Privacy Policy & Disclosures

Who We Are

logo-mark

The Christian Alliance for Orphans unites more than 250 respected organizations and a global network of churches in shared initiatives to grow and guide effective responses for the world’s most vulnerable children, from foster care and adoption to family strengthening and care for vulnerable children worldwide. Our vision is to see the people of God overflowing with the love of God, so that every child will experience God’s unfailing love in a thriving family.

CAFO began at a gathering of 38 Christian leaders in 2004. Although serving in diverse fields, they carried a shared sense that God desired to call His people to step up decisively for orphans and vulnerable children. They pledged to “leave logos and egos at the door” to advance this vision in shared action.

General

      1. These Terms of Use (these “Terms”) govern your use of this website and other websites, materials, and resources linking to or referencing being subject to these Terms (collectively, the “Site”) operated or made available by The Christian Alliance for Orphans (“CAFO” or “We”).
      2. By using the Site, you are agreeing to abide by all of these Terms. If you do not accept these Terms, you are not permitted to access or use the Site including any of its Content, as defined below.
      3. We may change, add, or remove portions of these Terms at any time, which shall become effective immediately upon posting. It is your responsibility to review these Terms prior to each use of the Site and by continuing to use this Site, you agree to these Terms as modified.
      4. We may change, add, or remove or suspend or terminate your access to the Site or Content in whole or in part at any time and without notice to you or CAFO liability.

Ownership & Use of Content

      1. All materials published on the Site (including, but not limited to news articles, photographs, images, illustrations, audio clips and video clips, text, graphics, blog posts, PDF documents, webinars, presentations, training and event materials, podcasts, courses, forums, news, reports, User Content (as defined below), and other materials also known as the “Content”) and all intellectual property rights in the Content and the Site are owned, licensed, or controlled by CAFO or, where expressly indicated, the party credited by us as the owner of the Content. You are granted no right, title or interest in the Site or Content, other than the limited, terminable use rights granted in these Terms and any other rights and interests separately expressly granted to you in writing by CAFO. You shall preserve and abide by all trademark and copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in Content accessed from the Site. The Site and Content are intended and may be used solely for personal, noncommercial use.
      2. You may download and store limited portions of, and make limited copies of, the Content solely for your personal, non-commercial use, provided that you maintain all copyright, trademark and other indications of rights and ownership on the Content. You are prohibited from reproducing, distributing, modifying, creating derivative works of, publicly displaying or performing, or republishing Content except as expressly permitted by these Terms or as otherwise expressly agreed in writing by CAFO. Requests for permission to use Content other than as allowed by these Terms may be submitted to link to: [email protected]

User Content

      1. You are solely responsible for the comments, forum messages, reviews, text, video, audio and photographs, computer code and applications and other content (“User Content”) you submit to the Site. You shall not submit to the Site any libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, deceptive, harassing, or illegal User Content or any User Content that infringes the rights of third parties.
      2. You agree that you will not threaten or verbally abuse other users of the Site, or deliberately disrupt discussions with repetitive messages, meaningless messages or “spam”, attempt to impersonate anyone in using the Site, or engage in conduct that interferes with others’ access and use of the Site.  You will not introduce viruses or other harmful material or code to the Site, frame the Site, attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site, attack the Site via a distributed or other denial-of-service attack or otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site.
      3. Without the express approval of CAFO, you may not distribute or otherwise publish any material containing any solicitation of funds, advertising or solicitation for goods or services through the Site or in a manner that indicates or implies the endorsement of CAFO.
      4. You acknowledge that the User Content you submit to the Site may be edited, removed, modified, published, transmitted, and displayed by CAFO and you waive any rights you may have in having the material altered or changed in a manner not agreeable to you.
      5. You grant CAFO a perpetual, nonexclusive, world-wide, royalty free and fully paid, sub-licensable license to User Content you submit to the Site, which includes without limitation the right for CAFO and any third party it designates, to use, copy, transmit, excerpt, publish, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, create derivative works of, host, index, cache, tag, encode, modify and adapt (including without limitation the right to adapt to streaming, downloading, broadcast, mobile, digital, thumbnail, scanning and other technologies) in any form or media now known or hereinafter developed, any User Content submitted by you on or to the Site.

Use of the Site; Registration & Security

      1. You may not access parts of the Site to which you are not authorized.
      2. The Site contains links to other third-party websites and resources. Since CAFO is not responsible for the availability of these outside resources, or their contents, you should direct any concerns regarding any external link to such sites and resources.
      3. As part of any registration or account creation process, you will create login credentials by selecting a password and providing an email address. Each registration is for a single user only. You are not allowed to share your registration login credentials or give your Site login credentials to anyone else. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password.
      4. Please immediately notify CAFO of any known or suspected unauthorized use(s) of your account, or any known or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of your password or other sensitive information in connection with the Site.
      5. You must be 18 years or older to register and obtain access to those parts of the Site requiring login.

Mobile Messaging Terms and Conditions

The CAFO Messaging Program and our collection and use of your personal information is also subject to our Privacy Policy. By enrolling, signing up or otherwise agreeing to participate in the Program, you accept and agree to these Mobile Messaging Terms and our Privacy Policy.

  1. Program Description: We may send promotional and transactional mobile messages in various formats through the Program. Promotional messages advertise and promote our products and services and may include [promotions, specials, other marketing offers, and abandoned checkout reminders]. Transactional messages relate to an existing or ongoing transaction and may include [order notifications and updates, appointment reminders, and other transaction-related information]. Mobile messages may be sent using an automated technology, including an autodialer, automated system, or automatic telephone dialing system. Message frequency will vary [but will not exceed 3 messages per month]. You agree that we, our affiliates, and any third-party service providers may send you messages regarding the foregoing topics or any topic and that such messages and/or calls may be made or placed using different telephone numbers or short codes. We do not charge for mobile messages sent through the Program but you are responsible for any message and data rates imposed by your mobile provider, as standard data and message rates may apply for SMS and MMS alerts.
  2. User Opt-In: By providing your mobile phone number to us, you are voluntarily opting in to the Program and you agree to receive recurring mobile messages from us at the mobile phone number associated with your opt-in, even if such number is registered on any state or federal “Do Not Call” list. You agree that any mobile phone number you provide to us is a valid mobile phone number of which you are the owner or authorized user. If you change your mobile phone number or are no longer the owner or authorized user of the mobile phone number, you agree to promptly notify us at [email protected]. Your participation in the Program is not required to make any purchase from us and your participation in the Program is completely voluntary.
  3. User Opt-Out and Support: You may opt-out of the Program at any time. If you wish to opt-out of the Program and stop receiving mobile messages from us, or you no longer agree to these Mobile Messaging Terms, reply STOP, QUIT, CANCEL, OPT-OUT, and/or UNSUBSCRIBE to any mobile message from us. You may continue to receive text messages for a short period while we process your request and you may receive a one-time opt-out confirmation message. You understand and agree that the foregoing is the only reasonable method of opting out. For support, reply HELP to any mobile message from us.
    Our mobile messaging platform may not recognize requests that modify the foregoing commands, and you agree that we and our service providers will not be liable for failing to honor requests that do not comply with the requirements in these Mobile Messaging Terms.We may also change the telephone number or short code we use to operate the Program and we will notify you of any such change. You acknowledge that any requests sent to a telephone number or short code that has been changed may not be received by us and we will not be responsible for failing to honor a request sent to a telephone number or shortcode that has been changed.
  4. Disclaimer of Warranty and Liability: The Program is offered on an “as-is” basis and may not be available in all areas, at all times, or on all mobile providers. You agree that neither we nor our service providers will be liable for any failed, delayed, or misdirected delivery of any mobile message or information sent through the Program.
  5. Modifications: We may modify or cancel the Program or any of its features at any time, with or without notice. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may also modify these Mobile Messaging Terms at any time. Any such modification will take effect when it is posted to our website. You agree to review these Mobile Messaging Terms periodically to ensure that you are aware of any modifications. Your continued participation in the Program will constitute your acceptance of those modifications.

