The Way We Get By - Returning Home

Terms of Use: This policy is effective as of November 1, 2009.

* Privacy Policy: The Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect and use information.

RETURNING HOME PROJECT Principles

We built RETURNING HOME to make it easy to share information about you and your support for troops. RETURNING HOME PROJECT involves the website and everything involving and related to RETURNINGHOME.ORG and RETURNINGHOME.COM.

RETURNING HOME's Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect and use the personal information you decide to share, and help you make informed decisions when using RETURNING HOME, located at www.RETURNINGHOMEPROJECT.org and its directly associated domains (collectively, "RETURNING HOME" or "Website")

By using or accessing RETURNING HOME, you (the “User”) are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. This privacy statement covers the site www.RETURNING HOMEPROJECT.org and its directly associated domains.

If you have questions regarding this statement, please contact us here.

The Information We Collect

When you visit RETURNING HOME you provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected by us and Web Site use information collected by us as you interact with our Web Site.

When you register with RETURNING HOME, you provide us with certain personal information, such as your name, your email address, your telephone number, your address, your gender, schools attended and any other personal or preference information that you provide to us.

When you enter RETURNING HOME, we collect your browser type and IP address. This information is gathered for all RETURNING HOME visitors. In addition, we store certain information from your browser using "cookies." A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. We use session ID cookies to confirm that users are logged in. These cookies terminate once the user closes the browser. By default, we use a persistent cookie that stores your login ID (but not your password) to make it easier for you to login when you come back to RETURNING HOME. You can remove or block this cookie using the settings in your browser if you want to disable this convenience feature.

When you use RETURNING HOME, you may set up your personal profile. We collect this information so that we can provide you the service and offer personalized features. In most cases, we retain it so that, for instance, you can search for your contributions to the site. When you update information, we usually keep a backup copy of the prior version for a reasonable period of time to enable reversion to the prior version of that information.

You post User Content (as defined in the RETURNING HOME Terms of Use) on the Site at your own risk.

You hereby represent and warrant that you own any and all rights to User Content posted by you and that the User Content posted by you is not defamatory or obscene and that it does not violate any law or infringe on any rights of third parties.

You hereby grant RETURNING HOME PROJECT an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to: (a) use, exhibit, copy, publish, stream, store, retain, publicly perform or display, transmit, scan, reformat, modify, edit, frame, translate, excerpt, adapt, create derivative works and distribute (through multiple tiers), any User Content you (i) post on or in connection with the RETURNING HOME PROJECT the promotion thereof subject only to your privacy settings or (ii) enable a user to post, including by offering a shared link on your website and (b) to use your name, likeness and image for any purpose, including commercial or advertising, each of (a) and (b) on or in connection with the RETURNING HOME PROJECT or the promotion thereof.

We cannot and do not guarantee that User Content you post on the Site will not be viewed by unauthorized persons. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website. You understand and acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of User Content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other Users have copied or stored your User Content.

Any improper collection or misuse of information provided on RETURNING HOME is a violation of the RETURNING HOME Terms of Use and should be reported the site administrator.

If you choose to use our share services to tell a friend about our site, we will ask you for information needed to send the invitation, such as your friend's email address. We will send your friend an email or instant message in your name inviting him or her to visit the site, and may send up to two reminders to them. RETURNING HOME stores this information to send invitations and reminders, to register a friend connection if your invitation is accepted, to allow you to see invitations you have sent, and to track the success of our referral program. Your friend may contact us through the Help Center to request that we remove this information from our database.

RETURNING HOME may also collect information about you from other sources, such as newspapers, blogs, instant messaging services, and other users of the RETURNING HOME service through the operation of the service (e.g., photo tags) in order to provide you with more useful information and a more personalized experience.

By using RETURNING HOME, you are consenting to have your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.

