MCHOA Website Terms of Service

Who we are

These Terms of Service are provided by the Mariners Cove Homeowners Association Inc (MCHOA). The association is a non-profit organization established for residents of Mariners Cove on Rehoboth Bay located in Millsboro, DE. Membership in the association is voluntary. Our website address is: https://www.mcovehoa.org.

Terms of Service

These Terms of Service (“Terms“) apply to the mcovehoa.org website, mobile apps, and other MCHOA-operated services (collectively, the “Service(s)“).

These Terms govern the relationship between MCHOA (“we“, “our” or “MCHOA“) and any user of the Service (“you“, “your” or “User“), including in the relationship between Users. By using the Service, including by downloading and using Communications and Content from the Service, or contributing Content or Communications to the Service:

    • you agree that you are entering into these Terms with us which will become a legally binding agreement between you and us; and
    • you represent and warrant that you have the full right, power and authority to agree to and be bound by these Terms and to fully perform all of your obligations listed in these Terms.

Content License Granted to You

MCHOA grants no license for you to use, store, reproduce, display, exhibit, broadcast, enhance, alter, adapt, modify, download, or redistribute any Content or Communications made available through the Services except to assist or participate in providing the Services. We explicitly grant an irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual (or as long as allowed by law), non-exclusive and royalty-free right to store, display, exhibit, broadcast, adapt, download, and redistribute the Content and Communications for the benefit of MCHOA, including:

    1. use in and presentation from search services for the purposes of enabling the public to locate our Services; and
    2. redistributing for the purposes of broader visibility to residents of the Mariners Cove on Rehoboth Bay community, regardless of their status as a member of the MCHOA or registration with this website; and
    3. your personal, non-commercial use.

Uploading Content or Communications

You are responsible for any Content and Communications you upload to the Service and you do so subject to the following terms and conditions:

    • When you upload or otherwise provide any Content to the Service you grant MCHOA an irrevocable, perpetual (or as long as allowed by law), worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, store, reproduce, display, exhibit, broadcast, enhance, alter, adapt, modify or download the Content (in whole or in part) for any non-commercial purposes. This includes the right to redistribute the Content under the Content License.
    • When you upload any Communications to the Service you grant MCHOA an irrevocable, perpetual (or as long as allowed by law), worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, store, reproduce, display, exhibit, broadcast, enhance, alter, adapt, modify or download the Communications (in whole or in part) for the purpose of operating the Service and making the Communications available to other Users.
    • You expressly represent and warrant that:
        1. You and you alone own all rights, title and interest in and to any Content or Communications you upload to the Service; and
        2. The Content or Communications do not, and use of the Content or Communications in accordance with these Terms will not, infringe the intellectual property rights, moral rights, proprietary rights, property rights, privacy rights or similar of any person or entity.
    • You acknowledge and agree that your Content will be made available to the public subject to these Terms, without providing you attribution or compensation. You acknowledge and agree that your Communications will be made available to the public, without providing you attribution or compensation. You acknowledge and agree that MCHOA may use your Content and your Communications to provide their Services.
    • You agree not to upload Content, upload Communications, or use the Service, directly or indirectly, in any manner that:
        1. Promotes or creates a risk of physical or mental harm or emotional distress to yourself, any person, or animal;
        2. Promotes or creates a risk of harm, loss, or damage to any property;
        3. Seeks to harm or exploit children;
        4. Is harassing, abusive, racially or ethnically offensive, defamatory, invasive of personal privacy or publicity rights, libelous, or threatening;
        5. Discriminates, incites, or promotes discrimination against others based on race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, ancestry, national origin, or any other basis;
        6. Is sexually explicit or pornographic in nature or contains links to such material;
        7. Involves the sale or promotion of illegal activities, products, or services;
        8. Is fraudulent or promotes fraudulent activity;
        9. Violates the rights of any individual or third-party, including their intellectual property and data privacy rights;
        10. Contains any information or content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or due to confidentiality, contractual, or fiduciary duties;
        11. Contains any information or disinformation that is false, deceptive, or misleading or otherwise promotes, endorses, encourages, or facilitates the spread of false information; or
        12. Violates any applicable law or promotes activities that are illegal in nature.
    • You agree not to upload Content or Communications that contain advertisements for commercial services.

We reserve the right to, at our sole discretion, remove any Content or Communications from the Service at any time and for any reason. This applies in particular to defective files, inferior quality Content, Content or Communications which are in violation of these Terms and for any reason relating to potential legal issues.