These Terms of Use (“Terms”) is effective May 18, 2026.
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY. IT SETS FORTH THE LEGALLY BINDING TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR YOUR ACCESS AND USE OF OUR WEBSITE. THESE TERMS LIMIT OUR LIABILITY TO YOU, REQUIRE YOU TO ARBITRATE ANY DISPUTES YOU HAVE WITH US AND HAVE YOU WAIVE THE ABILITY TO BRING CLAIMS AGAINST US IN A CLASS ACTION FORMAT, PLEASE SEE SECTIONS 14 AND 20 BELOW.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS YOU SHOULD NOT USE THIS WEBSITE.
This website is operated by International Relief Teams, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation with tax exempt status pursuant to International Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). Throughout this website, the terms “IRT,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to International Relief Teams and its affiliates, successors, and assigns. The words “user”, “you” and “your” refer to each individual who is accessing and using this website.
IRT maintains this website to provide you with information about our work, and to enable you to interact with us online. Your use of the website, our materials, electronic products and services and/or downloading of materials from our website (collectively, our “Service”), constitutes your agreement to comply with and be bound by these Terms, including those additional terms, conditions and policies referenced herein and/or available by hyperlink.
1. GENERAL CONDITIONS
By using our Service, you confirm that you reside in the United States, are at least 18 years old, and have the legal capacity to enter into binding contracts. We will not be liable for any damages that may result from misrepresentation of age by a user. We reserve the right to refuse Service to anyone for any reason at any time.
You understand that any information or content your provide us may be transferred unencrypted and involve (a) transmissions over various networks and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.
The headings used in these Terms are included for convenience only and will not limit or otherwise affect these Terms.
2. PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may collect and use any information you provide to us, or that is generated through your use of our Service—including, but not limited to, names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and website usage data—in accordance with our Privacy Notice, which is incorporated herein by reference. You confirm that you have read and agree to the terms of our Privacy Notice. We make no, and disclaim all, representations or warranties with regard to the sufficiency of the security measures used for data handling and storage. WE WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL SPECIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM A LAPSE IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR PRIVACY NOTICE BECAUSE OF A SECURITY BREACH OR TECHNICAL MALFUNCTION TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
3. ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS AND TIMELINESS OF INFORMATION
We strive to provide accurate and up‑to‑date information about our programs and activities. However, we cannot guarantee that all information on our website or through our Services is always complete, current, or free of errors. Our website and Services may occasionally contain typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions, and some information may reflect historical content that is no longer current.
We may update or correct website content at any time without prior notice, but we are not obligated to do so unless required by law. Any dated information on our website should not be assumed to reflect the most current status of our programs or operations.
ANY RELIANCE YOU PLACE ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS WEBSITE AND OUR SERVICES IS STRICTLY AT YOUR OWN RISK. IRT DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY ARISING FROM ANY RELIANCE PLACED ON THIS WEBSITE BY YOU OR ANY OTHER USER OR BY ANYONE WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM OUR WEBSITE AND SERVICES.
4. DONATIONS
Our website may offer the opportunity to make charitable donations in support of our mission. All online donations are processed securely by a trusted third‑party payment processor. By choosing to make a donation through our website, you acknowledge and agree that:
While we take reasonable steps to ensure the donation process is safe and accessible, we are not responsible for any errors, delays, or issues caused by the third‑party processor. If you experience any problems completing a donation, please contact the payment processor directly, or reach out to us and we will do our best to assist.
5. VOLUNTEER
Our website may allow individuals to sign up to volunteer with our organization. When you register as a volunteer, we collect certain personal information necessary to manage your participation, communicate with you, and coordinate volunteer activities. This may include your name, contact information, availability, areas of interest, and any other details you choose to provide.
To support our volunteer program, we work with a trusted third‑party service provider that helps us collect, store, and process volunteer information. While this third party assists with the technical aspects of managing volunteer data, our organization maintains access to the information and uses it solely for purposes related to volunteer engagement and program coordination.
By submitting your information, you understand and agree that:
We take reasonable steps to ensure that our third‑party providers maintain appropriate safeguards to protect your information. However, we encourage you to review our Privacy Notice for more detailed information about how your personal information is collected, used, and protected.
6. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
By using our website and Services, you agree to receive required agreements, disclosures, notices, and other communications (“Notices”) electronically, including by email or through postings on our website. These electronic Notices satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. If you wish to withdraw your consent to receive Notices electronically, please contact us by email.
