License

You may only use this Site if you are of legal age to form a binding contract and are not a person barred from receiving services under the laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction.  These Terms are a contract between you and NIS.  By accessing any portion of the Site, you have a limited license to use its contents for your personal, non-commercial use according to the Terms.  These Terms cannot be waived or modified by any oral communications between you and NIS.  If you have questions regarding these Terms, please contact NIS at 917-771-4977 or info@normalinschools.org.

Updating Terms

NIS reserves the right, at its discretion, to change, delete, and update portions of these Terms at any time. You should review these Terms periodically for changes. The Terms can be accessed from the link at the bottom of each Site page. If you use the Site after we post changes to the Terms, you agree to the changed Terms.

If you have an account or other relationship with NIS, that relationship is governed by the agreement specific to that account or arrangement. The terms of these other agreements are not altered by these Terms or by any content on the Site, provided that nothing in these other agreements shall diminish the protections and rights provided to NIS under these Terms. Except as may be expressly provided in additional terms of use for specific areas of the Site or the above-referenced agreements, these Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and NIS with respect to the use of Site. Information regarding NIS’s Privacy Policy can be found by clicking here.

Product Information

Without limiting the disclaimer language in these Terms, the product information, if any, contained on this Site is believed to be accurate at the time of posting.  However, from time to time NIS may find it necessary to make revisions.  NIS reserves the right to make all such changes without notice, including changes in prices, colors, materials, equipment and specifications, as well as the addition of new products and the discontinuance of products shown on the Site. Therefore, please contact NIS at 917-771-4977 or info@normalinschools.org to confirm the existence of any products, materials, design or specifications that are material to your purchase decision.

NIS Website Registration and Personal Information and Unauthorized Use

When you register, sign-up for, or purchase any NIS products or services, you agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information, including, without limitation, passwords, usernames, login ID’s, credit card and financial information, and other personally identifiable information (collectively, “Personal Information”). You also agree not to impersonate any person or entity, misrepresent any affiliation with another person, entity or association, use false e-mail or other headers, or otherwise conceal your identity from NIS for any purpose.

You agree not to share your Personal Information with another person. This requirement will assist in preventing unauthorized use or misuse of the Site and protect you, NIS and other Site users. By using or registering to use the Site, you agree to be responsible for all statements, transactions, and transmissions that occur within any Site or NIS services through the use of your Personal Information.  You agree that NIS is not liable to you or any third party for any damages or losses related to use of your Personal Information. If you believe that someone has used your Personal Information to access any NIS services without your authorization, please contact us immediately at 917-771-4977 or info@normalinschools.org.

Restrictions on Use of NIS Materials

Your license to use the Site includes the limited right to view, bookmark, download and print, for your non-commercial, personal use and information only, those pages of the Site that interest you. Your use of any materials or software from the Site is terminable by NIS at any time under the circumstances described in these Terms. You agree to retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the Site. 

The contents and use of the Site (including NIS’s name and the logos and software used in the Site) are registered and/or protected by U.S. and international copyright, trademark, and other laws. You may not:

(1)               use the Site to transmit, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, e-mail, or distribute in any way material or content that infringes any copyright, trademark, proprietary, or other right of any party or that violates these Terms;

(2)               copy (except as set forth above for non-commercial personal use), modify, distribute, create any derivative or compilation work from, or display NIS’s name or logo, or any text, graphic images, or other content from the Site or redeliver such content using framing or similar technology;

(3)               use any device designed to provide repeated automated access to any Site other than those made generally available by NIS;

(4)               include “NORMAL In Schools” or any other NIS trademarked materials, the name of any NIS personnel, or any variation of these items as a metatag or hidden textual element, or in any other fashion that may create a false or misleading impression of affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement between NIS and you, any other party, or any other website, or otherwise use these items without NIS’s express written permission;

(5)               collect or store personal data about other users of the Site;

(6)               upload, e-mail or otherwise transmit to NIS or through the Site or any NIS computer network any of the following: a sexually-explicit image or statement; advertising, promotional, or other unauthorized communication, including without limitation, “junk mail,” surveys, unsolicited e-mail, “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or other inappropriate or prohibited materials; and any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or any other computer code, files or programs that might interrupt, limit or interfere with, damage, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or information related to the Site or any computer software, hardware or communications equipment that is owned, leased or used by NIS;

(7)               create a link to any Site without NIS’s prior written permission;

(8)               use the Site to advertise or perform any commercial solicitation;

(9)               use the Site to post or transmit any threatening, false, misleading, abusive, harassing, libelous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. 

