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Terms and Conditions

LEGAL NOTICES – PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE.

ANY ACCESS TO AND USE OF THIS Our Daily Bread MINISTRIES ONLINE (ODB) WEB SITE INCLUDING ANY SERVICES OR INFORMATION ON THE WEB SITE, COLLECTIVELY OR INDIVIDUALLY, AS THE CASE MAY BE (THE “SITE”) IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE SET FORTH IN THIS DOCUMENT AS THEY ARE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME BY ODB (THE “TERMS”). ODB IS AN ONLINE WEB SITE OF Our Daily Bread MINISTRIES, PUBLISHERS OF OUR DAILY BREAD. THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY TO ALL OTHER DOMAIN NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WEB SITE, INCLUDING ODB.ORG, ODB.NET, AND OTHER DOMAIN NAMES REGISTERED WITH ODB MINISTRIES. BY ACCESSING, COPYING OR OTHERWISE USING THE SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS. ODB MAY CHANGE THE TERMS FROM TIME TO TIME IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, AND YOUR USE OF THE SITE AFTER SUCH CHANGES SHALL CONSTITUTE YOUR AGREEMENT TO ABIDE BY THE TERMS AS CHANGED. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SITE.

1. SUBSCRIPTIONS

1.1 Monthly Subscriptions: By purchasing a Monthly Subscription plan, you agree to an initial and recurring subscription fee at the then-current subscription rate, and you accept responsibility for all recurring charges until you cancel your subscription.

  • AUTOMATIC RENEWAL TERMS: Once you subscribe, Our Daily Bread University (ODBU) will automatically process your subscription fee in the next billing cycle. ODBU will continue to automatically process your subscription fee based on your plan at the then-current subscription rate until you cancel your subscription. We explain how to cancel your subscription below at the section “1.5 Cancellation Policy”.

1.2 Annual Subscription: By purchasing an Annual Subscription, you agree to an initial pre-payment for one full year of service. After one year and annually thereafter, you will be billed a recurring subscription fee at the then-current subscription rate, and you accept responsibility for all recurring charges until you cancel your subscription.

1.2.1 Individual Course Purchases: We may offer an individual course purchase option from time to time that provides access only to the purchased course, and not the entire course catalog as in the Subscription plans. When you purchase an individual course, you get a license from us to view it via the ODBU website and no other use. You may not transfer or resell content in any way. We generally grant you a lifetime access license, except when we must disable the content because of a legal or internal policy issue; for example we choose at our sole discretion to suspend the operation of the ODBU website.

1.3 Payment Failure: If we do not receive payment from your credit card provider or if your credit card expires or is rejected, your subscription will be suspended. Following any such non-payment, we will require a second valid credit card before continuing your subscription. If after (5) five automatic attempts to charge your card result in failure, your subscription will be terminated.

1.4 Termination of Subscription: ODBU reserves the right, to terminate or suspend your access to ODBU at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice. Upon termination of your account in ODBU your right to use ODBU immediately ceases.

1.5 Cancellation Policy: You can cancel your subscription at any time, with or without cause. Access to cancelling your subscription can be found on your account page.

  • Sign in to your account at odbu.org. From your profile page, click on “Subscription” from the submenu under your name. On the “Subscription details” page, click “View” to view your active subscription. You can cancel your subscription by clicking “Cancel Subscription” and following the prompts. In case you submit a cancellation request via email, please note that our offices are open Monday through Friday. Payments made prior to cancellation are non-refundable.

1.6 Refund Policy: Subscription fees are non-refundable. We do not provide credit, refunds, or prorated billing for subscriptions. When you cancel a subscription with us, you will continue to receive your subscription benefits until the end of the current billing period. You will not receive a refund of any portion of the subscription fees you paid for the current or prior billing periods. We reserve the right to offer refunds, discounts or other consideration in select circumstances at our sole discretion. Please note that each circumstance is unique and election to make such an offer in one instance does not create the obligation to do so in another.

2. GENERAL SITE USE.

2.1 Personal and Internal Business Use Only and Copyright. Unless otherwise specified, the Site is for your personal and internal business use only. The Site design, text and graphics, and the selection and arrangement of such elements are copyrighted and are protected by worldwide copyright laws and treaty provisions. Except as otherwise expressly permitted on the Site, the Site and its material may not be copied, reproduced, modified, published, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way without ODB’s prior written permission and is expressly prohibited by law, and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible. Except as expressly provided herein, ODB does not grant any express or implied right to you under any patents, copyrights, trademarks or trade secret information.

2.2 Links to Other Materials. Linked Web sites on the Site are not under the control of ODB and ODB is not responsible for the content of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. ODB reserves the right to terminate any link or linking program at any time. ODB provides such links only as a convenience to you. ODB has not endorsed, tested or verified any information, programs, companies, or products on sites to which it links. If you decide to access any third party sites linked to this Site, You do so entirely at your own risk.

2.3 Termination of Account: ODB reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate or suspend your access to ODB at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice. Upon termination of your account in ODB your right to use ODB immediately ceases.

