These Website Terms of Use (“Terms”) apply to your use of the AAWL.org website offered by The Arizona Animal Welfare League (“AAWL,” “we”, “us”, or “our”) and any other websites or pages linking to these Terms (each, a “Site”). By accessing or using the Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms. We may change these Terms from time to time without prior notice. By using a Site following any changes to these Terms, you agree to be bound by any such changes.

1. Use of Site Content.

The Site helps inform website visitors and prospective pet owners regarding our mission, as well as regarding adoptions, veterinary services, volunteer opportunities, community events, and related matters. The Site may be used only for a Site visitor’s or user’s personal, or information purposes of a non-commercial nature.

1. You may display and, subject to any expressly stated restrictions or limitations relating to specific material on a Site, electronically copy, download onto your personal computer, mobile device or other technology used to access the Site, and print single hard copy portions of the material from a Site solely for your own internal, noncommercial, lawful use. If you make other use of a Site (including unauthorized copying), except as otherwise provided above, you may violate copyright and other laws of the United States, other countries, as well as applicable state laws and may be subject to liability for such unauthorized use.
2. You may not (a) decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any Site or any portion thereof (including systems and software used to operate the Site), or (b) attempt to gain unauthorized access to any Site, any portion thereof or any other computer systems or social media or mobile platforms through any Site. You agree that you will not use any Site in any manner that could violate applicable laws or damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through any Site.
3. Use of any of our Sites made available through a third-party social sharing platform is also subject to the platform’s applicable terms and conditions.
4. If you create an account on the Site to use our offerings, you are responsible for all uses of your account, whether permitted or not. Please contact us if you believe any unauthorized use has occurred. Please be sure to keep your contact information on your account current with us. Please contact us if you need to change it. Our contact details follow below and are also available on the Site.

2. Unsolicited Submissions.

Any information, remarks, suggestions, ideas, images or material you submit to us regarding a Site or our services, or your use of or experience with a Site or our services in any manner, written or oral or digital, or otherwise (“Unsolicited Submission”), is non-confidential, and you agree that we may elect to use it or not use it as we determine without any compensation or notice to you.

3. Intellectual Property.

We and our licensors own all right, title and interest in and to the Site, all of its the text, content, graphics, interfaces, code and materials, the look and feel, selection and arrangement, design and organization of the Site, and the compilation of the content, code, data and materials on the Site, including but not limited to all intellectual property and proprietary rights therein. Your use of a Site does not grant to you ownership in or rights to of any of the foregoing. The Site is copyrighted as our collective work under the United States’ and other copyright laws, and is our property. The collective work may include works that are licensed to us. Unless otherwise indicated on a Site, displayed trademarks, corporate logos, services marks, trade names and emblems (collectively, the “Marks”) are ours. We do not grant any license or other authorization to use our name or the Marks except through a separate written license agreement. Any third party trademarks on the Site are only referenced for information and belong to their owners.

4. Linking.

The Site may contain links to other third party websites (not operated by us), which may be of interest to you, including ways to make an impact regarding in-kind and other non-monetary donations. We are not responsible for the content of any third party websites. Your use of any other linked website is at your own risk, and you should be aware that, unless otherwise indicated, these Terms no longer govern. Please be mindful of this as you link to other outside websites. You should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any outside website to which you navigate. Our linking to a third party website is not an endorsement of the website, its content or operator.

5. Texting.

If you create an online account with us and two-factor authentication is enabled using your phone number and you agree to receive texts for such purpose, or agree to receive them to help confirm appointments and registrations you make with us, including reminders for the same, you consent to receive mobile messages from us or on our behalf according to this Texting section. By opting in to texts for such purposes, you agree to receive recurring autodialed or prerecorded marketing mobile messages at the phone number associated with your opt-in. Message and data rates may apply. Consent to receive texts is not a condition to use our services; you may also elect communications by email instead. If you do not wish to continue to receive mobile messages, or no longer agree to the terms in this Section, reply “STOP” to any mobile message from us in order to opt out of texts from us. You may receive an additional mobile message confirming your decision to opt out.

If at any time you intend to stop using the mobile telephone number used to subscribe to texts from us, including canceling your service plan or selling or transferring the phone number to another party, you agree that you will notify us at 602-273-6852 or text STOP to halt text messages to that phone number and opt in to receiving texts to your new mobile phone number as applicable. You will be responsible for all costs (including attorneys’ fees) and liabilities incurred by us, or any party that assists in the delivery of the messages we send, as a result of claims brought by the individual(s) who is later assigned that mobile telephone number. 

Texts are offered on an “as-is” basis and may not be available in all areas at all times and may not continue to work in the event of product, software, coverage, or other changes made by your carrier. We will not be liable for any delays or failures in the receipt of any messages from us. Delivery of messages is subject to effective transmission from your service provider/network operator, and is outside our control.

6. Privacy Policy.

Along with these Terms, please read our Privacy Policy and refer to it before you submit any personal information to a Site. The Privacy Policy is hereby incorporated and made part of these Terms.

7. Disclaimer.

Use of the Site as at your own risk. THE SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE MATERIALS, INFORMATION, CONTENT, FUNCTIONS, SERVICES, PRODUCTS, TEXT, GRAPHICS, AND LINKS THEREON AND THEREIN, ARE EACH PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. We use reasonable care to manage the Site content, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted Site access or that any errors or typos on a Site will come to our attention or be corrected. We do reserve the right to correct any errors in connection with a Site at any time, but are not required to do so. We do not promise the Site or our offerings will be useful to you or your children. If you are dissatisfied with a Site, your remedy is to discontinue its use. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we shall not be liable to you for any damages in connection with anyone’s use or misuse of the Site. In no event will our total aggregate liability for any damages in connection with use or misuse of the Site exceed $10. We reserve all of our legal rights to enforce against misuse of the Site or infringing content.

8. U.S.-Based Site.

The Site is operated out of the United States and our offerings on a Site are intended for U.S. users in our local area. The Site may not be available to users outside of this country, who, if they access the Site, do so at their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. You may not use or export any materials on any Site in violation of United States’ or any other jurisdiction’s export, re-export, or import laws and regulations.

9. Donations.

The Arizona Animal Welfare League has 501(c)(3) nonprofit status.  Our tax ID and donation information are available on the Site. Donations made to us online via the Site are tax deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law. If you have tax questions, please ask your tax adviser.

10. Miscellaneous.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Arizona without regard to its conflict of law provisions and each party shall submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts in Phoenix, Arizona. Our failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these Terms shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Neither the course of conduct between you and us nor trade practice shall act to modify any of these Terms. We may assign or delegate our rights and duties under these Terms at any time without notice to you.

Contact Us. If you have any questions about these Terms, please feel free to contact us at 602-273-6852.