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Comments Policy

Arkansas Catholic welcomes input in the form of comments about its news articles. However, the newspaper reserves the right to deny posting of comments on the newspaper Web site that do not adhere to the teachings of the Catholic Church. Comments that include ethnic slurs or personal insults, obscenities, off-topic comments or any conduct that would not be acceptable to the Diocese of Little Rock or the Catholic Church in general will not be accepted.

All comments submitted will be reviewed and approved by an Arkansas Catholic staff member before appearing on the Web site. Please allow up to 48 hours for your comment to be posted.

Minors should seek parental permission before submitting a comment.

By submitting a comment, you are agreeing to comply with all applicable local, state, national and international laws, rules and regulations. By submitting your comment, you grant Arkansas Catholic a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, publish and distribute the comment. Questions or comments not related to a news article may be submitted via e-mail using this link.

Privacy Policy

A. Policy Statement
Arkansas Catholic respects visitor privacy and is committed to protecting it. Visitors can visit most pages on the Arkansas Catholic Web site without identifying themselves or providing any personal information. However, if a visitor wishes to contact Arkansas Catholic, the user will be asked to provide contact information and an e-mail address. When submitted, this information is immediately transmitted to Arkansas Catholic and is not stored on our Web server.

B. Server Access Reports
Arkansas Catholic logs all accesses and events at its Web server and uses this information to generate periodic Web site statistics reports. These logs record the following information:
* Internet Protocol (IP) Address of Visitor
* Page(s) Visited
* Time(s) Visited
* Phrase typed into Search Engine before Visiting
* Other information passed by your Web browser's HTTP headers
Arkansas Catholic does not log or store personally identifiable information such as name or e-mail address on its Web server.

C. Forwarding News Stories
If a visitor wishes to use the link from a news story on our site to forward the address of the story to someone else, the user will be asked to provide their e-mail address and the e-mail address of the person to send to. This information is used only to e-mail a link to the story as requested, and Arkansas Catholic does not keep or use the addresses thus provided.

D. E-Letter Subscriptions
If a visitor wishes to subscribe to the Arkansas Catholic E-Letter for occasional breaking news updates, the user will be asked to provide their e-mail address. This information will be used only to send the Arkansas Catholic E-Letter when issued, and for no other purpose. To end the subscription, the user may "unsubscribe" on our site. After completing an unsubscribe request, the user's e-mail address will be removed from the mailing list and no further issues of the Arkansas Catholic E-Letter will be sent.

E. Procedures to Safeguard Personal Information
Arkansas Catholic has implemented procedures to safeguard visitor Personal Information. Arkansas Catholic restricts access to Personal Information to those Arkansas Catholic employees and agents who need to know that information in order to provide our products or services to them. Arkansas Catholic maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that meet or exceed federal standards to safeguard Personal Information.

F. Notification of Policy and Policy Changes
Updates to this Privacy Policy will be posted on the Arkansas Catholic Web site, so our visitors will always know what information we collect online, how we use it, and what choices they have.

G. Contact Us:
We value our visitors' opinions. If they have comments or questions about our Privacy Policy, they are invited to write to us at the address below or e-mail us from the Contact page on our site.

Arkansas Catholic
P. O. Box 7417
Little Rock AR 72217-7417

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Arkansas Catholic Web Site Terms of Use Agreement

NOTICE. The Arkansas Catholic site (the “Web Site”) is made up of various Web pages and is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions and notices contained herein (the “Terms and Conditions”). Your use of the Web Site constitutes your agreement to all such Terms and Conditions.

MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS OF USE. Arkansas Catholic reserves the right to change these Terms and Conditions without notice. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these Terms and Conditions. Your continued use of the Web Site constitutes your agreement to all such Terms and Conditions.

PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE LIMITATION. Unless otherwise specified, the Web Site is for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, retransmit, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from the Web Site. You may not use any computerized or automatic mechanism to access, extract and/or download any information from the Web Site.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES. The Web Site may contain links to the Web sites controlled or offered by third parties. Arkansas Catholic disclaims liability for any information, materials, products or services posted or offered at any of the third party sites linked from the Web Site. By creating a link to a third party Web site, Arkansas Catholic does not endorse or recommend any products or services offered or information contained at such linked Web site, nor is Arkansas Catholic liable for any failure of any products or services offered or advertised at such linked Web site.

NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE. As a condition for your use of the Web Site, you agree that you will not use the Web Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms and Conditions. The Web Site is not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to local law or regulation. You may not use the Web Site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden or impair the Web Site, the networks connected to the Web Site, or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Web Site. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Web Site, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Web Site by any means, including without limitation, hacking or password mining. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through the Web Site.

