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Terms of Use

Privacy Policy
Welcome to China Aid Association’s website! China Aid Association exists to uncover and reveal the truth about religious persecution in China, focusing especially on the unofficial church. We extend the following information to assure you, our guest, that we are concerned about and respect your privacy while visiting our websites. China Aid Association will never sell, lease or rent your confidential information. However, if it is necessary, we will share information for legal reasons. We will always endeavor to take steps to assure that any information you provide to us will remain secure. We want you to feel safe in your online experience while visiting our sites. We therefore request that you take a moment to review the following information.

Collection of Information
China Aid Association does not collect personal information without your knowledge during your visit to our websites. However, China Aid Association does at times ask that you provide us with personal information while online. China Aid Association does not sell, lease or rent your confidential information. However, China Aid sometimes does campaigns in partnership with other like-minded organizations. When we do, we will state it is a joint project. On other occasions, we may need to disclose personal information as required by law, such as a law, regulation, court order, subpoena, search warrant, in the course of a legal proceeding or in response to a law enforcement agency request, to enforce our Terms of Use, or site rules; or to protect the safety and security of our visitors and our sites.

Links to Other Sites
China Aid Association’s websites may occasionally contain “links” to other sites, and we make all reasonable efforts to only link to sites that share our high standards and respect for privacy. However, we are not responsible for the content or the privacy practices used by other sites. Such a link should not be seen as an endorsement, approval or agreement with any information or resources offered at sites you can access through our sites. If in doubt, always check the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address provided in your WWW browser to see if you are still in a China Aid Association-operated site or have moved to another site. China Aid Association is not responsible for the content or practices of third-party sites that may be linked to our sites. When China Aid Association provides links or references to other websites, no inference or assumption should be made and no representation should be inferred that China Aid Association is connected with, operates or controls these websites. Any approved link must not represent in any way, either explicitly or by implication, that you have received the endorsement, sponsorship or support of any China Aid Association site or endorsement, sponsorship or support of the ministry of China Aid Association, including its respective employees, agents or directors.

Security
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and ensure the correct use of information, China Aid Association has put in place certain physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information that is collected online. Our secure server software protects your personal information before it is transferred to increase safety from interception or theft over the Internet. We have taken measures to ensure that China Aid Association supporters’ information is protected. Finally, the servers that store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

Restrictions on Use of Our Online Materials
All materials contained in the China Aid Association website are the property of China Aid Association. All trademarks, service marks and trade names are proprietary to China Aid Association. Material from our website may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, post, transmitted and distributed as long as it is credited to China Aid Association. You may not, however, add, delete, distort or misrepresent any content on the China Aid Association site. Any attempt to modify any online material, or to defeat or circumvent our security features is prohibited. China Aid Association retains full and complete title to the software and to all of the associated intellectual-property rights. You are not allowed to redistribute or sell the material or to reverse-engineer, disassemble or otherwise convert it to any other form that people can use.

Monitoring Online Postings
China Aid Association shall have the right to monitor and review the content of any discussions, chats, forums, postings, transmissions and bulletin boards, although China Aid Association is not under legal obligation to do so. As a Christian organization we uphold specific foundational beliefs. We expect visitors to our sites, and anyone using our communication tools to adhere to a sense of decency and decorum that we deem appropriate. We are the sole authority on questions of appropriateness. China Aid Association assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of an online posting. China Aid Association does specifically prohibit any visitor from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage what could be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law. China Aid Association will fully cooperate with authorities or court orders requesting details of criminal postings. China Aid Association shall have the right in its sole discretion to edit, refuse to post or remove any material submitted to or posted on any China Aid Association website. China Aid Association shall have the right to remove any material that it determines to be in violation of these provisions or otherwise objectionable.

Limitation of Liability
CHINA AID ASSOCIATION WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY THAT ACCOMPANY OR RESULT FROM YOUR USE OF ANY OF ITS SITES.
THESE INCLUDE (BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO) DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY ANY:
• USE OF (OR INABILITY TO USE) THE SITES
• USE OF (OR INABILITY TO USE) ANY SITE TO WHICH YOU HYPERLINK FROM OUR SITES
• FAILURE OF OUR SITES TO PERFORM IN THE MANNER YOU EXPECTED OR DESIRED
• ERROR ON OUR SITES
• OMISSION ON OUR SITES
• INTERRUPTION OF AVAILABILITY OF OUR SITES
• DEFECT ON OUR SITES
• DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION OF OUR SITES
• COMPUTER VIRUS OR LINE FAILURE
• PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING:
• DAMAGES INTENDED TO COMPENSATE SOMEONE DIRECTLY FOR A LOSS OR INJURY
• DAMAGES REASONABLY EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM A LOSS OR INJURY (KNOWN IN LEGAL TERMS AS “CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.”)
• OTHER MISCELLANEOUS DAMAGES AND EXPENSES RESULTING DIRECTLY FROM A LOSS OR INJURY (KNOWN IN LEGAL TERMS AS “INCIDENTIAL DAMAGES.”)

WE ARE NOT LIABLE EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN NEGLIGENT OR IF OUR AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITIY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR BOTH.