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Terms and Conditions of Use
Terms & Conditions
TERMS OF USE

The following terms and conditions govern all use of the CiviCRM.org website and all content, services, and products available at or through the website that are owned and/or managed by CiviCRM. The purpose of this policy is to establish acceptable and unacceptable use of all CiviCRM resources in conjunction with the organization's established culture of ethical and lawful behavior, openness, trust, and integrity.


CiviCRM, LLC provides computer devices, networks, and other electronic information systems to meet missions, goals, and initiatives and must manage them responsibly to maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of its information assets. This policy requires the users of information assets to comply with organization policies and protects the organization against damaging legal issues.

All employees, contractors, consultants, temporary and other affiliated parties of CiviCRM, LLC, including all personnel affiliated with third parties must adhere to this policy. This policy applies to information assets owned or leased by CiviCRM, LLC, or to devices that connect to the CiviCRM network or utilize CiviCRM resources.

Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using our Services. By accessing or using any part of our services, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access or use any of our services. If these terms and conditions are considered an offer by CiviCRM, acceptance is expressly limited to these terms.

You are responsible for exercising good judgment regarding appropriate use of CiviCRM, LLC resources in accordance with the organization's policies, standards, and guidelines. CiviCRM, LLC resources may not be used for any unlawful or prohibited purpose.

Our Services are offered subject to your acceptance without modification of all of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other operating rules, policies (including, without limitation, CiviCRM’s Privacy Policy) and procedures that may be published from time to time by CiviCRM (collectively, the “Agreement”). You agree that we may automatically upgrade our Services, and these terms will apply to any upgrades. Regardless of where you reside, your agreement is with CiviCRM LLC, a California-based Limited Liability Company.

Our Services are not directed to children younger than 13, and access and use of our Services is only offered to users 13 years of age or older. If you are under 13 years old, please do not register to use our Services. Any person who registers as a user or provides their personal information to our Services represents that they are 13 years of age or older.

Use of our Services requires registration with CiviCRM.org. You agree to provide us with complete and accurate information when you register for an account. You will be solely responsible and liable for any activity that occurs under your username. You are responsible for keeping your password secure.

For security, compliance, and maintenance purposes, authorized personnel may monitor and audit equipment, systems, and network traffic. Devices that interfere with other devices or users on the CiviCRM network may be disconnected.

ACCESS TO AND USE OF CIVICRM DATA

CiviCRM maintains data for project use on civicrm.org, and may share access only to individuals that agree to these full terms of use and whos objective in accessing the data is to further CiviCRM the project and the software. Any misuse of the data will be arbitrated by CiviCRM LLC or by the CiviCRM Core Team.

You need written (via email) permission before doing anything with CiviCRM data including that which has not been previously agreed to by CiviCRM LLC or the Core Team. You may not export, keep or use any data from this website or from CiviCRM without express written permission. You may not use data contained on CiviCRM websites for any other purpose other than to further the project or the software itself. If you improve or add to the data here via an external tool, you must share the data and/or imprrovements back to civicrm.org

One time permission to use CiviCRM data does not grant ongoing access to the data or to its use. CiviCRM will revoke or downgrade user access once access is no longer needed and/or at the discretion of the CiviCRM Core Team.

SYSTEM ACCOUNTS

You are responsible for the security of data, accounts, and systems under your control. Keep passwords secure and do not share account or password information with anyone, including other personnel, family, or friends. Providing access to another individual, either deliberately or through failure to secure its access, is a violation of this policy.

You must ensure through legal or technical means that proprietary information remains within the control of CiviCRM, LLC at all times. Conducting business on behalf of CiviCRM, LLC that results in the storage of proprietary information on personal or non-organization controlled environments, including devices maintained by a third party with whom CiviCRM, LLC does not have a contractual agreement, is prohibited. This specifically prohibits the use of an e-mail account that is not provided by CiviCRM, LLC, or its customer and partners, for company business.

COMMUNICATIONS

When leveraging the data at civicrm.org for the purpose of communications, you agree to target the communications to the intended group of recipients and to maintain a message central to the purpose behind your permission to use the data. You further agree to provide a draft of all communications sent as announcements or solicitations to the CiviCRM community via civicrm.org to the CiviCRM Core Team. CiviCRM LLC and/or the CiviCRM Core Team maintains sole rights to prohibit any communications it deems inappropriate.

