Terms and Conditions

Community Rules & Etiquette and Privacy Policy

Thank you for being part of our community. To ensure the best possible experience for all members, we have established some basic guidelines for participation.

By joining and using this community, you agree that you have read and will follow these rules and guidelines. You also agree to reserve discussions and shared files and content to that best suited to the medium. This is a great medium with which to solicit the advice of your peers, benefit from their experience, and participate in an ongoing conversation. Questions should be directed to our member services department via the Contact Us link on this site.

Please take a moment to acquaint yourself with these important guidelines. If you have questions, contact the member services department. In order to preserve an environment that encourages both civil and fruitful dialogue, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate membership in this community for anyone who violate these rules.

The Rules

 Agreement Between You and The Association on Higher Education And Disability

 www.ahead.org is made up of the www.ahead.org pages operated by the Association on Higher Education And Disability, 8015 West Kenton Circle, Suite 230, Huntersville, NC 28078. This Terms of Use and Notices applies to www.ahead.org and does not apply to the content of third parties. www.ahead.org is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. Your use of www.ahead.org constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices. Your use of a particular www.ahead.org page included within www.ahead.org may also be subject to additional terms outlined elsewhere in this agreement.

 In the event that any of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein conflict with the Additional Terms, then these terms shall control.

 Modification of These Terms of Use

 AHEAD reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which the www.ahead.org Sites/Services are offered, including but not limited to access to member benefits. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these terms and conditions and additional terms posted where applicable. Your continued use of the www.ahead.org Sites/Services constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices.

 Personal and Non-commercial Use Limitation

 Unless otherwise specified, the www.ahead.org Sites/Services including the Membership Directory are for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from the www.ahead.org Sites/Services.

 Use of Services

 The www.ahead.org Sites/Services may contain membership directory data, e-mail services, bulletin board services, chat areas, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the Association or other members (collectively, "Communication Services"). You agree to use the Communication Services only to print, post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and, when applicable, related to the particular Communication Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Communication Service, you will not:

  • Reproduce Membership Directory Information for any purpose other one's personal reference.
  • Reuse Membership Directory Information for any purpose.
  • Reproduce, Use or Reuse membership Directory information for any marketing, sales, advertising or other commercial purpose.
  • Provide copies of membership directory information in any form, including, but not limited to, email, fax, telephonic, or other electronic or any other means of transmitting such date.
  • Use the Communication Service in connection with contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk email, spamming or any duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise).
  • Use, download or otherwise copy, or provide (whether or not for a fee) to a person or entity any directory of members or users of an www.ahead.org Site/Service(s) or other user or usage information or any portion thereof.
  • Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
  • Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.
  • Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any topic, name, material or information that incites discrimination, hate or violence towards one person or a group because of their belonging to a race, a religion or a nation, or that insults the victims of crimes against humanity by contesting the existence of those crimes.
  • Upload, download or otherwise make available, reproduce or reuse files that contain Membership Directory Information, images, photographs, software or other material protected by intellectual property laws, including, by way of example, and not as limitation, copyright or trademark laws (or by rights of privacy or publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents to do the same.
  • Use any material or information, including images or photographs, which is made available through the www.ahead.org Sites/Services in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other proprietary right of any party.
  • Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages.
  • Download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
  • Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
  • Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services.
  • Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service.
  • Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses.
  • Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
  • Create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others.

 AHEAD has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, AHEAD reserves the right to review materials posted to a Communication Service and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. AHEAD reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time, without notice, for any reason whatsoever.

 AHEAD reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as AHEAD deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in AHEAD's sole discretion.

 Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination, you are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you download the materials.

 Member Account, Password, and Security

 If any product or service offered on www.ahead.org requires you to open an account, you must complete the registration process by providing us with current, complete and accurate information as prompted by the applicable registration form. You then will choose a password and a user name. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account. Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify AHEAD immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security. AHEAD will not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of someone else using your password or account, either with or without your knowledge. However, you could be held liable for losses incurred by AHEAD or another party due to someone else using your account or password. You may not use anyone else's account at any time, without the permission of the account holder.

 Links to Third Party Sites

 The www.ahead.org Sites/Services may contain links to third party Web sites ("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of AHEAD and AHEAD is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. AHEAD is not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any Linked Site nor is AHEAD responsible if the Linked Site is not working appropriately or is inaccessible to persons with disabilities. AHEAD is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by AHEAD of the site or any association with its operators. You are responsible for viewing and abiding by the privacy statements and terms of use posted at the Linked Sites.

