Your use of the website (the “Site”) of the National STEM Honor Society™
(“NSTEM™”) is subject to these Terms of Use (“Terms”). By using or accessing the
Site, you accept and agree to be bound by these Terms. NSTEM may modify these
Terms at any time without prior notice by updating this page, and you accept
those modifications if you continue to use the Site.
The term “NSTEM” in these Terms refers collectively to the NSTEM program,
directors, employees, agents, interns, volunteers, and contractors.
Trademarks and Other Intellectual Property:
The contents of the Site are protected by applicable copyright laws. Accordingly,
you may not copy, distribute, modify, post or frame-in the Site, including any text,
graphics, images, logos, button icons, software code, or other material. You may
not use the name of the National STEM Honor Society or NSTEM or the NSTEM
logos for any promotional or commercial purpose or any other purpose without
the prior written consent of NSTEM.
Your Use of the Site:
You may not use any “deep-link”, “page-scrape”, “robot”, “spider” or other
automatic device, program, algorithm or methodology, or any similar or
equivalent manual process, to access, acquire, copy or monitor any portion of the
Site or any content, or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational
structure or presentation of the Site or any content, to obtain or attempt to obtain
any materials, documents or information through any means not purposely made
available through the Site.
You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion or feature of the
Site, or any other systems or networks connected to the Site or to any NSTEM
server, or to any of the services offered on or through the Site, by hacking,
password “mining” or any other illegitimate means.
You may not probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Site or any network
connected to the Site, nor breach the security or authentication measures on the
Site or any network connected to the Site. You may not reverse look-up, trace or
seek to trace any information on any other user of or visitor to the Site, or any
other customer of NSTEM, including any NSTEM account not owned by you, to its
source, or exploit the Site or any service or information made available or offered
by or through the Site, in any way where the purpose is to reveal any information,
including but not limited to personal identification or information, other than your
own information, as provided for by the Site.
You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or
disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the Site or NSTEM’s systems
or networks, or any systems or networks connected to the Site or to NSTEM.
You agree not to use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to
interfere with the proper working of the Site or any transaction being conducted
on the Site, or with any other person’s use of the Site. You may not forge headers
or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any message
or transmittal you send to NSTEM on or through the Site or any service offered on
or through the Site. You may not pretend that you are, or that you represent,
someone else, or impersonate any other individual or entity.
You may not use the Site or any content for any purpose that is unlawful or
prohibited by these Terms.
Registration and Password:
If you have a password for access to non-public areas of the Site, you are solely
responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of that password. You are
responsible for all use associated with your password and your account. You
agree to immediately notify NSTEM of any unauthorized use of your password or
account or any other breach of security.
Termination of Account:
NSTEM reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to pursue all of its legal remedies,
including, but not limited to immediate termination of your registration with the
Site or ability to access the Site and/or any other service provided to you by
NSTEM, upon any breach by you of these Terms or if NSTEM is unable to verify or
authenticate any information you submit to the Site for registration. NSTEM shall
not be liable to you nor any third party for any termination of your account or
access to the Site.
Waiver of Liability:
Neither NSTEM nor any third parties mentioned on the Site will be liable to you or anyone else for any consequential, incidental, special, direct or indirect damages (including lost profits or damages resulting from lost data or business interruption) resulting from the use or inability to use the Site and the material, whether based on warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory, and whether or not NSTEM is advised of the possibility of such damages.
No Warranties:
NSTEM makes no warranties about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or
timeliness of the Site, the material or other posted content, services, software,
text, graphics or links appearing on the Site.
The Site and its contents are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis
without any warranties of any kind. NSTEM disclaims all warranties, whether
express or implied, including the warranty of merchantability, fitness for a
particular purpose, and non infringement to the fullest extent permitted by law.
NSTEM does not warrant that the Site will meet your needs, or that it will be
uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, or that the Site and its server are free
of computer viruses or other harmful mechanisms. If your use of the Site or the
material results in the need for servicing or replacing equipment or data, NSTEM is not responsible for those costs.
Links to Other Sites:
The Site contains links to third-party websites. These links are provided solely as a
convenience to you and not as an endorsement by NSTEM of the third-party or
the contents of such third-party websites. NSTEM is not responsible for the
content of linked third-party Sites and does not make any representations
regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such Sites.
Risk of Loss:
If you purchase physical items from the Site, the risk of loss and title for such
items passes to you upon our delivery of the items to the carrier.
Indemnification:
You agree to indemnify, and hold harmless NSTEM from and against any claims,
actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal fees, arising
from your use of the Site or your violation of the Terms.
Foreign Access:
The Site is intended for use only by individuals in the United States, and the
information on the Site is only for such persons. If you access the Site from
outside the United States, you do so at your own risk. You agree to comply with all
applicable local rules and laws regarding the transmission of personal and/or
technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside.
Governing Law:
Unless otherwise agreed, these Terms and their enforcement are governed by the
laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to conflicts of law,
and shall inure to the benefit of NSTEM, and its successors and assigns whether by merger, consolidation, or otherwise. If a court of competent jurisdiction deems
any provision unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum
extent permissible, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and
effect. No waiver of any of these Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing
waiver of such term or any other term.
Effective Date: April 3, 2025
