Website Policies

These Terms of Use set forth the agreement between Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska, Inc. (“Lutheran Family Services” or “we”) and each user (“you”) governing the access to and use of any website owned and/or operated by Lutheran Family Services, including the website located at https://www.onelfs.org (collectively, “Site”). Please read these Terms of Use carefully before using this Site. By using this Site, you agree that you grant your freely-given, specific, informed, and unambiguous consent to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions contained in these Terms of Use, you should not access or otherwise use this Site.

All intellectual property, data, content or other materials on the Site including, but not limited to, all trademarks, trade names, logos, product names, design marks, slogans, design, text, graphics, sound, software, code and other content, and the selection and arrangement thereof, are the property of Lutheran Family Services or its licensors, and are protected by United States and international law. Lutheran Family Services and its licensors expressly reserve all intellectual property rights in all materials on the Site. No license is granted to you in connection with such materials contained on the Site other than expressly provided in these Terms of Use. Any use of materials on this Site, including without limitation reproduction, modification, distribution, replication, commercial or other exploitation, or creation of derivative works, without the prior written permission of Lutheran Family Services is strictly prohibited.

You may provide us with suggestions, enhancement requests, recommendations, corrections, or other feedback (collectively, “Feedback”). You grant to us and our affiliates a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use the Feedback for any purpose.

To access the Site or some of the resources it offers, you may be asked to provide certain information. It is a condition of your use of the Site that all the information you provide on the Site is correct, current and complete.

To the extent applicable, you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account, including, without limitation, unauthorized usage of your account.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Lutheran Family Services, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Site, including, but not limited to, any use of the Site’s content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, or your use of any information obtained from the Site.

You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that the Site or content available on the Site will be free from corrupted data, computer viruses or other destructive or contaminating code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY SITE LINKED TO IT.
YOUR USE OF THE SITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.

NEITHER LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY, OR AVAILABILITY OF THE SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE SITE, ITS CONTENT, OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE, OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT THE SITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

To the fullest extent provided by law, in no event will Lutheran Family Services, its affiliates, or their licensors, service providers, employees, agents, officers, or directors be liable for damages of any kind, under any legal theory, arising out of or in connection with your use, or inability to use, the site, any sites linked to it, any content on the site or such other sites, including any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to, personal injury, pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of revenue, loss of profits, loss of business or anticipated savings, loss of use, loss of goodwill, loss of data, and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract, or otherwise, even if foreseeable.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the sole and entire maximum liability of Lutheran Family Services and its affiliates for any reason, and your sole and exclusive remedy for any cause or claim whatsoever, shall be limited to one hundred dollars (USD $100).

Any cause of action or claim you may have arising out of or relating to these terms of use or the site must be commenced within one (1) year after the cause of action accrues; otherwise, such cause of action or claim is permanently barred.

You agree to maintain the security of any account on the Site, including the security of your password (if any) and other confidential information relating to the use of the Site and your account on the Site.

You agree to use this Site only for lawful purposes, and that you are responsible for your use of and communications on the Site. You agree not to use this Site in any manner that interferes with its normal operation or with any other user’s use and enjoyment of the Site.

You agree that Lutheran Family Services may terminate or suspend your access to all or part of this Site, without notice, for any reason, including, without limitation, for any conduct that Lutheran Family Services, in its sole discretion, believes is in violation of these Terms of Use or any applicable law or is harmful to the interests of another user, Lutheran Family Services or its affiliates.

All information we collect on this Site is subject to our Privacy Policy. By using the Site, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.

If the Site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to this Site, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.

Additional terms and conditions may apply to specific portions, services, or features of the Site.

By providing a credit card or other payment method that we accept, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to use the designated payment method and that you authorize us (or our third-party payment processor) to charge your payment method for the total amount of your transaction (including any applicable taxes and other charges). If the payment method cannot be verified, is invalid or is otherwise not acceptable, your transaction may be suspended or cancelled. You must resolve any payment method problems before we proceed with your transaction.

We retain the right to utilize third-parties in fulfilling any aspect of any transaction, including payment processing, confirming the transaction, or performing any other aspect of the transaction. For example, upon submitting a payment to us, you may receive a confirmation email from a third-party. If we or our third-party providers receive a payment instruction authorized by you and the instruction is erroneous in any way, we shall have no obligation or liability for the error.

We may send electronic mail or otherwise contact you for the purpose of advising you about our services, including changes or additions to our services, or for such other purpose(s) as we deem appropriate. Upon the receipt of these communications, you will have the option to opt-out or unsubscribe from future electronic mail notifications. You agree that any notices, agreements, disclosures or other communications that we send to you electronically will satisfy any legal communication requirements, including, but not limited to, that such communications be in writing.

These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nebraska without regard to choice of law rules. Each user agrees to submit to personal jurisdiction in the State of Nebraska and further agrees that any cause of action arising from or relating to the use of this Site or these Terms of Use shall be brought exclusively in a state or federal court located in Omaha, Nebraska. EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL FOR ALL CLAIMS, INCLUDING COUNTERCLAIMS AND TORT CLAIMS, WHICH RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THESE TERMS OF USE. YOU AGREE THAT, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THE SITE AND/OR THESE TERMS OF USE, WILL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION.

No waiver by Lutheran Family Services of any term or condition set out in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of Lutheran Family Services to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of these Terms of Use shall be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions shall not be affected. When used in these Terms of Use, the term “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

Nothing hereunder shall be construed to give either party the power to act as an agent of the other.

