TERMS OF USE
HBCU Travelers is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation and is not operated for the private gain of any person. The corporation is dedicated to educational and charitable purposes and none of the net earnings of the corporation shall be used for any activities other than its mission. HBCU Travelers will always retain control over contributed funds and will provide relative information regarding its activities on this website.
YOUR USE OF THE HBCU TRAVELERS, INC. WEB SITE (hbcutravelers.com), CONTENT, ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES, SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES, SERVICES, AND DOWNLOADING FROM OUR SITES CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN.
These terms and conditions have been developed for your protection, as well as ours.
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or delete portions of these Terms of Use at any time without further notice. If we do this, we will post the changes to these Terms of Use on this page and will indicate, at the bottom of this page, the date these terms were last altered. Your continued use of the website after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms of Use. If you do not agree to abide by these or any future Terms of Use, please do not use or access (or continue to use or access) the website. It is your responsibility to regularly check to determine if there have been changes to these Terms and to review such changes.
Rights & Permissions
You may reference HBCU Travelers only for educational or non-commercial purposes relating to providing scholarships, educating on international education and/or student development programs, subject to these Terms and except that:
Liabilities and Injuries
Donations.
Purchases.
Monitoring.
Miscellaneous
Last Updated: 8/28/2016
YOUR USE OF THE HBCU TRAVELERS, INC. WEB SITE (hbcutravelers.com), CONTENT, ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES, SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES, SERVICES, AND DOWNLOADING FROM OUR SITES CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN.
These terms and conditions have been developed for your protection, as well as ours.
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or delete portions of these Terms of Use at any time without further notice. If we do this, we will post the changes to these Terms of Use on this page and will indicate, at the bottom of this page, the date these terms were last altered. Your continued use of the website after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms of Use. If you do not agree to abide by these or any future Terms of Use, please do not use or access (or continue to use or access) the website. It is your responsibility to regularly check to determine if there have been changes to these Terms and to review such changes.
Rights & Permissions
You may reference HBCU Travelers only for educational or non-commercial purposes relating to providing scholarships, educating on international education and/or student development programs, subject to these Terms and except that:
- Reputation. None of the content on our website, our name, or logo shall be used to disparage HBCU Travelers or its activities.
- Copy to Us. If our name or logo is used in a publication or other formal presentation, you must provide HBCU Travelers a copy by emailing
- Legends Intact. Keep all copyright or other proprietary notices intact. The Site should indicate HBCU Travelers, Inc., and may require additional legends to attribute the work to an author, photographer or others.
- Images (including photos and films). You may not use any of the pictures or videos featured on our social media pages without first contacting the individual tagged in the picture. If you would like to use an image from our website, please email describing the image you want to use, the page address where it appears, what you want to use it for and, if an individual, your name and address; if an entity, its place of incorporation and type of entity. This use requires express written permission from HBCU Travelers.
- Logo. To use the HBCU Travelers mark or logo for any purpose, please email with a detailed description of your planned use; if an individual, your name and address; if an entity, its place of incorporation and type of entity. Any use of the HBCU Travelers trademarks requires express written permission from HBCU Travelers.
- Your submitted articles, graphics, or other information shall be freely used by HBCU Travelers as described below. You represent and warrant that any information and/or Submission you post or provide to HBCU Travelers through any medium is truthful, accurate, not misleading, not confidential property of others, and not in violation of any other party’s rights. You represent and warrant and agree that you shall not provide HBCU Travelers a Submission in which other persons have rights without their express permission, or that infringe their rights, or that contains libelous, defamatory or otherwise unlawful material and you are responsible if your Submission injures another person. In addition, you agree not to:
- use this website for data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction methods;
- harvest or collect email addresses or other contact information of this website's users by electronic or other means for the purposes of sending unsolicited emails or other unsolicited communications;
- use automated scripts to collect information from or otherwise interact with users of this website;
- upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make available any content that we deem to be harmful, threatening, unlawful, defamatory, infringing, abusive, inflammatory, harassing, vulgar, obscene, fraudulent, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
- submit content for an individual other than yourself;
- impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent yourself, or your affiliation with any person or entity;
- upload, post, transmit, share or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
- intimidate or harass another;
- upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make available content that would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or that would otherwise create liability or violate applicable law;
- upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make available content that, in the sole judgment of HBCU Travelers, is objectionable or which restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying our online platforms, or which may expose HBCU Travelers or its viewers to any harm or liability of any type.
