TERMS OF USE

Welcome to www.asho.org. The Church of Scientology International (“CSI”) and/or its affiliated international organizations provide website features to you subject to the following terms and our Privacy Policy. If you visit this website, you accept these conditions. Please read them carefully.

1. SCOPE AND ADDRESSEES

This website is operated and administered by CSI, located in Los Angeles, California, USA (see Legal Notice), and therefore complies with the applicable laws.

2. DATA PRIVACY PROTECTION

Personally identifiable data of the user of the CSI website will be collected, used and processed in compliance with applicable laws on data privacy protection and the CSI website Privacy Policy, which is also available per hyperlink at the bottom of each page of this website.

3. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

3.1. Copyright Information

All materials available on this site are protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaty provisions. This material has been placed on this internet site under the authority of the copyright owner for the sole purpose of viewing of the materials by users of this site. Users are not authorized to download or transmit any of these materials electronically, or to otherwise reproduce any of the materials in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including data storage and retrieval systems, recording, printing or photocopying unless otherwise expressly stated on this site.

Grateful acknowledgment is made to L. Ron Hubbard Library for permission to reproduce selections from the copyrighted works of L. Ron Hubbard.

3.2. Photographs of L. Ron Hubbard

3.3. Trademark Information

The following are trademarks and service marks owned by Religious Technology Center, Los Angeles, California, USA. These marks are licensed for use by the Church of Scientology International and its affiliated organizations and have been registered in many countries in the world:

CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL corporate symbol, DIANETICS, DIANETICS symbol, DIANETICS symbol within a circle, E-METER, FLAG, FLAG SERVICE ORGANIZATION corporate symbol, FREEDOM magazine, FREEWINDS, FREEWINDS logo, HUBBARD, L. RON HUBBARD, L. RON HUBBARD signature, LRH, MARK ULTRA VIII, MARK ULTRA VIII symbol, OXFORD CAPACITY ANALYSIS, PERSONAL EFFICIENCY COURSE, RON SIGNATURE, SCIENTOLOGY, SCIENTOLOGY CROSS (pointed), SCIENTOLOGY CROSS (rounded) minister’s cross, SCIENTOMETRIC, SCIENTOLOGY LIFE IMPROVEMENT, SCIENTOLOGY MEDIA PRODUCTIONS, SCIENTOLOGY NETWORK logo, SCIENTOLOGY NETWORK ID, SCIENTOLOGY VOLUNTEER MINISTER symbol, SCIENTOLOGY symbol, SUCCESS THROUGH COMMUNICATION COURSE, THE BRIDGE, THE BRIDGE TO TOTAL FREEDOM, VOICES FOR HUMANITY.

THE WAY TO HAPPINESS and the “Road & Sun” design are trademarks owned by the L. Ron Hubbard Library in the USA and in other countries (trademark registrations issued and other registrations pending) and are used with its permission.

ABLE, APPLIED SCHOLASTICS, the APPLIED SCHOLASTICS OPEN BOOK design, CRIMINON, the CRIMINON logo, NARCONON, the NARCONON logo and the “Jumping Man” design are trademarks owned by Association for Better Living and Education International and are used with its permission.

CITIZENS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, CCHR and the CCHR logo are trademarks and service marks owned by Citizens Commission on Human Rights and are used with its permission.

UNITED FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, YOUTH FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, the YOUTH FOR HUMAN RIGHTS logo and the UNITED FOR HUMAN RIGHTS logo are trademarks owned by United for Human Rights and are used with its permission.

TRUTH ABOUT DRUGS and the FOUNDATION FOR A DRUG-FREE WORLD logo are trademarks owned by the Foundation for a Drug-Free World and are used with its permission.

SCIENTOLOGIST is a collective membership mark indicating membership in a church and church membership services of the affiliated Scientology churches and missions.

4. HYPERLINKS

The site may contain hyperlinks to the webpages of third parties. CSI shall have no liability for the contents of such webpages and does not make representations about or endorse such webpages or their contents as its own, as CSI does not control the information on such webpages and is not responsible for the contents and information given thereon. The use of such webpages shall be at the sole risk of the user.

5. APPLICABLE LAW, PLACE OF JURISDICTION

These Terms of Use, including its disclaimers, terms and conditions, shall be governed by—and all disputes relating to or in connection with these Terms of Use or their subject matter shall be resolved in accordance with—the laws of the State of California, USA, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws. CSI reserves the right to make changes to this site and these disclaimers, terms and conditions at any time. User hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of California and of the United States of America located in the State of California for any litigation arising out of or relating to use of this site (and agrees not to commence any litigation relating thereto except in such courts), waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such litigation in the State of California and agrees not to plead or claim in any California court that such litigation brought therein has been brought in an inconvenient form.

6. SEVERABILITY

The provisions of these Terms of Use are intended to be severable. If for any reason any provision of these Terms of Use shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without in any manner affecting the validity or enforceability thereof in any other jurisdiction or the remaining provisions hereof in any jurisdiction.