DISCLAIMERS

    The Site and its Content are provided for informational purposes only. No Content constitutes legal or professional advice, nor does it or the Site create a partnership between CAFO and you or any other party.
    You acknowledge and agree that the Site and the Content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. None of CAFO, any of its members, affiliates or their respective officers, directors, employees or agents (collectively the “CAFO Parties”) guarantees the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any of the Site or Content. None of the CAFO Parties warrants that the Site will be uninterrupted or error free or that the Site, its server, or any Content available for downloading through the Site are free of computer viruses or other security risks. You expressly agree that use of the Site, including all Content, is at your sole risk. We are not able to monitor all User Content posted on the Site and we assume no liability for User Content.

    CAFO does not represent or endorse the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of the Site or any Content, including any advice, opinion, statement, or other information displayed, uploaded, or distributed through the Site by any user, information provider or any other person or entity. You acknowledge that any reliance upon any such opinion, advice, statement, memorandum, or information is at your sole risk.
    None of CAFO Parties makes any, and the CAFO Parties hereby specifically disclaim, all representations, endorsements, guarantees, and warranties, express or implied, regarding the Site and Content, including without limitation, implied warranties of title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement of third-party rights. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the CAFO Parties disclaims all warranties with respect to any results that may be obtained from the use of the Site and Content.
    The foregoing does not affect any warranties to the extent they cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless CAFO, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against all claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, and fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms or your use of the Website, including, but not limited to, your use of the Content other than as expressly authorized in these Terms and the User Content you submit to the Website.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent provided by law, in no event will CAFO, its affiliates, or their licensors, vendors, employees, agents, officers, or directors be liable under any legal theory, arising out of or in connection with your use, or inability to use, the Site, Content, or User Content, for (i) any indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to, personal injury, pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of revenue, loss of profits, loss of business or anticipated savings, loss of use, loss of goodwill, loss of data, and whether or not caused by tort (including our active and passive negligence), breach of contract, or otherwise, even if foreseeable or (ii) an aggregate amount exceeding the lesser of $100 and the amount you have paid to CAFO for access to the Site or Content during the 12 months preceding the date on which the liability first accrued.

You may be in a jurisdiction that limits the enforceability of the above limitations. Accordingly, the foregoing does not affect any liability to the extent that it cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Notice of Infringing Content

If you believe User Content or any other Content is infringing your copyright or other intellectual property rights, you may direct such issues to COO, The Christian Alliance for Orphans, 6723 Whittier Avenue, #202, McLean, VA 22101.

Miscellaneous

In the event that any portion of the Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalid or unenforceable portion shall be construed in accordance with the applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of the parties and the remainder of these Terms will remain in full force and effect. CAFO’s failure to enforce your strict performance of a provision of these Terms will not constitute a waiver of its right to enforce such provision or any other provision of these Terms with respect to that and any future instance. Neither the course of conduct between the parties nor trade practice will act to modify any provision of the Terms. These Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, except with regard to its conflicts of law rules. Any litigation or other action relating to the Content, Site or these Terms must be brought in the federal or state courts located in San Diego County in the State of California, and you hereby irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of such courts, although we retain the right to bring any suit, action, or proceeding against you for breach of these Terms in your country of residence or any other relevant jurisdiction. Any cause of action you may have with respect to the Content, Site or these Terms must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arose or be barred.

    The Christian Alliance for Orphans (“CAFO,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a non-profit Christian alliance dedicated to equipping churches, non-profits, and individuals in best care practices and showing God’s love to the orphan and vulnerable children.
    This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, process, maintain, and share your personal information in your use of our websites, mobile apps, products, and services (collectively, our “Services”). Personal information means information about an identified or identifiable person.

Table of Contents

    1. Personal Information We Collect
    2. How We Use the Personal Information We Collect
    3. How We Share Your Personal Information
    4. How We Secure Your Personal Information
    5. Choices You Have Regarding Your Personal Information
    6. Retention of Your Personal Information
    7. Cookies
    8. Email and Text Message Communications
    9. Children
    10. International Transfers of Personal Information
    11. Third Party Links
    12. Changes to This Privacy Notice
    13. Your California Privacy Rights
    14. Contacting Us

1. Personal Information We Collect

1.1 Personal Information You Provide Us

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us. This personal information may include, but is not limited to, your contact information such as a first and last name, email address, postal address, church or non-profit organization you are associated with, title/role, religious denomination, phone number; an account password; social media pages; email subscription preferences; photographs, videos, or other content you or we contribute from your participation in Summit or other events; your payment and billing information; your donation information; your geo-location; and information you include in public forums, messages, comments, searches, or queries through the Services.

From time to time, we may collect your personal information when we conduct a sweepstakes or contest through our Services, or ask you to complete questionnaires or surveys. We use the information you provide to administer the sweepstakes, contest, or survey, to analyze the results, for research purposes, to send you other information or offers we think may be of interest to you, to comply with legal requirements, and for other purposes as described in this Privacy Notice.

1.2 Personal Information We Collect Automatically

Some personal information we collect automatically as you use our Services. This personal information may include, but is not limited to, your internet protocol (“IP”) addresses; your device and browser type; your internet service provider; your device’s operating systems; statistics on your activities through the Services, such as your login frequency or the length of time spent logged in; information about how you came to our Services; and links clicked within the Services; and/or information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other technologies as described below under “7. Cookies, Web Beacons, and Other Technologies”.

1.3 Personal Information From Your Mobile Device

We may provide features that rely on the use of additional information on your mobile device or require access to certain services through your mobile device that will enhance your experience but are not required to use the Services. Data collected from your mobile device is used to customize your experience at the Summit conference and provide you the ability to share your photos and profile information with others attending the Summit conference or using the Services. Some personal information from your mobile device, such as your mobile device ID, your device operating system, your mobile carrier, and your IP address, are collected automatically when you use our Services through your mobile device. Where the Services enable uploading of photos from your device, we will request permission to obtain your photos to provide you with related Services. In the “Settings” function on your mobile device, you will have the ability to manually permit or preclude us from collecting your geolocation information for certain features of the Services.

2. How We Use the Personal Information We Collect

2.1 Your Account
We may use the personal information that we receive or collect about you to operate, improve, and promote our organization. For example, we use the information to register your account for certain Services we provide, to communicate with you about our Services for customer service purposes, to improve our Services by providing personalized experiences, location customization, personalized help and instructions, and for other customer service purposes. We may obtain additional personal information about you to keep our records current.

2.2 Our Business Use
We may use the personal information that we receive or collect about you for internal business purposes such as helping us improve the content and functionality of our Services, to better understand our users and how they use our Services, to improve the Services we offer, to develop new features or services, to manage your account, to provide you with customer service, to help improve our security and prevent fraud, to comply with and enforce all legal obligations and rights, and to generally manage the Services and our business.

2.3 Communications and Marketing
We may use the personal information that we receive or collect about you for marketing and other communications purposes such as to provide you with information you have requested to receive from us in response to your requests, to send you electronic communications regarding events, news and updates, newsletters, and promotions, to send you promotional or marketing materials via electronic communications, to provide you with offers for third party products and services, and to inform you of new changes or updates to our Services, policies or terms of use. We may also use your personal information for marketing and advertising purposes such as advertising our Services on third party websites and in displaying targeted content and advertisements to you on or off our Services.

