Legal - Skin of Color Society

Answering Your Queries to the Skin of Color Society (SOCS)

Privacy Policy
When you send us personal data in the context of asking us a question or query, i.e., providing information about how you can donate or join the Skin of Color Society (SOCS), we shall use the data you provide to respond to your question.

In General. We may collect personal information that can identify you, such as your name and email address, and other information that does not identify you. When you provide personal information through our website, the information may be sent to servers located in the United States and other countries around the world.

Information you provide. We may collect and store any personal information you enter on our website or provide to us in some other manner, including personal information that may be contained in any video, comment, or other submissions you upload or post to the website. This includes identifying information, such as your name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number; your likeness; and, if you transact business with us, financial information such as your payment method (valid credit card number, type, expiration date, or other financial information). We also may request information about your interests and activities, your gender, birthdate, , and other demographic information.

Information from other sources. We may also periodically obtain personal and non-personal information about you from other IAC businesses, business partners, contractors, and other third parties. Examples of information that we may receive include: updated delivery and address information, purchase history, membership history, and additional demographic information.

Information about others. We may also collect and store personal information about other people that you provide to us. If you use our website to send others (friends, relatives, colleagues, etc.) a product as a gift, information that may interest them or messages (such as invitations) through our system, we may store your personal information and the personal information of each recipient. Similarly, if you use our website to upload, share, and/or distribute content (including videos, comments or other submissions), and such content contains personal information about others, such information may be stored in order to allow for such uploading, sharing and/or distribution.

Use of cookies and other technologies to collect information. We use various technologies to collect information from your computer and about your activities on our site.

Information collected automatically. We use various technologies to collect information from your computer and about your activities on our site.

Cookies. When you visit our website, we may assign your computer one or more cookies, to facilitate access to our site and to personalize your online experience. Through the use of a cookie, we also may automatically collect information about your online activity on our site, such as the web pages you visit, the links you click, and the searches you conduct on our site. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies. If you choose to decline cookies, please note that you may not be able to sign in or use some of the interactive features offered on our website. You may also clear or delete existing cookies from standard internet browsers.

Website Hosting

This website is hosted in the United States by a dedicated hosting organization. The hosting organization is contractually bound to implement measures to help protect your personal data and not to process such data except in accordance with our instructions. Any future hosting organization used in relation to this site will be similarly bound.

Security

We take reasonable precautions to keep your personal data secure and require third-party data processors to do likewise. All personally identifiable information is subject to restricted access to prevent unauthorized access, modification or misuse. Please note, however, that we may release your personal data if required to do so by law.

Use of Web Tags

Our website pages may contain electronic JavaScript code snippets known as web tags that allow us to count users who have visited these pages. Web tags collect only limited information which includes a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the web tag resides. These web tags do not carry any personally identifiable information and are only used to track the effectiveness of the website. Because web tags are the same as any other content request included in the request for a web page, you cannot opt-out or refuse them.

Your Rights

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), your rights include:

A right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data to which you have previously consented;

A right to obtain a copy of the personal data that we hold about you (we reserve the right to charge a small fee for the exercise of this right);

A right to object to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of direct marketing; and

A right to have incorrect personal data we hold about you corrected

Data Retention

We will retain your Personal Information for as long as needed or permitted in light of the purpose(s) for which it was obtained and consistent with applicable law. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include:

The length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you and provide the Skin of Color Society membership services to you (for example, for as long as you have an account with us or keep using the Skin of Color Society membership services);

Whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject (for example, certain laws require us to keep records of your transactions for a certain period of time before we can delete them); or

Whether retention is advisable in light of our legal position (such as in regard to applicable statutes of limitations, litigation, or regulatory investigations).

Contact Points

If you wish to ask any data protection questions or raise any data protection issues with us, please contact us using the details below:

Skin of Color Society (SOCS)
1932 S. Halsted St.
Suite #413
Chicago, IL 60608, USA

Terms of Use

This page states the Terms of Use ("Terms") under which you may use www.skinofcolorsociety.org ("skinofcolorsociety.org"), an online association management services portal and guide. Please read these Terms carefully. By using skinofcolorsociety.org, You agree to be bound by these Terms, including the skinofcolorsociety.org Privacy Policy.. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use and Privacy Policy you must immediately terminate your use of SOCS websites.