- Submissions are not confidential and shall not be treated as confidential by HBCU Travelers. HBCU Travelers may use Submissions for any commercial or other purpose, without compensation or other liability to you. When you post a Submission or otherwise send creative suggestions or material to HBCU Travelers, including, but not limited to articles, photos, videos, ideas, notes, drawings, concepts, or other information, the information shall be deemed, and shall remain, the property of HBCU Travelers. You authorize and direct us to use and/or to to make such copies thereof as we deem necessary in order to facilitate the posting and storage of the Submission. By posting Submissions, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to HBCU Travelers an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in whole or in part) and distribute such Submissions for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise, on or in connection with the Website or Social Media Sites, or the promotion thereof, to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such Submissions, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. You understand that your Submissions may be used and republished by other Users over whom HBCU Travelers has no control, and you specifically consent to this use by others.
- Our website and social media pages contain Submissions, text, photos, graphics, sounds and other work belonging to HBCU Travelers or to other contributors. You acquire no ownership rights by downloading such copyrighted material. Unless explicitly stated herein, nothing in these Terms shall be construed as conferring any license to intellectual property rights, whether by estopple, implication or otherwise.
- You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Users on our website and social media pages. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Users and to prohibit your further use of the Site or further interactions with Users on our website and/or social media pages. You are also solely responsible for your own communications and are responsible for any consequences of posting.
Liabilities and Injuries
- You shall not post or transmit any information or documents that violates these Terms. You shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless HBCU Travelers, its directors, officers, employees, agents, and third party content providers from any claims, losses or expenses arising from or in connection with any Submissions, any Third Party applications, Software or Content you post or share on or through our website or social media platforms, your conduct in connection with ours or with other Users of any social media sites we operate on, or any violation of this Agreement or of any law or the rights of any third party.
- HBCU Travelers makes available this Web site and the information and services contained herein in furtherance of HBCU Traveler’s nonprofit and tax-exempt purposes. While HBCU Travelers makes every effort to present accurate and reliable information on this site, HBCU Travelers does not endorse, approve or certify such information, nor does it guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, or timeliness of such information. Use of such information is voluntary, and reliance on it should only be undertaken after an independent review by qualified experts.
Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process or service does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation or favoring by HBCU Travelers.
At certain places on this site, live “links” to other Web sites can be accessed. Such external sites contain information created, published, maintained, or otherwise posted by institutions or organizations independent of HBCU Travelers. HBCU Travelers does not endorse, approve, certify, or control these external sites and does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, or timeliness of information located at such sites. Use of any information obtained from such sites is voluntary, and reliance on it should only be undertaken after an independent review by qualified experts.
HBCU Travelers assumes no responsibility for consequences resulting from use of the information contained herein, or from use of the information obtained at linked sites, or in any respect for the content of such information. HBCU Travelers is not responsible for, and expressly disclaims all liability for, damages of any kind arising out of use, reference to, reliance on, or performance of such information. - HBCU Travelers is a distributor (and not a publisher) of content supplied by third parties and other Users. HBCU Travelers has no more editorial control over such content than does a public library, bookstore, or newsstand. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed or made available by any viewer, are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of or endorsed by HBCU Travelers. HBCU Travelers DOES NOT PRE-SCREEN, APPROVE OR ENDORSE ANY SUBMISSIONS, AND CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT A SUBMISSION WAS ACTUALLY CREATED AND IS BEING OPERATED BY THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF A SUBMISSION. NOR IS HBCU TRAVELERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF ANY SUBMISSION, OR ACTIONS TAKEN ON OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUBMISSION, INCLUDING HOW THE OWNER OF THE SUBMISSION COLLECTS, HANDLES, USES AND / OR SHARES ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION IT MAY COLLECT.
