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Website Terms of Use

Welcome to the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport web site (the “Site”).  The Site is owned, operated and maintained by the City of Atlanta (the “City”) Department of Aviation.  Through the Site, you have access to a variety of resources. These include: (a) Web pages, data, messages, text, images, photographs, graphics, maps, and documents such as media guides (“Materials”); and (c) services in connection with which you can upload, email, or otherwise make available Information (as defined below) (“Services”). The Materials, Services, and other information and materials available on the Site are collectively referred to as the “Content.”

The following are terms of a legal agreement between you (“You” or “Your”) and the City.  By accessing or using the Site or the Content provided on or through the Site, you agree to follow and be bound by the following terms and conditions concerning your access to and use of the Site and the Content (“Terms of Use”) and our Privacy Policy. The City may revise the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy at any time without notice to you. The revised Terms of Use and Privacy Policy will be effective when posted. You can review the most current Terms of Use below and Privacy Policy at https://www.atl.com/privacy-statement/.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU MAY NOT USE THIS THIS SITE.

 

1.     OWNERSHIP – The Site and Content are the intellectual property and copyrighted works of the City or a third party.  All right, title, and interest not expressly granted with respect to the Site and Content are reserved. The Site and the Content is provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis.   The City reserves the right to terminate your access to the Site and your use of the Content at any time.

 

2.     USE OF SERVICES

(a)        In order to access Services on the Site, you may be required to provide information about yourself such as identification or contact details as part of the interaction with the Site. You agree that any information that you give on the Site (“Information”) will be accurate. You agree that you will only upload, share, post, publish, transmit, or otherwise make available (“Share”) Information that you have the right and authority to Share and for which you have the right and authority to grant to the City all of the licenses and rights set forth herein. By Sharing Information, you grant the City a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, nonexclusive, fully sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display, broadcast, transmit, and distribute the Information for the purposes for which the Information was provided without compensation to you. You consent to the collection, storage, and onward transfer of Information to any country in which any airline serving the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for the purposes for which the Information was provided.

(b)        You agree to use the Site only for purposes that are permitted by: (i) the Terms of Use and (ii) any applicable law, regulation, or generally accepted practices in the relevant jurisdictions (including any laws regarding the export of data to and from the United States or other relevant countries).

(c)         You agree that you will neither use the Site in a manner, nor Share any Information, that: (i) is false or misleading; (ii) is defamatory, derogatory, degrading or harassing of another or constitutes a personal attack; (iii) invades another’s privacy or includes, copies or transmits another’s confidential, sensitive or personal information; (iv) promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual; (v) is obscene or not in good taste; (vii) violates or infringes or promotes the violation or infringement of another’s rights, including intellectual property rights; (viii) violates or promotes the violation of any applicable laws or regulations; (ix) contains a solicitation of funds, goods or services, or promotes or advertises goods or services; or (x) contains any viruses, Trojan horses, or other components designed to limit or harm the functionality of a computer. The City may report you to the relevant authorities and may act under the fullest extent of applicable laws if you transmit or upload content intended or designed to cause harm.

(d)        You agree not to access or use the Site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair any of the City’s accounts, computer systems, or networks. You agree not to attempt to gain unauthorized access to any parts of the Site or any of the City’s accounts, computer systems, or networks. You agree not to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or any of the City’s accounts, computer systems, or networks. You agree not to use any robot, spider, scraper, or other automated means to access the Site or any of the City’s  accounts, computer systems, or networks without the City’s express written permission.

(e)        If you become aware of any unauthorized use of your password or of your account, you agree to notify the City immediately at DMCA.

(f)          You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the City, its elected and appointed officials, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses or expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, due to or arising out of Information that you Share, your violation of these Terms of Use, your use or reliance on any Content, or your violation or infringement of any third party rights, including intellectual property rights.

 

3.     PERSONS NOT OF AGE OF MAJORITY – Persons who are not of the age of majority are not eligible to use the Site, and we ask that no information in relation to such persons be submitted to the Site.

 

4.     UNSOLICITED IDEAS/COMMUNICATIONS – The City is eager to receive your comments and answer your questions about Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. However, postings to the Site and email delivered to the City are not confidential, and the City will not be liable for any use or disclosure of that information. All communications and other materials (including, without limitation, unsolicited ideas, suggestions or materials) you send to the Site or to the City by email become the sole and exclusive property of the City and may be used by the City for any purpose (commercial or otherwise) without compensation to you.