 Any dealings with third parties (including advertisers) included within the www.ahead.org Sites/Services or participation in promotions, including the delivery of and the payment for goods and services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings or promotions, are solely between you and the advertiser or other third party. AHEAD shall not be responsible or liable for any part of any such dealings or promotions.

 No Unlawful or Prohibited Use

 As a condition of your use of the www.ahead.org Sites/Services, you will not use the www.ahead.org Sites/Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use the www.ahead.org Sites/Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair any www.ahead.org Site/Service(s) (or the network(s) connected to any www.ahead.org Site/Service(s)) or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of any www.ahead.org Site/Service(s). You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any www.ahead.org Site/Service, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to any www.ahead.org Site/Service, through hacking, password mining or any other means. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through the www.ahead.org Sites/Services.

 Software and Content Available Through the AHEAD Websites/Services

 All content and software (if any) that is made available to view and/or download in connection with the www.ahead.org Sites/Services ("Software"), is owned by and is the copyrighted work of AHEAD and is protected by copyright laws and international treaty provisions. Your use of the Software is governed by the terms of this license agreement, which accompanies or is included with the Software ("License Agreement"). You may not install or use any Software that is accompanied by or includes a License Agreement unless you first agree to the License Agreement terms.

 For any Software not accompanied by a license agreement, AHEAD hereby grants to you, the user, a revocable personal, non-transferable license to use the Software for viewing and otherwise using the particular www.ahead.org sites/Service in accordance with these Terms of Use, and for no other purpose provided that you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. Any reproduction or redistribution of the content and/or Software is expressly prohibited by law, and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, COPYING OR REPRODUCTION OF THE CONTENT OR SOFTWARE TO ANY OTHER SERVER OR LOCATION FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED. You acknowledge that the Software, and any accompanying documentation and/or technical information, is subject to applicable export control laws and regulations of the USA. You agree not to export or re-export the Software, directly or indirectly, to any countries that are subject to USA export restrictions.

 Liability Disclaimer

 THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE www.ahead.org SITES/SERVICES MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY MADE TO THE www.ahead.org SITES/SERVICES AND TO THE INFORMATION THEREIN. AHEAD MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE www.ahead.org SITES/SERVICES AT ANY TIME. ADVICE RECEIVED VIA THE www.ahead.org SITES/SERVICES SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR PERSONAL, EDUCATIONAL OR LEGAL DECISIONS AND YOU SHOULD CONSULT AN APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE TAILORED TO YOUR SITUATION.

 YOU SPECIFICALLY AGREE THAT AHEAD SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA, ANY MATERIAL OR DATA SENT OR RECEIVED OR NOT SENT OR RECEIVED, OR ANY TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH AN AHEAD SITE/SERVICE. YOU SPECIFICALLY AGREE THAT AHEAD IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY THREATENING, DEFAMATORY, OBSCENE, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONTENT OR CONDUCT OF ANY OTHER PARTY OR ANY INFRINGEMENT OF ANOTHER'S RIGHTS, INCLUDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. YOU SPECIFICALLY AGREE THAT AHEAD IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CONTENT SENT USING AND/OR INCLUDED IN AN www.ahead.org SITE/SERVICE BY ANY THIRD PARTY. IN NO EVENT SHALL AHEAD BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE www.ahead.org SITES/SERVICES, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE www.ahead.org SITES/SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE www.ahead.org SITES/SERVICES, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE www.ahead.org SITES/SERVICES, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF AHEAD HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE www.ahead.org SITES/SERVICES, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE www.ahead.org SITES/SERVICES.

 AHEAD MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT ANY AHEAD SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE.

 Termination/Access Restriction

 AHEAD reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate or suspend your access to www.ahead.org Site/Service(s) for inactivity, which is defined as failing to maintain active, paid in full membership in AHEAD, as determined by AHEAD. Upon termination of the www.ahead.org Site/Service, your right to use the www.ahead.org Site/Service immediately ceases. AHEAD shall have no obligation to maintain any content or to forward any unread or unsent messages to you or any third party.

 No Spam; Damages

 AHEAD will immediately terminate any account which it believes, in its sole discretion, is transmitting or is otherwise connected with any spam or other unsolicited bulk email. In addition, because damages are often difficult to quantify, if actual damages cannot be reasonably calculated then you agree to pay AHEAD liquidated damages of $5 for each piece of spam or unsolicited bulk email transmitted from or otherwise connected with your account, otherwise you agree to pay AHEAD's actual damages, to the extent such actual damages can be reasonably calculated.

