Legal Documents

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Virgin Valley Water District (VVWD) has published this Acceptable Use Policy in an effort to enhance the use of the Internet by promoting responsible use and in an effort to provide a reliable, high-quality service to its customers. In that regard, VVWD requires its customers and other third-party users to utilize VVWD’s services and network responsibly and in compliance with all applicable laws and the terms of this Acceptable Use Policy. This Acceptable Use Policy supplements rather than supersedes any and all agreements between a User and VVWD with respect to the use of VVWD’s services and network by such User. Use by a User of VVWD’s services or network constitutes acceptance by such User of the terms of this Acceptable Use Policy.

PROHIBITED CONDUCT 
Users may not use VVWD’s services or network:

• In violation of any applicable local, state, or federal law or regulation.
• In a manner that infringes or may infringe upon any copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, or other types of intellectual property.
• To transmit offensive or threatening materials, including materials that are obscene, pornographic, defamatory, libelous, abusive, hateful, excessively violent, or otherwise inappropriate.
• To transmit fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading materials, or to advance any type of financial scam.
• To transmit any materials that harasses another person or entity.
• To transmit viruses, Trojan horses, or other materials harmful to any network or equipment or other Users or third parties.
• In a manner that exposes or may expose VVWD, its customers, partners, resellers, or vendors, or any other person or entity using the VVWD network to abuse, complaints, retaliation, connectivity issues, or other negative impact.

SYSTEM AND NETWORK SECURITY
Users may not use VVWD’s services or network to violate, or to attempt to violate, the security of any network, service, data, or other system without proper authorization, including, without limitation:

• Any attempt to access any network, service, data, or other system that such User is not authorized to access.
• Any attempt to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any network, service, or system without proper authorization.
• Any attempt to breach any security or authentication measures.
• Any attempt to monitor data or traffic on any network or system without proper authorization.
• Any attempt to interfere with service to any User, host, or network, including, without limitation, by means of overloading, mail bombing, flooding, crushing, or any denial of service attacks.
• Any attempt to forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in an e-mail message or a newsgroup posting.
• Any attempt to utilize another User’s account name without proper authorization.

SPAMMING
Users may not use VVWD’s services or network to transmit any unsolicited commercial or unsolicited bulk email messages, commonly known as “spam.” For purposes of this Acceptable Use Policy, an email message shall be deemed to be unsolicited if:

• It is sent to a recipient:
  • Who has not expressly requested or invited it,
  • With whom the sender does not have an existing personal or business relationship, or
  • Who has requested that the sender not send it any further email messages.
• Such email message is considered to be unsolicited under any applicable local, state, or federal law or regulation. In addition, Users are prohibited from using the services or network of another provider to send spam or to promote a site hosted on or connected with VVWD’ services or network.

EMAIL LIMITS

In order to ensure server stability and uptime of the mail server, the following limits shall apply to all Users of VVWD email:

• Size per message: 10 MB incoming and outgoing

Messages that exceed the above limit shall be rejected, and mailboxes that exceed the above limit shall not be able to receive further incoming mail. Messages that have been unchecked for 90 days automatically shall be deleted from the server.

CONSEQUENCES 
If VVWD determines that a User has violated any of the terms of this Acceptable Use Policy, VVWD shall have the right in its sole discretion to:

• Demand immediate removal of the violating material and/or;
• Terminate or suspend such User’s services.

VVWD may involve, and shall cooperate with, law enforcement authorities if criminal activity is suspected. In addition, Users who violate this Acceptable Use Policy may be subject to civil or criminal liability. VVWD shall not be liable for any damages suffered by any User or third party resulting directly or indirectly from any actions taken by VVWD pursuant to this Acceptable Use Policy.

In order to protect the VVWD network and all Users utilizing the VVWD network, VVWD shall have the right, immediately and without prior notice, to terminate routing of a User’s assigned IP address space in the event such User is under a network-based attack; however, VVWD shall use reasonable efforts to reinstitute routing of such User’s assigned IP address space at VVWD’ discretion following such network-based attack. In the event that a User experiences repeated network-based attacks, VVWD reserves the right to suspend or terminate such User’s services immediately and without prior notice.

VIOLATION REPORTING
Violations or potential violations of this Acceptable Use Policy may be reported to VVWD at customerservice@vvwdnv.com

MODIFICATIONS
VVWD reserves the right to modify this Acceptable Use Policy from time to time without notice at VVWD’s sole discretion. Such modifications shall be effective when posted.

Virgin Valley Water District (VVWD) is committed to protecting the privacy of you, our web site visitor. We have established this Privacy Policy as our commitment to maintain the privacy of your personal information in connection with all our online activities.

USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may gather information about you through our web site in three ways.

