These Terms of Use are an agreement between you and the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS), Division of Behavioral Health (DBH) for the use of the messaging services provided on this website (the “Service”). The Service is designed to provide you with the ability to send text messages to your child’s mobile phone.
The Service is for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not use the Service in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Service (or the network(s) connected to the Service) or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Service. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, other accounts, computer systems, or networks connected to any of the Service, through hacking, password mining, or any other means. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through the Service.
CDHS/DBH has no obligation to monitor the Service. However, CDHS/DBH reserves the right to review materials sent through the Service and to edit, refuse to send, or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in the CDHS/DBH sole discretion. CDHS/DBH reserves the right to terminate your access to the Service at any time, without notice, for any reason whatsoever. Materials, such as photos, ringtones, and information, sent or received through the Service may be subject to limitations on usage, reproduction, and/or dissemination; you are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you transmit such materials.
CDHS/DBH reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as CDHS/DBH deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request.
Always use caution when giving out any personally identifiable information about yourself or your children when using the Service. CDHS/DBH does not control or endorse the content, photos, messages, or information sent or received through the Service and, therefore, CDHS/DBH specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Service and any actions resulting from your use of the Service.
As a condition of your use of the Service, you will not use the Service for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use. Unacceptable uses include, but are not limited to:
- Intentionally or unintentionally violating any applicable law or regulation;
- Harming or attempting to harm minors in any way;
- Transmitting any content that you do not have the right to post or transmit under any law, contractual duty, or fiduciary relationship;
- Transmitting any content that infringes a third party’s trademark, patent, trade secret, copyright, publicity, or privacy right;
- Transmitting any content that is unlawful, untrue (including incomplete, false, or inaccurate biographical information), stalking, harassing, libelous, defamatory, abusive, tortuous, threatening, obscene, hateful, abusive, harmful (including but not limited to viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs), or otherwise objectionable;
- Attempting to collect or store personal data about third parties without their knowledge or consent;
- Accessing, tampering with, or using non-public areas of the Service or CDHS/DBH computer systems, website, and network;
- Attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization;
- Attempting to access or search the CDHS/DBH website with any engine, software, tool, agent, device, or mechanism other than the software and/or search agents provided by CDHS/DBH or other generally available third-party Web browser (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator);
- Sending unsolicited e-mail or text messages, including without limitation, promotions or advertisements for products or services, “pyramid schemes,” “spam,” “chain mail,” or “junk mail;” Using the Service to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information in violation of state, national, and foreign law;
- Attempting to decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse-engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Service or CDHS/DBH website;
- Interfering or attempting to interfere with the access of any user, host, or network, including without limitation, sending a “virus” to the CDHS/DBH website, overloading, “flooding,” “spamming,” “crashing,” or “mailbombing” websites; or
- Impersonating or misrepresenting your affiliation with any person or entity.
- Violations of any of the above, including intellectual property infringement and breaches in security, will be investigated and, where appropriate, the CDHS/DBH may institute legal action, or cooperate with law enforcement authorities in bringing legal proceedings against users who violate these Terms of Use