PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF USE ("TERMS") CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE. BY ACCESSING OR USING SANTA BARBARA COUNTY'S ("COUNTY") WEBSITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ALL SUBPAGES, SUBDOMAINS AND RELATED DOMAINS, YOU AGREE, WITHOUT LIMITATION OR QUALIFICATION, TO THESE TERMS.
The materials and information contained on or obtained from this website, are distributed and transmitted "as is" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation, warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Information contained on this website, including information obtained from external links thereon, is provided without any representation of any kind as to accuracy or content and should be verified by the user. The County of Santa Barbara is not responsible for any special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages that may arise from the use of, or the inability to use, the website and/or the materials contained on the site whether the materials contained on the website are provided by the County of Santa Barbara or a third party
You agree to access and use SBCountyBreakingBarriers.com only for lawful purposes. You are solely responsible for the knowledge of and adherence to any and all laws, statutes, rules and regulations pertaining to your use of SBCountyBreakingBarriers.com. By accessing SBCountyBreakingBarriers.com and related websites, you agree that you will not:
use SBCountyBreakingBarriers.com in a way to give rise to civil liability or encourage others to engage in any conduct which would give rise to civil liability;
You agree and understand that you are responsible for maintaining the security and confidentiality of passwords associated with any account you use on County websites. Accordingly, you agree that you will be solely responsible to the County for all activities that occur under your account.
In order to use certain aspects of SBCountyBreakingBarriers.com, you may be required to provide information about yourself. You agree that any information you give to the County will always be accurate, correct and up to date. To learn how the County may use such information please visit the SBCountyBreakingBarriers.com Privacy Policy on this page.
SBCountyBreakingBarriers.com may contain links to other sites on the Internet that are operated by parties other than the County. The County does not imply approval of the listed destinations, warrant the accuracy of any information set out in those destinations, or endorse any opinions expressed therein. Like SBCountyBreakingBarriers.com, all other websites operate under the auspices and at the direction of their respective owners who should be contacted directly with questions regarding the content of those sites.
Nothing contained in or displayed on SBCountyBreakingBarriers.com or in these Terms constitutes or is intended to constitute legal advice by the County or any of its agencies, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, or representatives.
The County's failure to exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy which is contained in the Terms (or which the County otherwise has under applicable law), shall not constitute a waiver of any of the County's rights or remedies, and shall not be construed to be a modification of the Terms.
The County reserves the right to revise and otherwise change the Terms at any time and without notice. Any modification is effective immediately upon posting, unless otherwise stated. Your continued use of SBCountyBreakingBarriers.com following the posting of any modification signifies your acceptance thereof. You should periodically visit this page to review the current Terms and Conditions of Use.
All material on this website is owned by the County of Santa Barbara. You may not copy, reproduce, transmit, distribute, commercially exploit or create derivative works of such material or content without express consent.
The County of Santa Barbara's website is provided in English. However, the "Google Translate" option may assist you in reading it in other languages.
Google Translate cannot translate all types of documents, and it may not give you an exact translation all the time. Anyone relying on information obtained from Google Translate does so at his or her own risk. The County of Santa Barbara does not make any promises, assurances, or guarantees as to the accuracy of the translations provided. The County of Santa Barbara, its officers, employees, and/or agents shall not be liable for any resulting damages or losses.
It is the purpose of the County of Santa Barbara website to provide accurate, non-editorial content that will inform Santa Barbara County citizens about the services, issues, operations and projects of Santa Barbara County government. In addition, the website will be used to facilitate the delivery of direct services provided by the Santa Barbara County government to its citizens and other customers. All Santa Barbara County government offices, departments, agencies, governing bodies, boards, and commissions are eligible to submit content or request the posting or hypertext linking to appropriate information to support their mission or service initiatives.
The County Webmaster, a member of Information & Communications Technology, General Services Department, is responsible for the management and oversight of the Santa Barbara County website. Comments about this site are welcome from any source and are always greatly appreciated. You may email ajccsbcounty@mcscareergroup.com.
The security of the information you provide to the Santa Barbara County is important to us. However, the Santa Barbara County site includes links to other sites, and when you choose to visit those sites, we are not responsible for their privacy policies or how they treat user information. In addition, we may permit third parties to offer registration-based services through our site. We are not responsible for the actions and policies of these third parties, and you should review the privacy policies of these parties when supplying personally identifiable information to them.
Organizations wishing to establish external links on the County's website must submit an external link application. This form will contain all information necessary to verify the facts stated and is necessary to establish that the proposed link is in compliance with this policy.
External links may be made to websites that meet the following criteria, as determined by the County Webmaster:
Sites that are owned and managed by a state, local or federal governmental agency or local school board.
Sites that are maintained by an organization that receives direct financial support from the County.
Sites that have a direct contractual relationship with the County for the provision of goods and/or services.
Sites that provide a unique online resource that will assist in the provision of services and/or information that compliment the purpose of the County's web presence as outlined above.
Sites that provide of non-profit/non-religious services that support the mission of the County of Santa Barbara.
Entities that the County has an existing formal, contractual relationship with through direct funding, or co-partnership on programs.
External links will not be made to sites that fall within any of the following criteria, as determined by the County Webmaster:
Sites that are owned or managed by a political party, candidate or special interest group or are of a political nature that are associated with, sponsored by or serving a candidate for elected office, any political party or organization supporting or seeking to defeat any candidate for elective office or ballot proposal.
Sites that are owned, managed or provide content for commercial entities, that do not have a direct contractual relationship with the County for the provision of goods and/or services.
Sites containing any materials that may reasonably be considered scurrilous or offensive. Offensive materials are defined as sexual content or images, and/or slurs against race, national origin, religious or political beliefs, age, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, physical attributes, and/or other protected classes.
The County of Santa Barbara reserves the right to 1) deny an external link application as to any person, business or organization when it is determined, following review of a complete application, that the entity or organization for which application is made does not meet the criteria set forth in this policy; 2) deny an external link application as to any person, business or organization which fails to provide all required information, or fails to provide truthful information.
The County Webmaster reserves the right to remove any external link if the nature of the organization or business to which the link relates no longer complies with the County's external link policy; 1) to discontinue an external link at any time if entities' website provides or promotes false, slanderous, illegal, immoral, or incorrect information at any time, or 2) to revise this policy without prior notice when to do so is deemed to be in the best interests of the County.
