Agreement between User and https://www.swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org
Welcome to https://www.swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org. The
https://www.swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org website (the “Site”) is comprised of various web
pages operated by Swedish Finn Historical Society (“SFHS”).
https://www.swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance
without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein (the “Terms”). Your use
of https://www.swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org constitutes your agreement to all such Terms.
Please read these terms carefully, and keep a copy of them for your reference.
https://www.swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org is a Non-Profit Site.
We are a historical society documenting the history of the Swedish speaking portion of Finland and
of emigrants from it. The website helps us provide information and publications to our members
around the world.
Privacy
Your use of https://www.swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org is subject to SFHS’s Privacy Policy.
Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs the Site and informs users of our data
collection practices.
Electronic Communications
Visiting https://www.swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org or sending emails to SFHS 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.
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 that SFHS is not responsible for
third party access to your account that results from theft or misappropriation of your account.
SFHS and its associates reserve the right to refuse or cancel service, terminate accounts, or
remove or edit content in our sole discretion.
Children Under Thirteen
SFHS does not knowingly collect, either online or offline, personal information from persons under
the age of thirteen. If you are under 18, you may use https://www.swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org
only with permission of a parent or guardian.
Cancellation/Refund Policy
We have an annual membership fee. If someone decides to become a member they submit the fee
on the website or via mail. If they do not pay the fee each year their membership is terminated.
Links to Third Party Sites/Third Party Services
https://www.swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org may contain links to other websites (“Linked Sites”).
The Linked Sites are not under the control of SFHS and SFHS is not responsible for the contents
of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes
or updates to a Linked Site. SFHS is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the
inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by SFHS of the site or any association with its
operators.
Certain services made available via https://www.swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org are delivered by
third party sites and organizations. By using any product, service or functionality originating from
the https://www.swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org domain, you hereby acknowledge and consent
that SFHS may share such information and data with any third party with whom SFHS has a
contractual relationship to provide the requested product, service or functionality on behalf of
https://www.swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org users and customers.
No Unlawful or Prohibited Use/Intellectual Property
You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use
https://www.swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org strictly in accordance with these terms of use. As a
condition of your use of the Site, you warrant to SFHS 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. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information
through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Site.
All content included as part of the Service, such as text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the
compilation thereof, and any software used on the Site, is the property of SFHS 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.
SFHS content is not for resale. Your use of the Site does not entitle you to make any unauthorized
use of any protected content, and in particular you will not delete or alter any proprietary rights or
attribution notices in any content. You will use protected content solely for your personal use, and
will make no other use of the content without the express written permission of SFHS and the
copyright owner. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any protected content.
We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property of SFHS or our
licensors except as expressly authorized by these Terms.
Third Party Accounts
You will be able to connect your SFHS account to third party accounts. By connecting your SFHS account to your third party account, you acknowledge and agree that you are consenting to the continuous release of information about you to others (in accordance with your privacy settings on those third party sites). If you do not want information about you to be shared in this manner, do not use this feature.
International Users
The Service is controlled, operated and administered by SFHS from our offices within the USA. 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 SFHS Content accessed through
https://www.swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org in any country or in any manner prohibited by any
applicable laws, restrictions or regulations.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless SFHS, its officers, directors, employees, agents
and third parties, for any losses, costs, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable 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 this Agreement or your violation of any rights
of a third party, or your violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations. SFHS reserves the
right, at its own cost, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject
to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with SFHS in asserting any
available defenses.
Arbitration
In the event the parties are not able to resolve any dispute between them arising out of or
concerning these Terms and Conditions, or any provisions hereof, whether in contract, tort, or
otherwise at law or in equity for damages or any other relief, then such dispute shall be resolved
only by final and binding arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, conducted by a single
neutral arbitrator and administered by the American Arbitration Association, or a similar arbitration
service selected by the parties, in a location mutually agreed upon by the parties. The arbitrator’s
award shall be final, and judgment may be entered upon it in any court having jurisdiction. In the
event that any legal or equitable action, proceeding or arbitration arises out of or concerns these
Terms and Conditions, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its costs and reasonable
attorney’s fees. The parties agree to arbitrate all disputes and claims in regards to these Terms and
Conditions or any disputes arising as a result of these Terms and Conditions, whether directly or
indirectly, including Tort claims that are a result of these Terms and Conditions. The parties agree
that the Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this provision. The
entire dispute, including the scope and enforceability of this arbitration provision shall be
determined by the Arbitrator. This arbitration provision shall survive the termination of these Terms
and Conditions.
Class Action Waiver
Any arbitration under these Terms and Conditions will take place on an individual basis; class
arbitrations and class/representative/collective actions are not permitted. THE PARTIES AGREE
THAT A PARTY MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN EACH’S
INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY
PUTATIVE CLASS, COLLECTIVE AND/ OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING, SUCH
AS IN THE FORM OF A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION AGAINST THE
OTHER. Further, unless both you and SFHS agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate
more than one person’s claims, and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative
or class proceeding.
Liability Disclaimer
THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR
AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE
INFORMATION HEREIN. SWEDISH FINN HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND/OR ITS
SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE SITE AT ANY
TIME.
SWEDISH FINN HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO
REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY,
TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS,
SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE SITE FOR ANY
PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL
SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED
GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF
ANY KIND. SWEDISH FINN HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS
HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS
INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS,
INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-
INFRINGEMENT.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT
SHALL SWEDISH FINN HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS,
ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR
PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE
OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE
SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND
RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING
OUT OF THE USE OF THE SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT,
NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF SWEDISH FINN
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT
ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL
OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SITE, OR WITH ANY OF
THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO
DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE.
Termination/Access Restriction
SFHS 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 Washington and you hereby consent to
the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Washington 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.
You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between
you and SFHS as a result of this agreement or use of the Site. SFHS’s performance of this
agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is
in derogation of SFHS’s right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or
requirements relating to your use of the Site or information provided to or gathered by SFHS with
respect to such use. If any part of this agreement 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 superseded
by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and
the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.
Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user
and SFHS with respect to the Site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications
and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and SFHS with respect to the
Site. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be
admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the
same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally
generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish to the parties that this agreement
and all related documents be written in English.
Automatic Renewal Terms. Your payment method will automatically be charged for each successive period at the then-current subscription rate until you cancel your Subscription renewal after the initial term. Each annual subscription period starts from the start date of Service and is not refundable.
Changes to Terms
SFHS reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change the Terms under which
https://www.swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org is offered. The most current version of the Terms will
supersede all previous versions. SFHS encourages you to periodically review the Terms to stay
informed of our updates.
Contact Us
SFHS welcomes your questions or comments regarding the Terms:
Swedish Finn Historical Society
1920 Dexter Ave N, , WA
Seattle, Washington 98109
Email Address:
info@swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org
Telephone number:
(206) 706-0738
Effective as of August 01, 2024
