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CADRE DC, LLC TERMS OF USE
Last Updated August 8, 2023
Thank you for your interest in CADRE DC, LLC (“CADRE”), a Virginia limited liability company. CADRE is an exclusive membership community that offers unique opportunities for business growth, personal and professional development and connections. Membership is selective and by invitation.
These Terms govern your use of our website, cadredc.com, and our other microsites capsule.cardredc.com and apps (collectively referred to as the “Website”) whether you are a member of CADRE or a visitor to our Website just checking out our organization. By accessing our Website, you agree to be subject to these Terms. If you do not agree to any of these Terms, you may not use our Website.
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When you agree to these Terms, you also agree to our Privacy Policy, and if you are a member, our Membership Terms and Code of Conduct.
You may not use our Website if you are a minor, prohibited by any applicable laws from doing so, or using mechanical, programmatic, robotic, scripted or any other automated means not provided as part of our Website. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and solely with respect to a single sign on exception, CADRE grants the operators of public search engines permission to index materials from the site for the sole purpose of creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials. CADRE reserves the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases.
Any “Content” (defined below) you submit to CADRE including your personal data, the personal data of others, text, graphics, photos, documents, video and audio recordings, to be used with on our Website is subject to these Terms and the following conditions:
a. Privacy. CADRE may use and share your Content in accordance with our Privacy Policy and these Terms.
b. Authority. You shall be solely responsible for your Content and the consequences of uploading, submitting and publishing your Content with respect to our Website. You affirm, represent, and warrant that you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to publish your Content; and
c. License. You retain the ownership rights in your Content. However, by submitting such Content to CADRE, you hereby grant CADRE a perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, and display, the Content, including any logo, in connection with your products and CADRE’s (and its successors’ and affiliates’) business, including without limitation for promoting, marketing and redistributing part or all of our products (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels.
d. Copyrighted material. Content you submit to our Website may not contain third party copyrighted material, or material that is subject to other third party proprietary rights, unless you have permission from the rightful owner of the material or you are otherwise legally entitled to post the material and to grant CADRE all of the license rights granted herein. CADRE does not permit copyright infringing activities and infringement of intellectual property rights on our Website and CADRE will remove all Content if properly notified that such Content infringes on another’s intellectual property rights. CADRE reserves the right to remove Content without prior notice. To notify us of a copyright violation, please email us at info@cadredc.com. To notify us of a trademark violation, please email us at info@cadredc.com. CADRE reserves the right to remove Content without prior notice for any reason whatsoever.
e. Prohibited content. You may not submit any Content or other material, or encourage others to act in a manner, that is:
i. Violates applicable local, national, and international laws and regulations.
ii. Infringes upon another person or entity’s copyright or intellectual property rights.
iii. Offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene, harmful, abusive, harassing, tortuous, vulgar, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, as determined by CADRE, in CADRE’s sole discretion.
f. No endorsement. CADRE does not endorse any Content submitted by any user, third party, or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein, and CADRE expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with such Content.
g. No pre-screening. CADRE does not review or pre-screen the contents of data uploaded or posted to our Website by users.
Our Website may contain links to third party websites that are not owned or controlled by CADRE. CADRE has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for the Content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites. You understand that when using our Website, you may be exposed to Content from a variety of sources, and that CADRE is not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such Content, and you waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against CADRE with respect thereto, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, indemnify and hold harmless CADRE, its owners, operators, affiliates, licensors, and licensees to the fullest extent permitted by law regarding all matters related to your use of our Website.
