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(Last modified: March 2023)
Communitas America (the “Company” or “We”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy (the “Policy”).
This policy describes the types of information we may collect about you or that you may provide when you visit the website https://communitasamerica.org/ (our “Site”), register with, access or use the OfficeRnD mobile application (the “App”) in connection with your use of the Communitas America Building located at 461 West 126th Street, New York, New York (the “Heyground location”), or when you work at or visit us at the Heyground location, and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. This Policy applies to employees, temporary, agency or contract workers, interns, volunteers, independent consultants, and candidates (collectively, “Personnel”) of members; members; guests; and visitors to the Heyground location; and recipients of our services. It does not apply to personal information the Company collects from its own Personnel or service providers. Please note that when you register with the App, you provide information to OfficeRnD that is subject to OfficeRnD’s own privacy policies. Please note that we are not responsible for rapthe privacy policies or practices of OfficeRnD.
Please read this policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your information and how we will treat it.
This Policy may change from time to time (see the below Changes to Our Privacy Policy section). Your continued use of this Site after any changes are made is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the Policy periodically for updates.
Our Site is not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under the age of 16 should access or provide any personal information to or on the Site. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16 on the Site. If you are under 16, do not use this Site or provide any information on this Site or subscribe to our newsletter on the Site. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at privacy@communitasamerica.org.
Personal information means any information about a natural person from which that person can be identified. We may collect, use, store, and transfer several categories of personal information from and about users of our Site, the App, and from and about members, guests, visitors, and member’s Personnel at the Heyground location. We have grouped that information together as follows:
We collect this information:
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
We may also use your information to send you emails about our services that may be of interest to you. If you do not want us to use your information in this way, please unsubscribe. For more information on how to unsubscribe, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Policy:
We may also disclose your personal information:
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:
You can control certain cookies and tracking tools. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer or device. We use cookies on the Site to collect the information described above. You can manage and disable the use of cookies by changing the settings in the preferences or options menus in your browser. You may still use the Site if you reject cookies, but it may limit your ability to use some areas of the Site or otherwise diminish your experience of the Site.
In addition, with the assistance of our third-party partners and service providers, third-party advertising networks, social media companies, and other services may collect information about your use of our Site over time so that they or we may display interest-based advertising using information gathered about you over time across multiple websites or other platforms. To do this, we and our third-party service providers may use technologies such as web beacons, tags, Flash cookies or HTML5 to collect or use information about visitors to the Site and their actions on the Site. You can visit https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1 and https://www.aboutads.info/choices, https://www.preferences-mgr.truste.com/ to opt out of certain uses of cookies for advertising purposes.
We do not currently, but may, in the future use Google Analytics to better understand how our users interact with our Site, including measuring and monitoring user traffic and using aggregate statistical analysis, which informs future enhancements and changes to the Site. You have the option of refusing to accept Google Analytics cookies when you first visit our website. You can also learn about Google’s practices by going to www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/, and opt-out of them by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Options you select and choices you make are browser, website, and device specific. If you clear your cookies or your browser’s cache, you will need to set your preferences again. For more information about cookies generally, you may visit All About Cookies.
Do-Not-Track Requests. Some browsers have “do not track” features that allow you to tell a website not to track you. These features are not all uniform. The Site does not currently respond to “do-not-track” requests or similar browser settings.
We retain your personal information for as long as you use our services and products or as necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for which it was collected, resolve disputes, establish and support legal claims and defenses, conduct audits, pursue legitimate business purposes, enforce our agreements, and comply with applicable laws and other legal requirements that apply to us.
When we no longer have a purpose to use or retain your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it, or if that is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Site. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site.
It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you by email to the primary email address specified in your account. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Site and this privacy policy to check for any changes.
To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at: privacy@communitasamerica.org.
To register a complaint or concern regarding this Policy, please contact us at privacy@communitasamerica.org.
Last modified: March 6, 2023
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE (THESE “TERMS”) CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE. THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, REMEDIES, AND OBLIGATIONS, INCLUDING AN AGREEMENT TO SUBMIT (WITH LIMITED EXCEPTION) ALL CLAIMS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST US TO BINDING AND FINAL ARBITRATION. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, THEN YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO ACCESS OR USE THE SITE (AS DEFINED BELOW).