2.4 You may terminate your ODB account at any time, with or without cause.

2.5 Account usage: ODB allows you to have additional family household members access your ODB account. You are solely responsible for all usage of the account. You shall not assign, transfer, resell, sublicense or otherwise distribute your right or access to your ODB account. Your ODB account is for your personal and household usage only.

2.6 You represent and warrant that: (1) you are at least 18 years of age or the age required or allowed under applicable law for providing the required account information; (2) all information that you submit is true and accurate; and (3) you are an individual authorized to provide the account information. You agree to comply with your responsibilities and obligations as stated in these Terms and Conditions.

3. COMMUNITIES

The purpose of the community is to voluntarily exchange information about learning, our courses, and services. You expressly agree not to use any part of the community to:

  • post content that is unlawful, malicious, misleading, defamatory, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, vulgar, obscene, libelous, objectionable, inappropriate, improper, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable;
  • impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, ODBU or an ODBU employee, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person, group, or entity;
  • forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any content submitted to any part of the community;
  • post any content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
  • post any content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy rights of any third party;
  • post any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of solicitation;
  • post any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
  • act illegally or unethically; or
  • collect or store personal data about other users.

3.1 You are solely responsible for the content of your computer and any transmissions you make when using the community.

3.2 Posts on any part of the community may be edited, moved, deleted, or removed at ODBU’s discretion. ODBU reserves the right to temporarily or permanently withdraw your community membership at its discretion.

3.3 ODBU does not guarantee a response to any post on the community. Specifically, support issues should be addressed via ODBU’s official support provisions and protocols. You understand that posts on the community are addressed to your peers and not ODBU, and ODBU does not guarantee that any support issue will be addressed on the community.

3.4 ODBU does not make any warranty or guarantee that any information posted on any part of the community, whether or not such posting is made by an ODBU employee, is accurate, complete, or in any way reliable. Community posts represent the statements and opinions of the individual user and are not necessarily the opinion of ODBU or its employees, partners, or affiliates. ODBU does not approve or disapprove of any community posts.

3.5 ODBU does not offer formal customer support to the community. Any commentary by ODBU employees or representatives on the community should not be seen as a replacement for official ODBU support procedures. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with the use of any information, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such information, including any information that may be posted by any ODBU employee. ODBU’s provision of the community should in no way be construed as endorsement or approval of any third-party product, service, comment, position, or information that may be mentioned or referred to therein or any of the comments or posts made by any user.

3.6 You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless ODBU and its officers, directors, employees, owners, information providers, agents, partners, affiliates, licensees, licensors from and against any and all liabilities, demands, claims, costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by the indemnified parties in connection with any demand, claim, action, suit, or loss due to or arising as a result of any breach by you of these Terms or claims arising from your account or arising out of content you submit, post, transmit, or make available through the community, your use of the community, your connection to the community, your violation of any agreement with ODBU, or your violation of any rights of any third party. You agree to use your best efforts to cooperate with ODBU in the defense of any demand, claim, action, or suit. ODBU reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense of any matter subject to indemnification by you at its own expense.

3.7 You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. You agree to: (a) immediately notify ODBU of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security; and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. ODBU cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to maintain the confidentiality of your password and account.

3.8 Privacy. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose personal information. If you voluntarily disclose information, e.g. a telephone number or an email address, in the community, that information may be collected and used by third parties to send you unsolicited messages or advertisements or for other purposes. ODBU does not control the actions of such third parties and is not liable for those actions. If you disclose personal information in the community, you do so at your own risk.

3.9 Personal Messaging (PM) System. ODBU may make a personal messaging system (“PM System”) available to its users that will allow such users to communicate privately with each other. ODBU reserves the right to read, delete, or edit such private messages in its discretion and without prior notice, and/or to remove you from and prevent your further use of the PM System. ODBU also reserves the right to take any further action it deems necessary or appropriate.

3.10 Miscellaneous. ODBU reserves the right to modify or discontinue all or any part of the community at any time in its discretion. ODBU shall not be liable to you or any third party should ODBU exercise its right to modify or discontinue any part of the community.

4. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES.

4.1 General. ODB MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE SITE OR INFORMATION WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, ACCURATE, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SITE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, OR (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SITE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS. ODB UNDERTAKES NO OBLIGATION TO UPDATE, AMEND, OR CLARIFY THE SITE.

4.2 No Warranties. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITH ALL FAULTS WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. ODB HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THE SITE AND INFORMATION, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, NONINFRINGEMENT, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, LACK OF VIRUSES, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS, RESULTS, AND LACK OF NEGLIGENCE. THE ENTIRE RISK ARISING OUT OF USE OF THE SITE AND INFORMATION REMAINS WITH YOU.

5. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND REMEDIES.

