Website Terms and Conditions of Use
Effective Date: January 2022
Your access to and use of this website and its resources and content is governed by the following Terms and Conditions of Use. By accessing and continuing to use this website you accept and agree to terms below. We may change these terms at any time by posting them to this site. Your continued use of this website is your consent to these terms.
Overview
The terms “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Hopeful Cities. The terms “website, “or “site” refers to www.hopefulcities.org. The terms “user,” “you,” and “your,” refers to a website visitor and/or user.
What we do
We, the Hopeful Cities, is an iFred.org project, started in 2020 in response to the Covid-19 Pandemic in collaboration with the City of Reno, Nevada, the first-ever Hopeful City. Hopeful Cities is designed to make hope accessible and operational in any city around the world. It is a marketing plan in action that operationalizes hope as it creates awareness about the Science of Hope. It is a step-by-step guide to help cities activate the “how-to” of hope throughout the community. Hopeful Cities offers free resources for implementing hopeful initiatives through Government, Science, Education, Workplace, Art, and Awareness.
When you visit our website or become part of our subscribers, followers, or supporters, you’ll have access to all information about our materials, contents, research, and projects.
Hopeful Cities Name
We own all right, title and interest in and to the name “Hopeful Cities” and its associated materials, artworks, curriculums, workbooks, resources, research, and projects. You agree that all goodwill associated with your use of the name and materials of “Hopeful Cities” will insure to the benefit of the “Hopeful Cities”. You agree to use the name “Hopeful Cities” solely in accordance with our instructions. You agree that you will not make “Hopeful Cities” part of the name of a website or social media site without our prior written permission. You cannot use the name “Hopeful Cities” to collect donations or raise funds for your own benefit.
Site Ownership and License to videos, audio, photographs, graphic designs, curriculum, workbooks, research and projects
We own all right, title and interest in and to the content on the website, including, but not limited to text, photographs, illustrations, images, designs, graphics, videos, audio, curriculums, workbooks, research, projects, any and all derivative works or enhancements of the content. Use of this website does not grant you any right or interest in the website or the content. If you provide us with photographs (e.g. a picture of you or your organization activating hope in your city), you grant us a right to reproduce and publish that photograph on our site, newsletters, blogs, and our social media accounts.
Liability limitations / Disclaimers
Please remember, the materials on this website are designed to assist you in learning more about hope. They should not be used for medical advice, counseling, or other health-related services. We do not endorse or provide any medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and are not able to field medical questions. For any such questions, please consult a licensed medical professional, or call 911 (or the appropriate emergency number in your country) if you are in need of immediate assistance.
Controlling law & Jurisdiction
This Agreement is governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of Nevada without regard to its conflicts of laws provisions. The courts of Nevada will have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising hereunder and you hereby consent to said jurisdiction and waive any right you may have to object to said jurisdiction.
Entire agreement
This Terms of this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between us and you with respect to this website and the resources or content provided on or through the website.
Privacy Policy
Effective date: January 1, 2022
Hopeful Cities (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the hopefulcities.org website (the “Website”).
This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Website and the choices you have associated with that data.
We use your data to provide and improve our website, programs or services. By using the Website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
Information Collection And Use
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our website, programs or services to you.
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using our website, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address
- First name and last name
- Phone number
- Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
- Cookies and Usage Data
Usage Data
We may also collect information on how the website is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
Tracking & Cookies Data
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and hold certain information.
Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our website.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.
Examples of Cookies we use:
- Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our website.
- Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
- Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
Use of Data
Hopeful Cities uses the collected data for various purposes:
- To provide and maintain the website
- To notify you about changes to our website
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of our website when you choose to do so
- To provide customer care and support
- To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the website
- To monitor the usage of the website
- To detect, prevent and address technical issues
- To send details about our current programs, events, and updates
Transfer Of Data
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those from your jurisdiction.
If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the United States and process it there.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
Hopeful Cities will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.
Disclosure Of Data
Legal Requirements
Hopeful Cities may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- To comply with a legal obligation
- To protect and defend the rights or property of Hopeful Cities
- To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
- To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
- To protect against legal liability
Security Of Data
The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Service Providers
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our website (“Service Providers”), to provide the website on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our website is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Analytics
We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our website.
- Google Analytics
- Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our website. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
- You can opt-out of having made your activity on the website available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.
- For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
Links To Other Sites
Our website may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Children’s Privacy
Our website does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”).
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children have provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our website, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at hope@hopefulcities.org.
Disclaimer:
Please remember, the materials on this website are designed to assist you in learning more about hope. They should not be used for medical advice, counseling, or other health-related services. We do not endorse or provide any medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and are not able to field medical questions. For any such questions, please consult a licensed medical professional, or call 911 (or the appropriate emergency number in your country) if you are in need of immediate assistance.
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