We use remarketing services (for example from Google & Facebook) to advertise on third party websites to previous visitors to our site. It could mean that we advertise to previous visitors who haven’t completed a task on our site, for example using the contact form to make an inquiry. This could be in the form of an advertisement on the Google search results page, a site in the Google Display Network, or somewhere on Facebook. Third-party vendors, including Google & Facebook, use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the CAFO website. Of course, any data collected will be used in accordance with our own Privacy Notice, as well as Google & Facebook privacy policies.

You can opt-out of remarketing by visiting the links below:
For Google: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en
For Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/ads/website_custom_audiences/
For further information regarding electronic communications, please see “5.3 Opting Out of Electronic Communications” below.

2.4 Membership
We are a member organization. Members of CAFO have a profile on our website and authorized member representatives may update, supplement, or delete their member profile information (although some member profile data must be maintained by us).
We use members’ company and personal information for membership administration, to deliver member benefits, and to inform our members of CAFO-related events, content, and other benefits or opportunities associated with membership. CAFO also uses this information to help us understand our members’ needs and interests so that we can better meet them and to improve our Services.

2.5 Live Events
CAFO organizes, hosts, and participates in trade shows and other live events during the year. If you register for one of our events, we will collect your name and contact information for that purpose. In addition, we request supplemental information from attendees about themselves and their interests, preferences, and demographics and we use this information to facilitate attendee preferences and to tailor the event programming and communications according to their expressed interests. Some of this information is collected through mobile apps we make available that are designed to allow attendees to access live event information and help them plan their attendance. We keep a record of this information and your participation at events and use it to help us tailor and improve future live events and programs. Some of this information may be optional as indicated by the event registration form on our website or in the app.

If you are a presenter at one of our events, we will collect information about you including your name, employer, contact, and biographical information, and photograph, and we may also collect information provided by event attendees who evaluated your performance as a presenter.
CAFO and third party participants at our events (sponsors, exhibitors, general attendees) may create video and audio recordings of the live event including of attendees generally and of particular presentations and performances. It is not possible to guarantee that you will not be recorded in this manner if you attend a live event.

2.6 Legal Basis of Processing
If applicable in your jurisdiction, we only process your personal information where we have an applicable legal basis for doing so. Our legal basis will depend on the personal information concerned, the specific context in which we collect it, and the purposes for which it is used. However, we will normally collect and use your personal information only where we have your consent to do so (typically in order to send you communications), where we require the personal information to create or perform a contract with you or a company with which you are associated, or where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms (for most of our activities not covered by consent or creation or performance of a contract). In some very rare cases, we may also have a legal basis to collect or use your personal information to protect your vital interests or those of another person.

If you have specific questions about or need further information concerning the legal bases on which we collect and use your personal information, please contact us using the information provided in the section below entitled “13. Contacting Us.”

3. How We Share Your Personal Information

3.1 Not Selling Your Personal Information
We do not rent or sell your personal information to third parties, including third party advertisers. There are some circumstances, however, where we may share your personal information with a third party without notice to you, as described below.

3.2 Contractors and Service Providers
We share your personal information with our contractors, consultants, and service providers who process personal information on behalf of CAFO to perform certain business-related functions. These companies may include, but are not limited to, database service providers, backup and disaster recovery service providers, email service providers, and others.

3.6 Marketing Partners
We may share aggregated or anonymized information about users with third parties for research, marketing or similar purposes.
At times, our Services may contain links to other third party websites and services. Any access to and use of such linked websites is not governed by this Privacy Notice, but is governed by the privacy policies of those third party websites and services. We are not responsible for the information practices and policies of such third party websites and services.

3.8 Legal Compliance and Enforcement of Rights
We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law in order to respond to a subpoena or request from law enforcement, a court, or a government agency (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements), or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (i) comply with a legal obligation, (ii) protect or defend our rights, interests, or property, or that of third parties, (iii) prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with our Services or organization, (iv) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of our Services or the public, or (v) protect against legal liability.

4. How We Secure Your Personal Information

We maintain reasonable and appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect personal information in our hosted applications from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. While we implement such safeguards, no information system is impenetrable and due to the inherent nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that data, during transmission through the Internet or while stored on our systems or otherwise in our care, is absolutely safe from intrusion by others.

5. Choices You Have Regarding Your Personal Information

5.1 Updating or Removing Your Personal Information
To the extent provided by the law of your jurisdiction, you may have the right to access or correct the personal information we maintain about you and, in some cases, you may require that we delete the information, or object to or request that we restrict our processing of the information. You may be able to access, correct, and delete your profile information through profile settings on our website, although we require that certain minimal member information be provided and kept up to date while maintaining your membership. Some information must be maintained by CAFO, but you can request that we update that information. Other such requests may be directed to us at the contact information at the end of this Privacy Notice.

5.2 Opting Out of Electronic Communications
CAFO may send you electronic communications through the Services. When you use our Services, you have the option of signing up for CAFO and its program newsletters. If at any time you would like to stop receiving program, newsletter or other promotions materials, you may follow the opt-out instructions contained in any such electronic communication to opt-out of receiving communications. Additionally, you may also manage your email preferences at any time through your account.

6. Retention of Your Personal Information

We will retain your personal information as long as you are registered to use our Services or otherwise for as long as required by the purpose for which it has been collected. You may close your account by contacting us by email at link to: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Send Email</a> or by mail at the address listed under “13. Contacting Us”. However, please be aware we may retain personal information for an additional period as required under applicable laws. After we delete your personal information, it may exist on backup or archival media or servers for an additional period of time for legal, tax, or regulatory reasons, or for legitimate and lawful business purposes.

7. Cookies

7.1 What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. We use cookies to do a number of things such as remember your preferences, record what intensives you want to attend at Summit for your shopping cart, allow you to log into your member profile, and analyze your web page visits and activity to help us improve our offerings and target our communications based on your inferred interests.

Cookies do not themselves store information that identifies you, but they are often used in a manner that they can be associated with you. Here are the types of cookies you will encounter in using our website:

  • Strictly Necessary – these are required by our website to perform certain functions such as allowing you to log in to your member profile or make online donation;
  • Functional – these help to improve your experience by doing things like remembering certain preferences you have set; and
  • Analytic – these are used to analyze, in an aggregated manner, the way our website is used and the performance of advertising efforts so that we can improve the website and our offerings and our marketing efforts. We use products like Google Analytics for analyzing activity on our site. We also use products like Facebook Ads conversion tracking, an analytics service provided by Facebook that collects and helps us analyze your activity on our site that may be attributable to our ads displayed within Facebook and its affiliated sites.

7.2 Managing Cookies
Most Internet browser settings will allow you to accept, reject, delete and otherwise manage cookies. You can find more information about this at www.allaboutcookies.org. You can also avoid receiving cookies by browsing our website using your browser’s anonymous usage setting (called “Incognito” in Chrome, “InPrivate” for Microsoft Edge, and “Private Browsing” in Firefox and Safari). Blocking our strictly necessary cookies will prevent certain functions of our website from working properly or at all. In addition to managing Google Analytics by managing its cookies, you can deactivate Google Analytics by using a browser plug-in found here: https://tools. google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?

8. Email and Text Message Communications

If you wish to unsubscribe from our email campaigns, please click on the Unsubscribe link at the bottom of any marketing email sent from us. If you opt out of our email marketing, we will still send you messages related to our transactions and relationship with you, such as order confirmations.

