CONNECTdmv (“CDMV”) has the right to make changes or additions to this policy at any time so please check it periodically for updates. If we make any changes to this policy that materially affect our practices with regard to the personal information that we have previously collected from you, we will make an effort to notify you in advance of such change, by highlighting the change on the website or by sending an email to you at the email address that you have registered with us. Your continued participation in CDMV after any changes or revisions to this Policy will indicate your agreement with the terms of the revised policy.
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Children Under 13
Our website, app, and social media pages are for general audiences, and we do not market to, or solicit information, or collect information from children or sell products to children under the age of 13. Parents and guardians assume all responsibility for children interacting with our website, app and/or social media pages.
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Representing CONNECTdmv/Decorum
As a participant, community member, or guest of CONNECTdmv, we will assume that you will be mindful of how you conduct yourself during all CONNECTdmv or CONNECTdmv-related events, programs, activities, and/or when volunteering or having a discussion about the organization. As a part of the CONNECTdmv community, you are expected to refrain from disruptive behavior, interference of a program, or any non-compliance with requests from staff or security at events, trespassing, soliciting, peddling, loitering, cyber bullying, soliciting others, and any other behavior deemed inappropriate at the discretion of CONNECTdmv leadership.
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Donor & Participant Privacy Policy
CONNECTdmv is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and is committed to the privacy of our donors and contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Donors should check with appropriate accounting professionals to determine specifics around deductions.
CONNECTdmv may or current does contract with third-party vendors such as PayPal, Square, and Stripe to process donations, and may work with others in the future. As such, by donating to CONNECTdmv, donors agree to the terms, conditions, and policies of these third-party vendors including those related to security. CDMV offers donors the opportunity to make online credit card gifts, and may offer the opportunity to purchase tickets or merchandise through our website. Credit card information is not stored permanently, and is used only to process the transaction for which it is intended.
CONNECTdmv attemps to maintain a high level of privacy concerning our participants and donors giving. Shortly after a purchase or refund is processed, you will receive a confirmation via email from the third-party vendor on behalf of CDMV. You are advised to print out and save a copy of the order confirmation for verification necessary to request refunds or resolve any disputes.
In particular, for donations made on our website CDMV will forward a donor acknowledgement for all donations.
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Terms/Conditions Re: Payments
By submitting payment for programs, events and activities to CONNECTdmv (CDMV) or by making a donation to CDMV, you authorize CDMV to charge the account specified. Account information for recurring monthly pledges is encrypted and stored by our third-party vendors for automatic processing of your future payments. If applicable, by signing up for monthly pledges to CONNECTdmv, you agree to the third-parties related terms, conditions, and policies and will not hold CONNECTdmv responsible for any breach in security related to data. Notify us, or the vendor, at anytime if you wish to discontinue your recurring pledge.
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Usage of Contact Information
CDMV partners with third-party vendors to provide website and back-end online solutions and is not responsible for their user terms, conditions, and policies.
Please note that contact information is required in relation to contributions, but is not for public inspection. Donors’ and participant names may be published and promoted in CONNECTdmv print or electronic versions of marketing materials, such as in our e-newsletter, year-end reviews, and annual report, unless directed otherwise in writing by the donor. Confirmation of receipt of the written request must be made by CONNECTdmv in order for the request to be finalized. CONNECTdmv does not sell, trade, or share a donor’s personal information with anyone else we are not partnering with programmatically, nor send donor mailings on behalf of unrelated organizations.
By signing up on our website and/or by RSVPing for a CONNECTdmv event, program, or activity on our website, users agree to receive emails from us. You may unsubscribe at any time via the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any CONNECTdmv email or by emailing us at tom@connectdmv.org or patricia@connectdmv.org. CONNECTdmv must confirm receipt of the emailed written request in order for the request to be finalized.
As a participant of CONNECTdmv events, programs, and activities, particularly virtual events, programs, and activities, participants agree to maintain confidentiality regarding Zoom or meeting details, community information, participant details including name, address, phone, email, or other contact information of other participants. Furthermore, participants of CDMV events, programs, and activities that select to share their contact information with other CDMV participants should not receive uninvited solicitations from other CDMV participants.
Information collected via our website will be used to process payments, facilitate communication, and/or update our database or to fulfill programs and service. The CDMV website contains links to other sites, including third-party vendors contracted to provide programs and services. CDMV and this site are not responsible for the privacy and data security practices or the content of such third-party vendors and websites.
If you are a graduate of an independent school, and/or wish to view, update, or make any corrections to your personal information in our database, you may do so by contacting us at tom@connectdmv.org.
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Image/Likeness Usage
CDMV understands that privacy around image and likeness is particularly important in our community. For that reason, discretion will always be a priority and every attempt will be made to get approvals and permissions prior to usage. However, if reasonable attempts are not successful, by RSVPing to attend a CDMV event, activity or program, and/or signing up to receive our emails, you give your permission for CONNECTdmv to use your minor child(ren)’s image, likeness, name, video and your image, likeness, name, video publicly to promote CONNECTdmv and its associated events, activities and programs. You understand that these various images, in all formats, may be used in print publications, online publications, presentations, websites, and social media in perpetuity. You also understand that no royalty, fee or other compensation shall become payable to you by reason of such use. You also understand that if you do not want images, your likeness, name, or videos of you or your child(ren) used, you have to send a written request at any time to CONNECTdmv to make the request and include the person(s) full name and attach a recent photo (so we can appropriately identify the person and remove images from our catalog before anything is produced). You also have to receive written confirmation of receipt of your request from CONNECTdmv in order to ensure receipt and that every attempt is made to honor your request.
