General Provisions

The Beacon Collaborative (BEACON) is not liable or responsible for the accuracy or completeness of any information provided on its Web site. We assume no liability or responsibility for any damages arising from a visitor's use of, or inability to use, a site. The contents are provided as general information only and are not intended as medical or legal advice. BEACON makes no warranty, either express or implied, regarding the completeness, accuracy, or currency of this information or its suitability for any particular purpose. Some of the information or material on this site may be affected by current legislative, regulatory, judicial, or other developments which are not reflected here; you should not rely solely on the information on this site, but should confirm that it remains complete and correct before relying upon it.

In addition, our Web site may contain hypertext links to other Web sites. Such links are provided for your convenience and are not intended as an endorsement by BEACON of the organizations operating those sites. BEACON is not responsible for the information those sites contain, nor their privacy practices.

BEACON may also post material prepared by other organizations and individuals not employed by BEACON for informational purposes. BEACON does not necessarily agree with the opinions expressed in such material and we are not responsible for the completeness, accuracy, or currency of the information.

BEACON reserves the right to alter the content of any of its sites and to terminate a site at any time without notice.

Linking To Us

BEACON copyrighted text and files (including our reports) may not be uploaded to other Web sites, news groups, or electronic mailing lists without special permission. Instead, other sites are encouraged to link to our Web pages. While permission is not required for linking to our sites, we do ask that you send us a courtesy notice informing us that a link is being established.

Trademarks

The logos displayed on this Web site are registered and unregistered trademarks of BEACON, its grantees, and others. Your misuse of the any of the logos displayed on the Web site, or any other content on the Web site, is strictly prohibited.

The BEACON logo cannot be used without prior authorization from BEACON.

Copyrights and Reuse Permissions

Copyright in the text materials contained in this Web site is owned by BEACON. The text materials contained in this Web site may be used, downloaded, reproduced, or reprinted, provided that this copyright notice appears in all copies and provided that such use, download, reproduction, or reprint is for non-commercial or personal use only. The text materials contained in this Web site may not be modified in any way.

You can obtain permission to use our content by emailing BEACON at info@beaconcollaborative. org. Please include the title, author, Web address, and how you plan to use the reprint. Permission is not required for sending a copy of a publication to colleagues.

All rights in photographs, illustrations, artworks, and other graphic materials, whether on the site, or in the documents on the site, are reserved to the copyright owners (licensors). Prior permission to use, download, reproduce, or reprint any photograph, illustration, artwork, or other graphic material must be obtained from the copyright owner, regardless of the intended use. These images may not be modified in any way.

Any use of "Beacon " or the text or graphic materials contained in this Web site in any manner to express or imply endorsement, sponsorship, affiliation, or association of the user with or by Beacon, is strictly prohibited.

Privacy

This notice describes our information privacy practices.

We appreciate the importance of protecting you from unauthorized use of information you provided in the course of using our web site. We will not give away, sell or otherwise disclose any information that personally identifies you, except for the limited disclosures described in this notice.

We do not collect personal information about you unless you request updates from us. To register for updates, we collect the following information: first and last name, your email address, the name of your company and your title, and the topics that are of interest to you.

We may share your information with our service providers to ensure the proper operation of our systems, and we may disclose your personal information to law enforcement personnel to assist in the investigation of suspected misuse of our systems. We may also share your personal information if we are compelled to do so by law. Under no circumstances will we disclose your personal information to third parties for direct marketing purposes.

We will use your email address to send you emails related to the topics you have selected. You can opt out of receiving emails by accessing the Unsubscribe feature.

We may offer optional surveys or questionnaires to our users as a means of collecting information or assessing users’ opinions, interests and needs. The survey will contain an explanation of its purpose and use.

We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

We have no intention of accepting any information from individuals under the age of 18. If you are not yet 18 years of age, please leave this site immediately.

This policy describes the information practices of BEACON in connection with this web site. This policy does not govern web sites of other parties to which we may provide links. We do not control and are not responsible for the privacy practices of or the data available on the web sites of third parties, and we urge you to evaluate the soundness of these practices and data for yourself. We reserve the right to make changes to our privacy policy. The changes will be incorporated into this page. Please be sure to check this page periodically for updates to this policy.

Contact

If you have questions about establishing a link to our site or reuse permissions, email us at info@beaconcollaborative.org.