Terms of Use
Thank you for visiting our websites, www.visionsglobalempowerment.org and www.visionsforthefuture.org (together with the “Blog”, the “Website”). The Website is provided by Visions Global Empowerment, Inc., a California nonprofit public benefit corporation (“we” or “Visions”) for the personal use, information, education and communication of our users (“you”). By accessing any part of the Website, you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions (the “Terms of Use”). If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, please do not use the Website.

The Website’s Content
Visions provides free information and resources to you concerning the charitable and educational purpose of Visions. Visions uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up to date information in the Website. You may use the materials and information owned by Visions available on the Website for your personal use. Any reproduction, retransmission, or republication of all or part of any materials and information found on this Website is expressly prohibited, unless Visions or the appropriate copyright owner of the information expressly grants you the right to reproduce, retransmit or republish the materials and information by its prior written consent. Some materials available on the Website are the property of other individuals or entities and are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. Visions makes no warranties or representations as to the accuracy, correctness, reliability or otherwise with respect to such information, and assumes no liability or responsibility for any omissions or errors in the content of the Website.

Accuracy of Information
The Website may contain links to third party websites that are not owned or controlled by Visions. Visions has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party website or third party advertisements. In addition, Visions will not and cannot censor or edit the content of any third party site. By using the Website, you expressly release Visions from any and all liability arising from your use of any third party website.

Prohibited User Conduct
We grant you permission to access the Website, provided that you shall not: (i) alter or modify the Website; (ii) use any part of the Website to sell a product or service, or to increase traffic to your website for commercial reasons, such as advertising sales; (iii) impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation with any other person or entity; (iv) attempt to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems through the Website; (v) engage in harvesting e-mail addresses, wireless addresses or any other form of personal information; (vi) use the Website or the Website’s products and services with the intent to interrupt, damage, disable, or overburden the Website; (vii) use the Website in violation of any parties’ intellectual property or other proprietary or legal rights; (viii) use the Website or the in violation of any applicable law; or (ix) use the Website to obtain or attempt to obtain any non-public materials or information.

Intellectual Property Rights
The Website’s content, including without limitation, the text, designs, software, scripts, graphics, images, photos, sounds, music, videos, interactive features and the like (the “Content”) and the trademarks, service marks, and logos (“Marks”) are, unless otherwise noted on the Website, subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under United States and foreign laws and international conventions, and may not be used except as provided in these Terms of Use. The trademarks displayed on the Website are the registered and unregistered trademarks of Visions. The Website shall not be construed as granting any license or right to use any trademark displayed on the Website, or any license or right to use any other trademark owned by any other third party.

The Website is provided to you “AS IS” for your information and personal use only and may not be used, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of the respective owners. Visions reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the Website and the Content.

User Information
To utilize certain aspects of the Website, you may be asked to provide certain personal information (“Personal Information”). Visions’ policies on the collection, use and privacy of Personal Information are set forth in the Privacy Policy, which can be accessed from the Website’s homepage.

User-Contributed Comments
You agree that you shall not upload, post, transmit, distribute or otherwise submit to the Website, any comments or materials which (i) are fraudulent, unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, offensive, pornographic, profane, sexually explicit or indecent, (ii) constitute or encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law, (iii) violate, plagiarize or infringe the rights of third parties including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, trade secret, confidentiality, contract, patent, rights of privacy or publicity or any other proprietary right, (iv) contain a virus, spyware, or other harmful component, or (v) constitute or contain false or misleading indications of origin, endorsement or statements of fact.

You should understand that any information and comments that you approve to be published on the Website will be considered to be a public disclosure. Your comments submitted to the Website may be published on the Website, and such comments may subsequently be displayed in multiple places, both on the Website and elsewhere on the internet. These comments may be publicly accessible for a lengthy time period and you won’t be unable to control who will read them. As such, it is important that you are careful and selective about the information you disclose in your comments, and at a minimum, you should not disclose sensitive, proprietary or confidential information in your comments.

Visions is under no obligation to monitor or review transmitted information in discussions, comments, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin board and the like on the Website, and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such transmissions nor for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger or inaccuracy of any such information.

