Privacy and Terms of Use


The following notices and licenses comprise together TCKID

 

Privacy

Before using this site for Online Email and Chat Services, you must read and acknowledge your acceptance of this General Disclaimer. After reading this General Disclaimer understand that continued use of this website, for those types services, indicates that you agree to the terms and conditions summarized below. tckid.com is committed to offering consistent quality and professional advice and guidance. This service does not aim to substitute for face-to-face or phone psychotherapy.

Online counseling can unfortunately not be offered to people under the age of 18. Please speak to an adult that you trust and ask for a referral to a counselor near your home.

All usage of this site, its products, Online Email and Chat services and information, is entirely at the user's own risk. Users acknowledge that the above shall apply, without limitation, to all content of the service and its products. The information in tckid.com is not intended to be used as a substitute for medical diagnosis or treatment. You should seek the advice of your physician or of a qualified health provider prior to starting any treatment or if you have any questions related to your mental or physical health, physical fitness, or medical conditions. tckid.com is not engaged in the provision or practice of medical, nursing, or healthcare advice or services in any jurisdiction.

A counselor's ability to facilitate therapy online via chat and email is inherently impeded by the counselor's inability to read facial and body language cues on the Internet. The services provided by therapists on the Internet are intended to be for persons who have reached the age of majority. tckid.com will make every effort to ensure that minors are not abusing its website; however, the tckid.com is not responsible for the activities of minors on the Internet and cannot guarantee that materials on this website will be appropriate for minors.

Visitors to tckid.com are encouraged to perform a credential check on any therapist they find on-line on the internet, either through this site or by other means.

tckid.com is not responsible for technical difficulties that may result in the website crashing while users are having exchanges directly with a therapists. The Internet is not a completely stable means of communication and tckid.com cannot and does not warrant the stability of communication on-line or the results of losing a connection while communicating on-line.

tckid.com IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY ACTION OR DECISION TAKEN IN RELIANCE UPON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS SITE. INFORMATION ACCESSED THROUGH THIS SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABLITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, TORT, PATENT, OR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT, SHALL tckid.com, ITS AFFILIATES, OR ITS PARENT COMPANIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR ANY OTHER MONETARY OR OTHER DAMAGES, FEES, FINES, PENALTIES, OR LIABILITIES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THIS SERVICE, OR SITES ACCESSED THROUGH THIS SERVICE, AND/OR CONTENT INFORMATION PROVIDED THEREIN, EVEN IF tckid.com HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR EXCLUSIVE AND SOLE REMEDY IS TO STOP USING tckid.com.

In the event that you are in a jurisdiction that does not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or that does not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability, the total liability of tckid.com, if any, will be limited to the amount paid by you to access or use the site. tckid.com will not be liable under any theory of indemnity.

When you use this site, you understand that the Internet contains material that may be sexually explicit or otherwise inappropriate, may be offensive to you, or may contain inaccurate information that may violate copyright, libel, or defamation laws. tckid.com does not make any effort to review the content of the links to the tckid.com site and cannot take responsibility for such materials. You are advised to use discretion and judgment in browsing the tckid.com site and any sites related or linked to it. If you purchase merchandise or services from third parties or web sites, tckid.com is not a party to that transaction and has no liability or responsibility with respect to that transaction.

tckid.com cannot warrant or guarantee that any downloaded files from its site or from any sites linked to it are free from error, viruses, or other destructive properties. You agree to take the sole risk in downloading files or in retrieving any information from tckid.com or any sites related to it. You acknowledge that you have been advised that you should take the necessary steps to protect your computer and files from erasing, destruction, corruption or other malfunction.

If you do not agree with the terms of this Disclaimer or a revised Disclaimer, exit this website immediately.

PRIVACY STATEMENT

Your privacy is important to tckid.com. At tckid.com, we want you to feel as comfortable as possible visiting our site and using its services. This Privacy Statement will tell you what information we collect, how we protect it, and what choices you have about how that information is used. We urge you to read our Privacy Statement so that you will understand both our commitment to you and your privacy, and how you can participate in that commitment.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

 

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Except as set forth in this section, tckid.com will never disclose to unaffiliated companies any information it gathers from you that could be used to identify or contact you ("Personal Information"). Any Personal Information provided to entities affiliated with tckid.com will be treated in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Statement, unless you are otherwise notified. theonlinetherapist.com will never intentionally disclose any Personal Information about you as an individual. We will never give your name, address, telephone number, credit card number, or e-mail address to any third party without your permission.

In certain circumstances we may be required to release Personal Information to third parties, such as to comply with a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order, or in special cases, such as a physical threat to you or to others. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Statement or a revised statement, please exit the site immediately.

Continued use of this website indicates your agreement with the terms of this Privacy Statement.

Attribution, Citation, Copyright, and Related Issues

Cite/Attribute TCKID Content
If you choose to reuse or repost TCKID materials, you must give proper attribution to the original TCKID author(s).

