Terms & Conditions

November 6, 2023

Please read this Terms and Conditions of Use Agreement (the “Agreement”) carefully as it sets forth the conditions of use of this website, located at illuminations.bible, and all affiliated subdomains and affiliated URLs, including, but not limited to, 12vc.com, (this “Website”) and any services, content or resources provided through the Website (the “Services”) and is a legally binding agreement between you, personally, and any entity on whose behalf you are using the Website (collectively “You” and/or “Your”) and illumiNations Foundation, Inc. (hereinafter “illumiNations”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). If You do not agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You should immediately cease all usage of the Website. IllumiNations reserves the right, at any time, to modify, alter, or update this Agreement without prior notice to You. Modifications shall become effective immediately upon being posted on this Website. Your continued use of this Website after modifications are posted constitutes an acknowledgement and acceptance of the Agreement and its modifications. If you do not agree with any modifications to this Website or the Services, you must cease using the Website and the Services immediately. Except as provided in this paragraph, this Agreement may not be amended.

1. Use of Website

The Website and the Services provided on the Website are intended only for those individuals who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law. In order to create an account, you must be 18 years of age or older. You are responsible for (1) providing all equipment and hardware necessary for You to access the Website, including computer and/or table and/or mobile device and modem, and (2) providing for Your access to an Internet connection to access the Website. We are not responsible for data charges, or any other charges or fees, You incur by connecting to or using the Website or Services. Subject to the terms and conditions mentioned herein, You are hereby granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, restricted license solely for the purpose of using the Website to receive services provided by or through this Website for Your personal, non-commercial use. No other right, title or interest is granted in, and to this Website. You shall not modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Website, otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the Website or software, or take any other steps to discover the confidential information and/or trade secrets contained in this Website. You are responsible for all use of the Website and Services by You and any individuals for whom you provide access to the Website and Services.

2. Intellectual Property

All content included or made available through this Website, including this Website’s design, text, graphics, interfaces, and the selection and arrangements thereof, and all trademarks, copyrights, database rights and other intellectual property rights related to it belong to illumiNations or a third party. Any use of materials on or from this Website, including reproduction for purposes other than those noted above, modification, distribution, replication, any form of data extraction or data mining or other commercial exploitation of any kind, without prior written permission of an authorized officer of illumiNations is strictly prohibited. All rights not expressly granted in these Terms are reserved to illumiNations.

3. Representations and Warranties

You represent and warrant to illumiNations that: (i) You are at least the age of majority under the applicable law of your jurisdiction or if you are a minor between the ages of 13 to 18, are using the Website with the involvement Your parent or legal guardian; (ii) You have the full power and authority to enter into and perform your obligations under this Agreement; (iii) Your assent to and performance of Your obligations under this Agreement does not constitute a breach of or conflict with any other agreement or arrangement by which You are bound, or any applicable laws, regulations or rules; (iv) all information provided by You on Your account is accurate and current and will be updated by You to remain current; (v) this Agreement constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations on You, enforceable in accordance with its terms and conditions; (vi) You will not infringe the patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity or other intellectual property or proprietary right of any third party in Your use of this Website; (vii) You will comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in Your use of this Website, as well as the agreed upon terms of this Agreement; and (viii) You understand and acknowledge that illumiNations may terminate this Agreement at any time in its sole discretion.

4. Use of Donations

IllumiNations is recognized as a 501(c)(3) organization by the Internal Revenue Service and illumiNations is thankful for the generosity of those individuals and organizations who are able to financially support our mission. Unless otherwise designated and accepted for a specified purpose, all donations will be considered to have been made for the general mission of illumiNations to be used illumiNations’ discretion within our stated religious and charitable objectives.

5. Disclaimer of Warranties

THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED BY ILLUMINATIONS ON AN “AS IS” AND ON AN “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ILLUMINATIONS MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, THAT THIS WEBSITE OR THE USE THEREOF (I) WILL BE FREE FROM DEFECTS, INACCURACIES OR ERRORS, (II) WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE (III) WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR (IV) WILL OPERATE IN THE CONFIGURATION OR WITH THE OTHER SOFTWARE YOU USE. ILLUMINATIONS DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS WEBSITE OR INFORMATION PROVIDED THROUGH THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

6. Limitation of Liability

ILLUMINATIONS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, AND IN PARTICULAR ILLUMINATIONS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF REVENUE, OR LOSS OF USE, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS WEBSITE, OR ITS USE, WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARISE IN CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT, UNDER STATUTE, IN EQUITY, AT LAW, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF ILLUMINATIONS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE LIABILITY OF ILLUMINATIONS ARISING FROM, RELATING TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THIS WEBSITE OR THE SERVICES EXCEED $500.00. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, THEREFORE SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

7. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold illumiNations and our licensors, and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and related companies, and each of their respective officers, directors, legal representatives, agents, heirs, successors, assigns and employees, harmless from any damages, liability, loss, cost, demand or expense, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, arising out of or related in any way to any claim, action, suit or demand involving Your use of this Website or the Services, the violation of this Agreement, or infringement by You of any intellectual property or any other right of any person or entity.

