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ThePinoy.com User Agreement
Welcome to ThePinoy.com. This User Agreement (the "Agreement") describes the terms and conditions on which ThePinoy.com, offers you to be a participant in the ThePinoy.com Forums.
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF AFTER READING THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU UNDERSTOOD AND ACCEPT THEM, PRESS THE "AGREE" BUTTON; THEREUPON, YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO BE BOUND BY THE SAID TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND TO FAITHFULLY COMPLY WITH THE SAME. However. if you have any questions about this Agreement, email us info@thepinoy.com.
1. Registration. Information required upon registration for each participant on ThePinoy.com must be accurate and complete. You must update such information as needed in order to ensure that the information remains to be accurate and complete.
2. Use of Member ID and Password. ThePinoy.com assumes that all activities made using your Member ID and password are authorized by you.
3. Posting of Messages. Upon registration on ThePinoy.com, you are allowed to post messages (including without limitation text, data, photos, graphics, music, sounds and videos) in the ThePinoy.com Forums in a number of forms, such as your opinion about any of the topics in the ThePinoy.com Forums and comments to other people's messages. (the "Messages").
4. License. By participating in the ThePinoy.com Forum, you agree that ThePinoy.com shall have unlimited and irrevocable rights (including economic, moral and all other rights that may exist in such material) and license to use, display, publish or communicate to the public, permit others (including without limitation ThePinoy.com's co-brand partners) to publish, the Messages, online and offline, for a fee or otherwise, in whole or in part, throughout the world and in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed without need of any notice, remuneration, compensation, royalties or attribution to you. Nothing herein, however, shall permit ThePinoy.com to use the name of the user, or the title of his work, or otherwise to make use of his reputation with respect to any version or adaptation of his Messages which, because of alterations therein, would substantially tend to injure his literary or artistic reputation; or to use the name of the user with respect to a Message he did not create or post.
5. User Conduct
a. You agree not to provide any Messages to the ThePinoy.com Forum that (a) infringe any third-party intellectual property or publicity/privacy rights, (b) are knowingly false, and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harrassing, obscene, profane, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law or regulation, (c) contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information, and (d) promote piracy.
b. As each forum is specifically tailored to address certain topics, you are responsible for initiating new threads in the correct forum. You should stay on-topic at all times. The appropriate content for each forum is described in detail on the ThePinoy.com Forum Homepage.
c. You agree not to post the same message in multiple forums without permission from the ThePinoy.com Administrator. All such requests for permission should be directed through the Administrative forum or to admin@thepinoy.com.
d. "Impersonation," or assuming the character of another member by copying his username and manner of writing, is not allowed.
e. "Flaming," or lashing of other participants is strictly forbidden. Proper etiquette is required for participation on ThePinoy.com.
f. "Spamming," or sending electronic junk mail or junk newsgroup postings, in any form, is strictly forbidden.
g. "Trolling," or posting of insulting or deliberately divisive threads/replies for the purpose of (1) harvesting retaliatory insults and flames, or (2) throwing off the balance of the forum, are also disallowed.
h. You agree not to disrupt the normal flow of dialogue or ?flood,? 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.
i. You agree not to use the ThePinoy.com Forum to either advertise or promote commercial endeavors, which includes direct posts, as well as, active links to other sites on the Internet, without permission from the ThePinoy.com Administrator. All such requests for permission should be directed through the Administrative forum. You may, however, include URLs or active links to commercial sites, reasonable in number, only for the sole purpose of expanding on comments or providing additional information as part of regular forum interactions.
j. You agree that you will not incorporate any word in your name, Message ID or password that violates any trademark, service mark, or other proprietary/intellectual property rights of any third party, including, without limitation, that of ThePinoy.com.
6. Content Filtering.
a. ThePinoy.com reserves the right to edit, delete, or prune any and all Messages which, in its sole opinion, violates any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
b. ThePinoy.com may elect, at its sole discretion, to monitor some, all, or no areas of ThePinoy.com for adherence to these terms and conditions of ThePinoy.com policies and guidelines. Moderators of ThePinoy.com control individual forums. Questions about a particular forum should be directed to the respective forum moderator.
c. Any user who feels that a Message is objectionable may request ThePinoy.com to delete said Message by email through admin@ThePinoy.com. Upon receipt of such a request, ThePinoy.com will determine, in its sole opinion, if such deletion is necessary. If deemed necessary, ThePinoy.com will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable period.
d. ThePinoy.com does not endorse or recommend any of the opinions or ideas contributed by its users. However, ThePinoy.com permits others to make judgments about your Messages.
