Terms and Conditions for use and registered membership of
proud2serve.net -
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The following are the terms and conditions for use of the
proud2serve.net site
(referred to as the "System" or the "Site" herin).
Please read them carefully.
Introduction
BY BECOMING A MEMBER OR USING THE SYSTEM, YOU ARE
STATING THAT YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET
OUT ON THIS PAGE ("T&C").
The System is offered to you conditional on your acceptance of the terms,
conditions, and notices contained herein.
Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights
The contents of
proud2serve.net,
including text, software, photos, graphics and all other audiovisual
elements are copyrighted by
proud2serve.net.
Except for material in the public domain and content with explicit copyright
attribution to a third pary,
proud2serve.net holds
copyrights to all content appearing on the site. Any posts contributed
to the public forum will become copyright of proud2serve.net and all intellectual
property rights are surrendered at the time of posting, unless previously agreed
in writing between the individual posting and an authorised representative proud2serve.net.
All
reproduction,
distribution,
retransmission,
modification,
public
display,
and
public performance
of such materials is prohibited without the prior written consent of
proud2serve.net.
To obtain such consent, contact
Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Service,
nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring upon you any license
or right, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, under copyright or other
intellectual property rights, laws or treaties. Furthermore, you may not
use any of our trademarks, trade names or service marks in any manner that
creates the impression that such names and marks belong to, or are associated
with, you or are used with our consent, and you acknowledge that you have
no ownership rights in and to any of these names and marks. All present and
future rights in, and title to, the Services (including database rights and
the right to exploit the Services and any portions of the Services over any
present or future technology) are reserved to us for our exclusive use.
You irrevocably grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free,
world-wide and perpetual right and license to (a) copy, display, disseminate,
publish, translate, modify, reformat, edit or create derivative works from
anything that you publish or post on the Web Site or forum(“your
information”);
(b) combine your information with other material; (c) use (in the broadest
sense of the word) your information as we may determine in our sole discretion;
and (d) disclose your information subject to the terms of the Privacy Policy,
as we may update it from time to time. All posts remain the property of
proud2serve. We will decide whether to delete posts on termination of membership
or to leave them where they are if thy form an integral part of the forum
The system is provided by
proud2serve.net"as
is" and "with all faults."
proud2serve.net makes
no representations or warranties of any kind concerning the quality, safety
or suitability of the system, either express or implied, including without
limitation any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular
purpose, or non-infringement. Further,
proud2serve.net makes
no representations or warranties as to the truth, accuracy or completeness
of any statements, information or materials concerning the system that is
contained in
proud2serve.net internet
site.
You expressly understand and agree that
proud2serve.net shall
not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential
or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits,
goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses (even if
proud2serve.net has
been advised of the possibility of such damages), resulting from:
(i) the use or the inability to use the service;
(ii) the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services resulting from
any goods, data, information or services purchased or obtained or messages
received or transactions entered into through or from the system;
(iii) unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data;
(iv) statements or conduct of any third party on the system; or
(v) any other matter relating to the system.
The System is subject to the laws of England and Wales and may be subject
to regulations in other countries. You are responsible for strict compliance
with such laws and regulations in connection with the System and for obtaining
any licenses or permits required.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold
proud2serve.net,
its affiliates, officers and employees, harmless from any claim, demand,
or damage, including reasonable legal fees, asserted by any third party due
to or arising out of your use of or conduct with the System.
Links
The embedding of a link to any other site or location
is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such other
site
or
location or its contents.
proud2serve.net shall
not be responsible for any information, software, or links found at any
other World Wide Web site, Internet location, or source of information, for your
use of such information, or for e-commerce transactions conducted at
or through
any linked site or location.
Security
You agree to comply with any rules of operation and security
procedures for the Services established by us from time to time. You agree
that you
will not attempt to gain or allow access to any data, files or programs
to which you are not entitled under these Terms of Service, and that if
such access is obtained you will immediately return such materials to us.
Registration; Password and Access to the Service
Your registration for the public forum constitutes
an application to use the Services. When you register, you agree to
provide
us with
accurate,
complete information.
It is your responsibility to inform us of any changes to such information.
You will create a password to access the Services. You are responsible
for all use of the Services by anyone accessing the Services through
your password, and you will defend, indemnify and hold us harmless
from and
against any and all claims, liabilities or expenses arising out of
any such use of the Services.
Rules
The following are some basic rules which apply to use of the site which
you agree to follow. If you violate any of the rules,
proud2serve.net reserves
the right to take appropriate action including but not limited to denial
of access to
proud2serve.net,
temporary suspension from
proud2serve.net,
reduced functionality or any other remedy thought appropriate by
proud2serve.net.
Judgment on such issues is entirely at the discretion of
proud2serve.net.
a. upload, store, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any:
(1) material that is inaccurate, unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive,
harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of
another's privacy, hateful, racist, bigoted or otherwise objectionable,
(2) material that you do not have a right to transmit under any applicable
law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships,
(3) material that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright
or other proprietary right of any party,
(4) advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid
schemes, or any other form of solicitation, except where specifically permitted,
or
(5) material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files
or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of
any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
b. impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent
your affiliation with a person or entity;
c. forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise
the origin of any material transmitted through the Site;
d. interfere with or disrupt the Site or servers, networking and computing
equipment or networks connected to the Site, or disobey any requirements,
procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Site;
e. try to gain access to areas that are private to the site or to other
site users;
f. violate any applicable local, state, national or international law or
any regulation having the force of law;
g. stalk or otherwise harass another;
h. harm minors in any way, including, without limitation, to establish unlawful
contact with minors (whether on or off the Site);
i. collect, intercept or harvest screen names;
j. collect, intercept or store personal data about other users of the Site;
k. or solicit or attempt to discover a user's password, screen name, or
other registration information without the user's express knowledge and consent;
l. promote or provide instructions or information about how to engage in
illegal conduct or commit illegal activities, promote physical harm or injury,
or promote any illegal act;
m. or store any information or use any Web page or directory you create
on or through the Site as storage for remote loading or as a door or signpost
to another Web page, whether inside or outside the Site.
You agree:
a. to enter your correct date of birth upon registration and failure to
do so will result in immediate termination of Membership.
b. not to interfere with any another's enjoyment of the site and not to
discriminate against any person based on race, ethnicity, gender, disability,
religion, sexual orientation or any other preference.
c. to be respectful and courteous to other users.
Modifications to Terms of Service
proud2serve.net reserves
the right to change the T&C or policies regarding the use of the System
at any time. You are responsible for regularly reviewing the updated T&C.
Continued use of the Service after any such changes shall constitute
your consent to such changes.
General
This agreement is governed by the laws of England and Wales. Use of the
System is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all
provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this
paragraph. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency
relationship exists between you and
proud2serve.net as
a result of this agreement or use of the System. If any part of this agreement
is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including,
but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set
forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded
by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of
the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue
in effect. Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes
the entire agreement between the user and
proud2serve.net with
respect to the System (excluding the use of any software which may be subject
to an end-user license agreement) and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous
communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between
the user and
proud2serve.net with
respect to the System. The section titles in the T&C are solely used
for the convenience of the parties and have no legal or contractual significance.
Termination
proud2serve.net may terminate these Terms
of Service for convenience on thirty (30) days notice by email to the other
party.
If as a registered user of the forum you provide written notice
of intent to terminate, you should refrain from accessing or
otherwise using the Web Site and Services; and we may deny you access
to the Web
Site and Services after such notice period concludes. In addition to
our right to terminate for convenience, we may terminate your access to
the Web
Site and Services immediately in the event of your breach of these Terms
of Service.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
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