What is FOIA? Site User Agreement (12/18/2007)

Welcome to the web site What is FOIA? (the "Site"). Please read this User Agreement carefully, including the Online Privacy Statement. By using the Site, you agree to follow the rules set forth on these Web pages. From time to time we may revise this User Agreement including its Online Privacy Statement, so be sure to check these Web pages occasionally. If we do make material changes, we will post a notice on our home page that the User Agreement has been modified and provide a link to the revised User Agreement. When you continue to use the Site after we post a change, it means you agree to the new rules.

What is FOIA?
What is FOIA? provides information to the public regarding the Freedom of Information Act. The Site offers practical lessons in transparent government, accountability, individual standing and rights of redress as well as the Constitution’s impact on every American. In addition, the Site provides guidance for individuals seeking accountability and transparency by giving a step by step guide of how to submit a FOIA request.

Online Privacy Statement
Please review our Online Privacy Statement, which is part of this User Agreement and describes how we handle any personally identifying information about Site users.

Copyright
What is FOIA? owns or licenses the copyright in all the materials on the Site, including text, graphics, logos, button icons, audio clips, photographs, and software, and those rights are protected by United States and international copyright laws and other intellectual property laws.

Permitted Distribution. You may copy or distribute the text materials that appear on the Site ("Content") in print format only and only for the following non-commercial purposes: research, teaching, private study, and activism within a local geographic area regarding What is FOIA? issues. All distributed materials must display the following notice:

"Used with permission of owner. Please see www.whatisfoia.org for information on how you may use these materials."

Distribution Requiring Advance Written Permission. You must obtain written permission in advance if you wish to reproduce Content in digital format or for any reason not listed in the previous paragraph. You can request this permission by sending us an email to contact@whatisfoia.org that contains the information listed below:

• a complete description of the Content requested, such as the URL of the Web page that contains the Content, a description of the sections or paragraphs that will be distributed, and, where applicable, the title and date of the Content;
• a description of the intended audience;
• a description of the manner of distribution;
• the length, retail price, and approximate size of first printing or circulation that will include the Content;
• a description of the geographic scope of the distribution and the length of time for which rights are being requested. (Please note that What is FOIA? grants only nonexclusive rights);
• a reply email address and phone number.

Trademark
You may not use any Marks for any product or service that does not belong to What is FOIA?, nor in any manner that is likely to cause confusion about whether we are the source, affiliated with, sponsor of or endorser of any product or service. In addition, you may not use the Marks in any manner that illegally disparages or discredits us.

Links, Frames and Metatags
You may link to the home page of the Site as long as the link does not cast us in a false or misleading light. What is FOIA? prefers advance notice of such linking which can be provided by emailing us at contact@whatisfoia.org. You may not frame the content of the Site. You may not use metatags or any other "hidden text" that incorporates our Trademarks or our name without our express written consent.

Links to Other Web Sites
The Site may contain links to other websites that we think may be of interest to you. We have no control over these other sites or their content. Remember that when you link to another site, that other site is governed by its own user agreement and privacy statement, which you should be sure to read.

Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability
ALTHOUGH WE INTEND TO TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF VIRUSES, WORMS, "TROJAN HORSES" OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE MATERIALS TO THE SITE, WE DO NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR MATERIALS THAT MAY BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE SITE ARE FREE FROM SUCH DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR HARM ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH FEATURES.

WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, LOSS OR INJURY BASED ON ERRORS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN THE SITE, NOR FOR ANY CLAIM, LOSS OR INJURY THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR YOUR BREACH OF ANY PROVISION OF THIS USER AGREEMENT.

Termination
We reserve the right to terminate the Site and this User Agreement at any time without notice for any reason, including, in the case of the User Agreement, for your violation of any of its provisions. The Limitation of Liability and Governing Law Sections of this User Agreement survive any such termination.

Governing Law
This User Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and performed there without regard to its conflicts of law principles. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in the State and County of New York and waive any jurisdictional, venue or inconvenient forum objections to such courts.