Terms of Service

1.  General

The website at stakeholdergrouponageing.com (the SGA website)  is operated on behalf of the Stakeholder Group on Ageing (SGA) by AARP, a not-for-profit corporation headquartered in the United States of America.  The SGA is a member of the Major Groups and Other Stakeholders involved in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015.  By accessing the SGA website, in any manner, whether automated or otherwise, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and the SGA Privacy Policy.

We reserve the right to modify these Terms of Service at any time, in which case the revised Terms of Service will appear on the SGA website. Continued use of the SGA website after we post any such changes will constitute your acceptance of the Terms of Service, as modified.

2.  Intellectual Property Rights

(A) SGA’s Limited License to You. This SGA website and all the materials contained on it are our property and/or the property of the SGA members, affiliates or licensors, and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. We provide the SGA website for noncommercial use only. You may only use this SGA website and the materials on it as authorized by us. You may not use this SGA website or the materials on it in any manner that violates the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, trademark rights, patent rights, contract rights, or any other rights belonging to us or a third party. We reserve the right, at any time and without notice, to suspend, cancel, or terminate your right to use the SGA website (or any portion of the SGA website) for violation (whether repeated or not) of copyrights or any other rights belonging to us or a third party. Unless authorized in these Terms of Service or by the owner of the materials, you may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, translate, sell, create derivative works from, exploit, or distribute in any manner or medium (including by e-mail or other electronic means) any material from the SGA website. Information about permission to reproduce or distribute materials from the SGA website can be obtained by emailing us at sgageing@gmail.com.

(B) Your License to SGA. By posting or submitting any material (including, without limitation, text, photos, and videos) to the SGA website, you represent and warrant: (i) that you are the owner of the material, or that the owner of the material has consented to your use; and (ii) that you are 13 years old or older. You will be solely responsible for any damages resulting from any infringement of copyrights, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from any uploading, posting, or submission.

When you submit or post material, you grant to us the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, and display it (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology. This grant shall include the right to exploit any proprietary rights in any such material. You also grant us, and anyone authorized by us, the right to identify you as the author of any of your postings or submissions by name or e-mail address, as we deem appropriate.

(C) Notice of Copyright Infringement. If you are a copyright owner who believes your copyrighted material has been reproduced, posted, or distributed via the SGA website in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, please report the violation to our designated copyright agent by sending written notice by U.S. Mail to AARP, 601 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.  20049, Attn: Corporate Counsel, or by email to CorporateCounsel@aarp.org. Please note that the contact information provided in this paragraph should only be used for reporting suspected copyright infringement. Contact information for other matters is provided elsewhere in these Terms of Service or on the SGA website.

Please include the following information in your written notice:
(1) a detailed description of the copyrighted work that is allegedly infringed;
(2) a description of the location of the allegedly infringing material on the SGA website;
(3) your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and, if available, e-mail address;
(4) your statement that you have a good-faith belief that the allegedly infringing use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
(5) your statement, made under penalty of perjury, affirming that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf; and
(6) an electronic or physical signature of the copyright owner or someone authorized on the owner’s behalf to assert infringement of copyright and to submit the statement.

(D) Restrictions on Linking and Framing. You may establish a hypertext link to the SGA website, provided that the link does not state or imply any sponsorship of your site by SGA. However, you may not frame or inline link to any of the content of the SGA website, or incorporate into another site other service any of our material or intellectual property without the written permission of SGA.

3.  Disclaimers

THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED ON OR THROUGH THE SGA WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SGA WEBSITE OR ANY OF ITS FUNCTIONS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT ANY PART OF THIS SGA WEBSITE OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE THE SGA WEBSITE AVAILABLE, ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.  WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF RECORD, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION. 

WE DO NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, OR RELIABILITY OF THIS SGA WEBSITE OR THIRD-PARTY SITES. USE OF ANY INFORMATION ON THE SGA WEBSITE OR THIRD-PARTY SITES IS AT THE USER’S OWN RISK. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE SGA WEBSITE.

You must provide and are solely responsible for all hardware and/or software necessary to access the SGA website. You assume the entire cost of and responsibility for any damage to, and all necessary maintenance, repair or correction of, that hardware and/or software.

4.  Third-Party Websites

The SGA website may provide links to websites maintained and/or operated by third parties. Any information, products, software, or services provided on or through third-party websites are controlled by the operators of such websites and not by us. When you access these third-party websites, you do so at your own risk.

5.  Limitation of Liability

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, SHALL WE, OUR SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES, AFFILIATES, OR SGA MEMBERS, BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE SGA WEBSITE, INCLUDING ITS MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES, OR THIRD-PARTY MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SGA WEBSITE, EVEN IF WE ARE ADVISED BEFOREHAND OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. (BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS, OUR LIABILITY AND THE LIABILITY OF OUR SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES, AFFILIATES, OR SGA MEMBERS IS LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT THAT IT CAN BE LIMITED UNDER SUCH JURISDICTION’S LAW.)

IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SGA WEBSITE, ANY MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES ON THE SGA WEBSITE, OR WITH ANY OF THE SGA WEBSITE’S TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SGA WEBSITE.