WAFF Terms & ConditionS

Welcome to the Washington Area Fuel Fund (WAFF) website. By visiting or using our site, you agree to follow these Terms of Use. If you don’t agree, please don’t use the site. We may update these terms as our programs or technology evolve, and we’ll post the latest version here.

uSING OUR SITE

Our website is designed to share information, accept donations, and connect people with resources. Please use it responsibly and only for lawful purposes. You may not attempt to damage, disable, or disrupt the site or access areas meant for others.

CONTENT AND COPYRIGHT

Everything on this site—including text, images, and graphics—is owned or licensed by WAFF and protected by copyright and trademark laws.
You’re welcome to view, share, and print content for personal, non-commercial use.  Please don’t copy, publish, or use our materials for business or promotional purposes without written permission from WAFF. For permission requests, contact [email protected].

COmments and submissions

We welcome feedback and ideas that help us serve the community better. If you share comments, photos, or stories with WAFF, you grant us permission to use that content for communications, outreach, or marketing in a respectful way. Please don’t post or send anything unlawful, harmful, or infringing on someone else’s rights.

links to other sites

This Site may link you to other sites on the internet. These sites may contain information or material that some people may find inappropriate or offensive. These other third party sites are not under the control of WAFF , and you acknowledge that WAFF is not responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, decency or any other aspect of the content of such third party sites. The inclusion of such a link does not imply an endorsement of the third party site or its content by WAFF or any association with its operators.

information accuracy

We do our best to keep our information current and accurate, but sometimes details change. The site and its contents are provided “as is.” WAFF makes no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy or availability of any information here.

limitation of liability

WAFF is not responsible for any damages or losses that may result from using this site, including errors, interruptions, or technical issues. Your use of the site is at your own discretion and risk.

applicable laws

This Site can be accessed from all 50 states as well as from other countries around the world. However, by accessing this Site, you expressly agree that the exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or action arising out of relating to these Terms of Use or your use of this Site shall be filed only in the state or federal courts located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and you further agree and submit to the exercise of personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of litigating any such claim or action. These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, excluding its conflict of rules laws.

WAFF makes no representation that materials on this Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents may be illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this Site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with the local laws.

site security

You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Site including but not limited to, (1) accessing data not intended for you, or logging in to a server or account which you are not allowed to access; (2) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures; (3) attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including but not limited to, by means of overloading, “flooding”, “mail bombing”, or crashing; or (4) sending unsolicited e-mail, including e-mail including promotions or advertising of products or services, or (5) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting.

Violations of the Site security may result in civil or criminal penalties. WAFF will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations, and cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.

indemnification

Upon request by WAFF, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless WAFF and its subsidiaries and other affiliated companies and their employees, contractors, officers and directors from all liabilities, claims and expenses including attorney fees, that arise from your use or misuse of this Site. WAFF reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will cooperate with WAFF in asserting any available defenses.

warraties and limitation of liability

While WAFF uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information on this Site, it makes no representation as to the accuracy, timeliness or completeness of that information, and you should not rely upon it. In using this Web site, you agree that its information and services are provided “as is,” “as available,” without warranty, express or implied, and that you use this Site at your risk.

User Comments, Feedback, Postcards and other Submissions

All comments, feedback, postcards, suggestions, ideas and other submissions disclosed, submitted or offered to WAFF on or by this Site or otherwise disclosed, submitted or offered in connection with your use of this Site (collectively “Comments”), shall be and remain the property of WAFF . Such disclosure, submission or offer of any Comments shall constitute an assignment to WAFF of all worldwide rights, titles and interests in all copyright and other intellectual properties in the Comments. Thus, WAFF will own exclusively all such rights, titles, and interests shall not be limited in any way in its use, commercial or otherwise, of any Comments. WAFF is and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any Comments in confidence; (2) to pay to user any compensation for any Comments; or (3) to respond to any user Comments.

You agree that no Comments submitted by you to this Site will violate any right of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary right(s). You further agree that no Comments submitted by you to the Site will be or will contain libelous or otherwise unlawful or abusive material.

termination

We reserve the right to restrict or end access to the site if someone misuses it or violates these terms.