• We may collect and store some personally identifiable information, such as your name, telephone number and email address that you provide to us through forms, product and service orders, or inquiries.
• We may collect and store information about your visit to this site in collective or agglomerated data that does not identify you specifically.
• We may collect and store information through the use of “cookies.” The term “cookies” refers to lines of text that are transmitted to your web browser when you click on a site, providing a way for a server to recall a previous request or previous registration, or keep track of a transaction as it progresses, so that information does not have to be repeated. We use all of this information to help maintain accurate accounts, to provide and change services, to provide accurate billing, to answer your inquiries, to market services and products, and to help make our web site useful to you.

SHARING INFORMATION
The information that we obtain from you is generally necessary for us to provide you with our services and to design future services for you. VVWD will not sell, trade, or disclose to third parties personal information gathered online about you without your consent. The only exceptions to this rule are:

• When we work with affiliated businesses, partners, or agents to develop a relationship with you or to perform services for you on our behalf. We require the relevant businesses, partners, or agents to adhere to our policies regarding the use and protection of your personal information.
• When we may be required by subpoena, search warrant, or other legal process or in the case of imminent physical harm to you or others.

EMAIL COMMUNICATION
VVWD, our team, partners, and our affiliated businesses, may use email to communicate to you, respond to your emails, or to inform you about events or new products. We will not send commercial solicitation via email to you if you request that it not be sent.

CHILDREN
We do not market to or collect personal information about children under 18 years of age at this site.

MODIFICATIONS 
Virgin Valley Water District reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time without notice at Virgin Valley Water District’s sole discretion. Such modifications shall be effective when posted.

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE WWW.VVWDNV.COM WEB SITE OR ANY OTHER WEB SITE MAINTAINED BY Virgin Valley Water District OR ITS AFFILIATES. USING THIS SITE INDICATES THAT YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS, DO NOT USE THIS SITE.

COPYRIGHT
The entire contents of this Virgin Valley Water District (VVWD) website (Site) are protected by the United States copyright laws. Virgin Valley Water District (“VVWD”) is the owner of the copyright. Virgin Valley Water District authorizes you to view and to use the materials at this Site only for your personal, non-commercial use, provided that you retain this copyright notice on any copies of the materials that you use. You may not modify the materials at this Site in any way or reproduce or publicly display, perform, distribute, or otherwise use the materials for any public or commercial purpose. For the purposes of these Terms of Use, any use of these materials on any other web site or networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited.

TRADEMARK
The names, logos, and taglines identifying VVWD and its products and services, including, without limitation, “Virgin Valley Water District,” “Virgin Valley Water District,” “Simply Evolutionary,” and “Present Your Business the Way You’ve Always Imagined,” are proprietary marks of Virgin Valley Water District or its affiliates. All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners.

MATERIAL SUBMITTED TO VVWD
Except as otherwise set forth in Virgin Valley Water District’s Privacy Policy posted on this Site, any materials, information, or other communication that you transmit or post to this Site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary, and VVWD and its designees will be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate, and otherwise use the communication and all data, images, sounds, text, and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Links to third party web sites on this Site are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you may leave this Site. VVWD has not reviewed all of these third party sites in their entirety and does not control and is not responsible for any of these sites or their content. VVWD does not endorse or make any representations about these third party sites, or any advertising, information, software, or other products or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this Site, you do so entirely at your own risk.

LINKS TO VVWD’S WEBSITE 
With permission from Virgin Valley Water District by sending an email request to info@vvwdnv.com, you may create a hypertext link to this Site from your website provided that the page containing the link properly attributes the linked site to Virgin Valley Water District Neither your site nor your link to this Site shall:

• Imply VVWD’s sponsorship or endorsement of your site or the products, services, or materials promoted or set forth on your site.
• Contain republished, redistributed, or copied materials from this Site, including by framing or other means.
• Misrepresent the relationship with VVWD or contain any false, misleading, or derogatory information about VVWD or its products or services.

CONTENT AND LIABILITY DISCLAIMER
The materials and services provided at this site are provided “as is” without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement of intellectual property.

VVWD further does not warrant the accuracy and completeness of the materials or services at this Site. The information and services at this Site may be out of date, and VVWD makes no commitment to update the materials and services at this Site. Information published at this Site may refer to products, programs, or services that are not available in your area.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 
In no event will VVWD, its suppliers, or other third parties mentioned at this site be liable for any special, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, or consequential damages, or for any loss of business or prospective business opportunities, profits, savings, information, use, or other commercial or economic loss arising out of the use, inability to use, or the results of use of this site, any websites linked to this site, or the materials, information, or services contained at any or all such sites, regardless of the legal theory under which such liability is asserted, including, without limitation, legal theories of warranty, contract, tort, or strict liability.

GOVERNING LAW – DISPUTE RESOLUTION 
Any claims arising out of the use of this Site shall be resolved by binding arbitration in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, in accordance with the then-current rules of the American Arbitration Association. These Terms of Use are made under and will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada, United States of America (other than conflict of law rules).

MODIFICATIONS
Virgin Valley Water District may make revisions to the materials at this Site, or to the products, services, and prices described herein, at any time without notice. By using this Site, you agree to be bound by any such revisions and therefore should visit this Site periodically to determine the then-current Terms of Use by which you are bound.