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FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA)

Privacy Policy/Terms of Use

Copyright 2001 Family Motor Coach Association, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The following privacy statement and terms of use are applicable to the Family Motor Coach Association, Inc. Web sites.

PLEASE READ THESE POLICIES AND TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE.

I. PRIVACY POLICY

By using this site, you signify your assent to these policies and terms of use. If you do not agree to these policies and terms of use, please do not use the site. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these policies and terms at any time. Your continued use of this site following the posting of changes to these policies and terms will mean you accept those changes.

Privacy Statements
Because we respect your right to privacy, we have developed a Privacy Policy/Terms of Use to inform you about our privacy practices. Privacy refers to the right of the individual site visitor to choose whether to allow personal information to be collected, by the hold site (FMCA.com) or by third parties, and to know what type of information is used. Please view the privacy statement applicable to the specific site you are reviewing.

Copyright Information
The site and the content within the site are the property of FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA) and are protected by United States copyright laws and international treaty provisions. The compilation, organization and display of the content as well as all software and inventions used on and in connection with this site are the exclusive property of FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA). FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA) reserves all rights in the site and its content not specifically granted in any agreements with FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA). For purpose of this Privacy Policy/Terms of Use, content is defined as all material (including text, graphics, tables, equations, audio and video) and menu/directions icons, bars, indicators, listings, and indexes.

Trademark Information
FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA) and other marks indicated on our site are registered trademarks of FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA) in the United States and/or other countries. Other FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA) marks, graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts noted on the site are FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA)'s service marks, trademarks and trade dress and are the sole and exclusive property of FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA). FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA)'s service marks, trademarks and trade dress may not be used in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, in any manner that disparages or discredits FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA) and in connection with any service or product that is not sponsored, endorsed or produced by FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA). All other trademarks not owned by FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA) or its subsidiaries that appear on this site are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA) or its subsidiaries.

II. USE OF MATERIALS

This site is owned and operated by Family Motor Coach Association, Inc. No material from any Family Motor Coach Association, Inc. Web site may be copied, reproduced, modified, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, reprinted or distributed in any way without the expressed written permission of Family Motor Coach Association, Inc., except that you may download or print one copy of the materials on any single computer for your personal, noncommercial home use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. Modification of the materials or use of the materials for any other purpose is a violation of Family Motor Coach Association, Inc.'s copyright and other proprietary rights and may be subject to civil and/or criminal penalties.

Use of Content on the Site
You may view, download, and print contents from this site subject to the following conditions: (a) the content may be used solely for information purposes; and (b) the content may not be modified or altered in any way. You may not republish, distribute, prepare derivative works, or otherwise use the content other than as explicitly permitted herein. You do not acquire any ownership rights to any content in the Site. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA).

Public Forums
Public forums are any chat area(s), bulletin board(s), listserv(s), or any other e-mail function(s) offered as part of any FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. Web site. Remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas become public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information. You shall not upload to, distribute through, or otherwise publish through any FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. Web site any content which is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, illegal, or otherwise objectionable that would constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or that would otherwise give rise to liability or violates any law. Information, views and opinions expressed in public forums are the views of the person posting the message, do not necessarily reflect the views of FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. and are not endorsed, supported, encouraged, sanctioned, verified or agreed upon by FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. reserves the right, in its absolute and sole discretion, to remove or edit content that we believe may be offensive to our audience and/or which violates our family-oriented standards. Please be advised that because of real-time circumstance, these materials may not always be able to be removed or edited in a timely fashion.

FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. is not responsible for any unsolicited e-mail you may receive as a result of participating in any public forum. FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. reserves the right to terminate your ability to access any of publicforum for any reason and without notice.

By communication in any public forum, you hereby represent that you have all necessary rights in the materials, communications, or other information that you have provided, transmitted or sent to the public forum. By uploading materials to any public forum or submitting any materials to us, you automatically grant (or warrant that the owner of such rights has expressly granted) us a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, nonexclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and distribute such materials or incorporate such materials into any form, medium, or technology now known or later developed throughout the universe. In addition, you warrant that all so-called "moral rights" in those materials have been waived. FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. DOES NOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR THE MATERIALS FOUND IN ANY PUBLIC FORUM, NOR FOR ANY CLAIMS, DAMAGES OR LOSSES RESULTING FROM ANY USE OF ANY PUBLIC FORUM OR THE MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN.

Data Collection
FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA) is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others. We do not sell your name or other private profile information to third parties, and do not intend to do so in the future.

We do not sell or rent our customers' information to any outside company or organization.

FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA) employs state-of-the-art firewalls and others measures to protect the security of your personal information and honors your choices for its intended use. We carefully protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

 If you are a member of FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA), we will provide you with the means to view and edit your personal information to ensure that it is correct and current.

FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA) collects information from our users at several different points on our website. We limit the information collected about you to what is needed for conducting business and offering products and services that might be of interest to you. We collect information about your visits including service provider, browser type, and pages accessed on our Web site to optimize your user experience and enhance your time spent with us online. We also receive information telling us what site you came from.

To ensure we are publishing content customers need and want, FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA) collects aggregated site-visitation statistics using cookies. When someone visits the site, a cookie is placed on the customer’s machine (if the customer accepts cookies) or is read if the customer has visited the site previously. We aggregate all usage information, which means we do not track individuals' use of the site. We never share tracking information outside of FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA), and do not allow other companies to place cookies on our sites.