If you wish to stop receiving text messages from us, reply STOP, QUIT, CANCEL, OPT-OUT, or UNSUBSCRIBE to any text message sent from us. For more information, see our Mobile Messaging Terms and Conditions.

9. Children

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 and its rules (“COPPA”) requires us to inform parents and legal guardians about our practices for collecting, using, and disclosing personal information from children under the age of thirteen (13). In some countries, even higher age limits may apply. CAFO does not intend to collect personal information from children under the age of thirteen (13), or the otherwise applicable age limit if different in your country of location. If you are aware of a user under the age of thirteen (13) who has provided personal information through our Services, please contact us via the contact information in the section below entitled “13. Contacting Us”.

10. International Transfers of Personal Information

CAFO has its headquarters in the United States and information we collect from you in other countries will be transferred to and processed in the United States. We endeavor to apply suitable safeguards to protect the privacy and security of your personal information consistent with the practices described in this Privacy Notice.

11. Third Party Links

This Privacy Notice applies only to our Services. The Services may contain links to other websites not operated or controlled by us (“Third Party Sites”). The policies and practices we described here do not apply to the Third Party Sites. The links from the Services do not imply that we endorse or have reviewed the Third Party Sites. We suggest contacting those sites directly for information on their privacy policies.

12. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of this notice from time to time and in our sole discretion. When you use our Services or provide us your personal information under circumstances covered by this notice, you are accepting the current version of this notice as posted at that time. We recommend that you revisit this notice on occasion to learn of any changes.

13. Your California Privacy Rights

Do Not Track
Our Services are not currently configured to respond to browsers’ “Do Not Track” signals because at this time no formal “Do Not Track” standard has been adopted.

14. Contacting Us

If you have questions, comments, or concerns about this Privacy Notice, please contact us at:
By email at link to: mailto:[email protected]
By mail at:

    ATTN: CAFO Privacy Notice Legal Team
    CAFO
    6723 Whittier Avenue #202
    McLean, VA 22101

Introduction

Thank you for registering for this Christian Alliance for Orphans (“CAFO”) conference, retreat, event, or like gathering of people (individually referred to herein as the “Conference”). Regardless of whether your registration is submitted by you or your proxy, the following Conferences Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) apply to you and your participation in any CAFO Conference. Depending on the type of conference, certain terms below may not apply. “Attendee” for purposes of these Terms will include all participants at the Conference, including Exhibitors and Attendees. By participating in this Conference, you agree to these Terms so please read them carefully. These Terms include and incorporate by reference CAFO’s Privacy Policy.

This Conference is organized by CAFO, which reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to limit or deny access to any entity or individual. To be eligible to participate, you must be 18 years old or older.

Attendee Cancellation Policy

Thank you for registering for this Christian Alliance for Orphans (“CAFO”) conference, retreat, event, or like gathering of people (individually referred to herein as the “Conference”). Regardless of whether your registration is submitted by you or your proxy, the following Conferences Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) apply to you and your participation in any CAFO Conference. Depending on the type of conference, certain terms below may not apply. “Attendee” for purposes of these Terms will include all participants at the Conference, including Exhibitors and Attendees. By participating in this Conference, you agree to these Terms so please read them carefully. These Terms include and incorporate by reference CAFO’s Privacy Policy.

This Conference is organized by CAFO, which reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to limit or deny access to any entity or individual. To be eligible to participate, you must be 18 years old or older.

Force Majeure

After the cancellation cutoff date, payments made are not refundable for any reason, including, but not limited to, failure to use conference attendance credentials due to illness or due to any event beyond the reasonable control of the parties, such as an act of God, a health epidemic, natural disaster, travel-related problems, an act of terrorism, or other unforeseeable circumstances beyond the control of the CAFO against which it would have been unreasonable for the CAFO to take precautions and which CAFO could not have avoided even using its best efforts. 

Substitution and Badge Policy

“No Shows” will be deemed a cancellation per the cancellation cutoff date in the Cancellation Policy listed above. Invitations that are part of a CAFO membership or invitational program are non-transferable and are not eligible for substitution.  Additional terms of your CAFO agreement may apply.  Please consult your CAFO representative with any questions.

Sharing of Attendee passes is not permitted at any time. Badges are issued to, can be picked up by, and used by only the Attendee named in the registration. Photo ID may be required for each Attendee when collecting a badge onsite. Badges must be worn at all times during the Conference.

A CAFO Conference badge allows an attendee entry to the overall Conference, but does not guarantee admission to every session, lounge, or meeting area. Admission is subject to venue capacity and other requirements.  For example, certain sessions may be restricted from vendor attendees.

Payment Terms

Submission of a registration online, by phone, or by email constitutes an official registration and intent to attend the Conference. Invoices are payable upon receipt.  Full payment must be received prior to the Conference in order to gain entry.

You agree that, in the unlikely event that CAFO cannot resolve your payment issue and you dispute the credit card charge, your electronic statement may be used as evidence that said charge is valid and just. If there are any issues with your credit card charge, please contact CAFO at link to: Send Email.

Before the Conference

Before Conferences with Exhibitors

To ensure all our attendees and exhibitors derive the greatest value from our Conferences, we may share a list of company names and job titles (but not name or contact details) of attendees with Exhibitors for their planning purposes before the conference. If you would prefer to opt-out of such sharing, please email link to: [email protected]. Please note that if you choose to have your attendee badge scanned by an Exhibitor at the conference, we will share your name and contact details with that Exhibitor as disclosed in the Badge Scanning section below.

At the Conference

Session Availability

CAFO Conference Registration allows entry to specific defined conferences based on package type but cannot guarantee admission to every session. Session admission is subject to venue capacity and other criteria (for example CAFO member status, etc.). Building an agenda on the CAFO Conference web site or mobile application does not guarantee access to these sessions.

Guest Speakers & Workshop Leaders

CAFO Guest Speakers & Workshops Leaders sessions are central to the success of CAFO Conferences. In order to provide our attendees with a global platform for the exchange of ideas and insights, we invite key figures from various industries to share their personal perspectives concerning challenges and opportunities. Guest speakers & Workshop Leaders are not employees of CAFO and CAFO neither pre-reviews nor comments on the content of our guest speakers sessions. Guest Speaker & Workshop Leaders views and opinions are entirely their own and in no way reflect the views and opinions of CAFO.

Use of Multimedia at the Conference

In order to comply with global data privacy laws, CAFO imposes certain restrictions on the use of multimedia at its Conferences (i.e., photography, video, audio, online streaming and all future mediums). Please note that CAFO imposes different photography/streaming/recording and social media rules for Exhibitors and Attendees at the Conference.

Exhibitors and Attendees

CAFO prohibits the use of cameras and mobile recording devices at all Conference sessions & workshops, any area posted prohibiting media, and on the Exhibit Floor during exhibit hours by Attendees and Exhibitors. CAFO hires professional service providers (photo/video/audio/streaming) to document and showcase the entire Conference experience.

For Exhibitors

When a company contracts with CAFO to exhibit at a Conference, they are representing CAFO. As such, we will allow them to photograph/stream/record their Conference experience and booth set-up, provided they comply with the sponsor agreement.

For Attendees

CAFO leverages social media to post real-time Conferences photos and videos to its Social media feeds, and display select submissions from those feeds on screens throughout the venue. Attendees are encouraged to capture their Conference experiences in the permitted areas of the Conference venue (excluding Conference sessions, workshops, and posted area prohibiting media) and post their own social content from the Conference (text, photos, audio, video, streaming), provided it does not defame other Conference attendees or Exhibitors or infringe on copyrighted CAFO branding and content. CAFO will determine in its sole discretion which posted content will be displayed on the screens at the Conference venue.

