Website Terms of Use

ARIZONA DRESSAGE ASSOCIATION WEBSITE TERMS OF USE

Effective Date: November 17, 2025

SECTION 1. TERMS OF USE

These Terms of Use apply to anyone who visits https://azdressage.org (the “Website”) or who interacts with the Arizona Dressage Association. We may also have other terms, legal notices and conditions applicable to various activities, including terms and conditions that may apply to specific events, offerings or features (e.g., contests, shows, promotions, etc.). All such additional terms, notices and conditions (“Supplemental Terms”) are incorporated herein by reference, and shall, together with the Terms of Use (collectively the “Terms”) be a contractual agreement between the Arizona Dressage Association (“ADA”, “we” or “us”) and you. If there is a conflict between any Supplemental Terms and these Terms of Use, the Supplemental Terms will control to the extent required to resolve the conflict.

BY USING THE WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS IN FULL. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS, DO NOT USE THE WEBSITE.

Except as otherwise provided, the Terms are subject to change at any time without notice. Any changes to the Terms are effective upon their posting to the Website.

SECTION 2. PRIVACY & SECURITY

Our Privacy Notice is available at https://azdressage.org/privacy-notice/ and is incorporated into these Terms of Use. By accepting these Terms, you hereby acknowledge and consent to the collection and use of your Personal Information (as defined in the Privacy Notice). The Privacy Notice may be updated from time to time at our discretion and changes will be effective upon posting to the Website. The Website is the property of the ADA, and the ADA may therefore capture use of or interactions with the Website, in accordance with our Privacy Notice.

By using the Website, you acknowledge and agree that Internet transmissions are never completely private or secure. You understand that any message or information you send to the Website may be read or intercepted by others, even if there is a special notice that a particular transmission (for example, credit card information) is encrypted. Nonetheless, we employ reasonable measures intended to protect your information from unauthorized use or disclosure.

SECTION 3. WEBSITE OWNERSHIP AND CONTENT

The Website is owned and controlled by the ADA, and unless otherwise agreed in writing, all materials on the Website, including text, graphics, information, content, images, illustrations, designs, photographs, video, sounds, music, artwork, computer code and other materials, and the copyrights, trademarks, trade dress and/or other intellectual property rights in such materials (collectively, the “Content” and the Content in the Website “Website Content”), are owned, controlled and/or licensed by the ADA.

The Website and Website Content are intended solely for personal, non-commercial use. You may download or copy Website Content and other downloadable materials displayed on the Website for your personal use only. No right, title or interest in any downloaded or copied Website Content is transferred to you as a result of any such downloading or copying. You may not reproduce (except as noted above), publish, transmit, distribute, display, perform, alter, modify, create derivative works from, sell or exploit or otherwise use any of the Website Content or the Website for any public or commercial purpose.

Certain trademarks, trade names, service marks and logos used or displayed on this Website are registered and unregistered trademarks, trade names and service marks of the ADA. Other trademarks, trade names and service marks used or displayed on this Website are the registered and unregistered trademarks, trade names and service marks of third parties. Nothing contained on any Website grants or should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to you to use any such trademarks, trade names, service marks or logos displayed on such Website.

SECTION 4. YOUR USE

You may use our Website only as permitted by the Terms and only in a manner consistent with all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations, and generally accepted practices or guidelines in relevant jurisdictions, including any laws governing the export of data to or from the United States.

Account Responsibilities: You are responsible for:

• Providing accurate, current, and complete information during registration
• Maintaining the security of your account credentials
• All activities that occur under your account
• Promptly notifying us of any unauthorized use of your account

Membership:  Membership in ADA is subject to approval and payment of applicable fees. We reserve the right to deny, suspend, or terminate membership for violation of these Terms, ADA Bylaws, or conduct detrimental to the organization’s mission and values.

Payments and Fees: All fees for memberships, events, merchandise, or other services are due at the time of purchase unless otherwise specified. We use third-party payment processors and are not responsible for their actions or security practices.

You agree to pay all fees and applicable taxes associated with your use of ADA services. Refund policies are specific to each service or event and will be communicated at the time of purchase.

Acceptable Use: You agree not to use, enable or encourage the use of any of the following whether or not intended to pose a risk to other users, the ADA, and the Content:

• Using the Website for any unlawful purpose or in violation of these Terms
• Impersonating any person or entity or misrepresenting your affiliation or intent for accessing the Website
• Harassing, threatening, intimidating, harming or bullying other users, staff, members or the Board of the ADA
• Deploying automated systems, program, algorithm, methodology, or software such as a deep-link, spider, or robot to access, data mine, extract, or scrape, Content
• Hacking, “password-mining” or using any other illegitimate method of accessing data or seeking to breach security or authentication measures of the Website
• Probing, scanning or testing the vulnerability of the Website
• Taking any action that would cause an unreasonably or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the Website or our systems or networks in an attempt to overwhelm our systems or to create a “Denial of Service” or similar attack
• Using any device, technology or method to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper functioning or features of the Website, any transaction occurring on the Website, or any other party’s use of the Website, including without limitation by uploading any viruses, malware or other harmful code.

