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Conditions / Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
Conditions and Terms of Use
This web site is intended as a resource to acquaint prospective
learners with Madison University. The University reserves the right to revise this
web site as needed without prior notice.
Please read this User Agreement carefully because by visiting or
using this website you agree to be legally bound by and comply with
its terms. If you do not agree to comply with this User Agreement,
you are not authorized to use this website. This User Agreement,
including the Privacy Policy, applies to the entire Madison
University website. We may revise this User Agreement from time to
time, so please check this web page each time you visit the site. If
you continue to use this website after we post the change, this
means you have agreed to the new terms.
In
general, you can visit or browse the site without telling us who you
are or revealing any personally identifiable information about
yourself. However, in order to access certain parts of our site, you
must be an enrolled student or part of our staff or faculty. You
agree to defend, indemnify, and hold Madison University, its
officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers,
harmless from and against any claims, actions or demands,
liabilities and settlements including without limitation, reasonable
legal and accounting fees, resulting from, or alleged to result
from, your violation of these Conditions of Use.
Copyright and Restriction on Use
Material from
www.madisonu.com and any other World Wide Web site
owned, operated, licensed, or controlled by Madison University, A
distance education correspondence company, LLC or any of its
related, affiliated, or subsidiary companies may not be copied or
distributed, or republished, uploaded, posted, or transmitted in any
way, without the prior written consent of Madison University EXCEPT:
you may download one copy of the material on one computer for your
personal, non-commercial home use only,
or, in the case of the Madison University Catalog, more than one
copy, only for personal, noncommercial use, and only if you do not
alter the text or remove any trademark, copyright, or other notice
displayed on the Site Materials.
Modification or use of the materials for any other purpose violates
Madison University’s intellectual property rights. The material in
this site is provided for lawful purposes only. If you download
software from our site, the software, including all files, images,
contained in or generated by the software, and accompanying data
(together, the "Software") are deemed to be licensed to you by the
software provider. Neither title nor intellectual property rights
are transferred to you.
Copyright on this website and all materials included in it is owned
by or licensed to Madison University, and all rights are reserved.
You must abide by all copyright notices and restrictions contained
on the website.
Trademarks
Madison University, the Madison University Logo, the University Seal, and any other
trademarks on the website are trademarks owned by Madison
University. You may not use the Madison University Trademarks in
connection with any product or service that does not belong to us,
nor in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among users
about whether we are the source, sponsor, or endorser of the product
or service, nor in any manner that disparages or discredits us.
Links
You may link to the home page of this website as long as the link
does not cast us in a false or misleading light. In addition, you
must receive prior written approval by contacting us at
legal@madisonu.com. You may not frame the content of this
website. You may not use metatags or any other “hidden text” that
incorporates the Madison University Trademarks or name without our
express written consent.
Electronic Communications
When you send emails to Madison University, you are communicating
with the University electronically and consent to receive return
communications from the University electronically. You agree that
all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that
we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that
such communications be in writing. Enrolled students may post
comments, participate in online surveys and certain other online
activities reserved for students only, and submit suggestions,
ideas, comments, questions, artwork, statements, quotes, information
or any other posting or submission (collectively, “student
content”), provided that the student content is not illegal,
obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of
intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third
parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software
viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation or any form
of “spam.” The University reserves the right (but not the
obligation) to remove or edit such student content at any time.
Restriction of Liability
The
use of this site and its content is at your own risk and are
provided “as is.” Transmissions over the Internet and communications
networks are not in our control and can never be completely secure.
Accordingly, we cannot and shall not be liable for any delay,
failure, interruption, compromise or corruption of any data or other
information transmitted in connection with use of the site,
including information you provide to us or our site.
Madison University, A Distance Education Correspondence Company, LLC
will not be liable for any damages or injury caused by, including
but not limited to, any failure of performance, error, omission,
interruption, defect, delay in operation of transmission, computer
virus, or line failure. Although the University takes reasonable
steps to prevent the introduction of computer viruses, worms,
“Trojan horses” and other destructive material, the University makes
no guarantee or warrant that this site or materials that may be
downloaded from this website are free from destructive features.
The University is not liable for any damages or harm attributable to
the use of this website. This website contains downloadable
materials as well as links to external sites. Madison University is
not responsible for, and has no control over, the content of such
downloadable materials or external sites. You understand that the
University cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that files or
software of any kind, or from any source, available for downloading
through this website, will be free of infection or viruses, worms,
Trojan Horses or other code or defects that manifest contaminating
or destructive properties.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms and Conditions will be governed and be interpreted
pursuant to the laws of the State of Mississippi, United States of
America, notwithstanding any principles of conflicts of law.
