CATAPULT ONLINE TERMS OF USE
The CATAPULT website is comprised of various web pages operated by CATAPULT.
The CATAPULT website is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein (collectively, the “Terms of Use”). Your use of the CATAPULT website or any of the online web services, mobile applications and services for other types of devices provided to you on, from or through this Website or our mobile applications (collectively, the “Services”), constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices. You also agree to the terms and disclosures contained in our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to any of these terms, do not use the Services.
NO CHILDREN UNDER 13
The Services are not directed at or intended for use by children under 13 years old. You may be required to provide a date of birth to register for certain functionality of this website. You are not permitted to register or use the Services if you are under 13.
OWNERSHIP OF THE SITE
All pages within this site and any material made available for download are the property of CATAPULT, or its licensors or suppliers, as applicable. The site is protected by United States and international copyright and trademark laws. The contents of the site, including without limitation the files, documents, text, photographs, images, audio, and video, and any materials accessed through or made available for use or download through this site (“content”) may not be copied, distributed, modified, reproduced, published or used, in whole or in part, except for purposes authorized or approved in writing by CATAPULT. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose, or deep link to, any name, trademarks, service marks, logo, content or other proprietary information (including; images, text, page layout, or form) of CATAPULT without our express written consent.
USERS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
The Services are not directed at or intended for users outside the U.S. Please be advised that if you are located in the European Union or another region with laws related to data collection, use and transfer that may differ from U.S. law, your personal information submitted through the Services transferred to the U.S. may not have the same legal data protection as in your jurisdiction.
SITE ACCESS, SECURITY AND RESTRICTIONS; PASSWORDS
You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the site, including, without limitation, (a) accessing data not intended for such user or logging onto a server or an account which the user is not authorized to access; or (b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; or (c) accessing or using the site or any portion thereof without authorization, in violation of these Terms of Use or in violation of applicable law.
You may not use any scraper, crawler, spider, robot or other automated means of any kind to access or copy data on the site, deep link to any feature or content on the site, bypass our robot exclusion headers or other measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the site. You may not modify, adapt, sublicense, translate, sell, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the Services. You may not post or transmit any information or software that contains a virus, worm, time bomb, Trojan horse, spyware, adware, malware or other harmful, malicious or disruptive component; or tamper with or damage the Services in any way whatsoever, including but not limited to by trespass, burdening network capacity, repeatedly posting the same or similar content, or uploading or otherwise disseminating viruses, worms, spyware, adware or other malicious code.
Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. CATAPULT will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations. You agree not to use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this site or any activity being conducted on this site.
In the event access to the site or a portion thereof is limited requiring a user ID and password (“Protected Areas”), you agree to access Protected Areas using only your user ID and password as provided to you by CATAPULT. You agree to protect the confidentiality of your user ID and password, and not to share or disclose your user ID or password to any third party. You agree that you are fully responsible for all activity occurring under your user ID. We are not responsible for any losses arising out of the unauthorized use of your registration or the Services. If you believe that the security of your user ID and/or password has been compromised, you agree to immediately change your user ID and/or password to eliminate this security risk. You will notify CATAPULT of any known or suspected unauthorized use of, or disclosure related to, your registration. Your access to the site may be revoked by CATAPULT at any time with or without cause.
INDEMNIFICATION
YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS CATAPULT AND ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, SUCCESSORS, AGENTS, PARTNERS, CLIENTS, SPONSORS AND CONTRACTORS, FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LOSS, LIABILITY, CLAIMS, DEMANDS, DAMAGES, COSTS OR OTHER EXPENSES (INCLUDING REASONABLE LEGAL FEES) ASSERTED BY ANY THIRD PARTY DUE TO OR ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OUT OF OR FROM (A) YOUR VIOLATION OF THESE TERMS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PROVISIONS RELATING TO USER GENERATED CONTENT, (B) YOUR VIOLATION OF ANY RIGHTS OF ANOTHER USER OF THE SERVICES, AND/OR (C) YOUR USE OR ACCESS OF THE SITE AND/OR ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES OR SITE-RELATED SERVICES.
CONSENT TO RECEIVE COMMUNICATIONS
If you register or sign up to receive alerts, emails, or any other communications from us, you consent to receive such communications. You may opt out of these communications at any time using the prompts contained at the bottom of the communications.
ACCURACY AND INTEGRITY OF INFORMATION
Although CATAPULT attempts to ensure the integrity and accurateness of the site, it makes no representations, warranties or guarantees whatsoever as to the correctness or accuracy of the site and content thereon. It is possible that the site could include typographical errors, inaccuracies or other errors, and that unauthorized additions, deletions and alterations could be made to the site by third parties. In the event that an inaccuracy arises, please inform CATAPULT so that it can be corrected. Information contained on the site may be changed or updated without notice. Additionally, CATAPULT shall have no responsibility or liability for information or content posted to the site from any non-CATAPULT affiliated third party.