8. Modifications and Interruption to Services

IllumiNations reserves the right to stop providing this Website or the Services with or without notice to You. IllumiNations shall not be liable to You or any third party should illumiNations exercise its right to stop providing this Website or the Services. You acknowledge and accept that illumiNations does not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access or use of the Website or the Services and operation of the Website and the Services may be interfered with or adversely affected by numerous factors or circumstances outside of illumiNations’ control.

9. Third-Party Sites and Information

This Website may include links to other sites on the Internet that are owned and operated by online merchants and other third parties and may rely on third party information to provide services through the Website. You acknowledge that illumiNations is not responsible for the availability of, or the content located on or through, any third-party site, nor the accuracy of the information provided by any third party. Inclusion of links to third party sites further does not imply an endorsement of those sites or an affiliation or association between illumiNations and the third party, unless otherwise disclosed. You should contact the site administrator or webmaster for those third-party sites or administrator of any such third party as applicable if You have any concerns regarding such links or the content located on such sites. Your use of those third-party sites is subject to the terms of use and privacy policies of each site, and illumiNations is not responsible therein. We have not reviewed or approved the policies of such sites and You are strongly encouraged to review the terms of use and privacy policies of any third-parties’ sites.

In particular, we want to inform You that our Website or Services may include content from third party sites or platforms, including YouTube and Vimeo. Vimeo and YouTube are not a party to these Terms. Use of Vimeo’s platform and third party API is subject to Vimeo’s Terms of Service and Third-Party Service Addendum, available at https://vimeo.com/terms and https://vimeo.com/terms/thirdpartyservices, respectively. Use of YouTube’s platform and API are subject to YouTube’s Terms of Service, available at https://youtube.com/t/terms.

10. Fees and Payments

You are responsible for all applicable fees and taxes, if any, related to any donations or payments made on this Website. IllumiNations (or our third-party payment processor) shall authorize Your credit card you provided during the registration process for the full payment of the donation, fees and any applicable taxes, and You hereby consent to the same. You must provide current, complete, and accurate billing and credit card information. You must promptly update all billing information (such as billing address, card number, and expiration date) to keep Your account current, complete, and accurate, and You must promptly contact us if Your credit card is lost or stolen, or if You become aware of a potential breach of account security (such as an unauthorized disclosure or use of Your sign-in name or password). You hereby authorize illumiNations to obtain or determine updated or replacement expiration dates for Your credit card in the event that the credit card You provided us expires. We reserve the right to charge any renewal card issued to You to the same extent as the expired card for any donations that You made through this Website. In certain instances, the issuer of Your credit card may charge You a foreign transaction fee or related charges, which You will be responsible to pay. You are advised to check with Your bank and credit card issuer for details.

11. Governing Jurisdiction and Applicable Law

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. You agree that this Agreement is made and partially performed in the State of Texas, and that venue for any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be exclusively limited to the state or federal courts located in the State of Texas. You hereby consent and submit to the exercise of personal jurisdiction over you by such courts for the purpose of litigating any such action, and waive any defenses of lack of minimum contacts or forum non conveniens.

12. Compliance with Laws

You assume all knowledge of applicable law and are responsible for compliance with any such laws. You shall not use or access this Website in any way that violates applicable state, federal, or international laws, regulations or other government requirements. You further agree not to transmit any material that encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law or regulation. You agree not to upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any content that (i) is defamatory, libelous, indecent, obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit, invasive of another’s privacy, promotes violence, or contains hate speech, (ii) discloses any sensitive information about another person, including that person’s email address, postal address, phone number, credit card information, or any similar information, or (iii) is intended to “stalk,” threaten or otherwise harass another person.

13. Other Terms

If any provision of this Agreement shall be unlawful, void or unenforceable for any reason, the other provisions (and any partially-enforceable provision) shall not be affected thereby and shall remain valid and enforceable to the maximum possible extent. You may not assign this Agreement without the express written consent of illumiNations. You agree that this Agreement and any other agreements referenced herein may be assigned by illumiNations, in its sole discretion, to a third party in the event of a merger or acquisition or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of illumiNations. This Agreement shall constitute the entire agreement between You and us with respect to this Website and this Agreement supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between you and illumiNations with respect to this Site. Any alleged waiver of any breach of this Agreement by illumiNations shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any future breach.

14. Privacy Policy Statement

IllumiNations will take all commercially reasonable measures to safeguard Your privacy while visiting the Website. IllumiNations reserves the right, and You authorize us, to use and assign all information regarding site uses by You and all information provided by you in any manner described in illumiNations’ Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into this Agreement by reference and is located at https://illuminations.bible/privacy-policy/. Please consult our Privacy Policy for details.

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