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Policies
Watsontown Community Forum
Considering the real-time nature of this bulletin board, it
is impossible for us to review messages or confirm the validity of information posted.
Please remember that we at Watsontown Community Forum do not actively monitor the contents of this board at
all times and are not responsible for any messages posted. We do not vouch for or warrant
the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the
contents of any message. The messages express the views of the author of the message, not
necessarily the views of this Forum or any entity associated with this Forum. Any user who
feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by
email. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort
to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary. This
is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit
particular messages immediately.
You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this Forum to post any
material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful,
harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's
privacy, or otherwise violate of any law. You agree not to post any copyrighted material
unless the copyright is owned by you or by this Forum.
Although this Forum does not and cannot review the messages posted and is not responsible
for the content of any of these messages, we at this Forum reserve the right to delete any
message for any or no reason whatsoever. You remain solely responsible for the content of
your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless this Watsontown Community Forum or Powerstorm Internet Services (webhosters of this forum), and their agents with respect to any claim
based upon transmission of your message(s).
The Watsontown Community Forum is designed for members to express their opinions, suggestions and viewpoints on various aspects of our community and how we can improve it, therefore all views represented here allow
no liability upon the publishers of this web site and the owners of said views assume no
liability for any ill will resulting from these postings. The posts made here are for
educational as well as entertainment purposes and as such anyone viewing this portion of
the website must accept these views as statements of the author of that opinion and agrees
to release the authors from any and all liability.
We at this Forum also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or whatever information
we know about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message
posted by you.
Please note that advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are
very inappropriate on this Forum.
All rights reserved. By posting on this Forum you grant Watsontown Community Forum, and its
successors and assigns a nonexclusive irrevocable right to re-use your posting in any
manner it or they see fit without notice or compensation to you. No material contained in
this site may be republished or reposted without express written consent of the
Watsontown Community Forum, except that message board users retain the right to republish or repost
their own work.
You agree not to use this Forum to accuse anyone, any company or any product of being
"stupid" or a "fraud" or to use a term like "snake oil" to
describe a particular product, as such terms may be viewed as defamatory and abusive.
TERMS OF SERVICE
1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
Welcome to Watsontown Community Forum . Watsontown Community Forum provides its service to you, subject to the following Terms of Service ("TOS"), which may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you. In addition, when using particular Watsontown Community Forum services, you and Watsontown Community Forum shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such services which may be posted from time to time. All such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the TOS.
2. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
Watsontown Community Forum currently provides users with access to a rich collection of resources, including, various communications tools, Forums, and services (the "Service"). You also understand and agree that the Service may include advertisements and that these advertisements are necessary for Watsontown Community Forum to provide the Service. You also understand and agree that the service may include certain communications from Watsontown Community Forum, such as service announcements, administrative messages and that these communications are considered part of Watsontown Community Forum membership and you will not be able to opt out of receiving them. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the current Service, including the release of new Watsontown Community Forum properties, shall be subject to the TOS. You understand and agree that the Service is provided "AS-IS" and that Watsontown Community Forum assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user communications.
3. YOUR REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS
In consideration of your use of the Service, you agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Service's registration form (such information being the "Registration Data") and (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or Watsontown Community Forum has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Watsontown Community Forum has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service (or any portion thereof.)
4. MEMBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD AND SECURITY
You will set your own password and account designation upon completing the Service's registration process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. Members are not allowed to register more than one user name on the site under different addresses. In doing so your accounts can be removed without notice with all posts removed You agree to (a) immediately notify Watsontown Community Forum of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. Watsontown Community Forum cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this Section 5. Please do not use any passwords that you may use for other sensitive areas of the Internet or personally.
5. MEMBER CONDUCT
You understand that all information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials ("Content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from which such Content originated. This means that you, and not Watsontown Community Forum, are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available via the Service. Watsontown Community Forum does not control the Content posted via the Service and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. You understand that by using the Service, you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will Watsontown Community Forum be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the Service.
You agree to not use the Service to:
a. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable. Watsontown Community Forum is not the place for debate on religion, sex, politics, or other such controversial posts; and this is not the place to talk about illegal downloads or how to obtain them. There are several Forums on the Internet dedicated for discussing this type of material. This is not one of them.
b. harm minors in any way;
c. impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Watsontown Community Forum official, Forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
d. forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service;
e. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
f. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights") of any party. Again, this is not the place to talk about illegal downloads or how to obtain them. There are several Forums on the Internet dedicated for discussing this type of material. This is not one of them.;
g. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation, except in those areas that are designated for such purpose;
h. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any 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;
i. disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to "scroll" faster than other users of the Service are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in real time exchanges;
j. interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service;
k. intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, including, but not limited to, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any national or other securities exchange, including, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having the force of law;
l. "stalk" or otherwise harass another;
m. collect or store personal data about other users; or
n. to either advertise or promote commercial endeavors without permission from an Watsontown Community Forum Administrator. This includes direct posts, as well as, active links to other sites on the Internet. Direct all such requests via e-mail to an Watsontown Community Forum Administrator.
