You and the Products and Services
Overview
Welcome to the Terms and Conditions of Use and Service of The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation and of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, and affiliates (the “Terms”), which govern and inform your activity, communication, visit and use pertaining to the Products and Services of The Ikoku Foundations. Please take the time to read the Terms below carefully.
Your Agreement
— With respect to the Agreement you enter into with The Ikoku Foundations via the Terms, you understand and adhere to the following:
And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in these Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.
Your Consent to the Terms
— With respect to your ability to agree and consent to the Terms, you represent and warrant the following:
And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree that your consent meets the conditions, principles, and requirements for consent, as delineated and described in a these Codes and Policies — for the specific purpose of consenting to this Policy, the Agreement and the Codes and Policies.
Your Abiding by Terms and Policies
— You represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the above attestation about your consent to the Terms, you have read, understood, consented to, and agreed to be legally bound by and abide by the Terms and the Codes and Policies, as they are amended from time to time, and in their entirety without modification.
Your Accordance with Ethics
— You represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the above attestation about your consent to this Policy, you ensure that your abiding by and adhering to its conditions, policies, principles, requirements, and rights shall further remain in accordance with the Founding and Governing Code of Ethics.
Your Accordance with Mission
— You represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the above attestation about your consent to this Policy, you ensure that your abiding by and adhering to its conditions, policies, principles, requirements, and rights shall further remain in accordance with the founding mission and purposes of The Ikoku Foundations, without incompatibility, as described and delineated in the Codes and Policies and the Founder’s Declaration of Trust.
Further Considerations
Your Knowledge and Acceptance
The Ikoku Foundations strongly recommend you develop and maintain your knowledge of all the Codes and Policies, and so asks that you read, understand, and regularly visit this section and other communications regarding the Terms and Conditions, as well as the Codes and Policies. The Ikoku Foundations take your continued visiting and use of the Products and Services, as active indication of your knowledge, understanding, and legally binding acceptance of and agreement to this Policy as well as the Codes and Policies.
Your Duty to Corporate Integrity
And you further legally accept and agree that no application, interpretation, judgment, or other compliance, proceeding, or reading from, of, with, or otherwise relating to the Founding Ethics, the Codes and Policies, or any equivalent code, policy, or other document or material shall, in any way, entail any abrogation, diminishment, interference, or violation pertaining to any of the terms, conditions, principles, requirements, rights — including the attendant properties and protections — of corporate and organizational integrity.
Your Questions and Feedback
Please contact policies@ikokufoundations.org with any feedback, issues, or questions — to be addressed to and by the President, CEO and Chair, Alvan Azinna Ikoku.
Your Reporting of Violations
If you detect, notice, become aware of, or are informed of a possible breach or violation of this Policy or any of these Codes and Policies, please contact policies@ikokufoundations.org with any details you have — to be addressed to and by the President, CEO and Chair, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.
The Definitions
As with all official documents, materials, policies, and statements of The Ikoku Foundations, definitions for terms used here can be found in the main Codes and Policies section. Please do continue with the Terms via further reading below.
The Terms and Conditions
Provision
Along with the above key principles, the Terms and Conditions require your adherence to correlative requirements delineated below.
Scope of Your Use
— With respect to the scope and general nature of the above described activity, communication, and other use pertaining to the Products and Services, you agree to adhere to the following:
And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree that your consent meets the conditions, principles, and requirements for consent as delineated and described in these Codes and Policies.
Fees for Your Use
— The Ikoku Foundations reserve the right at any time to charge fees for access to parts or sections of the Products and Services or the Products and Services as a whole, and as such you agree to all of the following:
And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree that your consent meets the conditions, principles, and requirements for consent as delineated and described in these Codes and Policies.
Your Registration and Account Creation
— Where your registration as a user and creation of an account or profile is needed, you represent and warrant the following:
— When you complete the user registration process, you will likely have created an account with a username and password or other identifier, and so agree to all of the following:
And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree that your consent meets the conditions, principles, and requirements for consent as delineated and described in these Codes and Policies.
Communications to You
— After your registration on or with the Products or Services, you may be provided with electronic communications that the Products or Services will publish from time to time. These communications describe the work of The Ikoku Foundations. Where applicable, they also provide users the opportunity to opt out of receiving future automated communications, and if you do wish to opt out, you will be able to easily do so by following instructions located in the communication you receive.
Your User Data and Information
— The Ikoku Foundations are the sole owner of the User Data and Information collected via the Products and Services, including but not limited to data and information entered by you on the Products or Services. The Ikoku Foundations will not circulate, distribute, exchange, lease, rent, sell, share or otherwise disclose the User Data and Information to others outside of The Ikoku Foundations, except as described in the Terms and in the Codes and Polices. The Ikoku Foundations will attempt to collect and store the User Data and Information in a manner to protect their confidentiality, privacy and security, recognizing that no transmission of data or information is entirely secure. Please see, among several pertinent Codes and Policies, the Policy on Data and Information for more on such rights and responsibilities.
