Terms & Conditions
These Terms of Use describe rules for visitors to www.sikhnextdoor.org, www.sikhnextdoor.net and www.sikhnextdoor.com. PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY. Our site is owned and operated by Lohgarh Sikh Educational Foundation ("LSEF").
These Terms of Use were last updated on December 17, 2004. We may change and update these Terms of Use at any time by posting the amended Terms of Use on our site, which will be effective immediately. Please review the Terms of Use each time you visit our site. By using our site, it means you accept and agree to the most recent version of the Terms of Use and of the Privacy Policy on our site.
The information on our site relates to products and services offered by LSEF and may contain general information related to the Sikh religion. The materials on our site are for your general educational information only. LSEF does not claim to have religious authority, and information on our site has been designed specifically for use in a non-religious, educational context. This website is not intended to convert anybody to the Sikh religion, or to in any way influence the religious beliefs of the people using the site, and neither shall any other site produced by LSEF or its affiliates, related companies, licensors or partners.
Our site contains information intended for people who live in the United States. If you live outside the United States, you may see information on our site about products that are not available or authorized in your country.
Use of this material in a classroom is subject to the authorization and approval of a teacher, principal, school board or board of education. Please acquire the requisite authority to use the materials on this site in connection with classroom education prior to its use. Endorsements of this product by education authorities and associations should not be taken as granting permission for particular information to be used in a classroom without further approval and authorization. LSEF disclaims any responsibility with regard to the inappropriate use of this material in connection with classroom education, and shall not be liable in any way for such inappropriate use.
The materials on our site belong to or are licensed to LSEF. The materials are under the protection of the United States and foreign copyright laws. There are some important rules about copying these materials. You may e-mail, download, or print copies of the materials on our site, but only for your personal, noncommercial use. When you e-mail, download, or print a copy of the materials on our site, you must also include all copyright and other notices that are in the materials, including the copyright notice on the bottom of the page.
We also own the names we use for our products and services on our site, and these names are under the protection of the United States and foreign trademark laws. An ® following a name on our site indicates that the trademark has been registered in the United States. A ™ following a name on our site indicates that it is an unregistered trademark. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
There may be special rules for the use of materials provided on certain parts of our site. These special rules will be posted near the materials.
If you use the materials or trademarks on our site in a way that is not clearly allowed by these Terms of Use, you are violating your agreement with us and may be violating copyright, trademark, and other laws. In that case, we automatically revoke your permission to use our site. Title to the materials resides with us or with the authors of the materials contained on our site. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
You may terminate this agreement at any time by terminating your access to and use of the website. Your sole and exclusive remedy under these Terms of Use is to terminate these Terms of Use and to discontinue accessing and using the website if we breach these Terms of Use or if you are dissatisfied with our website or with any term or condition of these Terms of Use.
Under no circumstances may you "frame" our site or any of its content or copy portions of our site to a server. You agree not to display or use the LSEF, SikhNextDoor, SikhEducation or Lohgarh Retreat logos or trademarks in any manner without our prior written permission.
Our site may contain links to websites not operated by LSEF. We provide these links for your convenience, but we do not review, control, or monitor the materials on any other websites. These other websites may contain information about Sikhs that is not entirely consistent with the information you find on our site. The Sikh religion is not an exact science, and is open to many interpretations. We do not control or endorse this type of information. We are not responsible for the performance of those other websites or for your business dealings with them. Your use of other websites is subject to the terms of use of those websites, including the privacy policies of those websites.
LSEF PROVIDES OUR SITE AND ALL CONTENT, INFORMATION, AND DATA CONTAINED THEREIN ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY.
Some states do not allow limitations on implied warranties, so one or more of the above limitations may not apply to you.
YOU AGREE THAT NEITHER LSEF NOR ANY PERSON OR COMPANY ASSOCIATED WITH LSEF SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE OUR SITE OR THE MATERIALS ON OUR SITE. THIS PROTECTION COVERS CLAIMS BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, AND ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY. THIS PROTECTION COVERS LSEF, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND SUPPLIERS MENTIONED ON OUR SITE. THIS PROTECTION COVERS ALL LOSSES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES, PERSONAL INJURY/WRONGFUL DEATH, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
In addition to the rules in these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy on our site, you may be subject to additional terms that may apply when you access particular services or materials on certain areas on our site, such as when you register to receive materials. Please read our Privacy Policy to learn how we protect and use information that we gather through our site.
If any provision of these Terms of Use is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any of these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other term or condition.
If you violate these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy in a way that causes harm to others, you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless LSEF against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses or expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees and costs) arising out of, based on, or in connection with your access and/or use of our website or any link to or from our site.
You and LSEF are independent contractors, and no agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended or created by these Terms of Use.
These Terms of Use shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of California. We do not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to our site, and operation of our site may be interfered with by numerous factors outside of our control. If any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced. You agree that these Terms of Use and all incorporated agreements may be automatically assigned by LSEF, in our sole discretion, to a third party in the event of a merger or acquisition. Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.
