Privacy Policy

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Mass, Inc.
Disclaimer & Privacy Policy

 

Legal Disclaimer

The materials and information contained on the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Mass, Inc. website are intended to provide general information. It should not be utilized as a substitute for professional legal or accounting advice. If advice or other expert assistance in needed, please consult a professional.

Transmission and receipt of materials provided by the VLAMA website is not intended to create an attorney-client relationship. Furthermore, the act of sending an email to an attorney at the VLAMA office will not create an attorney-client relationship. If you are not currently a client with the VLAMA, then your correspondence is not confidential information and may be disclosed.

  • Privacy

    Our privacy policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect and use your information. The VLAMA is committed to protecting your privacy and will treat all information with the utmost respect. The VLAMA collects two types of information, personal information that you choose to disclose to us, and website information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our website.

    We use this information in the day-to-day running of the organization and in order to better serve our clients and enhance our website and make it more useful to our users. We do not disclose or sell this information to third parties or permit third parties to set and access cookies on your computer through our site. The VLAMA reserves the right to disclose any information that it obtains through our website or email to appropriate government or regulatory authorities if required to do so by law.

    Any information sent to the VLAMA by email or through the website is not secure and is done so on a non-confidential basis. Any information you send over the Internet, either through the VLAMA’s website or via email is done so at your own risk.

 

Terms of Use

The Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Mass, Inc. is a non-profit Massachusetts organization dedicated to providing artists and arts organizations will low cost legal and accounting services. The VLAMA sponsors a wide range of programs for the Massachusetts Arts Community.

  • Acceptance of Terms

    These terms and conditions along with any other terms and conditions that may appear on the Website from time to time set forth the terms and conditions under which you may use this site.

    BY ACCESSING THE VLAMA’S WEBSITE, WWW.VLAMA.ORG, YOU AGREE TO ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS HEREIN. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THAN YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO ACCESS OR USE THIS WEBSITE. BY ACCESSING AND USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU ARE HEREBY AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY AND TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS HEREIN.

    The VLAMA reserves the right to change the terms and conditions without notice at any time and in its sole discretion.

  • Service

    The VLAMA’s website currently provides users with a web portal providing information on various legal, educational and accounting services. This site either enables users to register as a volunteer or Member in order to provide legal or accounting services to artist and arts organizations, or enables users to register with the VLAMA in order to obtain legal, accounting or educational services. All new features, unless expressly stated otherwise, shall immediately become subject to these Terms and Conditions.

    The VLAMA is not responsible or liable for the deletion or failure to store any messages or other communications or any content maintained or transmitted through the website.

  • User’s Obligations

    As a user, you agree to use this website SOLELY for your personal use for viewing the content on the website, and for applying or registering for services or as a volunteer. You agree to use this website in strict accordance with the terms and conditions herein contained.

    • You agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself you decide to disclose this information to the VLAMA through the website.
    • You agree to update this information promptly, in the event it changes.
    • You agree not to interfere or disrupt the web site or disobey the VLAMA’s internal requirements, procedures or policies that may be connected to the website, and,
    • You will not attempt to access any secure portion of the website without express permission from the VLAMA.
    • The website and the software it embodies may include security components that protect digital material and that use of these materials is subject to rules set by the VLAMA. You agree that you will comply with all rules affecting protectable information set by the VLAMA. You agree that you will not attempt to override or circumvent any of the rules permitting digital materials to be protected. Any unauthorized reproduction, publication, further distribution or public exhibition of the materials provided on the website in whole or in part is prohibited.

  • Indemnity

    You agree that you will indemnify and hold the VLAMA, its affiliates, officers, subsidiaries, agents and assigns harmless against all claims and demands including reasonable attorney’s fees resulting from your use of the website, your connection to the website, your violation of any of the terms and conditions set herein and/or your violations of any rights of a third party.

  • You agree, consent and hereby acknowledge that the VLAMA may access, preserve and disclose any information knowingly or unknowingly provided by you if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access, preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: comply with legal process, enforce the terms and conditions herein, to respond to your requests and questions and to protect the rights , property or personal safety of the VLAMA, its affiliates, officers, subsidiaries, agents and assigns and/or the public.

  • Termination

    The VLAMA in its sole discretion, without notice, may terminate your use of the website and remove any content placed on the website by you, for any reason, if the VLAMA believes that your have violated or acted inconsistently with the intent of the terms and conditions herein. The VLAMA may also in its sole discretion, at any time, without notice, bar any further access to the website. The VLAMA is not liable to you or any third party for any termination or bar of your access to the website.

  • Copyright and Trademark

    This website is owned and operated by the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Mass, Inc. all rights reserved, © 2007. All copyright in the text, graphics, icons, audio or visual clips, photographs or images, and software is owned or licensed by the VLAMA, and is protected under the laws of the United States, international law and other intellectual property law.

    The VLAMA grants you a personal, non-transferable, nonexclusive free license to access and use the information and materials provided on the website provided, that your use is personal and noncommercial and complies with the Terms and Conditions herein.

    The VLAMA and the VLAMA logo, VLAMA program logos, trademarks and service marks are all property of the VLAMA. You agree not to display or use these marks without express permission from the VLAMA. You may not frame any content on the website or use metatags or any other “hidden text” containing VLAMA trademarks without the VLAMA’s express permission.

    If you are interested in using any of the content contained on the VLAMA website for any purpose other than your own personal use, please contact the VLAMA. www.mail@vlama.org.

  • Links to the VLAMA

    You may link to the VLAMA homepage from your own website as long as your website does not cast the VLAMA in a false light or in any way damage the goodwill and reputation of the VLAMA. You agree that you shall not, for any reason, link to any secured portions of the website. You further agree, that the VLA reserves the right, without reason, to demand you cease from linking to the VLAMA homepage. You further agree that within three (3) days from receiving such notice, that you shall remove the link to the VLAMA homepage from your website.

  • Proprietary Information

    You acknowledge that this website may contain confidential information that is proprietary to the VLAMA and is protected by applicable intellectual property laws. You further agree that you will not attempt to obtain such proprietary information without the express permission of the VLAMA.

    This website was created with open source software, DRUPAL and complies with all public licenses required by DRUPAL. If you are interested in learning more about open source software or DRUPAL, please contact Civic Actions, www.civicactions.com or www.drupal.com.

  • Third Party Links

    The website may provide links to other websites or resources. The VLAMA has no control over such sites and resources, therefore, the VLAMA is not responsible for the availability of any external sites or resources and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any for any content, advertising products or materials available on these external sites.

    Every website is governed by its own user and privacy policies. It is your responsibility to read and understand these policies and comply with them.

    The VLAMA is not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage caused or allegedly caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any information, goods, services or content available on or through such sites or resources. The VLAMA is not responsible or liable for the content’s accuracy, copyright, trademark, compliance or legality of material contained within such sites.

  • Disclaimer

    You expressly agree and understand that your use of this website is AT YOUR OWN RISK. The VLAMA expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and/or non-infringement.

    Any and all material downloaded from this website is downloaded AT YOUR OWN RISK, and at your own discretion. Any damage to your computer system or loss of data caused as a result of downloading is your sole responsibility.

    The VLAMA makes no representation that the information contained within the website is suitable or appropriate for use outside the United States. Access to the content herein provided from areas and territories where they are illegal is prohibited.