The following are strictly prohibited:

Sending spam via e-mail, text messages, pages, instant messages, voice mail, or other forms of electronic communication.
Forging, misrepresenting, obscuring, suppressing, or replacing a user identity on any electronic communication to mislead the recipient about the sender.
Posting the same or similar non-business-related messages to large number of users.
Use of a CiviCRM e-mail or IP address to engage in conduct that violates CiviCRM policies or guidelines. Posting to a public newsgroup, bulletin board, or listserv with a CiviCRM e-mail or IP address representing CiviCRM to the public; therefore, you must exercise good judgment to avoid misrepresenting or exceeding your authority in representing the opinion of the organization.
NETWORK USE

You are responsible for the security and appropriate use of CiviCRM network resources under your control. Using CiviCRM resources for the following is strictly prohibited:

Causing a security breach to either CiviCRM or other network resources, including, but not limited to, accessing data, servers, or accounts to which you are not authorized; circumventing user authentication on any device; or sniffing network traffic.
Causing a disruption of service to either CiviCRM or other network resources, including, but not limited to, ICMP floods, packet spoofing, denial of service, heap or buffer overflows, and forged routing information for malicious purposes.
Introducing honeypots, honeynets, or similar technology on the CiviCRM network.
Violating copyright law, including, but not limited to, illegally duplicating or transmitting copyrighted pictures, music, video, and software.
Exporting or importing software, technical information, encryption software, or technology in violation of international or regional export control laws.
Use of the Internet or CiviCRM network that violates the CiviCRM policies, or local laws.
Intentionally introducing malicious code, including, but not limited to, viruses, worms, Trojan horses, e-mail bombs, spyware, adware, and keyloggers.
Port scanning or security scanning on a production network unless authorized in advance by Information Security.
CONTENT POSTED ON OTHER WEBSITES

We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, made available through the websites and webpages to which civicrm.org links, and that link to civicrm.org. CiviCRM does not have any control over those non-civicrm.org websites, and is not responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to a non-civicrm.org website, CiviCRM does not represent or imply that it endorses such website. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. CiviCRM disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your use of non-civicrm.org websites and webpages.

COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND DMCA POLICY

As CiviCRM asks others to respect its intellectual property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on or linked to by civicrm.org violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify CiviCRM in accordance with CiviCRM’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) Policy. CiviCRM will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material. CiviCRM will terminate a visitor’s access to and use of the Website if, under appropriate circumstances, the visitor is determined to be a repeat infringer of the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of CiviCRM or others. In the case of such termination, CiviCRM will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid to CiviCRM.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

This Agreement does not transfer from CiviCRM to you any CiviCRM or third party intellectual property, and all right, title, and interest in and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with CiviCRM. CiviCRM, civicrm.org, the civicrm.org logo, and all other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with civicrm.org or our Services, are trademarks or registered trademarks of CiviCRM or CiviCRM’s licensors. Other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with our Services may be the trademarks of other third parties. Your use of our Services grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any CiviCRM or third-party trademarks.

CHANGES

We are constantly updating our Services, and that means sometimes we have to change the legal terms under which our Services are offered. If we make changes that are material, we will let you know by posting on one of our blogs, or by sending you an email or other communication before the changes take effect. The notice will designate a reasonable period of time after which the new terms will take effect. If you disagree with our changes, then you should stop using our Services within the designated notice period. Your continued use of our Services will be subject to the new terms. However, any dispute that arose before the changes shall be governed by the Terms (including the binding individual arbitration clause) that were in place when the dispute arose.

TERMINATION

CiviCRM may terminate your access to all or any part of our Services at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your civicrm.org account (if you have one), you may simply discontinue using our Services. All provisions of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

Our Services are provided “as is.” CiviCRM and its suppliers and licensors hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Neither CiviCRM nor its suppliers and licensors, makes any warranty that our Services will be error free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. You understand that you download from, or otherwise obtain content or services through, our Services at your own discretion and risk.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

In no event will CiviCRM, or its suppliers or licensors, be liable with respect to any subject matter of this Agreement under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement for substitute products or services; (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data; or (iv) for any amounts that exceed the fees paid by you to CiviCRM under this agreement during the twelve (12) month period prior to the cause of action. CiviCRM shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond their reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.

