Website Terms Of Use/ Terms Of Service

The American Civil Defense Company LLC (“we”, “us”, or “our”) invite our users (“you” or “user”) to enjoy all the features this website (“site”) has to offer. But we must require that each user abide by the certain terms and rules set forth below (the “Terms of Use”). By becoming a user and accessing our website (and any forums or 3rd party platforms associated with the American Civil Defense Company LLC), you agree to be bound by and comply with the Terms of Use.  Failure to abide by the Terms of Use can result in immediate termination of access to this site, access to any of our forums, access to any 3rd party platforms associated with the American Civil Defense Company LLC, and/or termination of your American Civil Defense Company LLC Membership, without recourse.

Terms of Use

1. Do not share your logon username and password. Our system is designed to detect this immediately, and suspend any account where more than one person signs on using the same username and password.
2. Do not reprint, republish, repost, or otherwise distribute or transmit content or images presented on this site. Downloading is easy, but just because you may be able to copy our content doesn’t mean you own it. Unauthorized use of or copying of our content, trademarks, and other proprietary material can subject you to civil or even criminal liability. Please don’t violate our copyright.
3. No advertising, trading of goods or services, or other commercial use is allowed except in classified ad forums. No bulk e-mail, junk mail or spam, chain letters, or repeat postings of the same message is permitted anywhere on the forums.
4. Please use your own name when posting to the discussion forums. Do not impersonate anyone else.
5. Treat other subscribers with courtesy and respect when posting messages to the discussion groups. No unnecessary name calling or abuse toward any subscriber is allowed.
6. Please avoid shouting (using all capital letters) in the discussion forums.
7. Do not use vulgarity, obscenity, profanity, ethnic slurs, hate speech, or sexually explicit language, or harass, abuse, or threaten other subscribers in the discussion forums. Do not libel or defame others. This site strongly disapproves flaming.
8. When you post content in any of the discussion forums on the site (or on any 3rd party platform page associated with American Civil Defense Company LLC such as the American Civil Defense Company LLC Facebook page or the American Civil Defense Company LLC Google My Business page), you permit this site to display and distribute the content, and to use it in whole or in part for advertising and promotion. You grant to this site the complete, perpetual, but non-exclusive right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, distribute, sub-license, etc. your content in whole or in part, throughout the world and universe, on a royalty-free basis.
9. We do not try to edit or to monitor messages posted on the discussion forums, but we reserve the right to edit or remove objectionable postings. The person posting a message is solely responsible for it, not this site. Violators may be permanently banned from using the forums, or even have their subscriptions terminated.

Copyright and Trademark Law

All editorial content and graphics on this site are protected by U.S. copyright law and international treaties and may not be copied or re-used without our express written permission and we reserve all rights.

Limitation of Liability

THIS SITE PROVIDES THE INFORMATION, SERVICES AND PRODUCTS ON THIS SITE “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. YOU ALSO AGREE THAT THIS SITE SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CONTENT FOUND ON THE SITE’S FORUMS AND THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE’S FORUMS AND ANY DOWNLOADING OF MATERIALS FOUND ON OR THROUGHOUT THIS SITE’S FORUMS IS DONE AT YOUR OWN RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES TO YOUR COMPUTER OR DATA THAT RESULTS. ALL EXPRESS WARRANTIES AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. THIS SITE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE USE OF PERFORMANCE OF THIS SITE WILL BE TIMELY, UNINTERRUPTED OR FREE OF ERROR, OR THAT THIS SITE OR ITS SERVER WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES. IN NO EVENT SHALL THIS SITE OR OUR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT LOSS OR INJURY, OR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER ARISING FROM YOUR USE OR THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS SITE OR FROM ANY INFORMATION, SERVICES OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED THROUGH THIS SITE, EVEN IF THIS SITE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN THE EVENT THAT APPLICABLE LAW PREVENTS THE EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN WARRANTIES, SUCH EXCLUSION DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU TO THE EXTENT LIMITED BY LAW.

Disputes

You, American Civil Defense Company LLC agree that any and all disputes between you and American Civil Defense Company LLC shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, and jurisdiction and venue for any such disputes shall be in the State of Illinois Circuit Court of Cook County, IL. You understand and agree that this covenant and agreement as to governing law, jurisdiction, and venue is an important part of your Membership and agree to these provisions in consideration of the Member benefits received as a Member of American Civil Defense Company LLC.

American Civil Defense Company LLC Community Forum Terms

In addition to all the Terms of Use listed above, the American Civil Defense Company LLC Community forum (the “Forum”) has specific terms of use that apply set forth below (the Forum Terms of Use”).  By joining the Forum you agree to be bound by and comply with the Forum Terms of Use.

