Acceptance of the
Terms of Use
These terms of use are entered into by and between You and JO App / JesusOnline.com and its parent entity, JesusOnline Ministries, and featured affiliate #GODisHOPE (“Company”, “we” or “us”). The following terms and conditions, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference, (collectively, these “Terms of Use”), govern your access to and use of https://jesusonline.com/, including any content, functionality and services offered on or through, http://jesusonlineministries.org/ (the “Website”), whether as a guest or a registered user.
Please read the Terms of Use carefully before
you start to use the Website. By using the Website, you accept and
agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, found
at https://jesusonline.com/privacy-policy/,
incorporated herein by reference. If you do not want to agree to these
Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Website.
This Website is offered and available to users
who are 18 years of age or older. By using this Website, you represent and
warrant that you are of legal age to form a binding contract with the Company
and meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements. If you do not meet all
of these requirements, you must not access or use the Website.
Changes to the Terms
of Use
We may revise and update these Terms of Use from
time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when
we post them and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter.
Your continued use of the Website following the
posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes.
You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any
changes, as they are binding on you.
Accessing the Website
and Account Security
We reserve the right to withdraw or amend this
Website, and any service or material we provide on the Website, in our sole
discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any
part of the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to
time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Website, or the entire
Website, to users, including registered users.
You are responsible for:
- Making all
arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Website.
- Ensuring that all
persons who access the Website through your internet connection are aware of
these Terms of Use and comply with them.
To access the Website or some of the resources
it offers, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other
information. It is a condition of your use of the Website that all the
information you provide on the Website is correct, current and complete. You
agree that all information you provide to register with this Website or
otherwise, including but not limited to through the use of any interactive
features on the Website, is governed by our Privacy Policy https://jesusonline.com/privacy-policy/,
and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information
consistent with our Privacy Policy.
If you choose, or are provided with, a user
name, password or any other piece of information as part of our security
procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not
disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your
account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with
access to this Website or portions of it using your user name, password or
other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any
unauthorized access to or use of your user name or password or any other breach
of security. You also agree to ensure that you exit from your account at the
end of each session. You should use particular caution when accessing your
account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or
record your password or other personal information.
We have the right to disable any user name,
password or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any
time if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.
Intellectual Property
Rights
The Website and its entire contents, features
and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software,
text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection and
arrangement thereof), are owned by the Company, its licensors or other
providers of such material and are protected by United States and international
copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or
proprietary rights laws.
These Terms of Use permit you to use the Website
for your personal, non-commercial use only. You must not reproduce, distribute,
modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform,
republish, download, store or transmit any of the material on our Website,
except as follows:
- Your computer may
temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing
and viewing those materials.
- You may store files
that are automatically cached by your Web browser for display enhancement
purposes.
- You may print or
download one copy of a reasonable number of pages of the Website for your own
personal, non-commercial use and not for further reproduction, publication or
distribution.
- If we provide desktop,
mobile or other applications for download, you may download a single copy to
your computer or mobile device solely for your own personal, non-commercial
use, provided you agree to be bound by our end user license agreement for such
applications.
- If we provide social
media features https://www.facebook.com/Jesusonlinecom/ and https://twitter.com/JesusOnlinecom
with certain content, you may take such actions as are enabled by such
features.
You must not:
- Modify copies of any
materials from this site.
- Use any illustrations,
photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from the
accompanying text.
- Delete or alter any
copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices from copies of
materials from this site.
You must not access or use for any commercial
purposes any part of the Website or any services or materials available through
the Website.
If you print, copy, modify, download or
otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the
Website in breach of the Terms of Use, your right to use the Website will cease
immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the
materials you have made. No right, title or interest in or to the Website or
any content on the Website is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly
granted are reserved by the Company. Any use of the Website not expressly
permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may
violate copyright, trademark and other laws.
Trademarks
The Company name and the Company logo and all
related names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans are
trademarks of the Company or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such
marks without the prior written permission of the Company. All other names,
logos, product and service names, designs and slogans on this Website are the
trademarks of their respective owners.
Prohibited Uses
You may use the Website only for lawful purposes
and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Website:
- In any way that
violates any applicable federal, state, local or international law or
regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of
data or software to and from the US or other countries).
- For the purpose of
exploiting, harming or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by
exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable
information or otherwise.
- To send, knowingly
receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply
with these Terms of Use.
- To transmit, or
procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material, including any
“junk mail”, “chain letter” or “spam” or any other similar solicitation.
- To impersonate or
attempt to impersonate the Company, a Company employee, another user or any
other person or entity.
- To engage in any other
conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Website, or
which, as determined by us, may harm the Company or users of the Website or
expose them to liability.
Additionally, you agree not to:
- Use the Website in any
manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the site or interfere
with any other party’s use of the Website, including their ability to engage in
real time activities through the Website.
- Use any robot, spider
or other automatic device, process or means to access the Website for any
purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Website.
- Use any manual process
to monitor or copy any of the material on the Website or for any other
unauthorized purpose without our prior written consent.