— The Ikoku Foundations, their offices and the Products and Services are headquartered and primarily operated in the United States. If you are located outside the US, please be aware that any User Data and Information you provide to us may be transferred to the United States, which may not provide the same level of protections as those in your own country — though The Ikoku Foundations do guarantee compliance with specific international data-handling policies (such as the European Union’s GDPR). By using the Products and Services, you consent to this transfer, retention and processing of your information in the United States.
Your User Content and Feedback
— The Ikoku Foundations welcome your User Content and Feedback (as defined in the Policy on Intellectual Property and these Codes and Policies) and hopes to use them to support, improve and pursue their mission, purposes and work. You agree, therefore, that you will not supply User Content or Feedback that infringes or violates the rights of others, and you hereby grant a License to The Ikoku Foundations (as also defined in the Policy on Intellectual Property) in your User Content and Feedback.
— You agree that The Ikoku Foundations and the Founder and President, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, have no obligation to pay you or anyone else for your User Content or Feedback or for this License to The Ikoku Foundations. And the License to The Ikoku Foundations are in addition to any (if any) that you may be required to provide under any separate written agreement between The Ikoku Foundations and you (including contributor or volunteer arrangements or other agreements).
Philanthropic Arrangements
— Notwithstanding any provisions of this Policy, other Codes and Policies, or any other official or governance documents of The Ikoku Foundations, or applicable state, federal or international law or agreement, only the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku shall approve and authorize, in rare instances and by express and written instrument signed and sealed, the engagement of any offices, official persons, areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of The Ikoku Foundations, including the divisions, series, subsidiaries, and affiliates, the Products and Services, in any charitable or other philanthropic arrangement. Where such approval, review and authorization is granted, all of the following shall apply:
And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree that your consent meets the conditions, principles, and requirements for consent as delineated and described in these Codes and Policies.
External Links
— The Ikoku Foundations and the Products and Services contain links to other sites. Such links are provided to help users and visitors explore the wide range of information available on topics of interest. By providing a link, The Ikoku Foundations are not endorsing the content of the linked site or the entity that maintains it. Nor are The Ikoku Foundations responsible for the confidentiality, privacy and security practices or the content of websites to which they provide links.
— The Ikoku Foundations thus encourage visitors and users to be aware when they leave the Products and Services, and to read the confidentiality, privacy, security and other data-related policies and statements of each and every website that go to and especially those that collects personally identifiable information. These Terms — as well as the Codes and Policies — apply solely to activity, data, information, operations, visits, and other uses of the Products and Services.
Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability
— With respect to the limitation of liability of The Ikoku Foundations, of the Founder and President, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, and of their persons listed below, you accept and agree to the following:
— And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you understand, accept and agree that you may be waiving rights with respect to claims that are at this time unknown or unsuspected, and in accordance with such waiver, you acknowledge that you have read and understand, and hereby expressly waive, the benefits of Section 1542 of the Civil Code of California, and any similar law of any state or territory, which provides as follows:
— You hereby waive any and all rights you have or may have under California Civil Code Section 1542, and/or any similar provision of law or successor statute to it, with respect to any claims you may have in connection with the Products and Services, or the Terms and the Codes and Policies. In connection with this waiver and release, you acknowledge that you are aware that you may hereafter discover claims presently unknown or unsuspected, or facts in addition to or different from those which you now know or believe to be true. Nevertheless, you intend by these Terms to release fully, finally and forever all such matters under these Terms. In furtherance of such intention, the releases set forth in these Terms shall be and shall remain in effect as full and complete releases notwithstanding the discovery or existence of any such additional or different claims or facts relevant hereto.
Indemnification
— With respect to indemnification, you agree, at your own expense, to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless The Ikoku Foundations, the Founder and President, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, their directors, managers, officers, employees, representatives, contractors, volunteers, partners, third parties, agents, successors, and assigns from and against any and all damages, liability, losses and costs of every nature incurred by any of them in connection with any claims, damages, harms, injuries, losses or equivalent related to or arising out of your activity, communication, or other use pertaining to the Products and Services, including but not limited to the following:
— Further details as to your indemnification of The Ikoku Foundations, the Founder and President, employees, third parties, agents and other aforementioned persons include but are not limited to the following:
And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree that your consent meets the conditions, principles, and requirements for consent as delineated and described in these Codes and Policies.
Nature of Relationship
— With respect to the nature of your relationship with The Ikoku Foundations, with the Founder and President, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, as well as with their aforementioned official persons, you accept and agree to the following:
And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree that your consent meets the conditions, principles, and requirements for consent as delineated and described in these Codes and Policies.
