www.thekingcenter.org

TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY

The King Center maintains the interactive portions of its website, www.thekingcenter.org (the Site), as a service free of charge. By using any interactive services provided herein, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the terms, conditions and notices relating to its use.

General Terms and Conditions

A. INTERACTIVE SERVICES

1. As a condition of your use of the Site and the interactive services contained therein, you represent and warrant to the King Center that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions and notices.

2. The Site contains one or more of the following interactive services: bulletin boards, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities and/or other message or communication facilities. You agree to use such services only to send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular service, area, group, forum, community or other message or communication facility. In addition to any other terms or conditions of use of any bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, communities and/or other message or communication facilities, you agree that when using one, you will not:

a. Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, derogatory, defamatory, infringing, improper, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.

 

b. Upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws or by rights of privacy or publicity, which includes the intellectual property and rights of privacy and publicity of the Estate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (the King Estate) and of members of the King Family, which include: Mrs. Coretta Scott King; Mr. Dexter Scott King; Mr. Martin Luther King III; Ms. Yolanda King and the Reverend Bernice King, unless you own or control such rights or have received all necessary consents.

i. To seek permission to use the intellectual property of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., which is owned by the King Estate and which includes right of publicity to his name, likeness and image; his copyrighted words; and his recorded voice; please contact Intellectual Properties Management (IPM), manager of the King Estate. Please send all correspondence to the attention of the Licensing Department, IPM, 449 Auburn Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30312, or fax the request to: 404-526-8969, or email any questions to: licensing@i-p-m.com. NOTE: IPM does not provide legal advice in the area of intellectual property law. If your particular circumstance requires the solicitation of a legal opinion, we strongly suggest that you see the advice of an attorney.

c. Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer.

 

d. Advertise any goods or services for any commercial purpose.

i. You also agree to not utilize the intellectual property of the King Center, the King Estate and/or members of the King Family in advertising any goods or services for any commercial purpose without prior written consent.

e. Offer to sell any goods or services for any commercial purpose.

 

f. Conduct or forward chain letters or pyramid schemes.

 

g. Download for distribution in any manner any file posted by another user of a forum that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.

 

h. Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of any persons, including but not limited to those legal rights of the King Estate and members of the King Family.

 

i. Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices, proprietary designations, labels of the origin, source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.

 

j. Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying any of the bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities and/or other message or communication facilities.

3. The King Center has no obligation to monitor the bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities and/or other message or communication facilities. However, the King Center reserves the right at all times to disclose any information deemed by the King Center necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part.

4. You acknowledge that communications to or with bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities and/or other message or communications facilities are not private communications, therefore others may read your communications without your knowledge. You should always use caution when providing any personal information about yourself or your children. The King Center does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities and/or other message or communications facilities and, specifically disclaims any liability with regard to same and any actions resulting from your participation. To the extent that there are moderators, forum managers or hosts, none are authorized King Center spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of the King Center.

5. The information, products and services included on the Site may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information herein. The King Center may make improvements to the Site at any time. Advice received via the Site should not be relied upon for personal, legal or financial decisions and you should consult an appropriate professional for specific advice tailored to your situation.

6. THE KING CENTER MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS about the suitability reliability, timeliness and accuracy of the information, products and services contained on the Site for any purpose. All such information, products, and services are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.

7. THE KING CENTER HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS with regard to the information, products and services contained on the Site, including all implied warranties and conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement.

8. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE KING CENTER, IPM, THE KING ESTATE OR ANY MEMBER OF THE KING FAMILY 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:

a. With the use or performance of the Site

 

b. With the delay or inability to use the Site

 

c. With the provision of or failure to provide services, or

 

d. For any information, software, products, services and related graphics obtained through this web site, or otherwise arising out of the use of this web site, whether based on contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, even if the King Center, IPM, the King Estate or any member of the King Family has been advised of the possibility of damages.