You may not:
a. Reproduce or resell. Reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit access to our Website, including, but not limited to the HTML or any visual design elements without the express written consent of CADRE.
b. Tamper. Modify, reverse engineer, decompile, adapt or otherwise tamper with our Website or modify another website so as to falsely imply that it is associated with our Website, CADRE, or any other product, software or service provided by CADRE.
c. Interfere. Interfere with, disrupt or attempt to interfere or disrupt our Website, our domains, websites, servers, networks, services or other equipment connected to our Website.
d. Infringe. Use our Website in any manner which may infringe copyright or intellectual property rights or in any manner which is unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or in violation of these Terms.
e. Send spam. Use our Website to upload, post, host, or transmit unsolicited bulk e-mail “Spam”.
f. Install malware. Use our Website to upload, post, host, or transmit viruses, self-replicating computer programs “Worms” or any code of a destructive or malicious nature.
g. Harm minors. Harm minors in any way.
h. Impersonate. Impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
i. Violate the law. Intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, including but not limited to international human rights or privacy laws, regulations or principals.
j. Promote terrorism. Provide material support or resources (or to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, or ownership of material support or resources) to any organization(s) designated by the United States government as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
k. Store certain data. Collect or store personal data about other users.
l. No disabling security features. Circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of our Website or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on use of our Website or the Content therein.
j. Use PI. You may not collect or harvest any personally identifiable information, including account names, from our Website, nor use the communication systems provided by our Website (e.g., membership directory, comments, email) for any commercial purposes. You may not solicit our members for commercial purposes.
Our Website and Website Content are protected by the copyright laws of the United States and international copyright laws and treaties, as well as other laws and treaties. All ownership, license, intellectual property and other rights and interests in and to our Website and Website Content shall remain solely with CADRE.
a. Trademarks. The Website and Content, trademarks, service marks and logos (“Marks”) on our Website, are owned by or licensed to CADRE, and are subject to trademark and other intellectual property rights under the law.
b. Intended use only. You may access the CADRE website for your informational or membership use solely as intended through the provided functionality of our Website and as permitted under these Terms. You shall not copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, or otherwise exploit any part of the CADRE website, its Content, or our Website for any other purposes without the prior written consent of CADRE or the respective licensors of the Content. CADRE and its licensors reserve all rights not expressly granted in and to our Website and Content.
a. Misuse. If you misuse our Website or otherwise do not comply with these Terms, CADRE, in its sole discretion, has the right to terminate your access to our Website and membership at any time, without prior notice to you, and pursue any other remedy legally available to it. CADRE reserves the sole and exclusive right to decide whether or not you are in compliance with these Terms.
b. Other reasons. Additionally, CADRE reserves the right to terminate your access to our Website for the following additional reasons:
i. If requested by law enforcement, court order or other judicial process;
ii. If an unexpected technical or security issue arises;
iii. If you engage in fraudulent or illegal activities, whether or not those activities are related to your use of the Website; or
iv. For any reason, if CADRE, in our sole discretion, believes it to be in CADRE’s best interest to do so.
This Section includes important disclaimers and limitations on CADRE’s liability.
a. No warranty. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from CADRE or through our Website shall create any warranty not expressly stated in these Terms.
b. Limitation of liability. In no event shall CADRE, our officers, directors, employees, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, successors or assigns be liable to you or any party for any direct, consequential, incidental, special or other indirect (including without limitation, cost of cover) damages, loss or injury arising out of or in connection with these Terms, our Website or any content or other materials provided or available hereunder, or use of any other links or linked websites, even if we are expressly advised of the possibility of such damages, and regardless of whether such damages arise in contract, tort (including without limitation negligence), strict liability or other legal basis.
c. Damages. The term “damages” includes, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, lost profits, physical and/or personal injury, and business interruption. You agree and acknowledge the economic terms of these Terms fairly and equitably reflect the foregoing allocation of risk and such allocation of risk is a material inducement for us to make our Website and Content available to you.
If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any Content infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) to our copyright agent at Michael@momentumlawyers.com or Copyright Agent, Momentum Law Group 9211 Corporate Blvd., Suite 350, Rockville, Maryland 20878.
