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Terms of Use

These Terms of Use were last updated on December 1, 2021.

Thank you for visiting the website (“Site”) of NCOAE, LLC (dba, The National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education) (hereafter “NCOAE,” “we,” “our,” and “us”). Please read these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, which, as may be modified from time to time, govern its use.

By using the Site, you are knowingly and willingly agreeing to be bound by these Terms of Use.

The mission of this NCOAE-owned Internet-based website is to provide information and resources of value to individuals interested in The National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education and the facilitation of outdoor adventure and education experiences that foster teamwork, environmental stewardship and the acquisition of technical skills, and related information and services (the “Services”). To provide the Services, we have set specific Terms of Use (the “Terms”). By accessing, using, or contributing to the Services, and in consideration for the Services we provide to you, you agree to abide by the Terms.

NCOAE may change the Terms from time to time, at NCOAE’s sole discretion. Your continued use of this Site following the posting of such changes will constitute your assent to all such changes. Please periodically visit this section of the site to review the current version of the Terms.

This Site is an information starting point. NCOAE does not provide or replace individualized general or specialized advice you can and should receive from an outdoor education, experiential education, or medical professional.

This Site may include information that is out of date, jurisdiction specific, or applicable only based on a specific set of facts. Use of the Services does not create an official relationship of any kind between the user and NCOAE. If you are in need of general- or specific-outdoor education-related or medical-related advice, seek out a qualified professional and do not rely on www.ncoae.org.

ACCOUNT

Registration

To utilize the Services or certain portions thereof, you may be required to complete a registration process and establish an account with NCOAE (”NCOAE Account”). You represent and warrant that all information provided by you to NCOAE is current, accurate, and complete, and that you will maintain the accuracy and completeness of this information on a prompt, timely basis.

Password and Security

As a registered user of NCOAE Services, you may receive or establish one or more passwords. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your password(s) and NCOAE Account(s). You understand and agree that you are fully responsible for all actions and postings made from your NCOAE Account(s). You also agree that the accounts you create are not transferable. Finally, you agree to notify NCOAE immediately if you become aware of any unauthorized use of your NCOAE Account(s).

Termination

NCOAE reserves the right to terminate your NCOAE Account or restrict access to your NCOAE Account, to delete any content posted through your NCOAE Account, or to delete any content posted by you as a registered or as an unregistered user, with or without notice, for any or for no reason, and without any liability to you.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

This Site and the graphics, text, and other information provided on this Site (the “Site Content”) are owned by or licensed to NCOAE. You may view, download, and print a copy of any part of this Site for your own informational purposes, but any other use without our express written consent is prohibited.

INDEMNITY

By your use of the Site, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless NCOAE, its affiliates, partners, employees, agents, licensors, licensees, vendors, and content providers (“NCOAE Indemnitees”) from any claims, losses, damages, expenses, demands, and costs (including without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees), arising out of or relating to: 1) your use of this Site or any site linked to or form this website; 2) your violation of these Terms of Use; 3) your violation of our Privacy Policy; 4) or your violation of the rights of any other person.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

THIS SITE AND THE SITE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NCOAE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY MAY TAKE OR REFRAIN FROM TAKING IN RESPONSE TO OR IN RELIANCE ON THIS SITE OR THE SITE CONTENT OR ANY LINKED SITE.

Third Party Links

This Site may contain links to third party websites or resources. These links are provided for your convenience and are not intended to imply that NCOAE endorses or controls the linked-to sites or verifies the accuracy of the information contained on those sites.

You are solely responsible for any charges or obligations that you may incur in your dealings with such linked site operators. Linked sites or other websites may also have a hyperlink to this Site, and NCOAE is not responsible for the content of any such website or the actions of any operator of any such website.

Community and Commenting

At NCOAE, one of our objectives is to support people and organizations in learning more about outdoor and experiential education and wilderness and emergency medicine.

With this objective in mind, we seek to bring a diverse range of perspectives and voices into the Site. While we do not want to limit the spirit of civil disagreement, NCOAE will decline to publish certain content, including factually incorrect comments and user-generated content (“Unacceptable Content”), and will remove it at our discretion if we find it on this website.

Unacceptable content includes but is not limited to the following:

  • Irrelevant statements or SPAM.
  • Defamatory or knowingly false statements.
  • Information of a private or personal nature that does not have relevant value.
  • Statements that are intended as a personal attack or are abusive, harassing, or threatening.
  • Materials that violate the copyright, trademark, or trade secret rights of others that are not otherwise authorized by law, such as fair use.
  • Statements that are threatening, harassing, libelous, false, defamatory, offensive, obscene or pornographic, abusive, off-topic, use excessive foul language, or include ad hominem attacks.
  • Sales presentations or other advertisements.

NCOAE will determine what is Unacceptable Content on a case-by-case basis. NCOAE reserves the right to change these standards at any time. NCOAE also reserves the right to edit user-contributed statements and remove links to unacceptable off-site content at any time.

NCOAE License

By posting or contributing content – including testimonials, course and training reviews, and comments made on the NCOAE Blog – and using these Services, you are granting NCOAE a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, and worldwide license to use your contributed content in connection with the operation of the Services, including, without limitation, the license rights to copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your content, and/or to incorporate it into a collective work in perpetuity.

Governing Law

These Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy are governed by and are to be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina, without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws. You agree that any action concerning your use of this Site, these Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy, or the Supplemental Privacy Notice shall be within the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the New Hanover County in the State of North Carolina.

Contacting NCOAE

If after reviewing these Terms of Use, you have any questions or concerns or you would like to submit a Terms of Use-related request, please contact us by physical mail at:

NCOAE, LLC
9809 River Road
Wilmington, North Carolina 28412 USA

These Terms of Use were last updated on December 1, 2021.