- IN NO EVENT WILL HBCU TRAVELERS OR ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST DATA ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, ANY PLATFORM APPLICATIONS, ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ACCESSED THROUGH OR DOWNLOADED FROM THE SITES, EVEN IF HBCU TRAVELERS IS AWARE OR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, HBCU TRAVELER'S LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER, AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO HBCU TRAVELERS FOR THE PRODUCT (NOT INCLUDING DONATIONS). YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF NO PURCHASE OF A PRODUCT IS INVOLVED AND/OR NO FEES ARE PAID TO HBCU TRAVELERS FOR A SERVICE, YOU SHALL BE LIMITED TO INJUNCTIVE RELIEF ONLY, UNLESS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW, AND SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO DAMAGES OF ANY KIND FROM HBCU TRAVELERS, REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION.
- HBCU Travelers is not responsible for any technical malfunction or other problems of any telephone network or service, computer systems, servers or providers, computer or mobile phone equipment, software, failure of email or players on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, the Sites, social media pages or combination thereof, including injury or damage to User's or to any other person's computer, mobile phone, or other hardware or software, related to or resulting from using or downloading materials in connection with the Web and/or in connection with the website or social media pages. Under no circumstances will HBCU Travelers be responsible for any loss or damage, including any loss or damage to any Submissions or personal injury or death, resulting from anyone's use of the Sites, any Submissions or Third Party Applications, Software or Content posted on or through the Sites or transmitted to Users, or any interactions between Users of the Sites, whether online or offline.
- This website or our social media pages may be linked to other sites not maintained by HBCU Travelers. HBCU Travelers is not responsible for the content of those sites. The inclusion of any link to such sites does not imply endorsement by HBCU Travelers of the sites.
- Any third-party sites linked through the HBCU Travelers website are subject to their own terms and conditions. HBCU Travelers reserves the right to remove from this website the links to any third-party site at any time.
- These limitations apply even if there is negligence on the part of HBCU Travelers or an authorized HBCU Travelers representative has been advised of the possibility of such damages, or both.
Donations.
- All donations made to HBCU Travelers including but not limited to online donations, in-person donations, cash or checks, are non-refundable.
- HBCU Travelers, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation and is not operated for the private gain of any person. The corporation is dedicated to its educational and charitable purposes and no part of the receipts, or net earnings of the corporation shall be used for any activities other than its mission. HBCU Travelers, Inc. will always retain control over the contributed funds and will provide the relative information regarding its activities on this website.
Purchases.
- All proceeds of products purchased through the HBCU Travelers website will go into the HBCU Travelers Scholarship Fund or be used to fund other exempt purposes of the organization.
Monitoring.
- You understand and agree that HBCU Travelers may, but is not obligated to, review the website and social media platforms and may delete or remove (without notice) any Content or Submissions in its sole discretion, for any reason or no reason, including Submissions that in the sole judgment of HBCU Travelers violate this Agreement, or that might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of Users or others. HBCU TRAVELERS may edit, refuse to post or remove any material submitted to or posted to the Website or Social Media Pages.
- Trademark Information. Trademarks or trade names displayed on the website or through links to other sites are the property of the respective trademark owners.
- HBCU Travelers offers a feature whereby viewers of the website or social media platforms can share with others or post to their own user profile, videos, pictures, articles and other Third Party Applications, Software or Content from, and/or links to, Third Party Sites. You acknowledge and agree that your use of the Share Services and all links, User Content or Third Party Applications, Software or Content shared through sharing is subject to, and will fully comply with the terms and conditions set forth in these Terms.
