Terms and Conditions

Effective as of March 1, 2024

Agreement between User and https://www.seiueducation.org/ and/or https://ccputrainingfund.org/

The https://www.seiueducation.org/ and https://ccputrainingfund.org/ websites (the "Sites") are comprised of various web pages operated by SEIU Education and Support Fund ("SEIU ESF"). https://www.seiueducation.org/ and https://ccputrainingfund.org/ are offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein (the "Terms"). Your use of https://www.seiueducation.org/ and https://ccputrainingfund.org/ constitutes your agreement to all such Terms. Please read these terms carefully, and keep a copy of them for your reference.

https://www.seiueducation.org/ and https://ccputrainingfund.org/ are a Non-Profit sites.

The purpose of each of our websites is to promote the work of the SEIU Education and Support Fund and to reach eligible participants so that they can learn and register for training opportunities.

Privacy

Your use of https://www.seiueducation.org/ or https://ccputrainingfund.org/ is subject to SEIU ESF's <insert link to privacy policy>..

Electronic Communications

Visiting https://www.seiueducation.org/ or https://ccputrainingfund.org/ or sending emails to SEIU ESF constitutes electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

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Your Account

If you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. You may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. You acknowledge that SEIU ESF is not responsible for third party access to your account that results from theft or misappropriation of your account. SEIU ESF and its associates reserve the right to refuse or cancel service, terminate accounts, or remove or edit content in our sole discretion.

Children Under Thirteen

SEIU ESF does not knowingly collect, either online or offline, personal information from persons under the age of thirteen. If you are under 18, you may use https://www.seiueducation.org/ only with permission of a parent or guardian.

Links to Third Party Sites/Third Party Services

https://www.seiueducation.org/ and https://ccputrainingfund.org/ may contain links to other websites ("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of SEIU ESF and SEIU ESF 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. SEIU ESF is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by SEIU ESF of the site or any association with its operators.

Certain services made available via https://www.seiueducation.org/ or https://ccputrainingfund.org/ are delivered by third party sites and organizations. By using any product, service or functionality originating from the https://www.seiueducation.org/ or https://ccputrainingfund.org/ domains, you hereby acknowledge and consent that SEIU ESF may share such information and data with any third party with whom SEIU ESF has a contractual relationship to provide the requested product, service or functionality on behalf of https://www.seiueducation.org/ or https://ccputrainingfund.org/ users and customers.

No Unlawful or Prohibited Use/Intellectual Property

You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use https://www.seiueducation.org/ or https://ccputrainingfund.org/ strictly in accordance with these terms of use. As a condition of your use of the Sites, you warrant to SEIU ESF that you will not use the Sites for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. You may not use the Sites in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Sites or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Sites. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Sites.

All content included as part of the Service, such as text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the compilation thereof, and any software used on the Sites, is the property of SEIU ESF or its suppliers and protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual property and proprietary rights. You agree to observe and abide by all copyright and other proprietary notices, legends or other restrictions contained in any such content and will not make any changes thereto.

You will not modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found on the Sites. SEIU ESF content is not for resale. Your use of the Sites does not entitle you to make any unauthorized use of any protected content, and in particular you will not delete or alter any proprietary rights or attribution notices in any content. You will use protected content solely for your personal use, and will make no other use of the content without the express written permission of SEIU ESF and the copyright owner. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any protected content. We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property of SEIU ESF or our licensors except as expressly authorized by these Terms.

International Users

The Service is controlled, operated and administered by SEIU ESF from our offices within the USA. If you access the Service from a location outside the USA, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. You agree that you will not use the SEIU ESF Content accessed through https://www.seiueducation.org/ or https://ccputrainingfund.org/ in any country or in any manner prohibited by any applicable laws, restrictions or regulations.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless SEIU ESF, its officers, directors, employees, agents and third parties, for any losses, costs, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees) relating to or arising out of your use of or inability to use the Site or services, any user postings made by you, your violation of any terms of this Agreement or your violation of any rights of a third party, or your violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations. SEIU ESF reserves the right, at its own cost, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with SEIU ESF in asserting any available defenses.

