Terms of Use

1. About SafeCore Initiative

SafeCore Initiative is an Alabama nonprofit organization that supports education, awareness, prevention, professional training, and community resilience relating to public safety, radicalization awareness, violence prevention, cultural competency, and related subjects.

Information on this website is provided in furtherance of SafeCore Initiative’s educational and charitable purposes.

2. Eligibility and Authority

You may use this website only if you can lawfully agree to these Terms.

If you use the website on behalf of an agency, organization, school, company, government entity, or other institution, you represent that you have authority to act on its behalf regarding that use.

The website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. Children under 13 should not submit information through the website’s contact form.

3. Educational Purpose

Website content is provided for general educational, informational, awareness, and organizational purposes.

Content may discuss public safety, terrorism awareness, radicalization, mass violence indicators, cultural issues, prevention strategies, professional practices, or other serious subjects. Such content is presented for education, prevention, analysis, and lawful public-interest purposes.

SafeCore Initiative does not endorse, praise, promote, or encourage terrorism, extremism, hatred, violence, unlawful conduct, or discrimination.

4. No Professional or Emergency Advice

Website content does not constitute legal, medical, mental-health, emergency-response, law-enforcement, security, tax, accounting, or other professional advice.

Information on the website should not be treated as a substitute for advice from a qualified professional who can evaluate the specific facts and circumstances involved.

The website is not an emergency-reporting service. If there is an immediate threat to life, safety, or property, contact the appropriate emergency service or law-enforcement agency.

5. Training and Program Information

Descriptions of training, workshops, briefings, presentations, resources, or other programs are provided for general informational purposes.

Program availability, eligibility, instructors, locations, schedules, delivery methods, content, costs, sponsorships, and registration requirements may change.

Participation in a program may be subject to separate registration terms, eligibility requirements, agreements, waivers, codes of conduct, or third-party platform terms.

Website descriptions do not guarantee admission, certification, continuing-education credit, employment benefit, professional qualification, operational outcome, or a particular result.

6. Donations and Fundraising

The website may link to an independent third-party platform for donations, fundraising campaigns, event payments, or related transactions.

Donations may be subject to separate terms, disclosures, refund policies, tax-receipt practices, and privacy policies maintained by SafeCore Initiative or the applicable third-party provider.

SafeCore Initiative does not guarantee that every payment or contribution is tax deductible. Donors should consult their own tax advisers regarding their individual circumstances.

SafeCore Initiative reserves the right to decline, return, or restrict a donation when reasonably necessary for legal, ethical, operational, reputational, or mission-related reasons.

7. Third-Party Services and Platforms

The website may link to or interact with independently operated platforms used for:

• Donations and fundraising
• Training and event registration
• Community participation
• On-demand educational content
• Communications
• Website infrastructure and security
• Payment processing

These services may include Cloudflare, Zeffy, Skool, Google Workspace, and other providers selected by SafeCore Initiative.

Third-party services operate under their own terms, policies, availability standards, security practices, and data-retention procedures. SafeCore Initiative does not control those independent systems.

Your use of an external platform creates a separate relationship between you and that provider.

8. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, the website’s design, arrangement, written content, graphics, logos, names, photographs, videos, downloadable materials, and other original content are owned by, licensed to, or lawfully used by SafeCore Initiative.

Some training materials, course content, trademarks, publications, methods, or other intellectual property referenced on the website may be owned by third parties or used under a limited license.

Nothing on this website transfers ownership of any copyright, trademark, service mark, trade name, course material, methodology, publication, or other intellectual property.

SafeCore Initiative, its logo, and related organizational identifiers may not be used in a manner that falsely suggests endorsement, sponsorship, affiliation, authorization, or partnership.

9. Limited Permission to Use Website Content

You may view, download, or print publicly available website content for personal, educational, governmental, or internal organizational reference, provided that you:

• Do not alter the material in a misleading manner
• Do not remove ownership or attribution notices
• Do not falsely claim authorship or sponsorship
• Do not use the material for unlawful purposes
• Do not sell, license, republish, or commercially distribute it without written authorization

This limited permission does not include access to or use of restricted training content, paid materials, proprietary curricula, instructor resources, or licensed intellectual property.

10. Prohibited Uses

You may not use the website to:

• Violate any applicable law or regulation
• Submit threats, harassment, fraud, or unlawful content
• Impersonate another person or organization
• Misrepresent your identity, authority, or affiliation
• Interfere with the website, servers, networks, security controls, or verification systems
• Introduce malware, malicious code, automated abuse, or harmful content
• Probe, scan, test, circumvent, or attempt to defeat website security
• Harvest contact information or other data without authorization
• Use automated tools to scrape, copy, overload, or disrupt the website
• Reproduce or distribute protected materials without permission
• Use SafeCore Initiative’s name or materials to promote hatred, extremism, violence, discrimination, or unlawful conduct

11. Contact-Form Communications

Use of the contact form requires verification of access to the submitted email address.