Please use the following citation format:

[Name], [Post Title], [Date]. (TCKID: a non-profit community for Third Culture Kids), http://tckid.com (Accessed [Date]). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA

Example: Brice Royer, "10 Lifestyle Habits of TCKs", January 7th, 2008. (TCKID: a non-profit community for Third Culture Kids), http://tckid.com (Accessed March 10, 2000). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA

If you want to use the materials on your Web site, you must also include a copy of the TCKID's Creative Commons license (BY-NC-SA), or a clear and reasonable link to its URL with every copy of the TCKID materials or the derivative work you create from it.  

All content on this website, including articles, charts, data, artwork, logos and website design (from here on, "the Content"), is the property of the webmasters of this website or the corresponding owners, depending on the circumstances of publication, and is protected by national and international copyright laws. As explained in our Terms of Use, Users are granted a personal license to access, display, download, format and print portions of this website content, solely for their own personal non-commercial use, provided that all proprietary notices are kept intact. They are also granted a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License to copy, distribute, transmit, summarize and adapt the work, as long as it is attributed to this website. For reproductions that are published on the World Wide Web, a note properly attributing the work should be kept on every page that holds a reproduction or adaptation, and include a permanent, crawlable link to the original page at this website, with an adequate anchor text or image, and no nofollow code in it. Moreover, there shouldn't be “nofollowed” links to this website on the page, neither should the whole page be “nofollowed”. The aforementioned links have to be presented to search-engine spiders in the same, “followed”, form. Product names and trademarks mentioned on this website belong to their respective owners. If you wish to ask for a waiver regarding the reproduction of our material, or need further details or clarifications, please contact us by emailing to admin@tckid.com

Do not post any information or other material protected by copyright without the permission of the copyright owner. By posting material on TCKID, the posting party warrants and represents that he or she owns the copyright with respect to such material or has received permission from the copyright owner. In addition, the posting party grants TCKID the nonexclusive right and license to display, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, print, and use such information or other material unless stated otherwise.

Attribution
When it comes to written works, whether for commercial or non-commercial uses, commercially published or self-published, certain ethical and legal guidelines must be observed. In written works, (such as a business consultant’s handbook, Power Point presentations, and professional articles, for example), attribution of a source(s) is always necessary, and is the fundamental requirement. Depending on the circumstances, a basic source attribution would be something like:

“This material is based on the copyrighted TCKID.com, a non-profit community organized to connect Third Culture Kids and Cross Cultural People. Featured on BBC, ABC & TVO, and is used with permission.”

Or “This material is adapted from...” The issue of attribution is more serious for written materials (in professional manuals and other writings, for example) than with oral classroom use. Written use (and even more so, published use) of an author's materials must always be attributed with each use or quotation. And, of course, when an author's words are used, there should be a copyright notice in addition to the general, more informal attribution.

The correct copyright notice for TCKID is:

Some Rights Reserved Copyright 200__ TCKID.com, a non-profit community organized to connect Third Culture Kids and Cross Cultural People. Featured on BBC, ABC & TVO.

If you have entered into an agreement with TCKID, or otherwise have permission to use our work, the copyright notice is slightly different:

Used with Permission Copyright 200__ TCKID.com, a non-profit community organized to connect Third Culture Kids and Cross Cultural People. Featured on BBC, ABC & TVO.

 

Use of TCKID name and logo

"TCKID", and its logos and seal are copyright of the TCKID.com. Except for purposes of attribution as required by our Creative Commons License, you may not use TCKID’s names or logos, or any variations thereof, without prior written consent of TCKID. You may not use the TCKID name in any of its forms nor TCKID seals or logos for promotional purposes, or in any way that deliberately or inadvertently claims, suggests, or in TCKID sole judgment gives the appearance or impression of a relationship with or endorsement by TCKID.

Infringement Notification

TCKID, prior to making any TCKID Materials publicly available, has reviewed all material extensively to determine the correct ownership of the material and obtain the appropriate licenses to make the material available on TCKID. TCKID will promptly remove any material that is determined to be infringing on the rights of others. If you believe that a portion of TCKID Material infringes another's copyright, contact us via email or write to us at:

TCKID Attn: Copyright Infringement admin@tckid.com

If you do not include an electronic signature with your claim, you may be asked to send or fax a follow-up copy with a signature. To file the notification, you must be either the copyright owner of the work or an individual authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Your notification must include:
1. Identification of the copyrighted work, or, in the case of multiple works at the same location, a representative list of such works at that site.
2. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity. You must include sufficient information, such as a specific URL or other specific identification, for us to locate the material.
3. Information for us to be able to contact the claimant (e.g., email address, phone number).
4. A statement that the claimant believes that the use of the material has not been authorized by the copyright owner or an authorized agent.
5. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and that the claimant is, or is authorized to act on behalf of, the copyright owner.