Rights and Use Information

By using this site, you agree to the conditions set forth below (this “Agreement”). If you disagree with any of the conditions of this Agreement, do not use this site. We reserve the right to change this Agreement at any time, so please check for changes to this Agreement each time you use this site. Your continued use of this site following the posting of changes to this Agreement means that you accept those changes.

Licenses and Restrictions

This site is owned and operated by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (“AMC”). All material found at this site (including visuals, text, icons, displays, databases, media, and general information) is owned or licensed by us. Unless otherwise indicated, individuals may:

• post material from the Library and Photo Gallery portion of this site to another website or on a computer network for their own personal, noncommercial use; and
• view, download, and print materials from this site for their own personal, noncommercial use. In this regard, materials (besides those available in the Library) may not be posted from this site to another website without express written permission from AMC.

In addition, materials from this site may be reproduced by media personnel for use in traditional public news forums with proper attribution, unless otherwise indicated. Any other use of information or materials found at this site, including any use by organizations or legal entities, is not permitted without our prior written permission.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve sole discretion and right to deny, revoke, or limit use of this site, including the reproduction and any other use of any materials available through this site. It is not our responsibility, however, to determine what “fair use” means for persons wishing to use materials from this site. That remains wholly a responsibility of individual users of this site. Furthermore, we are not required to give additional source citations, or to guarantee that the materials of this site are cleared for any alternate use. Such responsibility also ultimately remains with individual users of this site. However, we maintain the right to prevent infringement of our materials and to interpret “fair use” as we understand the law.

Permission to Use Copyrights and Trademarks

To request permission for use of AMC copyrighted material or trademarks, please contact us at the following address: legal@alislam.org

Code of Conduct

You agree that you will not individually, or as part of any collective effort, submit or post information to this site that could be deemed harmful or offensive to other users, nor will you impersonate another user in order to hide your identity or implicate another in such actions. You agree to do nothing that might disrupt the flow of data to and from this site, impact the service or performance of this site, or circumvent any of the controls or usage rules that we have implemented. You understand that the result of harmful or offensive actions may include revocation of your right to use this site (including your right to use any materials from this site) and legal action against you.

Linking

For your convenience, this site may contain links to websites operated by others. Such third-party sites are not maintained or controlled by us, and we are not responsible for their content. We believe that those who make information available on the Internet expect that it will be publicly and widely available. Therefore, we believe that linking to other sites is legally permissible and consistent with the expectations of those who use the Internet. However, if access to a particular website should be restricted, the operator of such site should promptly notify us.

Jurisdiction and Applicable Law

This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, United States of America, as applied to agreements entered into and to be performed entirely within the state, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. Any action you bring to enforce this Agreement or any matters related to this site shall be brought in either the state or federal courts located in New York City 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 this Agreement is unlawful, void, or unenforceable in whole or in part, the remaining provisions shall not be affected, unless we determine that the invalid or unenforceable provision is an essential term to the Agreement, in which case we may at our sole discretion amend this Agreement.

Limitations of Liability

We are not liable for any special or consequential damages resulting from your use of, or your inability to use, this site or the materials in this site or any linked site, including, but not limited to, lost profits, business interruption, and loss of programs or other data on your information handling system. In no event shall our total liability to you for all damages, losses, and causes of action exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for accessing this site or any linked site.

Proprietary Rights and Trademarks

The AMC is the owner proprietor and/or licensee of the “Ahmadiyya Muslim Community” trade and brand name, trademark and get-up. All other trademarks, brand names, product names and titles, copyrights and other intellectual property rights used in this website are trade and brand names, trademarks, product names, copyrights or other intellectual property rights of their respective holders. No permission is given by the website owner in respect of the use of any of them and such use may constitute an infringement of the holder’s rights. The following is a non-exhaustive list of AMC trademarks and service marks:

• The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
• Ahmadiyyat
• Ahmadi
• Rabwah
• Muslims who believe in the Messiah.
• Khalifa of Islam

These marks are identifiers of AMC and are registered in the United States and other countries.

