Welcome to the Better Housing Prince George’s Terms of Use Agreement.  For purposes of this Agreement, “Site” refers to the Better Housing Prince George’s website, which can be accessed at www.betterhousingpgc.com. The terms “Better Housing Prince George’s,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington.  “You” refers to you, as a user of our Site.

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The following Terms of Use apply when you view our website located at www.betterhousingpgc.com.

Please review the following terms carefully. By accessing or using the Site, you signify your acceptance of these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms of Use in their entirety, you may not access or use the Site.

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PRIVACY POLICY

We respect the privacy of our users.  Please refer to the Privacy Policy which explains how we collect, use, and disclose information that pertains to your privacy.  When you access or use the Site, you signify your agreement to the Privacy Policy as well as these Terms of Use.

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ABOUT THE SITE 

The Site provides educational content regarding important policy issues impacting the apartment industry in Prince George’s County.

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USE RESTRICTIONS

Your permission to use the Site is conditioned upon the following use and conduct restrictions. You agree that you will not under any circumstances:

• access the Site for any reason other than your personal, non-commercial use solely as permitted by the normal functionality of the Application;

• collect or harvest any personal data of any user of the Site 

• use the Site for the solicitation of business in the course of trade or in connection with a commercial enterprise;

• distribute any part or parts of the Site without our explicit written permission (we grant the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the Site for the sole purpose of creating publicly-available searchable indices but retain the right to revoke this permission at any time on a general or specific basis);

• use the Service for any unlawful purpose or for the promotion of illegal activities;

• attempt to, or harass, abuse or harm another person or group;

• intentionally allow another user to access your email account;

• provide false or inaccurate information when using the Site;

• make any automated use of the Site, the Application or the related systems, or take any action that we deem to impose or to potentially impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our servers or network infrastructure;

• bypass any robot exclusion headers or other measures we take to restrict access to the Application, or use any software, technology, or device to scrape, spider, or crawl the Application or harvest or manipulate data;

• circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with any security-related features of the Application or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of content, or enforce limitations on use of the Application or the content accessible via the Application; or

• publish or link to malicious content of any sort, including that intended to damage or disrupt another user’s browser or computer.

  

ONLINE CONTENT DISCLAIMER

Opinions, advice, statements, offers, or other information or content made available through the Site, but not directly by the Site, are those of their respective authors, and should not necessarily be relied upon. Such authors are solely responsible for such content.

We do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information on the Site nor do we adopt nor endorse, nor are we responsible for, the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice, or statement made by other parties. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any User Content that you or any other user or third party posts.  Under no circumstances will we be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from anyone’s reliance on information or other content posted on the Site, or transmitted to users.

Though we strive to enforce these Terms of Use, you may be exposed to User Content that is inaccurate or objectionable when you use or access the Site or the Application. Better Housing Prince George’s will have the right to remove any material that in its sole opinion violates, or is alleged to violate, the law or this agreement or which might be offensive, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of users or others.  Unauthorized use may result in criminal and/or civil prosecution under federal, state and local law.  

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LINKS TO OTHER SITES AND/OR MATERIALS

We may provide you with convenient links to third party website(s) (“Third Party Sites”) as well as content or items belonging to or originating from third parties (the “Third Party Applications, Software or Content”). These links are provided as a courtesy to our users.  We have no control over Third Party Sites or Third Party Applications, Software or Content or the promotions, materials, information, goods or services available on these Third Party Sites or Third Party Applications, Software or Content.  Such Third Party Sites and Third Party Applications, Software or Content are not investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy, appropriateness, or completeness, and we are not responsible for any Third Party Sites accessed through the Site or any Third Party Applications, Software or Content posted on, available through or installed from the Site, including the content, accuracy, offensiveness, opinions, reliability, privacy practices or other policies of or contained in the Third Party Sites or the Third Party Applications, Software or Content.  Inclusion of, linking to or permitting the use or installation of any Third Party Site or any Third Party Applications, Software or Content does not imply our approval or endorsement. If you decide to leave the Site and access the Third Party Sites or to use or install any Third Party Applications, Software or Content, you do so at your own risk and you should be aware that our terms and policies, including these Terms of Use, no longer govern.  You should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any Third Party Site to which you navigate from the Site or relating to any applications you use or install from the Third Party Site.