 General

 This agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Ohio, U.S.A. You hereby irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Franklin, Ohio, U.S.A. in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the www.ahead.org Sites/Services. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and AHEAD as a result of this agreement or use of the www.ahead.org Sites/Services. You agree to indemnify and hold AHEAD, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers and employees, harmless from any claim, demand, or damage, including reasonable attorneys' fees, asserted by any third party due to or arising out of your use of or conduct on the www.ahead.org Sites/Services. AHEAD reserves the right to disclose any personal information about you or your use of the www.ahead.org Sites/Services, including its contents, without your prior permission if AHEAD has a good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (1) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (2) protect and defend the rights or property of AHEAD or its affiliated companies; (3) enforce the terms or use; or (4) act to protect the interests of its members or others. AHEAD's performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of AHEAD's right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the www.ahead.org Sites/Services or information provided to or gathered by AHEAD with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect. Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and AHEAD with respect to the www.ahead.org Sites/Services and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and AHEAD with respect to the www.ahead.org Sites/Services. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.

 Copyright and Trademark Notices

 All contents of the www.ahead.orgs are: Copyright © 2018 AHEAD, 8015 West Kenton Circle, Suite 230, Huntersville, NC 28078, U.S.A., except for those documents considered to be in the public domain, including, but not limited to, letters of finding issued by the U.S. Dept. of Education, Office for Civil Rights, documents copyrighted by others and found on the www.ahead.org as a public service, and the content of Linked Sites. All rights reserved.

 TRADEMARKS. AHEAD logo, and AHEAD products and services referenced herein may also be either trademarks or registered trademarks of AHEAD in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

 Notices and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement

 Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to AHEAD, c/o Law Office of Jo Anne Simon, 356 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201. ALL INQUIRIES NOT RELEVANT TO THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE WILL RECEIVE NO RESPONSE. Notice shall be in writing and shall be deemed delivered by commercial overnight delivery service, by courier, Certified or Registered mail with Return Receipt Registered or by hand to the address set forth above AHEAD. Notice shall be deemed given on the date of receipt as evidenced in the case of Certified or Registered Mail by Return Receipt.

 Membership Directory

 This Terms of Use applies to the AHEAD Membership Directory. When you use the Membership Directory site and services you agree to abide by these Terms and any additional terms, conditions and notices appearing on the www.ahead.org.

  • Reproduce Membership Directory Information for any purpose other than one's personal reference.
  • Reuse Membership Directory Information for any purpose.
  • Reproduce, Use or Reuse membership Directory information for any marketing, sales, advertising or other commercial purpose.
  • Provide copies of membership directory information in any form, including, but not limited to, email, fax, telephonic, or other electronic or any other means of transmitting such date.
  • Use the Communication Service in connection with contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk email, spamming or any duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise).
  • Use, download or otherwise copy, or provide (whether or not for a fee) to a person or entity any directory of members or users of an www.ahead.org Site/Service(s) or other user or usage information or any portion thereof.
  • Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
  • Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.
  • Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any topic, name, material or information that incites discrimination, hate or violence towards one person or a group because of their belonging to a race, a religion or a nation, or that insults the victims of crimes against humanity by contesting the existence of those crimes.
  • Upload, download or otherwise make available, reproduce or reuse files that contain Membership Directory Information, images, photographs, software or other material protected by intellectual property laws, including, by way of example, and not as limitation, copyright or trademark laws (or by rights of privacy or publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents to do the same.
  • Use any material or information, including images or photographs, which is made available through the www.ahead.org Sites/Services in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other proprietary right of any party.
  • Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages.
  • Download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
  • Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
  • Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services.
  • Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service.
  • Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses.
  • Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
  • Create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others.

Discussion Group Etiquette

    • State concisely and clearly the topic of your comments in the subject line. This allows members to respond more appropriately to your posting and makes it easier for members to search the archives by subject.

    • Send messages such as "thanks for the information" or "me, too" to individuals, not to the entire list. Do this by using the "Reply to Sender" link in every message.

    • Do not send administrative messages, such as “remove me from the list,” to the group. Instead, use the web interface to change your settings or to remove yourself from a list. If you are changing email addresses, you do not need to remove yourself from the list and rejoin under your new email address. Simply change your settings.

AHEAD Civility Statement

AHEAD recognizes and appreciates the rich contributions of our diverse membership in fostering intellectual inquiry and growth. We believe in the right to freedom of expression and the establishment of environments marked by civility, mutual respect, and self-responsibility. Consistent with these core values, AHEAD strives to create spaces where individuals feel supported when conveying their thoughts and challenging one another in a respectful manner regardless of diverse professional, social, or political views. This approach cultivates meaningful learning and intellectual exchanges that foster members’ professional development and personal growth.

Individuals experiencing or observing behaviors which compromise AHEAD’s commitment to civility are encouraged to communicate their concerns to AHEAD’s Equity Officer, Executive Director, or any Board member.

The Legal Stuff

This site is provided as a service for the members of the Association on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD).  AHEAD is not responsible for the opinions and information posted on this site by others. We disclaim all warranties with regard to information posted on this site, whether posted by AHEAD or any third party; this disclaimer includes all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness. In no event shall AHEAD be liable for any special, indirect, or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data, or profits, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of any information posted on this site.

Do not post any defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal materials.  Do not post any information or other material protected by copyright without the permission of the copyright owner. By posting material, the posting party warrants and represents that he or she owns the copyright with respect to such material or has received permission from the copyright owner. In addition, the posting party grants AHEAD and users of this site the nonexclusive right and license to display, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, print, and use such information or other material.

Messages should not be posted if they encourage or facilitate members to arrive at any agreement that either expressly or impliedly leads to price fixing, a boycott of another's business, or other conduct intended to illegally restrict free trade. Messages that encourage or facilitate an agreement about the following subjects are inappropriate: prices, discounts, or terms or conditions of sale; salaries; profits, profit margins, or cost data; market shares, sales territories, or markets; allocation of customers or territories; or selection, rejection, or termination of customers or suppliers.

AHEAD does not actively monitor the site for inappropriate postings and does not on its own undertake editorial control of postings. However, in the event that any inappropriate posting is brought to the attention of AHEAD we will take all appropriate action.

AHEAD reserves the right to terminate access to any user who does not abide by these guidelines.


Privacy Policy

AHEAD is committed to protecting the privacy of its users. This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) is designed to help you understand what information we gather, how we use it, what we do to protect it, and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our Service.  Unless otherwise indicated below, this Privacy Policy applies to any website that references this Privacy Policy, any AHEAD website, as well as any data the Company may collect across partnered and unaffiliated sites. 

For purposes of this Agreement, “Service” refers to the AHEAD’s service which can be accessed via our website at ahead.org or through our mobile application. The terms “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the AHEAD. “You” refers to you, as a user of Service.

I. CONSENT

By accessing our Service, you accept our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, and you consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. In addition, by using our Service, or services across partnered and unaffiliated sites, you are accepting the policies and practices described in this Privacy Policy. Each time you visit our website, or use the Service, and any time you voluntarily provide us with information, you agree that you are consenting to our collection, use and disclosure of the information that you provide, and you are consenting to receive emails or otherwise be contacted, as described in this Privacy Policy. Whether or not you register or create any kind of account with us, this Privacy Policy applies to all users of the website and the Service.

II. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We may collect both “Non-Personal Information” and “Personal Information” about you. “Non-Personal Information” includes information that cannot be used to personally identify you, such as anonymous usage data, general demographic information we may collect, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, preferences you submit and preferences that are generated based on the data you submit and number of clicks. “Personal Information” includes information that can be used to personally identify you, such as your name, address and email address.

In addition, we may also track information provided to us by your browser or by our mobile application when you view or use the Service, such as the website you came from (known as the “referring URL”), the type of browser you use, the device from which you connected to the Service, the time and date of access, and other information that does not personally identify you.  We use this information for, among other things, the operation of the Service, to maintain the quality of the Service, to provide general statistics regarding use of the Service and for other business purposes. We track this information using cookies, or small text files which include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to a user’s browser from our servers and are stored on the user’s computer hard drive. Sending a cookie to a user’s browser enables us to collect Non-Personal Information about that user and keep a record of the user’s preferences when utilizing our services, both on an individual and aggregate basis.  AHEAD may use both persistent and session cookies; persistent cookies remain on your computer after you close your session and until you delete them, while session cookies expire when you close your browser. Persistent cookies can be removed by following your Internet browser help file directions. If you choose to disable cookies, some areas of the Service may not work properly.

