Terms and Conditions


Agreement between User and www.kwaray.org

Welcome to www.kwaray.org. The www.kwaray.org website (the "Site") is comprised of various web pages operated by Pacific School of Religion and other collaborators. This Site is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms and conditions contained herein (the "Terms"). Your use of the Site constitutes your agreement to all such Terms. Please read these terms carefully and keep a copy of them for your reference. Terms may be amended by the Site.

This Site is a Community-based Learning platform with spiritually-rooted learning resources, many drawn from progressive Christian perspectives, created and curated for rising faith leaders. We offer courses, cohorts, credentials and community events from a wide range of seminaries and organizations. This site is intended to be a space of radical inclusion and transformative education.

 

Privacy

By using this Site you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

 

Collection and Use of your Personal Information

In order to better provide you with products and services offered, the Site may request and collect personally identifiable information, including name and basic contact information. If you purchase the Site's products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction. The Site may also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you. This information is used for improving the intended function of the Site. We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services. The Site may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from the Site and its collaborators. Your information may be shared with third party providers whose services you request. We will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us.

The Site may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on the Site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of the Site; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Site, or the public.

 

Tracking User Behavior

The Site may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within the Site in order to determine what services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within the Site to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

 

Automatically Collected Information

The Site may automatically collect information about your computer hardware and software. This information can include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding the use of the Site's website.

 

Use of Cookies

The Site's website may use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Site's services or websites you visit.

 

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information. The Site provides these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by the Site or presume association with its operators.

 

Children

If you are under the age of 18, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website. Children under 13 are not intended to use the Site and the Site does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13.

 

Email Communications

The Site may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from the Site, you may opt out of such communications by following the prompts on via email to unsubscribe.

 

Your Account

If you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. You may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. You acknowledge the Site is not responsible for third party access to your account that results from theft or misappropriation of your account. The Site and its collaborators reserve the right to refuse or cancel service, terminate accounts, or remove or edit content in our sole discretion.

 

No Unlawful or Prohibited Use/Intellectual Property

As a condition of your use of the Site, you warrant that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. You may not use the Site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Site.

All content included as part of the Site, such as text, graphics, logos, images, videos, as well as the compilation thereof, and any software used on the Site, is the property of the Site or its suppliers and protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual property and proprietary rights. You agree to observe and abide by all copyright and other proprietary notices, legends or other restrictions contained in any such content and will not make any changes thereto. You will not modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found on the Site.

 

Use of Communication Services

Visiting the Site or emailing the Site constitutes electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications, and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

The Site may contain bulletin board services, chat areas, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with other participants. You agree to use these services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the purposes of this Site. You will not upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of the Site or another's computer; advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless you have explicit, written approval from the Site; conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters; download any file posted by another user that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner; falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded; restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Site; harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent; violate any applicable laws or regulations.

The Site has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, the Site reserves the right to review materials shared on the Site and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. The Site reserves the right to terminate your access at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information about yourself or others on the Site. The Site does not control or endorse the content, messages or information posted by users and therefore specifically disclaims any liability. Materials uploaded to the Site may be subject to limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination. You are responsible for adhering to limitations that are either posted or communicated to you by the Site.

 

Materials Posted on the Site

The Site does not claim ownership of the materials you post, upload, input or submit (including feedback and suggestions) to the Site or our collaborators (collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you are granting the Site the necessary permission to share it with the intended audience. No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, unless specifically agreed to in writing between you and the Site. The Site is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time in its sole discretion.

By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission.

 

International Users

The Service is controlled, operated and administered by the Site from the United States of America. If you access the Service from a location outside the USA, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. You agree that you will not use the Site in any country or in any manner prohibited by any applicable laws, restrictions or regulations.

 

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Site, its officers, directors, employees, agents and third parties, for any losses, costs, liabilities and expenses (including attorney's fees) relating to or arising out of your use of or inability to use the Site or services, any user postings made by you, your violation of any terms of these Terms or your violation of any rights of a third party, or your violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations.

 

Liability Disclaimer

The information, software, products, and services included in on available through the Site may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added and the Site and its collaborators may change the Site at any time. The Site and its collaborators make no representation about the suitability, reliability, availability, timeliness, and accuracy of the information, software, products, services, and related materials contained in the Site. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable all, materials are provided "as is" without warranty or condition of any kind.

 

Termination/Access Restriction

The Site reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Site and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. To the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the laws of the State of California and you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in California in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the Site. Use of the Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms, including, without limitation, this section.

Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and the Site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and the Site. It is the express wish to the parties that this agreement and all related documents be written in English.

 

Changes to Terms

The Site reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change the Terms under which the Site is offered. The most current version of the Terms will supersede all previous versions.

 

Contact Us


info@kwaray.org


 
Effective as of 04/21/2026