Terms of Use

Last updated December 9, 2022

1. YOUR ACCEPTANCE By accessing and using Do Something Cool’s websites, social media pages, and other branded digital properties owned and operated by Do Something Cool (“DSC,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) – including, for example, the website located at https://dosomethingcool.org/) ( together with all content and functionality available through the property, our “Website”) – you signify your agreement to (1) these terms and conditions (the “Terms of Use”), and (2) our privacy policy, found at https://www.dosomethingcool.org/privacy-policy and incorporated here by reference (the “Privacy Policy”), which describes our privacy practices, including with regard to the collection, use and disclosure of information on the Website. If you do not agree to any of these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy, do not use the Website. We may occasionally update these Terms of Use, especially as new features are added to this Website. We will indicate that the terms have changed by changing the “Last Updated” date displayed above. Any changes in these Terms of Use will take effect upon posting. We encourage you to periodically check for updates to these Terms of Use and to review the most up-to-date version on the Website. You agree to be bound by such modifications or revisions. Nothing in these Terms of Use shall be deemed to confer any third-party rights or benefits.
2. ABOUT THE INFORMATION ON THIS SITE The Content (as defined below) available on this Website is intended to be a general information resource and is provided solely on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. You are encouraged to confirm the information contained herein. You should not construe DSC’s publication of the Content on this Website as a warranty or guarantee of the quality or availability of any goods or services.
3. ELIGIBILITY By using this Website, you represent and warrant that (a) all registration and other information you submit, if any, is truthful and accurate; (b) you will maintain the accuracy of any information you provide; (c) you will not submit any personal information if you are under 13 years of age; and (d) your use of this Website does not violate any applicable law or regulation. The Website is not directed toward children under 13 years of age nor does DSC knowingly collect information from children under 13. If you are under 13, please do not submit any personally identifiable information to DSC.
4. USE OF MATERIALS ON THIS SITE The content on this Website includes, but is not limited to, text, graphics, images, photographs, illustrations, maps, trademarks, tradenames, service marks, logos, User Submissions (as defined below), information obtained from DSC’s licensors, and other materials (“Content”). Except with respect to User Submissions, title to the Content on this Website remains with DSC. Except with respect to User Submissions, DSC invites you to view and use a single copy of the materials obtained from this Website for your personal, non-commercial use. Except as expressly permitted on this Website, you agree not to license, distribute, create derivative works from, transfer, sell or re-sell any information, Content, or services obtained from this Website. No graphics, photographs or other visual elements obtained through this Website may be used, copied, or distributed separate from the accompanying text without the prior express written consent of the original owner or DSC. You are not permitted to use the materials on this Website except as expressly set forth herein. You may not under any circumstances attempt to deface, shut down or otherwise damage this Website. You may not, without DSC’s written permission, “mirror” any ‘Content contained in this Website or any other server.
5. YOUR USER SUBMISSIONS AND CONDUCT As a user you may submit textual and photo content (“User Submissions”). You understand that whether or not such User Submissions are published, we do not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any User Submissions. You shall be solely responsible for your own User Submissions and the consequences of posting or publishing them. In connection with User Submissions, you affirm, represent, and/or warrant that: you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use and authorize us to use all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to any and all User Submissions to enable inclusion and use of the User Submissions in the manner contemplated by the Website and these Terms of Use. For clarity, you retain all of your ownership rights in your User Submissions. However, by submitting User Submissions to us, you hereby grant DSC a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the User Submissions in connection with the Website and our (and our successors’ and affiliates’) business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Website (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels. You also hereby grant each user of the Website a non-exclusive license to access your User Submissions through the Website, and to use such User Submissions as permitted through the functionality of the Website and under these Terms of Use. The above licenses granted by you in User Submissions terminate within a commercially reasonable time after you remove or delete your User Submission from the Website. You understand and agree, however, that we may retain, but not display, distribute, or perform, server copies of User Submissions that have been removed or deleted. The above licenses granted by you in User Submissions are perpetual and irrevocable. In connection with User Submissions, you further agree that you will not submit material that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from their rightful owner to post the material and to grant us all of the license rights granted herein. You further agree that you will not, in connection with User Submissions, submit material that is contrary to the following guidelines, which may be updated from time to time, or contrary to applicable local, national, and international laws and regulations: • We are a non-partisan organization. You will not post images or comments that include partisan content. • You will not post images or comments that include political electoral content. We seek to provide a forum to discuss policy – not to advance the interests of any particular political party or candidate for office. • You will not post images or comments that include pornographic or sexually explicit content. • You not post images or comments that include showing graphic or gratuitous violence. • You will only upload images or comments that you made or that you are authorized to use. This means you will not upload images or comments you didn’t make, or use content in your images or comments that someone else owns the copyright to without necessary authorizations. • You will not post images or comments that include hate speech (speech which attacks or demeans a group based on race or ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age, veteran status, and sexual orientation/gender identity). • You will not post images or comments intended to solicit business or promote any products for use or sale. • You will not post images or comments that contain private information of any third party, including, without limitation, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers. • You will not post images or comments that contain viruses, corrupted data or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files. DSC does not endorse any User Submission or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein, and we expressly disclaim any and all liability in connection with User Submissions. We do not permit copyright infringing activities and infringement of intellectual property rights on the Website, and we will remove all Content and User Submissions if properly notified that such Content or User Submission infringes on another’s intellectual property rights. Although DSC has no obligation to do so, we reserve the right in our sole discretion to remove Content and User Submissions without prior notice.