We regularly update our Website. CADRE may add, alter, or remove functionality or features from our Website at any time without prior notice. CADRE may also limit, suspend, or discontinue our Website at our discretion. CADRE may remove Content from our Website at any time in its sole discretion. CADRE may change these Terms at any time and for any reason, such as to reflect changes in applicable law or updates to Website, and to account for new Website functionality. Changes will be effective the day they are posted. If you do not agree to any changes made to these Terms, you must immediately discontinue using our Website, because by continuing to use our Website you indicate your agreement to be bound by the updated terms.
CADRE reserves the right to temporarily suspend access to our Website for any reason it deems necessary, including, but not limited to, maintenance, repairs or installation of upgrades, and we will, if practicable, provide notice prior to any such suspension.
a. Arbitration. You submit to binding arbitration in the event of a dispute, controversy or claim (“Claim”) arising out of or in connection with our Website, these Terms and CADRE’s Privacy Policy. The arbitration will be held in Arlington, Virginia before one arbitrator on an individual basis and not as a class action. You and CADRE shall agree on one arbitrator to conduct the arbitration and the arbitrator shall be selected pursuant to the applicable rules. Each party shall be responsible for its own attorney, expert and other fees, unless the arbitrator awards such fees to the prevailing party.
b. No Class Action. If a claim is arbitrated, you give up your right to participate as a class representative or member for any claim you may have against CADRE, including any right to class arbitration or any consolidation of individual arbitrations or to bring or participate in a class action as set forth in any state statute.
c. No Jury Trial. You expressly waive your right to a jury trial.
d. Arbitrator’s Decision Final. The arbitrator’s award is final and binding on all parties. The Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. §1 et seq.), and not any state law concerning arbitration, governs all arbitration under this clause. Any court having jurisdiction may enter judgment on the arbitrator’s award. If any part of this clause, other than waivers of class action rights, is deemed or found to be unenforceable for any reason, the remainder shall remain enforceable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the waiver of class action rights contained herein is not enforceable as to any person or persons, the provisions of Section 18 of these Terms shall apply to such person or persons only, and all other persons shall continue to be governed by the Arbitration Clause.
e. Injunctive Relief. Notwithstanding the terms of this Section 17, if you violate or threaten to violate CADRE’s intellectual property rights, CADRE may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any court, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such court.
The laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without giving effect to its conflict of laws principles, govern all matters arising out of or related to these terms and the transactions it contemplates, including, without limitation, its interpretation, construction, performance, and enforcement. If Section 12 is found not to have legal affect by any court with jurisdiction over these Terms, jurisdiction over actions arising out of or related to these Terms, and jurisdiction over CADRE, then if you bring a legal action or proceeding against CADRE arising out of or related to these Terms, you may only bring such action or proceeding in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, or in Arlington, Virginia District or Circuit Court.
California users are entitled to the following specific consumer rights notice: The Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs may be contacted in writing at 400 R Street, Suite 1080, Sacramento, California, 95814, or by telephone at (916) 445-1254 or (800) 952-5210. Complaints or requests for further information can be sent to the address listed in the Contact Us section of this Agreement.
a. Content. As used herein, the term “Content” shall include text, software, scripts, graphics, logos, photos, sounds, music, videos, audiovisual combinations, interactive features and other materials. This Content may be created by us, you or a third party.
b. Severability and Waiver. CADRE’s failure to exercise or enforce any of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of the Terms. If any provision of these Terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such court should endeavor to give full effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in these Terms, and the remainder of these Terms remain in full effect. The failure of CADRE to enforce any provision hereof shall not constitute or be construed as a waiver of such provision or of the right to enforce it at a later time.
c. Entire Agreement. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and CADRE and govern your use of our Website, superseding any prior agreements between you and CADRE (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of the Terms).
d. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify and defend CADRE and our subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, employees, partners, licensors and licensees from any claim or demand, including attorney’s fees and costs, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of our Website.
You can contact us by email, regular ..
email: info@cadredc.com
mail: CADRE DC
8300 Greensborough Dr suite 700
Suite 700
McLean, Virginia 22102
Membership is a privilege and is in the sole discretion of CADRE DC, LLC. CADRE may terminate your membership at any time for any reason.