5.1 Exclusion. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL ODB BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR: LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF CONFIDENTIAL OR OTHER INFORMATION, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, PERSONAL INJURY, LOSS OF PRIVACY, FAILURE TO MEET ANY DUTY (INCLUDING OF GOOD FAITH OR OF REASONABLE CARE, NEGLIGENCE, AND ANY OTHER PECUNIARY OR OTHER LOSS WHATSOEVER) ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, EVEN IF ODB KNOWS OF, OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF, THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE YOUR USE AND YOUR ACCOUNT ON THE SITE. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS, EXCLUSIONS AND DISCLAIMERS SHALL APPLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EVEN IF ANY REMEDY FAILS ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

5.2 Indemnification. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold ODB harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, demands, penalties, forfeitures, suits, judgments and the associated costs and expenses (including attorney’s fees), which ODB may hereafter incur, become responsible for or pay out arising out of your use of the Site or your breach of any term or provision of these Terms.

6. Our Daily Bread Ministries Privacy Policy

6.1 You agree to the terms of the Our Daily Bread Ministries Privacy Policy, available on this web site.

6.2 Any dispute relating to the ODB Privacy Policy shall be governed by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, as well as those set forth in the ODB Privacy Policy itself.

7. GENERAL TERMS.

7.1 Modification. ODB reserves the right at any time and at its sole discretion to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which the Site is offered, including but not limited to the charges associated with the use of the Site. ODB may revise the Terms at any time by updating this posting. You should visit this page from time to time to review the then-current Terms because they are binding on you. Certain provisions of the Terms may be superceded by expressly designated legal notices given to you or terms located on particular pages at the Site. ODB also reserves the right at any time and at its sole discretion to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Site (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that ODB shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Site.

7.2 Assignment. You may not assign any rights in, nor delegate any obligations under, the Terms or any portion thereof without the written consent of ODB. Any attempt to do so shall be deemed a breach of the Terms.

7.3 Jurisdiction. THESE TERMS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND INTERPRETED ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES. ODB AND THE SUBSCRIBER AGREE THAT ALL DISPUTES AND LITIGATION REGARDING THESE TERMS AND MATTERS CONNECTED WITH ITS PERFORMANCE OR RELATING TO THE USE OF THE WEB SITE AND INFORMATION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO, AND THEY EACH CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND VENUE IN, THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS IN MICHIGAN. USE OF THE SITE IS UNAUTHORIZED IN ANY JURISDICTION THAT DOES NOT GIVE EFFECT TO ALL PROVISION OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THIS SECTION.

7.4 Equitable Relief. You recognize and acknowledge that a breach by you of any of its obligations under the Terms will cause ODB irreparable damage, which cannot be readily remedied by monetary damages in an action at law. Accordingly, in the event of any default or breach by you, including any action by you that could cause some loss or dilution of ODB’s goodwill, reputation, or rights in the Site, ODB shall be entitled to an immediate injunction in addition to any other remedies available, to stop or prevent such irreparable harm, loss, or dilution.

7.5 Entire Agreement. The Terms embody the entire agreement and understanding between ODB and you with respect to the subject matter of the Terms and supercedes all prior oral or written agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter of the Terms. No statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of any kind not expressly set forth in the Terms shall affect, or be used to interpret, change or restrict, the express terms and provisions of the Terms.

8. PROMOTION GENERAL CONDITIONS.

8.1 ELIGIBILITY: This giveaway is open only to legal residents of the USA and Canada, over the age of 18. Void where prohibited by law. Contestants residing in those areas where the contest is void may participate in the contest but may not win any prizes.

8.2 Participants hereby grant Our Daily Bread University a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to broadcast, publish, store, reproduce, distribute, syndicate, and otherwise use and exhibit the Submission (along with their names, voices, performance and/or likenesses) in all media now known and later come into being for purposes of trade or advertising without further compensation. Participants represent and warrant that they have full legal right, power and authority to grant Our Daily Bread University the foregoing license and if applicable, have secured all necessary rights from any participants in, and contributors to, their Submission in order to grant such a license.

8.3 Our Daily Bread University is under no obligation to use any Submission or return the Submissions to participants.

8.4 USE OF CONTEST INFORMATION: All entries become the property of Our Daily Bread University. Our Daily Bread University reserves the right to use or not use any and all information related to the contest, including submissions provided by the contestants, for editorial, marketing and any other purpose, unless prohibited by law.

8.5 CONDUCT: All contest participants agree to be bound by these Official Rules. Our Daily Bread University, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person it finds to be tampering with the entry process, the operation of its web site or is otherwise in violation of these rules.

8.6 LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: Our Daily Bread University is not responsible for late, lost or misdirected email or for any computer, online, telephone or technical malfunctions that may occur. If for any reason, the contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention or technical failures of any sort, Our Daily Bread University may cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest. Entrants further agree to release Our Daily Bread University from any liability resulting from, or related to participation in the contest.

9. TRADEMARKS.

Unless otherwise indicated, all product and service marks and logos displayed on the Site are subject to the trademark rights of ODB, ODB Ministries, Discovery House Publishers, or other trademark owners as indicated. The absence of a product or service name or logo from this site does not constitute a waiver of any trademark or other intellectual property rights concerning that name or logo.