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

You acknowledge and agree that we and our licensors retain ownership of all intellectual property rights of any kind related to the Site and Application, including applicable copyrights, trademarks and other proprietary rights. Other product and company names that are mentioned on the Service may be trademarks of their respective owners. We reserve all rights that are not expressly granted to you under these Terms of Use..

 

USER CONSENT TO RECEIVE COMMUNICATIONS IN ELECTRONIC FORM

For contractual purposes, you: (a) consent to receive communications from us in an electronic form via the email address you have submitted; and (b) agree that all Terms of Use, agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications would satisfy if it were in writing.  The foregoing does not affect your non-waivable rights.

We may also use your email address to send you other messages, including information about the Site, newsletters, marketing materials or information about other apartment-related campaigns.  You may opt out of such email by using the “Unsubscribe” link in the message, or by sending an email to info@betterhousingpgc.com.

Opting out may prevent you from receiving messages regarding the Site, the newsletters, or additional information.

 

WARRANTY DISCLAIMER

THE SITE AND APPLICATION, ARE PROVIDED “AS IS,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, REGARDING THE SERVICE INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, SECURITY, ACCURACY AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.  WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE MAKE NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION THAT ACCESS TO OR OPERATION OF THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE.  YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK OF LOSS RESULTING FROM YOUR DOWNLOADING AND/OR USE OF FILES, INFORMATION, CONTENT OR OTHER MATERIAL OBTAINED FROM THE SERVICE.

 

LIMITATION OF DAMAGES

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE SITE, THE APPLICATION, ITS AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, OR EMPLOYEES, OR ITS LICENSORS OR PARTNERS, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, USE,  OR DATA, OR FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, HOWEVER ARISING, THAT RESULT FROM: (A) THE USE, DISCLOSURE, OR DISPLAY OF YOUR USER CONTENT; (B) YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE; (C) THE APPLICATION GENERALLY OR THE SOFTWARE OR SYSTEMS THAT MAKE THE APPLICATION AVAILABLE; OR (D) ANY OTHER INTERACTIONS WITH USE OF THE SERVICE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

 

GENERAL TERMS

If any provision of this Terms of Use agreement is held or found to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the remaining portions of the agreement will remain in full force and effect.  Any failure on our part to enforce any provision of this agreement will not be considered a waiver of our right to enforce such provision.  Our rights under this agreement survive any transfer or termination of this agreement.

These Terms of Use and your use of the Site are governed by the federal laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to conflict of law provisions.

We may assign or delegate these Terms of Use and/or our Privacy Policy, in whole or in part, to any person or entity at any time with or without your consent.  You may not assign or delegate any rights or obligations under the Terms of Service or Privacy Policy without our prior written consent, and any unauthorized assignment or delegation by you is void.

 

MODIFICATION OF TERMS OF USE

We can amend these Terms of Use at any time and will update these Terms of Use in the event of any such amendments.  It is your sole responsibility to check the Site from time to time to view any such changes in this agreement.  Your continued use of the Site or any services we may provide signifies your acceptance to our revisions to these Terms of Use.  We will endeavor to notify you of material changes to the Terms by posting a notice on our homepage and/or sending an email to the email address you provided to us through your use of the Application. For this additional reason, you should keep your contact information current.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THESE TERMS OF USE, UNDERSTAND THE TERMS OF USE, AND WILL BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THESE TERMS OF USE TOGETHER WITH THE PRIVACY POLICY AT PRIVACY POLICY REPRESENT THE COMPLETE AND EXCLUSIVE STATEMENT OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND THAT IT SUPERSEDES ANY PROPOSAL OR PRIOR AGREEMENT ORAL OR WRITTEN, AND ANY OTHER COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN US RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT.