"Rules of the Road" (Terms of Use) for the Keep the Drive Website

Okay so with how much time you spend on the Internet, we’re sure you know the drill about terms of use. This website is a great opportunity for you to help take on the number one killer of teens — motor vehicle crashes. But, as you know with most great opportunities comes some responsibilities. Here are the main things to keep in mind:

Important Notice - Terms of Use: Effective August 18, 2006
By using this website in any manner, you agree to all terms and conditions contained or referenced in these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use apply only to your use of this website and do not change or alter any other agreement or contract between you and Keep the Drive.

Keep the Drive reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify or change these Terms of Use at any time without prior notice to you. Your continued use of this website following the posting of any changes to the Terms of Use constitutes acceptance of those changes.

If at any time you choose not to accept these Terms of Use, please do not use this Web site or send e-mail to any allstate.com e-mail address.

User Agreement
By providing information in or otherwise using any communications service on this website you agree that:

You will not upload, post, or otherwise distribute or facilitate distribution of any content -- including text, communications, software, images, sounds, data, or other information that:

  • constitutes unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, junk or bulk e-mail (also known as "spamming"), chain letters, any other form of unauthorized solicitation or any form of lottery or gambling;
  • harvests or collects information, including screen names.
  • contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.
  • attempts to get a password, or other private information from a user.
  • contains highly explicit or graphic descriptions or accounts of sexual acts, including but not limited to sexual language of a violent or threatening nature, directed at another individual or group of individuals, particularly when unsolicited.
  • is illegal or uses the Site or Service to conduct illegal activities.
  • victimizes, harasses, degrades or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, race, ethnicity, age, disability, and sexual orientation.
  • impersonates or represents including, without limitation: Keep the Drive, Keep the Drive staff, community leaders, other members, names of any celebrities and/or government officials.
  • posts and/or solicits personal information from another person. Personal information includes full name, home address, home telephone number, or other identifying "offline" information.
  • infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, or other proprietary right of any party.


  • You also agree that by submitting photos, videos, images, or other information to Keep the Drive, you give Keep the Drive the right to use or reproduce that information at is sole discretion for various purposes. Please be advised that we only intend to use the information to support the Keep the Drive program and for efforts to help teens become better and safer drivers.

    Modifications to Site:
    Keep the Drive reserves the right, for any reason, in its sole discretion, to terminate, change or suspend any aspect of the Site, including, but not limited to, content, features or hours of availability. Keep the Drive may impose limits on certain features of the Site or restrict your access to part or all of the Site without notice or penalty.

    Jurisdictional Statement
    This Web site is controlled, operated and intended for use only in the United States of America. We do not represent that materials on this Web site are appropriate or made available for use outside of the United States of America. Privacy Policy
    Our Privacy Statement describes our use and protection of nonpublic personal information and will help you understand how we treat the information that we obtain from you or other sources in the course of providing you with updates and information via this website. We urge you to read our Privacy Statement.

    Ownership of Materials & Restrictions on Use
    The information on this Web site, along with any materials, is the copyrighted work of Keep the Drive and is protected under United States and worldwide copyright laws and treaty provisions. Keep the Drive grants you permission to copy or use such materials so long as each copy: (i) is solely for informational, non-commercial use; (ii) plainly displays all copyright and other proprietary notices, if any, in the same form and manner as on the original. Such materials may display a statement that the materials are used solely with permission of Keep the Drive. To seek permission for any other use, please contact Keep the Drive. You agree not to misuse or damage the name, image or other proprietary materials of Keep the Drive or The Allstate Foundation.

    Links to Other Web Sites
    This Web site contains links to other sites. Keep the Drive provides links to other sites as a convenience to persons who visit this Web site. If you choose to use the services provided by those sites, you may be asked by those sites to provide certain personally identifiable information (some of which may, on an individual or aggregated basis, be shared with Keep the Drive). Please be aware that Keep the Drive is not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites, even though The Allstate Foundation's or Keep the Drive’s name or logo may appear on those sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy policies of each and every Web site that you visit, as the privacy policies of those sites may differ from ours. Our Privacy Statement applies solely to this Web site.

    Keep the Drive is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site.

    Disclaimers
    THIS WEB SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE ALLSTATE FOUNDATION DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ALLSTATE FOUNDATION DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONALITY OR OPERATION OF THE ALLSTATE WEB SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR FREE FROM ERROR, THAT ANY DEFECTS IN THE WEB SITE WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE WEB SITE OR THE SERVER(S) THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL CONDITIONS OR COMPONENTS.

    Limitation of Liability TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, KEEP THE DRIVE DISCLAIMS LIABILITY, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES) IN ANY WAY ARISING FROM THE FUNCTIONALITY OR OPERATION OF THIS WEB SITE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES ARISING FROM INTERRUPTIONS OF SERVICE OR DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION), EVEN IF KEEP THE DRIVE IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

    Severability
    If any provision of these Terms of Use is held invalid, void or unenforceable, then that provision will be considered severable from the remaining provisions, and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.