These Terms apply with respect to your access and/or use of the Communitas America (the “Company” or “We”) website (https://communitasamerica.org/) (our “Site”). These Terms govern your use of the Site. Please read them carefully. Although they are long, we ask all of our visitors to read them in their entirety as they contain important information regarding your use of the Site and our copyright and other intellectual property rights.
By accessing the Site, you signify to us that you have read, understand, and agree to all of these Terms as set forth herein. Accessing the Site, in any manner, whether automated or otherwise constitutes use of the Site and your agreement to be bound by these Terms. Please do not use the Site or submit information to us either through the Site or other avenues if you do not agree to these Terms. These Terms are to be read in connection with any other policies and terms of service posted on our Site, including our Privacy Policy, which is expressly incorporated herein by this reference. You do not have a right to change these Terms or any other policies or terms of service on our Site. Our interpretation and application of these Terms and any other policies and terms of service posted on our Site shall be final.
We reserve the right (but not the obligation) to deny access to the Site or any features of the Site to anyone who violates these Terms or who, in our sole judgment, interferes with the ability of others to enjoy our Site or infringes the rights of others.
The Site and all the materials available on the Site, including entire contents, features, and functionality (including, without limitation, all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof) are our property and/or the property of our licensors, and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. The Site are provided solely for your personal, noncommercial use. You may not use the Site or the materials available on the Site in a manner that constitutes an infringement of our rights or those of our licensors or that has not been authorized by us.
More specifically, unless explicitly authorized in these Terms or by the owner of the materials, you may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, translate, sell, create derivative works, exploit, or distribute in any manner or medium (including by email or other electronic means) any material from the Site, except as follows:
You must not:
If you print, copy, modify, download, or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Site in breach of the Terms, your right to use the Site will stop 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 Site or any content on the Site is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by us. Any use of the Site not expressly permitted by these Terms is a breach of these Terms and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.
Our Site is not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under the age of 16 should access or provide any personal information to or on the Site. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16 on the Site. If you are under 16, do not use this Site or provide any information on this Site or subscribe to our newsletter on the Site. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at privacy@communitasamerica.org.
If you would like to make a donation using our Site, you will be directed to a site operated by our service provider, Classy, Inc. to complete a form that will require you to provide personally identifiable information such as your name, email address, and credit card or bank information. You agree to provide true, accurate, current, and complete information about yourself as prompted. Our use of any information you provide to us as part of the registration process is governed by the terms of our Privacy Policy.
You may gain access to other websites via links on the Site. These Terms apply to the Site only and do not apply to other parties’ websites. Similarly, you may have come to the Site via a link from another website. The terms of use of other websites do not apply to the Site. Only these Terms apply to the Site. We assume no responsibility for any terms of use or material outside of the Site accessed via any link. You are free to establish a hypertext link to the Site so long as the link does not state or imply any sponsorship of your website or service by us or the Site. However, you may not, without our prior written permission, frame or inline link any of the content of the Site, scrape the Site or incorporate into another website or other service any of our material, content or intellectual property.
All copyright rights to the Site, including rights to the work and designs provided by the Company are owned by the Communitas America, © 2023. All rights reserved. You cannot re-transmit, print or photocopy the materials on the Site for re-distribution in any medium without the prior written permission of the Company (which may be withheld by the Company in its sole discretion).
You are fully responsible for your activities while using the Site, including any content, information or other materials you post or upload to the Site, and you bear all risks associated with use of the Site. By agreeing to these Terms, you agree to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations in connection with your use of the Site. You also agree not to use the Site to engage in any prohibited conduct, or to assist any other person or entity in engaging in any prohibited conduct.
You are prohibited from using the Site for the commission of harmful or illegal activities, including, but not limited to, the following:
Your participation in any of the above prohibited activities will automatically terminate your authorization to use the Site and you must immediately cease your use of the Site.
THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES OFFERED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND AGAINST INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF A THIRD PARTY. THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR ANY OF THE SITE’S FUNCTIONS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT ANY PART OF THE SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE SITE OR MATERIALS ON THE SITE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY OR OTHERWISE.
You must provide and are solely responsible for all hardware and/or software and internet connections necessary to access the Site. You assume the entire cost of and responsibility for any damage to, and all necessary maintenance, repair or correction of, that hardware and/or software and internet connection.
The information presented on or through the Site 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 Site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of their contents.
The Site may include content provided by third parties, including materials provided by other users, members, 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.
