Terms of Use

Agreement between the User and Second Story:

This website is offered to you under the condition that you accept the terms, conditions, and notices as follows. Your use of this website constitutes your agreement to the entirety of these terms, conditions, and notices.

Modification of these Terms of Use:

Second Story reserves the right to change these terms, conditions, and notices at any time and without notice. It is the responsibility of the user to check for modifications to these terms, conditions, and notices.

Links to Third Party Sites:

Second Story’s website contains links to other websites. These linked sites are not under the control of Second Story and Second Story is not responsible for the linked contents of any Linked Site, including any link contained in a linked site or any changes or updates to a linked site. Second Story includes these links for your education and edification, and doing so does not indicate Second Story’s endorsement of any linked site, its associated organization, or its operators.

No Unlawful or Prohibited Use:

As a condition of your use of the Second Story website, you agree that you will not use this site to:

Engage in any activities or practices that disrupt, circumvent or otherwise interfere with the operation of Second Story, its directors, employees, and agents;
Violate the privacy rights of other parties or users;
Alter or tamper in any way with the software, interface or functionality of the Website;
Violate Second Story’s or third party rights in connection with proprietary intellectual property and confidential information;
Reproduce, copy, translate, modify, adapt, distribute, transmit, transfer, republish, modify, compile or decompile, reverse engineer, distribute, transmit, display, remove or delete any proprietary intellectual property or the content and information provided by Second Story, its third party licensors and/or other users without Second Story’s explicit permission;
Allow unauthorized disclosure or copying of any part of the Website or any information obtained from the Website;
Engage in any conduct that unreasonably restricts, inhibits or impacts any other authorized user from using the Website.
Post on or otherwise transmit through the Website any links to, or descriptions of any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material of any kind including, without limitation, any material that encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to a civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable laws; or for any other purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices.

Materials Provided to Second Story & its Website:

Second Story does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to Second Story (including feedback and suggestions). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your submission you are granting Second Story, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your submission; and to publish your name in connection with your submission.

No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. Second Story is under no obligation to post or use any submission you may provide and may remove any submission at any time in Second Story’s sole discretion.

By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.

LIABILITY DISCLAIMER

THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SECOND STORY WEB SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. SECOND STORY AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE SECOND STORY WEB SITE AT ANY TIME. ADVICE RECEIVED VIA THE SECOND STORY WEB SITE SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR PERSONAL, MEDICAL, LEGAL OR FINANCIAL DECISIONS AND YOU SHOULD CONSULT AN APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE TAILORED TO YOUR SITUATION.

SECOND STORY 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 SECOND STORY WEB 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. SECOND STORY 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 SECOND STORY 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 SECOND STORY WEB SITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SECOND STORY WEB 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 SECOND STORY WEB SITE, OR OTHERWISE

ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SECOND STORY WEB SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF SECOND STORY 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 SECOND STORY WEB SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SECOND STORY WEB SITE.

TERMINATION/ACCESS RESTRICTION

Second Story reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Second Story Web Site 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 Commonwealth of Virginia and you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S.A. in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the Second Story Web Site. Use of the Second Story Web Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Second Story as a result of this agreement or use of the Second Story Web Site. Second Story’s performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of Second Story’s right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Second Story Web Site or information provided to or gathered by Second Story 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 Second Story with respect to the Second Story Web Site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and Second Story with respect to the Second Story Web Site. 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 an d 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 drawn up in English.

COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICES:

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

CLIENT CONFIDENTIALITY

The names of youth mentioned on this website are not their real names and no association with any real company, organization, product, person, or event is intended or should be inferred.

NOTICES AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications of claimed copyright infringement under United States copyright law should be sent to Service Provider’s Designated Agent. ALL INQUIRIES NOT RELEVANT TO THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE WILL RECEIVE NO RESPONSE. See Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement.