Terms of Use
The following Terms apply to all websites produced by The Council of State Governments Justice Center (“The Justice Center”).
The Justice Center reserves the right to change or modify these Terms at any time, effective upon posting the changes here.
General Terms of Use
It is prohibited to use any Justice Center website to engage in any illegal activity; interfere with the operation of the site in any way, or interfere with anyone’s use or enjoyment of the site; send mass mailings, junk mail, or spam or distribute or publish advertisements or solicitations, including petitions; transmit or post any unlawful, harassing, libelous, defamatory, obscene, abusive, threatening, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or harmful material; transmit or post any content that would be harmful to minors in any manner; impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; transmit or post any content that you are prohibited from transmitting or posting; modify, sell, lease, scrape content from or aggregate, sublicense, market, or otherwise change or commercially exploit in any way the site or any component thereof other than as may be expressly permitted in writing by The Justice Center or as permitted pursuant to any fair use, fair dealing, or similar provisions of applicable laws; or infringe on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights of any person or entity.
Justice Center websites are supported by numerous federal and private funding sources. Points of view on Justice Center website are those of Justice Center staff or of registered users of Justice Center websites and do not represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice, members of the Council of State Governments, the Justice Center’s board of directors, or any other funders acknowledged on Justice Center websites.
The Justice Center reserves the right to report user data to authorized parties if required to do so by law.