• Using the Website or any ADA activity, event, mailing list or other member information to send “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of unapproved solicitation.

If you become aware of any violation of the User Content Rules or other unacceptable behavior by any user, you should report such activity to the ADA by emailing info@azdressage.org.  If you post information on our Website, you are solely responsible for any User Content that you post and agree that you will not hold the ADA responsible or liable for any User Communication or User Content from another user that you access on the Website. The ADA reserves the right to delete any User Content from the Website.

SECTION 5. USER COMMUNICATIONS AND USER CONTENT

Any material, information, suggestions, ideas, concepts, know-how, techniques, questions, comments or other communication you transmit or post to the Website (a “User Communication”) is and will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary.  You agree that we may use any such User Communication for any purpose in our sole discretion, including reproduction, transmission, disclosure, publication, development, and/or marketing for any or all commercial or non-commercial purposes. You agree that the ADA shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any User Communication in confidence; (2) to pay compensation for any User Communication; or (3) to monitor, use, return, review or respond to any User Communication. We will have no liability related to the content of any User Communication, whether or not arising under the laws of copyright, libel, privacy, or otherwise. We retain the right to remove any User Communication that includes any material we deem inappropriate or unacceptable.

We may offer opportunities for you to submit content you have created, including without limitation, photographs, your social media handle, videos, comments, and the like (collectively, “User Content”) through the Website, social media or otherwise. By submitting, uploading, or posting User Content, you grant the ADA and its third-party service providers who provide content management services (collectively, the “Licensed Parties”), the perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully-paid, non-exclusive, transferable right to use your User Content in any manner determined by us in our sole discretion, including but not limited to on our webpages, social media pages, and in other promotional initiatives. By submitting, uploading, or posting User Content, you understand and agree further that we may use, display, reproduce, distribute, transmit, create derivative works from, combine with other materials, alter and/or edit your User Content in any manner, and you agree that you have no expectation that we will review, use, acknowledge, or compensate you for the same.

You represent and warrant that any of the User Content you submit or otherwise provide to the ADA is original to you, that you own all applicable legal rights in the User Content, that the User Content does not and will not infringe upon the rights of any other person or entity and all “moral rights” that you may have in such User Content have been voluntarily waived by you. You warrant, certify and represent that any individuals depicted in any User Content have reached the age of majority in their respective jurisdiction of residence; and you grant the ADA the right to copy, edit, change, revise, display, perform, publish, distribute the likenesses of those individuals and that you have the authority to attest to this release on their behalf. If any of the individuals depicted in any User Content are minors in their respective states of residence, you certify, warrant and represent that you are the parent or legal guardian of each such individual and you grant the use of the media containing his/her depiction in accordance with the Terms or, alternatively, you will provide the ADA with an original written consent to such use or depiction by the minor’s parent or legal guardian.

User Content Rules:  Categories of prohibited User Content are set forth below and reflect examples but are not intended to be exhaustive of what constitutes prohibited User Content. Without limitation, you agree that you will not post or transmit to other users anything that you know or reasonably believe:

• is defamatory, abusive, obscene, profane or offensive or promotes or encourages violent, disruptive, illegal, discriminatory or bullying conduct; or
• is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading; or
• infringes or violates another party’s right of publicity or right of privacy; or
• violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising); or

You understand that when using the Website, you will be exposed to User Content from a variety of sources and that we are not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such User Content.

SECTION 6. COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK RULES

We are committed to complying with copyright and related laws, including the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the “DMCA”) and we require all users of the Website to comply with these laws. Accordingly, you may not store any material or content on, or disseminate any material or content over, the Website in any manner that constitutes an infringement of third-party intellectual property rights, including but not limited to, rights granted by copyright law. You may not post, modify, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information belonging to others without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. It is our policy to terminate use privileges of any user who infringes the copyright rights of others upon receipt of proper notification to us by the copyright owner or the copyright owner’s legal agent.

If you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the Website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please notify us and provide the following information:

• a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
• identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Website;
• your address, telephone number, and email address;

SECTION 7. LINKS TO OUR WEBSITE; THIRD PARTY LINKS ON OUR WEBSITE

Creating or maintaining any link from another website to any page on our Website without our prior written permission is prohibited. Running or displaying the Website or any Website Content in frames or through similar means on another website without our prior written permission is prohibited. Any permitted links to the Website must comply with all applicable federal and state laws, statutes, rules and regulations.

From time to time, the Website may contain links to other websites that are not owned, operated or controlled by the ADA.  All such links are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave our Website and we cannot be responsible for any content, materials, information or events that are present on or that occur on websites that are not owned, operated or controlled by the ADA.