 

5.     PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

  1. a) You agree that the City (or the City’s licensors) own all legal right, title and interest in the Site including, without limitation, any intellectual property rights that exist in the Site (whether those rights are registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist).
  2. b) You are not permitted to use any of the City’s trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names or other distinctive brand features.
  3. c) You agree that you shall not remove, obscure or alter any proprietary rights notices (including copyright and trademark notices) that may appear within the Site.

 

6.     TRADEMARK NOTICE – All names, logos and trademarks are the property of the City or the owner of such names, logos and trademarks. You may not use any of these names, logos and trademarks for any purpose without the express written agreement of the owner of the names, logos and trademarks.

 

7.     DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

THE SITE AND ALL CONTENT IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. THE CITY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE AND ALL CONTENT PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE. THE CITY MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT: (A) THE SITE OR CONTENT WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (B) THE SITE WILL BE AVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE BASIS; (C) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; OR (D) THE QUALITY OF ANY CONTENT WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS.  THE CITY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR THE WEB SERVER IS FREE OF VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES OR OTHER MALWARE.

 

8.     LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE CITY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, OR DATA USE, INCURRED BY YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT OR TORT, ARISING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO, OR USE OF, THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE.

THE CITY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR YOUR USE OF OTHER WEBSITES THAT YOU MAY ACCESS FROM LINKS WITHIN THE SITE. THESE LINKS AND OTHER “RESOURCES” REFERENCED ON THE SITE ARE PROVIDED MERELY AS A COURTESY TO YOU, AND INCLUSION IN THE SITE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ENDORSEMENT BY OR AFFILIATION WITH THE CITY.

THE CITY HAS NO DUTY TO UPDATE OR CORRECT THE CONTENT OR THE SITE

 

9.     PRIVACY – The City is concerned about your privacy and has developed a policy to address privacy concerns. For more information, please see the City’s Privacy Policy. Any personal information collected on this Site may be accessed and stored globally and will be treated in accordance with the City’s Privacy Policy. You understand that the City collects, uses, processes, possesses, and otherwise stores your personal information and utilization data and may share such data with third party service providers for the purpose of improving or providing services subject to the City’s Privacy Policy.

 

10.  NOTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

(a)        It is the City’s policy to respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable intellectual property law (including the Digital Millennium Copyright Act).

(b)        Pursuant to 17 U.S.C.A. Section 512(c)(2), notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to City’s designated agent by clicking on the hyperlink below.

(c)         Follow this link to notify the City of alleged copyright infringement.

 

11.   TERMINATION – The City may terminate your use of the Site at any time, for any reason, including, without limitation, non-compliance with the Website Terms of Use. City’s proprietary rights, disclaimer of warranties, indemnities and limitations of liability shall survive any such termination.

 

12.  JURISDICTION – The Site is operated by the City from the United States.  The City makes no representation that the information and materials in the Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations.  This Agreement, the rights of the parties hereunder, and any disputes between the parties, shall be governed by, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia, without regard to its conflicts of laws rules.  The parties expressly and unconditionally agree that any appropriate state court sitting in Fulton County, Georgia or any Federal Court sitting in the Northern District of Georgia (Atlanta Division) (collectively, the “Permitted Courts”), shall have exclusive jurisdiction of any dispute, case, or controversy in any way related to, arising under, or in connection with this Agreement, including extra-contractual claims, and shall be a proper forum in which to adjudicate such dispute, case, or controversy, and each party irrevocably: (a) consents to the jurisdiction of the Permitted Courts in such actions, (b) agrees not to plead or claim that such litigation brought in the Permitted Courts has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum, and (c) waives the right to object, with respect to such suit, action, or proceeding, that such court does not have jurisdiction over such party.  In any suit, arbitration, mediation, or other proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Agreement or to interpret any provision of this Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover its costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, and all costs and fees incurred on appeal or in a bankruptcy or similar action.

 

13.  EXPORT RESTRICTIONS/LEGAL COMPLIANCE – You may not access, download, use or export the Site, or the Content provided on or through the Site, in violation of U.S. export laws or regulations, or in violation of any other applicable laws or regulations.

 

14.   OTHER – The failure of the City to exercise or enforce any rights or provisions in these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any part or provision of these Terms of Use is found to be unenforceable, the validity and enforceability of the other remaining terms, conditions and provisions will not be affected. These Terms of Use constitutes the entire agreement between you and the City relating to your use of the Site.

 

15.  CONTACT INFORMATION – If you have any questions regarding these Terms of Use, contact information is available at the Contact Us page on the Site.

 

LAST UPDATED: October 12, 2021