Golden State Finance Authority

Terms of Service

Please read these Terms of Service ("Terms," "Terms of Service") carefully before using this website, inclusive of all subdirectories, webpages, and files hosted here (the "website"). This website is operated by Golden State Finance Authority, a California joint powers authority and public agency ("us," "we," "our"). These Terms of Service contain important information regarding limitations of our liability. your access to and use of this website is conditional upon your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. These Terms apply to everyone who access or uses the website.

By accessing or using the website, you agree to be bound by these Terms.

Terms of Service

You agree that you will always use this website in accordance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and these Terms. The following is a non-exhaustive list of prohibited uses of this website. You agree that you will not use this website for any of the following purposes:

  1. Impersonating or attempting to impersonate Golden State Finance Authority or its employees, representatives, subsidiaries, or divisions.
  2. Misrepresenting your identity or affiliation with any person or entity.
  3. Sending or attempting to send any advertising or promotional material, including but not limited to spam, junk mail, chain mail, or any similar material.
  4. Engaging in any conduct that restricts or inhibits any person’s use or enjoyment of the website, or which, as determined in our sole discretion, may harm us or the users of this website or expose us or other users to liability.
  5. Using the website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the website or interfere with another party’s use of the website.
  6. Using any robot, spider or other similar automatic technology, process or means to access or use the website for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on this website.
  7. Using any manual process or means to monitor or copy any of the material on this website or for any other unauthorized purpose.
  8. Using any device, software, means, or routine that interferes with the proper working of the website, including but not limited to viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other such materials.
  9. Attempting to gain unauthorized access to, interfering with, damaging, or disrupting any parts of the website, the server(s) on which the website is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to the website.
  10. Attempting to attack or attacking the website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.
  11. Otherwise attempting to interfere with the proper working of the website.
  12. Using the website in any way that violates any applicable federal, state or local laws, rules, or regulations.

This website is provided “as is.” No warranty, express or implied (including any implied warranty of merchantability, of satisfactory quality or fitness for a particular purpose or use) shall apply to this website, whether arising by law, course of dealing, course of performance, usage of trade, or otherwise.

We assume no liability for the availability, errors or inaccuracies of the information, products or services provided on this website. We may experience delays in updating information on this website. The information, products and services found on the website may contain errors or inaccuracies or may not be complete or current. Products or services may be incorrectly priced or unavailable. We expressly reserve the right to correct any pricing errors on our website. The inclusion or offering of any product or service on this website does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation of such product or service by us.

In no event shall we be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising out of, relating to or in any way connected with your access to, display of or use of this website or with the delay or inability to access, display, or use this website, including but not limited to your reliance upon opinions or information appearing on this website; any computer viruses, information, software, linked websites operated by third parties, products or services obtained through this website, whether based on a theory of negligence, contract, tort, strict liability, consumer protection statutes, or otherwise, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

This website may contain links to websites operated parties other than us. We do not control such websites and are not responsible for their contents or the privacy or other practices of such websites. It is your responsibility to take precautions to ensure that whatever links you click on or software that you download, whether from this website or other websites or applications, is free of such items as viruses, worms, trojan horses, defects, and other items of a destructive nature. Our inclusion of links to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any association with their operators.

All contents of this website are © Golden State Finance Authority, our affiliates, or third parties as noted. All rights reserved. Unless specified otherwise, this website and all content and other materials on this website including but not limited to all logos, designs, text, graphics, pictures, information, data, software, sound files, and arrangement thereof (collectively, “content”) are our proprietary property and are either registered trademarks, trademarks, or otherwise protected intellectual property in the United States and/or other countries.

If you are aware of a potential infringement of our intellectual property, please Contact Us

We respect the intellectual property rights of others. It is our policy to respond to any claim that content posted on the website infringes on the copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights of any person or entity.

If you believe that the content infringes on your intellectual property rights, you may send us a written notice of such infringement titled “Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights - DMCA.”

Your notice to us must include all of the following information:

  1. An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the intellectual property right’s interest.
  2. A description of the work that you claim has been infringed, including the URL (i.e., web page address) of the location where the work exists or a copy of the work.
  3. Your name, email, address, and telephone number.
  4. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the owner of the work, its agent, or the law.

Please note that we will not process your complaint if it is not properly filled out or is incomplete. You may be held accountable for damages, including but not limited to costs and attorneys’ fees for any misrepresentation or bad faith claims regarding the infringement of your intellectual property rights by the content on this website.

You may submit your claim to us by email to or to the following address:

Golden State Finance Authority
1215 K Street, Suite 1650
Sacramento, CA 95814
United States

These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of California, United States, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. These terms shall not be governed by the United Nations convention on contracts for the sale of international goods, the Uniform Commercial Code, nor Incoterms.

Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of that right or provision. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, that provision shall be severed from these Terms and the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in effect. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding our website and supersede and replace any prior agreements we might have had with you regarding the website.

Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms including but not limited to the interpretation or breach thereof shall be resolved in a court of competent jurisdiction in Sacramento County, California.

You and Golden State Finance Authority agree that each may bring claims against the other only in your or its individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in any class or representative action.

We reserve the right to update these Terms of Service at any time. We will not provide you with any notice when we update these Terms. Updates to these Terms will be indicated by the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. you are advised to review these Terms periodically for any changes. Changes are effective upon posting to this page.

Questions

If you have any questions about our Terms of Service, please Contact Us.