By attending the Conference, you acknowledge and agree as follows: (a) CAFO may edit and use the footage it captures at CAFO Conferences for marketing and promotional activities and for any other lawful purpose in the ordinary course of its business; and (b) Due to the prevalence of mobile recording devices in today’s world, CAFO disclaims all liability for the capture of your image by Attendees (who are not under sponsorship contracts with CAFO) in any multimedia format at the Conference.
Session Speakers and Workshop Leaders.

CAFO may use your image and other information related to you in promotional materials including video, audio, or print. You also permit the CAFO to record your entire workshop session and to broadcast and/or sell audio, video, transcripts, or derivative products thereof. Recordings of each workshop session will be available for sale on-site unless the presenter requests otherwise.

Exhibitor Functions

At times, CAFO may contact you on behalf of an Exhibitor to invite you to a function such as an exclusive lunch or dinner. To help Exhibitors plan for these functions, we share with them a list of attendee company names, job titles, and countries (but not name or contact details). You may opt-out of this sharing by emailing link to: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Send Email</a>. You will also have the opportunity to decline an invitation to attend such functions.

Conferences Services

CAFO provides tools and services that are designed to help attendees get the most value out of their Conference experience. These tools and services are designed to help attendees build a personal agenda, find and connect with others (ex: CAFO members, ministry leaders, conference attendees and exhibitors) before, during, and after the Conference. To ensure a positive experience is had by all, we require Attendees to adhere to the Conferences Code of Conduct (below).
Conference Navigator Website and Mobile Application.

When building your agenda and setting up your Conference experience within the Conference Navigator tools (which may not be available for all conferences), CAFO may evaluate the content you access and the choices you make to provide you with recommendations and ensure the most effective ongoing service and support. CAFO will not share this information with any third party without your prior written consent.

Attendee List and Messaging

As a Conferences Attendee you may be entitled to opt-in to services meant to help you find and connect with others (Attendees and Exhibitors) before, during, and after the conference. Certain features within the Conference are not available to vendors and service providers.

Other Attendees can view the profile information you supply, but will not have access to your personal email address, or any other contact information about you, unless you choose to explicitly provide it to them in your online posts, messages, meeting invitations, or some other vehicle of your choice.

Your usage of these features is bound by our Conferences Code of Conduct (below).

Push Notifications

When using the Conference Navigator Mobile Application, you are presented with the ability to allow CAFO to send you Conference notifications. These notifications may include alerts, sounds, and icon badges. CAFO utilizes these notifications to communicate upcoming conference features, changes in schedule, and important conference information.

These notification settings can be configured at any time within the settings section of your mobile device.

Presentation Materials

You may receive access to CAFO and third-party licensed content (“Presentation Materials”). CAFO is not liable for the information in the Presentation Materials. You may use these presentations as well as session audio/video recordings where available solely for your own internal, non-commercial purposes. Unauthorized distribution (via sales, copying, posting on intranet/internet) is expressly forbidden.
NOTE: Some of our Services are available on mobile devices. We encourage you to not to use such Services in a way that distracts you and prevents you from obeying traffic or safety laws.

Conferences Code of Conduct

The Conferences Code of Conduct outlines our expectations for all Attendees at a CAFO Conference and for those who utilize CAFO’s Conference Services. Conference organizers will enforce this Code and expect cooperation from all participants to help us promote a safe environment and a productive Conference experience for everyone.

Please do:

  • Maintain a respectful, considerate, and courteous attitude towards everyone you engage with online, at the conference, and the venue.
  • Secure your belongings and be mindful of your surroundings and of your fellow participants.
  • If there is a situation that looks concerning or could be dangerous, notify conference organizers in a prompt manner.
  • Provide clear, valuable, honest information.

When messaging or sending meeting invitations, please do not:

  • Demean, discriminate, abuse, harass, or threaten those who you engage with online, at the conference, and the venue
  • Spam conference participants
  • Post content that is obscene or otherwise objectionable
  • Use a CAFO Conference for commercial or advertising purposes. Conference organizers reserve the right to escort any individual from the conference who is reported to be soliciting and who is not a CAFO exhibitor at the conference.
  • Post copyrighted content without permission from the owner

Reporting Violations of this Policy

If you have been (or notice that someone else has been) impacted by someone failing to adhere to this Code of Conduct or have additional concerns, please contact a member of the CAFO Conferences Team onsite or by emailing link to: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Send Email</a>. In the event of an emergency situation, please contact local authorities immediately.

Consequences of Violating this Policy
Unacceptable behavior will not be tolerated at CAFO Conferences. Anyone engaged in unacceptable behavior may result in suspension of your usage of the Conferences Services and expulsion from the conference without warning or refund. This may also result in prohibition from registering or attending future conferences.

General

  1. Parties to the Agreement
    This Sponsor Participation Agreement is between SPONSOR and The Christian Alliance for Orphans, hereinafter referred to as “CAFO.”
  2. Contract
    The following provisions, plus the CAFO Sponsorship Form and Guidelines (https://summit.cafo.org/sponsor/) comprise a legally binding contract between Sponsor and CAFO relating to Sponsor’s participation in the CAFO SUMMIT Conference (“Event”). Sponsor and CAFO agree to observe and abide by the foregoing terms and conditions.

Sponsorship Terms

  1. Sponsorship Package
    Sponsor hereby agrees to remit payment for the selected sponsorship for the CAFO SUMMIT as defined on the Sponsor Form.
  2. Hospitality Events and Catering
    Any sponsored event, function, or meeting must be scheduled in advance through CAFO event management and must not conflict with the conference schedule.
  3. Company Logo and Information
    CAFO is hereby authorized by Sponsor to use Sponsor’s company logo, branding, and photographs taken by CAFO’s photographer(s) during the event for the purposes of CAFO conference publicity, related marketing material, and CAFO’s publications and websites.

    • Sponsorship participation is limited to any person engaged in a trade or business with respect to which there is no arrangement or expectation that such person will receive any substantial return benefit other than the use or acknowledgment of the name or logo (or product lines) of such person’s trade or business in connection with the activities of the organization that receives such payment. Such use or acknowledgment does not include advertising such person’s products or services (including messages containing qualitative or comparative language, price information, or other indications of savings or value, an endorsement, or an inducement to purchase, sell, or use such products or services).
    • Subject to the Sponsor complying with the provisions of this Agreement and any branding guidelines set out by CAFO or otherwise provided in writing to the Sponsor, CAFO hereby grants the Sponsor a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free, revocable, worldwide license to use the CAFO branding solely and strictly for the purpose of reasonably marketing its participation in the event.
    • Subject to CAFO complying with the provisions of this Agreement, the Sponsor hereby grants CAFO a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free, revocable, worldwide license, to use the Sponsor branding solely and strictly for the purpose of marketing its participation in the event.