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS AND INCORRECT PRICING
In the event a product or service is listed at an incorrect price due to typographical error or error in pricing information received from our suppliers, we shall have the right to refuse or cancel any orders placed for product / service listed at the incorrect price. We shall have the right to refuse or cancel any such orders whether or not the order has been confirmed and your credit or debit card charged. If your credit or debit card has already been charged for the purchase and your order is canceled, we shall immediately issue a credit to your credit or debit card account in the amount of the incorrect price.
ONLINE PAYMENTS
You can purchase products and/or Services on the site. We accept credit cards issued by U.S. banks. If a credit card account is being used for a transaction, CATAPULT may obtain preapproval for an amount up to the amount of the payment. If you enroll to make recurring payments automatically, all charges and fees will be billed to the credit card you designate during the setup process. If you want to designate a different credit card or if there is a change in your credit card, you must change your information online. This may temporarily delay your ability to make online payments while we verify your new payment information.
You represent and warrant that if you are making online payments that (i) any credit card, debit card and bank account information you supply is true, correct and complete, (ii) charges incurred by you will be honored by your credit/debit card company or bank, (iii) you will pay the charges incurred by you in the amounts posted, including any applicable taxes, and (iv) you are the person in whose name the card was issued and you are authorized to make a purchase or other transaction with the relevant credit card and credit card information.
You agree to review and to comply with the terms and conditions of any specific agreement that you enter into with CATAPULT or the merchant and/or service provider in connection with the licensing or purchase of any product or service. You are responsible for all charges incurred by users of your account and credit card or other payment mechanism at the prices in effect when such charges are incurred. You will also be responsible for paying any applicable taxes relating to your purchases.
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
The CATAPULT website may contain links to other websites (“linked sites”). The linked sites are not under the control of CATAPULT and CATAPULT is not responsible for the contents of any linked site, including without limitation any link contained in a linked site, or any changes or updates to a linked site. CATAPULT is not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any linked site. CATAPULT is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by CATAPULT of the site or any association with its operators. You are encouraged to review any privacy policy or terms of service posted on the linked sites.
NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE
As a condition of your use of the CATAPULT website, you warrant to CATAPULT that you will not use the CATAPULT website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use the CATAPULT website in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the CATAPULT website or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the CATAPULT website. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the CATAPULT websites.
USER GENERATED CONTENT AND OTHER POSTINGS TO THE SITE
If you submit, upload or post any comments, ideas, suggestions, information, files, images or other materials to us or our site (“user generated content” or “User Content”), you agree not to provide any user generated content that (1) is defamatory, abusive, libelous, unlawful, obscene, threatening, harassing, fraudulent, pornographic, or harmful, or that could encourage criminal or unethical behavior, (2) violates or infringes the privacy, copyright, trademark, trade dress, trade secrets or intellectual property rights of any person or entity, (3) without CATAPULT’s prior written approval (except for postings to job boards), constitutes an advertisement, promotion or solicitation of goods or services for commercial purposes (including but not limited to the solicitation of users of the Services to become users of other online services competitive with CATAPULT), or any other form of solicitation involving commercial activities and/or sales, such as contests, sweepstakes, advertising or pyramid schemes; or (4) contains or transmits a virus or any other harmful component. You agree not to contact other site users through unsolicited e-mail, telephone calls, mailings or any other method of communication. You represent and warrant to CATAPULT that you have the legal right and authorization to provide all user generated content to CATAPULT for the purposes and CATAPULT’s use as set forth herein. CATAPULT shall have a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable right and license to use the user generated content however CATAPULT desires, including without limitation, to copy, link to, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, sublicense and/or distribute such user generated content and/or incorporate such user generated content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world. CATAPULT is and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any user generated content in confidence; (2) to pay to you any compensation for any user generated content; (3) to provide notice to you or attribution regarding any User Content; or (4) to respond to any user generated content. CATAPULT and its subsidiaries, licensees and third-party content providers and licensors have the right to assert and enforce these provisions relating to User Content directly or on its own behalf.
CATAPULT does not regularly review posted user generated content but does reserve the right (but not the obligation) to monitor and edit or remove any user generated content submitted to the site. You grant CATAPULT the right to use the name that you submit in connection with any user generated content. You agree not to use a false email address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of any user generated content. You are and shall remain solely responsible for the content of any user generated content you make. CATAPULT and its affiliates take no responsibility and assume no liability for any user generated content submitted by you or any third party.
CATAPULT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO POST OR USE ANY USER CONTENT, AND WE MAY REMOVE USER CONTENT OF WHICH WE BECOME AWARE AT ANY TIME FOR ANY REASON IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION. CATAPULT reserves the right to decide whether User Content is appropriate and complies with these terms and conditions. CATAPULT assumes no responsibility or liability for the deletion, corruption, or loss of User Content or failure to receive or store User Content for any reason, including but not limited to malfunctioning of any network, hardware, or software.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold CATAPULT harmless from and against all third party claims, damages and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) against or incurred by CATAPULT arising out of any user generated content you post or allow to be posted to the site.