RULES ENFORCEMENT: You further understand that Watsontown Community Forum staff and it's volunteer moderators have the final say when it comes to post removals or edits. We make every effort to reach an understanding when dealing with posts that need to be removed or edited. If you have an issue with a volunteer moderator, or a choice made by them, you are asked to bring it to a site administrators attention to look into and handle. THE SITE ADMINISTRATORS and OWNERS have the final say. Please respect that the volunteer moderators are just that, volunteers. They give their time to help make Watsontown Community Forum sites a great place to visit.
PLEASE: We ask you to please NOT
display your e-mail in your signature of the site. We do this to limit the
attraction to e-mail spamming robot collectors.
You acknowledge that Watsontown Community Forum does not pre-screen Content, but that
Watsontown Community Forum and its
designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse
or move any content that is available via the Service. Without limiting the foregoing,
Watsontown Community Forum and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content that violates the TOS
or is otherwise objectionable. 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. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may
not rely on any Content created by Watsontown Community Forum or submitted to Watsontown Community Forum, such as
information in Watsontown Community Forum Message Boards.
You acknowledge and agree that Watsontown Community Forum may preserve Content and may also disclose Content if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the TOS; (c) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third-parties; or (d) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Watsontown Community Forum, its users and the public.
You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Service, including your Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.
6. SPECIAL ADMONITIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL USE
Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable Content. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside.
7. CONTENT SUBMITTED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR INCLUSION ON THE SERVICE
Watsontown Community Forum does not claim ownership of Content you submit or make available for inclusion on the Service. However, with respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Service, you grant Watsontown Community Forum the following world-wide, royalty free and non-exclusive license(s), as applicable:
"Publicly accessible" areas of the Service are those areas of the Watsontown Community Forum network of properties that are intended by Watsontown Community Forum to be available to the general public. By way of example, publicly accessible areas of the Service would include TiVo Community Forum Message Boards that are open to both members and visitors. However, publicly accessible areas of the Service would not include portions of Watsontown Community Forum that are limited to members. The use of the the Private Messaging Service is not “Private” in the sense that it is a message seen only by the sender and receiver. While the message is private from the rest of the members, it is not encrypted and the administration of Watsontown Community Forum can view them if needed from the database. All rules that apply to posting on the Forums ALSO apply to the use of our Private Messaging System and violators may have their posting privileges subject to the same revocations as on the forum in general.
8. INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold Watsontown Community Forum, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post, transmit or make available through the Service, your use of the Service, your connection to the Service, your violation of the TOS, or your violation of any rights of another.
9. NO RESALE OF SERVICE
You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service.
10. GENERAL PRACTICES REGARDING USE AND STORAGE
You acknowledge that Watsontown Community Forum may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the Service, including without limitation the maximum number of days that email messages, message board postings or other uploaded content will be retained by the Service, the maximum number of email messages that may be sent from or received by an account on the Service, the maximum size of any email message that may be sent from or received by an account on the Service, the maximum disk space that will be allotted onWatsontown Community Forum's servers on your behalf, and the maximum number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may access the Service in a given period of time. You agree that Watsontown Community Forum has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any messages and other communications or other content maintained or transmitted by the Service. You acknowledge that Watsontown Community Forum reserves the right to log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time. You further acknowledge that Watsontown Community Forum reserves the right to change these general practices and limits at any time, in its sole discretion, with or without notice.
11. MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE
Watsontown Community Forum reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that Watsontown Community Forum shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.
12. TERMINATION
You agree that Watsontown Community Forum, in its sole discretion, may terminate your password, account (or any part thereof) or use of the Service, and remove and discard any Content within the Service, for any reason, including, without limitation, for lack of use or if Watsontown Community Forum believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the TOS. Watsontown Community Forum may also in its sole discretion and at any time discontinue providing the Service, or any part thereof, with or without notice. You agree that any termination of your access to the Service under any provision of this TOS may be effected without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that Watsontown Community Forum may immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related information and files in your account and/or bar any further access to such files or the Service. Further, you agree that Watsontown Community Forum shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to the Service.
13. DEALINGS WITH ADVERTISERS
Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Service, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser. You agree that Watsontown Community Forum shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the Service.
14. LINKS
The Service may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because Watsontown Community Forum has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that Watsontown Community Forum is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that Watsontown Community Forum shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such Content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.
15. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
a. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. Watsontown Community Forum 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.
b. Watsontown Community Forum MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND (V) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.
c. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
d. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM Watsontown Community Forum OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOS.
16. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT Watsontown Community Forum 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 Watsontown Community Forum 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 SERVICE; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE.
17. EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF SECTIONS 15 AND 16 MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
18. NOTICE
Notices to you may be made via either email or regular mail. The Service may also provide notices of changes to the TOS or other matters by displaying notices or links to notices to you generally on the Service.
19. COPYRIGHTS and COPYRIGHT AGENTS
Watsontown Community Forum respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide Watsontown Community Forum's Copyright Agent the following information:
Watsontown Community Forum's Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property
infringement can be reached as follows:
By email: abuse@watsontownpa.com
20. GENERAL INFORMATION
The TOS constitute the entire agreement between you and Watsontown Community Forum and govern your use of the Service, superceding any prior agreements between you and Watsontown Community Forum. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use affiliate services, third-party content or third-party software. The TOS and the relationship between you and Watsontown Community Forum shall be governed by the laws of the State of Pennsylvania without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You and Watsontown Community Forum agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of Northumberland, Pennsylvania. The failure of Watsontown Community Forum to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TOS shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the TOS is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the TOS remain in full force and effect. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Service or the TOS must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
Privacy Notice
Watsontown Community Forum values your privacy. To keep you informed, we have created
this privacy statement that discloses our purposes and methods for online
collection and use of information. This statement applies to all information
collected through the Watsontown Community Forum websites and information gathered from any web pages that we host.
Site Operator and Contact for Privacy Inquiries:
Watsontown Community Forum
c/o Powerstorm Internet Services, LLC
24 Main Street
Watsontown, PA 17777
Privacy Contact: Watsontown Community Forum Privacy Administrator
privacy @ watsontownpa.com
Types of Information Collected
Generally, personal information is not collected from visitors to the Watsontown Community Forum
websites. However, in order to access certain special services, personal information is
requested; those cases are described in more detail below.
Forum Registration
Watsontown Community Forum requires a valid e-mail address for users who want to participate in the
Watsontown Community Forum. This allows us to protect our community from abusive postings and provides a
verifiable point of contact should legal questions arise. At any time, you have the
ability to keep your e-mail address hidden from other users by selecting that option
within your user profile.
Also in the Forum registration, you have the option of providing some additional
information such as occupation, interests, and homepage URL. This information is made
available to other bulletin board users to foster a sense of community. If you have any
concerns about providing this information, simply leave the fields blank and your
registration will still be processed.
Cookies
Certain activities on the Watsontown Community Forum websites may involve the use of "cookies" to
facilitate your experience. This includes retention of your username and password for the
Watsontown Community Forum and showing a default Topic View when you visit the Forums. You have the option
to turn these cookies off at any time by updating your user profile preferences. If your
browser doesn’t support cookies, or if you have cookies turned off, these preferences
will not be set.
Disclosure of Personal Information
Watsontown Community Forum does not disclose your personally identifying information
to any third parties for any purpose without your prior consent. All reasonable
care is taken by staff handling personal information to ensure its security both
offline and online.
It’s also important to be aware that when you voluntarily provide personal
information (e.g., last name, address, phone number) in a posting on the bulletin board,
that information is publicly available and may be used by someone in a manner unintended
by you. For that reason, we discourage the offering of any personally identifying
information within the message board itself.
Privacy for Children Aged 12 and
Under
Although the Watsontown Community Forum websites are targeted at a general adult audience,
we welcome the participation of younger users with their parents’ consent. We
strongly recommend that users 12 and under refrain from offering any personal information
either in their user profile or in the message boards themselves, and we encourage parents
to stay involved in the online life of their children.
Changing or Updating Personal Information
If you would like to update or change your user profile on the Watsontown Community Forum message board,
please enter the USER CP area on the site.
If you have questions regarding your information, you can contact our Privacy
Administrator by using th contact us link at the bottom of the sites pages. .
Here are useful resources for the Children's Online
Privacy Protection Act.
Resource Area for the Children's Online
Privacy Protection Act
Effective April 21, 2000, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) seeks to
institute online safety measures that protect children aged 12 and under. Watsontown Community Forum, as a
provider of an online community that are affected by this new law, is providing this
resource page to assist its users with understanding this new law.
Helpful Links:
How to Comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/coppa.htm
Federal Trade Commission Privacy Initiatives Site (includes link to the full text of the
Final Rule)
http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/index.html
"Children in Cyberspace"
http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/children.htm
CNET article, "Building Websites for Kids; Do: Be Careful with Private Info"
(includes link to a "quick fix" privacy policy)
http://www.builder.com/Graphics/Kids/ss03.html
Online Privacy Alliance's Resources for Business
http://www.privacyalliance.org/resources
All rights reserved. By posting on this
Forum you grant Watsontown Community Forum, and its successors and assigns a nonexclusive irrevocable right to re-use
your posting in any manner it or they see fit without notice or compensation to you. No
material contained in this site may be republished or reposted without express written
consent of the Watsontown Community Forum, except that message board users retain the right to
republish or repost their own work.