- Subject to these Terms, Third Party Sites may share information about HBCU Travelers with the approval and written consent of HBCU Travelers, on pages of their Web sites. A Third Party Site that posts a Share Link on its Web site(s) (each an "Online Content Provider") shall abide and be subject to the applicable sections of these Terms. A "Share Link" is a button and/or a text link appearing on an Online Content Provider's web page that, upon being clicked by a User, enables us to launch a sharing mechanism through which Users can share with others or post to their own member profile, links and content from that page.
- If the Share Link is a button that contains any icons or other graphic images, Online Content Provider is granted permission to use such images, trademarks or other materials solely for the purpose of placing the Share Link on Online Content Provider's site and solely in the current form provided by HBCU Travelers. The rights granted in this paragraph may be revoked by HBCU Travelers at any time with or without cause in its sole discretion, and upon such termination, Online Content Provider agrees to immediately remove all Share Links from its site. No such link shall be deemed to be an endorsement of the material, products, services, or content of the third party Provider.
- In order for an Online Content Provider to include a Share Link on its pages, the Third Party Site must not contain any web content that if shared or posted by a User would be a violation of these Terms. Without limiting the forgoing, Online Content Provider agrees not to post a Share Link on any Web site(s) that contains, and represents and warrants that such Web site(s) does not and will not contain, any content that is infringing, harmful, threatening, unlawful, defamatory, abusive, inflammatory, harassing, vulgar, obscene, lewd, fraudulent, or invasive of privacy or publicity rights or that may expose HBCU Travelers or its Users/Viewers to any harm or liability of any type. Upon inclusion of a Share Link, Online Content Provider agrees to defend, indemnify and hold HBCU Travelers and each of their directors, officers, agents, contractors, partners and employees, harmless from and against any loss, liability, claim, demand, damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising out of or in connection with such Share Link, any links, content or other items or materials which may be shared or posted through such Share Link, or any breach or alleged breach of the foregoing representations and warranties.
- By including a Share Link, Online Content Provider automatically grants, and represents and warrants that it has the right to grant, to HBCU Travelers an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to use the Share Service in order to link to, use, copy, publish, stream, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in whole or in part), summarize, and distribute the content, links and other materials of any kind residing on any web pages on which Online Content Provider places the Share Link.
Miscellaneous
- This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to this subject matter, and supersedes all previous written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such subject matter.
- This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, United States of America, without regard to its conflict of laws roles. If any part of these Terms is unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. "Includes", "including" and other similar terms are deemed to include "without limitation" immediately thereafter.
- You and HBCU Travelers agree that the sole and exclusive forum and remedy for any and all disputes and claims relating in any way to or arising out of these terms of use, the website and/or social media sites (including your visit to or use of the sites) shall be final and binding arbitration, except that: (a) to the extent that either of us has in any manner infringed upon or violated or threatened to infringe upon or violate the other party's patent, copyright, trademark or trade secret rights, or you have otherwise violated any of the User conduct roles set forth above then the parties acknowledge that arbitration is not an adequate remedy at law and that injunctive or other appropriate relief may be sought; and (b) disputes or claims relating to any purchases from a third party or third party sites may be subject to other roles. Arbitration under this Agreement shall be conducted by the American Arbitration Association (the "AAA") under its Commercial Arbitration Roles. The arbitrator's award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.
- To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration or claim under these terms of use shall be joined to any other arbitration or claim involving any other current or former user of the service, and no class arbitration proceedings shall be permitted. In no event shall any claim, action or proceeding by you related in any way to the website and/or social media sites (including your visit to or use of the sites) be instituted more than three (3) years after the cause of action arose.
- These Terms are also for the benefit of HBCU Travelers, Inc., which may assert and enforce such provisions directly or on its own behalf.
Last Updated: 8/28/2016