9. DUE TO THE FACT THAT CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS DO NOT PERMIT OR RECOGNIZE AN EXCLUSION OF LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. If you are dissatisfied with any portion of the Site, or with any of these terms of use, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Site.

10. The King Center reserves the right in its sole discretion to deny any user access to the Site, any interactive service herein, or any portion of the Site without notice, and the right to change terms, conditions, and notices under which the Site is offered.

11. This agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, U.S.A. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Fulton County, Georgia, U.S.A. in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the Site. Use of the Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship exists between you and the King Center as a result of this agreement or use of the Site. The performance of this agreement by the King Center is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of its rights to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Site or information provided to or gathered with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.

12. This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and the King Center with respect to the Site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written with respect to the Site. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

13. The King Center is located at 449 Auburn Avenue NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30312 USA; telephone: 404-526-8900; fax: 404-526-8901.

14. All contents of the Site are: Copyright © The King Center 2001. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s intellectual property, which includes right of publicity to his name, likeness and image; his copyrighted words; and his recorded voice granted by Intellectual Properties Management (IPM), Atlanta, Georgia as manager of the Estate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

a. To seek permission to use the intellectual property of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., which is owned by the King Estate and which includes right of publicity to his name, likeness and image; his copyrighted words; and his recorded voice; please contact Intellectual Properties Management (IPM), manager of the King Estate. Please send all correspondence to the attention of the Licensing Department, IPM, 449 Auburn Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30312, or fax the request to: 404-526-8969, or email any questions to: licensing@i-p-m.com. NOTE: IPM does not provide legal advice in the areas of intellectual property law. If your particular circumstance requires the solicitation of a legal opinion, we strongly suggest that you see the advice of competent legal counsel.

 

b. The King Center encourages you, both as a guest to the site and as a member of the Beloved Community (see <LINK> for more information) to print and download portions of material from the different areas of the Site, either gratis or, when applicable, for a charge (any charges being as specified in the Site as said charges pertain to the downloading of e-matter documents sold by the King Center to the general public via the Site) solely for your own private, at-home use provided that you agree not to change or delete any copyright or proprietary notices from the materials. You may also transmit copies of such portions of materials by email, for your own private, non-commercial use only, provided that you agree not to change or delete any copyright or proprietary notices from the materials. The King Center does not allow the reposting of any of its content on other sites on the World Wide Web, except in the case of a specific licensing agreement for that purpose. You may not modify, copy, change, alter, reproduce, republish, upload, post, in any manner, the material on this site. You may not use or distribute the materials on this site except as stated above.

 

c. Any links to the Site by any third parties must be approved by the King Center.  In order to seek said approval, please email your request to webmaster@thekingcenter.org.

B. PRIVACY POLICY

Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to the King Center, and while you visit the Site we want to make your experience online satisfying and safe.

Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it.

Information the King Center gathers and tracks:

The King Center gathers two types of information about users:

1. Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions. These are voluntary submissions to become a member of the Beloved Community, to receive our electronic letters, to participate in our message boards or forums, to email a friend, to be included either by name or aggregate in our impact report and, in aggregate, in our annual report, from participation in polls and surveys, and in other membership activities that the King Center pursues in its mission to build the Beloved Community (for the King Center's full mission statement, and information on the Beloved Community, please see here).

 

2. Information the King Center gathers through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites. This information allows us to better tailor our content to readers' needs and to help our advertisers and sponsors better understand the demographics of our audience. Because the King Center derives its revenue mainly through sponsorship, providing such aggregated demographic data is essential to keeping our service free to users. Under no circumstances does the King Center divulge any information about an individual user to a third party.

The King Center Gathers User Information in some or all of the Following Processes:

1. Membership in the Beloved Community

We offer membership to the Beloved Community for those individuals, organizations, companies, governments or other entities who have read and understood The Six Principles of Kingian Nonviolence and The Six Steps of Kingian Nonviolence, and who are committed to leading a life of nonviolence. If you are interested in knowing more about the benefits of becoming a member of the Beloved Community, please see here for more information.