You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and
federal courts sitting in the State of Mississippi and waive any
jurisdictional, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such
courts. If
any part of these Terms and Conditions is unlawful, void, or
unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and will not
affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
Possible evidence of use of this site for illegal purposes will be
provided to law enforcement authorities. Except as described
otherwise, all materials in the Madison University website are made
available only to provide information about the University. Madison
University controls and operates this site from its headquarters in
Gulfport, Mississippi, United States of America and makes no
representation that these materials are appropriate or available for
use in other locations. If you use this site from other locations
you are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. Some
software from this site may be subject to export controls imposed by
the United States and may not be downloaded or otherwise exported or
re-exported: (a) into (or to a national or resident of ) any country
to which the U.S. has placed an embargo, including without
limitation, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Syria, or
Yugoslavia; (b) to everyone on the US Treasury Department's
Specially Designated Nationals list, or (c) the US Commerce
Department's Table of Denial Orders. If you download or use the
Software, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, or
under the control of, or a national or any such country or on any
such list.
Termination
We reserve the right to terminate this website and this User
Agreement at any time without notice for any reason, including, in
the case of the User Agreement, for your violation of any of its
provisions. The Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability and Governing
Law sections of this User Agreement shall survive any such
termination.
You may terminate this agreement by destroying: (a) all materials
obtained from all Madison University’s websites, and (b) all related
documentation and all copies and installations (together, the
"Materials").
Submissions
All remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, or other information
communicated to Madison University through this site (together, the
"Submission") will forever be the property of the University.
Without limitation, Madison University will have exclusive
ownership of all present and future existing rights to the
Submission of every kind and nature everywhere. Except as noted
below in this paragraph, Madison University will be entitled to use
the Submission for any commercial or other purpose whatsoever
without compensation to you or any other person sending the
Submission. Personally identifiable information that may be received
at this site is provided voluntarily by a visitor to this site. This
information is for internal purposes only and is not sold or
otherwise transferred to third parties or to other entities who are
not involved in the operation of the University or applicable
accrediting agency. You acknowledge that you are responsible for
whatever material you submit, and you, not the University have full
responsibility for the message, including its legality, reliability,
appropriateness, originality, and copyright.
Disclaimer
The material in this site could include technical inaccuracies or
typographical errors. Madison University may make changes or
improvements at any time. THE MATERIALS IN THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED
"AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR
IMPLIED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE
LAW. Madison University disclaims all warranties. The University
does not warrant that the functions contained in the material will
be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or
that this site or the server that makes it available are free of
viruses or other harmful components. Madison
University is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse
workforce.
This is the entire agreement between the parties relating to the use
of this site. Madison University can revise these Terms and
Conditions at any time by updating this posting. The University’s
educational services are available in many parts of the world.
However, the University website may describe products and services
that are not available worldwide. This site may be linked to other
sites which are not maintained by Madison University. The University
is not responsible for the content of those sites. The inclusion of
any link to such sites does not imply endorsement by Madison
University of the sites. All other trademarks are the property of
the respective trademark owners.
Changes to These Conditions of Use
Madison University reserves the right to make changes at any time to
this website, policies, and these Conditions of Use.
Last Updated: March 1, 2008
Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting Madison University online. At Madison University, we
strive to do everything we can to respect the trust of our students
and prospective students. We are committed to protecting and
safeguarding your privacy. The University has established this
information to so that you may understand the type of information we
gather from you, how this information is used and protected, and how
you can control its use.
This statement discloses the privacy practices of the Madison
University website. By using the Madison University
website, the user agrees, without limitation or qualification, to be
bound by this Privacy Policy. Any revisions in our Privacy Policy
will be communicated on this page.
The Madison University website is not
intended or designed to attract users under the age of 13. We do not
collect personally identifiable data from any person we know to be
under the age of 13, and instruct users under 13 not to send us any
information for collection on this website.
The Madison University website is
designed for users from the United States. Users from other
countries are advised not to disclose personal information to
Madison University
unless they consent to having their information used as set forth in
this Privacy Policy rather than under the law of user’s resident
country.