6. LINKS TO DSC WEBSITES Unless otherwise set forth in a written agreement between you and DSC, you must adhere to DSC’s linking policy as follows: (i) the appearance, position and other aspects of the link may not be such as to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with DSC’s names and trademarks, (ii) the appearance, position and other attributes of the link may not create the false appearance that your organization or entity is sponsored by, affiliated with, endorsed by, or otherwise associated with DSC, (iii) when selected by a user, the link must display this Website on full-screen and not within a “frame” on the linking Website, and (iv) DSC reserves the right to revoke its consent to the link at any time and in its sole discretion. Use or misrepresentation of any of DSC’s logos, designs, images, photographs, slogans, trademarks or service marks in conjunction with the external links is not permitted.
7. LINKS TO EXTERNAL SITES DSC, in its sole discretion, may provide links to other platforms on the World Wide Web for your convenience in locating related information, products, and services. These platforms have not necessarily been reviewed by DSC and are maintained by third parties over which DSC exercises no control. Use of these platforms is at your own risk. Accordingly, DSC expressly disclaims any responsibility for the content, the materials, the accuracy of the information, and/or quality of the products or services provided by, available through, or advertised on these third-party websites and DSC disclaims all liability with regard to your access to and use of such linked websites. Moreover, these links do not imply an endorsement by DSC with respect to any third party, any information or material on any other site, any candidate for political office identified in a third-party site or any website or the products or services provided by any third party.
8. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE CONTENT, FEATURES, FUNCTIONALITY, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND PROMOTIONS MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE) SHALL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DSC, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE THEREOF. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE WEBSITE’S CONTENT OR THE CONTENT OF ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO THE WEBSITE AND ASSUME NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (I) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT, (II) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE WEBSITE, (III) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (IV) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE WEBSITE, (IV) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE BY ANY THIRD-PARTY, AND/OR (V) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, EMAILED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE WEBSITE.
9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IN NO EVENT SHALL DSC, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY (I) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT, (II) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE WEBSITE, (III) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (IV) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE WEBSITE, (V) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE, WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR (VI) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, EMAILED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW IN THE APPLICABLE JURISDICTION. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR USER SUBMISSIONS OR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD-PARTY AND THAT THE RISK OF HARM OR DAMAGE FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU. Exclusions and Limitations: Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, or the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitations may not apply to you. This Limitation of Liability shall be applied to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. The Website is controlled and offered by us from our facilities in the United States of America. We make no representations that the Website is appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who access or use the Website from other jurisdictions do so at their own volition and are responsible for compliance with local law.
10. INDEMNITY – You agree to indemnify, defend and hold DSC, its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, agents, partners and employees, licensees and assigns harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, due to or arising out of your use of this Website and/or breach of this Agreement. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive these Terms of Use and your use of the Website.
11. COPYRIGHT- The Website, including all text, graphics, user interfaces, visual interfaces, photographs, sounds, audio, video, artwork, computer code (including HTML, CSS, XML, and JavaScript), interactive features, programs, software, products, information, and documentation as well as the design, structure, selection, coordination, expression, “look and feel,” unless otherwise indicated is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. DSC also owns a copyright in the Content of this Website, and in the selection, coordination, arrangement, and enhancement of the Content on this Website. Any downloadable or printable programs, information, or materials available through this Website and all copyrights, trade secrets, and know-how related thereto, unless otherwise indicated, are owned by DSC. Except for your use as authorized above, you may not modify, reproduce or distribute the Content, design or layout of this Website, or individual sections of the Content, design or layout of this Website, without DSC’s express prior written permission.
12. CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT – The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the “DMCA”) provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under United States copyright law. If you believe, in good faith, that materials hosted on the Website infringe your copyright, you (or your agent) may send us a notice requesting that the material be removed, or access to it blocked. Notices and counter-notices must meet the current statutory requirements imposed by the DMCA. As of the date these Terms of Use were last updated, to be effective under the DMCA, notification of claims of copyright infringement by third parties must be a written communication to our agent that includes the following: (a) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized