Terms & Conditions

Welcome to the Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association (NEWMOA’s) website. The following terms and conditions govern your use of this site. By accessing, viewing, or using the material on this site, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, you are not granted permission to use the site and should exit immediately.

NEWMOA reserves the right to change the terms and conditions under which this site is offered. These changes are effective immediately upon posting. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these terms and conditions. Your continued use of this site constitutes your agreement to all such terms and conditions.

Information presented on the public areas of this website is considered public information and may be distributed or copied. The only condition is that this site should be cited as the source of the information. However, NEWMOA provides no guarantee regarding the reliability or completeness of furnished data since data are added and revised periodically. The information presented in the Members Only Areas of the website is not public information and should not be distributed or copied.

Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage by an unofficial third-party source are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

Access to Secure/Members Only Areas

You agree that you will not attempt to access password protected and/or secure areas of this site unless you are an authorized user. If you are an authorized user, you agree not to assist third parties in obtaining access to these areas without NEWMOA’s approval.

Disclaimer

This site contains links to other external Internet sites. These links are provided solely as a convenience and are not endorsements of any products, opinions, or services in such sites, and no information in such sites has been endorsed or approved by NEWMOA. We reserve the right to remove a link from our site at any time–or during periodic Web maintenance. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Legal Advice

Nothing contained in NEWMOA’s website is intended as, nor shall it be construed as legal advice, guidance, or interpretation. No attorney-client relationship is established between NEWMOA and you by your use of this site. The information provided on this site is for general educational purposes only and specific questions about any law, statute, or regulation should be directed to an attorney with expertise in the area.

Disclaimer of Warranty & Liability

NEWMOA makes no representations about the reliability, accuracy, suitability, or lack of viruses for the information, software, products, services, and related graphics contained in the site. All information, software, products, services, and related graphics are provided “as is” without any warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

NEWMOA shall not be liable for any direct, special, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages, including without limitation, lost revenues, or lost profits, which may result from use of these materials. Under no circumstances will the total liability of NEWMOA to you based on any cause of action exceed $100.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold NEWMOA, its Board of Directors, officers, members, and employees harmless from any claims, demands, or damages, including attorney fees, asserted by any third party due to or arising out of your use of or conduct on this site.

Third-Party Web Sites Seeking to Link with NEWMOA’s Website

You may link to NEWMOA’s site if you comply with the following restrictions:

  • You do not create a browser or border environment around the NEWMOA content
  • You do not imply that NEWMOA is endorsing your site or your products
  • You do not misrepresent your relationship with NEWMOA, its members, officers, or directors
  • You do not present false information about NEWMOA, its activities, or its members
  • You do not display the NEWMOA name, logo, or other identifier on your site without NEWMOA’s permission
  • You do not remove, conceal, or obliterate any copyright or other proprietary notice, source identifier, or credit line
  • You do not link from a website that could be construed as distasteful or offensive, obscene, defamatory, libelous, misleading, or is being used for illegal purposes
  • You do not link from a website that infringes upon any intellectual property or other right of any entity or person

If in the opinion of NEWMOA, you violate any of these restrictions, you agree to immediately remove NEWMOA’s link from your site.

Force Majeure

You agree that NEWMOA will not be liable for any loss resulting from a cause over which NEWMOA does not have direct control, including but not limited to the failure of electronic or mechanical equipment, communication lines, telephone or other interconnect problems, computer viruses, unauthorized access, theft, operator errors, severe weather, natural disasters, strikes, wars, or government/judicial restrictions.

Miscellaneous

As a condition of your use of this site, you agree not to use the site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by this agreement.

Use of this site by you is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions contained in this agreement.

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employments, or agency relationship exists between you and NEWMOA as a result of this agreement.

If any part of these terms and conditions is held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations specified 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 will remain in full force and effect.

A printed version of this agreement 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.

These terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and NEWMOA with respect to your use of the site. You acknowledge that, in providing you access to and use of the site, NEWMOA has relied on your agreement to be legally bound by these terms and conditions.