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    Terms of Use:  General User's Acceptance of Terms of Use Registration and Membership Levels Conduct Contributions Contributions Ownership, Rights and Liability Disclaimer Indemnification   Privacy Policy    

     DiasporaForum.org Terms of Use    1. General  DiasporaForum.org welcomes you to our site and our discussion forum. The DiasporaForum.org Forum consists of the message board (also called a forum or online community), Private Messaging and an enhanced profile system.  The purpose of the DiasporaForum.org community is to provide a location online where people can discuss the Open Source Social Network called Diaspora.  We take pride in the way that the community is administered and will ban delete any member at our sole discretion if we feel that the DiasporaForum.org Terms of Use has been violated.

    2. User’s Acceptance of Terms of Use  These Terms of Use shall govern your access, visits and participation in the DiasporaForum.org Forum.  By registering for a DiasporaForum.org Forum account, by using or visiting the Forum, you are subject to the Terms of Use.  If you do not agree to all of the Terms of Use, you should not access, visit, or participate in the DiasporaForum.org Forum in any way.  DiasporaForum.org reserves the right to modify, suspend or terminate the DiasporaForum.org Forum and/or these Terms of Use from time to time at its sole discretion and without notice.  The DiasporaForum.org Forum is provided on an AS IS and AS AVAILABLE basis.  DiasporaForum.org will not be liable to you or any third-party for any claims or actions arising or resulting from your use, visit, or participation in the DiasporaForum.org Forum and for any modification, suspension, or termination of the DiasporaForum.org Forum, or termination of your access to the DiasporaForum.org Forum.

    3. Registration and Membership Levels  You must be at least eighteen (18) years old to use and participate in the DiasporaForum.org Forum unless you have received permission from your parent or guardian. If you wish to have a DiasporaForum.org Forum account, you must provide current, accurate, and complete information about yourself during the account registration process.  By joining the DiasporaForum.org Forum, you expressly agree to be bound by the Terms of Use as entered into by and between DiasporaForum.org and you. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your DiasporaForum.org Forum password and account, and assume all liabilities and responsibilities for any and all activities that occur under your account. You must maintain and promptly update any account information provided to the DiasporaForum.org Forum in order to keep such information up to date, accurate and complete. DiasporaForum.org reserves the right to refuse access to the DiasporaForum.org Forum to anyone, at any time, without notice, and for any reason.

  Membership is open to all people interested in discussing Diaspora.

  Standard Membership - The membership is free and open to all people interested in discussing Diaspora.      4. Conduct  You must abide by the following rules of conduct:

  a. Do not engage in any unlawful conduct in the DiasporaForum.org Forum. In particular, do not post, publish, or distribute any defamatory, obscene, infringing or other unlawful material or information in the DiasporaForum.org Forum.

  b. Treat others in the DiasporaForum.org Forum as you would expect them to treat you. Do not engage in personal attacks or any type of "flaming" of other users. Do not "troll", i.e. post topics or opinions that are designed to provoke a negative response from one or more specific users.

  c. Do not use offensive language. If you have any doubts about whether a particular statement might be considered offensive by other users, do not post it.

  d. Do not engage in disruptive activity in the DiasporaForum.org Forum, such as persistent off-topic contributions or comments, or statements that might incite other users to violate these guidelines or participate in illegal activities.

  e. Do not contribute content that contains photos, software or other material protected by intellectual property laws, rights of privacy or publicity, or any other applicable law unless you own or have rights to these materials.

  f. Do not post any instructions, software or other materials that would allow participants or third parties to harm other users' computers or to inappropriately access software or websites.

  g. Do not post any computer programs that contain destructive features, such as viruses, worms or Trojan horses. Do not employ any type of bots for the use of scrolling, showing multiple screens, or other activities that might disrupt online communication.

  h. Do not falsely impersonate any other person in the forum, including DiasporaForum.org Forum Administrators or Moderators.

  i. Do not use the DiasporaForum.org Forum to spam other users, including sending identical and irrelevant submissions to many different discussion areas, Private Messages, Chats, the Email This Member Feature or any other area of the DiasporaForum.org Forum.  Please do not use the DiasporaForum.org Forum as a means to freely promote your products or services.  This includes the use of your website or another website as your member name.  

  j. Do not misrepresent the source of anything you contribute.

  k. While you may use the DiasporaForum.org Forum to provide information about a business that might be of interest to other users (without spamming them), the DiasporaForum.org Forum is not to be used as a platform for you to contribute content which may be considered an advertisement for a product, service or business, or posting of items for sale from your company, business or storefront unless you are a member of our Representative Program.  DiasporaForum.org is not responsible for any products, services or businesses which may be found posted in the Forum and the purchase or use of any product, service or business that is posted within the DiasporaForum.org  Forum is solely at your own risk, and DiasporaForum.org assumes no liability for such purchase or use.

  l. Any space provided to you in the DiasporaForum.org Forum is for your own personal use (Not advertising products or services unless you are a member of our Representative Program), and may not be sold, licensed, exchanged or bartered for any purpose.  This includes storage space on the DiasporaForum.org server, and all areas within the DiasporaForum.org Forum to include Signature Lines.  DiasporaForum.org reserves the right to edit or delete any information which we may consider to be an advertisement at any time at its sole discretion and without notice.  We also reserve the right to modify member permissions to disallow any feature which we consider being used as a means of advertising at any time without notice.   Advertising space is available through DiasporaForum.org and will allow you to promote your product, service or business in a way that will not be in violation of our Terms of Use.  For more information, please contact [email protected]

  m. You are responsible and liable for all your activities while participating in the DiasporaForum.org Forum, including anything you contribute.

  n. Do not rely on the DiasporaForum.org Forum for the safe and secure storage of any materials, such as photos, documents and software. The DiasporaForum.org Forum  is not designed as the primary place to store any of these materials, and DiasporaForum.org is not responsible for the alteration, deletion or loss of any stored items. Create back-ups for any materials that you contribute to the DiasporaForum.org Forum.

  o. DiasporaForum.org reserves the right to remove at any time, without notice, any contribution that violates these guidelines. DiasporaForum.org also reserves the right at any time, without notice, to warn, ban and or delete a user who has violated these rules of conduct from any or all areas of the DiasporaForum.org Forum.  DiasporaForum.org reserves the right to use the Internet Protocol Address of the member violating the Terms of Use to determine the Internet Service Provider and to turn over access log information such as Internet Protocol Addresses, access times and any other relevant information in reference to the abuser to the Internet Service Provider of those that violate the Terms of Use.  Working with the Internet Service Provider may result in your loss of privileges and or termination on their system.

  p. Some participants may post Internet website links in the DiasporaForum.org Forum. DiasporaForum.org is not responsible for the content on the websites associated with these links. In addition, we must remind you that some content and links on the Internet contain adult content that is not suitable for children and may be offensive to some users.

  q. You are responsible for any actions you may take based on information or advice you receive while online. Use your own good judgment when evaluating information provided through the DiasporaForum.org Forum or any other communication service. The decision to share information or conduct transactions with anyone is your own; therefore conduct your own research prior to making any decisions.

    5. Contributions  There are opportunities for you as a user of the DiasporaForum.org Forum to actively participate by creating, providing, sharing and uploading information to the DiasporaForum.org Forum such as comments, ideas or suggestions and other information  (collectively “Contributions”). Contributions in the DiasporaForum.org Forum are subject to the Terms of Use. DiasporaForum.org assumes no responsibility or liability over the sharing of Contributions among users.

  Any Contributions provided by you to the DiasporaForum.org Forum may be editable and freely used by the DiasporaForum.org Forum and other users within the DiasporaForum.org Forum. Ways in which your Contributions may be used include, but are not limited to, creating comments, articles, documents, FAQs, or knowledge bases. For example, users may incorporate discussion threads written by other users into new documents. Additionally, users may incorporate documents written by others to create a new list of FAQs. DiasporaForum.org shall have the right to retain and use Contributions, in edited or unedited form, for any purpose in any way including but not limited to re-posting such Contributions to other areas of the DiasporaForum.org Forum and website, by using Contributions in current or future products or services, or even give or sell your Contributions to others. Therefore, do not upload Contributions to the Forums unless you agree to these Terms of Use. DiasporaForum.org Forum is under no obligation to post or use any Contributions provided by users and DiasporaForum.org may in fact remove any Contributions at any time at its sole discretion for any reasons.

