Terms of Use
These terms of use apply to your use of the Direct Change website and all associated services (including, but not limited to, e-mail received from Direct Change, and content embedded on other websites). If you browse or donate through the Direct Change web site, you accept these conditions.
Privacy Policy
These terms of use include our privacy policy which describes how we use your personal information.
Accuracy
We work hard to make sure all information provided by Direct Change is as accurate as possible. However, this information is presented without warranty, either express or implied, as to its accuracy, timeliness or completeness.
Other Websites
We provide links to other web sites, but we can't control what those sites say or do. In particular, websites to which we link may request your personal and/or financial information. Direct Change is not responsible for other sites' content, information collection practices, or use of the information they collect. Direct Change's links to other web sites do not constitute an endorsement of those sites or their content, owners, or posters.
Direct Change encourages third parties and individuals to link to DirectChange.org and content posted herein. Such links do not constitute an endorsement by Direct Change of these third party web sites or their content, owners, or posters.
Permissions and Reuse
| With the exception of photographs and other information regarding our African Partners, content on Directchange.org is made available under a Creative Commons license. You are free to copy, distribute, and display this content and to make derivative works, provided that: |
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- You credit Direct Change as the original source of this content; and
- You do not use this content for commercial purposes.
If you want to use this content in another way, please contact us for permission.
See below for information regarding user-contributed content.
Direct Change and directchange.org are the trademarks and/or service marks of Direct Change. From time to time Direct Change may publish guidelines on the use of its marks (e.g. font, color, placement, size). You agree to abide by those guidelines in your use of those marks. All good will in such marks remains with Direct Change.
All intellectual property rights not specifically mentioned in these terms of use are reserved to Direct Change.
User-Contributed Content
Content you post on Direct Change is covered by the same Creative Commons license that applies to Direct Change's content, as described above. In addition, you grant Direct Change a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, create derivative works from, distribute, and display this content in any media.
Text, graphics, data, and other content posted by users on my.directchange.org are the sole responsibility of those users. This means that (a) Direct Change does not control and is not responsible for the accuracy, integrity, or quality of user-created content, and (b) you, and not Direct Change, are entirely responsible for all content you post or otherwise make available via Direct Change. Direct Change reserves the right to remove or edit user-created content, but shall not be obligated to do so on any particular basis.
The content you post or otherwise make available via Direct Change may not be illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, or otherwise injurious to third parties. You may not impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of your content.
You will indemnify Direct Change or its affiliates for all claims resulting from content you supply.
Further, you may not make use of Direct Change's web site or services to forge e-mail headers, or send bulk unsolicited e-mail messages ("spam").
Direct Change utilizes donations to provide funding to organizations through our African Partners Program. Direct Change makes ongoing payments to these organizations with the funds provided by our contributors.
Should you identify an error within a week of making your contribution, please contact us immediately. Refunds will be provided if a donation was made in error and will be provided within 5 buisness days.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY DIRECT CHANGE ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. DIRECT CHANGE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WHETHER BASED UPON THE NATURE OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR OTHERWISE, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE, OR THE ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, OR COMPLETENESS OF INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE AND ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
DIRECT CHANGE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
Changes to The Fine Print
As we develop this site we may need to update the policies described above. Changes will be posted here, of course.
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