Payment and Sponsor Cancellation Policies 

  1. Payment
    Once CAFO has been notified of Sponsor’s intent to purchase sponsorship, CAFO will send confirmation of participation and an invoice, requesting the Sponsor to pay the invoice in full by no later than 30 days following the invoice date. Sponsor agrees to pay the sponsorship fees.CAFO reserves the right to cancel any sponsorship for which an invoice remains unpaid for more than 30 days after the invoice date. No Sponsor will be listed as a Sponsor on the conference website until both a duly executed Sponsor Participation Agreement AND sponsorship payment have been received by CAFO.
  2. Cancellation by Sponsor
    Cancellations must be received in writing by CAFO and may be emailed to [email protected]. The date upon which the notice of cancellation is postmarked shall apply as the official date of cancellation. CAFO shall promptly acknowledge all notices of cancellation by email. In consideration of expenses incurred by CAFO and CAFO’s lost or deferred opportunity to provide sponsorship to others, CAFO will adhere to the following refund schedule:

    • Sponsorships for attendee collateral (e.g. conference bags, notepads, etc.) and are non- refundable.
    • If the Sponsor cancels its sponsorship 3-months before the event, the Sponsor will forfeit 25% of the total price of the canceled sponsorship package.
    • If the Sponsor cancels its sponsorship 2-months before the event, Sponsor will forfeit 50% of the total price of the canceled sponsorship package.
    • If the Sponsor cancels its sponsorship 1 months or closer to the event, the Sponsor will forfeit 100% of the total price of the canceled sponsorship package. No refunds will be processed.
    • If the Sponsor cancels with an outstanding balance due, the Sponsor remains responsible for the entire balance due. Sponsor will not be permitted to participate in future CAFO events until all outstanding balances are collected.

CAFO Sponsorship Form

  1. The Sponsor warrants, represents and undertakes that it shall provide comprehensive and complete details on the CAFO Sponsorship Form of the intended purpose of the sponsorship and all displays, which it intends to use at the event.
  2. The Contract Form and these terms and conditions shall form the entire agreement between the parties. Each party confirms that it has not relied on any prior representations or negotiations in entering into this Agreement.
  3. In the event of conflict between the various documents forming this Agreement between the parties then following order of priority shall apply:
    • these terms and conditions; followed by
    • the CAFO Sponsorship Form.

Exhibit Allocation

For those sponsorships including Exhibit space, the following terms shall apply:

  1. The Exhibit space is offered to the Sponsor on a non-exclusive basis in accordance with this Agreement. The term shall be for the duration of the event (and for such reasonable time spent in promptly removing any displays and marketing material from the Exhibit space after the event has concluded.
  2. Sponsor is not permitted to share or assign the Exhibit space allocated to it, either wholly or in part without the prior written consent of CAFO.
  3. CAFO reserves the rights to determine, and if it deems necessary, alter at its sole discretion:
    • the location and/or size of the venue;
    • the opening hours for the event;
    • the term or duration of the event;
    • the date or dates on which the event is to be held;
    • the Exhibit space allocated to the event and its location;
    • the layout of the event generally;
    • the entrances and exits to and from the event; and
      any and all other technical or administrative details in respect of the event.CAFO will use reasonable endeavors to notify the Sponsor of any changes or alterations to the Exhibit space, its location or the event as a whole, which materially and detrimentally impact on the Sponsor’s rights under this Agreement. The Sponsor acknowledges and agrees that such changes and alterations may be required to be made by CAFO to benefit and safeguard the value of the event as a whole, to the potential detriment of any individual Sponsor(s). In the unlikely event that any material changes or alterations are detrimental to the Sponsor, the Sponsor further acknowledges and agrees that CAFO may at its discretion and without obligation apply a pro rata reduction to the fees or part of them to compensate the Sponsor for any material detriment so offered and that this shall be the Sponsor’s sole remedy in this regard.
  4. The Sponsor shall surrender any occupied Exhibit or other sponsorship designed space in its original condition. Sponsor shall indemnify and keep indemnified CAFO for any damage caused by the Sponsor, its employees, agents or contractors to the venue and/or to the Exhibit space occupied by the Sponsor, or any possessions or property of other Sponsors.

General Terms and Conditions:

  1. Confidentiality. Each party agrees to hold in strict confidence, during and for three years after the term of this Agreement, all information, material, and data that have been disclosed one to the other during the term of this Agreement and are marked
    “Confidential,” including the terms of this Agreement. Each party agrees that it will not use any such confidential information of the other party for any purpose not directly associated with the its obligations hereunder, without prior approval from the other party; provided, however, that each party may disclose such information without prior approval if the receiving party is able to prove it was already in its possession at the date it was received or obtained or which the receiving party obtains from some other person with good legal title to the same or which is independently developed by or for the receiving party; or

    1. which comes into the public domain otherwise than through the default or negligence of the receiving party; or
    2. which the receiving party is required to disclose by law or applicable regulatory authority.In all cases each party shall inform the other party immediately upon becoming aware or suspecting that an unauthorized person has become aware of Confidential Information, or that an unauthorized disclosure of Confidential Information has been made.

      Each party shall ensure that its personnel, sub-contractors and agents who have, or may have, access to the Confidential Information are bound by an undertaking in substantially the same terms as this clause.

      The provisions of this clause shall continue in force notwithstanding termination or expiry of this Agreement

  2. Indemnification. Sponsor hereby agrees to defend, indemnify, hold harmless, and release CAFO, any co-sponsor, exhibitor, venue provider, and/or any of their directors, officers, and employees from and against all claims, actions, causes of action, or liabilities, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or resulting from any act undertaken or committed by Sponsor pursuant to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement.
  3. Relationship of the Parties. The parties to this Agreement are not joint venturers, partners, agents, nor representatives of each other, and such parties have no legal relationship other than as contracting parties to this Agreement. Neither party shall have the right or authority to, nor shall either party attempt to enter into any contract, commitment or agreement or incur any debt or liability of any nature, in the name, or on behalf, of the other party.
  4. Assignment. Neither party may assign, directly or indirectly, by operation of law, change of control or otherwise, this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder, without the prior written consent of the other party. Any attempt to assign this Agreement in contravention of this section shall be void and of no force and effect.
  5. Force Majeure. CAFO shall be relieved of its obligations under this Agreement in the event that the holding of the event by CAFO, the performance by CAFO of any of its material obligations under this Agreement and/or the attendance at the event by the Sponsors and/or any other sponsor and/or any delegates is impossible, or substantially or materially interfered with, due to any cause or causes beyond the reasonable control of CAFO or the providers of the venue including, without limitation, any of the following: act of God, governmental act, war, fire, flood, explosion, civil commotion, armed hostilities, act of terrorism, revolution, blockade, embargo, strike, lock-out, sit-in, industrial or trade dispute, adverse weather, disease, communicable diseases, risk to public health, accident to or breakdown of plant or machinery, shortage of any material, labor, transport, electricity or other supply, regulatory intervention, general advice or recommendation of any government (including any government agency or department), regulatory authority or international agency against travel, exhibitions and/or public gatherings, or the venue becomes unavailable and/or unfit for occupancy and/or use (“force majeure”).In the event of force majeure, CAFO may cancel, postpone or bring forward the event or change the venue or otherwise alter the event. Sponsor will remain responsible for payment under force majeure.
  6. Arbitration. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the parties’ decision to enter into this Agreement or the breach thereof, shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The arbitration shall be held in Texas, and the arbitrators shall apply the substantive law of Texas except that the interpretation and enforcement of this arbitration provision shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act. The arbitrators shall not award either party punitive damages and the parties shall be deemed to have waived any right to such damages.
  7. Severability. In the event that any portion of this Agreement is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable under any applicable law, such provision will be fully severable and the Agreement will be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of the Agreement, and the remaining provisions of the Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or its severance from the Agreement.
  8. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the CAFO Sponsorship Form, supersedes any prior understandings or oral agreements between the parties regarding the subject matter hereof and constitutes the entire understanding and agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
  9. Authority. The parties to this Agreement hereby warrant that they have read and agree to the terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement and have full power and authority to sign for and bind their respective organizations.