Termination
— With respect to termination or your activity, communication, and other use pertaining to the Products and Services, as well as the governing Terms, you accept and agree to the following:
And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree that your consent meets the conditions, principles, and requirements for consent as delineated and described in these Codes and Policies.
No Waiver of Right
— Any failure on the part of The Ikoku Foundations to enforce or insist on strict performance of any of the provisions of the Terms, the User Agreement and Code of Conduct, or the Codes and Policies will not constitute or operate as a waiver of any default or failure of performance or right of The Ikoku Foundations.
Relief and Remedy
— If in interpreting, reading, or otherwise applying or enforcing any provision of the Terms, the User Agreement and Code of Conduct, or the Codes and Policies an issue is brought forth or claimed and a determination is sought that asks for, results in, or implicates, in any way, assets, damages, interests, properties, relief of an injunctive, remunerative or substantive nature, or other equivalent award against The Ikoku Foundations or the Founder — to be done solely via a court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction — the following shall also be adhered to:
And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree that your consent meets the conditions, principles, and requirements for consent as delineated and described in these Codes and Policies.
Severability
— If any provision of the Terms, the User Agreement and Code of Conduct, or the Codes and Policies is held unenforceable — to be done solely by a court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction — the following shall also be adhered to:
And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of The Ikoku Foundations, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree that your consent meets the conditions, principles, and requirements for consent as delineated and described in these Codes and Policies.
Governing Law /Jurisdiction
— The laws of the United States, and in particular, the State of Delaware shall govern with respect to all issues arising out of the Products and Services, the Terms and the Codes and Policies.
— By visiting or using the Products and Services, you agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of State and Federal courts in the United States and in Delaware, in all matters arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Codes and Policies, and the visit or use of the Products and Services.
— If accessing the Products or Services from another jurisdiction other than the US, you agree to comply with all applicable US laws.
Updates and Keeping Informed
— By continuing to engage in activity with, within, for, on behalf of, in reference to, and otherwise pertaining to The Ikoku Foundations, and by continuing to visit and use the Products and Services, you indicate that you understand that The Ikoku Foundations reserve the right to update these Terms and any of our other Codes and Policies from time to time, and at any time, and that The Ikoku Foundations encourages you to check back periodically to review the most current, updated version of the Terms and Codes and Policies. As a person or entity engaging in any activity with, within, for, on behalf of, in reference to, and otherwise pertaining to The Ikoku Foundations, or a visitor or user of the Products or Services, it remains your responsibility to keep informed about such posted changes.
Central and Associated Policies
Provision
As stated earlier, The Ikoku Foundations User Agreement and Code of Conduct consist of several Codes and Policies that collectively govern all of your activity with, within, for, in reference to and otherwise pertaining to The Ikoku Foundations. By continuing, you indicate that you understand that these Codes and Policies include — but are not limited to — the Founding and Mission Statement, the Founding and Governing Code of Ethics, the Policy on Corporate Integrity, the Policy on Independence and Freedoms, the Policy on Privacy and Confidentiality, the Terms and Conditions of Use and Service, and the Acceptable Uses Policy along with all Associated Codes and Policies. Access to the aforementioned is provided below.
Founding Code of Ethics
Founding Code of Ethics (HTML)
Corporate Integrity
Corporate Integrity (HTML)
Independence and Freedoms
Independence and Freedoms (HTML)
Privacy and Confidentiality
Policy on Privacy and Confidentiality (HTML)
Terms and Conditions
Terms and Conditions of Use and Service (HTML)
The Acceptable Uses Policy
Acceptable Use Policy (HTML)
All Policies
All Policies (HTML)
Also at The Foundations
As stated earlier, The Ikoku Foundations are dedicated to fostering philanthropy and good works concerning Africa, its global diasporas and a range of shared societies — toward the betterment of lives across the globe. And so in accordance with the above, The Foundations provide the following:
Nonprofits Dedicated to Africa
Independent, private, non-profit organizations that serve the public interest in Africa and its global diasporas — by advancing education and research and by also supporting creative ideas, civic endeavors and emerging communities, organizations and societies.
Support for a Global and Just Future
A founding mission and ongoing emphases of support for good works that help the public understand Africa’s essential place in a global future, one that is to be more knowledgeable, environmentally sustainable, equitable and of benefit across communities in just societies.
A Vision of the Public Good
A vision of the public good that accounts for the past while ensuring a just and shared future. That draws inspiration from peoples who, despite a history of systemic difficulties, maintain an unyielding belief that the betterment of their human condition will foster the betterment of those living around them and will enhance the present and futures of the regularly disenfranchised, marginalized and underserved.