This
Terms of Use Statement covers the Nolan County Sheriff's
Office web site, managed by the Nolan County Sheriff's
Office. Please read these terms carefully before using
this web site. By accessing and using the Nolan County
Sheriff's Office 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. Nolan County Sheriff's Office reserves the
right to update the Terms of Use Statement at anytime
without prior notice to you, so check this document periodically
for changes.
In addition, when
using any particular Nolan County Sheriff's Office 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
Nolan County Sheriff's Office currently provides users
with access to an immense 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 the Nolan County Sheriff's Office 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. The Nolan
County Sheriff's Office 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 non-commercial; 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
the Nolan County Sheriff's Office, its authorized agents
and contractors, or the owner of such content in each
instance.
3. Your Obligations
When using the Nolan County Sheriff's Office, 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 the Nolan County Sheriff's Office
or its authorized agents and contractors have reasonable
grounds to suspect that such information is untrue,
inaccurate, not current or incomplete, the Nolan County
Sheriff's Office 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 the Nolan
County Sheriff's Office 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,
libellous, 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 the Nolan County Sheriff's Office 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 the Nolan County Sheriff's Office and its authorized
agents and contractors.
The Nolan County
Sheriff's Office and its authorized agents and contractors
do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality
of content posted or transmitted by others. The Nolan
County Sheriff's Office 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.
The Nolan County Sheriff's Office and its authorized
agents and contractors will fully cooperate with any
law enforcement authorities or court order requesting
or directing the Nolan County Sheriff's Office 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 the Nolan County Sheriff's Office 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.
The Nolan County
Sheriff's Office 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 the Nolan County Sheriff's Office 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 information, 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
information, please see our Web Accessibility Statement.
7. Intellectual
Property
The Nolan County Sheriff's Office reserves its rights
in all intellectual property contained in the site.
You are advised that the Nolan County Sheriff's Office
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 the Nolan County Sheriff's
Office, its authorized agents and contractors, or such
third party that may own the materials. The Nolan County
Sheriff's Office 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 the Nolan County Sheriff's Office.
7.2 Use Of Images
Images of people
or places displayed on the Site are either the property
of, or used with permission by, the Nolan County Sheriff's
Office. 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 publicity, 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 the Nolan County Sheriff's
Office 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 the Nolan County Sheriff's Office, 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 the Nolan County Sheriff's Office
to prohibit any advertisements. However, the Nolan County
Sheriff's Office 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 the Nolan County Sheriff's Office 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. The Nolan County Sheriff's Office
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 the Nolan County Sheriff's Office 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 the Nolan County Sheriff's
Office or its authorized agents and contractors.
10. Disclaimer
The Nolan County Sheriff's Office and its authorized
agents and contractors make no warranties or representations
as to the accuracy of content on the site. The Nolan
County Sheriff's Office 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 the Nolan County Sheriff's
Office 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 THE NOLAN COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE, 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 THE NOLAN COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR A NOLAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
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. The Nolan County Sheriff's Office
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
The Nolan County Sheriff's Office 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 the Nolan County Sheriff's Office 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 -county attorney-
and note "Terms of Use" in the subject line.
15. General Information
This constitutes the entire agreement between you and
the Nolan County Sheriff's Office (and its authorized
agents and contractors) regarding use of the Site, superseding
any prior agreement between you and the Nolan County
Sheriff's Office. 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. The Nolan County Sheriff's Office 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
the Nolan County Sheriff's Office 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 the Nolan County Sheriff's
Office shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Texas without regard to
its conflict of law provisions. You and the Nolan County
Sheriff's Office 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.
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