Our initiation fee is nonrefundable. Membership dues are paid monthly through a third-party platform. You agree that CADRE may charge your credit card on file for your initiation fee and monthly dues in the amounts set forth in the membership invitation email you received from CADRE until such time as you cease to be a member.
Last updated on August 31, 2023.
CADRE DC, LLC (“CADRE”, “we”, “us” or “our”) is committed to maintaining your privacy and recognizes the importance of providing protection for any personally identifiable information that you choose to share with us or that we maintain about you (“Personal Information”). CADRE is a Virginia limited liability company, located in the United States. This Privacy Policy sets out how we treat Personal Information we collect through this website, https://www.cadredc.com (“Website”) and describes how you may contact us regarding our privacy practices. Our Website is provided to inform you about our organization, allow you to make inquiries about our offerings and how to join our organization. Please read this Privacy Policy thoroughly. If you disagree with the way personal information will be used, please do not use this Website.
We welcome your comments regarding this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices. If you have questions about this Policy or believe that we have not adhered to it, please contact us. You can contact us by email, or regular mail and we will respond to your query within 30 days.
Email: info@cadredc.com
Mail: 8300 Greensboro Drive
Suite 700
McLean, VA 22102
We collect information you voluntarily give us and automatically from your device.
When you contact us through the website to inquire about our organization apply for membership, or register for an event, you provide your contact information and other professional and personal information necessary to reply to your query, apply for membership or register for an event. You may also be asked to provide personal information to approve your experience as part of the community. This information may include names, addresses, phone numbers, birth name, chosen name, birthdate, gender, email, educational level, email address, skype account, income, and profession. Some of this information is voluntary. Some of it is required of all applicants.
We may collect your Personal Information automatically from your device by using technologies, such as cookies, pixels, third party tags, scripts, log files and other means to automatically collect information about the use of our Website in an aggregated, pseudonymous or de-identified manner.
We may share some of your Personal Information with business partners who provide us with technical services, such as website security or computing infrastructure.
You may share your Personal Information when you post events to our Website, attend our events, participate in the Website or presentation chat features, or post video or comments to our Website.
We collect contact Personal Information for the purpose of considering your application for membership and communicating with you so that you can participate in our events.
We use analytics services from our third-party partners, such as Google Analytics, in an aggregated, pseudonymous or de-identified manner to help us understand how users access and use the Website. We also may place ads about our products and services on other websites and social media.
We will retain your Personal Information for the duration of you your membership and for as long as the information is needed to respond to your query, process your application, inform you of additional or future events, and for any additional period necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. If you no longer wish to receive emails from us, reply to the email and put the words “Unsubscribe” in the subject line.
Your browser settings may allow you to automatically transmit a “Do Not Track” signal to online services you visit. We do not monitor or take action with respect to “Do Not Track” signals.
CADRE understands the need to protect the privacy of children. The Website is intended for adults. The Website is not intended for use by individuals under 13 years of age. CADRE does not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under the age of 13 on our Website.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe we have collected Personal Data in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (“COPPA”), contact us at info@cadredc.com. We will remove the Personal Data in accordance with COPPA.
Our Website is hosted by Yoko Co. For more information about their privacy practices, please visit their website https://www.yokoco.com. If you think that the Website or any Personal Information is not secure or that there has been unauthorized access to the Website or your Personal Information, please contact info@cadredc.com immediately.
Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be promptly communicated on this. Continued use of the Website after a change in the Privacy Policy indicates your acknowledgement and acceptance of the use of Personal Data in accordance with the amended Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy has been designed to comply with accessibility standards of the Web Accessibility Initiative Guide 2.0. If you experience any difficulties accessing the information here, please contact us at info@cadredc.com.
If you have any questions in relation to this Privacy Policy, or have questions about your rights and choices, please contact info@cadredc.com.