Disclaimer of Liability

The AMC is providing this site on an ‘as is’ basis and makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to this site or its contents. The AMC disclaims all such representations and warranties. Though every effort is made to ensure that the website is accurate and up to date, we do not warrant, nor do we accept any liability or responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of the content, or for any loss which may arise from reliance on the information contained in this website. The information contained in this site may contain technical inaccuracies, editing, or typographical errors. The content contained in this website is subject to change from time to time without further notice. We make no warranty that the website will be uninterrupted, free from viruses or error-free or that any defects can be corrected. Your use of the website is at your own risk. All liability of the AMC howsoever arising for any such inaccuracies or errors is expressly excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Neither the AMC nor any of its directors, employees or other representatives shall be liable for loss or damage arising out of or in connection with the use of this site. This is a comprehensive limitation of liability that applies to all damages of any kind, including (without limitation) compensatory, direct, indirect or consequential damages, loss of data, income or profit, loss of or damage to property and claims of third parties.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the exclusions and limitations in the clause are intended to limit any rights you may have as a consumer under local law or other statutory rights which may not be excluded nor in any way to exclude or limit (site owner) liability to you for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence or that of our employees or agents. This website disclaimer, together with our general terms and conditions, data protection privacy policy & security statement, copyright notice and terms & conditions applicable to the information, products and services provided on this website governs your use of this website: www.alislam.org. By offering information, products or services via the website, no solicitation is made by us to any person to use such information, products or services in any jurisdiction where the provision of such information, products or services may be prohibited by law. We use reasonable endeavors to verify the accuracy of any information that is placed by us on the website, but we make no warranties, whether express or implied in relation to its accuracy. We shall not be responsible or liable to you for any damage caused by or loss of any content or material uploaded or transmitted through the website including in particular any third party content or comments, photos, product reviews, endorsements, opinions, comments or other testimonials or any other specific online user activities.

Indemnity for User Uploaded Material

You agree fully to indemnify, defend and hold the AMC and our officers, directors, employees, agents and suppliers, harmless immediately on demand, from and against all claims, liability, damages, losses, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising out of any content or material uploaded or transmitted by you through the website (including comments, photos, product reviews, endorsements, opinions, testimonials) or any non-compliance with or breach of the terms of this disclaimer by you or any other liabilities arising out of your use of this website, or the use by any other person accessing the website using your shopping account and/or your personal data and information.

External Websites

We do not accept any responsibility for the content of any external websites which we link to or which may link to the website. We do not have any control over external websites, and you are solely responsible for complying with the terms of those sites. Accordingly, you acknowledge and agree that access to any external or linked websites shall be at your sole risk. By accessing such external linked websites, you accept and undertake to us that you have chosen to enter website at your sole discretion and risk. You accept and acknowledge that the AMC does not directly or indirectly recommend or endorse the contents of such websites. The AMC shall not under any circumstances be responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources. By accessing such linked external websites, you will be subject to their data protection and privacy policies or practices and other site content.

Termination

We may choose to terminate your use or access of any part of the www.alislam.org website at any time and without further notice if you are in breach of this disclaimer or our any applicable terms and conditions on this website, or for any other reason. We reserve our rights to cease operating this website at any time and without further notice to you or any third party.

Privacy Policy

The privacy of your personal information is important to the AMC and our affiliated legal entities. This Privacy Policy is intended to be a general statement that describes how we collect, use, and process personal information you provide on our websites. We strive to collect, use, and disclose personal information in a manner consistent with the laws of the countries in which we collect personal information. This Privacy Policy applies to this site, which is owned and operated by the AMC. You can visit most of our sites without providing any personal information. When personal information is requested, we adhere to the following privacy principles regarding how we collect, use, disclose, transfer, and store your information.

Privacy Practices

Information Collection. When you access our website we may collect information your Internet device or web browser sends whenever you visit one of our sites, including an Internet Protocol (IP) address.

Use of Personal Information

We may use the personal information you provide to (a) allow us to contact you, (b) fulfill requests you make, (c) or, seek your voluntary feedback on website features or content.

We may also use your personal information for internal purposes, including auditing, data analysis, system troubleshooting, and research. In addition, we may use both the personal information you provided and the information your web browser sends to detect users who appear to be causing harm to our sites or to personalize users’ experiences on our sites. If your information will be used for any purpose besides those outlined above, we will specifically inform you and obtain your consent, if legally required. From time to time, we may also make you aware of options to opt out of using or opt in to use certain features.

