Terms of Use
Deaf Empowerment Awareness Foundation, Inc. (“DEAF Inc.” or the “Site Sponsor”), is providing information and services on this Internet site as a benefit to our users. The information and services on this site are provided solely for general illustration, educational and resource provision purposes. Such information and services are not intended to be specific medical, health, business or other professional advice or direction. If you have specific questions regarding your hearing loss, deafness, or communication accessibility, contact appropriate persons or us. Neither the Site Sponsor nor its information contributors make any express or implied representations or warranties about the completeness or accuracy of this information and these services for any purpose or the suitability of this information or these services for any particular use.
This site will also enable users to obtain information on the services, events and materials offered, happening or available through the Site Sponsor, including publications and educational programs, current news, certain DEAF Inc. documents, press releases, lists of deafness related web sites, and other information relevant to purposes of this site.
This Internet site may include “links” providing direct access to other Internet sites. However, the Site Sponsor takes no responsibility for the content or information contained on those other sites, and does not exert any editorial, monitoring or other control over those other sites and therefore do not assume any liability for those sites or their content. The Site Sponsor reserves the right to remove any link from this site for any or no reason. The existence of any particular link is simply intended to imply potential interest to users of this site.
Certain areas of the site may allow for the posting or exchange of information among and between users. Users that submit or post information to this site grant the Site Sponsor the authority and right to use any submission in any way, and by such submissions warrant and represent to the Site Sponsor that such submissions are not in violation of United States copyright or other laws. In addition, the Site Sponsor reserves the right to review, edit or delete any posting or information (including, without limitation, those that appear to be inappropriate for the intended purposes of this site). Note: Any information that you include in your posting will be posted to the bulletin board and be available to any or all users, including without limitation, personal, health and demographic information.
All images, text, and other materials posted on this site are subject to copyrights owned by the Site Sponsor or other individuals or entities and are protected by United States copyright laws. Any reproduction, retransmission, distribution or republication of all or part of any images, text programs, and other materials found on this site is expressly prohibited, unless the Site Sponsor or the copyright owner of the material has expressly granted its prior written consent. All other rights reserved. This site is intended to be maintained in a manner consistent with United States copyright laws. Accordingly, users should not submit or post copyrighted material to this site unless the copyright owner of the material has expressly granted its prior written consent to such submission.
All trademarks, service marks and logos referred to or appearing on this site are the property of their respective owners. The names, trademarks, service marks and logos of the Site Sponsor appearing on this site may not be used in any advertising or publicity, or otherwise to indicate sponsorship of or affiliation with any product or service, without the applicable Site Sponsor’s prior express written permission.
Privacy Statement
Deaf Empowerment Awareness Foundation, Inc. has created this statement to demonstrate our commitment to your privacy. This statement explains our information-gathering and dissemination practices for this Web site. A typical visit to our Web site does not require a user to submit personal information.
However, if you decide to send us an e-mail, respond to a survey, or subscribe to an online publication with your contact information, we will respond to you with the information you request and other information that we think might be of interest to you. Your name and contact information (including e-mail address) will be added to our database. From that database, we may send you materials such as newsletters, brochures or articles of interest via regular mail, e-mail or in other ways.
All information provided to DEAF Inc. is transmitted using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption. SSL is a proven coding system that lets your browser automatically encrypt, or scramble, data before you send it to us. We also protect account information by placing it on a secure portion of our Site that is only accessible by certain qualified employees of DEAF Inc. Unfortunately; however, no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of such information.
We urge you not to provide any confidential information about your situation to us via electronic communication. If you do so, it is at your own risk. Although we attempt to maintain or computer network in a secure manner to protect the content of your messages, we cannot provide absolute assurance that the contents of your e-mail will not become accessible to individuals or entities that are not authorized to access your information.
The first visit you make to the Deaf Empowerment Awareness Foundation, Inc. Web site places a “cookie” on your computer. A cookie is a file used to personalize the Web site for you based on your initial and subsequent visits. The cookie will allow you to see or not to see items upon subsequent visits. This technology is not intended to identify you to us in any way.
We collect anonymous information from our web server about your visit to our sites in order to monitor general traffic patterns on our site. This information is collected and stored in log files on the server, include information such as the following:
- total number of visitors
- most visited pages
- peak traffic times
- service provider IP addresses
- browser versions
- referring web sites
- search terms used
- average number of pages requested
- average duration of visit
- total visitor traffic
We use aggregate information gathered from your visit to better design our Web site. This information supplies us with a broad picture of how people use our Web site and helps us to better manage our systems and serve our audience.
Online Donation Policies
We’ve made it possible for our users to donate online. If you have made an error in making your donation or change your mind about contributing to DEAF Inc., we will honor your request for a refund made within 5 days of your donation. To request a refund, call 314-968-8868 or email info@deafinc.org. Refunds are returned using the original method of payment, except cash donations will be returned via check. If you made your donation by credit card, your refund will be credited to that same credit card.
Online Invoice Payments
Online Invoice payments are for services already rendered, therefore there’s no refund. Payment of all properly billed amounts is due within thirty (3 0) days after Customer receives an invoice via mail. Any paid invoice(s) are non-refundable. The undisputed portion(s) of any invoice not paid within thirty (30) days will incur interest at the rate of one and one half percent (1 ½%) interest charge per month.
Is Credit Card Information Secure?
We care about the safety and security of your transaction. We use high-grade encryption and the https security protocol to communicate with your browser software. This method is the industry standard security protocol, which makes it extremely difficult for anyone else to intercept the credit card information you send to us. Companies we work with to process credit card transactions also use high-grade encryption and security protocols.
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