Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Terms of use

Welcome to The Barnabas Group Kansas City. We maintain this site to help individuals learn, model, and

teach God’s principles in their workplace. These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your use of our website

(the “Site”), products and services. Please read these Terms carefully. By accessing our Site, you agree to

be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy.

1. Who Can Use The Barnabas Group Kansas City

You may use access this Site only if you can form a binding contract with The Barnabas Group Kansas

City and if you agree to these Terms. Any use of our Site, products or services by persons under the age

of 13 is prohibited. You may also choose to create an account and become a registered user or access

the Site without registration.

2. Creating An Account

Creating a Barnabas Group Kansas City account will allow you to login to the Site and gain access to

additional features such as our directory, the ability to make purchases, etc. Registration will require you

to provide your name, email, password and login name. You must provide us with accurate and

complete information when creating your account. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of these

Terms, which may result in termination of your account. It is your responsibility to maintain your

account and keep it secure. If you feel that your account security has been compromised please contact

us immediately.

3. Acceptable Usage

The Barnabas Group Kansas City seeks to provide a safe and educational environment for our

community of users. We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to monitor your use of our Site and

remove any user content that we believe violates these Terms or our Privacy Policy.

Specifically, when using the Site you agree:

 Not to post any user content that contains any information that is illegal, fraudulent, false,

misleading, deceptive, sexually explicit, hateful, violent, abusive, racially or ethnically offensive,

defamatory, infringing, invasive of personal privacy or publicity rights, harassing, libelous,

threatening, profane, or otherwise objectionable;

 Not to use our Site in a way that creates a risk of harm, injury, emotional distress, death,

disability, or physical or mental illness to any person or entity;

 Not to use our Site in a way that infringes on the intellectual property rights of The Barnabas

Group Kansas City, or any other person or entity;

 Not to access, tamper with, hack, or use non-public areas of our Site or computer systems,

including taking any measures to avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair, or otherwise

circumvent any technological measure implemented by The Barnabas Group Kansas City to

protect our Site;

 Not to access, scrape, upload, or download user content through the use of any engine,

software, tool, agent, device, mechanism, automated scripts, spiders, robots, crawlers, data

mining tools, or any other software;

 Not to send any unsolicited or unauthorized spam and spam comments on posts, advertising

messages, promotional materials, email, junk mail, chain letters or other form of solicitation;

 Not to use our Site for any commercial purpose or the benefit of any third party, except as

otherwise explicitly permitted by these Terms;

 Not to decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of our software or Site;

 Not to interfere with, or attempt to interfere with, the access of any user, host or network,

including, but not limited to, sending a virus, overloading, flooding, or spamming;

 Not to collect or store any personally identifiable information from our Site or from other users

without express permission;

 Not to violate our Terms or any other applicable law or regulation, and not to encourage or

enable any other individual to violate our Terms or to do any of the activities prohibited in these

Terms.

4. Our License to You

The Barnabas Group Kansas City grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license

to use our Site in accordance with these Terms and our Privacy Policy. We may permanently or

temporarily terminate or suspend a user’s account without notice for any reason, including if, in our sole

determination, a user violates any provision of these Terms, or for no reason at all.

5. Privacy Policy

For information about our policies and practices regarding the collection and use of your personal

information please read our Privacy Policy. The Barnabas Group Kansas City’s Privacy Policy is part of

these Terms, therefore, by using our Site you also agree to our Privacy Policy.

6. Intellectual Property

The materials on this Site, as well as the organization and layout of this Site, are copyrighted and are

protected by United States and international copyright laws and treaty provisions. You may access,

download and print materials on this Site solely for your personal and non-commercial use. Any print

out of this Site, or portions of the Site, must include The Barnabas Group Kansas City’s copyright notice.

No right, title or interest in any of the materials contained on this Site is transferred to you as a result of

accessing, downloading or printing such materials. You may not copy, modify, distribute, transmit,

display, reproduce, publish, license any part of this Site, create derivative works from, frame in another

website, use on any other website, transfer or sell any information obtained from this Site without the

prior written permission of The Barnabas Group Kansas City.

The Barnabas Group Kansas City respects the trademarks rights of others and expects our users to do

the same. The policy of The Barnabas Group Kansas City is to terminate the accounts of repeat

trademark offenders. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes trademark

infringement please contact us.

7. Copyright Policy and DMCA Takedown Requests

The Barnabas Group Kansas City respects the copyright rights of others and expects users of our Site to

do the same. We will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that are properly provided to

us. If you believe that your intellectual property has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright

infringement, please provide us with the following information:

 A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their

behalf;

 Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;

 Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and that is to be removed, and

information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;

 Your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and an email address;

 A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner

complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and

 A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury,

that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

We reserve the right to remove content alleged to be infringing without prior notice, in our sole

discretion. In appropriate circumstances, The Barnabas Group Kansas City may also terminate a user’s

account. If you would like to file a copyright complaint please contact us with “DMCA Takedown

Request” in the subject line.

