Rule 11: Message Board Terms of Use
11.1 General »
South Hawk Computing LCC Forum ("We" or "Us" or "Our") offers the use of its blogging and message board services (along with the content posted thereon, the "Services") subject to the terms and conditions of use (the "Terms") contained herein. All references herein to "We," "Us," or "Our" are intended to include Computer Talk Forum and any other affiliated companies. By accessing, creating or contributing to any blogs or messages hosted by us (the "Blog"), and in consideration for the Services we provide to you, you agree to abide by these Terms. Please read them carefully before posting to or creating any Blog. We reserve the right to change, at any time, at our sole discretion, the Terms under which these Services are offered. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these Terms for changes. Your continued use of the Services constitutes your acceptance of all such Terms. If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use the Services.
11.2 Disclaimer of Forum Responsibility »
You understand that all content posted to the Forum (the "Content") is the sole responsibility of the individual who originally posted the content. You understand, also, that all opinions expressed by users of this site are expressed strictly in their individual capacities, and not as Our representatives or any of Our sponsors or partners. The opinions that you or others post in the Blog do not necessarily reflect Our opinions.
11.3 Posting »
By posting your Content using the Services, you are granting an unrestricted, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide, and fully transferable, assignable, and sub licensable right and license to use, copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create collective or derivative works from, distribute, perform and display your Content in whole or in part and to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed. You further warrant that all so-called moral rights in the content have been waived.
By posting content to the Forum, you warrant and represent that you either own or otherwise control all of the rights to that content, including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the content, or that your use of the content is a protected fair use. You agree that you will not knowingly provide material and misleading false information. You represent and warrant also that the content you supply does not violate these Terms. It is your sole responsibility to ensure that your postings do not disclose confidential and/or proprietary information, including personal financial information, information covered by a nondisclosure agreement, and information that you are not authorized to disclose. We caution you not to disclose personal information about yourself or your children, such as social security numbers, credit card numbers, etc.
You agree to indemnify and hold Us and Our affiliated companies, and their directors, officers and employees, harmless for any and all claims or demands, including reasonable attorney fees, that arise from or otherwise relate to your use of the Forum, any content you supply to the forum, or your violation of these Terms or the rights of another.
11.4 Accessing »
You agree that We will not be liable, under any circumstances and in any way, for any errors or omissions, loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of use of any content posted on this site. You agree that you must evaluate and bear all risks associated with the use of any content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such content. You agree not to collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, or to use information obtained from the Services to send other users unsolicited e-mail of any kind.
The forum is provided for informational purposes only; we shall not be responsible or liable for the accuracy or availability of any information appearing or available on the forum.
forum postings may provide links to other websites on the Internet. We are not responsible or liable for such content and we make no express or implied warranty about the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, merchantability, or any other aspect of the content of such postings. We are not responsible or liable for any advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such websites or resources. The inclusion of links does not imply endorsement of the Websites by Us or any association with their operators.
We may enable you to establish an account with a username and password to access and use the Services. If so, you are responsible for maintaining the strict confidentiality of your password, and you are responsible for any activity occurring through use of your account and password. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security and ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. We are not responsible or liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this provision.
11.5 Children »
Collecting personal information from children under the age of 18 ("minor children") through the Services or the fourm is prohibited. No Content should be directed toward minor children. Minor children are not eligible to use the site, and we ask that they do not submit any personal information to us.
11.6 Privacy Policy »
Please be sure to read our Privacy Policy, which is available at this website and incorporated herein by reference.
11.7 Termination of Access/Removal of Content »
We shall have the right in Our sole discretion to terminate your access to and use of the Services and/or remove any of your Content should We consider your statements or conduct to be inaccurate, illegal, obscene, defamatory, threatening, infringing of intellectual property rights, invasive of privacy, injurious, objectionable, or otherwise in violation of these Terms or applicable law. We may or may not remove your posts on the site, and your account will be disabled, but not deleted. You may request to have your email removed from the site, in these cases we will add "REMOVED_", or "BANNED_" in front of your email address by your request only. Otherwise your email will remain.
11.8 Acceptance and Acknowledgement of Terms »
Use of this website constitutes acceptance of these Terms. You acknowledge that you have read and are bound by the Terms, as well as any other usage agreements of Ours, including the Website Terms of Use that may govern your conduct. Thank you for participating in the forum. Please do not hesitate to contact us.
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Rule 12: Privacy Policy
12.1 What information do we collect? »
We collect information from you when you register on our site or fill out a form.
When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address, mailing address or phone number. You may, however, visit some parts of our site anonymously.
12.2 What do we use your information for? »
Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:
To personalize your experience
(your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs).
To improve our website
(we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you)
To improve customer service
(your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs)
To process transactions
(Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the purchased product or service requested.)
To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
To send periodic emails.
(The email address you provide may be used to send you information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.)
12.3 How do we protect your information? »
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information.
12.4 Do we use cookies? »
Yes (Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computers hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.
We use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits, keep track of advertisements and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.
12.5 Do we disclose any information to outside parties? »
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
12.6 Third party links »
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites. The feedback has to be communicated via our contact page though. Please do not post feedback regarding sponsors of the site as a topic on the forum.
12.7 Childrens Online Privacy »
We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older. We ask that if you are 13 years old or younger to not register on this forum. Please ask your parents!
12.8 Online Privacy Policy Only »
This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.
12.9 Terms and Conditions »
Please also visit our Terms and Conditions section establishing the use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our website.
12.10 Your Consent »
By using our site, you consent to our online privacy policy.
12.11 Changes to our Privacy Policy »
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will update the Privacy Policy modification date below.
This policy was last modified on Oct 1, 2014
12.12 Contacting Us »
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us.
12.1 What information do we collect? »
We collect information from you when you register on our site or fill out a form.
When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address, mailing address or phone number. You may, however, visit some parts of our site anonymously.
12.2 What do we use your information for? »
Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:
To personalize your experience
(your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs).
To improve our website
(we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you)
To improve customer service
(your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs)
To process transactions
(Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the purchased product or service requested.)
To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
To send periodic emails.
(The email address you provide may be used to send you information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.)
12.3 How do we protect your information? »
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information.
12.4 Do we use cookies? »
Yes (Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computers hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.
We use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits, keep track of advertisements and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.
12.5 Do we disclose any information to outside parties? »
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
12.6 Third party links »
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites. The feedback has to be communicated via our contact page though. Please do not post feedback regarding sponsors of the site as a topic on the forum.
12.7 Childrens Online Privacy »
We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older. We ask that if you are 13 years old or younger to not register on this forum. Please ask your parents!
12.8 Online Privacy Policy Only »
This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.
12.9 Terms and Conditions »
Please also visit our Terms and Conditions section establishing the use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our website.
12.10 Your Consent »
By using our site, you consent to our online privacy policy.
12.11 Changes to our Privacy Policy »
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will update the Privacy Policy modification date below.
This policy was last modified on Oct 1, 2014
12.12 Contacting Us »
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us.
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