Terms and Conditions of Use of the Thomas County
Sheriff's Office Web Site
Your use of the Thomas County Sheriff's Office
Web Site (hereinafter referred to as the "Web Site")
constitutes your agreement to abide by these Terms
and Conditions. If you do not accept any of the
terms below, do not use this Web Site.
NOT 911 SERVICE. This Web Site should not
be relied upon for emergency services and is in no
way designed to serve as an alternative to the
emergency services provided by 911 telephone
service. If you have an emergency or important
time-sensitive crime information, communicate this
information with TCSO by calling the 911 emergency
telephone service.
ACCEPTABLE USE. This Web Site may be used
only for lawful purposes.
PROHIBITED USE. All uses of this Web Site
which are in violation of any federal, state or
local law, Thomas County and/or Thomas County
Sheriff's Office (hereinafter referred to as "TCSO")
policy or the laws and/or policies of any other
governing entity, or of any of these terms and
conditions is strictly prohibited.
Users of this Web Site shall not restrict or
inhibit any other user from using and enjoying any
service conducted on this Web Site, nor shall users
upload, transmit, distribute or otherwise publish on
this Web Site
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any unlawful,
threatening, abusive, discriminatory,
defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic,
profane or indecent materials;
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any materials which
infringe any intellectual property right of any
third party or advertise or otherwise solicit
funds or is a solicitation for goods and
services; or
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any materials
containing a virus or other harmful component.
While TCSO has no obligation to monitor the Web
Site and is not responsible for the content of any
messages, information or files transmitted on the
Web Site, TCSO reserves the right to delete, move,
edit, refuse to post or take other appropriate
action with respect to such messages, information or
files which TCSO, in its sole discretion, deems
objectionable or otherwise in violation of these
terms. Unauthorized modification of any information
stored on this system may result in criminal
prosecution under Federal, State, and local law.
COMMUNICATIONS. TCSO does not guarantee
the accuracy, reliability, or confidentiality of any
communication/information contained in this Web
Site. This Web Site should not be used to transmit
any sensitive or confidential information to TCSO
since such information may be easily intercepted.
Given the unreliable nature of Internet
communications, information transmitted to TCSO via
electronic means may not be received at all, nor
received or reviewed in a timely manner.
PROHIBITED USE OF STAR/LOGO. The use or
copying of any service mark, seal, star, logo or
badge of TCSO is restricted by law and may be used
only with written permission of TCSO. You may NOT
download, use, disseminate, publish or copy the
seal, star, logo or badge displayed on this Web
Site. You may not remove or obscure the
trademark/copyright notice(s) contained in the
materials in this Web Site. Copyright and trademark
infringement are violations of federal law and
subject to criminal and civil penalties.
TRADEMARK AND COPYRIGHT.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Other materials other
than those listed above, published on the Web Site
may also be protected by trademark/copyright, and
owned or controlled by TCSO or the party listed as
the provider of the content, software or other
materials. Commercial use of the materials is
prohibited.
UNAUTHORIZED COPYING, REPRODUCTION, REPUBLISHING,
UPLOADING, DOWNLOADING, POSTING, TRANSMITTING OR
DUPLICATING ANY OF THE MATERIAL IS PROHIBITED. You
may download or copy any downloadable materials,
except the seal, star, logo or badge, displayed
on the Web Site for home, noncommercial and personal
use only, provided that you maintain all copyright,
trademark and other notices contained in such
material and you agree to abide by all additional
copyright notices, information or restrictions
contained in any material accessed through the Web
Site.
MODIFICATION OF TERMS. TCSO reserves the
right to modify, change, update or alter these terms
at any time without notice. Your continued use of
this Web Site constitutes your agreement to comply
with such modifications.
NOT LEGAL NOTICE. Communications made
through this Web Site's e-mail or any other
messaging system shall in no way be deemed to
constitute legal notice to TCSO or any of its
officers, employees, agents, or representatives,
with respect to any existing or potential claim or
cause of action against TCSO or any of its officers,
employees, agents, or representatives, where notice
to TCSO is required by any federal, state or local
laws, rules or regulations.
CONSENT TO MONITORING. TCSO and its agents
may monitor and audit the usage of this system, and
all persons are hereby notified that use of this
system constitutes consent to such monitoring and
auditing.
LINKS. The information provided on this
Web Site and links to other related Web Sites, are
provided as a courtesy to Web Site visitors only,
and are in no manner an endorsement, recommendation
or approval of any person, any product or any
service contained on any other Web Site. TCSO does
not endorse or support any of the advertising that
may be contained on any linked site.
DISCLAIMER. TCSO is neither responsible
nor liable for any viruses or other contamination of
your system nor for any delays, inaccuracies, errors
or omissions arising out of your use of the Web Site
or with respect to the material contained on the Web
Site, including without limitation, any material
posted on the Web Site. TCSO attempts to maintain
the highest accuracy of content on this Web Site.
Any errors or omissions should be reported to TCSO.
This Web Site AND ALL MATERIALS CONTAINED ON IT ARE
DISTRIBUTED AND TRANSMITTED "AS IS" WITHOUT
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TCSO IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR
ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES THAT MAY ARISE FROM THE USE OF, OR THE
INABILITY TO USE, THE WEB SITE AND/OR THE MATERIALS
CONTAINED ON THE WEB SITE WHETHER THE MATERIAL IS
PROVIDED BY TCSO, OR A THIRD PARTY.
DISCLAIMER /CHANGES TO WEB SITE. TCSO may
change the information contained in the Web Site at
any time and without notice. TCSO assumes no
liability of damages incurred directly or indirectly
as a result of errors, omissions or discrepancies.
DISCLAIMER/ENDORSEMENTS. Some of the
material contained in this Web Site may be supplied
by third parties and users. Any opinions, advice,
statements, services, or other information supplied
by third parties or users do not necessarily state
or reflect those of TCSO. If any reference is made
to any specific commercial entity, organization,
company, product or service, it should not be
construed as an endorsement, promotion,
recommendation, favoring or advertisement by TCSO.
LOCATION OF WEB SITE. TCSO operates this
Web Site from its offices in Thomas County, Georgia,
and makes no representations that materials in this
Web Site are appropriate or available for use in
other locations. If you access this Web Site from
other locations, you do so at your own risk and are
solely responsible for compliance with any and all
applicable laws, rules and regulations.
GOVERNING LAW. These Terms and Conditions
shall be governed by, construed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia as
applied to agreements made and to be performed
entirely therein. Any action brought to enforce the
Terms and Conditions or in connection with this Web
Site shall be brought in either the state or federal
courts in Thomas County, Georgia. |
