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1. Acceptance of Terms
This Terms of Use Statement covers the davenportiowa.com web
site, managed by City of Davenport, Iowa. Please read these terms
carefully before using this web site. By accessing and using the City of
Davenport site, you agree to be subject to the terms and
conditions described in this document. If you do not agree to these
terms of use, please do not use this site. City of Davenport reserves
the right to update the Terms of Use Statement at anytime without prior
notice to you, so please check this document
periodically for changes.
In addition, when using any particular davenportiowa.com
service, you will be subject to any posted guidelines or rules
applicable to such service, which may be revised from time to time. All
such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference
into these Terms of Use.
2. Description of Services
davenportiowa.com currently provides users with access to a
rich collection of online resources, including various communications,
government records, and online information, administrative services,
personalized content, and branded programming through
its network of properties ("the Site"). You understand and agree that
the Site is provided "as is," and that davenportiowa.com and its
authorized agents and contractors assume no responsibility for the
timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery, or failure to
store any user communications or personalization settings.
In order to use the Site, you must obtain access to the World Wide
Web, either directly or through devices that access Web-based content,
and pay any service fees associated with such access or utilize free
public access available through public
libraries or other sources. In addition, you must provide or obtain
access to all equipment necessary to make such connection to the World
Wide Web, including a computer and modem or other access device.
davenportiowa.com and its authorized agents and
contractors maintain this Site for online services, information,
education, and communication.
Please feel free to browse the Site. You may print or download
material displayed on the Site for noncommercial; personal use only,
provided you also retain all copyright and other proprietary notices
contained on the materials. You may not,
however, sell, reverse engineer, distribute, modify, transmit, reuse,
repost, use, or create derivative works based on the content of the Site
in whole or in part for any purpose, without written permission from
davenportiowa.com, its authorized agents and
contractors, or the owner of such content in each instance.
3. Your Obligations
When using davenportiowa.com, you agree to:
(a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by various forms and
(b) maintain and promptly update your information as needed to keep it true, accurate, current, and complete.
If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not
current, or incomplete, or davenportiowa.com or its authorized
agents and contractors have reasonable grounds to suspect that such
information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or
incomplete, davenportiowa.com or its authorized agents and
contractors have the right to suspend and refuse any and all of your
current or future use of the Site.
You, not davenportiowa.com or its authorized agents and
contractors, are solely responsible for all content (i.e., information,
data text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video or
messages or other) you upload, post, email or otherwise
transmit.
You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful,
threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory,
harassing, pornographic, or profane material or any material that could
constitute or encourage conduct that would be
considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or
otherwise violate any law.
You further agree not to upload, post, email or otherwise transmit
any confidential information, trade secrets, "junk mail," "spam," "chain
letters," "pyramid schemes," any other form of solicitation, or
software viruses.
You acknowledge that davenportiowa.com and its authorized
agents and contractors do not pre-screen content posted or transmitted
by others, but that they shall have the right to remove any content that
violates the Terms of Use or is otherwise
objectionable in the sole determination of davenportiowa.com and
its authorized agents and contractors.
davenportiowa.com and its authorized agents and contractors
do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of content posted or
transmitted by others. davenportiowa.com and its authorized
agents and contractors are under no obligation to monitor or
review discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards,
and the like on the Site and assume no responsibility or liability
arising from content nor for any error, defamation, libel, slander,
omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography,
profanity, danger, or inaccuracy contained in any information within
such locations on the Site. davenportiowa.com and its authorized
agents and contractors will fully cooperate with any law enforcement
authorities or court order requesting or directing
davenportiowa.com and its authorized agents and contractors to
disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or
materials. Any unauthorized use of this Site may be prosecuted to the
fullest extent of the law.
4. Account Password and Security
Certain fee-based services may require a password and account
designation. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of
the password and account, and are fully responsible for all activities
that occur under your password and account.
You agree to:
(a) immediately notify davenportiowa.com of any
unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of
security, and
(b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session.
davenportiowa.com and its authorized agents and contractors
cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your
failure to comply with this section.
5. Privacy
Our Privacy Statement
informs you about the types of information we gather online when you
visit davenportiowa.com or any of our associated web sites, how we
may use that
information, whether we disclose it to anyone, and your choices
regarding our use of, and your ability to correct, that information. For
More Info, please see our full Privacy Statement.
6. Accessibility
Our Accessibility Statement informs you about our efforts for
inclusion and universal access to all of our services and programs. For
More Info, please see our Web Accessibility Statement.
7. Intellectual Property
davenportiowa.com reserves its rights in all intellectual
property contained in the site. You are advised that
davenportiowa.com will aggressively enforce its intellectual
property rights to the fullest extent of the law, which may include,
without limitation,
the seeking of criminal prosecution. Examples are listed below.