SECTION 8. CHANGE IN WEBSITE AND WEBSITE CONTENT

We reserve the right, at any time in our sole discretion, to: modify, suspend or discontinue the Website or any service, content, feature or product offered through the Website, with or without notice; and/or offer or cancel opportunities to some or all users of the Website. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or to any third party should any of the foregoing occur with respect to our Website.

SECTION 9. DISCLAIMERS; LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY; INDEMNITY

YOUR USE OF THIS SITE AND OUR PRODUCTS IS AT YOUR RISK. THE INFORMATION, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE ADA ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR THOSE ARISING OUT OF A COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. THE FOREGOING EXCLUSIONS OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES ONLY APPLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, the ADA does not assume any responsibility for any damages to, or any viruses that may infect, your computer, telecommunication equipment, or other property caused by or arising from your access to, use of, or browsing the Website, or your downloading of any information or materials from the Website.

IN NO EVENT WILL THE ADA OR ANY OF ITS RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS,  AGENTS, SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS, NOR ANY PARTY INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION OR TRANSMISSION OF THIS WEBSITE, BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RESULTING FROM LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) ARISING OUT OF THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, OR THE RESULTS OF USE OF THIS WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO THIS WEBSITE, OR THE MATERIALS, INFORMATION OR SERVICES CONTAINED ON ANY OR ALL SUCH WEBSITES, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY AND WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY ONLY APPLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the ADA, its officers, directors, employees, business partners and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorneys’ fees) arising from: (i) any breach by you of any of these Terms, (ii) your User Communications and User Content, (iii) your use of materials or features available on the Website (except to the extent a claim is based upon infringement of a third party right by materials created by the ADA) or (iv) a violation by you of applicable law or any agreement or terms with a third party to which you are subject.

SECTION 10. GOVERNING LAW; SEVERABILITY; WAIVER; DISPUTE RESOLUTION

These Terms, together with our Privacy Notice and any Supplemental Terms, constitute the entire agreement between you and ADA regarding use of the Website and services.

It is your responsibility to ascertain and obey all applicable local, state, federal and international laws, statutes, rules and regulations (including minimum age requirements) related to the use of our Website. These Terms and any Claims will be governed by and interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Arizona without regard to any principles of conflicts of law.  If any part of the Terms shall be held or declared to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be ineffective but shall not affect any other part of the Terms.

Any failure by us to partially or fully exercise any rights or the waiver of any breach of the Terms by you, shall not prevent a subsequent exercise of such right by us or be deemed a waiver by us of any subsequent breach by you of the same or any other term of the Terms. Our rights and remedies under the Terms shall be cumulative, and the exercise of any such right or remedy shall not limit our right to exercise any other right or remedy.

We try to address any disputes without the need to initiate a formal legal case.  If you believe you have a Claim against the ADA, you will first attempt to resolve the Claim informally and in good faith. For the purpose of these Terms, a Claim refers to controversies, claims, counterclaims, or other disputes between you and the ADA. To initiate a Claim, you must send a written Claimant Notice to the ADA by email to info@azdressage.org. The Claimant Notice must include: (i) the sender’s name, address, email address, and telephone number, (ii) the nature of the dispute and basis for the Claims and (iii) the resolution that is being sought, including any monetary amount. During the Informal Resolution Period, you and the ADA will engage in good faith efforts to resolve the Claim.

SECTION 11. ARBITRATION AGREEMENT & WAIVER OF CERTAIN RIGHTS

You and the ADA agree that, except as set forth below, we will resolve any Claim through final and binding arbitration conducted by the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”) instead of through court proceedings and it will be conducted in accordance with the AAA’s Consumer Arbitration Rules (“AAA Rules”) as modified by these Terms. The AAA Rules are available at www.adr.org or by calling 1-800-778-7879. You and we hereby waive any right to a jury trial of any Claim. The arbitration will be heard and determined by a single arbitrator. The arbitrator’s decision in any such arbitration will be final and binding upon the parties and may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction. The parties agree that the arbitration proceedings will be kept confidential and that the existence of the proceeding and any element of it (including, without limitation, any pleadings, briefs or other documents submitted or exchanged and any testimony or other oral submissions and awards) will not be disclosed beyond the arbitration proceedings, except as may lawfully be required in judicial proceedings relating to the arbitration, by applicable disclosure rules and regulations of securities regulatory authorities or other governmental agencies, or as specifically permitted by state law. These Terms will be substantively and procedurally governed by the Federal Arbitration Act to the maximum extent permitted by law. As limited by the Federal Arbitration Act, these Terms, and the AAA Rules, the arbitrator will have exclusive authority to determine the existence, scope, and validity of any Claim.

SECTION 12. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE

If you have any questions or concerns about this Terms of Use, Supplemental Terms or other terms or notices you may contact us as follows:

Arizona Dressage Association
100 Easy Street, Box 2855
Carefree, AZ 85377
Email: info@azdressage.org