Communications submitted through the form are not anonymous. Security and sender-related metadata may be generated, processed, retained, reviewed, or disclosed as described in the Privacy Policy.

You agree not to use the contact form to submit threats, harassment, fraudulent statements, malicious content, unlawful material, confidential third-party information, or highly sensitive personal information.

Submission of a message does not create an attorney-client, confidential, fiduciary, employment, partnership, contractual, or other professional relationship.

12. User Submissions

You retain any ownership rights you may have in original content you submit through the website.

By submitting information, you authorize SafeCore Initiative and its service providers to receive, process, review, retain, copy, and disclose it as reasonably necessary to:

• Respond to the communication
• Administer a requested program or relationship
• Protect website and organizational security
• Investigate suspected abuse or unlawful activity
• Comply with legal obligations
• Protect SafeCore Initiative or others

Do not submit material that you do not have the right or authority to provide.

13. Privacy

SafeCore Initiative’s collection, use, processing, retention, and disclosure of information through the website are described in the Privacy Policy.

The Privacy Policy is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

You should review the Privacy Policy before submitting information through the website.

14. Website Availability and Changes

SafeCore Initiative may modify, suspend, restrict, discontinue, or replace any part of the website without prior notice.

SafeCore Initiative does not guarantee that the website will always be available, uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or compatible with every browser, device, network, or platform.

Information may become outdated, incomplete, unavailable, or inaccurate due to technical issues, changing circumstances, or third-party actions.

15. External Links

Links to external websites are provided for convenience, reference, registration, education, donations, or access to third-party services.

SafeCore Initiative does not control and is not responsible for the content, accuracy, availability, accessibility, privacy, security, products, services, or conduct of external websites.

A link does not necessarily constitute endorsement of every statement, product, service, organization, policy, or practice of the linked provider.

16. Disclaimer of Warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the website and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.

SafeCore Initiative makes no representation or warranty that:

• The website will meet every user’s needs
• All information will be complete or current
• The website will be uninterrupted or error-free
• Every external link will remain available or secure
• Use of the website or its content will produce a particular result

Nothing in these Terms excludes a warranty or legal protection that cannot lawfully be excluded.

17. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, SafeCore Initiative and its directors, officers, employees, volunteers, contractors, instructors, agents, and service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from or relating to use of, inability to use, or reliance on the website.

This includes losses associated with unavailable content, technical interruptions, external websites, unauthorized access, inaccurate information, lost data, delayed communications, or third-party services.

Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited or excluded.

18. Responsibility for Your Use

You are responsible for your decisions, actions, communications, and use of information obtained through the website.

You agree to use reasonable judgment and obtain appropriate professional guidance before relying on website information in a legal, medical, safety, investigative, operational, employment, financial, or other consequential matter.

19. Enforcement and Access Restrictions

SafeCore Initiative may restrict, block, suspend, or terminate access to the website when it reasonably believes a person has:

• Violated these Terms
• Attempted to compromise website security
• Used the website for unlawful or abusive purposes
• Created risk for SafeCore Initiative or others
• Interfered with website operations

SafeCore Initiative may preserve and disclose relevant records when reasonably necessary for security, investigation, legal compliance, threat response, or protection of rights and safety.

20. Governing Law

These Terms and any dispute relating to the website are governed by the laws of the State of Alabama and applicable federal law, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

Any legal proceeding that may properly be brought regarding these Terms or the website must be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction in Alabama, unless applicable law requires otherwise.

21. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is determined to be unlawful, invalid, or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law or severed when necessary.

The remaining provisions will continue in effect.

22. No Waiver

A failure or delay by SafeCore Initiative in enforcing any provision of these Terms does not waive its right to enforce that or any other provision later.

23. Changes to These Terms

SafeCore Initiative may revise these Terms as the website, programs, services, technology, or legal requirements change.

Updated Terms will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.

Continued use of the website after revised Terms become effective constitutes acknowledgment of the updated Terms.

24. Entire Agreement

These Terms and the Privacy Policy constitute the general agreement governing use of the public website.

Separate agreements, registrations, licenses, program terms, waivers, or third-party terms may also apply to specific donations, events, training programs, resources, or services.

If a separate written agreement expressly conflicts with these Terms regarding a specific transaction or program, the separate agreement controls for that specific matter.

25. Contact Information

Questions concerning these Terms may be submitted through the verified Contact page.