Acknowledgment and Release

WHAT THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE (ADL) AND THE B’NAI BRITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION (BBYO) MAY DO

The role of ADL and/or the BBYO is limited. ADL and/or BBYO will evaluate your complaint and determine whether further action by the ADL and/or BBYO is appropriate. The ADL and/or BBYO may take the following action with respect to your complaint:

1. Act in an investigatory capacity to gather facts and data surrounding the complaint.

2. Contact the person or entity against whom the complaint was made.

3. Provide informational resources regarding antisemitism, bigotry, democratic ideals, and civil rights.

4. Offer anti-bias programming.

WHAT THE ADL AND/OR BBYO DOES NOT DO

ADL and/or BBYO cannot take the following action with respect to your complaint:

1. Assert claims for monetary damages or restitution on your behalf.

2. Act as your legal representative or provide you with legal advice.

3. Provide mental healthcare, therapy, or medical treatment of any kind.

NO PROFESSIONAL ADVICE

The resources that ADL and/or BBYO may make available to you cannot replace or substitute for the services of trained professionals in any field, including medical or legal matters. Our incident response services are not intended for anyone in need of immediate medical services or in the case of a life-threatening emergency. In addition, any expression regarding the strength of your claim and the ADL and/or BBYO’s evaluation are matters of opinion only. ADL and BBYO strongly recommend you contact an attorney familiar with civil rights matters in connection with any discrimination complaint. ADL and BBYO make no promises or guarantees as to the outcome of your complaint.

YOUR USE OF OUR INCIDENT RESPONSE SERVICES DOES NOT CONSTITUTE MENTAL HEALTHCARE OR TREATMENT AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A THERAPIST-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP OR ANY SIMILAR PRIVILEGED RELATIONSHIP. OUR SERVICES ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL HEALTHCARE, MENTAL HEALTHCARE TREATMENT, PSYCHIATRIC CARE, OR THERAPY OF ANY KIND. We do not assume any liability for any direct, indirect, consequential, special, exemplary, or other damages that may result from your use of our services, including economic loss, injury, illness, or death.

RULES OF USE

You agree to use these incident response services only for lawful and legitimate purposes, in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, subject to the following rules:

1. DO NOT report incidents to us that you know to be false.

2. DO NOT impersonate or attempt to impersonate another person.

3. DO NOT attempt to interfere with the proper working of these incident response services.

4. DO NOT use our incident response services in any way that violates the law.

IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF IMMEDIATE MEDICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, please do not use our services and seek help right away.

ADL and BBYO reserve the right to terminate your access to these incident response services at any time, for any reason, including for violating any of the rules above or any other term.

RISK OF USING THE SERVICES

You assume all risk for your use of these incident response services. Neither ADL, BBYO nor any of our employees, volunteers, or agents will be or is responsible for any decisions, or results of the decisions that you make while, as a result of, or after contacting us. This includes whether you choose to seek professional care, legal advice, or law enforcement assistance based on the information provided through our incident response work.

PRIVACY OF YOUR INFORMATION

We may disclose personally identifiable information we collect from you to third parties if we believe disclosure is necessary: (i) to comply with the law, including in response to a subpoena, court order, government request, or other legal process; (ii) to protect the interests, rights, safety, or property of ADL or BBYO, our affiliates, officers, directors, employees, volunteers, representatives, other related parties, or the individuals we serve; (iii) to enforce our Terms (including this Privacy Policy); or (iv) to address fraud, security (physical or cybersecurity), or technical issues.

WAIVER

I have read and acknowledge the foregoing and I further acknowledge that the activities of the ADL, BBYO, and its past and present members, officers, directors, agents, employees, representatives, and related entities thereof, are advisory only, and that the ADL and BBYO are not acting as my legal counsel in this matter. Any information I share with ADL and/or BBYO may be shared with a prospective lawyer and is not privileged by any attorney/client relationship.

It is my further understanding that, regardless of the activities of the ADL and/or BBYO, a Statute of Limitations may exist requiring that I initiate legal action by a specified date to preserve my legal rights, and that this Acknowledgment, the Discrimination Complaint Form, and any actions by the ADL and/or BBYO do not constitute such legal action. I understand that it is solely my responsibility to ensure that legal action is initiated prior to the expiration of any applicable Statutes of Limitations.

I further agree that under no circumstances shall the ADL and/or BBYO, be responsible for any liability, loss, or damage which I may suffer, caused by the ADL and/or BBYO, or any third party, resulting from the ADL’s and/or BBYO’s involvement in my claim. By my signature below, I and my successors, transferees, assigns and related entities, hereby release the ADL and/or BBYO from any and all claims, demands, causes of action, actions, rights, liabilities, contract obligations, damages, attorney’s fees, costs, torts, suits, debts, sums of money, accountings, reckonings, bills, covenants, controversies, agreements, promises, at law or in equity or otherwise, whether direct or indirect, known or unknown, which I and my successors, transferees, assigns and related entities now own or hold, or have at any time heretofore owned or held, now or hereafter acquired, which are related in any way, directly or indirectly, to the ADL’s and/or BBYO’s acts and/or omissions arising out of or relating to the complaint.

Under no circumstances, including breach of contract, tort, or negligence, will ADL, BBYO, or any of its employees, volunteers, representatives, or agents be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, punitive, exemplary, or consequential damages (including lost data) that result from, arise out of, or relate to my use of, or the inability to use, materials on this website, and any other services or materials provided by ADL and/or BBYO hereunder, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.