III. HOW WE USE AND SHARE INFORMATION

Personal Information:

In general, we do not sell, trade, rent or otherwise share your Personal Information with third parties without your consent. We may share your Personal Information with vendors and other third-party providers who are performing services for AHEAD. In general, the vendors and third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide for the Company.  For example, when you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery, or return a purchase, you consent to our collecting and using such personal information for that specific purpose, including by transmitting such information to our vendors (and their service providers) performing these services for AHEAD. 

However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment processors, have their own privacy policies in respect of the information that we are required to provide to them in order to use their services.  For these third-party service providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so that you can understand the manner in which your Personal Information will be handled by such providers.

In addition, we may disclose your Personal Information if required to do so by law or if you violate our Terms of Use.

Non-Personal Information:

In general, we use Non-Personal Information to help us improve the Service and customize the user experience. We also aggregate Non-Personal Information in order to track trends and analyze use patterns of the Service. This Privacy Policy does not limit in any way our use or disclosure of Non-Personal Information and we reserve the right to use and disclose such Non-Personal Information to our partners, advertisers and other third parties at our sole discretion.

IV. HOW WE PROTECT INFORMATION

We implement reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices in order to protect your Personal Information and ensure that such Personal Information is not accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.  However, these measures do not guarantee that your information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of such precautions. By using our Service, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to assume these risks.

V. YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING THE USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You have the right at any time to prevent us from contacting you for marketing purposes. When we send a promotional communication to a user via ahead.org, the user can opt out of further promotional communications by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in each promotional e-mail.   Please note that notwithstanding the promotional preferences you indicate by either unsubscribing or opting out in the Settings section of the Site, we may continue to send you administrative emails including, for example, periodic updates to our Privacy Policy.

VI. Higher Logic

Our Service is hosted by Higher Logic, Inc. (“Higher Logic”).  Your information, including Personal Information, may be stored through Higher Logic’s servers.  By using the Service, you consent to Higher Logic’s collection, disclosure, storage, and use of your Personal Information in accordance with Higher Logic’s privacy policy available at https://www.higherlogic.com/legal/privacy.   

VII. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

As part of the Service, we may provide links to or compatibility with other websites or applications. However, we are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those websites or the information or content they contain. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us through the Service. Therefore, this Privacy Policy does not apply to your use of a third-party website accessed by selecting a link via our Service. To the extent that you access or use the Service through or on another website or application, then the privacy policy of that other website or application will apply to your access or use of that site or application. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of other websites before proceeding to use them.

VIII. AGE OF CONSENT

By using the Service, you represent that you are at least 18 years of age.  

IX. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

AHEAD reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use at any time. If we decide to change this Privacy Policy, we will post these changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. Any such modifications become effective upon your continued access to and/or use of the Service five (5) days after we first post the changes on the website or otherwise provide you with notice of such modifications. It is your sole responsibility to check this website from time to time to view any such changes to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to any changes, if and when such changes may be made to this Privacy Policy, you must cease access to this website. If you have provided your email address to us, you give us permission to email you for the purpose of notification as described in this Privacy Policy.

X. MERGER OR ACQUISITION

In the event we (or Higher Logic) undergo a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your Personal Information may be among the assets transferred. You acknowledge and consent that such transfers may occur and are permitted by this Privacy Policy, and that any acquirer of our (or Higher Logic’s) assets may continue to process your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. If our information practices change at any time in the future, we will post the policy changes here so that you may opt out of the new information practices. We suggest that you check this Privacy Policy periodically if you are concerned about how your information is used. 

XI. EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS & OPTING OUT

We will send you Service-related announcements on occasions when it is necessary to do so. For instance, if our Service is temporarily suspended for maintenance, or a new enhancement is released, which will affect the way you use our Service, we might send you an email.  Generally, you may not opt-out of these communications, which are not promotional in nature.  Based upon the Personal Information that you provide us, we may communicate with you in response to your inquiries to provide the services you request and to manage your account. We will communicate with you by email or telephone, in accordance with your wishes.  We may also use your Personal Information to send you updates and other promotional communications. If you no longer wish to receive those email updates, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each update or communication.

XII. CONTACT US & WITHDRAWING CONSENT

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the practices of this Site, or wish to withdraw your consent for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your Personal Information, please contact us by sending an email to ahead@ahead.org.

Last Updated: This Privacy Policy was last updated December 2022.