We recommend that minors 13 years of age or older ask their parents for permission before sending any information about themselves to anyone over the Internet. RETURNING HOME does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register. If you are under 13, please do not attempt to register for RETURNING HOME or send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. No one under age 13 may provide any personal information to or on RETURNING HOME. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us through the form on our privacy help page.

Use of Information Obtained by RETURNING HOME

When you register with RETURNING HOME, you create your own profile and privacy settings. Your profile information, as well as your name, email and photo, are displayed to people in the networks specified in your privacy settings to enable you to connect with people on RETURNING HOME. We may occasionally use your name and email address to send you notifications regarding new services offered by RETURNING HOME that we think you may find valuable.

Your name, network names, and profile picture thumbnail will be available in search results across the RETURNING HOME network and those limited pieces of information may be made available to third party search engines.

RETURNING HOME may send you service-related announcements from time to time through the general operation of the service. RETURNING HOME reserves the right to send you notices about your account even if you opt out of all voluntary email notifications.

RETURNING HOME may use information in your profile without identifying you as an individual to third parties. We may use information about you that we collect from other sources, including but not limited to newspapers and Internet sources such as blogs, instant messaging services, RETURNING HOME Platform developers and other users of RETURNING HOME, to supplement your profile.

Sharing Your Information with Third Parties

RETURNING HOME is about sharing information with others — friends and people all across the world. We share your information with third parties only in limited circumstances where we believe such sharing is 1) reasonably necessary to offer the service, 2) legally required or, 3) permitted by you.

RETURNING HOME may share access to site information by third party search engine "crawlers" (e.g. Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask).

We may provide information to service providers to help us bring you the services we offer. Specifically, we may use third parties to facilitate our business, such as to host the service at a co-location facility for servers, to send out email updates about RETURNING HOME, to remove repetitive information from our user lists, to process payments for products or services, to offer an online job application process, or to provide search results or links (including sponsored links). In connection with these offerings and business operations, our service providers may have access to your personal information for use for a limited time in connection with these business activities. Where we utilize third parties for the processing of any personal information, we implement reasonable contractual and technical protections limiting the use of that information to the RETURNING HOME-specified purposes.

If you, your friends, or members of your network use any third-party applications developed using the RETURNING HOME Platform ("Platform Applications"), those Platform Applications may access and share certain information about you with others in accordance with your privacy settings.

We occasionally provide demonstration accounts that allow non-users a glimpse into the RETURNING HOME world.

We may be required to disclose user information pursuant to lawful requests, such as subpoenas or court orders, or in compliance with applicable laws. We do not reveal information in such situations until we have a good faith belief that an information request by law enforcement or private litigants meets applicable legal standards. Additionally, we may share account or other information when we believe it is necessary to comply with law, to protect our interests or property, to prevent fraud or other illegal activity perpetrated through the RETURNING HOME service or using the RETURNING HOME name, or to prevent imminent bodily harm. This may include sharing information with other companies, lawyers, agents or government agencies.

We may choose to share information with marketers or electronic commerce providers through on-site offers.

We may offer stores or provide services jointly with other companies on RETURNING HOME. You can tell when another company is involved in any store or service provided on RETURNING HOME, and we may share customer information with that company in connection with your use of that store or service.

Like many other websites that interact with third party sites, we may receive some information even if you are logged out from RETURNING HOME, or that pertains to non-RETURNING HOME users, from those sites in conjunction with the technical operation of the system.

If the ownership of all or substantially all of the RETURNING HOME business, or individual business units owned by RETURNING HOME PROJECT, Inc., were to change, your user information may be transferred to the new owner so the service can continue operations. In any such transfer of information, your user information would remain subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Policy.

When you use RETURNING HOME, certain information you post or share with third parties may be shared with other users. All such sharing of information is done at your own risk. Please keep in mind that if you disclose personal information in your profile or when posting comments, messages, photos, videos, Marketplace listings or other items , this information may become publicly available.

