Legal Notice and Terms of Use

1.Website owner

The present website is owned by The Church of Dawn’s Light, 35-05 162nd, street flushing, NY 11358, EIN: 81-3723232.

2.Purpose, scope and duration

The present Legal Notice regulates the use of the Website, as well as its access, navigation and, in general, the relationship of the Website’s owner with any person accessing the same (hereinafter, referred to individually as the “User” or collectively as the “Users”).

The Website provides Users general information about The Church of Dawn’s Light , its activities and events (hereinafter, the “Content/s”), all in accordance with this Legal Notice.

The Church of Dawn’s Light reserves the right to modify, at any time and without prior notice, the presentation, configuration and Content of the Website or the conditions required for access and/or use the Website, as well as to interrupt, suspend or terminate access to the Content of the Website, without the possibility for the User to demand any compensation whatsoever.

The temporary validity of this Legal Notice coincides, therefore, with the time of its exposure, until it is totally or partially modified, and, at such time, the new legal notice made available to Users in this Website will come into effect.

Access, browsing and use of the Website by a User implies the express and unreserved acceptance of all the terms of this Legal Notice and any particular conditions, having the same validity and effectiveness as any contract entered into in writing and signed.

3.Access

Access to the Website is free of charge, except for the cost of connection through the corresponding telecommunications network that the User has access to.

The Church of Dawn’s Light is not responsible for any damages of any kind produced to the User that may cause failures or disconnections in the telecommunications networks that produce the suspension, cancellation or interruption of access to the Website.

4.Terms of use

The main purpose of these terms of use is to regulate access to the Website. Those who freely access the Website are obliged to observe them. Access to and browsing of the Website implies acceptance of the same expressly and without reservations. Furthermore, those who access the Website must also observe applicable legislation and ethical codes.

Excessive or abusive use of the Website may result in denial of access to it. Excessive and/or abusive use shall be considered to be any use that goes against the general principles of good faith, morality and public order, any use that causes or may cause any damage to the Website and/or third parties as well as their respective interests, including copyright, and conduct aimed at disabling or deteriorating the operation and usability of the Website as well as those that violate any specific instruction and/or warning that may have been communicated by The Church of Dawn’s Light or the staff designated by the latter for this purpose. In particular, but not limited to, the following conducts are not permitted:

Denigrate the image of The Church of Dawn’s Light.

The use of computer viruses or any other code, file or program that is designed or intended to interrupt, damage or limit the operation of any software, hardware or telecommunications equipment, or to damage or obtain unauthorized access to data or other information on the Website or any third party.

Remove technical protections from computer programs or attempt to test the vulnerability of any system or network on the Website or violate any security or authentication measures.

Use false identities or impersonate others in the use of the Website, including the use, where appropriate, of passwords of third parties.

Using the Contents of the Website for commercial purposes when this is not expressly authorised.

Associate the Contents of the Website with information of a pornographic nature, relating to any type of exploitation of a racist, xenophobic nature or linked to terrorism or arms trafficking.

Transforming, publicly communicating, distributing, assigning, reproducing or modifying the Contents of the Website, unless any of the exceptions valid in law or expressly authorised by The Church of Dawn’s Light may be applied.

Failure to comply with the technical requirements or specifications established to access the Website.

Promote, perform, support or encourage actions contrary to free competition or that constitute unfair competition.

The operation of the Website is supported by servers of service providers, connected by public and private communications infrastructures.

Access to the Website may be suspended for technical reasons or for reasons of force majeure, as the following:

a) Power or telephone failure.

b) Virus attacks to the servers that support the Website.

c) Errors of the Users in the access to the Website.

d) Fires, floods, earthquakes or other natural events.

e) Strikes or labour conflicts.

f) Conflicts of war or other situations of force majeure.

These causes, which are expressed by way of illustration but not by way of limitation, are of an unforeseeable nature or which, foreseen or foreseeable, are unavoidable.

The Church of Dawn’s Light is exonerated of any type of responsibility when any of them take place.

Failure to comply with any of the rules included in this Legal Notice or the legislation that protects them, may involve the materialization of an unlawful act, an administrative sanction, an offense or a crime and will entitle The Church of Dawn’s Light to, where appropriate, claim civil, administrative, labour or criminal liability as may correspond.

The Church of Dawn’s Light states that it has adopted the necessary measures, within its possibilities and the state of technology, to guarantee the operation of the Website and to detect the existence of viruses and other components harmful to Users. Nevertheless, the User must be aware that the security measures of the computer systems on the Internet are not entirely reliable and that, therefore, The Church of Dawn’s Light cannot guarantee the absence of viruses or other elements that may produce alterations in the User’s computer systems (software and hardware) or in their electronic documents and files contained therein, the User assuming any risk or damage that may occur, guaranteeing, therefore, the indemnity of The Church of Dawn’s Light in this respect. It corresponds to the User, in any case, the availability of adequate tools for the detection and deactivation of harmful computer programs.

