Terms & Conditions of Use

Congregation Etz Chaim of Kew Gardens Hills ("we", "us", "our") offers this Web Site ("our site") to provide information and services to individuals for their convenience and for the benefit of the congregation. Our site is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of these Terms & Conditions of Use, and of our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated by reference herein. We reserve the right to modify these Terms & Conditions of Use at any time without notice, and any such revision will be binding and effective immediately upon posting of the revised Terms & Conditions of Use on our site. Your continued use of our site following the posting of any changes to these Terms & Conditions of Use shall mean that you have accepted those changes. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by us.

By using our site you are agreeing to these Terms & Conditions of Use.

Your Use of Our Site

We grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to access, view, use, display and print information on our site, including all the materials provided hereon, for your personal, informational, noncommercial use only. You may not copy, modify, reproduce, create derivative works from, distribute, transmit, license, or sell any content or any portion of our site without our prior express written consent. The graphic work, layout, design, programming, and much of the content is protected under the copyrights of the original holders.

You agree not to interrupt, or attempt to interrupt, the operation of our site in any way, or to attempt to gain unauthorized access to our network or computer systems. You may not use our site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair our site or its hosting entity, or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of our site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through our site. You agree not to use our site in any way that may impair, defame or otherwise be detrimental to us.

You agree that you will not use our site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms of use.

Links & Third Party Sites

We may provide links to other Web sites ("Third party Sites") as a convenience to you. We may not have reviewed all the content of these linked sites, or we may not be aware of changes that have been made to these linked sites. We are not responsible for the suitability, reliability, availability, likely results, timeliness, accuracy, completeness or privacy practices of these other sites nor do we necessarily endorse such sites. If you choose to access any of the third party sites linked to or from our site, you do so entirely at your own risk.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY SORT INCURRED AS A RESULT OF ANY DEALINGS WITH ANY THIRD PARTY SITE OR MERCHANT OR OPERATOR OF SUCH A THIRD PARTY SITE.

Financial Transactions

As a convenience to you, our site may provide you with the ability to make donations or to pay for programs and synagogue obligations. This process is accomplished by redirecting you to a third party payment-processing site (a Third Party Site). We are not liable or responsible for the reliability, availability, likely results, timeliness, accuracy, completeness or privacy practices of this or any other third party site. If you choose to make use of this ability, you do so entirely at your own risk.

Hint: Before entering private information such as passwords or credit card details on a Third Party site, you may be able to ensure that the link is secure by the following:

  • There should be a padlock symbol in the browser window frame or address area, that appears on the page asking for your password or credit card information. Be sure that the padlock is not on the page itself, as this may indicate a fraudulent site.
  • The web address appearing in the address area should begin with "https://". The "s" stands for "secure".

The above generally indicates that the Third Party website has a digital certificate that has been issued by a trusted third party, such as VeriSign, which indicates that the information transmitted online from that website has been encrypted and protected from being intercepted and stolen by third parties. Your browser may also give you the ability to examine the certificate.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY SORT INCURRED AS A RESULT OF ANY DEALINGS WITH ANY THIRD PARTY SITE OR MERCHANT OR OPERATOR OF SUCH A THIRD PARTY SITE.

Disclaimer of Warranty

The information, software, products, and services provided by our site may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically made to the information therein. We make no representations about the suitability, reliability, freedom from viruses or other malicious code, availability, likely results, timeliness, and accuracy of the information, software, products, and services contained on our site, or on any third party sites linked to or from our site, for any purpose. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, all such information, software, products, services and related graphics are provided "as is" without warranty or condition of any kind. We hereby disclaim all warranties and conditions with regard to this information, products, software, services and related graphics, including all implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement.

Disclaimer of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event and under no circumstance, including negligence, shall we be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential damages or any damages whatsoever including, without limitation, damages for loss of use, data or profits, arising out of or in any way connected with the use or performance of our site, presence of viruses or other malicious code, any delays or inability to use our site, the provision of or failure to provide services, or for any information, products, software, services and related graphics obtained through our site, or otherwise arising out of the use of our site, whether based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or otherwise, even if we have been advised of the possibility of damages. If you are dissatisfied with any portion of our site, or with any of these terms of use, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using our site.

Member Accounts

Some of the services on our site may require that you receive a user ID and password (credentials) before using the services. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your credentials, and you are fully responsible for all activities and additions of content that occur under your credentials. If you allow third parties to access the services through your credentials, you will defend and indemnify us from and against any liability, costs or damages arising out of claims or suits based upon or relating to such access and use. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized disclosure or use of your credentials or any other breach of security related to the services of which you are aware.

Release and Indemnity

You hereby release and waive any and all claims and/or liability against us arising from or in connection with your use of our site. You also agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless from and against any and all claims or liability, including costs and attorneys fees, arising from or in connection with your use of our site or your failure to abide by applicable law.