GENERAL REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTY

You represent and warrant that (i) your use of our Services will be in strict accordance with the CiviCRM Privacy Policy, with this Agreement, and with all applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside) and (ii) your use of our Services will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless CiviCRM, its contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of our Services, including but not limited to your violation of this Agreement.

TRANSLATION

These Terms of Service were originally written in English (US). We may translate these terms into other languages. In the event of a conflict between a translated version of these Terms of Service and the English version, the English version will control.

MISCELLANEOUS

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between CiviCRM and you concerning the subject matter hereof, and they may only be modified by a written amendment signed by an authorized executive of CiviCRM, or by the posting by CiviCRM of a revised version. Except to the extent applicable law, if any, provides otherwise, this Agreement, any access to or use of our Services will be governed by the laws of the state of California, U.S.A., excluding its conflict of law provisions, and the proper venue for any disputes arising out of or relating to any of the same will be the state and federal courts located in San Francisco County, California. Except for claims for injunctive or equitable relief or claims regarding intellectual property rights (which may be brought in any competent court without the posting of a bond), any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be finally settled in accordance with the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service, Inc. (“JAMS”) by three arbitrators appointed in accordance with such Rules. The arbitration shall take place in San Francisco, California, in the English language and the arbitral decision may be enforced in any court. The prevailing party in any action or proceeding to enforce this Agreement shall be entitled to costs and attorneys’ fees. If any part of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that part will be construed to reflect the parties’ original intent, and the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of this Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, will not waive such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof. You may assign your rights under this Agreement to any party that consents to, and agrees to be bound by, its terms and conditions; CiviCRM may assign its rights under this Agreement without condition. This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.

These terms are a compilation of terms provided by Drupal, Joomla, Ubuntu and WordPress.

TRADEMARK



CIVICRM LLC owns and oversees the trademarks and logos for the CiviCRM project and as such has a responsibility to provide a clear set of guidelines regarding the use of these assets. Our desire is to have a structure that fosters growth and encourages responsible use without unnecessary burden. We have developed this trademark and brand usage policy with the following goals in mind:

    We’d like to make it easy for anyone to use the CiviCRM, CiviCon and CiviCamp name or logo for community-oriented efforts that help spread and improve CiviCRM the software
    We’d like to make it clear how CiviCRM-related businesses and projects can, and cannot, use the CiviCRM, CiviCon or CiviCamp name and logo
    We’d like to make it hard for anyone to use the CiviCRM, CiviCon or CiviCamp name and logo to unfairly profit from, trick, or confuse people who are looking for official CiviCRM resources.

Definitions

    Names - the name “CiviCRM” as written, including variations such as “civicrm”, “CIVICRM”, etc., and the name “CiviCon” as written, including variations such as civicon, CiviCON, etc., and the name and “CiviCamp” as written, including variations such as civicamp, CIVICAMP, etc.
    Wordmark - the portion of the logo that includes a stylized version of the name.
    Icon - the graphical portion of the logo.
    Logo - the combination of the wordmark and the icon.
    Brand - the combination of the logo and non-tangible assets of CiviCRM, including the identity and essence of the company, that convey a meaning, emotion or purpose to consumers.

CiviCRM Trademark Usage Policy

Permission from CIVICRM LLC is required to use the CiviCRM name, icon, logo or brand as part of any project, product, service, domain or company name. We may grant permission to use the CiviCRM name, icon, logo and brand for projects, products or services that meet the following criteria:

    The primary purpose of your project, product or service is to promote and improve upon the CiviCRM software and the CiviCRM project, consistent with the objectives of the Core Team of CIVICRM LLC.
    Your project, product or service is non-commercial in nature (it can make money to cover its costs or contribute to non-profit entities, but it cannot be run as a for-profit project or business).
    Your project, product or service neither promotes nor is associated with entities that currently fail to comply with the AGPL license under which CiviCRM is distributed or the GPL license under which Drupal, Joomla! and WordPress are distributed.

