Introduction
This is a CONTRACT between you, as a member or applicant for membership ("You" or "Member"), and
The Ohio State University Student-Athlete Support Services ("SASSO") Website. This document contains the rules governing various aspects of the relationship between Member and SASSO. You should read this membership agreement ("Agreement") carefully, since it may affect your rights. Membership is at an at will basis by using this site you agree to these terms. Acceptance of this Agreement constitutes acceptance of the current terms of use. SASSO reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify the terms of the Agreement and shall notify You of any modifications to the Agreement. SASSO will ask You to indicate your acceptance in a conspicuous manner at the time of your next log in. You will not be asked to review this Agreement every time you sign on unless a substantial change to this agreement has occurred, but you should understand that your use of SASSO will, at all times, be subject to and pursuant to this Agreement, and any changes that may have been made since your last review of the Agreement. You may review this Agreement at any time by returning to this page. If you do not understand something in this Agreement, please Bridget Warren at 614-292-7088 or at
warren.260@osu.edu.

Verification
By submitting an application for membership to SASSO, you are expressly granting SASSO the right to contact your school for the purpose of, but not limited to, verifying your student, athletic, program or alumnae/i status. At certain times, an athletic program representative may request relevant information about you to verify your student, athletic, program or alumnae/i status. You are also granting us permission to share information with your school, athletic program or affiliated athletic conference. If, at any time, SASSO discovers that You have misrepresented yourself or your student or alumnae/i status, we reserve the right to revoke your membership without notice.

Membership
Your membership with SASSO is for your sole, personal use. Any use of the SASSO site by a third party or by you as the agent of a third party shall be deemed a violation of this Agreement. Upon violation, SASSO may in its sole discretion, without notice, terminate that Member's access to SASSO. Each Member is responsible for the use of his or her account. You may not authorize others to use your membership, and You may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity.

Obligations
As SASSO seeks to strengthen ties within its community of Members, violation of the following rules are unacceptable and will result in termination of your membership with SASSO without notice.

You may not use the SASSO site for unlawful purposes.You are solely responsible for the content of information you post on the SASSO site or transmit to other members of SASSO.

You are solely responsible for your communications and interactions with other members of SASSO.

You may not engage in fraudulent activity of any kind, including but not limited to forging postings so that they appear to originate from another member's account

You may not impersonate any individual, including but not limited to, the SASSO staff or its members.

You will not use SASSO in any manner that is defamatory, libelous, slanderous, threatening, harassing, abusive, vulgar, racist, hateful or otherwise objectionable. You may not post any false or inaccurate information.

You may not delete or change material posted by any another person.

You may not transmit, send, place or post unsolicited e-mail, promotional materials, telephone calls, mailings, chain letters and so forth to other members or anyone else whom you have found through the site.

You may not violate or attempt to violate the security or integrity of SASSO's site or to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper operation of the site or with any activity being conducted on the site.

You may not decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of SASSO'

Privacy
SASSO gives its members great discretion over the dissemination of their individual information. We use the information we collect from members for the purposes of improving site experience (e.g., customization of content); contacting you for suitable positions or referrals; and facilitating community experience.

Members can exercise the option of limiting the scope of individual information that is available to other members.

You may not use SASSO's site in any manner that may violate the privacy, publicity, or other personal rights of others, including but not limited to the posting of files (e.g., words, pictures, computer programs or other works of authorship), for which you do not have permission of the author to post and/or disseminate.

SASSO expressly reserves the right to delete messages, postings, files, or other material posted by members, in whole or in part, as is reasonably necessary.

Email
Acceptance of this Agreement authorizes SASSO to send you a reasonable amount of e-mail, including but not limited to, marketing promotions, special events and general information regarding SASSO.

SASSO encourages all members to recruit/refer as many personal contacts as they would like for the purposes of expanding SASSO's community. If you choose to enter SASSO's member referral contests, you must comply with the stated rules. SASSO does not authorize or encourage any member to send out mass e-mails (i.e., spam). Any member found to be engaging in such behavior will be subject to revocation of membership and prosecution under local, state, and federal laws.

By contacting SASSO you authorize SASSO to use all or part of that communication, including your name, in promotional advertisements without your express permission. All messages from members to SASSO may be used as testimonials with regard to members' experience using the site without members' permission. All testimonials become property of SASSO.

Archives
SASSO will also archive member-to-member e-mail for the purposes of protecting our members from defamatory, libelous, slanderous, threatening, harassing, abusive, vulgar, racist, hateful, or otherwise objectionable behavior. The privacy of member-to-member e-mail will be strictly guarded; however, if deemed necessary by SASSO, we may access necessary archived e-mails without notification or permission from the member or members involved.

E-mails may be forwarded to the proper authorities for the purpose of assisting in prosecution of the party or parties involved in any prohibited behavior including, but not limited to, the above stated behavior.

Intellectual Property
The contents included on the SASSO web site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images and software (collectively referred to as "Material") are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All Material is the property of SASSO or its content suppliers or clients. The compilation (meaning collection, arrangement and assembly) of all content on this site is the exclusive property of SASSO and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.

SASSO authorizes you to view and download a single copy of the Material on the SASSO web site solely for your personal, noncommercial use. Any other use including the reproduction, distribution, transmission, republication, display or performance of the content on the web site is strictly prohibited. All copies that you make of the Material for permitted use must bear any copyright, trademark, service mark, patent or other intellectual property right in the Material or the products, services, processes or technology described in our web site. SASSO retains all such rights.