RETURNING HOME may contain links to other websites. We are of course not responsible for the privacy practices of other web sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by RETURNING HOME.

Third Party Advertising

Advertisements that appear on RETURNING HOME are sometimes delivered (or "served") directly to users by third party advertisers. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. These third party advertisers may also download cookies to your computer, or use other technologies such as JavaScript and "web beacons" (also known as "1x1 gifs") to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content. Doing this allows the advertising network to recognize your computer each time they send you an advertisement in order to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content. In this way, they may compile information about where individuals using your computer or browser saw their advertisements and determine which advertisements are clicked. RETURNING HOME does not have access to or control of the cookies that may be placed by the third party advertisers.

This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by RETURNING HOME and does not cover the use of cookies or other tracking technologies by any of its advertisers.

Changing or Removing Information

Where you make use of the communication features of the service to share information on RETURNING HOME, you generally cannot remove such communications.

To remove information submitted to the site, contact site administrator. If and when content is found and taken down, user will be notified. Note, that it can take a few weeks to process this request and we can not guarantee removal from site or any third party sites. Content removal can only be done on RETURNINGHOMEPROJECT.org.

Security

RETURNING HOME takes appropriate precautions to protect our users' information. Your account information is located on a secured server behind a firewall. When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card number or your password), we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). (To learn more about SSL, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Sockets_Layer). However, we can not guarantee any components on the site are completely secured, so users must take their own precautions before submitting private information on the site. Because email and instant messaging are not recognized as secure communications, we request that you not send private information to us by email or instant messaging services. If you have any questions about the security of RETURNING HOME Web Site, please contact us through the site administrator.

Your use of RETURNING HOME, and any disputes arising from it, is subject to this Privacy Policy as well as our Terms of Use and all of its dispute resolution provisions including arbitration, limitation on damages and choice of law. We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use at any time. Non-material changes and clarifications will take effect immediately, and material changes will take effect within 30 days of their posting on this site. We encourage you to refer to this policy on an ongoing basis so that you understand our current privacy policy. Unless stated otherwise, our current privacy policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account.

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please visit our privacy help page. You may also contact us by mail at 232 3rd Street #B403, Brooklyn, NY 11215.

The following sections will survive any termination of your use of the RETURNING HOME PROJECT Service: Prohibited Conduct, User Content, Your Privacy Practices, Gift Credits, Ownership; Proprietary Rights, Licenses, Submissions, User Disputes; Complaints, Indemnity, General Disclaimers, Limitation on Liability, Termination and Changes to the RETURNING HOME PROJECT Service, Arbitration, Governing Law; Venue and Jurisdiction and Other.

Safety

We do our best to keep RETURNING HOME safe, but we cannot guarantee it. We need your help to do that, which includes the following commitments:

1. You will not send or otherwise post unauthorized commercial communications (such as spam) on RETURNING HOME.
2. You will not collect users' content or information, or otherwise access RETURNING HOME, using automated means (such as harvesting bots, robots, spiders, or scrapers) without our permission.
3. You will not engage in unlawful multi-level marketing, such as a pyramid scheme, on RETURNING HOME.
4. You will not upload viruses or other malicious code.
5. You will not solicit login information or access an account belonging to someone else.
6. You will not bully, intimidate, or harass any user.
7. You will not post content that is hateful, threatening, pornographic, or that contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence.
8. You will not develop or operate a third party application containing, or advertise or otherwise market alcohol-related or other mature content without appropriate age-based restrictions.
9. You will not offer any contest, giveaway, or sweepstakes ("promotion") on RETURNING HOME without our prior written consent. If we consent, you take full responsibility for the promotion, and will follow our Promotions Guidelines and all applicable laws.
10. You will not use RETURNING HOME to do anything unlawful, misleading, malicious, or discriminatory.
11. You will not do anything that could disable, overburden, or impair the proper working of RETURNING HOME, such as a denial of service attack.
12. You will not facilitate or encourage any violations of this Statement.

