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Terms and Conditions
By checking the box below
and clicking on the "I Accept" button, the User fully
and unconditionally agrees to be bound by these terms and
conditions and any and all other guidelines, disclaimers,
rules, and privacy statements within this agreement and
throughout this site, collectively referred to as "Terms
and Conditions." All Terms and Conditions contained
herein apply only to the DCJIS Web site.
Each time a User accesses
this site to obtain an on-line application, an Individual
Agreement of Non-Disclosure, or Web-CORI, he or she must agree
to these Terms and Conditions. If the User chooses not to be
bound by these Terms and Conditions, the User will be denied
access to this site.
Use of
DCJIS Web Site
All Terms and Conditions
contained herein apply only to the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services (DCJIS)
Web site. Acceptance of these Terms and
Conditions constitutes a binding agreement between the User,
and the DCJIS. The User understands that these Terms and
Conditions govern the use of this site, and a breach of any
Term or Condition may result in the termination of the
User’s use of this site, at the discretion of the DCJIS.
All
services and information provided through this Web site are
subject to change without notice. The
DCJIS reserves the right to alter any term or condition on this
site, as needed. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the
User to read, understand, and agree to these Terms and
Conditions each time the site is accessed for information.
Penalties
for Unauthorized Access to and/or Dissemination
of CORI
Any User of this site
understands that CORI information is regulated by M.G.L.
c. 6, §§ 167-178B, inclusive, and 803 CMR 2:00-8:03,
inclusive, and any misrepresentation, misuse, unlawful access,
or dissemination may result in civil or criminal penalties.
Unauthorized attempts to modify any information stored on this
site, or received from this site, to defeat or circumvent
security features, or to use this site for other than its
intended purposes are strictly prohibited.
The use of this site
constitutes an understanding by the User that any person who
willfully requests, obtains or seeks to obtain criminal
offender record information (CORI) under false pretenses, or
who willfully communicates or seeks to communicate CORI to any
agency or person, except in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L.
c. 6, §§ 168-178B inclusive, shall for each offense be
fined up to five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or imprisoned
in a jail or house of correction for up to one year, or both.
Use of this site
constitutes an understanding by the User that pursuant to M.G.L.
c. 6, § 168, the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services (DCJIS)
has the authority to issue orders enforcing its rules and
regulations, including the imposition of civil fines not to
exceed five hundred dollars for each willful violation.
User
Codes and Passwords
All User Codes are
personal and issued individually.
It is solely the responsibility of the User to keep the
individual User Code and password(s) confidential; under no
circumstances is any User’s password to be shared with
another individual. By using this system to access CORI, the
User agrees that he or she is assuming the risk of an
unauthorized person learning the User’s e-mail address, Internet
Protocol Address (IP address), User Code, and password. If
this information is not kept confidential, the User may be in
breach of M.G.L.
c. 6, §§ 167-178B, inclusive, should CORI be unlawfully
accessed and/or disseminated.
DCJIS’s
Auditing Functions
The User understands that
the DCJIS has the ability and authority to audit organizations
to ensure that all policy, regulatory, and statutory
requirements are being met. The User acknowledges that he or
she may be the subject of an audit at any time, and agrees to
this as a condition of certification. For guidelines on the
use, storage, and retention of CORI, the User should review
the DCJIS’s Audit
Guidelines.
Reproduction
of Information
No part of this Web site,
or any information contained herein, may be reproduced,
republished, redistributed or transmitted, in whole or in
part, in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical,
by any information storage or retrieval system, unless in
accordance with M.G.L. c. 6, § 167-178B, inclusive, or with express written
permission from the Executive Director of the DCJIS.
Jurisdiction
Enforcement of the Terms
and Conditions, or the use of any information received through
this Web site, including but not limited to CORI information,
will be governed and construed by the laws of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts.
Severability
If any of these Terms and
Conditions or the application thereof is held to be invalid,
such invalidity shall not affect other Terms and Conditions
not specifically held invalid, and to this end the Terms and
Conditions and all other guidelines, disclaimers, rules, and
privacy statements within this agreement are declared to be
severable.
Contact
Information
If you have questions or
concerns, please contact the CORI Unit at (617) 660-4640 or
the Legal Unit at (617) 660-4760.
I affirm that I have
read, understood, and am bound by all Terms and Conditions
collectively, and by M.G.L. c. 6, §§ 167-178B, inclusive,
and 803 CMR 2.00-8.03, inclusive.
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