CONTESTS, SWEEPSTAKES AND PROMOTIONS
You acknowledge that if and when CATAPULT sponsors contests, sweepstakes, or promotions (each a “Special Program”), or third parties sponsor a Special Program in conjunction with CATAPULT, CATAPULT or the third party will post terms and conditions in the official rules and/or registration area for the Special Program that apply to the particular Special Program. Those terms and conditions, to the extent they conflict with these Terms, will govern that particular Special Program.
LIABILITY DISCLAIMER
THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CATAPULT WEBSITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR ACCESS TO THE SERVICES AND/OR SITE-RELATED SERVICES MAY NOT BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE. YOU ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES AND SITE-RELATED SERVICES. CATAPULT AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE CATAPULT WEBSITE AT ANY TIME. ADVICE RECEIVED VIA THE CATAPULT WEBSITE SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR PERSONAL, MEDICAL, LEGAL OR FINANCIAL DECISIONS AND YOU SHOULD CONSULT AN APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE TAILORED TO YOUR SITUATION.
CATAPULT AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE CATAPULT WEBSITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. CATAPULT AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL CATAPULT AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE CATAPULT WEBSITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE CATAPULT WEBSITE OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE CATAPULT WEBSITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE CATAPULT WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF CATAPULT OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE CATAPULT WEBSITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE CATAPULT WEBSITE.
SERVICE CONTACT: info@letscatapult.org
TERMINATION/ACCESS RESTRICTION
CATAPULT reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the CATAPULT website and the related Services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. If your access or account has been terminated, CATAPULT may, but is not obligated to, irretrievably delete any and all content stored pertaining to activity from your registration.
GENERAL
To the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina, U.S.A., exclusive of its choice of law rules, and each party hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts of Wake County, North Carolina, U.S.A. in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the CATAPULT website and/or Services and waives any jurisdictional, venue or inconvenient forum objections to such courts. YOU FURTHER AGREE THAT NEITHER YOU NOR CATAPULT WILL PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OR CLASS ACTION ARBITRATION OR CLAIMS BROUGHT IN A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL OR REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY, IF CATAPULT IS A PARTY TO SUCH A PROCEEDING. Use of the CATAPULT website is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and CATAPULT as a result of this agreement or use of the CATAPULT website. CATAPULT’s performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of CATAPULT’s right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the CATAPULT website or information provided to or gathered by CATAPULT with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect. Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and CATAPULT with respect to the CATAPULT website and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and CATAPULT with respect to the CATAPULT website. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish of the parties that this agreement and all related documents be drawn up in English. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. Any heading, caption, or paragraph title contained in these terms and conditions is inserted only as a matter of convenience and in no way defines or explains any paragraph or provision hereof. Nothing in these terms and conditions shall be deemed to confer any third-party rights or benefits. These terms and conditions, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by CATAPULT without restriction.
COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICES:
All contents of the CATAPULT website are by CATAPULT and/or its suppliers. All rights reserved. You may not use any trademark or service mark appearing on or in the Services without the prior written consent of the owner of the mark.
TRADEMARKS
The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
The example companies, organizations, products, people and events depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, person, or event is intended or should be inferred.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
NOTICES AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
We disclaim any responsibility or liability for copyrighted materials posted on our site. If you believe that your work has been copied in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, please follow the procedures set forth below.
CATAPULT respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), we will respond promptly to notices of alleged infringement that are reported to CATAPULT’s Designated Copyright Agent, identified below.
Reporting Copyright Infringement and Repeat Infringer Policy
If you are a copyright owner, authorized to act on behalf of one, or authorized to act under any exclusive right under copyright, you may submit a notification of claimed infringement under the DMCA by sending us a notice (“Notice”) complying with the following requirements:
- Identify the copyrighted works that you claim have been infringed.
- Identify the material or link you claim is infringing (or the subject of infringing activity) and that access to which is to be disabled, including at a minimum, if applicable, the URL of the link shown on the site where such material may be found.
- Provide your mailing address, telephone number, and, if available, email address.
- Include both of the following statements in the body of the Notice: “I hereby state that I have a good faith belief that the disputed use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law (e.g., as a fair use).”
“I hereby state that the information in this Notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that I am the owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of the copyright or of an exclusive right under the copyright that is allegedly infringed.”
- Provide your full legal name and your electronic or physical signature.
- Deliver this Notice, with all items completed, to our Copyright Agent:
CATAPULT webmaster
CATAPULT
3150 Spring Forest Rd. #116
Raleigh, NC 77616
E-mail: info@letscatapult.org
Telephone: (919) 878-9222
CATAPULT reserves the right to terminate a user’s access to the Services if we determine, in our sole discretion, that the user is a repeat infringer. For purposes of the DMCA, a repeat infringer is a user who has been notified of infringing activity and has had User Content (as defined above) removed from the Services more than once.
MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS OF USE
CATAPULT reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which the CATAPULT website and/or Services are offered, including but not limited to the charges associated with the use of the CATAPULT website. Your use of the Services after such notice shall be deemed to constitute your acceptance of such changes, modifications, additions, or deletions.