- Use any device,
software or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Website.
- Introduce any viruses,
trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or
technologically harmful.
- Attempt to gain
unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage or disrupt any parts of the
Website, the server on which the Website is stored, or any server, computer or
database connected to the Website.
- Attack the Website via
a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.
- Otherwise attempt to
interfere with the proper working of the Website.
User Contributions
The Website may contain contact pages, comment
submissions, message boards, chat rooms, personal web pages or profiles,
forums, bulletin boards and other interactive features (collectively,
“Interactive Services”) that allow users to post, submit, publish, display,
comment or transmit to other users or other persons (hereinafter, “post”)
content or materials (collectively, “User Contributions”) on, through or to the
Website.
All User Contributions must comply with the
Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use.
Any User Contribution you post to the site will
be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. By providing any User
Contribution on the Website, you grant us and our licensees, successors and
assigns the right to use, reproduce, modify, perform, display, distribute and
otherwise disclose to third parties any such material.
You represent and warrant that:
- You own or control all
rights in and to the User Contributions and have the right to grant the license
granted above to us and our licensees, successors and assigns.
- All of your User
Contributions do and will comply with these Terms of Use.
You understand and acknowledge that you are
responsible for any User Contributions you submit or contribute, and you, not
the Company, have fully responsibility for such content, including its
legality, reliability, accuracy and appropriateness.
We are not responsible, or liable to any third
party, for the content or accuracy of any User Contributions posted by you or
any other user of the Website.
Monitoring and Enforcement;
Termination
We have the right to:
- Remove or refuse to
post any User Contributions for any or no reason in our sole discretion.
- Take any action with
respect to any User Contribution that we deem necessary or appropriate in our
sole discretion, including if we believe that such User Contribution violates
the Terms of Use, including the Content Standards, infringes any intellectual
property right or other right of any person or entity, threatens the personal
safety of users of the Website or the public or could create liability for the
Company.
- Disclose your identity
or other information about you to any third party who claims that material
posted by you violates their rights, including their intellectual property
rights or their right to privacy.
- Take appropriate legal
action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any
illegal or unauthorized use of the Website.
- Terminate or suspend
your access to all or part of the Website for any violation of these Terms of
Use.
Without limiting the foregoing, we have the
right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order
requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of
anyone posting any materials on or through the Website. YOU WAIVE AND HOLD
HARMLESS THE COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSEES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM
ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY THE COMPANY/ANY OF THE FOREGOING
PARTIES DURING OR AS A RESULT OF ITS INVESTIGATIONS AND FROM ANY ACTIONS TAKEN
AS A CONSEQUENCE OF INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER THE COMPANY/SUCH PARTIES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.
However, we do not undertake to review all
material before it is posted on the Website, and cannot ensure prompt removal
of objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, we assume no
liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications or
content provided by any user or third party. We have no liability or
responsibility to anyone for performance or nonperformance of the activities described
in this section.
Content Standards
These content standards apply to any and all
User Contributions and use of Interactive Services. User Contributions must in
their entirety comply with all applicable federal, state, local and
international laws and regulations. Without limiting the foregoing, User
Contributions must not:
- Contain any material
which is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent,
hateful, inflammatory or otherwise objectionable.
- Promote sexually
explicit or pornographic material, violence, or discrimination based on race,
sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
- Infringe any patent,
trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual property or other
rights of any other person.
- Violate the legal
rights (including the rights of publicity and privacy) of others or contain any
material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under
applicable laws or regulations or that otherwise may be in conflict with these
Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy https://jesusonline.com/privacy-policy/.
- Be likely to deceive
any person.
- Promote any illegal
activity, or advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act.
- Cause annoyance,
inconvenience or needless anxiety or be likely to upset, embarrass, alarm or
annoy any other person.
- Impersonate any
person, or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person or
organization.
- Involve commercial
activities or sales, such as contests, sweepstakes and other sales promotions,
barter or advertising.
- Give the impression
that they emanate from or are endorsed by us or any other person or entity, if
this is not the case.
Copyright Infringement
If you believe that any User Contributions
violate your copyright, please send us a notice of copyright infringement. It
is the policy of the Company to terminate the access of repeat infringers.
Reliance on
Information Posted
The information presented on or through the
Website is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not
warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of this information. Any
reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We
disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on
such materials by you or any other visitor to the Website, or by anyone who may
be informed of any of its contents.
This Website includes content provided by third
parties, including materials provided by other users, bloggers and third-party
licensors, syndicators, aggregators and/or reporting services. All statements
and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all articles and responses to
questions and other content, other than the content provided by the Company,
are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity
providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion
of the Company. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third party,
for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.
Reliance on Send
Comment Feature
It is at the Company’s sole discretion whether
the comments sent by you through the Send Comment feature found at https://jesusonline.com/send-comment/ (“Comments”) will
or will not be read or receive a response. The Company is under no obligation
to respond to Comments and is not responsible or liable for any actions you may
take as a result of a response or lack of response to Comments. By entering any
Comments, you hereby indemnify and release the Company from any claims included
but not limited to negligence as a result of any response or lack of response
to Comments. For any medical or mental health questions or concerns please
refer to your local health facility. The Company encourages you to reach out to
any mental health professionals or local clergy if you are suffering from any
type of mental anguish or are in need of guidance or help.