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the user closes their browser, the cookie simply terminates. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site.

Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you choose not to accept cookies or provide personal information, you can still use most of FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA), but you will not be able to access areas that require cookies.

When you send us an e-mail message, we will retain the content of the e-mail, your e-mail address, and our response in order to handle any follow-up questions you may have. We also use it to measure how effectively we address your concerns. E-mail messages sent to the Web site may not be secure. You are strongly discouraged from sending confidential information by e-mail. If you choose to do so, you accept the risk that a third party may intercept e-mail messages.

Correction/Updating Personal Information
If a visitor/member’s personally identifiable information changes, or if our service(s) are no longer desired, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove that personal data provided to us.

Children’s Privacy
FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA) does not knowingly solicit or collect information from children under 13 years of age. Family Motor Coach Association, Inc. (FMCA) requires children over the age of 13 to consult with their parents before furnishing any data to us. We believe that parents should supervise their children's online activities and consider using one of the prepackaged parental control tools available to provide a child-friendly environment. These tools can also prevent children from disclosing personal information without parental consent. If a child has provided us with personally-identifiable information without parental or guardian consent, the parent or guardian should e-mail us to remove the information and unsubscribe them immediately. Parents or guardians: we want to help you guard your children's privacy. We encourage you to talk to your children about safe and responsible use of their Personal Information while using the Internet. FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA) supports and complies with the Child Online Protection Act. For additional information regarding children's online privacy, please consult the "Consumer Protection" page of the Federal Trade Commission home page.

Special Offers and/or Site/Service Updates
We send all new members a welcoming e-mail to verify password and username. Established members will occasionally receive information on products, services, special deals, and a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we present the option to not receive these types of communications.

Site and Service Updates
We also send the user site and service announcement updates. Members are not able to un-subscribe from service announcements, which contain important information about the service. We communicate with the user to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account via mail, phone, or e-mail.

Links
This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA), are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site, FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA).

Links to this Web Site must not damage, dilute or tarnish the goodwill associated with FMCA, nor may the link create the false appearance that your web site and/or organization is sponsored by, endorsed by, affiliated and/or associated with FMCA — unless you are an official FMCA chapter or area association. You agree that you will not link to the Web Site from any source that is unlawful, abusive, indecent or obscene, that promotes violence or illegal acts, that contains expressions of racism, that is libelous, defamatory, scandalous, or inflammatory or is otherwise inappropriate. Under no circumstances may you "frame" this Web Site or alter its intellectual property or content in any way. FMCA is not responsible for the content or performance of any portion of the Internet including other World Wide Web sites to which this Web Site may be linked or from which this Web Site may be accessed.

Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this Web site.

Tell-A-Friend
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our site, we ask them for the friend’s name and email address. FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA) will automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the site. FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA) stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time e-mail. The friend may contact FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA) at www.fmca.com to request the removal of this information from their database.

Disclaimer
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY STATED IN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA), ALL CONTENT, SERVICES, PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE PROVIDED ON THIS WEB SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA) AND ITS SUPPLIERS AND LICENSORS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE SITE, ITS CONTENT, AND THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED BY FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA) ON THE SITE FOR YOUR INTENDED APPLICATION AND USE. FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA) DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE, ITS CONTENT, OR THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES IT OFFERS ON THE SITE MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF ANY AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA), FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA), ITS SUPPLIERS AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, EVEN IF FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA), ITS SUPPLIERS OR LICENSORS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

III. INDEMNITY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

You agree to indemnify and hold FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (and its officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives) harmless against all claims, liabilities, losses, penalties, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from any violation of this Privacy Policy/Terms of Use.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, SHALL FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE MATERIALS IN THIS SITE, EVEN IF FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. OR AN FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA)'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THIS SITE.

Applicable Laws
All matters relating to your access to and use of the site shall be governed by U.S. federal law or the laws of the States of where the specific website you are viewing is hosted without regard to its conflict of law principles. Any legal action or proceeding relating to your access to or use of the site shall be instituted in a state or federal court in the jurisdiction in which the specific Web site you are viewing is hosted.

If there is a determination that any provision of this Privacy Policy/Terms of Use is invalid or unenforceable, that determination will not affect the rest of the Privacy Policy/Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy/Terms of Use shall be deemed amended to the minimum extent necessary to make them valid and enforceable.

Contact Information
This is the Web site of the FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA).

Our national headquarters postal address is:

FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA)
8291 Clough Pike
Cincinnati, Ohio 45244

Our e-mail address is general@fmca.com

These terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. You agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to these terms shall be filed only in the state or federal courts and you hereby consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action. If any provision of these terms shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. This is the entire agreement between us relating to the subject matter herein and shall not be modified except in writing, signed by both parties.

If for some reason you believe FAMILY MOTOR COACH ASSOCIATION, INC. (FMCA) has not adhered to this policy, please notify us by e-mail at webmaster@fmca.com and we will do our best to determine and correct the problem promptly. Be certain the words “Privacy Policy/Terms of Use” are in the Subject line.

The above terms and policies may be subject to change; the result of any change will be reflected on these pages.

 
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