Persons or organizations that meet these criteria may be permitted to use the CiviCRM name, logo and brand to promote their project, product or service. Approval to use the CiviCRM name, brand and logo is not guaranteed and must be requested to and approved by CIVICRM LLC.

Please note that it is not the goal of this policy to limit commercial activity around CiviCRM the software or overall project. We encourage CiviCRM-based businesses, and dozens of them are thriving while in compliance with this policy. Commercial projects, products, services and companies not meeting the criteria defined above are subject to the following policies:

    All CiviCRM-related companies or projects can use the CiviCRM name and logo to refer to and explain their services, but they cannot use them as part of a project, domain or company name and they cannot use them in any way that suggests an affiliation with or endorsement by CIVICRM LLC or the CiviCRM open source project. For example:
        A consulting company can describe its business as “Nonprofit Consulting Services, offering CiviCRM consulting for nonprofits,” but cannot call its business “The CiviCRM Consulting Company.”
    The name of your product or service should be used in compliance with the CiviCRM trademark so that there can be no confusion about the true source (company, organization, association or author) of your product or service. The combination of the name of your product or service with the CiviCRM name must be unique and identifiable. Examples include:
        if your company is called "Acme", refer to your CiviCRM certification product as "Acme CiviCRM Certification" or "CiviCRM Certification by Acme" instead of "CiviCRM Certification"; or
        if your company called "Acme" has a service called "CiviCRM River," clearly indicate that the "CiviCRM River is a service of Acme" so that there can be no confusion about the true source.
    It’s appropriate to use the CiviCRM name, icon or logo as part of a web page or hard copy collateral that describes your products or services, but it’s inappropriate and a violation of this trademark to use it as part of your company or product logo or branding itself.
    Under no circumstances is it permitted to use “civicrm” as part of a top-level domain name. Examples of projects in this dis-allowed category are officially recognized events or CiviCRM communities that are dedicated to the translation, improvement and / or distribution of CiviCRM software in their respective countries.

In all cases, the CiviCRM trademark should be accompanied by the following text (or an appropriate translation): "CiviCRM is a registered trademark of CIVICRM LLC".
Brand Standard

CiviCRM logoThe CiviCRM logo is trademarked. Consistent use of the CiviCRM logo, icon and wordmark is essential to creating a brand standard that represents the community and that fosters recognition of the project and of CiviCRM the software. If you have permission to use an official logo or wordmark you may choose from the assortment of logo images for use in accordance with the following guidelines:

    The relationship of elements (size, positioning, etc.) should never be altered in any way.
    Colors and fonts should never be altered.
    When possible, the logo should appear in its full-colour horizontal version.
    The icon may be used without the wordmark “CiviCRM”, however the wordmark “CiviCRM” should never be used without the icon.

The name CiviCRM, referring to the software product and the community at large, should be written as “CiviCRM”. Variations such as “civicrm”, “CIVICRM”, “CIVIcrm”, etc. are discouraged and should be avoided. Additional punctuation in the name, such as “Civi-CRM” is inappropriate.
Logo downloads

    CiviCRM Logo native AI file (zip)
    CiviCRM Logo SVG format

Changes & References

The CiviCRM trademark and brand usage policies are a combination of those presented by Drupal, Joomla, Ubuntu and Wordpress, and were developed to be the least restrictive possible while protecting the CiviCRM brand. CIVICRM LLC reserves the right to modify or update the CiviCRM trademark and brand usage policies with or without notice.
Contact CiviCRM

Compliance with this trademark and brand usage policy does not guarantee your ability to use any trademark or logo covered herein. Please contact CIVICRM LLC to discuss your use of the CiviCRM, CiviCon or CiviCamp brand, name and logo.