Please confirm your acceptance of and agreement to the above terms, by agreeing to these terms and conditions on the CAFO Sponsorship Form. We thank you for the opportunity to support the CAFO Summit and the growth of this movement.

Last updated, July 17, 2023

Thank you for being part of the Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO) community. To ensure the best possible experience for all members, we have established some basic guidelines for participation.

By joining and using this community, you agree that you have read and will follow these rules and guidelines. You also agree to reserve discussions and shared files and content to that best suited to the medium. Questions should be directed to the Contact Us link on this site.

Please take a moment to acquaint yourself with these important guidelines. If you have questions, please use the Contact Us link on this site. In order to preserve an environment that encourages both civil and fruitful dialogue, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate participation in this community for anyone who violates these rules.

These Community Guidelines should not only help you understand how to act within the community but also help you understand what to expect from others in this space.

We have one main guideline: Honor Others 

In order to maintain a welcoming environment for every participant, please engage with others in a thoughtful and respectful manner.

Our Community Guidelines define a set of norms and common code of conduct for CAFO; they provide guidance on what is and is not allowed to make a welcoming space for everyone.

Our Community Guidelines apply to everyone and to everything on CAFO. We proactively enforce them using a mix of technology and human moderation before content gets reported to us. We also encourage our members to report any content they believe violates our Community Guidelines to link to: [email protected].

We will remove any content – including video, audio, livestream, images, comments, and text – that violates our Community Guidelines. Individuals are notified of our decisions and can appeal if they believe no violation has occurred. We will suspend or ban accounts and/or devices that are involved in severe or repeated violations; we will consider information available on other platforms and offline in these decisions. When warranted, we will report the accounts to relevant legal authorities.

We recognize that some content that would normally be removed per our Community Guidelines could be in the public or educational interest. Therefore, we may allow exceptions under certain circumstances, such as educational, documentary, scientific, or artistic content, and content in the public interest that is newsworthy or otherwise enables individual expression on topics of social importance.

In consultation with relevant stakeholders, we update our Community Guidelines from time to time to evolve alongside new behaviors and risks.

The Rules

  • Respect others. Focus on the content of posts and not on the people making them. Please extend the benefit of the doubt to newer guests and members. (Matthew 7:12 )
  • Respect the purpose of the community. Do not use the community to share products or services that you provide. If you’ve found a product or service helpful, please share your experience with the group in a respectful way. (I Corinthians 12:4-7)
  • Use caution when with any postings. Information posted is available for all to see, and comments are subject to libel, slander, and antitrust laws. (Mathew 12:36)
  • All defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal materials are strictly prohibited. Do not post anything that you would not want the world to see or that you would not want anyone to know came from you. (Ephesians 4:31)
  • Respect intellectual property. Post content that you have personally created or have permission to use and have properly attributed to the content creator. (Romans 12:13 )
  • When posting items in our collaborative environment, please indicate if the item is not available for reuse. It’s also advisable to contact the owner of any material if you would like to reuse it. (Romans 13:7)

The Legal Stuff

This site is provided as a service for the members of the Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO). CAFO is not responsible for the opinions and information posted on this site by others. We disclaim all warranties with regard to information posted on this site, whether posted by CAFO or any third party; this disclaimer includes all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness. In no event shall CAFO be liable for any special, indirect, or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data, or profits, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of any information posted on this site.
Do not post any defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal materials. Do not post any information or other material protected by copyright without the permission of the copyright owner. By posting material, the posting party warrants and represents that he or she owns the copyright with respect to such material or has received permission from the copyright owner. In addition, the posting party grants CAFO and users of this site the nonexclusive right and license to display, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, print, and use such information or other material.

Messages should not be posted if they encourage or facilitate members to arrive at any agreement that either expressly or impliedly leads to price fixing, a boycott of another's business, or other conduct intended to illegally restrict free trade. Messages that encourage or facilitate an agreement about the following subjects are inappropriate: prices, discounts, or terms or conditions of sale; salaries; profits, profit margins, or cost data; market shares, sales territories, or markets; allocation of customers or territories; or selection, rejection, or termination of customers or suppliers.

CAFO does not actively monitor the site for inappropriate postings and does not on its own undertake editorial control of postings. However, in the event that any inappropriate posting is brought to the attention of CAFO we will take all appropriate action.

CAFO reserves the right to terminate access to any user who does not abide by these guidelines.

Illegal activities and regulated goods

We work to ensure CAFO does not enable activities that violate laws or regulations. We prohibit the trade, sale, promotion, and use of certain regulated goods, as well as the depiction, promotion, or facilitation of criminal activities, including human exploitation. Content may be removed if it relates to activities or goods that are regulated or illegal in the majority of the region or world, even if the activities or goods in question are legal in the jurisdiction of posting.

Criminal activities

Criminal activities cover a wide spectrum of acts punishable by law, including theft, assault, human exploitation, counterfeiting, and other harmful behavior. To prevent such behavior from being normalized, imitated, or facilitated, we remove content that promotes or enables criminal activities.

Do not post, upload, stream, or share:

  • Content that depicts or promotes acts of physical harm, such as assault or kidnapping
  • Content that risks the safety of others, including swatting
  • Content that depicts or promotes human exploitation, including human smuggling, bonded labor, domestic servitude, sex trafficking, or prostitution
  • Content that depicts or promotes the poaching or illegal trade of wildlife
  • Content that offers the purchase, sale, trade, or solicitation of unlawfully acquired or counterfeit goods
  • Content that provides instructions on how to conduct criminal activities

Weapons

We do not allow the depiction, promotion, or trade of firearms, ammunition, firearm accessories, or explosive weapons. We also prohibit instructions on how to manufacture those weapons. Content as part of a museum’s collection, carried by a police officer, in a military parade, or used in a safe and controlled environment such as a shooting range may be allowed.

Do not post, upload, stream, or share:

  • Content that displays firearms, firearm accessories, ammunition, or explosive weapons
  • Content that offers the purchase, sale, trade, or solicitation of firearms, accessories, ammunition, explosive weapons, or instructions on how to manufacture them

Drugs, controlled substances, alcohol, and tobacco

We do not allow the depiction, promotion, or trade of drugs or other controlled substances. The trade of tobacco and alcohol products is also prohibited on the platform.

Do not post, upload, stream, or share:

  • Content that depicts or promotes drugs, drug consumption, or encourages others to make, use, or trade drugs or other controlled substances
  • Content that offers the purchase, sale, trade, or solicitation of drugs or other controlled substances, alcohol or tobacco products (including vaping products)
  • Content that provides information on how to buy illegal or controlled substances
  • Content that depicts or promotes the making of illicit alcohol products
  • Content that depicts or promotes the misuse of legal substances

Frauds and scams

We do not permit anyone to exploit our platform to take advantage of the trust of users and bring about financial or personal harm. We remove content that deceives people in order to gain an unlawful financial or personal advantage, including schemes to defraud individuals or steal assets.

Do not post, upload, stream, or share:

  • Content that depicts or promotes phishing
  • Content that depicts or promotes Ponzi, multi-level marketing, or pyramid schemes
  • Content that depicts or promotes investment schemes with promise of high returns, fixed betting, or any other types of scams

Gambling

We do not allow content promoting gambling services, or that could be perceived as advertising for casinos, sports betting, or any other commercial gambling activity.

Do not post, upload, stream, or share:

  • Content that promotes casinos, sports betting, poker, lotteries, gambling-related software and apps, or other gambling services

Privacy, personal data, and personally identifiable information (PII)

We do not allow content that violates the confidentiality of personal data or personally identifiable information (e.g., social security information). We remove content that depicts personal data or personally identifiable information (PII) from the platform.

