This Terms of Service (“ToS”) constitutes an agreement (“Agreement”) between you (as “User”) and Clatsop County Auxiliary Communications (“CCAC”) stating the terms and conditions under which you may interact with this website ("Site").  Please read this Agreement carefully. By accessing, browsing and/or using this Site or its services you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agree to accept these ToS and be legally bound by this Agreement.

The Website is offered subject to your acceptance, without modification, of all of the terms and conditions contained herein, all policies and procedures that may be published on the site, and CCAC’s Privacy Policy. CCAC reserves the right to amend this Agreement at any time by posting the amended ToS to the Site. 

Duration

The term of this Agreement begins the moment you begin using this Site and ends when you leave the Site, with the exceptions of Privacy, Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability, all of which shall survive termination. You agree that you will not access this Site through automated or non-human means, whether bot, script or otherwise.

If you do not accept these ToS, do not use this Site.

Disclaimer

The information contained on the CCAC Site is for general informational purposes only. Content on the Site is not to be construed as professional advice. CCAC’s Site is offered free and for the purpose of providing Users with general information resources potentially useful for emergency communications and disaster preparedness.

In no event will CCAC or its officers or agents, its webmaster, volunteers, or Clatsop County be liable to any User or anyone else for any decision made or action taken in reliance on the information on this Site or for any special, direct, indirect, consequential or incidental damages or any damages whatsoever, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tort, arising out of or in connection with the use of this website or its contents.

Errors and Omissions

While CCAC has made every attempt to ensure that the information contained on this Site has been obtained from reliable sources, CCAC is not responsible for, and assumes no liability for, any errors or omissions or incorrect interpretations. The Site contains views and opinions which are those of the author(s) of articles and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other author, agency, company, Clatsop County or Clatsop County Auxiliary Communications or any of its volunteers.

All information on this Site is provided “as is” without warrant of any kind express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of performance or fitness for a particular purpose, completeness, accuracy, timeliness, or of the results obtained from the use of this information. CCAC reserves the right to make additions, deletions, or modifications to the contents on the Site at any time without prior notice.

User Discretion and Risk

CCAC makes no warranty that access to this Site will be continuous or uninterrupted. Though CCAC provides all reasonable precautions against viruses and other malware or internet dangers, CCAC does not warrant that the Site is free of these harmful components. User accepts that downloading from, accessing content or otherwise interacting with this Site is at User’s own discretion and risk.

External Links

The Site contains links to external websites which are not maintained by, or in any way affiliated with, CCAC or Clatsop County. CCAC does not guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of any information on these external websites, nor that these external sites are free of viruses, malware or other internet dangers. By providing links to other sites, CCAC does not guarantee, approve or endorse the information or products available on these external sites.

Registration

To register on this Site, you must have a valid current amateur radio license. By registering on the site, Users receive access to repeater coverage maps and other local amateur radio information, as well as a periodic newsletter containing the ledes from recent articles, and access to the Forum with ability to post to or comment on Forum threads. User information provided during Registration is covered by CCAC’s Privacy Policy and is never sold by CCAC.

All Forum comments are moderated and CCAC reserves the right to refuse to publish any comment or posting, to delete any comment for any reason whatsoever, and to restrict the User’s access to the Site in the event that the User violates this Agreement, or any applicable law, or the Privacy Policy.

User Responsibility

By registering on the Site, User represents and warrants that all registration information User submits will be true, accurate, current, and complete. It is the User’s responsibility to maintain the accuracy of such information and promptly update it as necessary, and to warrant that you has the legal capacity to agree with these Terms of Service. If User provides any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, the CCAC has the right to suspend or terminate User’s account and to refuse current or future use of the Site.

Comments published by Users are their sole responsibility. By posting a comment, User takes full responsibility, liability and blame for any libel or litigation that results from something written in, or as a direct result of something written in, a comment. CCAC is not liable for any comment published and reserves the right to delete any comment for any reason whatsoever.

Fair Use

It is CCAC’s practice to obtain express permission for materials on this Site which are not published on government websites or under Creative Commons licenses. However, the Site contains portions of some copyrighted material which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. CCAC makes such material available in an educational effort to advance understanding of emergency communications during disaster events and planning for emergency preparedness, and as an introduction which may encourage readers to visit the website of origin to read the entire work. CCAC believes this constitutes a "fair use" of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17, Section 107, of the United States Copyright law, summarized here.

Fair Use notwithstanding, CCAC will immediately comply with any verified copyright owner request to have material removed or modified. Please notify webmaster with supporting documentation. If a User wishes to use copyrighted material, the User must obtain permission directly from the copyright owner. For any other materials not designated Creative Commons, User should follow the link to the original material and check that website’s permissions policy.