Legal address: 330 Upper Terrace, San Francisco, CA 94117
Mailing address: 302 Escalante Circle, Ridgway, CO 81432
Email: info@civicrm.org

EVENT GUIDELINES



The guidelines have been put together based on the experiences of past event organisers in conjunction with the CiviCRM Core Team. They are split into a small number of requirements (“Requirements”) that all CiviCRM events must follow in order to be recognised as official CiviCRM events, and a larger number of key considerations, tips and suggestions that we think are useful. They aim to make it as straightforward as possible to organise a CiviCRM event and to ensure that all events are as successful as possible for the attendees and organisers, and for the project in general.

CiviCRM events come in many shapes and sizes from small local meetups to international conferences, and from trainings to sprints. They cater to different audiences from the new to the very experienced, from consumers of and contributors to CiviCRM, and for end users, implementers and developers. Events are a key way in which we can increase the involvement of our community and contribute to the financial sustainability of the project.

If you’re interested in organizing a CiviCRM event, please contact us via email. For a full list of CiviCRM events, visit https://civicrm.org/events
What is a CiviCRM event?

While CiviCRM encourages anyone to host an event in which CiviCRM is a focal point, only those adhering to the following key points will be considered sanctioned and recognized appropriately by CiviCRM. Events must be:

    Focused on raising awareness of CiviCRM the product and providing funding for the project
    Community driven and equitably accessible by all community members
    Fair, consistent and transparent in its finances and objectives, and aligned with the project’s programs and overall direction

CiviCRM events are intended to be inclusive and to foster community participation. Such events may leverage CiviCRM’s infrastructure for communications and are, upon approval by the Core Team, automatically able to use the CiviCRM trademark and logo, consistent with CiviCRM’s brand standards. Events promoted and covered by these guidelines include:

    CiviCon - intended to be national in scope (1 per country per year), multi-day events with trainings and sprints. Attracting an even mixture of new users, administrators and developers.
    CiviCamp - intended to be regional events (multiple events per country per year) with low financial commitments, focused on end user exposure, skill development and community growth.
    Sprint - post conference sprints and/or individual sprints that focus on key topics (largely technical) that benefit the overall product.

CiviCRM also promotes workshops, meetups and webinars. These events are covered separately outside of these guidelines.
Detailed requirements

We’ve tried to keep these requirements simple and clear, remaining consistent with the core principles that underlie our operational objectives (sustainability and growth).

    CiviCRM events must be approved by the Core Team in advance.
    Event organizers, and hence the events, must agree to abide by and enforce CiviCRM’s terms of use, trademark and brand standard, code of conduct and these event guidelines. Event organizers must also disclose any additional terms of use, such as photo and video releases, to attendees in advance of registration.
    Event organizers must provide financial transparency to the Core Team via a proposed budget in advance as well as a detailed final profit & loss statement.
    CiviCRM may act as a financial sponsor and can assist with financial arrangements to ensure that each event can be undertaken. Event organizers may also manage event finances. CiviCRM will cover a portion or all of an event’s losses. Proceeds from CiviCRM events fund and are used at the discretion of the CiviCRM Core Team, with a priority for marketing (future events, external conferences, etc.).
    CiviCRM prefers for CiviCamps and CiviCons to be organized by volunteers, and discourages the use of paid event organizers, especially for smaller events. CiviCRM will recognize volunteer organizers either via the contributor framework or as event sponsors (paid organizers will not receive contributor or sponsor recognition).
    Event organizers will have access to CiviCRM’s infrastructure for the duration of their need to successfully manage the event. The CiviCRM Core Team should be included on communications to the community sent through civicrm.org.
    Event organizers should use the infrastructure provided by CiviCRM. In cases where it makes sense to do otherwise, data may be collected outside of CiviCRM. In these cases, the data may not be used for any other purpose than organizing this event, and the data shall be migrated into civicrm.org then any remaining copy be destroyed.

Core Team Support

The core team is happy to support events that contribute to our vision and meet our objectives of growing the ecosystem and deepening community engagement with the project. Since we are a small team with a finite capacity, there is only so much we can do for each event. Hence we prefer to work with event organisers within our community, supporting them as conference organisers.

We are happy be help new teams get off the ground, be involved in initial brainstorming, offer ongoing advice, be part of planning meetings, etc. But we expect the organising teams to so the bulk of the work and take responsibility for the event. We may be able to offer seed funding to start conferences in parts of the world where we are keen to grow the ecosystem.