When you disclose personal information to Madison University through the University website, you
transmit data to a server located in the United States of America,
and are subject to United States and Mississippi law. You should not
send any personal information to the Madison University website unless you agree to be bound by this Privacy
Policy and by United States and Mississippi law.
Users may visit the Madison University website without telling us who you are or
revealing any information about yourself. Our website tracking
software collects the domain names, server/browser types and other
information with exception of the user’s email address. Domain name
information that we collect is not used to personally identify you,
but is used to measure the number of visits, average time spent on
the site and the pages viewed. We use this information to measure
the use of the site and improve the content delivered on the site.
When a request for information is submitted to Madison University, the user is
asked to provide certain contact information that is collected and
used for the purpose of responding to the request. The information
collected from the user may include name, address, telephone number,
email address among other data. Madison University may collect personal
information submitted by the website user pursuant to the domain
registration process of this website. In the event that the
University receives email correspondence from a website visitor, the
visitor is voluntarily releasing this information to the
University. Madison University may also use historic information collected from
website visitors in accordance with this Privacy Policy. By
visiting the Madison University website, you are consenting to our continued use
of any such information. Madison University does not sell or lease user
information.
In the event that Madison University and/or some of our assets are sold or transferred or used as
security or to the extent we engage in business negotiations with a
third party, the information collected on the Madison University website,
including the may be transferred or shared with third parties as
part of that transaction or negotiation. Madison University may also provide information or provide
access to information to any of our affiliated businesses or to our
business partners. Madison University may use your contact information to reply to you and send
information to you.
Madison University does not intend to reveal individually identifiable information
to third parties except in the manner stated in the Privacy Policy.
Madison University will provide aggregated information received from you to
third parties. If Madison University is requested by law enforcement officials or
judicial authorities to provide information on individuals, the
University may, without your consent, provide such information. In
matters involving claims of personal or public safety or in
litigation where the data is pertinent, Madison University may use or disclose
your personal information without your consent or court process.
Madison University may use information you submit to investigate security breaches
or otherwise cooperate with authorities pursuant to a legal matter.
We may also remove personally identifiable information and use
remaining data for historical, statistical or business planning
purposes.
The
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) affords a
student certain rights with respect to their educational records.
Madison University acknowledges these rights and a student’s access to records as
University policy.
Madison University may use “cookies” on
the Madison University website. “Cookies” are small files that we send to and
store on your computer so that we may recognize your computer as a
unique machine the next time you visit the University’s website.
Unless you specify that you would prefer not to hear from us, we may
also use the information you provide to the Madison University website to contact
you. We use the aggregate and specific information from users to
develop statistics that are helpful to us in understanding how our
website is used, and how we can continue to improve it.
The personal information you send to us is typically used to respond
to your inquiries, to process your requests, or to allow you to
access specific information. We share your information with
affiliated schools and with our parent company and with other
affiliated businesses that are notified of our Privacy Policy. We DO
NOT sell, rent or give your personal information to any
non-affiliated third parties, except as described in this notice. We
may also transfer your personal information to companies that
perform services on our behalf or to companies that we believe may
offer you related services or products that may be of interest to
you. We notify businesses to which we transfer your personal
information that the information was shared with us under this
Privacy Policy. If you tell us that you do not wish to have this
information used for further contact, we will remove you from our
distribution list.
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You may always choose not to provide information, even though it
may be needed to take advantage of the Madison University website features.
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You may add or update certain information that you send to us.
When you update information, we usually keep a copy of the prior
version for our records.
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If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from us or if
you wish to check your information, please e-mail us at
service@madisonu.com.
Madison University recognizes that you
may be concerned about the security of your personal information and
we are committed to employing reasonable technology in order to
protect the security of the Madison University website. Even with such technology,
no Web site is 100 percent secure. We will take reasonable measures
that we believe are appropriate to protect your information from
loss, misuse, alteration or destruction, and, where possible, will
ask that any third parties to whom we may transfer your information
take comparable steps to protect that security. If you use this
site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of
your access information and password and for restricting access to
your computer. You also agree to accept responsibility for all
activities that occur under your password.
Our Privacy Policy only applies to the various Madison
University websites. Our websites may
contain links to sites outside our control. Please be aware that
these sites may collect information about you and operate according
to their own privacy practices which may differ from our Privacy
Policy.
Changes to The Privacy Policy
Madison University reserves the right to make changes at any time to
this website, policies, and this Privacy Policy.
Last Updated: March 1,
2008
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