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Social Media Usage
We encourage community building via social media on sites including Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube. As such, when you connect with CDMV pages via social media, we may repost your publicly posted images, news, and posts and we may tag you in programs, events, and activities. For information about how the respective social media sites disclose your information, including any information you make public, please consult the Data Use Policy of that entity. We have no control over how they use or disclose your personal information you have provided. We occasionally capture information via screenshot for future promotional use.
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Website Data & Cookies
We may use cookies, web beacons, tags, scripts, and other automated devices to collect information, including personally identifiable information, about you when you visit our website and receive emails from us. Specifically, we may collect the following information about your use of our sites via these technologies: your browser type and operating system; web pages you view; webpage interaction, including cursor movement and links you click; your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address; your approximate geographic location; your interaction with the Sites; length of time you are logged in to our Sites; your unique ID which is given to each visitor and expiration of date of the ID and websites visited before or after our Sites. In some of our email messages, we use a “click-through URL” linked to content on the website. When consumers click one of these URLs, they pass through a separate web server before arriving at the destination page on our site. We track this click-through data to help us determine interest in particular topics and measure the effectiveness of our communications. If you prefer not to be tracked in this way, you should not click text or graphic links in the email messages. We also collect non-personal data (including, without limitation, of the type set forth above) from third parties such as public social media sites. The information we collect from third parties may be combined with the information we collect directly. This data allows us to improve our offers, to provide a mechanism to share content on social media, to tailor efforts and content that may be of interest to you (based on your previous behavior), etc.
Once you have given us consent to the use of cookies, we store a cookie on your computer or device to remember this for next time. Your consent will expire periodically. If you wish to withdraw your consent at any time, you will need to delete your cookies using your internet browser settings.
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Assumption of Risk, Waiver of Liability, and Indemnification
When you participate in and/or attend a CDMV activity, program, or event, or sign your minor child(ren) to do so, or bring guests to a CDMV activity, program, or event, you agree to all of the terms and conditions set forth below and assume all risks arising out of participating in and/or attending the CDMV function.
You specifically acknowledge that certain activities, events, and programs can involve greater risks on behalf of yourself, children, spouse, and guest(s) (known as “your party”). You acknowledge even if you, your spouse, child and/or guest(s) follows all directions and exercises with the utmost personal care there will remain irreducible inherent risks to participation in these activities and accept these risks on behalf of everyone in your party.
You acknowledge that the risks to anyone in your party include, but are not limited to, personal injury (including emotional/psychological harm), serious bodily harm (e.g. serious injury to bones, muscles, and other skeletal components, neck or spinal injury, and dehydration), permanent and temporary disability, complete or partial paralysis, viruses, disease, and even death. You acknowledge that anyone in your party may be exposed to unforeseen circumstances and occurrences, including but not limited to, accidents, weather conditions, crowds, the need to use third-party vehicles, and other unusual events and situations. Additional risks to anyone in your party include, but are not limited to, damage to or loss of personal property or other damage and loss. You agree that anyone in your party will also assume these risks and any other risks arising out of, or relating to, participation in CDMV activities, events, and programs. Consequently, CDMV, its employees, agents and volunteers will exercise judgment regarding the extent of direct and indirect supervision afforded the students on an age-appropriate basis. You accept the potential risks associated with this practice. This policy and assumption of risks will remain in effect at all times when anyone in your party is engaged in any CDMV activity, event, and program.
You understand that CDMV is not responsible for any potentially damaging, incorrect, or problematic content shared during events and activities by third-party speakers, vendors, partners, parents, consultants, etc.. All information and advice is given with good intent and the expectation is that parents and/or guardians will vet and confirm proper context, additional information, accuracy when/if needed. You assume all responsibility for information shared by and/or provided by CDMV. Information provided by CDMV is not meant to be legally sound and parents/guardians assume all responsibility for advising appropriately.
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General Waiver of Liability
To the full extent permitted by law, you and your party voluntarily release and covenant not to sue CDMV, its trustees, officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, and volunteers (“the Released Parties”) from any and all claims and liabilities that arise out of, or relate to, your party’s participation in CDMV activities, events, and programs. The terms thereof shall serve as a release and assumption of risk for your heirs, estate, executor, administrator, assignees, and for all members of your family and party. You understand, however, that through this Terms & Policies, you are not releasing the Released Parties from any injury anyone in your party suffers as a direct result of the Released Parties’ intentional misconduct or gross negligence.
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Indemnification Agreement
You agree to indemnify the Released Parties for any and all claims and liabilities that might be alleged against the Released Parties arising out of, or relating to, your child’s and/or your party’s reckless disregard or intentional misconduct associated with CDMV activities, events, and programs.
You expressly agree that the Terms & Policies, assumption of risk and indemnity/hold harmless agreement is intended to be as broad and inclusive as is permitted by the law and that if any portion thereof is held invalid, it is agreed that the balance shall, notwithstanding, continue in full legal force and effect. The Terms & Policies supersedes and replaces all prior negotiations and agreements proposed or otherwise, written or oral, concerning the subject matter hereof. This is a fully integrated agreement. If any provisions of the Terms & Policies shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions shall continue to be valid and enforceable.
You have read this assumption of risk, waiver of liability, indemnity/hold harmless agreement, in anticipation of participating in CDMV events, activities, and programs, and fully understand its terms, and understand that you give up substantial rights, including your right to sue. You acknowledge that you are agreeing to this freely and voluntarily, and intend by your participation at CDMV activities, events, and programs to be a complete and unconditional release of all liability to the greatest extent allowed by law. This agreement will remain in effect for the duration of your party’s participation in CDMV or until a new agreement is executed.
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact us at tom@connectdmv.org or patricia@connectdmv.org.