7.1 Copyright Information
You should assume that everything you see or read on the Site is
copyright-protected unless otherwise noted, and may not be used except
as provided in these Terms of Use. All other use shall require the
written permission of davenportiowa.com, its
authorized agents and contractors, or such third party that may own
the materials. davenportiowa.com neither warrants nor represents
that your use of materials displayed on the Site will not infringe
rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated
with davenportiowa.com.
7.2 Use Of Images
Images of people or places displayed on the Site are either the
property of, or used with permission by, davenportiowa.com. The
use of these images by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is
prohibited unless specifically permitted by these Terms of
Use. Any unauthorized use of the images may violate copyright laws,
trademark laws, the laws of privacy and public County, and communications
regulations and statutes.
7.3 Trademark Information
The trademarks, logos, and service marks displayed on the Site are
registered and common law trademarks of davenportiowa.com and
others (collectively the "Trademarks"). Nothing contained on the Site
should be construed as granting, by implication,
estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademarks
without the written permission of davenportiowa.com, its
authorized agents and contractors, or such third party that may own the
Trademarks. Your use of the Trademarks, or any other
content on the Site, except as provided in these Terms of Use, is
strictly prohibited.
8. Links and Advertisers
It is the policy of davenportiowa.com to prohibit any
advertisements. However, davenportiowa.com and its authorized
agents and contractors have not reviewed the sites linked to the Site
and are not responsible for the content of any off-site pages or
any other sites linked to the Site. Your linking to the Site, off-site
pages or other sites is at your own risk and without the
recommendation, endorsement, or liability of davenportiowa.com or
its authorized agents and contractors. Your correspondence or
business dealings with or participation in promotions of advertisers
found on or through the Site, including payment and delivery of related
goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties, or
representations associated with such
dealings are solely between you and such advertiser.
davenportiowa.com and its authorized agents and contractors shall
not be liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result
of any such dealings or the result of the presence of such
advertisers on the Site.
9. Reference
Any reference made by this Site or any affiliated web site to any
specific commercial product, process, or service (or provider of such
product, process or service) by trade name, trademark, hyperlink, or
otherwise, does not constitute or
imply an endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by
davenportiowa.com or its authorized agents and contractors. Any
opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information
expressed or made available by third parties, including information
providers, users or others, are those of the respective authors or
distributors and do not necessarily state or reflect those of
davenportiowa.com or its authorized agents and contractors.
10. Disclaimer
davenportiowa.com and its authorized agents and contractors
make no warranties or representations as to the accuracy of content on
the site. davenportiowa.com and its authorized agents and
contractors assume no liability or responsibility for any errors
or omissions in the content or operation of the Site.
11. Disclaimer of Warranties
Your use of and browsing in the Site are at your risk. You
understand and agree that davenportiowa.com and its authorized
agents and contractors assume no responsibility for the timeliness,
deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any
communications, payments or personal settings. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE SHALL davenportiowa.com,
ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, ITS AND THEIR BOARD, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, ITS
AUTHORIZED AGENTS AND CONTRACTORS, AND ANY OTHER
PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THE SITE BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, OR
PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR INABILITY TO
USE THE SITE EVEN IF davenportiowa.com OR A
davenportiowa.com AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING,
EVERYTHING ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE"
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NONINFRINGEMENT.
Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of
implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may
not apply to you. davenportiowa.com and its authorized agents
and contractors also assume no responsibility, and shall not be liable
for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect your computer equipment
or other property on account of your access to, use
of, or browsing in the Site or your downloading of any materials,
data, text, images, video or audio from the Site.
12. Termination
Davenportiowa.com and its authorized agents and contractors
reserve the right at any time and from time to time to modify or
discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Site (or any part thereof)
with or without notice for any reason or no reason
whatsoever. You agree that davenportiowa.com and its authorized
agents and contractors shall not be liable to you or any third party for
any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Site.
13. Changes to This Statement
If there are changes or additions to the Terms of Use Statement, we
will post those changes on our web site. Please be sure to check this
page before proceeding to use our Site.
14. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Term of Use Statement, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and note "Terms of Use" in the subject line.
15. General Information
This constitutes the entire agreement between you and
davenportiowa.com (and its authorized agents and contractors)
regarding use of the Site, superseding any prior agreement between you
and davenportiowa.com. If any provision of these terms shall be
unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision
shall be deemed severable from these terms and shall not affect the
validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. You may also be
subject to additional Terms of Use that
may apply when you use affiliate services, third-party content or
third-party software. davenportiowa.com may at any time revise
these Terms of Use by updating this posting. You are bound by any such
revisions and should therefore periodically visit this
page to review the then current Terms of Use to which you are bound.
The failure of davenportiowa.com or its authorized agents and
contractors to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms
of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such
provision. These Terms of Use and the relationship between you and
davenportiowa.com shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Iowa without regard to its conflict of
law provisions. You and davenportiowa.com agree to
submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the state and
federal courts for any disputes or matters arising out of the Site or
use of the Site.