Catholic Herald Terms of Use

Updated 12/2/2021

This website is owned by the Catholic Herald (“Catholic Herald”) and is designed to provide you with information and education.

The following details the terms and conditions of the use of this website. By accessing or using this website, you are acknowledging that you have read and understand these Terms of Use and you voluntarily agree to be bound by them.

By use of this website, you also agree to comply with the laws and regulations applicable to the use of this website and use of the internet. If you disagree with these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy posted on this site, you may not use this site or any of its services offered.

Additional terms and conditions may apply to purchase of goods or services and to specific portions or features of this site, including contests, promotions or other similar features, all of which terms are made a part of these Terms of Use by this reference. You agree to abide by such other terms and conditions.

Visitor On-Line Conduct

When using our website, you must agree to use this website only for lawful purposes and only for its intended purposes. The Catholic Herald reserves the right to prohibit any conduct pertaining to this website which it deems inappropriate. Without limiting the foregoing, you may not: (i) modify, revise, translate or create any derivative works of the website or any of its content; (ii) decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for the website; (iii) redistribute, sell, rent, lease, sublicense, or otherwise transfer rights to the website or any of its content; (iv) remove or alter any proprietary notices, legends, symbols or labels in the website, including, but not limited to, any trademark or copyright notices; (v) transmit a virus or other destructive mechanisms to the website or its users; (vi) create a database by systematically downloading and storing website content; (vii) use an automated search/retrieval application (e.g., a robot or spider) or device to access, scrape, data mine, or index the website or any portion of it without the Catholic Herald’s express written consent; (viii) take any action that imposes an unreasonable or large load on the website or makes excessive traffic demands of the website or otherwise disrupt or compromise the performance or security of the website; or (ix) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website or any associated computer systems. Your permission to access or use the website immediately terminates in the event you breach any of the Terms of Use.

You agree that you are solely responsible for any actions you undertake while visiting this website and you will comply with all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations applicable to this website and the internet, including United States copyright laws and export regulations. You warrant that all information that you provide to gain access to the services provided by this website, including without limitation information provided when registering as a user of this site, is accurate and truthful.

User Content

Certain sections of the website designated by us may provide you with the ability to post comments or other content (“User Content”). If you do so, you grant to us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, and fully sublicenseable license to reproduce, distribute, transmit, broadcast, translate, publicly perform and display, edit, modify, adapt, create derivative works from and otherwise use such User Content in any media for any purpose, with or without your name (whether your legal name or your user name). You represent and warrant that you have the exclusive right to grant us the foregoing rights.

User Content may not: (i) be abusive, threatening or harassing toward others; (ii) include any infringing, obscene, defamatory, libelous, offensive, or illegal content (including, without limitation, content which violates another person’s right of privacy); (iii) include commercial or political advertisements, solicitations or messages; or (iv) include any content designed to injure people or property (including, without limitation, viruses). You may not impersonate others or be misleading as to the source of the User Content, or suggest that your User Content is sponsored or endorsed by us.

You represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to submit and to post all User Content submitted by or posted by you on or through the website, and that such User Content is (i) true and accurate and not misleading; (ii) original and does not infringe or violate any right of any other party (including, without limitation, copyrights); and (iii) in compliance with these Terms of Use.

We have no obligation to screen or review User Content. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to remove, edit or refuse to post User Content that is not in compliance with the Terms or for any other reason as determined by us in our sole discretion. We assume no responsibility and assume no liability for any User Content posted on the website.

Copyright, Trademark Policy

The Catholic Herald and other marks shown on this site are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Catholic Herald in the United States and in other countries. The entirety of the content in this site is a collective work owned by the Catholic Herald and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All elements comprising this site, including without limitation, the software used in this site, the text, site design, logos, graphics, icons and images, as well as the selection, assembly, and arrangement thereof (but excluding User Content) are the sole property of the Catholic Herald or its licensors, and are also protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. So long as you agree not to change or delete any ownership notices from materials downloaded or printed from this site, permission is granted to electronically display and electronically copy and print hard copy portions of this site for your own non-commercial use or to place an order through the site. Any other use, including the reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display, framing or performance of any content of this site (except for your own User Content which you legally posted on this site) is strictly prohibited. Any rights not granted to you under these Terms of Use are expressly reserved by the Catholic Herald.

Links

The Catholic Herald may provide links to websites operated by third parties. The Catholic Herald makes no representations whatsoever about any third party websites that you may access through this site. The Catholic Herald is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. Please be aware that these other sites are not under our control and these Terms of Use apply only to this site and do not apply to other parties’ websites.

If you have come to this website via a link from another party’s site, please be aware that the other site’s Terms of Use do not apply to this site.

Disclaimers; Limitation of Liability

YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED BY THE CATHOLIC HERALD IN WRITING (A) THIS SITE, ITS CONTENTS AND THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE ON THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF ANY KIND, AND (B) THE CATHOLIC HERALD EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE, ITS USES AND THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED ON THE SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE, ACCURACY AND FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. Some states do not allow the disclaimer or limitation of warranties, so the disclaimers set forth above may not apply to you.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE CATHOLIC HERALD, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, SUPPLIERS OR CONTENT OR SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT, COMPENSATORY, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF THE CATHOLIC HERALD IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH STATES, THE LIABILITY OF ABC BUSINESS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Posts and Ideas Submitted to Us

By sending the Catholic Herald any ideas, comments, suggestions, questions or other material, or by posting any User Content, you grant the Catholic Herald an unrestricted, royalty-free, worldwide, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit and distribute such material in any manner, including in connection with the Catholic Herald’s business, and you also agree that the Catholic Herald is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you send us for any purpose.

Wisconsin Law

This website is controlled by the Catholic Herald from our offices in St. Francis, Wisconsin. Your use of the site shall be governed by the laws of the State of Wisconsin without regard to its choice of law principles. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin with respect to any legal proceedings arising out of these terms and conditions or your use of this site.

Severability

If any provision in these Terms of Use is held invalid, the remainder shall continue to be enforceable. If any provision in these Terms of Use is deemed unlawful, void or unenforceable, then that provision is deemed severable from these Terms of Use and the remaining provisions remain valid and enforceable.

Claims of Copyright Infringement

If you believe your material has been copied and is accessible on this website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide the following information:

1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material.
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
5. A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement by the complaining party that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Notices of claimed copyright infringement should be directed to:

By mail:
The Catholic Herald
3501 S. Lake Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53235

Email:
catholicherald@archmil.org

Change of Terms

We reserve the right to make changes to these Terms of Use without prior notice. When we do so, such changes will be effective immediately. Please review these Terms of Use from time to time to make sure you are familiar with the most current version.