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Code of Conduct and Postings


Your use of the Site and any Service is subject to all applicable local, provincial, state, national and international laws and regulations and international treaties. Your user ID is personal to you and you may not allow any others to use your user ID under any circumstances. You agree to immediately notify us if you become aware of or believe there is or may have been any unauthorized use or activity using your user ID or if you have any security concerns. You are solely responsible for all activities, acts and omissions that occur in, from, through or under your email address, account or user ID. You may not use, allow or enable others to use our Service or knowingly allow use by others, in any manner that is, attempts or is likely to:


(a)  be libelous, defamatory, indecent, vulgar or obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit or sexually suggestive, racially, culturally, or ethnically offensive, harmful, harassing, intimidating, threatening, hateful, objectionable, discriminatory, or abusive which may or may appear to impersonate anyone else.


(b)  affect adversely or reflect negatively on us, our Service or on our goodwill, name or reputation or cause duress, distress or discomfort to us or anyone else, or discourage any person, firm or enterprise from using all or any portion of our Service, from becoming a Subscriber or from advertising, linking or becoming a supplier or licensor to us;


(c)  send or result in the transmission of junk email, chain letters, duplicative or unsolicited messages, "spamming" (i.e., SPAM) or “phishing”;


(d)  be used for commercial or business purposes, including, without limitation, advertising, marketing or offering goods or services, whether or not for compensation or through links with any other web site or web pages;


(e)  transmit, distribute or upload programs or material that contain malicious code, such as viruses, time bombs, cancel bots, worms, Trojan horses, spyware or other potentially harmful programs, material, code or information;


(f)   forge any TCP/IP packet header or part of the header information in any message, email, chat or posting for any reason;


(g)  violate any laws, regulations (including, without limitation, laws regarding the transmission of technical data or software exported from the United States), judicial or governmental order, any treaties or violate or infringe upon any intellectual property rights, rights of publicity or privacy or any other rights of ours or of any other person, firm or enterprise;


(h)  gain unauthorized access to our Service or any other users' account, user ID, names, passwords, Personal Information, Subscriber information, profile, or other computers, web sites or web pages connected or linked to our Service or to use our Service in any manner which violates or is inconsistent with these Terms;


(i)   modify, disrupt, impair, alter or interfere with the use, features, functions, operation or maintenance of our Service or the rights or use and enjoyment of our Service by others; or


(j)   collect, obtain, compile, gather, transmit, reproduce, delete, revise, view or display any material or information, whether personally identifiable or not, posted by or concerning any other person, firm or enterprise, in connection with their or your use of our Site.

 

When we use the term “Post”, “Posted” or “Posting” we are referring to each and every time you submit, provide, furnish, share, message, instant message, exchange, transmit or communicate any information, ideas, images, audio-visual material, opinions, files, messages). In fact any time you communicate or make anything available or accessible on the Site you will have “Posted” it.  With respect to each Post submitted by you, you grant us a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free right and non-exclusive license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, publicly perform and publicly display such Post on the Site and/or in connection with the applicable Service.  The preceding license grant does not apply to Personal Information submitted by you which will be treated in accordance with our Privacy Policy. We shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any Posting, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing, and marketing products or services incorporating or otherwise based on such Posting.

 

You are solely responsible and liable for Postings made under your user ID, name, user name, email address, password and/or your registration, subscription and/or profile information, if any. Postings do not reflect our views and we do not represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any Posting, nor do we endorse or support any opinions or ideas expressed in any Posting. In no event shall we have or be construed to have any responsibility or liability for or in connection with any Posting. If we determine, in our sole discretion, you have not complied with any of our Terms or if, in our judgment, you or any Posting violates these Terms, we reserve the right, at any time, without notice and without limiting any and all other rights we may have, at law or in equity, to (a) refuse to allow you to Post again, (b) remove and delete your profile, any Postings, your registration, subscription, user ID, user name or any other indicia or authorization to use all or any of our Site, (c) revoke your registration and right to use all or any of our Services, and (d) use any technological, legal, operational or other means available to enforce these Terms, including, without limitation, blocking specific IP addresses or deactivating your registration, access rights using your e-mail address, your user ID, user name and/or password.

 

Our Site has a finite, and therefore limited, capacity and some Postings and messages may not be processed in a timely fashion or at all, and some features or functions may be restricted or delayed or become inoperable. You acknowledge and agree we assume no liability, responsibility or obligation to transmit, process, store, receive or deliver any Postings or messages or for any failure, inaccuracy or delay. Do not rely on the timeliness or performance of our Site for any transactions, Posting, messages or other communications.