MATERIALS PROVIDED. Arkansas Catholic does not claim ownership of any materials you provide to Arkansas Catholic (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input, provide or submit to the Web Site for review by members of the general public, or by members of any public or private group (each a “Submission”). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you are granting Arkansas Catholic and its agents permission to use your Submission in connection with Arkansas Catholic operation of the Web Site and its other businesses, including without limitation, the right to copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission, and to publish your name in connection with your Submission, all without the payment of compensation to you in respect of any such use of your Submission. You warrant and represent that you own, or otherwise control, all of the rights to your Submission, including without limitation, the rights necessary for you to post, upload, input, provide or submit your Submission.

NO RIGHT TO REDISTRIBUTE WEB SITE MATERIALS. You agree that you will not redistribute, copy, amend, or commercially exploit any materials found on the Web Site without Arkansas Catholic’s express written permission, which permission may be withheld in Arkansas Catholic’s sole discretion.

PRODUCTS. For your convenience, Arkansas Catholic may make available on the Web Site products for purchase, use and/or download (the “Products“). Arkansas Catholic does not make any assurances with regard to the accuracy of the results or output that derives from such use of any such Products. The Products are copyrighted works of Arkansas Catholic and/or its suppliers, and are protected by copyright law and international treaty provisions. If a Product is accompanied by an end user license agreement, your use of that Product is governed by the terms of such end user license agreement, and you must agree to the terms and conditions of such end user license agreement in order to use such Product. If a Product is not accompanied by a license agreement, Arkansas Catholic hereby grants to you a revocable, personal, non-transferable license to use such Product in accordance with these Terms of Use and for no other purpose. Without limiting the foregoing, any reproduction, redistribution, reverse engineering or decompilation of the Web Site or the Products is expressly prohibited by law, unless such action is expressly permitted by the accompanying license agreement, and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. You agree not to redistribute the Products, nor to export or re-export the Products, directly or indirectly, to any countries that are subject to USA export restrictions. You may not use the Products to defame, abuse, harass, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights of others. You may not use the Products in association with the sale of any service or product which is discriminatory, obscene, defamatory, indecent or unlawful, or which in the reasonable opinion of Arkansas Catholic would reflect negatively upon the reputation of Arkansas Catholic, the Web Site or the Products.

LIABILITY DISCLAIMER. THE TOOLS, WEB SITE AND ANY CONTENT OR SOFTWARE CONTAINED THEREIN OR ACCESSIBLE THEREFROM, ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ARKANSAS CATHOLIC MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND REGARDING: (A) THE UP-TO-DATENESS, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE USE OF THE TOOLS OR WEB SITE; (B) THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE TOOLS OR WEB SITE; AND (C) ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES AND ACCESSIBLE ON OR THROUGH THE USE OF THE TOOLS OR WEB SITE. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ARKANSAS CATHOLIC: (A) DISCLAIMS ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES AS TO NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE; AND (B) DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE TOOLS OR WEB SITE OR ANY CONTENT THEREIN WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED.
THE USE OF THE PRODUCTS AND WEB SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR USING THE PRODUCTS OR WEB SITE, OR DOWNLOADING ANY CONTENT THEREON. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT LIABILITY UNDER ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION CANNOT BE EXCLUDED: (A) ARKANSAS CATHOLIC IS NOT LIABLE FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER ARISING AS A RESULT OF INFORMATION OR PRICES PUBLISHED ON OR FURNISHED THROUGH THE PRODUCTS OR WEB SITE, OR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS OF THE PRODUCTS OR WEB SITE; (B) ARKANSAS CATHOLIC SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY ARISING FROM INFORMATION PUBLISHED ON OR FURNISHED THROUGH THE PRODUCTS OR WEB SITE; AND (C) UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL ARKANSAS CATHOLIC OR ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, VENDORS, SUPPLIERS OR DISTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGES OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR DAMAGES UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER THEORY), THAT ARE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE PRODUCTS, WEB SITE, OR ANY CONTENT CONTAINED THEREON, EVEN IF ARKANSAS CATHOLIC HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PRODUCTS, OR ANY PORTION OF THE WEB SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USE OF THE PRODUCTS AND WEB SITE.

INDEMNITY. You agree to indemnify and hold Arkansas Catholic, its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers and employees, harmless from any claim, demand, or damage, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, asserted by any third party or arising out of your use of, or conduct on, the Web Site.

COPYRIGHT. The Web Site and Tools are protected by copyright law and international treaty provisions and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part. No logo, trademark, graphic or image from the Web Site may be copied or retransmitted without the express written permission of Arkansas Catholic.

GENERAL. Your use of the Web Site shall be governed by all applicable Federal laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of Arkansas. Certain sections or pages of the Web Site may contain separate terms or conditions. In the event of a conflict, the additional terms and conditions will govern for those sections or pages. Your agree that your use of the Web Site will not create any joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship between you and Arkansas Catholic. If any part of these Terms of Use is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including but not limited to the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superceded by a valid and enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of these Terms and Conditions shall continue in effect.

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