NIS reserves the right to disclose the identity of anyone posting or transmitting any information or materials violating the above prohibitions to law enforcement authorities or pursuant to any court order requesting or directing NIS to disclose such information.

NIS does not represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of communications posted by users, nor does NIS endorse any opinions expressed by users or any third parties using the Site. Any reliance on material posted by other users shall be at your own risk.

Termination, Removal of Materials, and Monitoring

You agree that NIS may terminate, restrict, or suspend part or all of your license to access the Site and delete any content transmitted to or through the Site, at any time without prior notice to you and without any liability to you.  NIS also reserves the right to take any action relating to user-submitted information that it deems necessary or appropriate if such information, as determined in NIS’s sole discretion, may create liability for NIS, its agents or its contractors or may affect NIS’s business relationships or contracts with its agents or its contractors. NIS further reserves the right to remove any materials that do not conform to these Terms - though NIS shall be under no affirmative obligation to monitor any of the foregoing or to otherwise screen or monitor any communications or information prior to their posting. You agree that NIS has the right, but is not obligated, to monitor your use of the Site and any communications made by you related to such use in any manner. You release NIS from any liability related to its monitoring activities.  If NIS denies you access to the Site, you agree to destroy all materials obtained from the Site and all copies of those materials with the exception of your personal customer-account-related materials.

Website Linking and Cautions About Third-Party Information Included in Site

For your general informational use only, NIS may provide access to third party websites. NIS is unable to verify, and takes no responsibility for, the contents of any third party website that may be linked to any Site via hyperlink or otherwise, whether such link is provided by NIS or by a third party (including any responsibility for the accuracy, timeliness, or suitability of the content of any third party website to which NIS may link). By providing access to other websites, NIS is not recommending or supporting any third party or endorsing or acknowledging that it is affiliated with any website's sponsoring organization.  NIS does not expressly, or by implication, endorse, recommend, or make any representations or warranties related to any commercial product, process or service (whether by trade name, trademark, service mark, generic description or referral to a distributor or manufacturer) referred to on any third party site or related to creation of links to such site.  Before relying on any information contained on any third party website, you are cautioned to undertake your own independent evaluation of its accuracy, completeness, usefulness, timeliness and correct sequencing, and protections against potential viruses and other malicious code in downloaded material. 

NIS may include third party information in the Site for general informational purposes only.  NIS is unable to verify the accuracy or completeness of third party information posted to the Site or accessible from the Site. Consequently, you agree NIS does not guarantee, and is not liable to you for, the accuracy, results, completeness, authorship or suitability of any third party content and NIS is not obligated to maintain, verify, update or post any corrections to such third party information for any reason.  Nothing in the Site referencing any third parties with whom NIS conducts business, and nothing in these Terms, shall be deemed to create any agency relationship or affiliation with, or endorsement or sponsorship of, such third parties or you or make the third parties or you partners or joint venturers with NIS, or otherwise provide you or any third parties with any rights to act on NIS’s behalf. 

Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability

In using this Site you acknowledge and accept that there are risks, including, without limitation, the risk of harm of people acting under false pretenses. You assume all risks associated with dealing with other users with whom you come in contact through the Site and other parties that use the Site or your personal information for unauthorized or illegal purposes.

