Legal Notice and Privacy Policy

The White Stag logo, the phrase "White Stag Leadership Development Program", the White Stag neckerchief design, the Silver Stag design, the pocket and beret patches, "Krackenstock", "C-Day" and "Candidate-Day", the arrow with the infinity symbol at its head, are all protected marks of the White Stag Association. The White Stag Association and its predecesssor organization, the White Stag Steering Committee, have used these marks since the program was formed in 1958. All other product names, company names, marks, logos, and symbols may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Protected Marks

The White Stag Leadership Development program is a unique program and participants develop a strong relationship with it and to our symbols. The White Stag Association does not permit other groups or organizations to use our symbols inappropriately or claim to represent White Stag when they do not. For details, see Identity and Branding.

Program concepts, methods and techniques

The aims, concepts, methods, and techniques (or operating principles) of the White Stag Leadership Development program, are unique to the White Stag program.

Copyright

The contents of this Web Site are copyrighted by Brian Phelps, DBA " White Stag Leadership Development Program." The content and design may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part except as described below. No logo, graphic, sound or image from the Web Site may be copied or retransmitted unless expressly permitted by the White Stag Leadership Development Program.

Use of White Stag Materials

Incidental, non-commercial, personal use: You may use or copy the information found on the White Stag web site for your personal, incidental, non-commercial, informational purposes only.

All other uses: Except as authorized in the previous paragraph, all other uses, including reproducing or transmitting in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval systems, are not permitted without the express written permission of the author. You are not granted a license under any copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property in the material or the products, services, or processes described therein. All such rights are retained by White Stag Leadership Development or its designees, and/or any third party owner rights.

Requesting use: If you want to use these materials in your Scouting or youth program, please contact Brian Phelps. Permission is usually quickly granted. Our purpose is to protect our intellectual property rights and support you by our staying informed of who is using these materials.

Privacy Policy

Your Privacy is Important to Us

For each visitor to our Web page, our web server automatically recognizes no information regarding the visitor's domain or e-mail address.

We collect aggregate information on what pages users access or visit and information volunteered by the user, such as specific requests by users to be added to our mailing list or to request information about camp.

The information we collect is used for internal review and is then discarded. It is used to improve the content of our Web page, used to notify users about updates to our Web site (but only if specifically requested to do so by the user) and not shared with other organizations for commercial purposes.

More Information on Privacy

For more information on privacy, please visit the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

Complaint Notice Procedures for Copyright Owners

PhelpsTek respects the intellectual property of all parties and we ask our visitors to do the same. We are committed to complying with U.S. Copyright laws. Our policy is to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 ("DMCA") provides recourse for owners of copyrighted material who believe their rights under U.S. copyright law have been infringed on the Internet.

If you believe your work has been copied and is accessible on this site in a way that may constitute copyright infringement, please provide notice to our Designated Agent. The notice must include the following information as provided by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. 512 (c) (3):

1. An electronic or physical signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notice, a representative list of such works at that site.
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material.
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
5. A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the matter complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Failure to include all of the above information may result in a delay of the processing or the DCMA notification.

Designated Agent

The Designated Agent for notice of copyright infringement claims may be reached as follows:

Brian Phelps
6050 Garnica Court
Stockton, CA 95215
(888) 869-1308

Warranty - Disclaimer

This Web Site may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. White Stag Leadership Developement may make improvements and/or changes in the web site content, and products, services, programs, and prices described in this Web Site at any time without notice. Any action related to these Terms will be governed by California law and controlling U.S. federal law. No choice of law rules of any jurisdiction will apply. These Terms represent the entire understanding relating to the use of the Web Site and prevail over any prior or contemporaneous, conflicting or additional, communications. PhelpsTek has the right to revise these Terms at any time without notice by updating this posting. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by White Stag.

Documents published by Brian Phelps and the White Stag Leadership Development Program or its contractors or agents and available on our world wide web site are provided "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. The White Stag Leadership Development Program, its contractors or agents, shall not under any circumstances be liable to any person or organization for any special, incidental, direct, indirect or consequential damages, including, without limitation, damages resulting from use of OR RELIANCE ON the INFORMATION, PROGRAMS, DOCUMENTATION, OR GRAPHICS presented. The White Stag Leadership Development Program, its contractors or agents, will never be liable for loss of profits or revenues or costs of replacement goods, even if informed in advance of the possibility of such damage.

Legal Use

If any portion of this web site or any information, services, or product found on it is prohibited, illegal, or otherwise in violation of any local, state, provincial, national or other statute in the geographic location from which it is being accessed, then the information, services, or product described is not intended for distribution or use in that locale.

Book Return Policy

As stated on the book order page, the books available through this web site are sold through an arrangement with PhelpsTek, an independent publications services company, at the address stated on the order form. All books are shipped within seven days of receipt of order. If you are for any reason dissatisfied with the contents of either of the books, we offer a 30-day money back guarantee, including shipping and handling charges. You must first contact us and request a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number. Only returns in new condition and accompanied by a RMA number will be processed for a refund. Email us request a copy of this refund policy.