Terms of Service

Last Updated: July 2, 2025

Agreement to Terms

These Terms of Service constitute a legally binding agreement made between you and the CoSA Foundation ("we," "our," or "us"), concerning your access to and use of our website and services.

You agree that by accessing the website, you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all of these Terms of Service. If you do not agree with all of these Terms of Service, then you are expressly prohibited from using the website and you must discontinue use immediately.

Intellectual Property Rights

Unless otherwise indicated, the website is our proprietary property and all source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics on the website (collectively, the "Content") and the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (the "Marks") are owned or controlled by us or licensed to us, and are protected by copyright and trademark laws and various other intellectual property rights.

The Content and the Marks are provided on the website "AS IS" for your information and personal use only. Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Service, no part of the website and no Content or Marks may be copied, reproduced, aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose whatsoever, without our express prior written permission.

User Representations

By using the website, you represent and warrant that:

1. All registration information you submit will be true, accurate, current, and complete.
2. You will maintain the accuracy of such information and promptly update such registration information as necessary.
3. You have the legal capacity and you agree to comply with these Terms of Service.
4. You are not a minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside, or if a minor, you have received parental permission to use the website.
5. You will not access the website through automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script, or otherwise.
6. You will not use the website for any illegal or unauthorized purpose.
7. Your use of the website will not violate any applicable law or regulation.

User Registration

You may be required to register with the website. You agree to keep your password confidential and will be responsible for all use of your account and password. We reserve the right to remove, reclaim, or change a username you select if we determine, in our sole discretion, that such username is inappropriate, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.

Prohibited Activities

You may not access or use the website for any purpose other than that for which we make the website available. The website may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us.

As a user of the website, you agree not to:

1. Systematically retrieve data or other content from the website to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us.
2. Make any unauthorized use of the website, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of users by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email, or creating user accounts by automated means or under false pretenses.
3. Use the website to advertise or offer to sell goods and services.
4. Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the website.
5. Engage in unauthorized framing of or linking to the website.
6. Trick, defraud, or mislead us and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information such as user passwords.
7. Attempt to impersonate another user or person or use the username of another user.

Third-Party Websites and Content

The website may contain links to other websites ("Third-Party Websites") as well as articles, photographs, text, graphics, pictures, designs, music, sound, video, information, applications, software, and other content or items belonging to or originating from third parties ("Third-Party Content").

Such Third-Party Websites and Third-Party Content are not investigated, monitored, or checked for accuracy, appropriateness, or completeness by us, and we are not responsible for any Third-Party Websites accessed through the website or any Third-Party Content posted on, available through, or installed from the website.

Site Management

We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to:

1. Monitor the website for violations of these Terms of Service.
2. Take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates the law or these Terms of Service.
3. Refuse, restrict access to, limit the availability of, or disable (to the extent technologically feasible) any of your Contributions or any portion thereof.
4. In our sole discretion and without limitation, notice, or liability, to remove from the website or otherwise disable all files and content that are excessive in size or are in any way burdensome to our systems.
5. Otherwise manage the website in a manner designed to protect our rights and property and to facilitate the proper functioning of the website.

Term and Termination

These Terms of Service shall remain in full force and effect while you use the website. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THESE TERMS OF SERVICE, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY, DENY ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE WEBSITE, TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY REASON OR FOR NO REASON, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR BREACH OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR COVENANT CONTAINED IN THESE TERMS OF SERVICE OR OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION.

Modifications and Interruptions

We reserve the right to change, modify, or remove the contents of the website at any time or for any reason at our sole discretion without notice. We also reserve the right to modify or discontinue all or part of the website without notice at any time.

We will not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the website.

We cannot guarantee the website will be available at all times. We may experience hardware, software, or other problems or need to perform maintenance related to the website, resulting in interruptions, delays, or errors. We reserve the right to change, revise, update, suspend, discontinue, or otherwise modify the website at any time or for any reason without notice to you.

Governing Law

These Terms of Service and your use of the website are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California applicable to agreements made and to be entirely performed within the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

Contact Us

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