We aim to send at least one member of the core team to each of our larger events and typically choose 1 or 2 events per year to have a large core team attendance.
Non-CiviCRM events

CiviCRM encourages the growth of events by the community and recognizes that some events, for one reason or another, may not qualify to be officially sanctioned. Such events are often run by community members as for profit endeavors, or in such a way that they do not fully adhere to CiviCRM’s own requirements. That’s perfectly fine. Here’s what you can expect for non-sanctioned events:

    Ineligible to use CiviCRM’s trademarks or logo to promote the event or in any way that denotes endorsement by CIVICRM LLC.
    Cannot use CiviCRM infrastructure for registration or promotion.
    Core Team members can participate at the expense of organizer.

CODE OF CONDUCT


Purpose

CiviCRM believes our community should be truly open for everyone. As such, we are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, religion, preferred operating system, programming language, or text editor (or lack thereof).

This code of conduct expands on our community guidelines and outlines our expectations for participant behavior as well as the consequences for unacceptable behavior at CiviCRM sanctioned events. We invite all members, partners, contributors, sponsors, volunteers, speakers, attendees, and other participants to help us realize a safe and positive conference experience for everyone.
Open Source & Culture Citizenship

A supplemental goal of this Code of Conduct is to increase open source and culture citizenship by encouraging participants to recognize and strengthen the relationships between our actions and their effects on our community. Communities mirror the societies in which they exist and positive action is essential to counteract the many forms of inequality and abuses of power that exist in society.

If you see someone who is making an extra effort to ensure our community is welcoming, friendly, and encourages all participants to contribute to the fullest extent, please recognize their efforts.
Expected Behavior

    Participate in an authentic and active way. In doing so, you contribute to the health and longevity of this community.
    Exercise consideration and respect in your speech and actions.
    Attempt collaboration before conflict.
    Refrain from demeaning, discriminatory, or harassing behavior and speech.
    Be mindful of your surroundings and of your fellow participants. Alert community leaders if you notice a dangerous situation, someone in distress, or violations of this Code of Conduct, even if they seem inconsequential.
    Remember that community event venues may be shared with members of the public; please be respectful to all patrons of these locations.

Unacceptable Behavior

The following behaviors are considered harassment and are unacceptable within our community:

    Violence, threats of violence or violent language directed against another person.
    Sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist or otherwise discriminatory jokes and language.
    Posting or displaying sexually explicit or violent material.
    Posting or threatening to post other people’s personally identifying information ("doxing").
    Personal insults, particularly those related to gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, or disability.
    Inappropriate photography or recording.
    Inappropriate physical contact. You should have someone’s consent before touching them.
    Unwelcome sexual attention. This includes, sexualized comments or jokes; inappropriate touching, groping, and unwelcomed sexual advances.
    Deliberate intimidation, stalking or following (online or in person).
    Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior.
    Sustained disruption of community events, including talks and presentations.

Weapons Policy

No weapons will be allowed at CiviCRM events or in other spaces covered by the scope of this Code of Conduct. Weapons include but are not limited to guns, explosives (including fireworks), and large knives such as those used for hunting or display, as well as any other item used for the purpose of causing injury or harm to others. Anyone seen in possession of one of these items will be asked to leave immediately, and will only be allowed to return without the weapon. Attendees are further expected to comply with all state and local laws on this matter.
Consequences of Unacceptable Behavior

Unacceptable behavior from any community member, including sponsors and those with decision-making authority, will not be tolerated.

Anyone asked to stop unacceptable behavior is expected to comply immediately.

If a community member engages in unacceptable behavior, we may take any action deemed appropriate, up to and including a temporary ban or permanent expulsion from the community without warning (and without refund in the case of a paid event).
Reporting Guidelines

If you are subject to or witness unacceptable behavior, or have any other concerns, please notify us as soon as possible by emailing conduct@civicrm.org. Please read Reporting Guidelines for details.