Do not post, upload, stream, or share:

    • Content that contains personal data or personally identifiable information (PII)

Violent and graphic content

We do not allow content that is gratuitously shocking, graphic, sadistic, or gruesome or that promotes, normalizes, or glorifies extreme violence or suffering on our platform. When there is a threat to public safety, we suspend or ban the account and, when warranted, we will report it to relevant legal authorities.

Do not post, upload, stream, or share:

  • Content of humans that depicts:
    • violent or graphic deaths or accidents
    • dismembered, mutilated, charred, or burned human remains
    • gore in which an open wound or injury is the core focus
    • real-world physical violence, fighting, or torture
  • Content of animals that depicts:
      • the slaughter or other non-natural death of animals
      • dismembered, mutilated, charred, or burned animal remains
      • animal cruelty and gore

Adult content

We do not allow nudity, pornography, or sexual content on our platform.

Minor safety

We are deeply committed to ensuring the safety of minors on our platform. We do not tolerate activities that perpetuate the abuse, harm, endangerment, or exploitation of minors on CAFO. Any content that depicts abuse, exploitation, or nudity of minors is a violation on our platform and will be removed when detected. When warranted, we report violative content to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and/or other relevant legal authorities. CAFO considers a minor any person under the age of 18.

Users must meet the minimum age requirements to use CAFO, as stipulated in our Terms of Service.

Integrity and authenticity

We do not allow activities that may undermine the integrity of our platform or the authenticity of our users. We remove content or accounts that involve spam or fake engagement, impersonation, misleading information that causes harm, or that violate any intellectual property rights.

Impersonation

We do not allow accounts that pose as another person or entity in a deceptive manner. When we confirm a report of impersonation, we will suspend or ban the account.

Do not:

  • Pose as another person or entity by using someone else’s name, contact details, or other information in a misleading manner

Intellectual property violations

Copyright is a legal right that protects original works of authorship (e.g., music, videos) and original expression of an idea (e.g., the specific way a video or music is expressed or created), although does not protect underlying ideas or facts. A trademark is a word, symbol, slogan, design that identifies and distinguishes the source of a product or service. Content that infringes someone else’s intellectual property rights is prohibited on our platform and will be removed if we become aware of it.

Do not post, upload, stream, or share:

  • Content that violates or infringes someone else’s copyrights, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights

Platform security

Our policies prohibit any activities that undermine the security and reliability of the CAFO service:

  • Do not hack the CAFO website, app, or associated partner platforms, or bypass its measures to restrict user access
  • Do not distribute files that contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other materials that are malicious or harmful
  • Do not modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, or create any derivative products based on CAFO, including any files, tables or documentation, nor attempt to regenerate any source code, algorithms, methods, or techniques embodied in CAFO
  • Do not use automated scripts to collect information from CAFO

Thank you for being a part of our community and honoring each other. If you come across content or accounts that you believe may violate our Community Guidelines, please let us know at link to: [email protected] so we can review and take appropriate action.

CAFO More Than Enough Data Exchange Terms of Use

last updated: August 1, 2023

The Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO) has created the More Than Enough (MTE) Data Dashboard and Exchange (the “Dashboard”) in support of CAFO’s efforts to benefit the interests and well-being of children in foster care and other out-of-home placements in an effort to create more than enough foster and kinship families for every child to have an ideal placement, adoptive families for every child waiting for adoption, help for biological families trying to stabilize and reunify, and wrap-around support from churches for foster, adoptive, and biological families (the “Purpose”). The Dashboard compiles county and other regional U.S. data pertaining to those involved in foster care for the use of CAFO’s website at cafo.org and the More Than Enough website at MoreThanEnoughTogether.org as well as embedded into third party websites.

Use of the Dashboard is governed by these terms of use (these “ToU”) as well as our general site Terms of Use found here (our “General Terms of Use”), which should be read in conjunction with these ToU. You agree to be bound by the General Terms of Use and these ToU when you access, embed, or otherwise use the Dashboard, including data and information obtained from the Dashboard (“Data”). We reserve the right to modify these ToU at any time without notice and your continued use of the Dashboard following such modifications constitutes your agreement to the ToU as modified. In the event of a conflict between these ToU and our General Terms of Use, these ToU will prevail as to the conflict.

  • Licensed Use. Subject to these ToU, CAFO grants to you the royalty-free, worldwide, non-exclusive right to use and, through use of the embed feature, distribute and display the Dashboard and its data for the Purpose or for academic, research, or journalistic purposes that do not conflict with the Purpose.
  • Retained Rights. CAFO owns the Dashboard and all intellectual property rights in the Dashboard and reserves all rights in the Dashboard not specifically granted hereunder.
  • Restrictions on Use. You will not sell, rent, or lease the Dashboard or the Data or otherwise use the Dashboard for any purpose or in any manner other than as is expressly permitted by these ToU. You will not use the Dashboard for or in conjunction with the promotion of a commercial enterprise, product, or service, or in any way that indicates or implies that CAFO endorses any specific organization, product, or service. You shall not knowingly or with reckless disregard, use the Dashboard in a manner that is false or misleading, illegal, or reasonably likely to cause harm or be in conflict with the Purpose. You shall not modify the Dashboard, including the embed feature (outside its normal functions as made available by CAFO). Without our prior written permission, use of any Web browsers (other than generally available third-party browsers), engines, software, spiders, robots, avatars, agents, tools, or other devices or mechanisms to navigate, search or analyze the Dashboard or the Data is strictly prohibited.
  • Disclaimer; No Warranties; Additional Terms. You acknowledge that the Data is compiled by the Dashboard from various third-party sources. CAFO disclaims all warranties express and implied regarding the Dashboard and the Data, including its accuracy, completeness, non-infringement, and timeliness. You will be solely responsible for your use of the Data and you should not rely on the Data for any purposes where its accuracy is of material importance. In no event will CAFO be liable for your use of the Dashboard or the Data. The Data and its use may be subject to additional terms and conditions of use of its source. You should consult with us or the source of the Data if you would like to understand any such source terms and conditions or you have other questions about the Data. You acknowledge that, in certain instances, the Dashboard must compile and make other estimates of source Data in order to display Data according to the search parameters of the Dashboard. Use of the Dashboard and the Data is at your sole risk.
    • Data is not displayed in the raw form that it is received. To make data received from communities across the US actionable, we have partnered with foster care leaders across the US to develop formulas to estimate goals (i.e. number of families needed, etc.) for communities. These targets are approximations.
  • Modification/discontinuation of the Dashboard and Data. CAFO reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, provision of the Dashboard, including the embed feature, and the Data with or without prior notice to you.
  • Your Indemnification of CAFO. You agree to indemnify CAFO for, and hold CAFO harmless against, any claims and liabilities, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, arising from your use of the Dashboard or the Data or your breach of these ToU.
  • Termination. CAFO reserves the right to terminate this Agreement and the license and rights granted hereunder, at any time with or without notice to you, for any or no reason without incurring any liability whatsoever to you or others. Furthermore, the license and the rights granted under this Agreement will terminate automatically upon any breach by you of these ToU.
  • Entire Agreement. These ToU (including the General Terms of Use) constitute the entire agreement between you and CAFO with respect to its subject matter. CAFO is not bound by any additional terms that may appear in any communication from you. Any amendment of these ToU will be subject to CAFO’s written agreement, it being agreed that CAFO may amend these ToU from time to time at its sole discretion.

Headings. Paragraph headings in these ToU are for reference only.

Stay connected with news and stories of impact in your inbox

English