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    Terms of Use (Updated 2018-09-01)

    By using this site, you agree to the conditions set forth below (this "Agreement"). If you disagree with any of the conditions of this Agreement, do not use this site. We reserve the right to change this Agreement at any time, so please check for changes to this Agreement each time you use this site. Your continued use of this site following the posting of changes to this Agreement means that you accept those changes.

    Licenses and Restrictions

    This site is owned and operated by Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a Utah corporation with its principal offices in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. (hereinafter "we", "us", or a similar term). All material found at this site (including visuals, text, icons, displays, databases, media, products, services, and information) is owned or licensed by us. Unless otherwise indicated, individuals may:

    • post material from the  Media Library  portion of this site to another website or on a computer network for their own personal, noncommercial use; and 

    • view, download, and print materials from this site for their own personal, noncommercial use (including such use in connection with their calling in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ("Church")). In this regard, materials (besides those available in the Media Library) may not be posted from this site to another website. 

    In addition, materials from this site may be reproduced by media personnel for use in traditional public news forums unless otherwise indicated. Any other use of information or materials found at this site, including any use by organizations or legal entities, is not permitted without our prior written permission. (See “Permission to Use Copyrights and Trademarks” below.)

    Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve sole discretion and right to deny, revoke, or limit use of this site, including the reproduction and any other use of any materials available through this site. It is not our responsibility, however, to determine what “fair use” means for persons wishing to use materials from this site. That remains wholly a responsibility of individual users of this site. Furthermore, we are not required to give additional source citations, or to guarantee that the materials of this site are cleared for any alternate use. Such responsibility also ultimately remains with individual users of this site. However, we maintain the right to prevent infringement of Church materials and to interpret “fair use” as we understand the law.

    Permission to Use Copyrights and Trademarks

    To request permission for use of Church copyrighted material or trademarks, please follow this link:

    Request Permission

    Note:  The approximate time frame for receiving a reply is 45 days. Requests involving considerable quantities of material may take longer.

    Other Requests 

    Other types of requests may be submitted to one of these sites.

    Code of Conduct

    You agree that you will not individually, or as part of any collective effort, submit or post information to this site that could be deemed harmful or offensive to other users, nor will you impersonate another user in order to hide your identity or implicate another in such actions. You agree to do nothing that might disrupt the flow of data to and from this site, impact the service or performance of this site, or circumvent any of the controls or usage rules that we have implemented. You understand that the result of harmful or offensive actions may include revocation of your right to use this site (including your right to use any materials from this site) and legal action against you.

    Linking

    For your convenience, this site may contain links to websites operated by others. Such third-party sites are not maintained or controlled by us, and we are not responsible for their content. Although we have made a good faith effort to link only to tasteful, appropriate sites, some may contain inappropriate or objectionable material. If you find such material while using a website that you accessed through a link on this site, please notify us immediately.

    We believe that those who make information available on the Internet expect that it will be publicly and widely available. Therefore, we believe that linking to other sites is legally permissible and consistent with the expectations of those who use the Internet. However, if access to a particular website should be restricted, the operator of such site should promptly notify us.

    Jurisdiction and Applicable Law

    This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Utah, United States of America, as applied to agreements entered into and to be performed entirely within the state, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. Any action you bring to enforce this Agreement or any matters related to this site shall be brought in either the state or federal courts located in Salt Lake County, Utah, and you hereby consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action. If any provision of this Agreement is unlawful, void, or unenforceable in whole or in part, the remaining provisions shall not be affected, unless we determine that the invalid or unenforceable provision is an essential term to the Agreement, in which case we may at our sole discretion amend this Agreement.

    Limitations of Liability

    We are not liable for any special or consequential damages resulting from your use of, or your inability to use, this site or the materials in this site or any linked site, including, but not limited to, lost profits, business interruption, and loss of programs or other data on your information handling system. In no event shall our total liability to you for all damages, losses, and causes of action exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for accessing this site or any linked site.

    Disclaimers

    THIS SITE AND THE MATERIALS AT THIS SITE AND ANY LINKED SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS OF THIS SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

    Trademarks

    The following is a non-exhaustive list of Church trademarks and service marks:

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
    Liahona
    Book of Mormon
    Mormon
    LDS
    CTR
    FamilySearch

    These marks are identifiers of Corporation of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or Intellectual Reserve, Inc. and are registered in the United States and other countries. For additional information regarding Church trademarks and service marks and their proper use, please see Guidelines for Use of Church Trademarks.

    Questions

    For further assistance or information regarding Church trademarks and copyrighted materials, you may contact the Church's Intellectual Property Office at:

    Phone: 801-240-3959 or 1-800-453-3860, ext. 2-3959
    Fax: 801-240-1187
    E-mail: cor-intellectualproperty@ldschurch.org

    Updated 2018-09-01
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