    6. Contributions Ownership, Rights and Liability  DiasporaForum.org does not claim ownership of any Contributions that you or other users post, upload, submit or otherwise provide to the DiasporaForum.org Forum. By providing Contributions to the DiasporaForum.org Forum, you grant to DiasporaForum.org a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute such Contributions and derivative works. Additionally, by providing Contributions to the DiasporaForum.org Community, you grant to DiasporaForum.org a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, export, and otherwise transfer or sublicense such Contributions. You also grant DiasporaForum.org and all users of the DiasporaForum.org Forum the permission to use your Contributions in other areas of the DiasporaForum.org Forum.

  In order to grant DiasporaForum.org Forum and other users of the DiasporaForum.org Forum the rights, permissions and licenses contained herein, you represent and warrant that you either own or have all the necessary intellectual property rights in the Contributions uploaded or shared to the DiasporaForum.org Forum and that your Contributions are non-infringing on the patent, copyright or other intellectual property rights of others. Do not post, upload, submit or otherwise provide Contributions to the DiasporaForum.org Forum that are protected by the intellectual property rights of others, unless you own or have the necessary rights or licenses to use such Contributions.

  By uploading Contributions to the DiasporaForum.org Forum, you warrant that you are not uploading viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other malicious, illegal, or unlawful code which is designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any software or hardware. All Contributions available for download and/or use are provided on an AS IS and AS AVAILABLE basis, without any warranty of any kind and you assume all risks associated with the Contributions that you download. DiasporaForum.org expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement of intellectual property rights. In no event will DiasporaForum.org be liable for any direct or indirect damages for any claims arising out of your download and/or use of such Contributions.

  All Contributions are deemed be provided on a non-confidential basis. DiasporaForum.org is under no obligation to and does not control the Contributions created, provided or uploaded to the DiasporaForum.org Forum. The nature of some Contributions may be offensive, harmful or inaccurate, and in some cases will be mislabeled or deceptively labeled. DiasporaForum.org Forum reserves the right to take down and remove Contributions that are flagged by users or deemed by DiasporaForum.org as objectionable. However DiasporaForum.org is under no duty to take down or remove any Contributions.

    7. Disclaimer  THE DIASPORAFORUM.ORG FORUM AND ALL CONTRIBUTIONS AND OTHER ACCOUNT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. DIASPORAFORUM.ORG EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. DIASPORAFORUM.ORG MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE DIASPORAFORUM.ORG FORUM WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, THE SITE WILL BE AVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE BASIS, THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE DIASPORAFORUM.ORG FORUM OR ANY CONTRIBUTIONS AND OTHER ACCOUNT SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH THE DIASPORAFORUM.ORG FORUM WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE OR RELIABLE; OR THE QUALITY OF ANY CONTRIBUTIONS AND OTHER ACCOUNT SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE DIASPORAFORUM.ORG FORUM WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS.

  ANY CONTRIBUTIONS AND OTHER ACCOUNT SERVICES DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE DIASPORAFORUM.ORG FORUM IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK. DIASPORAFORUM.ORG SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OR USE OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND OTHER ACCOUNT SERVICES.

  IN NO EVENT SHALL DIASPORAFORUM.ORG OR ANY OF ITS PARTNERS OR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE DIASPORAFORUM.ORG FORUM OR CONTRIBUTIONS, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT DIASPORAFORUM.ORG  IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

  DIASPORAFORUM.ORG'S  MAXIMUM LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE DIASPORAFORUM.ORG FORUM, ANY EVENT OR GATHERING WHICH A MEMBER MAY HAVE MENTIONED ON DIASPORAFORUM.ORG OR WHICH MAY BE ASSOCIATED ANY WAY WITH DIASPORAFORUM.ORG OR YOUR USE OF CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OTHER ACCOUNT SERVICES, REGARDLESS OR THE CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, BREACH OR WARRANTY OR OTHERWISE), WILL NOT EXCEED ONE DOLLAR ($1).

  DIASPORAFORUM.ORG DOES NOT SPONSOR ANY EVENTS OR GATHERINGS.  ALL EVENTS AND GATHERINGS ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILTY OF THOSE IN CHARGE OF OR HOSTING THE EVENT.  DIASPORAFORUM.ORG MAY PROVIDE SHIRTS, STICKERS, OTHER PROMOTIONAL ITEMS, PROMOTIONAL ADVERTISING ON DIASPORAFORUM.ORG FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF HELPING TO ADVERTISE EVENTS AND GATHERINGS AND DOES NOT IMPLY DIASPORAFORUM.ORG'S SPONSORING OF THE EVENT OR GATHERING IN ANY WAY.  MAXIMUM LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY EVENT OR GATHERING LISTED, ADVERTISED OR PLANNED THROUGH THE USE OF THE DIASPORAFORUM.ORG WEBSITE, REGARDLESS OR THE CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, BREACH OR WARRANTY OR OTHERWISE), WILL NOT EXCEED ONE DOLLAR ($1) AND IN NO EVENT SHALL DIASPORAFORUM.ORG OR ANY OF ITS PARTNERS OR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INJURY, OR LOSS OF WORK.

