Gonzales
Rural Fire Protection District

TERMS OF USE

Welcome to the Gonzales Rural Fire Protection District (GZRFPD) website. If you visit this website, you accept these Terms of Use. Please read them carefully. GZRFPD attempts to maintain the highest accuracy of content on this website. GZRFPD makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of this website, and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in the contents of this site. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory is given with respect to the contents of this web site or its hyperlinks to other Internet resources.

These Terms of Use, together with the Privacy Policy, set forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our website. Depending on your activities when visiting our website, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions.

Copyright

All information, content, services and software displayed on, transmitted through, or used in connection with this website, including for example news articles, reviews, directories, guides, text, photographs, images, illustrations, audio clips, video, html, source and object code, trademarks, logos, and the like (collectively, the “content”), as well as its selection and arrangement, is owned by the Gonzales Rural Fire Protection District. You may use the content online only, and solely for your personal, non-commercial use, and you may download or print a single copy of any portion of the content solely for your personal, non-commercial use, provided you do not remove any trademark, copyright or other notice from such content.

Material from this website may not be used on any non- GZRFPD website or publication without express written permission from GZRFPD. Requests can be made electronically by sending a message to the webmaster. All requests must include a brief description of the material to be used from this site, where the material will be used, if approved, and any related “URL” addresses (if applicable). In addition, include in the request your organization’s name, address, city, state, and zip code, along with the name, title, telephone number, and email address for the same contact person.

General Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by the Gonzales Rural Fire Protection District and whilst we endeavor to keep the information up-to-date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk. GZRFPD does not represent or warrant that use of any content will not infringe rights of third parties and has no responsibility for actions of third parties or for content provided or posted by others. The GZRFPD is neither responsible nor liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions arising out of your use of www. GonzalesRFPD.org or with respect to the material contained on the website nor for any viruses or other contamination of your system.

Use of this website is at your own risk. All content is provided “as is” and “as available.” Neither GZRFPD, nor any of the employees, agents, content providers or licensors of any of them, makes any representation or warranty of any kind regarding this website, the content, any information, products or services available on or through this website, and/or the results that may be obtained from use of this website or such content or services. GZRFPD and its affiliates are not responsible or liable for any damage to, or virus that may infect, your computer equipment or other property.

In no event will the Gonzales Rural Fire Protection District be liable to any party for any direct, indirect, special or other consequential damages for any use of this website, or on any other hyperlinked website, including, without limitation, any lost profits, business interruption, loss of programs or other data on your information handling system or otherwise, even if we are expressly advised of the possibility of such damages.

In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of or in connection with the use of this website.

Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of GZRFPD. We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.

Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, GZRFPD takes no responsibility for and will not be liable for the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless, the Gonzales Rural Fire Protection District, suppliers, officers, directors, employees, representatives, contractors and agents, from any and all claims (including, but not limited to, claims for defamation, trade disparagement, privacy and intellectual property infringement) and damages (including attorneys’ fees and court costs) arising from or relating to any allegation regarding: (1) your use of this website; (2) GZRFPD’s use of any content or information you provide, as long as such use is not inconsistent with this agreement; and, (3) any violation of this agreement by you.

Conditions Regulating Email Collection

Any Non-Human Visitors to the website shall be considered agents of the individual(s) who controls, authors or otherwise makes use of them. These individuals shall ultimately be responsible for the behavior of their Non-Human Visitor agents and are liable for violations of the Terms of Use. Non-Human Visitors include, but are not limited to, web spiders, bots, indexers, robots, crawlers, harvesters, or any other computer programs designed to access, read, compile or gather content from this website automatically. Non-Human Visitors are restricted from taxing the resources of the website beyond what would be typical of a human visitor.

Furthermore, email addresses on this site are considered proprietary intellectual property of GZRFPD. It is recognized that these email addresses are provided for human visitors alone, and have value in part because they are accessible only to said human visitors. Intentional collection, harvesting, gathering, or storing email addresses by Non-Human Visitors is recognized under this agreement as a violation of this agreement and expressly prohibited.

As a visitor to this website, you consent to having your Internet Protocol address recorded. An email address may appear immediately below (the "Identifier") if we suspect potential abuse. The Identifier is uniquely matched to your Internet Protocol address. Visitors agree not to use this address for any reason.

VISITORS AGREE THAT HARVESTING, GATHERING, STORING, TRANSFERRING TO A THIRD PARTY OR SENDING ANY MESSAGE(S) TO THE IDENTIFIER CONSTITUTES AN ACCEPTANCE AND SUBSEQUENT BREACH OF THESE TERMS OF SERVICE.

Miscellaneous

The Gonzales Rural Fire Protection District (GZRFPD) reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to revise these Terms of Use at any time and to notify users of any such changes solely by changing this Terms of Use. Your continued use of this website after the posting of any amended Terms of Use shall constitute your agreement to be bound by any such changes. Your use of this website prior to the time this Terms of Use was posted will be governed according to the Terms of Use that applied at the time of your use.

The GZRFPD website may not be used for the distribution of unsolicited/bulk commercial messages other than emails specifically authorized by this website. Further, the website may not be used to advertise, transmit, post, display or otherwise make available obscene material. Abusive, threatening, defamatory, or harassing messages may not be sent through the GZRFPD website. GonzalesRFPD.org may not be used to distribute any destructive content, including viruses, trojan horses, worms, flooding, pinging, and any other activities or content that disrupt the use of the network and any connected network.

GZRFPD may modify, suspend, discontinue or restrict the use of any portion of this website, including the availability of any portion of the content at any time, without notice or liability

PRIVACY POLICY

It is the Gonzales Rural Fire Protection District’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website. This Privacy Policy applies to www.GonzalesRFPD.org. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the website. We have adopted this privacy policy to explain what information may be collected on our website, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect through the website and does not apply to our collection of information from other sources.

This Privacy Policy, together with the Terms of Use, set forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our website. Depending on your activities when visiting our website, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions. By using the GZRFPD website, you consent to the data practices described in this policy.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, GZRFPD collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, the domain names and/or IP addresses which are the numbers that are automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are connected to the Internet, and the date and time of each visitor request. GZRFPD’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how GZRFPD’s visitors use its website and to improve the website. From time to time, GZRFPD may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Email Security

The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. When you send us an email message, you may be sending personal information such as your name, address, and email address. We may store this information in order to respond to your request or otherwise resolve the subject matter of the email. Under limited circumstances, we may be required by law to disclose the information you submit. If your communication is very sensitive, you may want to contact us via an alternate means.

Links To External Sites

Our Service may contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy and terms and conditions of every site you visit. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites, products or services.

Aggregated Statistics

GZRFPD may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its website. GZRFPD may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, GZRFPD does not disclose your personally-identifying information.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, GZRFPD may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in GZRFPD's sole discretion. GZRFPD encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.