If you sign up for our email newsletter, you separately agree to receive updates about our programs, events, volunteer opportunities, impact stories, and other information related to our mission. Our newsletters are delivered through a trusted third‑party service provider. You may unsubscribe at any time by following the instructions in any newsletter email.
7. OPTIONAL TOOLS, INTERACTIVE FEATURES AND ACCESSIBILITY
Our website may provide access to certain optional third‑party tools or accessibility features designed to support your browsing experience (“Tools and Features”). These Tools and Features are offered on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without warranties, representations, or guarantees of any kind, and without endorsement. Because these Tools and Features are operated by third‑party providers, we do not control or monitor them and are not responsible for their performance, accuracy, content, or availability.
Your use of any third‑party Tools and Features is entirely at your own discretion and risk. We encourage you to review the terms of use and privacy practices of any third‑party providers involved, as your use of their tools may create a separate relationship between you and those providers.
We are committed to making our website accessible to all users and welcome feedback on how we can improve. While we strive to provide an inclusive online experience, we cannot guarantee the functionality, accuracy, or compatibility of third‑party accessibility solutions. We encourage visitors to use the assistive technologies that best meet their needs. If you experience difficulty accessing any content or functionality, please contact us so we can assist.
We reserve the right to introduce new tools, features, or services on our website at any time. Any additions will be subject to these Terms.
8. THIRD-PARTY LINKS AND CONTENT
Links to third party content or websites (“Third-Party Links”) may appear on our website from time to time. These links are provided for your convenience and as to share information that we believe is helpful or relevant to our community.
Third-Party Links on our website may direct you to third-party websites, tracking technologies or software that are not affiliated with us. We do not review, endorse, or guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or safety of any third-party content, materials, Third-Party Links, Tools and Features, procedures, websites or software, or for any other resources made available by third parties.
Your interactions with third‑party websites or services are entirely at your own discretion and risk. We encourage you to review the terms, privacy policies, and practices of any third‑party site you visit.
Any questions, concerns, or issues related to third‑party content, websites, or services should be directed to the relevant third party.
9. SOCIAL MEDIA
This Section applies to everyone who interacts with our social media presence from accessing or linking the social media features on our Service (“Internal Social Media Features”) or from comment sections, feeds, and other elements of social media presence viewable on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, or any of the many other available external third-party social media platforms we may utilize (“External Social Media Presence”).
Social media platforms are places of public information exchange, and you should have no expectation of privacy when using them. Specifically, neither these Terms nor our Privacy Notice apply to our External Social Media Presence. The sites and platforms that host our External Social Media Presence are not controlled by us and therefore have their own privacy policies and terms of use. The comments and opinions expressed by users on social media are theirs alone and do not reflect our opinions. Comments that some would consider inappropriate or offensive may appear on our Internal Social Media Features as well as our External Social Media Presence and may remain there until they have been identified by us or called to our attention and we are able to work through the necessary procedures and technical processes to have them removed.
If you see an offensive or inappropriate post or comment on our External Social Media Presence, you should report it to the operator of the applicable site or platform using the procedures they have established for that purpose. If you see such a post on Internal Social Media Features it should be reported directly to us via the contact information below.
10. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The content, organization, graphics, design, compilation, magnetic translation, digital conversion and other matters related to our website are protected under applicable U.S. and international copyrights, trademarks, registered trademarks and other proprietary and intellectual property rights. INTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS, IRT, the IRT design logo, and our other logos and marks are either trademarks or registered trademarks of IRT (“Trademarks”). Unless disclosed otherwise in writing, we exclusively own all worldwide right, title and interest in and to all the Trademarks, documentation, software, contents, graphics, designs, data, computer codes, ideas, know-how, “look and feel,” compilations, magnetic translations, digital conversions and other materials included within our website and related to our website, and all modifications and derivative works thereof, and all intellectual property rights related thereto (“Intellectual Property”). The posting of information or materials on our website by us does not constitute a waiver of any rights in any Intellectual Property or such information and materials. You will not challenge, contest or otherwise impair IRT’ ownership of this website, and the content therein or the validity or enforceability of IRT’ rights in the Intellectual Property. We reserve the right in our sole discretion to edit or delete any information or other content appearing on our website at any time without notice. Nothing contained in these Terms will be construed by implication, estoppel or otherwise as granting you an ownership interest in the Intellectual Property or any copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property right of IRT or any third party. None of the material on our website may be downloaded, distributed, reproduced, republished, posted, transmitted or copied in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of IRT, which permission may be withheld in our sole and absolute discretion.