5.Embedded content or linked sites

Insertion of links from third-party web pages to the Website

If any User, entity or website wishes to insert any type of link from his / its web page to the Website, such link may only be directed to the Home Page of the Website, except with the express prior written authorization of The Church of Dawn’s Light. In addition, the link must be absolute and complete so that it takes the User to the URL of the Website and completely covers the entire length of the screen of the Home Page of the Website.

It is forbidden in all cases to insert frames of any kind around the Website or permit the Content to be viewed through different URLs other than the Website URL and, in any case, where the Content can be viewed together with content outside the Website, in a way that: (i) causes, or may cause, error or confusion in, or misleads or may mislead, Users as to the true origin of the service or Contents, (ii) constitutes an act of comparison or imitation, (iii) serves to take advantage of the reputation of The Church of Dawn’s Light brand and prestige; or (iv) is otherwise prohibited by the legislation in force.

The establishment of a link does not imply the existence of legal relations between The Church of Dawn’s Light and the owner of the third-party website, nor the acceptance, approval, sponsorship, verification or supervision by The Church of Dawn’s Light of its contents or services.

The Church of Dawn’s Light does not authorize the insertion of links to the Website from those third-party websites that contain illicit, inappropriate or illegal materials, information or contents that are in contravention of morality, public order or generally accepted social norms. However, The Church of Dawn’s Light does not have the human and technical means to know and control all the information, contents, products or services provided by the websites of third parties that may have established links to the Website, for which reason The Church of Dawn’s Light does not assume any type of responsibility for any aspect related to said websites of third parties.

The Church of Dawn’s Light reserves the right to prohibit or disable at any time and immediately any link to the Website, especially in cases of illegality of the activity or content of the website of third parties in which the link is included. If Users have effective knowledge of the unlawfulness of activities carried out through these third-party websites, please inform The Church of Dawn’s Light immediately in order to disable the access link.

Insertion of links from the Website to third-party web pages

Any mention that may be made on the Website to other websites of third parties will be of a purely informative nature. The Church of Dawn’s Light does not develop or administer said pages nor is the owner of the aforementioned URLs unless this is expressly indicated. For this reason, The Church of Dawn’s Light will not be responsible for the contents incorporated therein, nor for the damages derived from said access, nor for those generated by the services provided.

If Users have effective knowledge of the unlawfulness of activities carried out through these linked sites, we kindly ask that they immediately inform The Church of Dawn’s Light in order to proceed to disable the access link to the same.

6.Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights

Grow in Christ (hereinafter referred to as “this website”) aims to spread the gospel of God all over the world and is not intended for commercial gain of any kind. You are welcome to visit and browse this website. All articles on this website are based on the authors’ true experiences and testimonies, and their perceptions. The illustrations have no relation to the articles and are for reference only. All the content on this website can be used for free unless otherwise stated. But please use the content as originally intended: Do not tamper with, distort, create any other derivative works from it, or use it for commercial purposes. You may not use the content on this website to defame this website nor go against the purpose of this website, which is to bear testimony to and preach God’s gospel. When you use any content on this website, you must indicate that it is from Grow in Christ and provide a link to this website. Those pictures or texts from other sources as specified by this website are copyrighted by the original websites. If you wish to use or reproduce them, please go to the original websites for authorization. If you think that any content of this website violates your legal rights, please email us soon so that corrections can be made. Thanks for your support!

7.Publication of standards: use and update

This Legal Notice (including the Terms of Use, as well as the Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy) is available to those who access the Website as Users or interested in The Church of Dawn’s Light activities. Those who access the Legal Notice can consult it and print it without the need to register.

The content of the standards contained in the Legal Notice shall be adapted in accordance with the modifications made to the applicable legislation, the structure of the organisation, the services, the design and technical specifications of the Website, the technological infrastructure, with which they shall be updated periodically and without prior notice.

In this respect, we suggest you check this Legal Notice periodically to verify its changes over time.

8.Governing Law and Jurisdiction

This Legal Notice, which also includes the Terms of Use of the Website, the Privacy Policy and the Cookies Policy, shall be governed by Spanish legislation. Due to the supranational nature of the electronic communications infrastructures, those who access the Website from other countries must also observe the applicable legislation promulgated by each state, insofar as these are of imperative application.

For the resolution of any controversy and/or discrepancy that may arise in relation to the existence, validity, interpretation, application, execution, non-compliance or nullity of this Legal Notice, the imperative rules on applicable legislation and competent jurisdiction shall apply.

9. Other

The content of this website has been translated entirely by professional translators. However, due to linguistic differences etc., a small number of inaccuracies are inevitable. If you discover any such inaccuracies, please refer to the original Chinese version, and feel free to get in touch to let us know.

The English version of the Terms of Use is translated from Spanish. If any inconsistencies exist between the translation and the Spanish version, the Spanish version shall prevail.