| “Website
Policies & Accessibility”
•
Introduction
• General Disclaimer and Limitation
of Liability
• Terms of Use
• Privacy: Personal Information Collected;
Use of Such Information; and Cookies
• Site Content: Information Voluntarily
Submitted by Site Users
• Copyrights, Intellectual Property,
Limited Permissions, and Trademarks
• External Links
• Accessibility
• Technical Requirements
• Site Security
• Contact Information
• Others as Determined / Required
Introduction
This
website <http://www.foothilltransit.org>
(hereinafter referred to as the “Site”) and related
online activities are a free public service provided by the
Foothill Transit Agency (hereinafter referred to as “Foothill
Transit”). As a public service, Foothill Transit encourages
all individual and organizational users to actively use the
Site but to do so within the limitations hereby provided in
the following terms and conditions, which have been developed
to guide user conduct.
Note: Foothill Transit may change, update or refine this website
policy statement at any time, and reserves the right to do so
without notice.
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General
Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
This Site
and all materials contained on it are distributed and transmitted
“AS IS” without warranties of any kind, either express
or implied, including without limitation, warranties of title
or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular
purpose. Neither Foothill Transit nor any other party involved
in creating, producing, delivering or maintaining the Site is
liable for any special, indirect, incidental or consequential
damages that may arise from the use of, or the inability to
use, the Site and/or the materials contained on the Site regardless
of the provider of the materials. Neither Foothill Transit nor
any other party involved in creating, producing, delivering
or maintaining the Site is liable for any viruses or other contamination
of your system; nor for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or
omissions arising out of your use of the Site or with respect
to the material contained on the Site, including without limitation,
any material posted on the Site.
Foothill
Transit or its employees assumes no liability in regards to
the use of this Site and/or its contents or associated electronic
communication. In no event shall Foothill Transit be held responsible
for any damages, whether direct or indirect, including but not
limited to interruption, loss of data, or incorrect information.
If you do
not agree with or understand any or all of the terms and conditions
provided within this entire website policy statement please
do not use this Site.
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Terms
of Use
By accessing,
browsing or viewing this Site, you accept, without limit or
qualification, all Site policies, terms and conditions provided
herein and as may change from time to time without notice to
you. Any usage of the Site acknowledges full and complete acceptance
of these terms and conditions. As a condition of your use of
this website, you warrant to Foothill Transit that you will
not use this website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited
by these terms, conditions and notices or so otherwise prohibited
by law.
Any rights
not expressly granted herein are reserved.
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Privacy:
Personal Information Collected; Use of Such Information; and Cookies
Foothill
Transit is committed to honoring the privacy of visitors to
the Site to the extent possible and defined herein. Foothill
Transit will not sell, release or rent any personal information
gathered during your visit to the Site without your explicit
permission except as required or mandated by law.
Foothill
Transit may use cookies to deliver content specific to your
interests or for statistics purposes. A cookie cannot read information
off your hard drive or read cookie files from other websites.
You do not need to have cookies enabled in your browser to use
the Site.
For each
visitor to the Site, the web server(s) automatically recognizes
the user’s Internet Protocol (IP) address/domain name
combination. Foothill Transit collects IP address/domain name
combinations of visitors to the Site. Foothill Transit will
use your IP address only for website administration, to detect
problems with a server, or to track traffic patterns. Foothill
Transit does not use information regarding individual users
unless otherwise noted herein.
Foothill
Transit does collect the following: e-mail addresses of users
who voluntarily communicate with the organization via e-mail;
aggregate information on what pages users access or visit; user-specific
information on what pages users access or visit; and other information
voluntarily provided by the user, such as survey information
and/or personal information provided on contact forms, registration
forms, comment forms, online promotions, or other such interactive
online services/devices. The information collected is used for
internal review and may be used to improve the overall content
of the Site, to customize the content and/or layout of the Site
for each individual user, and to notify users about updates
to the Site and/or other Site related communications.
Foothill
Transit reserves the right to ask any user of this Site to voluntarily
provide personal or business information, including, but not
limited to name, full contact information, and electronic contact
information, for purposes of correspondence or for the conduct
of official business purposes as it relates to the Foothill
Transit as a city agency. While Foothill Transit will not disclose
this information outside of the agency users should be aware
that such information may nevertheless be subject to disclosure
pursuant to court order or released as otherwise mandated by
applicable law.
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Site Content: Information Voluntarily
Submitted by Site Users
If you send
any communications or materials to the Site by electronic mail
or otherwise, including any comments, data, questions, suggestions
or the like, all such communications are, and will be treated
as, non-confidential and non-proprietary unless otherwise noted.
Thus you give up claim that any use of such material violates
any of your rights including moral rights, privacy rights, proprietary
or other property rights, publicity rights, rights to credit
for material or ideas, or any other right, including the right
to approve the way Foothill Transit uses such material.
Any material
submitted to this Site may be adapted, broadcast, changed, copied,
disclosed, licensed, performed, posted, published, sold and
transmitted by Foothill Transit anywhere in the world, in any
medium, forever.
Foothill
Transit is free to use, without compensation to you, any concepts,
ideas, know-how or techniques contained in any communication
you send to the Site for any purpose whatsoever, including but
not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products
using such information. However, you agree and understand that
Foothill Transit is not obligated to use any such ideas or materials
and you have no right to compel such use.
