Welcome to The Hot Mommas^® Project (“HMP”) website, owned and operated by Vision Forward, LLC (“Vision Forward”), whose principal place of business is the Commonwealth of Virginia.  By using the HMP website and other services ("Services"), you accept and agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions (the "Terms of Service"). 

Certain Services may have additional terms and conditions (‘Additional Terms”).  In case of any contradiction between the Additional Terms and the Terms of Service, the Additional Terms shall take precedence to that Service.

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1. Description of Service

Unless explicitly stated otherwise, the Services may be modified or terminated at any time by Vision Forward for any reason, and without notice, without liability to you, any other user of the Service or any third party.  Any new features that augment or enhance the current Service shall be subject to the Terms of Service.

2. Changes to Terms of Service

The Terms of Service of this service are subject to update by Vision Forward at any time, with or without notice, and you can review the most current version of Terms of Service at http://hotmommasproject.org/termsconditions.aspx.

3. Waiver of provision

These Terms of Service constitutes agreement between you and Vision Forward in its entirety with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces all prior or contemporaneous understanding or agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject matter.  Any waiver of any provision of the Terms of Service by a party will be effective only if in writing and signed by both parties.

4. Accepting the Terms

In order to use the Services, you must first agree to the Terms of Service.  You may not use the Services if you do not accept the Terms of Service.

To comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, at this time Services are only available to users who are at least 13 years old.  If you are under 13, you may not use the Services.

You can accept the Terms by:

a.       clicking to accept or agree to the Terms of Service, where this option is made available to you by Vision Forward in the user interface for any Services; or

b.      by actually using the Services.  In this case, you understand and agree that Vision Forward will treat your use of the Services as acceptance of the Terms of Service from that point onwards.

You understand that your use of Services after the date on which the Terms of Service has changed shall be treated as acceptance of the updated Terms of Service.

You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms of Service if you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with Vision Forward.

5. Appropriate Conduct 

You agree that you are responsible for your own conduct while using the Service and for any consequences thereof.  You agree to use the Service only for activities that are legal.  By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using the Service, you will not:

• defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others;
• violate the terms of any Non-Disclosure Agreement or any Communication Policy with regard to a company used in a case study;
• reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade or resell the Services for any purpose unless you have been specifically permitted to do so in a separate agreement with Vision Forward;
• download any material from the website that you know, or reasonably should know, that cannot be legally distributed in such manner;
• restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Service;
• use the Service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose;
• interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service;
• access (or attempt to access) any of the Services by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Vision Forward, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with Vision Forward;
• use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other device to retrieve or index any portion of the Service or collect information about users for any unauthorized purpose;
• create user accounts by automated means or under false or fraudulent pretenses;

International users agree to comply with their own local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable content, including laws regulating the export of data to the United States or your country of residence. 

While Vision Forward prohibits such conduct and Content in connection with the Services, you understand and agree that you nonetheless may be exposed to such conduct and/or Content and that you use the Services at your own risk.

6. Registration

In order to access certain Services, you may be required to provide information about yourself (such as name, age, gender, email address or other contact information) as part of the registration process for the Services, or as part of your continued use of the Services.  When you register for Services, you must provide true, accurate and complete registration information.  As part of the registration process, you will be asked to select a username and password.  You will be responsible for all activities occurring under your username and for keeping your password secure.

7. Content in the Services

Responsibility of Contributors

If you submit, publish, post, upload, distribute, disseminate or otherwise transmit any material such as case studies, written text, comments, posts, email to a case study author, computer software, website links, podcasts, audio files or other sounds, graphics, photographs, videos or other images (referred to below as the “Content”) via the Services, you are solely and exclusively responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content.  By making Content available, you represent and warrant that:

• the downloading, copying and use of the Content will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret rights, of any third party;
• if your employer has rights to intellectual property you create, you have either

1. received permission from your employer to post or make available the Content, including but not limited to any software, or
2. secured from your employer a waiver as to all rights in or to the Content;

• you have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating to the Content, and have done all things necessary to successfully pass through to end users any required terms;
• the Content is not obscene, libelous or defamatory, hateful or racially or ethnically objectionable, and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party;
• your Content is not named in a manner that misleads your readers into thinking that you are another person or company.  For example, your case study’s title is not the name of a person other than yourself or company other than your own;
• the Content does not contain or install any viruses, worms, malware, Trojan horses or other harmful or destructive content; and
• the Content is not spam, is not machine or randomly generated, and does not contain unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic to third party sites or boost the search engine rankings of third party sites, or to further unlawful acts (such as phishing) or mislead recipients as to the source of the material (such as spoofing).

If you delete Content, Vision Forward will use reasonable efforts to remove it from the Services, but you acknowledge that caching or references to the Content may not be made immediately unavailable.

You agree that by using the Services, you will not make available any Content that falsely expresses or implies that such Content is sponsored or endorsed by Vision Forward, its sponsors, its affiliates, or its owners.

Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, Vision Forward has the right (though not the obligation) to, in Vision Forward’s sole discretion

1. refuse or remove any content that, in Vision Forward’s reasonable opinion, violates any Vision Forward policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable, or
2. terminate or deny access to and use of the Services to any individual or entity for any reason, in Vision Forward’s sole discretion.

Responsibility of users of Services

Vision Forward has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, made available on the Services, and cannot therefore be responsible for that material’s content, use or effects.  By operating the Services, Vision Forward does not represent or imply that it endorses the material there posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful or non-harmful.  You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content.  The Services may contain Content that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as Content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors.  The Services may also contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or the downloading, copying or use of which is subject to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated.  Vision Forward disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by users of the Services, or from any downloading by those visitors of Content there posted.