You may print or save a copy of these Terms of Use for your records.

1. Eligibility

You must be 18 years of age or older, or the age of majority as that which is defined in your jurisdiction, whichever is older, to visit or use skinofcolorsociety.org in any manner. By visiting skinofcolorsociety.org, or accepting these Terms, you represent and warrant to SOCS that you have reached the age of majority in your jurisdiction, and that you have the right, authority and capacity to agree to and abide by these Terms. You also represent and warrant to SOCS that you will use skinofcolorsociety.org in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.

2. Use of skinofcolorsociety.org Content

skinofcolorsociety.org authorizes You to view and access a single copy of the content available on or from skinofcolorsociety.org solely for your personal use. The contents of skinofcolorsociety.org, and of all other Web sites under skinofcolorsociety.org's control, whether partial or otherwise skinofcolorsociety.org and such other Web sites are sometimes collectively referred to as skinofcolorsociety.org Sites such as text, graphics, images, logos, button icons, software and other skinofcolorsociety.org content (collectively, skinofcolorsociety.org Content), are protected under both United States and foreign copyright, trademark and other laws. All skinofcolorsociety.org Content is the property of the Skin of Color Society or its content suppliers or clients.

You further agree to in no other way misuse skinofcolorsociety.org Content that appears on this Site, other than those specifically permitted herein or by written agreement with skinofcolorsociety.org. Unless specifically permitted herein or in writing by skinofcolorsociety.org, the use of the skinofcolorsociety.org Content on any other Web site or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited.

3. Skinofcolorsociety.org's Ownership Rights

Skinofcolorsociety.org and its licensors own all right, title and interest, including without limitation all worldwide intellectual property rights in the skinofcolorsociety.org Products and Services, and all such rights to all derivative works or enhancements of, in and to, or relating to, the skinofcolorsociety.org Products and Services. By entering into this Agreement or by using skinofcolorsociety.org, You will not acquire any intellectual property or similar rights in the skinofcolorsociety.org Products or Services other than a limited right to use the Products or Services for Your personal benefit.

4. Skinofcolorsociety.org Site Restrictions

You may not use any skinofcolorsociety.org Site in order to transmit, post, distribute, store or destroy material, including without limitation, skinofcolorsociety.org Content, (a) in violation of any applicable law or regulation, (b) in a manner that will infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of others or violate the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others, or (c) that is defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful.

You agree that you will not use the skinofcolorsociety.org site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the skinofcolorsociety.org site or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the skinofcolorsociety.org site. You may not obtain, use or access, or attempt to obtain, use or access, any materials or information through any means not intentionally made publicly available or provided for through the skinofcolorsociety.org site.

5. Advertisers

If You Participate as an Advertiser, You are solely responsible for all advertising content You transmit or submit to skinofcolorsociety.org or through the skinofcolorsociety.org Advertiser Program, whether created by or for You, including but not limited to: (i) artwork, written content, images, photos, graphics, music, animation, data, text, information, URLs, hypertext links, scripts and the content and material included in such components; and (ii) websites and content proximately reachable from such advertising content (collectively, "Ads"). Prior to providing any Ads and Participating as a Advertiser, You may be required to read and accept additional written terms and conditions governing Your submission of Ads to skinofcolorsociety.org (the "Advertiser Agreement"). skinofcolorsociety.org disclaims all liability relating to Your Ads and You agree to indemnify skinofcolorsociety.org for all loses skinofcolorsociety.org incurs associated with the Ads.

By submitting Content for advertising to any public area of any skinofcolorsociety.org Site, You automatically grant to skinofcolorsociety.org and its affiliates an irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual, fully paid non-exclusive right (including moral rights) and worldwide license to use, copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, communicate to the public, perform, display, and distribute such Content (in whole or in part) and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works (in any form, media or technology now known or later developed, for the full term of any rights that may exist in such content) such Content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses thereof (through multiple tiers).