Your interactions with companies, organizations, and/or individuals found on or through our Site, including any purchases, transactions, or other dealings, and any terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such companies, organizations, and/or individuals. You agree that we will not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings. You also agree that, if there is a dispute between users of the Site, or between a user and any third party, we are under no obligation to become involved, and you agree to release us and not make any claim against the Company from any claims, demands, and damages of every kind or nature, known or unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to such dispute and/or our Site.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, WILL THE COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE, INCLUDING ITS MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES, OR THIRD-PARTY MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE, EVEN IF THE COMPANY IS ADVISED BEFOREHAND OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE, OR ANY MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES ON THE SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THE SITE’S TERMS, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE.
BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH STATES, THE COMPANY’S LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY SUCH STATE LAW. FOR EXAMPLE, THE FOREGOING PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT APPLY TO RESIDENTS OF NEW JERSEY. WITH RESPECT TO RESIDENTS OF NEW JERSEY, WE AND OUR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, REPRESENTATIVES, LICENSORS, service providers, and vendors SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE, UNLESS SUCH DAMAGES OR INJURIES ARE THE RESULT OF OUR FRAUDULENT OR RECKLESS ACTS OR INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company and its directors, officers, managers, employees, contractors, agents, affiliates, suppliers, representatives, licensors, service providers, and vendors from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, that arise out of your use of the Site, or violation of these Terms by you, or your violation of any rights of another. We reserve the right (but not the obligation) to take over the exclusive defense of any claim for which we are entitled to indemnification under this section. In such event, you agree to provide the Company with such cooperation as is reasonably requested by the Company.
You agree that, in our sole discretion, we may suspend or terminate your use of the Site, or any part of the Site, at any time, for any reason, without notice. You agree that we will not be liable to you or any third-party for any suspension or termination of your use of the Site. In the event that we suspend or terminate your access to and/or use of the Site, you will continue to be bound by the Terms that were in effect as of the date of your suspension or termination.
The Site is provided as a service to the Site’s visitors. We reserve the right to delete, modify or supplement the content of the Site, or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Site, or any portion thereof, with or without notice at any time. We reserve the right to terminate operation of the Site entirely at any time for any reason without prior notice. You agree that we will not be liable to you or to any third party for any deletion, modification, supplementation, suspension or discontinuance of the Site or any portion thereof.
If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, that provision shall be ineffective in that jurisdiction without affecting the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Terms.
PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY AS IT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS.
This Site is controlled by the Company from its offices in New York, New York. Visitors who choose to visit the Site from other jurisdictions do so on their own initiative. Those visitors are solely responsible for compliance with their local laws.
Claims relating to the Site, to the use of the Site, and to the information content, material, goods and services available through the Site are governed by and construed in accordance with the Federal Arbitration Act, and by the internal substantive laws of New York, without regard to its conflicts of laws principles. By using our Site you hereby unconditionally, voluntarily, and irrevocably consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts, local and federal, located in New York, New York, United States of America for any litigation concerning the Site, your use of the Site and any purchases made through the Site that is not subject to arbitration, as set forth above. You agree not to plead forum non-conveniens in any such action. You hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any right you may have to a trial by jury in respect of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement that is not subject to arbitration, as set forth above. Please do not proceed to use the Site if you are not wholly in agreement with giving your consent.
These Terms are personal to you and you may not assign them or the rights and obligations under them to anyone. Any attempted or purported assignment shall be null and void, and will automatically terminate your right to use the Site. These Terms are not intended to benefit any third party, and do not create any third-party beneficiaries. Accordingly, these Terms may only be invoked or enforced by you or us.
You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action that you may have arising out of or related to use of the Site or these Terms must be filed by you within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
These Terms constitute the entire agreement between us and you with respect to the subject matter contained in these Terms and supersedes all previous and contemporaneous agreements, proposals and communications, whether written or oral. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use the products or services of a third party that are provided through the Site. In the event of any conflict between any such third-party terms and conditions and these Terms, these Terms will govern.
We reserve the right to change these Terms or to impose new conditions on use of the Site, from time to time, in which case we will post the revised Terms on the Site and update the “Last Modified” date above to reflect the date of the changes. By continuing to use the Site after we post any such changes, you accept the Terms, as modified. We strongly encourage and expect that you will review these Terms frequently and each time you log in to the Site so that you will be aware of any changes, since they are binding on you.
If you have any questions or requests, you can contact us at: privacy@communitasamerica.org.