You understand that all Content which you may have access to as part of, or through your use of, the Services is the sole and exclusive responsibility of the person from which such Content originated.  This means that you, and not Vision Forward, are solely and exclusively responsible for all Content that you submit, publish, post, upload, distribute, disseminate or otherwise transmit via the Service.  Under no circumstances will Vision Forward will be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in the Content, for infringement of copyrights of any third party through submission or posting of such Content, for disclosure of any proprietary or confidential information, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content available on the Service.

You should be aware that all Content including, but not limited to, sponsored Content within the Services may be protected by intellectual property rights which are owned by Vision Forward and/or their respective owners or sponsors who provide that Content to Vision Forward (or by other persons or companies on their behalf).  You may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on this Content (either in whole or in part) unless you have been specifically informed in writing that you may do so by Vision Forward or by the owners of that Content, in a separate agreement with Vision Forward.

You understand that by using the Services you may be exposed to Content that you may find offensive, indecent or objectionable and that, in this respect, you use the Services at your own risk.

8. Important Notice regarding any Content containing Mature or Explicit Material

You understand and agree that if you submit any Content that contains sexually explicit, domestic violence, or other inappropriate material, not suitable for minors, you agree to mark such Content Inappropriate for Minor through the interface provided by Vision Forward.

9. Proprietary rights

You acknowledge and agree that Vision Forward owns all legal right, title and interest in and to the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in the Services.

“The Hot Mommas^® Project” is the registered trademarks of Vision Forward.  Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with Vision Forward, nothing in the Terms of Service gives you a right to use any of Vision Forward’s trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features.

Vision Forward claims non-exclusive ownership or control over all Content submitted by you on or through the Service.  You or a third party licensor, as appropriate, retain all patent, trademark and copyright to any Content you submit on or through the Service and you are responsible for protecting those rights, as appropriate.  By submitting Content on or through the Service, you grant Vision Forward a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display, distribute and sell such Content.  Vision Forward reserves the right to syndicate Content submitted by you on or through the Service and use that Content in connection with other services offered by Vision Forward.

You understand and agree not to submit any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary right of any party unless you are the owner of the Rights or have the permission of the owner to Post such Content.

You confirm and warrant to Vision Forward that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above license.

10. Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy

As Vision Forward asks others to respect its intellectual property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others.  If you believe that material located on or linked to by our Services violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify Vision Forward in accordance with Vision Forward’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) Policy.  Vision Forward will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material.  In the case of a visitor who may infringe or repeatedly infringes the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of Vision Forward or others, Vision Forward may, in its discretion, terminate or deny access to and use of the Services.

11. External Links

The Service may provide links to other websites or resources (such as news articles, podcasts, images, videos, and blogs) over which Vision Forward does not have any control.  You acknowledge and agree that Vision Forward is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources.  Vision Forward does not endorse such links and is not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused by or in connection with use of any content on or available from such sites or resources.

12. User Privacy

You agree to the terms of the Hot Mommas® Project Privacy Policy, as it may be changed from time to time.  You understand and agree that Vision Forward may access, preserve, and disclose your personal information and the contents of your account in order to provide the Services or if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process or to protect the rights, property and/or safety of Vision Forward, its affiliates or the public. 

For a full description of how Vision Forward maintains the personal information you provide, please see our Privacy Policy.

13. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SERVICES, ALL CONTENT, INFORMATION ON THE HMP WEBSITE AND THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES INCLUDED THEREIN ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," AND THE VISION FORWARD DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS.  The VISION FORWARD disclaim any and all responsibility and liability for your conduct and for the conduct of others using the Service.  VISION FORWARD CANNOT GUARANTEE AND DOES NOT PROMISE ANY SPECIFIC RESULTS FROM USE OF THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICES.  VISION FORWARD DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT CONTENT OR MATERIALS ON THE SITE AND THE SERVICES ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, AVAILABLE, CURRENT OR ERROR-FREE.  Certain state laws do not allow the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties, so the above disclaimers and exclusions may not apply to you, and you may have additional rights.

YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

IN NO EVENT WILL VISION FORWARD OR ITS EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU, YOUR EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES OR AGENTS OR ANY THIRD PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST DATA ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR THE SERVICES OR OTHER MATERIALS ON, ACCESSED THROUGH OR DOWNLOADED FROM THE SITE, WHETHER OR NOT VISION FORWARD HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.  Such limitation of liability shall apply whether the damages arise from use or misuse of and reliance on SERVICES or inability to use the Services or from interruption, suspension, or termination of the services.  Certain state laws do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation and exclusions may not apply to you, and you may have additional rights.

15. Termination

There Terms of Service will apply for your use of the Services.  You may terminate your use of the Service immediately at any time by stopping your use of the HMP website and/or Services.  Vision Forward may terminate your use of the Services and/or prohibit you from using or accessing the Services immediately at any time, for any reason, or no reason, at any time in its sole discretion, with or without notice, including if it believes that you are under 13.  Our proprietary rights, disclaimer of warranties, indemnities, limitations of liability and miscellaneous provisions attached to all Contents, accessed or downloaded by you, shall survive any such termination.

16. Competent Jurisdiction

There Terms of Service will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without giving effect to its conflict of laws provision or your actual state or country of residence.  The parties agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Arlington, VA.  If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision or portion of the Terms of Service to be unenforceable, the remainder of the Terms of Service will continue in full force and effect.