Skinofcolorsociety.org does not represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of Advertiser Content.

6. Copyright Agent

We respect the intellectual property rights of others and require that the people who use the site do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please forward the following information to skinofcolorsociety.org, designated as such pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(2), named below:

Your address, telephone number, and email address;
A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
A description of where the alleged infringing material is located;
A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; and
A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

Attn: Copyright Agent
Skin of Color Society
Attn: Kimberly Miller
1932 S. Halsted Street, Suite 413
Chicago, IL 60608

info@skinofcolorsociety.org

7. Skinofcolorsociety.org's Liability

skinofcolorsociety.org acts as a venue for online association management services portal and guide. skinofcolorsociety.org may take any action with respect to Content that it deems necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion if it believes that such Content could create liability for skinofcolorsociety.org, damage skinofcolorsociety.org's brand or public image, or cause skinofcolorsociety.org to lose (in whole or in part) the services of its ISPs or other suppliers. While skinofcolorsociety.org reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove Content or other material from skinofcolorsociety.org from time to time, skinofcolorsociety.org does not assume any obligation to do so and disclaims any liability for failing to take any such action.

The skinofcolorsociety.org Sites and the skinofcolorsociety.org Content may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. skinofcolorsociety.org makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of any skinofcolorsociety.org Content. The use of all skinofcolorsociety.org Content is at your own risk. Changes are periodically made to skinofcolorsociety.org Sites and may be made at any time. skinofcolorsociety.org cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of skinofcolorsociety.org or any skinofcolorsociety.org Site. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by You from skinofcolorsociety.org or through or from skinofcolorsociety.org or any other skinofcolorsociety.org Site shall create any warranty not expressly stated herein.

8. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

The site, including, without limitation, all services, content, functions and materials, is provided "as is," "as available," without warranty of any kind, whether express or implied by statute, common law or otherwise, for information, data, data processing services, uptime or uninterrupted access, any warranties concerning the availability, accuracy, usefulness, or content of information, any warranties of title, non-infringement, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, and any implied warranty arising from course of dealing or usage of trade, and we hereby disclaim any and all such warranties, express and implied. We do not warrant, represent, or covenant that the web site or the services, content, functions or materials contained therein will be timely, secure, uninterrupted or error free, or that defects will be corrected. We make no warranty that the website will meet users' requirements. No advice, results, or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from us or through the site shall create any warranty not expressly made herein. Skinofcolorsociety.org also assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in the site or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, audio or software from the site. If you are dissatisfied with the site, your sole remedy is to discontinue using the site.

9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

In no event shall skinofcolorsociety.org, its affiliates or any of their directors, officers, employees, agents or content or service providers (Collectively, the "Protected Entities") Be liable, whether in an action based on a contract indemnification, obligation, tort (Including Without Limitation Negligence), collaterally or arising from any statutory duty, pre-contract or other representations, or otherwise, however arising, for any economic losses (Including, without limitation, loss of revenues, profits, contracts, business, goodwill or anticipated savings) or any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages arising from, or directly or indirectly related to, the use of, or the inability to use, the site or the content, materials and functions related thereto, your provision of information via the web site, lost business or lost sales, even if such protected entity has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

10. Local Standards

We do not represent that materials on the skinofcolorsociety.org site are appropriate for use in all locations. Persons who choose to access the skinofcolorsociety.org site do so on their own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

11. Links to Content and Other Sites

Skinofcolorsociety.org and certain other skinofcolorsociety.org Sites contain links to third-party Web sites and content. These links are provided solely as a convenience to You and not as an endorsement by skinofcolorsociety.org of the contents on such third-party websites. skinofcolorsociety.org is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such third-party Web sites. If You decide to access linked third-party websites, you do so at your own risk.