The copying or adaptation of the code that SASSO uses to create and to generate its pages is strictly prohibited. It is also protected by the SASSO copyright. Violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of local, state, and federal law.

SASSO owns the trademarks and service marks for SASSO and SASSO name and logo and all related products and service names, design marks and slogans. All other trademarks and service marks on this web site are the property of their respective owners. You cannot use any trademarks or service marks used on this web site, including the SASSO name, without our consent or the consent of their respective owners.

Proprietary Right
SASSO owns and retains other proprietary rights in its service. The service contains the copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information of SASSO and its licensors. Members may also post copyrighted information on the site, under the assumption that they have obtained the required legal rights to do so. Unless the information You are privy to is in the public domain or is that to which You have been given permission, You will not copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, or sell such proprietary information.

By posting information, content or photographs on the site, You automatically grant, and You represent that You have the right to grant, to SASSO an irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully-paid, worldwide license to use, copy, display and distribute such information and content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such information and content and to grant and authorize sublicenses to that material that is posted.

You may not use the SASSO site in any manner that may infringe upon any copyright, trademark, service mark, patent, trade secret or other intellectual property right of any individual or entity. You may not post or transmit any information without all applicable copyright, trademark, service mark, patent or other proprietary indicia and notices.

General Disclaimer
Any and all advice given by employees, representatives, consultants or members of SASSO is merely a suggestion as to how a particular situation may or may not be handled. Any and all advice is given as a personal opinion not a professional opinion and should not be construed as such. The advice given serves as one point of view; individuals are encouraged to use their own best judgment regarding personal matters. Any and all advice implemented is done at one's own risk.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation Of Liability
SASSO provides its services on an as-is basis, without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to any warranty for information, services or products provided through or in connection to the SASSO site. SASSO specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or noninfringement.

SASSO is not the publisher or author of any works posted by its Members. SASSO is not responsible for the content of their postings and further disclaims all copyright in such works and all responsibility for them.

SASSO acknowledges that its Members will be posting information on the SASSO site and hereby disclaims any responsibility for the use or misuse of such information by a Member that violates any law or the personal privacy of any other Member.

SASSO cannot promise, and will not be deemed to promise that its hardware or software will function flawlessly. SASSO fully intends to keep its system functional at all times. However, in the event that, due to circumstances beyond SASSO's control, SASSO's services malfunction or become unavailable to all or some members, SASSO will not be liable for any direct, consequential or incidental damages, whether foreseeable or not, which may result from such unavailability or malfunction, except that SASSO may, in its sole discretion, choose to credit members' accounts for such interruptions of service.

As a convenience to our members, not as an endorsement, SASSO provides links to third party web sites and resources that are beyond our control. We make no representations or warranties as to the quality, suitability, functionality, legality, content or accuracy of the materials on those sites. Further, SASSO holds no responsibility for the privacy practices of such web sites. You hereby waive any claim you may have against SASSO with respect to such sites. If You download any software or otherwise executable files from SASSO or a link provided by SASSO, we assume no liability or responsibility for any direct, consequential or incidental damages caused by such software or files.

By permitting classified and personal advertising, SASSO makes no warranties or representations of any kind as to the accuracy of the content or suitability of the subject matter of any such advertisement. SASSO specifically disclaims liability for direct, consequential or incidental damages arising from such advertisements. By posting a personal or classified advertisement on SASSO, you are promising that the content of your advertisement is true, and that You will indemnify SASSO against any claims which may arise from Member advertisements. By responding to a classified or personal advertisement on SASSO, You waive any claims against SASSO for damages arising from such response or reliance upon statements in such classified or advertisement.

SASSO assumes no responsibility or legal liability for any loss, injury, or problems you may suffer as a result of any contact with anyone you meet through SASSO. Any and all exchange of personal information, including, but not limited to, addresses and telephone numbers with other members, by e-mail, at a SASSO-sponsored event or otherwise is completely voluntary on the part of the members. Any exchange of personal information by members is based on the sole discretion and risk of the members.

Indemnification
You agree, at the request of SASSO, to defend, indemnify and to hold harmless SASSO, its officers, directors and employees from any claims arising from your use of SASSO, including, but not limited to, claims of copyright infringement, patent infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, libel, slander, trade libel, defamation, harassment, invasion of privacy or fraud. You further agree to indemnify SASSO against any claim or claims brought as a result of content of information you post or transmit to other of SASSO members.

Jurisdiction
This Agreement is to be construed under and governed by the laws of the State of New York. New York courts shall have jurisdiction over any claim or controversy arising under this Agreement. Any sort of illegal activity under the laws of the State of New York or the United States is prohibited under this Agreement. Please be aware that the law as to jurisdiction over online activities is unsettled, and you may be found liable for violation of laws beyond New York, or outside your particular state of residence, or other states, counties, or federal districts with which you have direct contact. SASSO can provide no assurances that Members will, by their conduct, escape or incur liability in any jurisdictions.

Termination
SASSO reserves the right to cancel this membership agreement without notice and at the sole discretion of SASSO.

Upon resignation, termination or revocation of membership, all personal information will be expunged from SASSO's database within a reasonable amount of time thereafter, with the exception of necessary records of business transactions.

At any time, you may terminate your membership in SASSO by e-mailing Bridget Warren at