11. USER COMMENTS, FEEDBACK AND OTHER SUBMISSIONS
You may choose to share feedback, stories, testimonials, ideas, suggestions, proposals, plans, or other materials, whether online, by email, by postal mail, or otherwise (collectively, “Posts”). By providing any Posts, you understand and agree that we may, at our discretion, use, edit, copy, reproduce, publish, distribute, translate and otherwise share that Post for purposes that support our mission and Privacy Notice – including outreach, education, and promotional materials—unless you clearly state in writing that you do not want your Posts to be shared.
By providing Posts you: (i) represent and warrant that (1) you own or otherwise have all necessary rights to the Posts and have the right to grant the applicable license set forth herein, and (2) that the Posts comply with all applicable laws; and (ii) grant to us a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully paid, and fully transferable, assignable, and sublicensable worldwide right and license to copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, display, publish, broadcast, make, sell, export, and otherwise use the Posts (in whole or part) on this website, or otherwise, and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology now known or later developed. We cannot be responsible for maintaining any Posts that you provide to us; therefore, you should retain copies of all such data and information for your own records.
You represent and warrant that your Posts do not violate any third‑party intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or contractual rights. You agree not to submit any Posts that are unlawful, defamatory, threatening, harassing, obscene, abusive, invasive of another person’s privacy, or otherwise inappropriate, or that encourage harmful or illegal activity or could create liability for any party. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to respond to, decline to use, consider, edit, or publish any Posts for any reason.
12. PROHIBITED USES
In addition to other prohibitions as set forth in these Terms, you are prohibited from using the website or its content: (a) for any unlawful purpose; (b) to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts; (c) to violate any international, federal, provincial or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances; (d) to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others; (e) to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability; (f) to submit false or misleading information; (g) to upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation of our Service or of any related website, other websites, or the Internet; (h) to collect or track the personal information of others; (i) to spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape; (j) for any obscene or immoral purpose; or (k) to interfere with or circumvent the security features of our Service or any related website, other websites, or the Internet.
Additionally, you agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, or exploit any part of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service or any content on the website through which the Service is provided, without our express written permission.
We reserve the right to terminate your use of our Service or any related website for violating any of the prohibited uses.
13. MOBILE ACCESS
If you use a mobile device to access our website, you acknowledge and agree that: (a) you are solely responsible for all message and data charges that apply to use of your mobile device to access our website or any related Service; and (b) all such charges are billed by and payable to your mobile service provider. Please contact your participating mobile service provider for pricing plans, participation status and details. You further understand that service may not be available in all areas at all times and may be affected by product, software, coverage or service changes made by your mobile service provider or otherwise.
14. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IRT DOES NOT WARRANT THE QUALITY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY, OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIALS ON OUR WEBSITE OR SERVICES. ALL CONTENT IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON‑INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE WEBSITE, SERVICES, OR ANY CONTENT, FILES, OR MATERIALS YOU DOWNLOAD WILL BE ERROR‑FREE, UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR FREE OF VIRUSES, MALWARE, OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
ANY MATERIALS, FILES, OR INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM OUR WEBSITE ARE ACCESSED AND USED AT YOUR OWN RISK. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING SUFFICIENT SAFEGUARDS—INCLUDING ANTI‑VIRUS AND SECURITY MEASURES—TO PROTECT YOUR DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND DATA. IRT WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, MOBILE DEVICE, NETWORK, OR DATA RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF OUR WEBSITE, SERVICES OR FROM DOWNLOADING ANY MATERIALS FROM IT.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NEITHER IRT NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SUPPLIERS, VOLUNTEERS, INTERNS AND EMPLOYEES WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA, ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF (OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE) THE WEBSITE, SERVICES, CONTENT, OR ANY DOWNLOADED MATERIALS—EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THIS LIMITATION INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES RESULTING FROM VIRUSES, MALWARE, SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS, EQUIPMENT OR COMMUNICATION FAILURES, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, THEFT, OPERATOR ERRORS, OR EVENTS BEYOND OUR REASONABLE CONTROL. IRT DOES NOT GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS, UNINTERRUPTED, OR SECURE ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY. IN SUCH CASES, IRT’S LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. IN NO EVENT WILL OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE WEBSITE, SERVICES, CONTENT, OR THESE TERMS EXCEED ONE THOUSAND U.S. DOLLARS (US $1,000.00). THESE LIMITATIONS APPLY EVEN IF ANY REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
15. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless IRT and our affiliates, directors, officers, agents, contractors, licensors, service providers, vendors, volunteers, interns and employees, from loss, liability, costs, damages or expenses from any and all claims, actions and suits, whether groundless or otherwise, and from and against any and all claims, judgments, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and other expenses of any nature (including reasonable attorney’s fees), resulting or arising in any way from (a) your use of or access to our website or Services; (b) any submissions, feedback, or materials you provide; (c) any act or omission by you or on your behalf; or (d) your violation of any applicable law or of these terms. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and in such case, you agree to cooperate with our defense of such claim.