e. ThePinoy.com is not responsible for any and all Messages expressed in the ThePinoy.com Forum. ThePinoy.com does not attempt to control or validate any comments or recommendations provided by the participants and is not responsible for any inaccuracies in the Messages. Therefore, you bear the risk associated with, the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of the Messages.
f. Information contained in the ThePinoy.com Forum, including but not limited to those relating to law or medicine or other fields, is not intended to substitute for the advice or opinion of your own lawyer or physician or professional adviser. You agree not to rely solely on any of the advise or opinion expressed. Under no circumstances, including but not limited to negligence, shall ThePinoy.com be liable for any reliance on any such information, nor shall ThePinoy.com be liable for any direct, incidental, special, consequential, indirect or punitive damages that result from the use of, or inability to use, the information in ThePinoy.com
7. User Privacy.
a. ThePinoy.com collects information during the registration process to operate the site ("Registration Information"). It collects non-personally identifiable information (often referred to as demographic information) such as: country, region or city, zip or postal code, gender, birthdate and occupation. You may update your Registration Information any time by clicking the "Settings" link found on the horizontal black bar on the upper part of any ThePinoy.com page.
b. A special registration form during contests/promos may be used for the purpose of gathering demographic information from the contest/promo participants. This information can be shared with the contest/promo sponsors depending on ThePinoy.com?s agreement with them.
c. A separate registration will be used to activate the wireless services of ThePinoy.com This registration will include the user?s mobile number which is necessary for ThePinoy.com to be able to activate the wireless services. Your mobile number will be used for activation purposes only. This will be kept confidential by ThePinoy.com and will not be shared with any third parties.
d. ThePinoy.com will not send you any unsolicited information, including e-mail and SMS messages, unless you choose otherwise. ThePinoy.com may also send periodic member letters to announce important service changes, new features, and technical issue updates.
e. If at any time you believe that ThePinoy.com has not adhered to these principles, please notify us by e-mail at admin@ThePinoy.com and we will use all reasonable efforts to promptly determine and correct the problem. If you have questions about this policy, please e-mail us at admin@ThePinoy.com.
8. Parental Supervision. ThePinoy.com encourages parents to monitor their children who are under 13 years of age. While content is moderated to filter objectionable posts, some topics may still not be suitable for children.
9. Limitation of Use. ThePinoy.com reserves the right to limit the use of ThePinoy.com Forum to any individual or group at any time.
10. No Warranty.
a. ThePinoy.com disclaims any and all responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, completeness, legality, reliability, or operability or availability of information or material in the ThePinoy.com Forum.
b. ThePinoy.com disclaims any responsibility for the deletion, failure to store, misdelivery, or untimely delivery of Messages.
c. ThePinoy.com disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from downloading or accessing any information or material through ThePinoy.com.
d. The ThePinoy.com web site and services are provided "as is," and ThePinoy.com and its co-brand partners expressly disclaim all warranties or conditions of any kind (whether express, implied or statutory), including without limitation the implied warranties of title, non-infringement, and fitness for a particular purpose. Without limiting the foregoing, ThePinoy.com does not promise or warrant to you that any aspect of the web site and system will work properly or will be available continuously.
11. No Liability. In no event shall ThePinoy.com be liable to any party for any loss or damage, including but not limited to lost revenues or profits or special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages (howsoever arising, including negligence) arising out of or in connection with the ThePinoy.com website, its services or this Agreement.
12. Access Limits. Without the prior written consent of ThePinoy.com, you may not (a) use any automated means to access the site or collect any information from the ThePinoy.com website (including without limitation robots, spiders or scripts), or (b) frame the site, place pop-up windows over its pages, or otherwise affect the display of its pages.
13. Services, Fees and Charges. ThePinoy.com reserves the right to modify the services offered by ThePinoy.com from time to time, with or without notice, including the right to terminate such services. ThePinoy.com reserves the right to charge any fees for use or participation in the ThePinoy.com Forum. At present, however, ThePinoy.com does not charge any fees for participation in the ThePinoy.com Forum.
14. Amendments. ThePinoy.com reserves the right to amend any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement at any time. Such amended terms and conditions shall be effective when posted at the ThePinoy.com website.
15. Termination. ThePinoy.com reserves the right to terminate your use of ThePinoy.com. at anytime, with or without notice. Following termination, at its sole option, ThePinoy.com may remove some or all of your Messages from the ThePinoy.com website or leave it available for public review, without need of notice or approval from you.
16. Governing Law and Venue. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of the Philippines and the State of New Jersey, USA. In the event of any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, the venue shall be the proper courts of Makati City, Philippines and Middlesex County, New Jersey USA. |
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