Representations and Warranties
THE WEBSITE IS PRESENTED “AS IS.” WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE PRIVACY POLICY, THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Limitation of Liability
Under no circumstances shall Visions, it’s directors, officers, employees, representatives or agents, be liable to you for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages whatsoever resulting from your use of the Website, including but not limited to, from any (i) defects, errors, mistakes, or inaccuracies of Website’s content; (ii) personal injury or property damage of any nature whatsoever, resulting from your access and use of the Website; (iii) unauthorized access to or use of your secure servers and/or any and all personal information stored therein; (iv) interruption or cessation of transmission to or from the Website; or (v) bugs, viruses, trojan horses, or the like, which may transmitted to or through the Website by and third party. The foregoing limitation of liability shall apply to the fullest extent permitted by law in the applicable jurisdiction.

Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Visions, it’s directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from: (i) your use of and access to the Website; (ii) your violation of any term of these Terms of Use; or (iii) your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation, any copyright, property, or privacy right. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive these Terms of Use and your use of the Website.

Ability to Accept Terms of Use
You affirm that you are either at least 18 years of age, or an emancipated minor, or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in these Terms of Use, and to abide by and comply with these Terms of Use.

Contact Information
If you have any questions about the Website, these Terms of Use, or Visions, you may contact us as at visionseducation@gmail.com.

General
This Website is controlled by Visions from its offices in California, U.S.A. Those who access or use the Website from other jurisdictions are responsible for compliance with local law. Visions makes no representation that the contents of the Website are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Any claim relating to the Website content shall be governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict of law principles. These Terms of Use, together with the Privacy Policy and any other legal notices published by Visions on the Website, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and Visions concerning the Website. If any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed invalid by a court of 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 term of these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and Visions’ failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

Visions reserves the right to amend these Terms of Use at any time and without notice, and it is your responsibility to review these Terms of Use for any changes. Your use of the Website following any amendment of these Terms of Visions will signify your assent to and acceptance of its revised terms.

PRIVACY POLICY
Visions Global Empowerment, Inc., a California nonprofit public benefit corporation (“we” or “Visions”), protects the privacy of its visitors (“you”) to its websites, http://www.visionseducation.blogspot.com (the “Blog”) and www.visionsforthefuture.org (together with the “Blog”, the “Website”). This privacy policy (the “Policy”) is in place to protect your Personal Information (as defined below), and describes Visions’ practices regarding the Personal Information collected through the Website. By accessing any part of the Website, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Policy, and agree that Visions may collect, use and disclose certain Personal Information in accordance with this Policy and as permitted or required by law. If you do not agree with the terms of this Policy do not visit the Website and do not provide us with any Personal Information.

Information Collected by Visions
Personally Identifiable Information
Visions only collects Personal Information to the extent necessary to provide you with the Website’s information and other services. “Personal Information” means any information, recorded in any form, about an identified individual, or an individual whose identity may be inferred from the information. In order to submit a comment on the Blog, you will be directed to www.blogger.com (the “Blog Website”) and required to sign up for an account by submitting certain Personal Information. By providing such Personal Information you will be able to post your comment on the Blog. When you make an online donation to Visions you will be re-directed to www.paypal.com (“Paypal Website”) which will require you to submit certain Personal Information to complete your donation. Please carefully review the privacy policy for the Blog Website and the Paypal Website for information on the Blog Website’s and the Paypal Website’s policy concerning your Personal Information collected in connection with the donation webpage as this Policy does not control the Blog Website or the Paypal Website. When you mail a donation to Visions via the procedure posted on the Website, certain Personal Information will be collected from you in connection with your donation, including but not limited to, your name, address, and any Personal Information included on your bank checks or other form of payment.

Non-Personally Identifiable Information
When you visit and access the Website, Visions collects the following non-personally identifiable information from you:

Cookies
When you visit the Website we send one or more “cookies” to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. A cookie is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your browser from our web server and is stored on the hard drive of your computer. We may use cookies to improve the services provided on the Website by storing user preferences and tracking user trends. Cookies do not contain any Personal Information, but rather the collected information is useful to customize the Website for you. Almost all modern websites use cookies to improve the quality of the website and to provide a more efficient experience. Your browser can be set to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. If you choose not to accept cookies, however, the Website may not function properly or may diminish your experience of the Website.