8. Third-Party Links, Websites and Services

Our Site contains links, services and other materials that are not owned or controlled by The Barnabas

Group Kansas City. We do not endorse or assume any responsibility for any such third-party sites,

information, materials, products, or services. If you access any third party website, service, or content

from this Site, you do so at your own risk and you agree that The Barnabas Group Kansas City will have

no liability arising from your use of or access to any third-party website, service, or content.

9. Disclaimers

THE BARNABAS GROUP KANSAS CITY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND

CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT,

AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.

This Site is provided on an “as is” basis without warranty of any kind, whether express or implied. Our

Site is controlled and operated from the United States, and we make no representations that it is

appropriate or available for use in other locations.

The Barnabas Group Kansas City takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any user content

that you or any other user or third party posts or transmits using our Site. You understand and agree

that you may be exposed to user content that is inaccurate, objectionable, inappropriate for children, or

otherwise unsuited to your purpose.

10. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE BARNABAS GROUP KANSAS CITY SHALL NOT BE

LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY

LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA,

USE, GOOD-WILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM (A) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR

INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE PRODUCTS; (B) ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON

THE PRODUCTS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL

CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD PARTIES; OR (C) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE OR ALTERATION OF

YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR CONTENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE BARNABAS GROUP KANSAS CITY’S

AGGREGATE LIABILITY EXCEED ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (U.S. $100.00).

11. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless The Barnabas Group Kansas City and its officers, directors,

employees and agents, from and against any claims, lawsuits, proceedings, disputes, demands,

liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and

accounting fees including costs of defense of claims, suits or proceedings brought by third parties, in any

way related to (i) your access to or use of our Site, (ii) your user content, or (iii) your breach of any of

these Terms.

12. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms shall be governed by the laws of the State of Missouri, without respect to its conflict of

laws principles. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of a state court located in Kansas or a

United States District Court located in Kansas, for any actions not subject to Section 13 (Arbitration).

13. Arbitration

For any dispute you may have with The Barnabas Group Kansas City, you agree to first contact us and

attempt to resolve the dispute with us informally. If The Barnabas Group Kansas City is not able to

resolve the dispute with you informally, we each agree to resolve any claim, dispute, or controversy

(excluding claims for injunctive or other equitable relief) arising out of or in connection with or relating

to these Terms by binding arbitration by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under the

Commercial Arbitration Rules and Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes then in

effect for the AAA, except as provided herein. Unless you and The Barnabas Group Kansas City agree

otherwise, the arbitration will be conducted in the state of Kansas. Each party will be responsible for

paying any AAA filing, administrative and arbitrator fees in accordance with AAA rules.

The award rendered by the arbitrator shall include costs of arbitration, reasonable attorneys’ fees and

reasonable costs for expert and other witnesses, and any judgment on the award rendered by the

arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing in this Section shall prevent

either party from seeking injunctive or other equitable relief from the courts for matters related to data

security, intellectual property or unauthorized access to our Products.

All claims must be brought in the parties’ individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in

any purported class or representative proceeding. Unless we agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not

consolidate more than one person’s claims. You agree that, by entering into these Terms, you are

waiving the right to a jury trial and the right to participate in a class action.

14. Separate Agreements

You may have other agreements with The Barnabas Group Kansas City in addition to these Terms. These

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15. Users Disputes

You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Users. The Barnabas Group Kansas City

reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other users.

16. User Content

You acknowledge that (i) you own and are solely responsible for the content that you post, (ii) that the

content is accurate, (iii) that use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms, (iv) that the

content will not cause injury to any person or entity, and (v) that you will indemnify The Barnabas Group

Kansas City and its affiliates for all claims resulting from content you supply.

You grant The Barnabas Group Kansas City a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable,

worldwide license to use, store, display, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, perform, and

distribute your user content for the purposes of operating, developing, providing, and using our Site.

Nothing in these Terms shall restrict our legal rights to user content. We reserve the right to remove or

modify user content for any reason, including user content that we believe violates these Terms.

17. Notification of Changes

The Barnabas Group Kansas City reserves the right to change these Terms from time to time at its sole

discretion. If changes are made to these Terms, your continued use of the Site indicates your consent to

the Terms as posted.

18. Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns regarding these Terms please contact:

The Barnabas Group Kansas City, Inc.

