APFM Web Site Terms and Conditions of Use
Terms
By accessing this web site, you are agreeing to be bound by these web site Terms and Conditions of Use, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in this web site are protected by applicable copyright and trade mark law.
Use License
Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of the materials (information or software) on The Academy of Professional Family Mediators’s web site for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license you may not:
- modify or copy the materials;
- use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);
- attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on The Academy of Professional Family Mediators’s web site;
- remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or
- transfer the materials to another person or “mirror” the materials on any other server.
This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by The Academy of Professional Family Mediators at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession whether in electronic or printed format.
Disclaimer
The materials on The Academy of Professional Family Mediators’s web site are provided “as is”. The Academy of Professional Family Mediators makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties, including without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights. Further, The Academy of Professional Family Mediators does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on its Internet web site or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this site.
Limitations
In no event shall The Academy of Professional Family Mediators or its suppliers be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data or profit, or due to business interruption,) arising out of the use or inability to use the materials on The Academy of Professional Family Mediators’s Internet site, even if The Academy of Professional Family Mediators or a The Academy of Professional Family Mediators authorized representative has been notified orally or in writing of the possibility of such damage. Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to you.
Revisions and Errata
The materials appearing on The Academy of Professional Family Mediators’s web site could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. The Academy of Professional Family Mediators does not warrant that any of the materials on its web site are accurate, complete, or current. The Academy of Professional Family Mediators may make changes to the materials contained on its web site at any time without notice. The Academy of Professional Family Mediators does not, however, make any commitment to update the materials.
Links
The Academy of Professional Family Mediators has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its Internet web site and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by The Academy of Professional Family Mediators of the site. Use of any such linked web site is at the user’s own risk.
Site Terms of Use Modifications
The Academy of Professional Family Mediators may revise these terms of use for its web site at any time without notice. By using this web site you are agreeing to be bound by the then current version of these Terms and Conditions of Use.
Governing Law
Any claim relating to The Academy of Professional Family Mediators’s web site shall be governed by the laws of the State of Minnesota without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
General Terms and Conditions applicable to Use of a Web Site.
Privacy Policy
Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this Policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and disclose and make use of personal information. The following outlines our privacy policy.
Before or at the time of collecting personal information, we will identify the purposes for which information is being collected.
We will collect and use of personal information solely with the objective of fulfilling those purposes specified by us and for other compatible purposes, unless we obtain the consent of the individual concerned or as required by law.
We will only retain personal information as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.
We will collect personal information by lawful and fair means and, where appropriate, with the knowledge or consent of the individual concerned.
Personal data should be relevant to the purposes for which it is to be used, and, to the extent necessary for those purposes, should be accurate, complete, and up-to-date.
We will protect personal information by reasonable security safeguards against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.
We will make readily available to customers information about our policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.
We are committed to conducting our business in accordance with these principles in order to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained.
Refund & Delivery Policies
1. Dues and Subscriptions
a) Payment made for approved membership is not refundable.
b) Membership applications will be processed within seven days of APFM receiving the completed membership application and payment. Denied membership applications will be refunded within two business days of denial.
c) Subscriptions are effective for twelve months upon receipt of payment. Subscription payments are not refundable.
2. Conference Registration Fees
a) Cancellation Policy for 2017 Annual Conference: Upon receipt of written notice of cancellation postmarked or faxed by February 25, 2017, the registration fee will be refunded except for a fifty-dollar service fee. Written notice of cancellations postmarked or faxed after February 25, 2017 but before March 10, 2017 will incur a fifty-dollar service fee. The balance of the amount paid may be used as a credit toward a future conference. No refunds or credits will be allowed for cancellations received after March 10, 2017.
b) Advance payment of conference fees other than the Annual Conference are 90 percent refundable upon a thirty written notice prior to the opening day of the conference. Requests for refunds with less than a thirty day written notice shall be at the discretion of the APFM Board of Directors with due consideration for mitigating circumstances.
c) On site conference registrations are non-refundable except for emergency situations and then at the sole discretion of the APFM Board of Directors.
3. Products
Products are shipped within two business days of payments being received unless back ordered and then shipped within two business days of restocking.