 

2. Electronic letters (Dispatches)

We offer electronic letters and updates to our Beloved Community members. The King Center gathers the email addresses of members who voluntarily subscribe to these gratis letters and updates. Members may remove themselves from this mailing list by following the link provided in every electronic letter that points members to the subscription management page. Members can also subscribe to these electronic letters and updates at the time of membership registration.

 

3. "Email this to a Friend" Service

Our Site guests and Beloved Community members can choose to electronically forward specified links, pages, or documents to someone else by clicking "e-mail this to a friend". The Site guest or Beloved Community member must provide their email address, as well as that of the recipient. This information is used only in the case of transmission errors and, of course, to let the recipient know who sent the email. The information is not used for any other purpose.

 

4. Polling

We may offer interactive polls to our Site guests and/or our Beloved Community members so that they can easily share their opinions with other users and see what our audience thinks about important issues. Opinions or other responses to polls are aggregated and are not identifiable to any particular user. The King Center may use a system to "tag" users after they have voted, so they can vote only once on a particular question. This tag is not correlated with information about individual users.

 

5. Surveys

The King Center may occasionally conduct user surveys to better target our content to our audience. We sometimes share the aggregated demographic information in these surveys with our sponsors, advertisers and partners. We never share any of this information about specific individuals with any third party.

Children

Consistent with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) we will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without requesting parental consent.

Usage tracking

The King Center tracks user traffic patterns throughout all of our sites. However, we do not correlate this information with data about individual users. The King Center does break down overall usage statistics according to user's domain name, browser type and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user's browser).

The King Center sometimes tracks and catalogs the search terms that users enter in our Search function, but this tracking is never associated with individual users. We use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you.

Cookies

We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain Personal Information although it will enable us to relate to your use of this site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. The King Center uses cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described above). Our advertising system delivers a one-time cookie to better track ad impressions and click rates.

Please note that all members of the Beloved Community have cookies placed in the browser files of their computers, so that the King Center may more easily serve the needs of these members online. For information on the Beloved Community please go here.

You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you've set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use this site. However, you do need cookies to participate actively in some of the online benefits of the Beloved Community, and in message boards, forums, polling and surveys.

Use of Information

The King Center uses any information voluntarily given by our Site guests and Beloved Community members to enhance their experience of our Site, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the Site or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our Site guests and Beloved Community members.

As stated above, we use information that users voluntarily provide in order to send out electronic letters and updates to our Beloved Community members, and to enable our Site guests and Beloved Community members to participate in polls, surveys, message boards, and forums. We send out electronic letters to our Beloved Community members on a regular schedule (depending on the nature of the electronic letter) and occasionally send out updates and special editions when we think our Beloved Community members might be particularly interested in something we are doing. The King Center never shares Beloved Community electronic letter mailing lists with any third parties, including advertisers, sponsors or partners.

When we use tracking information it is to determine which areas of our Site users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you. We track search terms entered in Search function as one of may measures of what interests our users. But we don't track which terms a particular user enters.

The King Center creates aggregate reports on user demographics and traffic patterns for advertisers, sponsors and partners. This allows our advertisers to advertise more effectively, and allows our users to receive advertisements that are pertinent to their needs. Because we don't track the usage patterns of individual users, an advertiser or sponsor will never know that a specific user clicked their ad. We will not disclose any information about any individual user excerpt to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.

Sharing of the Information

The King Center uses the above-described information to tailor our content to suit your needs and help our advertisers better understand our audience's demographics. We will not share information about individual users with any third party, excerpt to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.

Security

The King Center operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our users.

Opt-Out Policy

We give our Site guests and Beloved Community members options wherever necessary and practical. Such choices include:

• Opting not to register as a member in the Beloved Community
• Opting not to participate in certain interactive areas, which completely alleviates the need to gather any personally identifiable information from our users.

Your Consent

By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by the King Center. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.