Aggregated Informations
Aggregated information is information, recorded in any form, about more than one individual, where the identity of the individual is not known, and cannot be inferred from the information. We may use aggregated information to: (i) describe our user base to current or potential partners, investors, and advertisers; (ii) after a survey, to understand and respond to market needs and preferences; or (iii) to make recommendations to other users of our Website.

User Communications
When you send a comment on the Blog, e-mail or other communication to us, we may retain those communications in order to answer inquiries, and respond to your requests and improve the Website and our products and services.

You agree that you shall not upload, post, transmit, distribute or otherwise submit to the Website, any communications which (i) are fraudulent, unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, offensive, pornographic, profane, sexually explicit or indecent; (ii) constitute or encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law; (iii) violate, plagiarize or infringe the rights of third parties including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, trade secret, confidentiality, contract, patent, rights of privacy or publicity or any other proprietary right; (iv) contain a virus, spyware, or other harmful component; or (v) constitute or contain false or misleading indications of origin, endorsement or statements of fact.
In the event that Visions may, from time to time, allow for discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin board and the like on the Website, Visions is under no obligation to monitor or review such transmitted information and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such transmissions nor for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger or inaccuracy of any such information.

Information Visions DOES NOT Collect
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS POLICY, At no time will VISIONS request your credit card information, Social Secuirty NUmber, national identification numbers, or any other form of personal information in a non-secure or unsolicited e-mail or telephone communication. Certain financial information will only be requested through the donation webpage. Visions is concerned with identity theft and the practice known as “phishing,”so please safeguard your Personal Information to help protect you from identity theft.

Protecting Your Personal Information
Visions takes precautions to ensure that Personal Information is kept private, and to reduce the risk of loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, or modification of your Personal Information. Please note however that we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information. We assume no liability for the loss of any Personal Information or any damage that may result from the loss of such information that you transmit to us via the Website.

Disclosure without Consent
Please note that there are circumstances where the use or disclosure of Personal Information may be justified or permitted, or where WE may be obligated to disclose SUCH information without consent. Such circumstances may include, without limitation, the following:
* To comply with a court order, subpoena, or warrant;
* To comply with the request of a government agency or regulatory body;
* To collect monies owed to Visions;
* To investigate activities that Visions believes in good faith are unlawful;
* To enforce or apply this Policy or our Terms of Use;
* To protect the rights, property, and safety of third parties and Visions; and
* As otherwise permitted or required by law.

Links
This Policy only applies to the Website. For your convenience, the Website provides links to other websites, including but not limited to, the Blog Website and the Paypal Website. When you click on one of these links, you are leaving our Website and entering another website. We do no exercise control over the websites displayed as links from within our various services and we are not responsible for such third-party websites. These other websites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data, or solicit Personal Information from you. You should carefully review the privacy statements of any other websites you visit, because those privacy statements will apply to your visit to such other websites.

Children’s Privacy Protection

The Website is not intended or designed to attract “minors” (as defined under the laws of their jurisdiction or residence). We do not collect Personal Information from any person that we know is under 18 years of age. We will not use Personal Information if we learn that it was provided by any person we know to be under 18 years of age. You affirm that you are over the age of 18, as the Website is not intended for any children under 18 that are unaccompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
Parents should be aware that this Policy governs our use of Personal Information. Any Personal Information voluntarily given by children through their use of the Website may be used by other parties to generate unsolicited communications. We encourage parents to inform their children of the safe and responsible use of their Personal Information while visiting internet webpages.

Removal of Personal Information
To the extent possible, we will promptly remove all of your Personal Information if you request us to do so. Please understand that we may not be able to honor your request if we are legally obligated to retain that information.

Questions or Comments
If you have any questions or comments about the Website, Visions, or this Policy, please contact us at visionseducation@gmail.com.

Changes to the Privacy Policy and Changes in Ownership
We may make changes or supplement this Policy from time to time. If there are any changes to the Policy, we will post them on the Website to notify users of the changes. Changes to the Policy will apply to the information collected from the date we post the revised Policy on the Website, as well as to existing information held by us. We will obtain the necessary consents required under applicable privacy laws if we (i) change this Policy in a material way, or (ii) seek to collect, use, or disclose Personal Information for purposes other than those to which consent has been obtained, unless otherwise required or permitted by law.