Thank you for visiting the Fulbright Association website. The Fulbright Association Member Community is provided by the Fulbright Association and is designed to facilitate communication among alumni for personal or Fulbright-related purposes. By using this website, you agree to abide by the following terms and conditions. If you do not accept these conditions, do not use this website. The Fulbright Association may revise, in whole or in part, in its sole discretion, this User Agreement and Privacy Statement (the “Agreement”) from time to time. Your continued use of the site constitutes your agreement to comply with this Agreement as modified. You should review this Agreement periodically to see if there have been any changes and to ensure that you are familiar with it.
Participation in the Fulbright Association Member Community is a privilege. By clicking on the "Accept" button, you agree to abide by the Fulbright Association Member Community policies outlined herein. If you cannot accept these policies, please click on the "Do Not Accept" button to indicate that you cannot accept the policies and do not wish to register as a user of the Fulbright Member Community.
Limited License to Use this Website
A. All content included on this website, including all data, text, images, charts, logos, articles and other materials, is the property of our organization or others and is protected by copyright, trademark and other laws. All trademarks and logos displayed on this website are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with the Fulbright Association. Users may download, copy or print minimal copies of any research or report posted on this website solely for your personal use, non-fundraising and non-commercial use.
B. Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to, use of website materials or data obtained from this website or its databases for commercial or fund-raising solicitations, for cold-calling of any kind, or for sending unsolicited mailings (via email or other means); or using bots, robots or spiders to “harvest” data from this website or databases.
C. You must obtain our prior permission before making (i) any uses of web site and member community information and materials that may be deemed commercial or for fundraising, political or public use; (ii) more than minimal copies of website materials; and (iii) any use not authorized herein. If you seek permission for any use of our website, which we may or may not grant in our sole discretion, please submit your request to Jane.Anderson@fulbright.org.
D. Users shall not restrict or inhibit any other user from enjoying any service on the Fulbright Association Member Community. Posting of infringing, obscene, or vulgar materials, the use of obscene or vulgar language, or use of abusive, defamatory, profane, or threatening language is not permitted. Additionally, users shall not upload, transmit, distribute or otherwise publish any materials containing a virus or any other harmful component.
E. Please select a user name that reflects the standards and purposes of the Fulbright Association Member Community. The Fulbright Association reserves the right to require users to change their user names if deemed advisable to protect the goodwill of the Association.
F. The Fulbright Association will not review or screen postings or communications in advance, and will not actively monitor the use of the Fulbright Association Member Community. For this reason, it is essential that the users of the Fulbright Association Member Community understand and agree with the terms of this Agreement, and report any abuses or misuse of the Fulbright Association Member Community to the Fulbright Association. If the Fulbright Association determines that a user's participation in the Fulbright Association Member Community could create a liability for the Association or that the user has violated the policies set forth herein, the Fulbright Association reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to take appropriate action. The Fulbright Association reserves the right to expel a user and deny a user further access to the Fulbright Association Member Community, in the Association’s discretion, if the Association believes that a user has violated this policy or any applicable law or regulation.
Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitations of Liability and Indemnity
THIS WEBSITE IS OFFERED “AS IS.” THE FULBRIGHT ASSOCATION IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, THAT RESULT FROM YOUR USE OF (OR INABILITY TO USE) THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT DELAY IN OPERATION, COMPUTER VIRUS, LINE FAILURE OR OTHER COMPUTER MALFUNCTION. FULBRIGHT PROGRAM AND OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS WEBSITE HAS BEEN GATHERED FROM SOURCES BELIEVED BY THE FULBRIGHT ASSOCIATION TO BE RELIABLE; HOWEVER, THE FULBRIGHT ASSOCIATION DOES NOT WARRANT THE RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, THE CORRECTNESS, COMPLETENESS, CURRENTNESS OR ACCURACY OF ANY SUCH INFORMATION. The Fulbright Association does not warrant that the Fulbright Association MEMBER Community AND web site will operate error-free or that the site and its server are free of computer viruses or other harmful material. To the fullest extent permitted by the law, the Fulbright Association disclaims all warranties, including the warranties of merchantability, non-infringement, and fitness for particular purpose. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE PROVIDE THE CONTENTS OF THIS WEBSITE ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITH NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE AND USE OR RELIANCE UPON ANY OF THE MATERIALS ON IT IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
By using the Fulbright Association Member Community web site, you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Fulbright Association and its respective agents from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, costs, and expenses (including attorney’s fees) that the Association may suffer or incur as a result of your use of the Fulbright Association Online Community web site or your breach of any of these policies. The Fulbright Association will provide notice to you of any such loss, claim, etc, and reserves the right to participate, at your expense, in the investigation, settlement, and defense of any such action or claim.