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU AGREE THAT ALL INFORMATION AND CONTENT ON THE SITE ARE FURNISHED FOR GENERAL INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND THAT THE SERVICES, PRODUCTS, AND SOFTWARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE, AND THE SITE ITSELF, ARE FURNISHED TO YOU ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT ANY IMPLIED OR EXPRESSED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF, OR REPRESENTATIONS RELATED TO, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SUITABILITY, SECURITY, CORRECTNESS AND NONINFRINGEMENT, OR COMPLIANCE WITH ANY FEDERAL, STATE, OR OTHER LAW(S)).  YOU AGREE THAT NIS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTINUED AVAILABILITY, RELIABILITY, ACCURACY, RESULTS OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE OR ANY MATERIAL ON THE SITE, THE PERFORMANCE OF THE INTERNET, THE DOWNLOADING COMPATIBILITY OF ANY MATERIALS OR SOFTWARE WITH YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEMS, THE EXISTENCE OF ANY VIRUS, WORM, MALICIOUS CODE OR OTHER DISABLING DEVICE FROM ANY SOURCE, OR FOR THE UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF YOUR INFORMATION BY A PARTY OTHER THAN NIS.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE ABOVE LIABILITY DISCLAIMER, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU AGREE THAT IN NO EVENT WILL NIS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT MAY RESULT TO YOU FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE, OR THE MATERIALS AND SERVICES CONTAINED ON THE SITE (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES OR INJURY TO YOU CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATIONS LINE FAILURE RELATED TO THE SITE, ANY DESTRUCTION OR CORRUPTION OF YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR DATA, OR ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE SITE), UNLESS ARISING SOLELY AND DIRECTLY FROM NIS’S WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.

IN ANY EVENT, YOU AGREE THAT NIS IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR PROFITS); AND IN NO EVENT SHALL NIS’S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, LOSSES, FEES AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING ANY ATTORNEYS' FEES), WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, TRESPASS OR OTHERWISE EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THE SITE.  IF YOU LIVE IN A STATE THAT DOES NOT ALLOW THE WAIVER OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, LIMITATIONS, OR DAMAGES WAIVERS DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION, SOME OF THESE WAIVERS AND LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.  YOU AGREE TO PROMPTLY NOTIFY NIS IN WRITING IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE ANY CLAIM AGAINST NIS, AND, IN ANY EVENT, YOU AGREE THAT ANY CLAIM NOT BROUGHT WITHIN ONE YEAR OF YOUR DISCOVERY SHALL BE DEEMED WAIVED AND RELEASED.

Any references on the Site to product or service warranties provided by NIS related to products or services already purchased by you are provided for informational purposes only.  These references are not intended to extend, republish, or modify any warranties that accompanied the products or services at time of purchase or to create new warranties.

If you provide NIS with an email address for information delivery or otherwise request a non-secure delivery of information, you agree not to hold NIS responsible for any misuse or unauthorized viewing of that information.

Indemnification

In consideration of your use of the Site, you hereby agree to indemnify NIS (and any of its third party service providers) from and against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) arising out of or related to: (i) your (a) breach of these Terms, (b) violation of any person's or entity's legal rights (including, without limitation, copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, or other proprietary rights, or publicity, contract, moral, or privacy rights) (c) violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation, or (d) negligence, recklessness, or misconduct; or (ii) unauthorized use of your Personal Information by a party other than NIS.

Applicable Law and Arbitration of Disputes

NIS controls and operates the Site from our offices within the United States. If you choose to access the Site from other locations, you do so at your own risk and initiative and are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. You agree that the laws of the State of Wisconsin (excluding any choice of law rules) govern your rights and obligations relating to NIS and your use of the Site.  Any and all disputes arising under or relating to this Site shall be finally resolved by binding arbitration by a single arbitrator in accordance with the Commercial Rules of the American Arbitration Association, and judgment upon such an award may be entered by any court of competent jurisdiction.  The arbitrator will be an expert in the field of Internet services.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree that there shall be no class action arbitration pursuant to these Terms.  Exclusive jurisdiction and venue for arbitration or any other legal action or proceeding in any way related to the use of the Site shall be in the state court or district federal court for Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms, which shall remain in full force and effect conforming to NIS’s intent for entering into these Terms. No waiver of these Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term.

Additional Terms

Certain areas of this Site may be subject to additional terms of use. By using such areas or any part thereof, you agree to be bound by the additional terms of use applicable to such areas.

Copyright Agent for Claims of Copyright Infringement

Pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, NIS designates the agent below to receive notifications of claimed copyright infringement. If you reasonably believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide to NIS’s designated agent the following information:

(1)               an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;

(2)               a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;

(3)               a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on any Site;

(4)               your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;

(5)               a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and

(6)               a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the information included in your notification is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

NIS’s designated agent for notification may be contacted at:

By Mail:

Robyn Hussa

Executive Director

NORMAL In Schools

P.O. Box 20965

Milwaukee, WI  53220

By Phone: 917-771-4977

By Email: rhussa@normalinschools.org