BY ACCESSING OR USING THIS WEBSITE (THE
"website" or "DHS’s website") YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THE
FOLLOWING TERMS OF USE (THE "TERMS") AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THEM.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ABIDE BY THESE TERMS YOU SHOULD NOT ACCESS OR USE THE
WEBSITE IN ANY WAY. The Terms may change at any time without notice. You agree
to review the Terms regularly and your continued access or use of the Website
will mean that you agree to all changes.
Indemnification. As a condition of use of DHS's website, the User
agrees to indemnify DHS, its Commissioners, officers, employees and agents
against any and all liability, expenses (including attorney's fees) and damages
arising out of claims resulting from User's use of this website, including
without limitation any claims alleging facts that if true would constitute a
breach by User of these terms and conditions.
Disclaimer of Liability, Reliability, and Damages. In preparation of
these sites, every effort has been made to offer the most current, correct, and
clearly expressed information possible. Nevertheless, inadvertent errors in
information may occur. In particular but without limiting anything here, DHS
disclaims any responsibility for typographical errors and accuracy of the
information that may be contained on these Web pages. The information and data
included on DHS servers have been compiled from a variety of sources and are
subject to change without notice to the User. DHS makes no warranties or
representations whatsoever regarding the quality, content, completeness,
suitability, adequacy, sequence, accuracy, or timeliness of such information
and data.
Materials on the DHS website are designed to provide useful information to the
public, but are not intended to be definitive, official documents of department
policy. In any situation where the official printed documents of DHS, its
agents or other governmental agencies differ from the text contained in this
website, the official printed documents take precedence and should be
considered the correct one. Official documents of DHS are maintained at the
agency’s central office. Information about contacting DHS is online.
THE SERVICES, INFORMATION, AND DATA MADE AVAILABLE AT THIS DHS WEBSITE ARE
PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. DHS MAKES NO
REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES REGARDING THE CONDITION OR FUNCTIONALITY OF THIS
WEBSITE, ITS SUITABILITY FOR USE, OR THAT THIS WEB SERVICE WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. BY USING DHS WEB PAGES, THE USER ASSUMES ALL RISKS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING ANY RISK TO USER'S COMPUTER,
SOFTWARE OR DATA BEING DAMAGED BY ANY VIRUS, SOFTWARE, OR ANY OTHER FILE WHICH
MIGHT BE TRANSMITTED OR ACTIVATED VIA A DHS WEB PAGE OR USER'S ACCESS TO IT.
DHS SHALL NOT IN ANY EVENT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE,
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
LOST REVENUES, OR LOST PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE
USE OR MISUSE OF THE INFORMATION OR LACK OF INFORMATION ON THE DHS WEBSITE OR
WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEBSITE, OR FROM ANY INFORMATION,
DOCUMENTS, SERVICES, SOFTWARE, OR OTHER MATERIAL OBTAINED THROUGH THIS WEB
SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON
CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF DHS AND/OR ANY OF ITS
EMPLOYEES/AFFILIATES HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. DHS SHALL
NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR INJURY CAUSED IN WHOLE, OR IN PART, BY ITS
ACTIONS, OMISSIONS, OR CONTINGENCIES BEYOND ITS CONTROL, INCLUDING IN
PROCURING, COMPILING, OR DELIVERING THE INFORMATION, OR ARISING OUT OF ANY
ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR INACCURACIES IN THE INFORMATION REGARDLESS OF HOW CAUSED,
OR ARISING OUT OF ANY USER'S DECISION, OR ACTION TAKEN OR NOT TAKEN IN RELIANCE
UPON INFORMATION FURNISHED.
Disclaimer of Association with User and of Endorsement. User
acknowledges that no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency
relationship exists between the User and DHS as a result of this Agreement or
use of this website. User agrees not to hold himself or herself out as a
representative, agent, or employee of DHS and DHS shall not be liable for any
representation, act or omission of the User.
Reference herein to any specific commercial products, process, or service by
trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily
constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by DHS.
Disclaimer Regarding Links to Third Parties' Websites. The DHS website
may provide links to other websites as a convenience to its users. The use of
these links is not an endorsement as to the accuracy, completeness, usefulness
or adequacy of those sites. These sites linked from the DHS website are not
under DHS control. DHS does not assume any responsibility or liability for any
information, communications or materials available at such linked sites, or at
any link contained in a linked site.
The department’s website is not intended to be a comprehensive collection of
all related sites on the Internet. The sites referenced on the department’s Web
site are only a few of the many possible Internet sites related to the
department’s programs or to human services in general.
Information Is Not Legal Advice. The DHS website is intended as a
resource and guide for the public. It is not a source of definitive legal
advice about specific legal problems.
Warning About Emails. Information that is transmitted by email over
the Internet is not secure and can be intercepted and read by other Internet
users. The DHS recommends that you do not use email to send us private or
confidential data about yourself or others unless it has been encoded or
encrypted. In addition, the department will not use email to transmit
responses that contain private or confidential data on an individual unless it
can ensure the security and integrity of the information or it has the
individual’s consent to transmit such unsecured data.
Data Privacy. DHS is dedicated to preserving your privacy and security
while viewing our website. We strive to retrieve the minimum amount of
information from our visitors necessary in order to provide a host of various
services and resources. We do not capture personal information without
visitors' permission.
For every visitor to our site, there are several common pieces of information
that we do collect that are stored in logs. Internet Protocol (IP) address,
browser type, operating system, the date and time of the visit and the
addresses to which a visitor linked during a visit to our website are all
recorded. We cannot and do not associate any of this information with
individual persons, distribute this information or use it in any manner other
than for statistical analysis in improving our site to better serve our
visitors. We do not use cookies to record any personal information. Cookies are
used only to track if you are a first-time visitor to our website or if you
have visited us in the past.
DHS does not sell, rent or publish any of our visitors' personal or private
information. We do not reveal specific information about subscribers or other
personally identifiable data to unaffiliated third parties for their
independent use. In addition, we endeavor to restrict employee access to any
personal information except where necessary to perform required duties.
Jurisdiction. This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of
Minnesota, USA. User consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of state
and federal courts with competent jurisdiction in Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of this website. Use of
this website is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to
all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this
paragraph.
DHS's performance of this Agreement is subject to existing laws and legal
process and nothing contained in this Agreement is in derogation of DHS's right
to comply with law enforcement requests or requirements relating to the User's
use of this website or information provided to or gathered by DHS with respect
to such use.
Severability. 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 limitation 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.
Complete Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between the User and DHS with respect to this website and it supersedes all
prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral
or written, between the User and DHS with respect to this website. This
Agreement shall be deemed to include all other notices, policies, disclaimers
and other terms contained in this website; provided, however, that in the
event of a conflict between such other terms and the terms of this Agreement,
the terms of this Agreement shall control. A printed version of this Agreement
and of any notice given in electronic form will 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.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
