Terms and Conditions

For questions/concerns please contact us at centraloffice.thereseocds@gmail.com

These Terms will be applied fully and effect to your use of this website. By using this website, you agree to accept all terms and conditions written here. You must not use this website if you disagree with any of these Terms and Conditions.

Minors or people below 18 years old are not allowed to use this website unless the parent or legal guardian has given them permission to do so.

Intellectual Property Rights

The Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites and/or its licensors own all the intellectual property rights and materials contained in this website. You are granted a limited license only for purposes of viewing the material contained on this website.

Restrictions

You are specifically restricted from all of the following:

  • selling, sublicensing and/or otherwise commercializing any website material;

  • using this website in any way that is or may be damaging to this website;

  • using this website in any way that impacts user access to this website;

  • using this website contrary to applicable laws and regulations, or in any way may cause harm to the website, or to any person or business entity;

  • engaging in any data mining, data harvesting, data extracting or any other similar activity in relation to this website;

  • using this website to engage in any advertising or marketing.

You are specifically restricted from all of the following, without written permission:

  • publishing any website material in any other media;

  • publicly performing and/or showing any website material;

Certain areas of this website are restricted from being accessed by you, and the Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites may further restrict access, at any time, in absolute discretion. Any user ID and password you may have for this website are confidential and you must maintain confidentiality as well.

Content

“Your Content” shall mean any audio, video text, images or other material you choose to display on this website. By displaying your content, you grant the Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites a non-exclusive, worldwide irrevocable, sub-licensable license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute it in any and all media.

Your content must be your own and must not be invading any third-party’s rights. The Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites reserves the right to remove any of your content from this website at any time without notice.

E-Commerce

Any purchases made through this website are processed by Squarespace via Paypal. View the Terms and Conditions for Paypal here. All orders are managed by the Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites.

Forms

Any data collected through forms provided on this website are used for the purposes of communication, reservations, managing orders and submitting registrations. The data is kept for as long as needed within the administration office and is removed once the contract of the form is completed.

Search Bar

Entries and use of the search bar are not tracked, however, it is there as a tool for you to find content and details that you are looking for. Since the website is constantly being updated, search results may vary with each update.

No Warranties

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

This website is provided “as is,” with all faults, and the Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites expresses no representations or warranties, of any kind related to this website or the materials contained on this website. Also, nothing contained on this website shall be interpreted as advising you.

Limitation of Liability

In no event shall the Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites, nor any of its officers, directors, and employees, be held liable for anything arising out of or in any way connected with your use of this website whether such liability is under contract. The Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites, including its officers, directors, and employees shall not be held liable for any indirect, consequential or special liability arising out of or in any way related to your use of this website.

Indemnification

You hereby indemnify to the fullest extent the Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites from and against any and/or all liabilities, costs, demands, causes of action, damages and expenses arising in any way related to your breach of any of the provisions of these Terms.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid under any applicable law, such provisions shall be deleted without affecting the remaining provisions herein.

Variation of Terms

The Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites is permitted to revise these Terms at any time as it sees fit, and by using this website you are expected to review these Terms on a regular basis.

Assignment

The Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites is allowed to assign, transfer, and subcontract its rights and/or obligations under these Terms without any notification. However, you are not allowed to assign, transfer, or subcontract any of your rights and/or obligations under these Terms.

Entire Agreement

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between the Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites and you in relation to your use of this website and supersede all prior agreements and understandings.

These Terms will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Oklahoma, and you submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Oklahoma for the resolution of any disputes.

Privacy Policy | Introduction

At the Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites, accessible from thereseocds.org, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy contains types of information that is collected and recorded by the Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites and how we use it.

The Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites’ legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Information we collect and the specific context in which we collect the information. We are a Data Controller of your information. The following are reasons why your personal information will be used:

  • The Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites needs to perform a contract with you;

  • You have given the Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites permission to do so;

  • Processing your personal information is in the Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites’ legitimate interests;

  • The Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites needs to comply with the law;

  • The Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy;

  • The Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

  • The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you.

  • The right of rectification.

  • The right to object.

  • The right of restriction.

  • The right to data portability

  • The right to withdraw consent

Log Files

The Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites follows a standard procedure of using log files, as processed by Squarespace. These files log visitors when they visit websites. It is a part of service analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, the Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.

You may choose to disable cookies through your individual browser settings. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites; if you are using Google Chrome, the settings can be found here.

Third Party Privacy Policies

The Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites’ Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party links and ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

Minor’s Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

The Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 18. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Online Privacy Policy Only

This privacy policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in the Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.