TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

PLEASE CAREFULLY READ ALL OF THE FOLLOWING, as it directs your use of ACCESS Harris County (“ACCESS”), a community project at Harris County (“us,” “our,” or “we”), website (the “Website”) and integrated data hub (“Services”). Before registering or using the Services, please carefully review the terms and conditions provided here and our Privacy Policy located at [insert link to privacy policy], which are collectively referred to as the “Terms of Use”.

BY USING AND ACCESSING THE SERVICES, OR ACCESSING ANY CONTENT OR MATERIAL AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICES ("CONTENT"), YOU ARE AGREEING TO THESE TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE, WE DO NOT AUTHORIZE YOU TO USE THE SERVICES

We may modify or update these Terms of Use from time to time without previous notice to you. By agreeing to the service, you agree to follow all modifications and updates. We may also modify, add to, delete, and/or stop any or all parts of the Services without previous notice. When we make large changes to these Terms of Use, we will provide you with notice as needed. Your continued use of the Services will count as your acceptance of the changes.

To use the Services or access any Content, you need to be at least 18 years old and reside in the United States By using the Services, you confirm that you are of legal age to form a binding contract with us and meet all of the eligibility rules. If you are agreeing to our Terms of Service on behalf of an organization, you automatically confirm that you have the right, power, and authority by the organization to enter into this agreement. If you do not meet all of these requirements, you may not access or use the Services.

Use of Content
1. Except for User Content (defined below), any Content provided by or accessed through the Services, and all copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, and other intellectual property rights are the property of ACCESS or our licensors. All rights not expressly mentioned here are assumed.
2. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, revocable permission to make personal use of the Services and Content (collectively, the “License”). The License will remain in effect until your use of the Services is ended. You may not use the Services and/or Content for anything other than your personal use, and you may not share or transfer the Services or Content.
3. By using the Services, you understand that you will be exposed to content provided by a variety of sources and you agree that we are not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of all of the content. You also understand that in your use of the Services, you may be exposed to content that you find inaccurate, offensive, indecent, or objectionable, and you hereby waive all rights and remedies against us for any such content.
4. We may, but are not obligated to, review, delete or remove any of the User Content, without previous notice, for any reason, including but not limited to, if the User Content violates the Terms of Use.
5. Intetionally Omitted
6. Intetionally Omitted
7. Intetionally Omitted
User Content
8. We may allow users to input content to the Services ("User Content").
9. Under no circumstance will we be held responsible for any errors or omissions in any User Content.
10. By using the Services, you understand that you will be exposed to content provided by a variety of sources and you agree that we are not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of all of the content. You also understand that in your use of the Services, you may be exposed to content that you find inaccurate, offensive, indecent, or objectionable, and you hereby waive all rights and remedies against us for any such content.
11. We may, but are not obligated to, review, delete or remove any of the User Content, without previous notice, for any reason, including but not limited to, if the User Content violates the Terms of Use.
12. By submitting User Content (which, as defined above, includes any information users submit to the Services), you grant ACCESS the non-exclusive, royalty-free, continuous, final, transferable, and fully sublicensable right and license to process the User Content in a manner necessary to provide the Services and, in a blind, aggregated or de-identified manner, use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, sell, perform, and display such User Content (in whole or part, including modified or adaptive versions) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, without any obligation to acknowledge authorship or ownership.
13. You are responsible for the content that you provide to us. You represent and confirm that you have all rights necessary to disclose and submit such User Content. You also confirm that the User Content you submit does not violate the rights of any third party, including without limitation any proprietary or privacy rights, these Terms of Use, or any applicable laws, regulations, or statutes.
14. We do not endorse any of the content submitted by our users and reject all liability associated with such content.
User Accounts
15. You are required to register with ACCESS to use certain portions of the Services. You may never use another persons account or registration information without their permission.
16. When you register, you may be required to provide personal information that may be used to identify you including, but not limited to, your name, email address, date of birth, or other personally identifiable information. You are responsible for the activity that occurs on your account or under your registration, and you must keep your password secure. You must notify us immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account or under your registration. We are not liable for your losses caused by someone using your account or registration information without your permission, but you may be liable for the losses of ACCESS or others due to such unauthorized use.
17. To the extent any conflicts exist between these Terms and Conditions of Use and the Privacy Policy, the Privacy Policy shall govern.
18. You agree;
    • That any personal information you provide to us will be accurate, correct, and current.
    • To use the Services only for purposes that are allowed by the Terms of Use and any related law, regulation, statute, or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions (including any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the United States or other relevant countries); and
    • That you are responsible (and that we have no responsibility to you or any third-party for) for any breach of your obligations under the Terms of Use and for the consequences (including any loss or damage which we may suffer) of any breach.
User Conduct
We allow you to use the Services subject to these Terms of Use, provided that you do not engage in any of the following activities:
19. Copy, redistribute, reproduce, record, transfer, perform or display to the public, broadcast, or make available to the public any part of the Services or the Content or otherwise make any use of the Services or Content which is not expressly allowed under these Terms of Use or related law or which otherwise infringes the intellectual property rights (such as copyright) in the Services or the Content or any part of it;
20. Remove or change any copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property notices contained on the Content or the Services or provided through the Services;
21. Gain or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Services, Content, or computer systems and networks connected to the Website;
22. Upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any User Content that is unlawful, violent, harmful, threatening to another person or entity, abusive, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, tortious, indecent, pornographic, libelous, invasive of anothers privacy, or otherwise offensive;
23. Cause harm to others, and specifically, legal minors;
24. Impersonate another person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with another user, person, or entity;
25. Collect and store personal data about other users, "cyberstalk" or harass another user or engage in conduct that negatively affects the online experience of another;
26. Upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any information or content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights of any party;
27. Upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, or any other form of solicitation;
28. Upload or transmit any information that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, malware, or any other harmful or deleterious software programs;
29. Duplicate, modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, trade, resell, or create copies based on the Content or User Content for any purpose;
30. Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, modify or create works based on the Services;
31. Intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law;
32. Attempt to take any action that we feel imposes or may impose an unreasonable or excessively large load or burden on the Services or the infrastructure of the Services;
33. Interfere with the operation of the Services or other computers or internet or network connections;
34. Attempt to circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Service or features that restrict or prevent use or copying of Content;
35. Attempt to avoid any territorial restrictions applied by ACCESS or our licensors.

You acknowledge and agree that we may access, keep, and share the User Content if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that it is needed to:
• comply with legal process
• enforce the Terms of Use You understand that use of the Services is subject to usage rules set by ACCESS. We may decide to terminate your account and/or your access to use the Services for any reason, including violations of the Terms of Use. You may not attempt to override or avoid any of the usage rules.

36. A physical or electronic signature of the owner of the right that is allegedly infringed or a person authorized to act on their behalf;
37. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed or if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of the copyrighted works;
38. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material on the Website;
39. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the owner or agent, such as an address, telephone number, and email address;
40. A statement that the owner or agent has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
41. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Our designated Copyright Agent for receiving notifications of claimed infringement is:
• ACCESS Harris County, 1111 Fannin St., Houston, Texas 77002, Attention: ACCESS Director Via email to: access@phx.hctx.net