Last Updated: 04/25/2006

Web Site Disclaimer and Terms of Use

By using this web site, you agree to the following Terms of Use. If you do not agree to all of these terms, please do not use this web site. The Irish Pallottine Fathers reserve the right to change, modify, add, or delete portions of these Terms of Use at any time. Your continued use of this web site following any changes to the Terms of Use will mean that you accept those changes. Please refer to the date listed above to determine when the last changes were made.

I.                        Disclaimer

The Irish Pallottine Fathers provide this web site as a service to those who may be interested in furthering their works and bringing faith peace and progress to their East African missions in Tanzania and Kenya. The information on this Internet web site is presented in good faith and believed to be correct. The Irish Pallottine Fathers, however, make no representations or warranties as to the timeliness, completeness or accuracy of any such information on this site.  Information is supplied upon the condition that the persons receiving it will make their own determination as to its suitability for their purposes prior to use. No representations or warranties, whether expressed or implied, are made by the Irish Pallottine Fathers regarding the use of such information and content. The Irish Pallottine Fathers are not responsible for, and expressly disclaims all liability for, damages of any kind whatsoever arising out of use, reference to, or reliance on the information on this site or the product and/or service to which the information refers.  With respect to any information on this site or any product or product description to which such information refers and all warranties, both express and implied, are hereby disclaimed and excluded, including the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. While the information contained within the site is periodically updated, no guarantee is given that the information provided in this Web site is correct, complete, and up-to-date.

Although the Irish Pallottine Fathers’ Web site may include links providing reference or direct access to other Internet resources, including Web sites, the Irish Pallottine Fathers have not participated in the development of those other sites and does not exert any editorial or other control over those sites. The Irish Pallottine Fathers are not responsible for the accuracy, quality, integrity, or content of information contained in these linked sites.  In addition, the Irish Pallottine Fathers do not necessarily endorse the views expressed by such linked sites. YOU HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ANY CLAIM AGAINST The Irish Pallottine Fathers WITH RESPECT TO THE LINKED SITES. YOU AGREE THAT YOU MUST EVALUATE, AND BEAR ALL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF THE LINKED SITES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY RELIANCE ON THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR USEFULNESS OF THE MATERIAL CONTAINED ON THE LINKED SITES. 

Moreover, links from the Irish Pallottine Fathers’ Web site to third-party sites do not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the Irish Pallottine Fathers of such parties or their products and services. The appearance on our Web site of advertisements and product or service information does not constitute an endorsement by the Irish Pallottine Fathers, and the Irish Pallottine Fathers have not investigated the claims made by any advertiser. YOU AGREE TO HOLD THE IRISH PALLOTTINE FATHERS HARMLESS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SELECTION OF THIRD PARTY ADVERTISERS, AS WELL AS THEIR ACTS AND OMISSIONS.

 

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES:

 

ALL MATERIALS ON THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE IRISH PALLOTTINE FATHERS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OF THE MATERIAL PROVIDED HEREIN, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY: (I) IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR TITLE, (II) WARRANTIES ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OR TRADE PRACTICE, AND (III) WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT.

THE IRISH PALLOTTINE FATHERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE MATERIAL IN THIS WEB SITE.

(State Limitations)  SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. YOU SHOULD CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES.

Use of Personal Information; Privacy Statement


The names and contact information on this Web site are published to facilitate contact among those listed for Irish Pallottine Fathers purposes only. It is not intended, and we request that it not be used, for commercial purposes.

 

By using this site, you agree that the Irish Pallottine Fathers may monitor your use of this web site and may use the results of such monitoring without limitation. The Irish Pallottine Fathers do not disclose, give, sell, or transfer any personal information to third parties for non-Pallottine use. Personally identifiable information may be collected from visitors to our site and provided in an aggregate form to other parties within the Irish Pallottine family for marketing, advertising or other similar uses.  During your visit to our web site, we may request and collect personal information from you, such as your name, email address, physical address, telephone number and any other personal information you share with us. The information you will be asked to provide to us is voluntary only; you will always have the option of not providing the information if you so choose.