RETURNING HOME users provide their real names and information, and we need your help to keep it that way. Here are some commitments you make to us relating to registering and maintaining the security of your account:

1. You will not provide any false personal information on RETURNING HOME, or create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission.
2. You will not use your personal profile for your own commercial gain
3. You will not use RETURNING HOME if you are under 13.
4. You will not use RETURNING HOME if you are a convicted sex offender.
5. You will keep your contact information accurate and up-to-date.
6. You will not share your password, let anyone else access your account, or do anything else that might jeopardize the security of your account.
7. You will not transfer your account to anyone without first getting our written permission.
8. If you select a username for your account we reserve the right to remove or reclaim it if we believe appropriate (such as when a trademark owner complains about a username that does not closely relate to a user's actual name).

We respect other people's rights, and expect you to do the same.

• You will not post content or take any action on RETURNING HOME that infringes or violates someone else's rights or otherwise violates the law.
• We can remove any content or information you post on RETURNING HOME if we believe that it violates this Statement.
• If we remove your content for infringing someone else's copyright, and you believe we removed it by mistake, we will provide you with an opportunity to appeal.
• If you repeatedly infringe other people's intellectual property rights, we will disable your account when appropriate.
• You will not use our copyrights or trademarks (including RETURNING HOME, the RETURNING HOME Logos or any confusingly similar marks, without our written permission.
• If you collect information from users, you will: obtain their consent, make it clear you (and not RETURNING HOME) are the one collecting their information, and post a privacy policy explaining what information you collect and how you will use it.
• You will not post anyone's identification documents or sensitive financial information on RETURNING HOME.
• We currently provide our mobile services for free, but please be aware that your carrier's normal rates and fees, such as text messaging fees, will still apply.
• In the event you change or deactivate your mobile telephone number, you will update your account information on RETURNING HOME within 48 hours to ensure that your messages are not sent to the person who acquires your old number.

Payments

If you make a payment on RETURNING HOME or use RETURNING HOME Credits, you agree to our Payments Terms.

Special Provisions Applicable to Share Links

If you include our Share Link button on your website, the following additional terms apply to you:

1. We give you permission to use RETURNING HOME's Share Link button so that users can post links or content from your website on RETURNING HOME.
2. You give us permission to use such links and content on RETURNING HOME.
3. You will not place a Share Link button on any page containing content that would violate this Statement if posted on RETURNING HOME.
4. Special Provisions Applicable to Developers/Operators of Applications and Websites

Termination

If you violate the letter or spirit of this Statement, or otherwise create possible legal exposure for us, we can stop providing all or part of RETURNING HOME to you. We will notify you by email or at the next time you attempt to access your account. You may also delete your account or disable your application at any time.

Disputes

Any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the formation of this Agreement, or a breach thereof will be discussed between the Parties (or their legal representatives) in good faith in an effort to arrive at a mutual settlement of such controversy. If said dispute cannot be so settled, the Parties agree that such dispute will be settled by arbitration. Said arbitration will be conducted in Kings County NY in accordance with the rules and expedited procedures of the American Arbitration Association by a single arbitrator agreed to by the Parties. If the Parties cannot agree to a single arbitrator within ten (10) days of the date on which the matter is submitted to arbitration, each Party will select one arbitrator and a third arbitrator will be selected by the two arbitrators so selected. That third arbitrator will serve as the single arbitrator to settle the dispute between the Parties. Evidentiary rules contained in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure will govern the submission of evidence at the arbitration hearings. The unsuccessful Party to such arbitration will pay to the successful Party all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred therein by the successful Party. The arbitrator will determine the unsuccessful Party. However, if the arbitrator determines that neither Party is entirely unsuccessful, then the arbitrator may assess the entire costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees of both Parties, incurred by reason of the arbitration, in any manner the arbitrator determines to be fair and equitable. Any award rendered will be final and conclusive upon the Parties and a judgment thereon may be entered in any court having jurisdiction.