Retention

We retain collected personal information and submissions for a reasonable period of time to fulfill the collection purpose and then delete it from our records.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

We regard your personal information as confidential and do not sell it to anyone. We do not share your personal information with other parties with the exception of legal requirements. Accordingly, we may access and disclose your personal information, posts, journal entries, online chats, personal notes, content, or other submissions to any website if we have a good-faith belief that doing so is required by a subpoena or other judicial or administrative order or otherwise required by law. Additionally, we may disclose your personal information and other information where we, in good faith, deem it appropriate or necessary to prevent a violation of our other agreements; to take precautions against liability; to protect the rights, property, or safety of the site, of any individual, or of the general public; to maintain and protect the security and integrity of our services or infrastructure; to protect ourselves and our services from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful uses; to investigate and defend ourselves against third-party claims or allegations; or to assist government law enforcement agencies.

Protection of Information

We use technical and organizational measures to protect the personal information we receive against loss, misuse, and unauthorized alteration and to protect its confidentiality. We periodically review our security procedures and consider appropriate new security technology and methods. We also use current encryption technology to encrypt the transmission of data on our log-in pages. However, because we cannot guarantee the complete security of these encryption technologies, please use caution when submitting personal information online.

Third-Party Data

Where local law permits, you may submit personal information, including contact information about someone other than yourself (in other words, a third party) to allow us to make contact with that person, make a delivery, or otherwise meet your request. The information collected will be used solely to facilitate your request. When providing personal information about anyone other than yourself, you must first obtain the other person’s informed consent if his or her consent is legally required.

If you or someone else has provided us with your personal contact information and you would like to request that we do not contact you further, please follow the unsubscribe or opt-out procedures provided on the specific site, newsletter, e-mail notification, or the like.

Passive Data Collection

Tracking Technologies, Cookies, and Clear GIFs

When you visit any of our sites, our servers or filtering systems may collect information that your web browser sends any time you visit a website. This information may include but is not limited to your browser type, your operating system, your language preference, any referring web page you were visiting before you came to our site, the date and time of each visitor request, and information you search for on our sites.

Cookies

We also use cookies and clear GIFs to collect information. A cookie is a small bit of data used to transfer information to either your computer’s hard drive or your web browser for record-keeping purposes. A cookie serves as a sort of label that allows our sites to recognize your web browser when you return to our sites.  A clear GIF (also known as a web beacon) is used in combination with cookies to help us understand how visitors interact with our sites. A clear GIF is typically a transparent graphic image placed on a website. The use of clear GIFs allows us to monitor your actions when you open a web page and makes it easier for us to follow and record the activities of recognized browsers. For example, using clear GIFs, we can track the path of page visits on a website and monitor aggregate usage and web traffic routing on our sites. We collect this information to better understand how you use and interact with our sites in order to improve your experience. We may also share this information with our employees, contractors, service providers, and affiliated entities.

You can change your web browser settings to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the sites you visit. If you do not accept cookies, however, you may not be able to use some sections or functions of our sites.  We take privacy seriously and strive to comply with all local, state, and federal privacy laws. If you have any questions you can contact us at legal@alislam.org.

Children’s Privacy

We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13 on most of our sites. Any of our sites that collect children’s information will do so only with the prior express and informed consent of the child’s parent or guardian in compliance with applicable law. We strongly recommend that minors under the age of 18 ask their parents for permission before sending any personal information to anyone over the Internet, and we encourage parents to teach their children about safe Internet use practices.

Third-Party Links

We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of any third-party sites. For your own protection, you should review the policies of other sites to ensure they meet your personal privacy expectations.

Future Changes to Privacy Policy

We regularly review this Privacy Policy and may change, modify, add, or remove portions as needed. If we change this Privacy Policy in ways that affect how we use your personal information, we will notify you here or in a notice on our home page. We will also update the revision date at the bottom of the Privacy Policy. We encourage you to check this Privacy Policy from time to time to remain informed of any changes.

Entire Agreement

This disclaimer together with our applicable terms and conditions and rules (as amended from time to time) on this website constitutes the entire agreement between us and you in relation to use of our website and supersedes all previous agreements in respect of your use of our website.

Effective Date

This version of our website policy became effective on March 19, 2017.