Terms of Use/Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
Published or Commercial Work
Unless otherwise noted, all content in the Densho Resource Guide is offered for use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Unported License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). For more information, see Using and Citing Articles.
Some content is the property of third-party owners. Densho is using these materials either by prior arrangement with rights-holders or under the auspices of fair-use doctrine. If you are a rights-holder who believes that your materials are being used improperly, please contact Densho.
Warranties
DENSHO DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION: THAT THE WEBSITE RESOURCEGUIDE.DENSHO.ORG WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED; THAT THIS SITE, INCLUDING THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE, IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE MATERIAL ON THE SITE; OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, SUITABILITY, QUALITY, OR OPERATION OF ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, OR SERVICE PROVIDED ON OR ACCESSIBLE FROM THE SITE.
THE WEBSITE RESOURCEGUIDE.DENSHO.ORG AND ALL INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND CONTENT INCLUDED OR ACCESSIBLE FROM THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND (EXPRESS, IMPLIED AND STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT AND THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE), ALL OF WHICH DENSHO DISCLAIMS TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. YOUR USE OF RESOURCEGUIDE.DENSHO.ORG IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
Limits of Liability
In no event shall Densho be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, punitive or consequential damages arising out of or related to the use, inability to use, authorized use, performance or nonperformance of this site, even if Densho was previously advised of the possibility of such damages and regardless of whether such damages arise in contract, tort, under statute, in equity, at law or otherwise.
Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to Densho. Our Privacy Policy is your assurance of our commitment. The resourceguide.densho.org website is owned and operated by Densho, a Washington State not-for-profit corporation. Our address is:
Densho
1416 South Jackson St.
Seattle, WA 98144
US
Densho welcomes comments or questions about its Privacy Policy. Please feel free to contact us.
What Personal Information is Collected
Personal Information includes, but is not limited to, usage data, along with the name, telephone number, address, and e-mail address. Densho collects information from our users at several different points on our website:
Cookies, Tracking Codes and Web Traffic AnalysisA cookie is a small packet of information that Densho puts on your computer's hard drive whenever a user visits our website. Tracking codes are small pieces of computer code that are passed to your web browser when it requests pages from our website. For each visitor to our website, this allows our servers to automatically recognize the following:
- Your IP address which may imply your geographic location
- How you were referred to the website
- The pages you have viewed, how long you spent on the website and when you visited
- Browser type and capabilities (e.g., "Firefox")
- Platform dependant information (e.g., "MacOS 10.13")
Densho uses Google Analytics to analyze traffic to this website. This analytic service does not create individual profiles for visitors; it collects only aggregate data. For information about Google Analytics, click here. Densho also uses AddThis to collect and display statistics about how content is shared by users. For information about AddThis, click here.
In addition, Densho may examine and analyze technical logs created by the servers that operate the website. These logs may contain data similar to that described above.
How the Information is Used
Cookies and tracking codes are used to monitor the traffic on our website so we can determine how content is used and navigated, improve the user experience, and address technical issues with service capacity and availability.
Comments are used to revise, correct, update, and evaluate the content of our website.
With Whom Do We Share the Information
Densho does not sell, rent, swap or otherwise disclose any Personal Information to third parties. If Densho is required to disclose information collected from our users in response to any legal process issued by a court, Densho will comply with the legal process after giving notice to any users affected by it unless a court order prohibits such notice.
Notice and Takedown Policy
Densho provides open, free access to the digital collections found here in good faith. Although we employ policies and processes intended to prevent the display of materials that infringe on an individual's privacy or are in violation of copyright law, we recognize that mistakes may happen.
If you find materials that should not be publicly available for these reasons, please contact us to request removal by emailing our Collections team ([email protected]) or by mail at:
In the request, please include:
- Your contact information
- The reason for the removal request (personally identifiable information, intellectual property infringement, etc.)
- Sufficient information for our staff to locate the materials, including url of the article page, and where available, the identifier (the unique code associated with each item -- e.g., "ddr-densho-1-345")
Upon receipt of valid complaints, Densho staff will respond within seven (7) business days and temporarily remove the material if requested pending resolution.