Links to Other Sites
This website may contain links to other sites. The Fulbright Association is not responsible for the content of any third party website. Please review the policies and agreements of all other websites that you visit.
Submissions
As our website indicates, we welcome your inquiries, ideas and suggestions. Please be advised, however, that any comments, ideas, suggestions or other information that you send to us through our website will not be treated as confidential, and that we will own and have the right to use them as we choose, without payment to you. By submitting any comments or other materials to us, you grant us the non-exclusive right and license to post, publish, edit, delete, or adapt such comments or materials in any media or format.
Copyright Violations:
If you believe that any material on this website infringes your copyright, please notify us as follows, under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"). To notify us, the DMCA requires that you: 1. Send an email notice to the Fulbright Association at: info@fulbright.org. 2. Include the following information in your email: a. Identify of the copyrighted work(s) you claim is infringed; b. Identify the material you claim is infringing the copyright(s), and give enough information for the Fulbright Association to locate that material; c. Include a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf (the "Claimant"); d. Include the Claimant's name, address, and telephone number(s); e. Include a statement that the Claimant has a good faith belief that use of the disputed material is not authorized by the copyright owner or his agent; and f. Include a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification of copyright infringement is accurate and that the Claimant is the copyright owner or is authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
PRIVACY POLICY
The Fulbright Association respects the privacy of visitors to this website. We may record certain usage information, such as the number and frequency of visitors to this website. If we use such data at all, it will be on an aggregate basis, and we will not disclose to third parties any information that could be used to identify you personally, other than as required by law. We do not employ cookies.
If you voluntarily submit information to our website, for example, through the submission of a membership registration or a blog post, or in connection with your orders or requests for goods or services, we may record and use personally identifiable information, such as your name, phone number and e-mail address, for reasonable Association purposes, including, without limitation, fulfilling your request, sending you periodic email updates, and maintaining and improving our services. We will not use sell or rent your personally identifiable information, or use it for any commercial purpose, without your permission. If you submit credit card information in connection with your orders of goods or services, that data will be used only for the processing and fulfillment of your order. You authorize us to disclose personally identifiable information as necessary to permit the processing and fulfillment of your orders,
We may use service providers to operate our website, and perform other work on our behalf, such as sending and receiving postal mail and e-mail. These persons may have access to the personally identifiable information you submit through the website, for the purpose of performing their duties. These persons are not authorized to use your personally identifiable information for any other purpose.
We will not provide any personally identifiable information to any other persons, except in connection with any order you may place or if we are required to make such disclosures to the government or private parties in connection with a lawsuit, subpoena, investigation or similar proceeding or by law. We can (and you authorize us to) disclose any such information in those circumstances.
The Fulbright Association does not and will not sell alumni information to anyone. All alumni information is for use by individual alumni and the Fulbright Association for personal and Fulbright-related purposes only.
The Fulbright Association has taken reasonable precautions to secure the personally identifiable information submitted through the Member Community. The Fulbright Association Member Community is password protected to allow access by registered alumni and Association members only. Through the Directory feature of the Fulbright Association Member Community, you have the ability to hide your information from being viewed by other community members. Although these precautions are intended to protect personal information submitted to or available through the Fulbright Association Member Community from abuse or outside interference, you acknowledge that a certain degree of privacy risk is faced any time information is shared over the Internet.
International Use
Since the internet extends internationally, this website may be accessed by users in countries other than the United States. We make no warranties that materials on this website are appropriate or available for use in such locations. If it is illegal or prohibited in your country of origin to access or use this website, then you should not do so. Those who choose to access this site outside the United States do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with all local laws and regulations.
Governing Law
You agree that your use of this website and this Agreement and any disputes relating to either of them shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the District of Columbia. Any such dispute shall be resolved in the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the District of Columbia.
Questions
Please contact us at info@fulbright.org if you have any questions regarding our website or this Agreement.