Skinofcolorsociety.org and certain other skinofcolorsociety.org Sites contain links to social media sites, including but not limited to testimonials. These links are provided solely as a convenience to You and not as an endorsement by skinofcolorsociety.org of the content on such social media sites. Skinofcolorsociety.org is not responsible for the content, accuracy of such content, or manner in which such content is provided to these third-party social media sites. You specifically agree that the use of these social media sites in conjunction with skinofcolorsociety.org is at your own risk.

12. Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Skin of Color Society, the Skin of Color Society Foundation, and skinofcolorsociety.org, its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, alleging or resulting from (i) any Content or other material You provide to any SOCS Site, or (ii) your breach of the terms of these Terms. Skinofcolorsociety.org shall provide notice to You promptly of any such claim, suit, or proceeding.

13. Miscellaneous

The Terms of Service and the relationship between you and us shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You agree that any cause of action that may arise under the Terms of Service shall be commenced and be heard in the appropriate court in the State of Illinois, Cook County. You agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within Cook County in the State of Illinois. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Any waiver of any provision of these Terms of Service by skinofcolorsociety.org must be made in writing and signed by an authorized representative of skinofcolorsociety.org specifically referencing these Terms of Service and the provision to be waived. Headings used in these Terms of Service are for convenience only and are not to be relied upon. If any provision of the Terms of Service is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Terms of Service remain in full force and effect.

These Terms of Service will inure to the benefit of, and are intended to be enforceable by, skinofcolorsociety.org's successors, assigns, and licensees.

14. Legal Disputes

If any dispute arises between You, another Advertiser and/or skinofcolorsociety.org or any combination thereof, as it relates to skinofcolorsociety.org and this Agreement, such dispute shall be submitted and settled in accordance with the Rules of the American Arbitration Association, in Cook County Illinois and the decision of a single English speaking arbitrator shall be final and binding.

These Terms constitute a binding agreement between you and skinofcolorsociety.org, and is accepted by you upon your use of the skinofcolorsociety.org site.

15. Term and Termination

These Terms of Use will take effect at the time you begin using SOCS websites. SOCS reserves the right, with or without notice, at any time and for any reason to deny you access to SOCS websites or to any portion thereof, and to terminate these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use will terminate automatically if you fail to comply with or violate them. You may terminate these Terms of Use at any time by ceasing to use SOCS website, but all applicable provisions of these Terms of Use will survive such termination. Upon termination, you must destroy all copies of any portion of SOCS websites, including any SOCS Content, in your possession.

16. User Obligations

You warrant that you will abide by all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations with respect to your use of SOCS websites and not interfere with the use and enjoyment of SOCS websites by other users or with SOCS operation and management of SOCS websites. You will, at all times, provide true, accurate, current, authorized, and complete information when submitting information or materials on SOCS websites, including, without limitation, information required to be provided through an SOCS registration form. If any false, inaccurate, untrue, unauthorized or incomplete information is submitted by you, SOCS reserves the right to terminate your access and use of SOCS websites. You warrant that you will not impersonate any other person or entity, whether actual or fictitious, when using SOCS websites, or defame or otherwise harm any party, including SOCS, through your use of SOCS websites.

17. Waiver and Severability

The failure of SOCS to exercise or enforce any right or provision in these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms of Use is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, such provision shall be enforced to the fullest extent of the law, and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

18. Complete Agreement

These Terms of Use, together with any revisions, any Additional Terms and Conditions incorporated by reference, and any Click-through Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement between you and SOCS relating to SOCS websites and its use by you, and supersedes any previous written or oral communication regarding use of SOCS websites.

19. Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns regarding these Terms of Use or SOCS websites, please visit our "Contact Us" page.

20. Statute of Limitations

Regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to your use of SOCS websites must be filed by you within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.

21. Use of SOCS websites and SOCS Content outside of the United States

SOCS makes no claims regarding access or use of SOCS websites or SOCS Content outside of the United States. If you use or access SOCS websites or SOCS Content outside of the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws and regulations of those governing jurisdictions in addition to these Terms of Use.

Answering Your Queries to the Skin of Color Society (SOCS)

Privacy Policy

Website Hosting

Security

Use of Web Tags

Your Rights

Data Retention

Contact Points