These Terms of Use (“Terms”) apply to your use of cheeseonmycracker.com and its website features. The website is operated by Getting My Cheese Back On My Cracker Foundation, Inc. (“Foundation,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). By using the website, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the website.
1. Advocacy and Educational Purpose
The Foundation’s website supports mental health advocacy, education, community dialogue, and access to information, with a focus on Black and Brown communities.
The Foundation is not a healthcare provider, does not provide clinical care, and does not diagnose, treat, or provide individualized mental health services. Website content, podcasts, community information, and other materials are for general educational and informational purposes only. They are not medical or mental health advice, diagnosis, treatment, or a substitute for consulting a qualified healthcare professional.
Do not delay or avoid seeking professional care because of information on this website. If you have a health concern, contact a qualified provider.
2. Directory Information and Disclaimers
The website may include a directory of businesses or providers as a resource for visitors. A listing is not an endorsement or a referral for care by the Foundation. It is not a guarantee or recommendation. The Foundation does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of listings, or the quality, availability, qualifications, licensure, insurance coverage, or services of a listed business or provider.
You are responsible for independently verifying credentials, licensure, services, costs, availability, and suitability before contacting or engaging anyone listed. Any relationship or transaction you enter into with a listed business or provider is between you and that business or provider. The Foundation is not responsible for that relationship or transaction.
Providers and businesses may request a listing correction or removal by emailing info@cheeseonmycracker.com.
3. Emergency and Crisis Support
The website and its directory are not emergency services and are not monitored as crisis-response channels. If you or someone else is in immediate danger or needs urgent medical help, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department. In the United States, you may call or text 988 or visit 988lifeline.org for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
4. Community Features and Guidelines
Where the website offers community or interactive features, you agree to:
- Treat others with respect and dignity.
- Avoid harassment, threats, discrimination, impersonation, or unlawful conduct.
- Avoid posting private or identifying information about another person without permission.
- Avoid posting sensitive personal or health information in public or open-text areas.
- Avoid spam, deceptive content, and unauthorized promotions.
- Respect the privacy of other community members.
We may review, remove, restrict, or decline to publish content and may suspend or terminate access to an account or feature if we believe these Terms or community guidelines have been violated, or if action is reasonably necessary to protect users or the website. We are not obligated to monitor all submissions or communications.
5. Accounts and Age Requirement
Some features may require an account or registration. You agree to provide accurate information and to keep your account credentials secure. You are responsible for activity under your account and must notify us if you believe it has been accessed without authorization.
You must be at least 18 years old to create an account or use account, community-join, or event-registration features intended for adults. We may suspend or close an account if information provided is inaccurate or if we reasonably believe the account is being misused.
6. Submissions and Directory Listings
You are responsible for information you submit to the website and must have authority to submit it. Do not submit information that is false, unlawful, infringing, or that you are not authorized to share.
If you submit business or provider information for possible directory publication, you understand that information approved for listing may be visible to the public. You may request a correction or removal by emailing info@cheeseonmycracker.com. Submission does not guarantee acceptance or publication.
In plain language: what you submit stays yours, but you give us permission to use it to run the feature you submitted it to.
You retain ownership of content you submit. You grant the Foundation permission to review, use, reproduce, and display submissions as reasonably needed to evaluate, administer, and operate the relevant website feature, including displaying an approved directory listing. We will handle personal information under the Privacy Policy.
7. Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise indicated, website text, graphics, logos, photographs, audio, video, and other materials are owned by or used with permission by the Foundation or their respective rights holders and are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.
You may view and share links to publicly available website content for personal, noncommercial purposes. You may not reproduce, modify, distribute, commercially exploit, or publicly display website materials without prior permission from the applicable rights holder, except as permitted by law. A third-party logo, name, or linked content does not imply Foundation endorsement.
8. Donations and Zeffy
Donations made through a Zeffy page or service are processed by Zeffy under its own terms and privacy policy. The Foundation does not receive or process your full payment-card details through the Foundation website. Zeffy may provide the Foundation with information associated with a donation so the Foundation can acknowledge it and maintain appropriate records.
Donation receipts and transaction information may be provided through Zeffy or the Foundation, as applicable. Questions about a transaction should be directed to the contact identified on the donation page. The Foundation does not provide tax advice; consult a qualified tax professional about the treatment of a donation.
9. Third-Party Links and Embedded Content
The website may link to or display services and content operated by third parties, including Zeffy, Cloudflare, and Instagram. We do not control or guarantee third-party content, services, privacy practices, or availability. Your use of a third-party service is governed by that service’s terms and policies.
10. Website Availability and Changes
We may change, suspend, or discontinue any website feature or content at any time. We do not guarantee that the website will always be available, uninterrupted, error-free, or free from harmful components. You are responsible for using appropriate security measures when accessing the internet and website.
11. Disclaimer of Warranties
In plain language: the website is provided as it is, and we don't promise it will always work perfectly.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the website and its content are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. The Foundation disclaims warranties of accuracy, completeness, availability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement, to the extent permitted by law.
Nothing in these Terms excludes a warranty or right that applicable law does not allow to be excluded.
12. Limitation of Liability
In plain language: this section limits the legal claims that can be made against the Foundation over your use of the website.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Foundation and its directors, officers, employees, and volunteers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for loss of data, revenue, profits, or goodwill, arising from or related to your use of, or inability to use, the website or its content.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Foundation’s total liability for claims arising from or related to the website or these Terms will not exceed the amount, if any, you paid directly to the Foundation for the website feature giving rise to the claim during the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim.
These limitations do not apply where prohibited by law and do not limit liability that cannot legally be limited.
13. Indemnification
In plain language: if you use the website unlawfully, break these Terms, or submit content that violates someone else's rights, you're responsible for the results.
To the extent permitted by law, you agree to be responsible for claims, losses, and expenses arising from your unlawful use of the website, your violation of these Terms, or content you submit that infringes another person’s rights. This section does not require you to indemnify the Foundation for the Foundation’s own unlawful conduct or any liability that cannot legally be shifted to you.
14. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to its conflict-of-law principles, except where another law is required to apply. This governing-law provision is a draft for attorney review.
15. Changes to These Terms
We may revise these Terms from time to time. We will post updated Terms on this page and revise the “Last updated” date. If you keep using the website after an update, we'll treat that as you accepting the revised Terms. If you do not agree to updated Terms, stop using the website.
16. Contact Us
Questions about these Terms may be sent to Getting My Cheese Back On My Cracker Foundation, Inc. at info@cheeseonmycracker.com.