Additionally, community organizers are available to help community members engage with local law enforcement or to otherwise help those experiencing unacceptable behavior feel safe. In the context of in-person events, organizers will also provide escorts as desired by the person experiencing distress.
Addressing Grievances

Only permanent resolutions (such as bans) may be appealed. To appeal a decision of the working group, contact the CiviCRM Core Team at info@civicrm.org with your appeal and the Core Team and event organizers will review the case.
Scope

We expect all community participants (contributors, paid or otherwise; sponsors; and other guests) to abide by this Code of Conduct in all community venues–online and in-person–as well as in all one-on-one communications pertaining to community business.

This code of conduct and its related procedures also applies to unacceptable behavior occurring outside the scope of community activities when such behavior has the potential to adversely affect the safety and well-being of community members.
Contact info

CiviCRM Core Team: info@civicrm.org
License and attribution

This Code of Conduct is a direct swipe from the awesome work of Open Source Bridge, but with our event information substituted. The original is available at http://opensourcebridge.org/about/code-of-conduct/ and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.

PRIVACY POLICY



CiviCRM the project and CiviCRM LLC the legal entity maintain a number of websites, including the civicrm.org domain and subdomains, and are committed to maintaining your privacy as you use these sites. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested.

Our postal address is:
CiviCRM LLC
302 Escalante Circle
Ridgway, CO 81432

Our legal address is:
CiviCRM LLC
330 Upper Terrace
San Francisco, CA 94117

We can be reached via e-mail at info@civicrm.org

On all of our sites, we use non-personally identifiable and aggregate information to better design our sites. On all of our sites at which we collect personally identifiable information through the site registration process you can correct or modify that information by editing your user profile. We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from you at our site.
Aggregated Statistics

CiviCRM.org may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, CiviCRM.org may reveal how many downloads a particular version got, or say which plugins are most popular based on checks from a web service used by CiviCRM installations to check for new versions of CiviCRM and plugins. However, CiviCRM.org does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

CiviCRM.org discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on CiviCRM.org’s behalf or to provide services available at CiviCRM.org, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using CiviCRM.org, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. CiviCRM.org will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations, as described above, CiviCRM.org discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when CiviCRM.org believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of CiviCRM.org, third parties, or the public at large. If you are a registered user of a CiviCRM.org website and have supplied your email address, CiviCRM.org may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with CiviCRM.org and our products. We primarily use our blog to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. CiviCRM.org takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Privacy on specific CiviCRM sites

On some sites, including civicrm.org, forum.civicrm.org, chat.civicrm.org, wiki.civicrm.org as well as CiviCRM event related sites, you will be asked to provide an email address when registering for an account.

    Your IP address may be used to identify duplicate user accounts (which are forbidden under the forum rules).
    Cookies are used to store visitors' preferences and record past activity at a site in order to provide better service when visitors return to our site, such as indicating which threads you have read. You may modify your information and preferences by editing your user profile.
    Should you choose to edit or create wiki pages at wiki.civicrm.org your identity is recorded and your username is viewable by those who look at the history of the pages you have worked on. Your IP address may be used to identify possible abuse and may be blocked if abuse is detected.
    On any of the sites with commenting features your name, email address, and IP address will be recorded when you make a comment. This information will not be published or shared with any third parties.
    If you make a financial contribution to CiviCRM using the sites, your name, address and other information are collected, but your credit card information is never stored on our sites.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. CiviCRM.org uses cookies to help CiviCRM.org identify and track visitors, their usage of CiviCRM.org, and their website access preferences. CiviCRM.org visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using CiviCRM.org’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of CiviCRM.org’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Sharing of information with third parties

With the exception of the issues discussed in this paragraph we do not share your information with third parties. On some sites, we use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Web sites. These companies may use information (not including your name, address email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here. Your information may be disclosed when we are legally required to by a US court order, to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our website and applicable laws, or to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our website.
Children's Privacy

Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. None of of our websites are structured specifically to attract anyone under 13. However, we recognize that there may be CiviCRM users and developers under age 13 who may register at one or more of our sites. The privacy policies that apply to all site users also apply to those users under 13.
Future changes

From time to time, we may use user information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will post the policy changes to our Web site to notify you of these changes and provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our Web site periodically.
Questions or comments

If you have questions or comments about this policy or if you feel that this site is not following its stated information policy please contact us info@civicrm.org.
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