1. Your Permission to Use the Forum – Subject to the Forum Terms of Use, we grant you permission to use the Forum.
2. Conditions for Use of the Forum – Your permission to use the Forum is subject to the following conditions:
   1. You must be at least thirteen years old.
   2. You may no longer use the Forum if we contact you directly to say that you may not use the Forum.
   3. You must use the Forum in accordance with the Terms of Use set forth above and the Forum Terms of Use set forth below.
3. Acceptable Use –
   1. You may not violate any local, state or federal law, rule or regulation using the Forum.
   2. You may not share your Forum login username and password. Our system is designed to detect this immediately and suspend any account where more than one person signs on using the same username and password.
   3. You may not falsely imply that you’re affiliated with or endorsed by us.
   4. You may not show any part of the Forum on other websites with <iframe> or other methods.
   5. You may not disable, avoid, or circumvent any security or access restrictions of the Forum.
   6. You may not strain infrastructure of the Forum with an unreasonable volume of requests, or requests designed to impose an unreasonable load on information systems underlying the Forum.
   7. You may not impersonate others through the Forum.
   8. You may not encourage or help anyone in violation of these Forum Terms of Use.
4. Content Standards –
   1. You may not submit content to the Forum that is illegal, offensive, or otherwise harmful to others. This includes content that is harassing, inappropriate, or abusive.
   2. You may not submit content to the Forum that violates any law, infringes anyone’s intellectual property rights, violates anyone’s privacy, or breaches agreements you have with others.
   3. You may not submit content to the Forum containing malicious computer code, such as computer viruses or spyware.
   4. You may not submit content to the Forum as a mere placeholder, to hold a particular address, user name, or other unique identifier.
   5. You may not use the Forum to disclose information that you do not have the legal right to disclose, such as others’ confidential, proprietary, or personal information.
5. Enforcement – We may investigate and enforce any violation of these Forum Terms of Use. We may notify and cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting any violations of the law relating to your use of the Forum. We reserve the right to change, redact, and/or delete content on the Forum for any reason at our sole and absolute discretion. If you believe someone has submitted content to the Forum in violation of these Forum Terms of Use, please contact us immediately.
6. Your American Civil Defense Company LLC Online Community Account – You must create and log into an account to use some features of the Forum. To create an account, you must provide some information about yourself. If you create an account, you agree to provide, at a minimum, a valid e-mail address, and to keep that address up-to-date. You may close your American Civil Defense Company LLC Online Community account at any time by e-mailing admin@acdefense.co. You agree to be responsible for all action taken using your account, whether authorized by you or not, until you either close your account or notify us that your account has been compromised. You agree to notify us immediately if you suspect your account has been compromised. You agree to select a secure password for your account, and keep it secret. We may restrict, suspend, or close your account on the Forum according to our policy for handling copyright-related takedown requests, or if we reasonably believe that you’ve violated any of the Terms of Use or Forum Terms of Use.
7. Your Content – When you post content in the Forum, you permit us to display and distribute the content in whole or in part and to use it for advertising and promotion. You grant us the complete, perpetual, but non-exclusive right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, distribute, sub-license, etc. your content in whole or in part, throughout the world and universe, on a royalty-free basis. We do not try to edit or to monitor messages posted on the Forum, but we reserve the right to edit or remove objectionable postings. The person posting a message is solely responsible for that message. If you violate the terms of Use or Forum Terms of Use you may be permanently banned from using the Forum or even have your American Civil Defense Company LLC Membership terminated.
8. Your Responsibility – You agree to indemnify us from any and all legal claims, causes of action, penalties, or investigations by others related to your violation or breach of any of the Terms of Use or Forum Terms of Use these terms, or violation or breach of any of the Terms of Use or Forum Terms of Use by others using your account on the Forum. You agree to immediately notify us of any claims, claims, causes of action, investigations or penalties for which you might have to indemnify us. You agree to allow us to control investigation, defense, and settlement of claims, causes of action, investigations, or penalties for which you would have to indemnify us, and to cooperate with those efforts.
9. Disclaimers – You accept all risk of using the Forum and content on the Forum. We and ours uppliers provide the Forum AS-IS, without any warranty either express or implied whatsoever. The Forum may hyperlink to and integrate forums and services run by others. We do not make any warranty whatsoever about services run by others, or content they may provide. Use of services run by others may be governed by other terms between you and the one running those services.
10. Feedback – We welcome your feedback and suggestions for the Forum. See the Contact section below for ways to get in touch with us. You agree that we will be free to act on feedback and suggestions you provide, and that we won’t have to notify you that your feedback was used, get your permission to use it, or pay you. You agree not to submit feedback or suggestions that you believe might be confidential or proprietary, to you or others.
11. Termination – Either you or us may terminate participation in or opt-out of the Forum at any time. When you terminate participation in the Forum or your participation in the Forum is terminated by us, your permission to use the Forum is also terminated. The following provisions survive the termination of your participation in the Forum: Your Content, Feedback, Your Responsibility, Disclaimers, Limits on Liability, and General Terms.
12. Contact – You may notify us and send questions to us, at admin@acdefense.co. We may notify you using the e-mail address you provide for your account on the Forum, or by posting a message to the homepage of the Forum or your account page.

Changes: We last updated these Terms of Use and Forum terms of Use on March 1, 2023, and may update these Terms of Use and Forum Terms of use in the future from time to time. By accessing the site, becoming a user, accessing any of our forums or 3rd party platforms, you agree to be bound by the Terms of Use and Forum terms of Use in effect as of the date and time of your use.