Arbitration

In the event the parties are not able to resolve any dispute between them arising out of or concerning these Terms and Conditions, or any provisions hereof, whether in contract, tort, or otherwise at law or in equity for damages or any other relief, then such dispute shall be resolved only by final and binding arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, conducted by a single neutral arbitrator and administered by the American Arbitration Association, or a similar arbitration service selected by the parties, in a location mutually agreed upon by the parties. The arbitrator's award shall be final, and judgment may be entered upon it in any court having jurisdiction. In the event that any legal or equitable action, proceeding or arbitration arises out of or concerns these Terms and Conditions, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its costs and reasonable attorney's fees. The parties agree to arbitrate all disputes and claims in regards to these Terms and Conditions or any disputes arising as a result of these Terms and Conditions, whether directly or indirectly, including Tort claims that are a result of these Terms and Conditions. The parties agree that the Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this provision. The entire dispute, including the scope and enforceability of this arbitration provision shall be determined by the Arbitrator. This arbitration provision shall survive the termination of these Terms and Conditions.

Class Action Waiver

Any arbitration under these Terms and Conditions will take place on an individual basis; class arbitrations and class/representative/collective actions are not permitted. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT A PARTY MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN EACH'S INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PUTATIVE CLASS, COLLECTIVE AND/ OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING, SUCH AS IN THE FORM OF A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION AGAINST THE OTHER. Further, unless both you and SEIU ESF agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims, and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding.

Liability Disclaimer

THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. SEIU EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FUND AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE SITE AT ANY TIME.

SEIU EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FUND 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 SITE 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. SEIU EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FUND 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 SEIU EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FUND AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, 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 SITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF SEIU EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FUND 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 SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE.

Termination/Access Restriction

SEIU ESF reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Sites and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. To the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the laws of the District of Columbia and you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in the District of Columbia in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the Sites. Use of the Sites is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms, including, without limitation, this section.

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and SEIU ESF as a result of this agreement or use of the Sites. SEIU ESF's performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of SEIU ESF's right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Sites or information provided to or gathered by SEIU ESF 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 SEIU ESF with respect to the Sites and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and SEIU ESF with respect to the Sites. 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 to the parties that this agreement and all related documents be written in English.

Data Use Guidance

What data we collect and why:

In operating the Training Fund, we collect data (both personally identifiable and anonymous) that supports various operational functions, including (but not limited to) communicating with members about programming opportunities, confirming eligibility of participants, preparing programming content and logistics, producing, purchasing and/or distributing program materials and resources, processing payments or reimbursements, evaluating and managing performance and/or impact of vendors and/or programs, and audit, compliance, and accountability purposes.

For individual program participants, generally, this information generally may include:

  • Name

  • Personal Email

  • Work Email

  • Telephone Number

  • Job title

  • Gender

  • Employer

  • Home Address

  • Work Address

We use bill.com to process reimbursements and vendor payments. Individuals requesting reimbursements may be required to create an account in bill.com, and provide additional payee information. This data is stored securely within the bill.com platform, and is used only for processing payments. Training evaluations, feedback data, needs assessment data and other data is ordinarily collected anonymously, but individuals may provide identifying information at their discretion.

With whom do we share data:

Staff at the Training Fund access data to perform the functions of the Training

Fund. Some information may be shared with vendors strictly for the purposes of

planning, designing or implementing programming. Data is shared with our advisory committee and our board of trustees, to assist with evaluation and decision-making. These individuals may use this information to confirm attendance or enrollment in training programs in their capacity as state or union representatives.

Lastly, information may be shared with relevant Training Fund service providers as a part of our legal or audit obligations.

If you have any questions or suggestions about our data sharing processes or guidelines, please let us know by emailing us at info@ccputrainingfund.org

Changes to Terms

SEIU ESF reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change the Terms under which https://www.seiueducation.org/ or https://ccputrainingfund.org/ is offered. The most current version of the Terms will supersede all previous versions. SEIU ESF encourages you to periodically review the Terms to stay informed of our updates.

Contact Us

SEIU ESF welcomes your questions or comments regarding the Terms:

SEIU Education & Support Fund

351 Pleasant Street, suite B#215

Northampton, MA 01060