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Copyrights, Intellectual Property,
Limited Permissions, and Trademarks
Foothill
Transit encourages the lawful use of content on the Site; however,
the text, images, and data on the Site are protected by copyright
and may be subject to other restrictions as well. It should
be presumed, therefore, that express written permission is needed
before reproducing or otherwise using any content from this
Site.
Foothill
Transit and relevant third parties retain all rights, including
copyright, in data, images, audio and video clips, software,
documentation, text, and other information contained on this
Site or in files appearing on the Site (collectively, the “Materials”).
Users may download and use Materials subject to these terms
and conditions, and subject to any additional terms or restrictions
applicable to the individual file or program, provided all copyright
and other proprietary notices contained on the Materials are
retained.
The Materials
are made available for use without permission only for limited
non-commercial personal or educational use, for fair use as
defined in the United States copyright laws. All users must
cite the author/artist and source of this Material as they would
material from any printed or other work, and the citation must
include the URL <http://www.foothilltransit.org>
in addition to all copyright and other proprietary notices included
in the Materials. Non-commercial/commercial providers of travel,
tourism, leisure, arts, culture and related information who
choose to use such Materials must additionally notify Foothill
Transit of such usage by sending an email to info@foothilltransit.org
detailing where, how, when and for what purpose the Materials
are planned to be used. In granting this limited permission,
however, note that Foothill Transit does not warrant or represent
that use of Materials displayed on the Site will not infringe
the rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated with
Foothill Transit. Copyright and other proprietary rights in
the Materials may be held by individuals and/or entities other
than Foothill Transit and it is the responsibility of the potential
user to find this out and receive additional permissions as
appropriate.
Foothill
Transit expressly prohibits the use, copying, display, publication,
distribution, transmission, modification, reposting or exploitation
for commercial purposes of any protected Materials on the Site,
other than those purposes specifically described above.
While Foothill
Transit uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date
information in this Site, content is provided by a variety of
sources, changes frequently, and Foothill Transit makes no representations
or warranties as to its accuracy. Foothill Transit assumes no
liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the
content of the Site.
The trademarks,
online logo marks and service marks (collectively, the “Trademarks”)
displayed on the Site are registered and/or unregistered Trademarks
of Foothill Transit and/or associated third parties. Nothing
contained in this Site should be construed as granting, by implication
or otherwise, any right or license to use any Trademark displayed
on the Site without express written permission by the specific
owner of the Trademark displayed on the Site. Your misuse of
the Trademarks displayed on the Site, including alteration or
use out of context, is strictly prohibited.
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Links
Foothill
Transit encourages organizations to link to the Site and/or
its content. By doing so, you agree to abide by all terms and
conditions contained herein. Any link to the Foothill Transit
Site and/or content must clearly identify Foothill Transit either
by use of the Foothill Transit online logo with hyperlink and/or
clear indication of the Universal Resource Locator (URL) <http://www.foothilltransit.org>
. Any framed use of or other link to the Site and/or content
that does not clearly provide users access to/knowledge of the
Foothill Transit source is expressly prohibited.
Foothill
Transit provides links to other public and private websites,
third parties, and service providers. Foothill Transit provides
these links merely as a service to users and is not liable for
the content and/or privacy policies of any third party websites.
Therefore, please review each of the individual site policies,
terms and conditions for more information regarding any third
party sites.
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Accessibility
Foothill Transit strives to ensure that people with disabilities
have equal access to the information and services on the Site
and is committed to making the information accessible to everyone.
In doing so, Foothill Transit seeks to bring the Site into basic
compliance with Section 508 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act
<http://www.section508.gov>.
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Technical
Requirements
This Site
is designed to work best in Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE)
version 4.x and above, as well as with Netscape Navigator version
4.x and above. Use of other browsers, including but not limited
to, Firefox, Opera, and Safari, may work but may not be able
to correctly display any or all content. Regardless of browser
choice, it is the responsibility of the user to ensure accurate
transmission of the Site and Foothill Transit shall in no way
be held reliable for any technical difficulties or errors in
display.
Some content
on this Site may be offered using Adobe’s Portable Document
Format (PDF). In order to view such content, the Adobe Acrobat
Reader program and/or its functions must be installed on your
computer. The Reader can, as of this writing, be downloaded
for free from the Adobe website <http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html>.
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Site Security
To
prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and ensure
the correct use of information, Foothill Transit has put in
place reasonable physical, electronic and managerial procedures
to safeguard and secure the information collected online. Electronic
communications and Internet transmissions are never completely
private or secure. Any user of this Site, therefore, should
be aware of and understand that any message or information sent
to the Site in any electronic method of interaction may be read
or intercepted by others notwithstanding the security precautions
put in place. Foothill Transit does not accept any liability
to you or any entity related to you in case of lost, read, or
intercepted communications.
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Contact Information
If you have
questions about this website policy statement, you can contact
Foothill Transit directly:
Talk to
us: (626) 967-3147
Contact Us: Click Here
Foothill
Transit
100 North Barranca Avenue
Suite 100
West Covina, California 91791-1600
800-RIDE-INFO (800-743-3463)
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Others
as Determined / Required
This website
policy statement was last updated February 25, 2005 and is in
effect until otherwise noted on this Site.
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