, members, directors, officers, employees, and any contract or operational providers that conduct, operate and/or manage Cherokee County's Interactive Areas, will not be responsible for the action of any visitors with respect to any information, materials or content posted, uploaded or transmitted in these Interactive Areas.
   By participating in any of the aforementioned activities, all visitors and members agree to follow Cherokee County's standards of conduct. Postings to public areas may not be reviewed by Cherokee County prior to appearing on the website. Nonetheless, Cherokee County reserves the right to change, delete, or remove, in part or in full, any postings in Interactive Areas and to terminate or suspend access to such areas for conduct that we believe interferes with other peoples' enjoyment, and/or cooperate with local, state, and/or federal authorities if necessary, and in accordance with applicable law. We do our best to encourage comfort and discourage disruptive communication. We also discourage disruptive statements that incite others to violate our standards. We encourage your participation in upholding our standards. You are responsible for all content that you post, e-mail, transmit, upload or otherwise make available through our website. You agree not to use the Interactive Areas or this website to make available any content that: is unlawful, harmful to adults or minors, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, etdnically or otherwise objectionable; or infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any person; or contains unauthorized advertising or solicits other visitors; or is intended by the visitor to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality or integrity of any computer software, hardware or Materials on this website.
   When in doubt about appropriate behavior in our Interactive Areas, please remember that, although the venue is electronic, those participating in it are real people. We ask that you treat others with respect and care. Any conduct by a participant in the Interactive Areas that violates this Agreement in any way may result in the suspension or termination of the visitor's registration and access to the site, at Cherokee County's sole discretion, in addition to any other remedies.
   Cherokee County may provide Interactive activities on a number of topics, but our staff or volunteer hosts participating in these activities do not offer professional advice of any kind and are speaking from their own experience or opinion as is helpful for the facilitation of the dialogue. These hosts claim no professional expertise or authority.

7. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
   the INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS." CHEROKEE COUNTY DOES NOT WARRANT, EItheR EXPRESSLY OR BY IMPLICATION, the ACCURACY OF ANY MATERIALS PROVIDED ON the SITE OR theIR SUITABILITY FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. although the INFORMATION PROVIDED TO YOU ON this SITE IS OBTAINED OR COMPILED FROM SOURCES WE BELIEVE TO BE RELIABLE, CHEROKEE COUNTY CANNOT AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE the ACCURACY, VALIDITY, TIMELINESS OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION OR DATA MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU OR ITS SUITABILITY FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
   CHEROKEE COUNTY IS NOT LIABLE NOR SHALL HAVE RESPONSIBILITY OF ANY KIND FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE that YOU INCUR IN the EVENT OF (I) ANY FAILURE OR INTERRUPTION OF this SITE, (II) ANY ACT OR OMISSION OF ANY third PARTY INVOLVED IN MAKING this SITE OR the DATA CONTAINED HEREIN AVAILABLE TO YOU, (III) ANY OtheR CAUSE RELATING TO YOUR ACCESS TO, INABILITY TO ACCESS, USE OR PARTICIPATION ON the SITE OR OF theSE MATERIALS, (IV) OR FROM ANY VISITOR'S INTERACTION OR SUBMISSIONS ON the WEBSITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RESUMÉ OR EMPLOYMENT SUBMISSIONS OR DIALOGUE BETWEEN HOSTS, WHEtheR OR NOT the CIRCUMSTANCES GIVING RISE TO SUCH CAUSE MAY HAVE BEEN withIN the CONTROL OF CHEROKEE COUNTY. IN NO EVENT WILL CHEROKEE COUNTY BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES OR ANY OtheR LOSS OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND EVEN IF CHEROKEE COUNTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF the POSSIBILITY theREOF.
   Please be advised that once you leave our website, your use of the Internet will be governed by the terms of usage agreements and privacy policies, if any, of the particular site that you are accessing, including those of our operational providers, advertisers, sponsors, and promotional partners. Cherokee County will not be responsible or liable for the content, activities or privacy practices on the other sites, or any loss or damage that could result from leaving our website.

8. Security Measures Please see the section in our Privacy Policy for more information on our security measures and the protection of your personal information.