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Terms & Conditions

A legal disclaimer

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Effective Date: June 16th, 2025
Website: www.ourladyshaven.org
Owner: Our Lady’s Haven (“we,” “us,” “our”)

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using our website, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, please do not use the site.

2. Mission-Based Use

This website exists to inform, educate, and support individuals and communities about the mission of Our Lady’s Haven: providing Christ-centered shelter and support to survivors of human trafficking. Any use of this website must align with that mission.

3. Donations

Donations made through our site are voluntary and non-refundable unless a processing error occurs. We reserve the right to use donations in accordance with our mission, and all gifts are used where most needed unless otherwise specified.

4. Use of Site Content

All content on this site—including text, graphics, logos, videos, training resources, and downloadable materials—is the property of Our Lady’s Haven or its content providers and is protected by copyright laws.
You may:

  • View and print materials for personal or parish use
    You may not:

  • Reproduce, distribute, or alter any content for commercial purposes

  • Claim any content as your own

  • Use our name, logo, or materials in a misleading or unauthorized way

5. User Conduct

You agree not to use this website:

  • For unlawful, harmful, or abusive purposes

  • To impersonate others or misrepresent your identity

  • To distribute spam, malware, or offensive content

  • To harvest or misuse information of other users

We reserve the right to restrict access or take legal action against any misuse of our website.

6. Privacy

Please refer to our [Privacy Policy] for information on how we collect, use, and protect your data.

7. Links to Third-Party Sites

Our site may contain links to external websites. These links are provided for your convenience, but we do not endorse or control the content on those sites and are not responsible for their practices or policies.

8. Limitation of Liability

We make every effort to ensure the accuracy and security of our website. However, we do not guarantee uninterrupted access or that the site will always be error-free or virus-free.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any direct or indirect damages resulting from your use of this site.

9. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Our Lady’s Haven and its affiliates, staff, volunteers, and board members from any claim or demand made by any third party due to your violation of these Terms or your use of the site.

10. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right to update or change these Terms and Conditions at any time. Changes will be posted on this page, and continued use of the site indicates your acceptance of the revised terms.

11. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Vermont, without regard to conflict of law principles.

12. Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at:

Our Lady’s Haven

Terms & Conditions - the basics

Having said that, Terms and Conditions (“T&C”) are a set of legally binding terms defined by you, as the owner of this website. The T&C set forth the legal boundaries governing the activities of the website visitors, or your customers, while they visit or engage with this website. The T&C are meant to establish the legal relationship between the site visitors and you as the website owner. 

 

T&C should be defined according to the specific needs and nature of each website. For example, a website offering products to customers in e-commerce transactions requires T&C that are different from the T&C of a website only providing information (like a blog, a landing page, and so on).     

 

T&C provide you as the website owner the ability to protect yourself from potential legal exposure, but this may differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, so make sure to receive local legal advice if you are trying to protect yourself from legal exposure.

What to include in the T&C document

Generally speaking, T&C often address these types of issues: Who is allowed to use the website; the possible payment methods; a declaration that the website owner may change his or her offering in the future; the types of warranties the website owner gives his or her customers; a reference to issues of intellectual property or copyrights, where relevant; the website owner’s right to suspend or cancel a member’s account; and much, much more. 

 

To learn more about this, check out our article “Creating a Terms and Conditions Policy”.

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