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Privacy
Please review our Privacy Policy which also overviews the BLIIS website to better understand our practices.
Electronic Communications
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Copyright
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The Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies grants users a limited license to access and make personal use of this site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of the Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions; any derivative use of this site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of a third-party; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.
This site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial or non-commercial purpose without express written consent of the Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of the Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies and our affiliates without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing BLIIS’ name or trademarks without the express written consent of the Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies. You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create hyperlinks to the home page or other pages of BLIIS so long as any links do not portray the Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies, its sponsors, affiliates, or their services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive manner. It is up to BLIIS and its team to determine what may be considered as offensive. You may not use any of BLIIS’ logos or other proprietary graphics or trademarks as part of the link without express written permission.
Links to Third Party Websites
Some links posted on this site will let you leave BLIIS’ site. These linked sites are not under the control of BLIIS and BLIIS is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site, or any changes or updates to such sites. The Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies is not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any linked site. BLIIS is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by BLIIS or its website.
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Visitors may submit reviews, suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other information concerning website content, so long as the submission is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of “spam.” You may not use a false email address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of the content. The Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content.
If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant BLIIS and its affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You grant BLIIS and its affiliates and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify BLIIS or its affiliates for all claims resulting from content you supply. The Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any activity or content. The Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party.
By visiting sections of bliis.org that contain user-submitted content, you hereby acknowledge that the opinions posted on bliis.org are solely those of the authors and not of The Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies, their staff, board, funders, or organizations with which they may have a relationship.
Unsolicited Email Policy
The presence of email addresses on this site is not an invitation for unsolicited commercial email. The use of spiders, robots, and other technologies to collect email addresses from this site is prohibited. Senders of email are expected to abide by all applicable state and federal laws.
Unsolicited Idea Submission Policy
Neither the Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies nor its affiliates accepts or considers unsolicited ideas, including ideas academic publications, blog posts, vlogs, podcasts or any other type of media and intellectual content. Please do not send any original content or demos. The sole purpose of this policy is to avoid potential misunderstandings or disputes when BLIIS’ content might seem similar to ideas submitted to the Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies. So, please do not send your unsolicited ideas to BLIIS or anyone working at BLIIS. If, despite our request that you not send us your ideas and materials, you still send them, please understand that BLIIS makes no assurances that your ideas and materials will be treated as confidential or proprietary.
Copyright Complaints
The Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies and its affiliates respect the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please notify us immediately at admin@bliis.org.
Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability
This site is provided by the Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies on an “as is” and “as available” basis. The Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of this site or the information, content, materials, or products included on this site. You expressly agree that your use of this site is at your sole risk.
To the full extent permissible by applicable law, the Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. BLIIS does not warrant that this site, its servers, or email sent from BLIIS are free of viruses or other harmful components. BLIIS will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of this site, including, but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, and consequential damages.
Certain state laws do not allow limitations on implied warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. If these laws apply to you, some or all of the above disclaimers, exclusions, or limitations may not apply to you, and you might have additional rights.
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By visiting the Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies website, you agree that the laws of the State of California without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Conditions of Use and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and the Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies or its affiliates.
Disputes
Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to BLIIS shall be submitted to confidential arbitration of our choosing except that, to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate BLIIS’ intellectual property rights, BLIIS may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the District of Columbia, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts. Arbitration under this agreement shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator’s award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under this Agreement shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to this Agreement, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.
Site Policies, Modification and Severability
Please review our other policies, such as our Privacy Policy posted on this site. These policies also govern your visit to the Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies website. We reserve the right to make changes to our site, policies, and these Terms of Use at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.
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Notice and Procedure For Making Claims of Copyright Infringement Concerning Material On This Site
If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide the Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies the written information specified below. Please note that this procedure is exclusively for notifying BLIIS and its affiliates that your believe that your copyrighted material has been infringed on this website.
- An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
- A description of the copyrighted work(s) that you claim has been infringed upon;
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to allow BLIIS to locate the material on the site;
- Information reasonably sufficient to contact you, such as your address, telephone number, and email address;
- A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
- A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed or authorized to act on the behalf of the copyright owner or owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Our contact for notice of claims of copyright infringement on this website can be reached by the following email: admin@bliis.org.