    8. Indemnification  If DiasporaForum.org and its subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, agents, and employees should incur any liability to a third party arising out of or in any way related to your use of the DiasporaForum.org Forum, you agree to indemnify and hold DiasporaForum.org free and harmless from any such liability, and from all loss, claims, costs, demands, debts and causes of action in connection therewith, including reasonable attorney’s fees.

   

     DiasporaForum.org Privacy Policy  DiasporaForum.org does not require that you provide personal information such as a phone number or street address, the decision to provide personal information is voluntary. However, in order to register for an account with the DiasporaForum.org Forum, you must provide your email address. By providing your personal information to DiasporaForum.org, you consent to the collection, processing and storage by DiasporaForum.org of your personal information in accordance with the following terms of DiasporaForum.org’s Privacy Policy.

  DiasporaForum.org respects the privacy of our visitors (guests and registered members).  DiasporaForum.org does not collect real names, addresses, financial information or any sensitive personal information.  Any information about a registered member collected is used for internal use only such as contacting an individual should the need arise, maintaining a list of registered members, and any other internal use which we deem necessary to maintain the Forum. We will not sell or share your registration information with any other party unless required to do so to comply with law enforcement.  We will share information with law enforcement if we decide that the request for information is valid.  If at any time we feel that an action being conducted on the DiasporaForum.org site may be illegal, we reserve the right to contact  law enforcement directly.  All information is stored in a database with security measures in place to protect that data.  We attempt to make backups of the data several times a day and those backups are saved in a password protected location not residing on the internet.

  DiasporaForum.org does not require you to share personal information such as phone numbers, real names and addresses.  Any sharing of such information within any area of the DiasporaForum.org Forum is done so at your own risk.  Although you must be a member to use many areas and features of the DiasporaForum.org Forum, you should not post any personal information in any area of the DiasporaForum.org Forum.  DiasporaForum.org does not guarantee the security of any information posted anywhere in the DiasporaForum.org Forum. You can view the information that we have on file for you by visiting your control panel and choosing the different areas.  You can also edit any information from those areas at any time or contact the administrators of the DiasporaForum.org Forum to change the information for you.

     DiasporaForum.org does not read the content of private messages.  All correspondence with an Administrator or Moderator may be shared amongst Administrators or Moderators for Administration purposes only.

  If at any time you feel that your account has been compromised, you must inform the administrator of the DiasporaForum.org Forum and immediately change your account password.

  DiasporaForum.org collects and/or logs Internet Protocol addresses, Internet domain names, the web browser and operating system used to access the DiasporaForum.org Forum web site, the files visited, the time spent in each file, and the time and date of each visit.

  DiasporaForum.org also uses cookies on some portions of the DiasporaForum.org Forum. Cookies are identifiers that can be sent from a web site via your browser to be placed on your computers hard drive. Thereafter when you visit a web site, a message is sent back to the web server by the browser accessing the web site. You may elect not to accept cookies by changing the designated settings on your web browser. However, not utilizing cookies may prevent you from using certain functions and features of DiasporaForum.org Forum. The information collected from the use of cookies is used and analyzed to improve the DiasporaForum.org Forum.

  You can set your browser to notify you when you are sent a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it. The information we collect and analyze is used to improve our service to you and personalize your web-browsing experience.

  Facebook Connect.  We recently added the facebook connect feature as an optional and alternative method of logging into the DiasporaForum.org Forum.  During the process required to connect your facebook account with the DiasporaForum.org login system a window will pop up with information about the process you are about to complete.  We do not have a need for the majority of the information that the window states that we are requesting access to.  They are just alerting you to the fact that if we had designed the application allowing the connection of the two systems differently, then we could gain access to that information.  We have no need to know your favorite movies, music, and most other items listed not associated with the connection of the two systems to establish a successful login between facebook and DiasporaForum.org

   

   

  Any questions or comments in reference to the above listed information can be directed to [email protected]

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