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PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEB SITE.

By using this site, you are agreeing to the following Terms of Use. We reserve the right, at any time, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these Terms of Use. Please check these terms periodically for changes. Your continued use of the FOCUS Education Web site following the posting of changes to these terms (including the FOCUS Education Web site Privacy Policy) will mean you agree to be bound by such changes, modifications, or updates.

RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF MATERIALS
This site is owned and operated by the Orthodox Church in America (referred to as “OCA," "we," "us," or "our" herein). Only material intended for personal, non-commercial, home, school, or other educational uses (provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices) may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed from the FOCUS Education Web site. Permission to use, copy, and distribute all documents on this site, in whole or in part, for non-commercial use and without fee, is hereby granted, provided that appropriate credit to FOCUS Education be included in all copies.

In the event you download any files, images, data or other types of software from the site (collectively, the "Software"), it is licensed to you by the OCA or its respective owners. FOCUS Education does not transfer the title of the Software to you. You own the medium on which the Software is recorded, but the OCA retains full and complete title to the Software and all intellectual property rights therein. You may not sell, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or otherwise reduce the Software to a human-perceivable form.


JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES

This site is controlled and operated by the OCA from its offices within the State of New York, United States of America. FOCUS Education makes no representation that materials in the site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

TERMINATION
These terms are effective until terminated by either party. You may terminate these terms at any time by destroying all materials obtained by the FOCUS Education Web Site and all related documentation and all copies thereof, whether made under these terms or otherwise. These terms will terminate immediately without notice from the OCA if, in FOCUS Education’s sole discretion, you fail to comply with any provision of these terms. Upon termination, you must destroy all materials obtained from this site and all copies thereof, whether made under these terms or otherwise.

DISCLAIMER
THE MATERIALS AND INFORMATION IN THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT GUARENTIES OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, FOCUS EDUCATION DISCLAIMS ALL GUARENTIES AMD WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. FOCUS EDUCATION DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE MATERIALS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THE OCA DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE MATERIALS IN THIS SITE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, OR RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. YOU (AND NOT FOCUS EDUCATION) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.


OTHER

These terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. This is the entire agreement between us relating to the subject matter herein and shall not be modified except in writing and signed by both parties.

If you have any questions about FOCUS Education’s Terms and Conditions of Use, please email us at FocusEducation@oca.org

Last Updated 7/7/02

 
 
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