These Terms of Use constitute the entire and only agreement between Lutheran Family Services and each user of this Site with respect to the subject matter of these Terms of Use and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous agreements, representations, warranties and understandings, written or oral, with respect to the subject matter of these Terms of Use.

You agree to review these Terms of Use prior to your use of this Site and your use of this Site shall be deemed acceptance of and assent to these Terms of Use. Lutheran Family Services may, in its sole discretion, amend these Terms of Use from time to time. All changes are effective immediately when we post them. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes.

Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska, Inc. (“Company” “we” “us” “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.

This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This policy applies to information we collect:

On our website located at https://www.OneLFS.org/ (“Site”).
In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and us.
Through telephone, mail or other method of collection.

It does not apply to information collected on any other website operated by any third party or collected by any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Site.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Site. By accessing or using this Site, you agree that you grant your feely-given, specific, informed, and unambiguous consent to be bound by this policy. This policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of this Site after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

Our Site is not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under age 16 may provide any information to or on the Site. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are under 16, do not use or provide any information on this Site or on or through any of its features. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at:

Lutheran Family Services, Inc.
7929 West Center Road
Omaha, NE 68124
(402) 342-7038
[email protected]

We may collect several types of personal information from and about you, including, without limitation:

Personal identifiers, including name, postal address, online identifier, email address, IP address, telephone number or other similar identifiers.
Protected classification characteristics, including race, citizenship, religion, marital status, gender, veteran or military status, or other similar identifiers.
Commercial information, including products or services purchased, obtained or considered or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.
Internet or other network activity, including browsing history, search history, information on a consumer’s interaction with a website, application or advertising.
Geolocation data, including physical location or movements.
Professional or employment related information, including current or past job history or performance evaluations.
Inferences drawn from other personal information, including profiling a person’s preferences, characteristics, behavior, abilities and attitudes.

Personal information does not include:

Publicly available information from government records.
De-identified or aggregated consumer information.

We collect this information:

Directly from you when you provide it to us.
Automatically as you navigate through our Site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies.

The information we collect may include:

Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Site. This includes information provided at the time of requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Site.
Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
Any other information that you provide to us.

As you navigate through and interact with our Site, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. The information we collect automatically may include personal information. It helps us to improve our Site and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Site according to your individual interests.
Speed up your searches.
Recognize you when you return to our Site.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include, without limitation:

Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts or features of our Site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Site.
Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Site may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our Site. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies.

We may receive information that third parties provide us, which may include information about you. For example, we may collect information about you when you post content to our pages or feeds on third party social media sites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected through or by any third party. If you have any questions about such third parties’ privacy practices, you should review their privacy policies

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

To present our Site and its contents to you.
To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
To notify you about changes to our Site or any products or services we offer or provide though it.
To provide you with support and to respond to your inquiries, including to investigate and address your concerns and monitor and improve our responses.
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
For any other purpose with your consent.

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this policy:

To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Company’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Company about our Site users is among the assets transferred.
To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
To enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Company, our customers, or others.

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with control over your information. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.

We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way.

In an attempt to provide you with increased value, we may include third-party links on our Site. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third-party’s website.  We have no control over these linked sites. Third-party sites have their own separate and independent privacy policies and practices, including in connection with their use or disclosure of information you disclose to them. We are not responsible or liable for the content of any third-party site. We encourage you to check the privacy policies of third-party sites before providing your information to them. The fact that we may link to a third-party site or present a banner ad or other type of advertisement from a third party is not an endorsement, authorization, or representation of any affiliation by us with that third-party, nor is it an endorsement of their privacy or information security policies or practices.

The security and confidentiality of your Information is important to us. We work hard to protect your information from loss, misuse or unauthorized access or disclosure, and follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal data submitted to us, both during transmission and once it is received. We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk. Given the nature of communications and information processing technology, we cannot guarantee that your information, during transmission or while stored on our systems or otherwise in our care, will be absolutely safe from intrusion by others. It is important that you protect against unauthorized access to your account information and to your computer. If you have any questions about the security of your personal data, you can contact us at:

Lutheran Family Services, Inc.
7929 West Center Road
Omaha, NE 68124
(402) 342-7038
[email protected]

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you through a notice on the Site home page. The date the policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Site and this policy to check for any changes.

We are committed to facilitating the accessibility of our Site for all people with disabilities. To access this Privacy Policy in an alternative format, please contact us at [email protected].

By accessing or using the reCAPTCHA APIs, you agree to the Google APIs Terms of Use, Google Terms of Use, and to the Additional Terms below. Please read and understand all applicable terms and policies before accessing the APIs. You acknowledge and understand that the reCAPTCHA API works by collecting hardware and software information, such as device and application data, and sending these data to Google for analysis. The information collected in connection with your use of the service will be used for improving reCAPTCHA and for general security purposes. It will not be used for personalized advertising by Google. Pursuant to Section 3(d) of the Google APIs Terms of Service, you agree that if you use the APIs that it is your responsibility to provide any necessary notices or consents for the collection and sharing of this data with Google. For users in the European Union, you and your API Client(s) must comply with the EU User Consent Policy. Your use of reCAPTCHA is subject to call limits. Google may in its sole discretion enforce these limits through any of the means described at call limits or in these terms of service.

To ask questions or comment about this policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:

Lutheran Family Services, Inc.
7929 West Center Road
Omaha, NE 68124
(402) 342-7038
[email protected]