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By joining the Phelps Y-DNA Project the participant agrees to the following.
DISCLAIMER, CONDITIONS AND AGREEMENT November 5, 2009:
The designated administrators of the Phelps Y-DNA Project was authorized by FamilyTreeDNA (FTDNA). and has no commercial or contractual affiliation with any profit making organization and receives no financial support. Although FTDNA provides discounts for all surname project members, that by no means suggests a business partnership or other financial relationship between the Project and FTDNA. All funds are payable only and directly to FTDNA. The administrator has no responsibility for the care, handling or return to participant of the y-dna samples, nor duty to act on behalf of Participant in mediation of any dispute between the Participant and FTDNA.
Under unusual conditions, as determined solely by the administrator, participants may be dropped from the Phelps project. The administrators and optional lineage coordinators, work with the related members to determine what ancestry information is to be posted. A private forum may be provided for lineage discussion and the participant will be included unless a request is made to be omitted. The administrators may provide public, non-professional opinions of how the Y-DNA of the participant supports the lineages using publicly viewable data tables as a guide.
The administrator/web master reserves the right to end their participation in the Phelps Y-DNA Project . The administrator is the owner of the of this web site and reserves the right to remove this web site and to determine if and to whom it will be given.
This agreement applies further to any other person whose email address is stated on the participant’s logon record at FTDNA. It is the participant’s responsibility to maintain their record including all contact information.
RELEASE OF LIABILITY / LIABILITY WAIVER January 30, 2009, Revised 11/15/2009, 11/25/2010, 4/2011
This RELEASE AND WAIVER is given to the administrators and lineage coordinators to feel free to donate their services and time in organizing this project without fear of liability. As a member, I understand the project was established by the administrators to test genetically the Y-DNA of participants and to compare the results and the lineages with others who have been tested with similar surnames. I also understand the possibility that a participant's Y-DNA may not match as expected where adoption, false paternity, or other reasons happened in the participant's immediate family or backward in time in the ancestral line.
WWW.phelpsdna.com is an optional extension of the FTDNA public web pages and are maintained by the administrator. All Y-DNA and contact information of the FTDNA tested participants is made available to the administrator and optional co-administrators for analysis. Participants may withdraw their Phelps project membership at any time, but retain all the advantages as a tested FTDNA customer.
I understand that the administrators will make reasonable efforts to protect the identity of the participant on the web pages. As a member, my kit number and ydna results will be displayed on web pages. I understand that I may be made a member of an optional private forum where conversations might identify me with a kit number. I give the administrator, co-administrators, and lineage coordinators the right to analyze my ydna results.
I also agree to INDEMNIFY AND RELEASE the administrators and the line coordinators from all claims, judgments, expenses and costs, including but not limited to attorney's fees, incurred in connection with any claims brought as a result of my participation in the PHELPS Y-DNA Project and which are released by the terms of this agreement.
In consideration of this right to participate in the PHELPS Y-DNA Project and with full knowledge of these possibilities as outlined above, and intending to be legally bound, I hereby agree for myself and on behalf of all of my family and heirs to RELEASE the administrator , co-administrator and lineage coordinators from any and all liability, claims, demands or any causes of action, and not sue or otherwise make any claim against the administrators whatsoever which may arise during my participation in the PHELPS Y-DNA Project. I assume full responsibility for any risk occurring from my participation. This release of liability is given in exchange for joining the PHELPS Y-DNA Project. This RELEASE AND WAIVER has no expiration date and may be changed by the administrators by a broadcast option provided by FTDNA.