Terms of Service

Registration agreement,


You agree, through your use of this forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of ANY law. This is not only humorous, but legal actions can be taken against you. You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or you have consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also inappropriate to this forum.

Note that it is impossible for us to confirm the validity of posts on this forum. Please remember that we do not actively monitor the posted messages and are not responsible for their content. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information presented. The messages express the views of the author, not necessarily the views of this forum. Anyone who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to notify an administrator of this forum immediately. We have the rights to remove objectionable content, 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. This policy goes for member profile information as well.

You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless this forum, and any related websites to this forum. We at this forum also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or any information we have about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any information posted by you.

You have the ability, as you register, to choose your username. We advise that you keep the name appropriate. With this user account you are about to register, you agree to never give your password out to another member, for your protection and for validity reasons. You also agree to NEVER use another member's account to post messages or browse this forum.

After you register and log into this forum, you can fill out a detailed profile. It is your responsibility to present clean and accurate information. Any information we deem inaccurate or vulgar will be removed.

Please note that with each post, your IP address is recorded, in the event that you need to be banned from this forum or your ISP contacted. This will only happen in the event of a major violation of this agreement.

Proboards Terms of Service,


ProBoards.com (the "Provider") is providing a service to individuals (the "User") who are at least 18 years old or minors 13 years old and above who have parental permission.

To use our service, you must agree to all the following:

1. SERVICES PROVIDED

Under this agreement, the Provider will provide the following services; which herein known as the "Services" in this agreement:

  1. Access to utilize the Provider's message board services.
  2. Access to documents such as FAQ's and documentation. All documentation is provided on an "as is" basis, with no expressed or implied complete validity.

2. PAYMENT TERMS

This is a free service provided that our advertisements are found on all user pages. We also offer an paid ad-free service. Current ad-free rates will be posted on the Provider's Web site or message boards.

3. CONTENT RESTRICTIONS

Your web site must conform to the following standards to be eligible to utilize this service:

  1. User's content must comply in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws of the State of California and the US Federal Government.
  2. User's web site may not contain content promoting the use of illegal drugs, alcohol, sex, pornography, nudity, or any other form of adult content, profanity, hate, "spam," fraud, racism, mlm, pyramid schemes, or promote any illegal activity.
  3. User's message board and Web site must be in English.

4. DISPUTES

In the event it is necessary to refer any dispute to an attorney or resolve it in a court of law, the prevailing party will be entitled to an award of reasonable attorney's fees and all costs associated with any legal action, whether or not a suit shall actually be filed. These terms of service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of California and the United States of America.

5. THIS SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS"

THIS SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS, AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. THE PROVIDER GIVES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, FOR THE SERVICES PROVIDED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY AND WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THIS NO WARRANTY EXPRESSLY INCLUDES ANY REIMBURSEMENT FOR LOSSES OF INCOME DUE TO DISRUPTION OF SERVICE BY THE PROVIDER OR ITS PROVIDERS BEYOND THE FEES PAID BY CLIENT TO PROVIDER FOR SERVICES. WE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO BACKUP OUR DATA, BUT WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA.

6. MODIFICATION OF THIS AGREEMENT

This agreement may be modified at any time at the sole discretion of the Provider. Upon modification of this agreement, the User has two weeks (14 days) to terminate their account with the Provider or it will constitute acceptance of the modifications.

7. LIMITATIONS OF SERVICE

This service is not available to Users that run other CGI hosting services as well as users who plan on developing remotely hosted CGI services.

8. TERMINATION OF SERVICE

This service may be terminated at any time by the Provider or User. The Provider may at it's sole discretion remove any message board for any reason.

By clicking "Sign Up" the User hereby agrees to the terms set forth in this agreement under penalties of perjury and agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Provider from any claim resulting from the use of the Provider's services and agree that all information provided by the User to the Provider is true.

Last revision: February 3, 2002.

Proboards Privacy Policy,


ProBoards has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for this Web site: ProBoards.

Server Logged Information
Whenever a user views a page located on ProBoards.com, the Apache Web server automatically logs certain information about the visitor. This information includes the user's IP address, browser, and where the user came from. This is standard information collected by most Web servers.

Sign Up Process
When a user joins ProBoards as a member, certain information is asked for. This information includes the user's name, email address, Web site name, and web site URL. When the sign up process has completed, our script automatically logs the IP address into the user's profile as well.

Public Forums
Please keep in mind that any information that is disclosed in forums hosted by ProBoards becomes public information. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

Opinions in messages posted in any forums located on our service are not necessarily the views of ProBoards.com. ProBoards.com maintains no liability for any legal action resulting from postings in forums located on our service.

When posting a message to a forum hosted by ProBoards, your IP address is automatically logged with your post. The administrator of the forum you are posting in has the option to have IP addresses displayed publicly when reading the posts in the forum.

Cookies
This Web site utilizes cookies to store usernames and passwords for message boards that are visited. When logging into a board, the user has the option to set the length in time for the cookie to last, or to let the cookie last indefinitly. When logged into a board, your nickname for your account will be displayed in the "Users Online" section of the message board you are at.

Message Board Monitoring
ProBoards reserves the right to monitor any and all message boards located on our server. Our staff has access to login to every password protected board to view the contents of those boards, as well as the ability to remove posts and/or boards that are found in violation of our terms of service.

Sources,


Registration agreement
Proboards Terms of Service
Proboards Privacy Policy