General Terms of Use

Your use of this web site (Recollection: A Civil Rights Legal Archive) is subject to the following Terms of Use (the “Terms”), which govern your access to and interaction with the Content and related features, tools and components available on or through the Site (including any updates to it). Please read these Terms and the Privacy Policy carefully, as they may have changed since your last visit. You agree that by accessing, using and/or (as permitted) downloading from any part of this Site, you are legally bound and consent to these Terms and the Privacy Policy. 

Certain features or components of the Site may be subject to additional terms, including user guidelines or other rules, which will be posted in the applicable area. Those additional terms (including the Archival Collection Additional Terms of Use), supplement and are made part of these Terms. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS, THEN DO NOT USE THIS SITE. 

Introduction
This Site is made available by NAACP LDF (Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.), a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, incorporated in New York State (“LDF”). From time to time, LDF may revise these Terms without giving prior notice. If LDF makes such revisions, an updated version will be posted on the Site. By continuing to use the Site after the updated version has been posted, you agree that you accept any changes in the updated Terms.  

This Site contains a digital archives collection and original editorial content related to LDF’s current and historical role in civil rights advocacy. It is provided to the general public for informational and educational purposes only. If you are seeking information about LDF legal services or representation, please visit LDF’s main website.  

Intellectual Property 
LDF owns the compilation of content that encompasses this website, including its texts, images, audio, video, design, databases, codes and software, as well as the general “look and feel” of the Site (“Content”.) This does not mean that the LDF owns each item of Content or the intellectual property rights attached to each component of Content. In these cases, Content and intellectual property rights are used with the owners(s) permission or in accordance with applicable law. 
  
The trademarks, logos, service marks and trade names (collectively the "Trademarks") displayed on the Site are registered and unregistered Trademarks of LDF and others and may not be used without permission from the trademark owner.  
 
No intellectual property rights in the Site, Content or the Trademarks are transferred to you.  Except for the limited right to you to use the Site or Content in accordance with these Terms, you are not conferred any rights, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, under copyright or other intellectual property laws, either now or in the future.
 
Disclaimers 
THE SITE AND THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED BY LDF TO YOU FOR YOUR PERSONAL USE AND INFORMATION ONLY. YOU MAY NOT USE THE SERVICE OR THE CONTENT FOR ANY COMMERCIAL PURPOSE. The Site and the Content are offered on a “as is” and “as available” basis, without warranty of any kind. You should not consider information on this Site to be an invitation for any attorney-client relationship. The content of this Site does not convey legal, accounting, tax, career or other professional advice of any kind. You should not rely on the information as legal advice for any purpose as it may not reflect current legal developments. LDF is not liable for any errors or inaccuracies in, or any delays or unavailability of, the Site (or any part thereof) and expressly disclaims all liability in respect to actions taken or not taken based on any Content.  

LDF has no obligation to continue to provide the Site and may make changes to or cease providing the Site or the Content (in whole or in part) at any time without prior notice. Any links to other internet sites are provided for your convenience only, and LDF does not necessarily endorse, nor is it responsible for, the content of any third party site. IN NO EVENT SHALL LDF OR ANY OF ITS TRUSTEES, EMPLOYEES OR AFFILIATED ENTITIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM, OR DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO, THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE OR THE CONTENT. 

Restrictions  
You promise to abide by exclusionary protocols (such as Robots.txt, Automated Content Access Protocol (ACAP), etc.) that may be used in connection with the Site. You may not: 

  • remove, alter, forward, scrape, frame, in-line link, copy, sell, distribute, retransmit, create derivative works or otherwise make available (to third parties and/or on another website, app, blog, product, or service) the Content, except as permitted by the features on the Site that explicitly allow you to download or share Content;
  • use any robots, spiders, scripts, service, software or manual or automatic device, tool, or process designed to data mine or scrape the Content, data or information from the Site, or otherwise access or collect the Content, data or information from the Site using automated means;
  • use the Service or Content for any purpose relating to the development and training of any machine learning (“ML”) and artificial intelligence (“AI”) activities and technologies, including, but not limited to using the Service or Content to build, train, enhance or tune any AI or ML technologies; 
  • reverse engineer, circumvent, decrypt, decompile, disassemble, modify, or otherwise attempt (using services, software, or any manual or automatic device, tool, or process) to alter or interfere with the Site, any feature or component of the Site, any restriction, condition, or technological measure that controls access to the Site, or any content in the Site; or make any unauthorized use thereof;
  • cache or archive the Content (except for a public search engine’s use of spiders for creating search indices); or
  • do anything that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Site’s network or infrastructure or do anything that could disable, damage, or otherwise alter or change the functioning, transmission, or appearance of the Site or Content, including content created by third parties such as advertisers, sponsors, or other users. 

Privacy Policy
By using the Site, you signify your acceptance of the LDF Privacy Policy, as may be updated by LDF from time to time.  

Applicable Law  
These Terms and any legal action brought against the LDF shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York without regard to its conflicts-of-law rules. You also waive any objections to venue of any such litigation in courts located in New York City and agree not to plead or claim that New York City is an inconvenient forum. Any claim by you that may arise in connection with these Terms will be compensable by monetary damages and you will in no event be entitled to injunctive or other equitable relief. You also hereby expressly waive any right to resort to any form of class action. 

Notice & Takedown Policy  
LDF employs policies and processes intended to prevent the display of materials on the Site that infringe on an individual’s privacy, or that are in violation of copyright law. If you find materials that should not be publicly available for these reasons, please contact us to request removal by emailing our Archives Department at info@ldfrecollection.org and include the following information in your message: 

  • Your contact information
  • The reason for the removal request (nonpublic personally identifiable information, intellectual property infringement, etc.)
  • The relevant url(s) for staff to locate the materials. Sufficient information for our staff to locate the materials, including the url(s). 

General 
These Terms contain the entire agreement between you and LDF regarding your use of the Site and supersedes all previous agreements (if any). If a court or other valid authority determines that any provision of the Terms is void, invalid, unenforceable, or illegal, such provision(s) will be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability and the validity and enforceability of the other provisions will remain and not otherwise be affected. If LDF does not enforce any provision of the Terms, that will not constitute or be construed as a waiver of such a provision or it right to enforce it. 

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