PO Box 2014

Lee’s Summit, MO 64063

Privacy Policy

Welcome to The Barnabas Group Kansas City. We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors

while they interact with the content, products and services on The Barnabas Group Kansas City website

(the “Site”). We want you to understand what information we collect about you, how we collect it and

how that information is used. You agree that your use of the Site signifies your acceptance of this

1. Information Collected

We collect two types of information from you: (1) information that you voluntarily provide to us through

our voluntary registration process, sign-ups or emails; and (2) information that is derived through

automated tracking mechanisms.

1.1. Voluntary Information

In order to fully access this Site, you must first complete the registration process, during which we will

collect personal information about you. This information may include your name, address, email

address, and other information. We may also collect your contact information or additional information

if you choose to use other features of the Site, including: (i) making purchases, (ii) consenting to receive

email or text messages about upcoming promotions or events, (iii) participating in our directory, (iv)

commenting on articles, (v) and other features that the Site may offer.

1.2. Cookies

This Site uses “cookies” and other tracking technologies to enable us to serve secure pages to our users

without asking them to sign in repeatedly. Our third-party sponsors may also place or recognize a

unique cookie on your browser. Most web browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or

not to accept them and how to remove them. You may set most browsers to notify you if you receive a

cookie, or you may choose to block cookies with your browser. Please note that if you choose to erase

or block your cookies, you will need to re-enter your original login name and password to gain access to

certain parts of the Site.

2. Referrals

You may choose to invite friends to join the Site by sending invitation emails via our invite feature. The

Site stores the email addresses you provide so that the respondents may be added to your social

network, confirm orders and also to send invitation reminders. The Site does not sell these email

addresses or use them to send any other communication besides invitations and invitation reminders.

Recipients of invitations may contact us to request removal of their information from our database.

3. How We Use Your Information

Your personal information will not be sold or otherwise transferred to unaffiliated third parties for any

purposes other than to deliver services on behalf of the Site, unless required by law. Your personally

identifiable information is used by the Site, and our affiliates, to provide you with a more enjoyable,

customized experience and to help us provide information, products or services that may be of interest

to you. We use your personally identifiable information to support and enhance your use of the Site and

its features, including but not limited to, fulfilling your orders, providing customer service and tracking

email invitations you send. The Site reserves the right to contact you regarding matters relevant to the

underlying services provided or the information collected.

The Site may use your personal information for advertising purposes based on region, gender, interests,

goals, habits, etc. We may permit certain trusted third parties to track usage, analyze data such as the

source address that a page request is coming from, your IP address or domain name, the date and time

of the page request, the referring website, and other parameters in the URL. This information is

collected in order to better understand usage of the Site and enhance its performance. To the extent

that the information collected is non-identifying or aggregate information, we may use such information

for any purpose.

The Site may disclose your contact information in certain cases where we have reason to believe that

disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who

may be violating our terms and conditions of use or may be causing injury or interference with our

rights, property, our customers or anyone who could be harmed by such activities.

The Site is not liable or responsible for any personally identifiable or other information that you choose

to submit to our directory or other publicly accessible areas of the Site.

4. How We Protect Your Information

We are committed to protecting the information we receive from you. We take appropriate security

measures to protect your information against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration,

disclosure or destruction of data. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure

the correct use of information, we maintain appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures

to safeguard and secure the information and data stored on our system. While no computer system is

completely secure, we believe the measures we have implemented are above industry standards.

5. Paid Sponsorships

Paid sponsorships appearing on the Site may be delivered to you by the Site or one of our sponsors. Our

sponsors may use cookies to recognize your computer or compile information about your interaction

with their advertisements. The Site does not have access to or control of the cookies that may be placed

by third party sponsors.

6. Accessing and Updating Your Personal Information

We provide mechanisms for updating your personal information for many of our services. You may

modify or remove any of your personal information at any time by logging in and editing or removing

your account.

7. Email Choice/Opt-out

If you no longer wish to receive updates or notifications you may opt-out of receiving these

communications by changing your email notification settings by clicking the “Update Your Account” link.

Please allow up to ten business days for us to process your request. If you still receive unwanted email

communications please contact us.

8. Children’s Privacy and Parental Controls

We do not solicit any personal information from children. If you are not 13 years old or older, you are

not authorized to use the Site. Parents should be aware that there are parental control tools available

online that can be used to prevent children from submitting information online without parental

permission or from accessing material that is harmful to minors.

9. Disclaimer to Security

By consenting to this Privacy Policy, you acknowledge that no data transmission over the internet is

completely secure. We cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you provide to us

and you transmit such information to us at your own risk.

10. Notification of Changes

The Barnabas Group Kansas City reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time at its

sole discretion. If changes are made to this Privacy Policy, your continued use of the Site indicates your

consent to the Privacy Policy as posted.

11. Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy please contact:

The Barnabas Group Kansas City, Inc.

PO Box 2014

Lee’s Summit, MO 64063