16. SEVERABILITY
In the event that any provision of these Terms is determined to be unlawful, void or unenforceable, such provision shall nonetheless be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and the unenforceable portion shall be deemed to be severed from these Terms, such determination shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any other remaining provisions.
17. TERMINATION
Subject to this Section, these Terms will remain in full force and effect while you use our Service. We may (a) suspend your rights to use our Service or website or (b) terminate these Terms, at any time for any reason at our sole discretion, including for any use of our Service in violation of these Terms or if we believe you are younger than 18 years old. Upon termination of these Terms, your right to access and use our Service will terminate immediately. IRT will not have any liability whatsoever to you for any termination of these Terms.
The provisions herein related to our Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Posts, acceptable use, disclaimer of warranties, indemnity, limitation and liability, and arbitration together with any other rights and obligations which by their nature are reasonably intended to survive such termination, will survive any termination of these Terms.
18. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
These Terms and any policies or operating rules posted by us on this website, or in respect to our Service constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between you and us and govern your use of our Service, superseding any prior or contemporaneous agreements, communications and proposals, whether oral or written, between you and us (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of these Terms). Any terms and conditions which you include in any purchase order, confirmation of order or other document are expressly excluded. Any variation of the terms and conditions in these Terms will be binding on IRT only if agreed in writing by you and an authorized representative of IRT.
Any ambiguities in the interpretation of these Terms shall not be construed against the drafting party to the extent permitted by applicable law.
The failure of us to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
19. GOVERNING LAW
These Terms and any separate agreements whereby we provide you our Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. Subject to the arbitration provision below, any legal actions related to these Terms, or your use thereof, will be brought and conducted in San Diego County, California, and each user consents to such jurisdiction and authorizes and accepts service of process sufficient for personal jurisdiction in any action against him or her as contemplated by this Section.
20. DISPUTE RESOLUTION; ARBITRATION AGREEMENT AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER
21. CHANGES TO TERMS OF SERVICE
You can review the most current version of these Terms at any time at this page.
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to update, change or replace any part of these Terms by posting updates and changes to our website. It is your responsibility to check our website periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to our website or our Service following the posting of any changes to these Terms constitutes acceptance of those changes.
22. TERMS FOR USERS IN CERTAIN GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS
California
If you are a consumer residing in California, the following provision of these Terms applies to you. In accordance with California Civil Code Sec. 1789.3, California resident users are entitled to know that they may file grievances and complaints regarding this website with the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs, in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Sacramento, California 95834, by telephone at (916) 445-1254 or (800) 952-5210, or by email to dca@dca.ca.gov.
New Jersey
If you are a consumer residing in New Jersey, the following provisions of these Terms do not apply to you (and do not limit any rights that you may have) to the extent that they are unenforceable under New Jersey law: (i) Disclaimer of Warranties; Limitation of Liability; (ii) Indemnification; and (iii) Dispute Resolution; Arbitration Agreement and Class Action Waiver sections and the governing law provisions (solely to the extent that your rights as a consumer residing in New Jersey are required to be governed by New Jersey law). According to N.J.S.A. 56:12-16, you may have additional rights if you are a New Jersey resident and other provisions of these Terms are found to violate an established legal right.
23. CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have questions or concerns regarding these Terms or need to obtain a copy of these Terms in alternate format due to a disability, please contact us by email at info@irteams.org.