Welcome to our website. These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of this site. If you visit or donate through this site, you agree to these Terms.
Copyright
All content on this site, including text, graphics, logos, icons, and images, is the property of CERV or its content providers and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used on this site is the property of CERV, its service providers, or suppliers.
License and Site Access
We grant you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site. You may not download (other than page caching), modify, reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, or otherwise exploit this site or its contents for any commercial purpose without our express written permission.
You may not use framing techniques, meta tags, hidden text, data mining tools, robots, or similar tools to extract or misuse any content or trademarks on this site. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission granted by CERV.
Comments, Communications, and Other Content
Visitors may post reviews, comments, suggestions, ideas, or other content, provided it is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise harmful or objectionable.
If you submit content, you grant CERV a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, publish, translate, distribute, and display such content in any media. You represent that you own or control all rights to any content you submit and that it does not violate these Terms.
Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability
This site and all information, content, materials, products, and services made available through it are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. CERV makes no representations or warranties of any kind regarding the operation of this site or the information, content, materials, or services included on it.
To the full extent permissible by law, CERV disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. CERV will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of this site.
Applicable Law
By visiting this site, you agree that the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, govern these Terms and any disputes that may arise.
Disputes
Any dispute related in any way to your visit to this site or purchases or donations made through it shall be brought exclusively in state or federal courts located in Monterey County, California. You consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in those courts.
Affiliate Disclosure
North Ember participates in the Amazon Associates Program. As an Amazon Associate, North Ember earns from qualifying purchases. All affiliate proceeds are donated to CERV to support community resilience programs. This disclosure applies to any Amazon links appearing on this site.
Site Policies, Modification, and Severability
Please review our other policies posted on this site, including our Privacy Policy. These policies govern your visit. We reserve the right to make changes to our site, policies, and these Terms at any time. If any condition is deemed invalid or unenforceable, it shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining conditions.