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What the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) May Do in Response to an Incident Report
ADL will evaluate your incident report and determine whether further action by ADL is appropriate. ADL makes no promises or guarantees regarding whether ADL will take any action in your matter, or regarding the outcome of your matter.
ADL may take the following action(s) with respect to your report:
- Gather facts and data surrounding the report.
- Contact the entity (or, in rare circumstances, person) against whom the report was made to discuss the incident, and engage in informal advocacy.
- Provide informational resources regarding topics such as antisemitism, extremism, and online hate.
What ADL Does Not Do in Response to an Incident Report
ADL cannot take the following action(s) with respect to your incident report:
- ADL will not assert claims for monetary damages or restitution on your behalf.
- ADL will not act as your legal representative or provide you with legal advice.
Any expression regarding the strength of your claim and ADL’s evaluation are matters of opinion only.
No Professional Advice or Attorney-Client Relationship
The resources that ADL makes available to you cannot replace or substitute for the services of trained professionals in any field, including medical or mental healthcare, legal, or law enforcement. Our incident response services are not intended for anyone in need of immediate medical or mental healthcare services or in the case of a life-threatening emergency.
YOUR USE OF ADL’S INCIDENT RESPONSE SERVICES DOES NOT CONSTITUTE MENTAL HEALTHCARE OR TREATMENT AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A THERAPIST-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP OR ANY SIMILAR PRIVILEGED RELATIONSHIP. ADL'S INCIDENT RESPONSE SERVICES ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL HEALTHCARE, MENTAL HEALTHCARE TREATMENT, PSYCHIATRIC CARE, OR THERAPY OF ANY KIND. ADDITIONALLY, the reporting of an incident and ADL’s response to such report does not form an attorney-client relationship between you and ADL. ADL recommends you contact an attorney to represent you in any legal matter.
Rules of Use
You agree to use these incident response services only for lawful and legitimate purposes, in accordance with this Acknowledgement and Release, subject to the following rules:
- Users should not report incidents, or any information or details, that they know or believe to be false.
- Users should not impersonate or attempt to impersonate another person, organization, or governmental entity.
- Users should not attempt to interfere with the proper working of these incident response services.
- Users should not use incident response services in any way that violates the law.
- If a user has already engaged an attorney, or engages an attorney at any point while the user’s report with ADL is still open, the user agrees to inform ADL.
- Users should not submit any financial, heath, or other sensitive information through this form.
ADL reserves 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 these Services
You assume all risk for your use of these incident response services. Neither ADL, nor any of ADL’s or its related entities’ directors, employees, volunteers, or agents (“ADL Parties”) 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 ADL's incident response work.
Disclosure of Your Information
ADL may disclose personally identifiable information we collect from you as part of your use of our incident response services 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, our affiliates, officers, directors, employees, volunteers, representatives, other related parties, or the individuals we serve; (iii) to enforce the terms of this Acknowledgement and Release; (iv) to our partner organization(s) through which (or whose website through which) you reported the incident; or (v) to properly respond to and address the incident reported. We may also disclose personally identifiable information we collect from you to third parties in other circumstances where you give your permission verbally, in writing, or otherwise, including if you have given your permission by checking a box in this form.
Waiver & Release
I have read and acknowledge the foregoing, and I further acknowledge that the activities of the ADL Parties are advisory only, and that since ADL is not acting as my legal counsel, any information I share with ADL is not privileged by any attorney/client relationship.
It is my further understanding that, regardless of the activities of the ADL Parties, 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 and Release, the Incident Report Form, and any actions by the ADL Parties 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 Parties be responsible for any liability, loss, or damage which I may suffer, caused by the ADL Parties, or any third party, including our partners, resulting from the ADL Parties’ involvement in my claim. By my signature below, I and my successors, transferees, assigns and related entities, hereby release the ADL Parties 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 Parties' acts and/or omissions arising out of or relating to the complaint.
Under no circumstances, including breach of contract, tort, or negligence, will the ADL Parties be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, punitive, exemplary, or consequential damages (including lost data) that may result from, arise out of, or relate to my use of, or the inability to use, ADL’s incident response services, including but not limited to any materials provided by the ADL Parties in the rendering of such services.