Changes to the Website
We may update the content on this Website from
time to time, but its content is not necessarily complete or up-to-date. Any of
the material on the Website may be out of date at any given time, and we are
under no obligation to update such material.
Information About You
and Your Visits to the Website
All information we collect on this Website is
subject to our Privacy Policy https://jesusonline.com/privacy-policy/.
By using the Website, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to
your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.
Linking to the Website
and Social Media Features
You may link to our homepage, provided you do so
in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take
advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest
any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part.
This Website may provide certain social media
features that enable you to:
- Link from your own or
certain third-party websites to certain content on this Website.
- Send e-mails or other
communications with certain content, or links to certain content, on this
Website.
- Cause limited portions
of content on this Website to be displayed or appear to be displayed on your
own or certain third-party websites.
You may use these features solely as they are
provided by us and solely with respect to the content they are displayed with
and otherwise in accordance with any additional terms and conditions we provide
with respect to such features. Subject to the foregoing, you must not:
- Establish a link from
any website that is not owned by you.
- Cause the Website or
portions of it to be displayed, or appear to be displayed by, for example,
framing, deep linking or in-line linking, on any other site.
- Link to any part of
the Website other than the homepage.
- Otherwise take any
action with respect to the materials on this Website that is inconsistent with
any other provision of these Terms of Use.
You agree to cooperate with us in causing any
unauthorized framing or linking immediately to cease. We reserve the right to
withdraw linking permission without notice.
We may disable all or any social media features
and any links at any time without notice in our discretion.
Links from the Website
If the Website contains links to other sites and
resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your
convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements, including
banner advertisements and sponsored links. We have no control over the contents
of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any
loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access
any of the third party websites linked to this Website, you do so entirely at
your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.
Geographic
Restrictions
The owner of the Website is based in the United
States. We provide this Website for use only by persons located in the United
States. We make no claims that the Website or any of its content is accessible
or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Website may not be
legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Website
from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are
responsible for compliance with local laws.
Disclaimer of
Warranties
You understand that we cannot and do not
guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or
the Website will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are
responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy
your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data
input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any
reconstruction of any lost data. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE
CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES OR OTHER
TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT,
COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE
WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR TO YOUR
DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.
YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT AND ANY
SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE,
ITS CONTENT AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED
ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND,
EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH
THE COMPANY MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE
COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY OR AVAILABILITY OF THE
WEBSITE OR ITS ADMINISTRATORS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER THE
COMPANY NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE
WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL
BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE
CORRECTED, THAT OUR SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF
VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR
ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR
EXPECTATIONS.
THE COMPANY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF
ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, FITNESS FOR
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, and relating to any possible assumption of responses to
emails and comments regarding spiritual or religious guidance.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT
AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
Limitation on
Liability
IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES OR
THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, DONORS, OFFICERS OR
DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE, ANY
WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES OR ANY
SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES,
INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE
DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING,
EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, DEATH, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS
OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND
WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE,
EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT
AFFECT ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless
the Company, its affiliates, licensors and service providers, and its and their
respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, donors,
licensors, suppliers, successors and assigns from and against any claims,
liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your
violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Website, including, but not
limited to, your User Contributions, any use of the Website’s content, services
and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use or your
use of any information obtained from the Website.
Governing Law and
Jurisdiction
All matters relating to the Website and these
Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in
each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Florida in the
United States of America without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law
provision or rule (whether of the State of Florida or any other jurisdiction).
Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out
of, or related to, these Terms of Use or the Website shall be instituted
exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the
State of Florida in each case located in the County of Broward although we
retain the right to bring any suit, action or proceeding against you for breach
of these Terms of Use in your country of residence or any other relevant
country. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over
you by such courts and to venue in such courts.
Arbitration
At Company’s sole discretion, it may require You
to submit any disputes arising from the use of these Terms of Use or the
Website, including disputes arising from or concerning their interpretation,
violation, invalidity, non-performance, or termination, to final and binding
arbitration under the Rules of Arbitration of the American Arbitration
Association applying Florida law.
Limitation on Time to
File Claims
ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM YOU MAY HAVE
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE WEBSITE MUST BE
COMMENCED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES, OTHERWISE,
SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.
Waiver and
Severability
No waiver of by the Company of any term or
condition set forth in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or
continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or
condition, and any failure of the Company to assert a right or provision under
these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
If any provision of these Terms of Use is held
by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited
to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use
will continue in full force and effect.
Entire Agreement
The Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy
constitute the sole and entire agreement between You and JO App/JesusOnline.com
and it’s parent entity, JesusOnline Ministries, and featured affiliate
#GODisHOPE with respect to the Website and supersede all prior and
contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties,
both written and oral, with respect to the Website.