COURT

1. You will resolve any claim, cause of action or dispute ("claim") you have with us through arbitration. If a claim is taken to court arising out of or relating to this Statement or RETURNING HOME exclusively, all parties agree it will be in a state or federal court located in Kings County NY. The laws of the State of New York will govern this Statement, as well as any claim that might arise between you and us, without regard to conflict of law provisions. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located in Kings County, New York for the purpose of litigating all such claims.
2. If anyone brings a claim against us related to your actions, content or information on RETURNING HOME, you will indemnify and hold us harmless from and against all damages, losses, and expenses of any kind (including reasonable legal fees and costs) related to such claim.
3. WE TRY TO KEEP RETURNING HOME UP, BUG-FREE, AND SAFE, BUT YOU USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK. WE ARE PROVIDING RETURNING HOME "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT RETURNING HOME WILL BE SAFE OR SECURE. RETURNING HOME IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS, CONTENT, INFORMATION, OR DATA OF THIRD PARTIES, AND YOU RELEASE US, OUR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, ASSIGNS, AND LICENSEES FROM ANY CLAIMS AND DAMAGES, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH ANY CLAIM YOU HAVE AGAINST ANY SUCH THIRD PARTIES. IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, YOU WAIVE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE §1542, WHICH SAYS: "A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR." WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS STATEMENT OR RETURNING HOME, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THIS STATEMENT OR RETURNING HOME WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100) OR THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID US IN THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH CASES, RETURNING HOME'S LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

Special Provisions Applicable to Users Outside the United States

We strive to create a global community with consistent standards for everyone, but we also strive to respect local laws. The following provisions apply to users outside the United States:

1. You consent to having your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.
2. If you are located in a country embargoed by the United States, or are on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals you will not engage in commercial activities on RETURNING HOME (such as advertising or payments) or operate a Platform application or website.

1. By "RETURNING HOME" we mean the features and services we make available, including through (a) our website at www.RETURNINGHOMEPROJECT.org and any other RETURNING HOME branded or co-branded websites (including sub-domains, international versions, widgets, and mobile versions); (b) our Platform; and (c) other media, software (such as a toolbar), devices, or networks now existing or later developed.
2. By "us," "we" and "our" we mean RETURNING HOME PROJECT, Inc.
3. By "Platform" we mean a set of APIs and services that enable applications, developers, operators or services, including Connect and RSS feeds, to retrieve data from RETURNING HOME or provide data to us.
4. By "information" we mean facts and other information about you, including actions you take.
5. By "content" we mean anything you post on RETURNING HOME that would not be included in the definition of "information."
6. By "data" we mean content and information that third parties can retrieve from RETURNING HOME or provide to RETURNING HOME through Platform.
7. By "post" we mean post on RETURNING HOME or otherwise make available to us (such as by using an application).
8. By "use" we mean use, copy, publicly perform or display, distribute, modify, translate, and create derivative works of.
9. By "active registered user" we mean a user who has logged into RETURNING HOME at least once in the previous 30 days.
10. By "application" we mean any application or website (including Connect sites) that uses or accesses Platform, as well as anything else that receives data.

Other

1. This Statement makes up the entire agreement between the parties regarding RETURNING HOME, and supersedes any prior agreements.
2. If any portion of this Statement is found to be unenforceable, the remaining portion will remain in full force and effect.
3. If we fail to enforce any of this Statement, it will not be considered a waiver.
4. Any amendment to or waiver of this Statement must be made in writing and signed by us.
5. You will not transfer any of your rights or obligations under this Statement to anyone else without our consent.
6. All of our rights and obligations under this Statement are freely assignable by us in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, or by operation of law or otherwise.
7. Nothing in this Statement shall prevent us from complying with the law.
8. This Statement does not confer any third party beneficiary rights.

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