LEGAL NOTICES AND POLICIES OF THE OUTER BANKS DETACHMENT

Legal Basis

The prime authority of the Marine Corps League is derived from its Congressional charter and from its annual National Convention held each August in different major U.S. cities throughout the nation.

Organization Tax Status

The Marine Corps League, its Auxiliary and subsidiary units are non-profit organizations within the provisions of the Internal Revenue Service Code 501(c)(4), with a special group exemption letter (0955) which allows for contributions to be tax deductible by the donor. Our detachment's Federal Tax ID (EIN) is 20-‍5956994.

Copyright Notice

Copyright © 2006-2019 Marine Corps League Outer Banks Detachment #1264. All rights reserved. This website and all of its contents including, but not limited to, images, text, and HTML, unless otherwise specified, is the sole property of the Marine Corps League Outer Banks Detachment.

Privacy Policy

This website maintains strict compliance with privacy-related issues and under no circumstances provides e-mail address, IP address, or other personal information to third-parties, except as required under local, state, or federal statutes. When personal information (such as credit card information) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secured Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. Questions related to this policy may be addressed to the webmaster at: .

COPPA Compliance

This website complies with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) of 1998 and does not knowingly accept or collect information on any child under thirteen (13) years of age.

Disclaimer

This site and its contents, software, and components is provided to you "AS IS" without warranty or guarantee of any kind. This website is in no way affiliated with, or approved by, the United States Marine Corps, the Departments of the Navy and/or Defense, nor the Government of the United States of America. The Marine Corps League Outer Banks Detachment makes no express or implied representations or warranties, oral or written relating to the site and/or its associated components. Furthermore, the Marine Corps League Outer Banks Detachment disclaims any and all warranties with respect to this website, software, and/or associated components, whether implied or statutory, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of no infringement of third party rights, merchantability, and/or fitness for a particular purpose. This website may contain information posted by third parties and does not warrant expressly or impliedly any information posted by third parties.

Terms of Use

The information contained within this website is subject to the following terms and conditions. By accessing this website, you agree to these terms and conditions. The Marine Corps League Outer Banks Detachment reserves the right to change or modify these terms and conditions, services, information, and/or programs contained on the site at any time, at its sole discretion, with or without notice. Furthermore, your continued use of the website constitutes your acceptance of such revised terms. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Marine Corps League Outer Banks Detachment shall not be liable to you or any third party claiming through you any damages in connection with the information, software, or any component on this website. In no event shall the Marine Corps League Outer Banks Detachment be liable to you or any other third party of any indirect, extraordinary, exemplary, punitive, special, incidental, or consequential damages (including, but not limited to, the loss of data, revenue, profits, use, or other economic advantage) however arising, whether for breach or in tort, even if the Marine Corps League Outer Banks Detachment has been previously advised of the possibility of such damage. Furthermore, the Marine Corps League Outer Banks Detachment assumes no responsibility of errors of omissions in the information, software, components, and/or other documents which are included within, referenced by, or linked to or by the website. This website could contain or include technical or other inaccuracies. Changes are periodically made to the information contained herein, however the Marine Corps League Outer Banks Detachment makes no commitment to update materials on this website.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

You agree that all matters relating to your access to, or use of, this website shall be governed by the laws of the United States of America and the State of North Carolina. The Marine Corps League Outer Banks Detachment makes no representation and/or guarantees that the information on this website is appropriate or available for use in all countries, and prohibits accessing materials from territories where contents are illegal. Those who access the website do so on their own initiative and of their own risk and are responsible for compliance with all applicable laws.

Sources and Permissions

Every attempt has been made to ensure appropriate permissions (copyright clearances) have been obtained for the use of graphics and text prior to their inclusion on this website. Credits and copyright permissions, where applicable, appear on all pages where such items are used. All non-credited graphics and text was either created by the website owner, or are believed to have been derived through the public domain. Individuals or persons believing that any item contained on the website infringes a copyright are asked to contact the webmaster so appropriate research, and if warranted, corrective action can be taken. All necessary licenses for the use of scripts on this website have been lawfully obtained, and the use of these scripts are in full compliance with the terms of each license agreement. Questions should be directed to: .

Web Development and Administration Standards

This site has been validated to the standards prescribed by the World-Wide-Web Consortium (W3C) for eXtensible Hyper-Text Markup Language (XHTML) 1.0 and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) 2.1 to ensure optimum cross-browser compatibility.

Use of Website Materials

This website and all information and components contained herein is provided to you by the Marine Corps League Outer Banks Detachment. The intent is to provide our members and the general public with information pertaining to our detachment, its activities, and the Marine Corps League. All written information may be used for the purpose of academic-related reports, papers and articles by students and/or researchers, provided the source is properly cited, and no monetary profit is realized by such work. For permission to use any graphics or photographs contained on this website, request copyright clearance from the webmaster at .

User Tracking

This website uses a tracker provided by StatCounter. The purpose of this tracker is to assist us in determining a number of things about your visit, thereby helping us improve our website. The tracker functions by placing a "cookie" onto your computer upon opening a page, and then tracks your visit throughout our website. The information collected includes type of browser, type of operating system, screen resolution, JavaScript (enabled/disabled), Internet Service Provider (ISP), and ISP location. Names, street addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses or other personal information is not collected. All information collected is then statistically tabulated for analysis. Detailed information concerning your visit (including IP address) is then overwritten, usually within 24 hours. This information is password protected and can only be viewed by officers of the Marine Corps League Outer Banks Detachment. Should you desire to not have your visit tracked, you may disable "cookies" by increasing the privacy level on your browser.

Linking

Webmasters wishing to link to this site are encouraged to do so, provided the linking site does not promote illegal or immoral activity. All links should point to our website's root URL (http://obxmarines.org). Both text and image links may be used, however images for all graphic links must be saved to the the linking site's server as "hot-linking" is not permitted. Text links should indicate the name of this site as "Marine Corps League Outer Banks Detachment #1264."

Third-Party Products and Services

This website may contain mention of third-party products and services for informational purposes. Third party products and services are the products and services of such third parties and the Marine Corps League Outer Banks Detachment does not warrant, impliedly or expressly, the quality and/or reliability of such third party products and services. The Marine Corps League Outer Banks Detachment makes no recommendations or endorsements about third-party products and services and any and all references to third-party services and products are provided "AS IS," without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, or statutory, including, but without limitation, the implied warranties of no infringement of third party rights, merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose.

Unsolicited Commercial and Bulk E-Mail (SPAM) Policy

The Marine Corps League Outer Banks Detachment strictly prohibits the use of unsolicited commercial and bulk e-mail advertisements and/or solicitations. Persons using or attempting to use this website for any purpose related to the generation or distribution of unsolicited commercial and/or bulk e-mail advertisements will be reported to the appropriate authorities.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms of Service shall be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms of Service and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.