 

Please be aware that your browser must be enabled to accept cookies in order for you to use certain areas of our site.  A cookie is a piece of text that a web server stores on your hard drive so that it can be retrieved later. It helps us determine how many readers visit our web site, whether those readers are repeat visitors [other purposes]. We do not use this information for any other purpose.  All of the information we obtain from you is stored in our database and may be retrieved by people who are gathering that information.  A cookie containing your unique ID is all that is stored on your computer.

 

Some non-identifiable information is gathered from you for a survey we use to determine where you learned about our web site. We may collect and store information for statistical purposes. For example, we may count the number of visitors to the different pages of our Web site to help make them more useful to visitors. This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:

 

  1. The Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" if you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you connect from a university's domain) and IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web) from which you access our Web site;
  2. The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
  3. The date and time you access our site;
  4. The pages you visit; and
  5. If you visited this site from a link on another Web site, the address of that Web site.

 

Similar information is gathered for anonymous ftp, remote account login, or for other comparable types of connections.

By sending us an electronic mail (e-mail) message, you may be sending us personal information such as your name, address, and e-mail address. We may store your name, address, and e-mail address of the requester in order to respond to your request or otherwise resolve the subject matter of the e-mail. Under limited circumstances, including requests from Congress or private individuals, we may be required by law to disclose the information you submit.

Remember that e-mail is not necessarily secure against interception. If your communication is very sensitive, or includes personal information like your Social Security number, you might want to send it by postal mail instead.

Content of this Web Site Is for Informational Purposes Only – No Spiritual or Pastoral Advice is Given:

 

The content and materials provided in this web site are for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended to supplement or comprise spiritual or pastoral advice or consultation, or to be used in lieu of a consultation with a priest or spiritual director.

 

Copyright:

 

You may not copy, reproduce, republish, post, retransmit, or distribute in any way any of the information or materials in this web site without the prior written consent of the Irish Pallottine Fathers. To request such permission, send an email message to __________________________ including your name, address, the information you are requesting to distribute, and the purpose for that distribution. You may download a copy of the materials on this web site on a single computer for personal, noncommercial home use, but only if you do not remove any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices from the materials you download. You agree to indemnify the Irish Pallottine Fathers if you infringe on any of the Irish Pallottine Fathers’ copyrights or trademarks. You may not restrict or inhibit any other user from using this web site.

 

All remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, or other  information communicated to the Irish Pallottine Fathers through this site (collectively, the “Submission”) will forever be the property of the Irish Pallottine Fathers.  The Irish Pallottine Fathers will not be required to treat any Submission as confidential, and will not be liable for any ideas for its operations and will not incur any liability as a result of any similarities that may appear in future Irish Pallottine Fathers operations.  Without limitation, the Irish Pallottine Fathers will have exclusive ownership of all present and future existing rights to the Submission of every kind and nature everywhere.  The Irish Pallottine Fathers will be entitled to use the Submission for any purpose whatsoever, without compensation to you or any other person sending the Submission.  You acknowledge that you are responsible for whatever material is submitted, and will have full responsibility for the message, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality, and copyright, and will fully indemnify and hold harmless the Irish Pallottine Fathers from and against any costs and damages in connection therewith.

 

This Web site (excluding linked sites) is controlled by the Irish Pallottine Fathers from their mission within the State of Michigan, United States of America.  It can be accessed from all 50 states, as well as from other countries around the world.  As each of these places has laws that may differ from those of Michigan, by accessing this Web site both users of this website and the Irish Pallottine Fathers agree that the statutes and laws of the State of Michigan, ] without regard to any principles of conflicts of law or choice of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan or any other jurisdiction) that would result in the application of the substantive or procedural rules or law of any other jurisdiction, will apply to all matters relating to use of this website.  Each user and the Irish Pallottine Fathers also agree and hereby submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the Circuit Court for Wayne County and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan with respect to such matters.  The Irish Pallottine Fathers make no representation that materials on the website are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited.  Those who choose to access this website from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.