MacInsiders Terms Of
Service
Notice: The views and opinions expressed in MacInsiders are strictly those of the student(s) who authored the content. The contents of MacInsiders have not been reviewed or approved by McMaster University or the MSU (McMaster Students Union). Being a student-run community, all articles and discussion posts on MacInsiders are unofficial and it is therefore always recommended that you visit the official McMaster website for the most accurate up-to-date information.
MacInsiders
("we" or "us") is a community for McMaster
University undergraduate students. We provide news, information, discussion
boards, services, entertainment, and tools for students to use
throughout their university life as well as events held on or off campus
for our members. The MacInsiders service and network (collectively,
"MacInsiders" or "the Service") is run and managed
by a group of students. By accessing or using our web site at www.macinsiders.com
(the "Site"), you (the "User") signify that you have
read, understand and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use
("Terms of Use" or "Agreement"), whether or not you
are a registered member of MacInsiders. We reserve the right, at our
sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or delete portions of these
Terms of Use at any time without further notice. If we do this, we will
post the changes to these Terms of Use on this page and will indicate at
the top of this page the date these terms were last revised. Your
continued use of the Service or the Site after any such changes
constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms of Use. If you do not agree
to abide by these or any future Terms of Use, do not use or access (or
continue to use or access) the Service or the Site. It is your
responsibility to regularly check the Site to determine if there have
been changes to these Terms of Use and to review such changes. USING THIS WEBSITE
INDICATES THAT YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS,
DO NOT USE THE SERVICE OR SITE. PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY AS THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, REMEDIES,
OBLIGATIONS, VARIOUS LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS. You can reach us by email at
support@macinsiders.com
1. Our Free Service
MacInsiders is a free service. We only require that you follow these terms and conditions as you use our
site. You may register to be a User on our Service, which will give you additional benefits such as creating a profile, posting in our many discussion
boards, and viewing information about other members. Some areas of our site are viewable to guests and
unregistered users, but their abilities are limited. If you do register as an official user of
the Site, you may not authorize anyone else to use MacInsiders with your account or password. You may communicate with other individuals through MacInsiders,
use our services and tools, or participate in promotions. We are not responsible or liable for anything related to these activities because you communicate and participate in such activities at your own risk.
2. Warranties
We provide MacInsiders "as is," without warranties of any kind
(including the implied warranties of any kind (including the implied
warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and
non-infringement), unless such warranties cannot be legally excluded.
This means that you use MacInsiders at your own risk and we are not
promising that you will obtain any specified type of information or any
minimum level of service.
3. Limitation of Liability
You agree that we, and those parties that help us to create, maintain or
deliver MacInsiders content, are not liable for any indirect, incidental,
consequential, special or exemplary damages (including for example, lost
profits and damages from loss of use) resulting from using MacInsiders,
unless the law requires us to be liable for such damages. You agree to
assume all risk and liability arising from the use of our online
services, including the risk of breach in the security of our system. If
your information is stolen as the result of a breach in our system, or
items meant to be private, such as private messages and private journal
entries, somehow become public, this is part of the inherent risk you
take in using our services. On the other hand, if you fail to follow
these terms at any time, we can immediately stop you from ever using
MacInsiders again and you will be responsible for any damages that we may
suffer.
4. MacInsiders Content
Except for items that you have marked as private or confidential, anytime you send us anything and specify it as publicly available (pictures, graphics, information, articles, postings, or data, all of which we will generally refer to as "content") you are giving us the right to edit, duplicate, and/or delete it. If we decide to use your content for website promotions, we will notify you and ask your permission first. If you send us content, it is your responsibility to make sure that you have permission to use it and to send it to us so that we can use it. You can continue to use the content even after you send it to us, so long as you either own the content yourself or the person owning the content gave you the right to use it.
With the exception of email to us that you have marked as private or confidential, you should consider everything posted to MacInsiders as public information. The content of chats, discussions, message boards, bulletin boards, private messages, marketplace postings, calendars, and forums is not endorsed by MacInsiders and we are not responsible for its accuracy. We reserve the right to screen all postings and to monitor all chat discussions, although we are not obligated to do so. We have the right to remove any or all content we receive from users of MacInsiders. We are not responsible for any material on the site that you might find objectionable.
MacInsiders may provide you with links to other sites. We are not responsible for the information or services provided by those sites and the fact that we provided you with a link to them does not mean that we endorse the site or the information or services provided by the site.
5. Conduct on our Site
By registering and participating in discussions on MacInsiders, you agree to our Code Of Conduct policy. If you should not agree you have the right to no longer participate in forum discussions at your own discretion. You are responsible for your behavior and conduct while on MacInsiders.
The MacInsider forums are to be used for informative and constructive discussion. All members must maintain a positive and inviting discussion environment that encourages conversation and upholds the MacInsiders Code Of Conduct
You, as a user of this website, maintain full liability for your actions on this website and we reserve the right to terminate your account at anytime and for any reason without notice. The site has the right to take down anybody's content and account at anytime.
Please refer to the MacInsiders Code Of Conduct for details on rules regarding conduct in our forums and on our website. Click here.
Freedom of speech
You understand that although the constitution of the United States of America and the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights guarantees freedom of public speech for citizens of their states and countries, this website is not a US state, nor a UN country, and the behaviors and activities of members of this privately owned website are governed by our Code of Conduct and this Terms Of Service agreement.
6. User Accounts
All users must follow the following policies and procedures regarding their MacInsiders account:
6.1) Age
All persons who utilize this website must be 13 and older. If you are
under 13, please come back to visit us at a later date. Minors are
encouraged to exercise caution when using forums and chats due to their
unpredictable nature.
6.2) Username and Profile Information
If any member of the staff feels that your Username is inappropriate, it can be deleted immediately without warning. Please keep your Username clean. Your profile information must be kept accurate and up-to-date at all times. All required information must be filled in such as first name, faculty, etc. Keep in mind that if you do not wish to share your last name, you can put "n/a" in that input box. If moderators or other members find that your profile information looks suspicious or is deemed inaccurate by MacInsiders staff, it will be reported to Administration in which case your account will be set to 'limited' mode where your abilities on the website will be highly restricted until you update your profile information. You will be notified when this happens via Private Message. If your profile information is not updated within 48 hours and you have not contacted or replied to Administration within that time period, MacInsiders reserves the right to terminate your account.
6.3) Disabling Your Account
To request your account be disabled, e-mail support@macinsiders.com and we will process your request as soon as possible.
7. Proxy Servers
The use of proxy servers on our site is prohibited. If you use a proxy
server to mask your identity and cause any sort of trouble on our site,
your Internet Service Provider (ISP) will be contacted and made aware of
your actions. In addition, virtually all ISPs have in their user
agreement that the use of proxy servers is prohibited.
8. Rules for Club Exec/Leaders
MacInsiders provides a forum and a shared calendar for club
exec/leaders to use to promote their club and initiate discussion with
their members and MacInsiders users. These rules are to be followed by
club exec/leaders and/or club forum moderators otherwise MacInsiders staff
will be permitted to take action.
8.1) MacInsiders requires you to post in your forum at least once a week to keep members updated with your club status and events. If your forum is found to be 'inactive' by any of the MacInsiders exec staff, it will be removed from the forum directory and 'suspended' until you contact
the MacInsiders administrator, at which point we will restore your forum. Nobody likes to see forums that are empty or if users post questions and never get responses from club execs. Keep discussions going!
8.2) Promote your forum! MacInsiders attracts users to our site, and thus bringing you users to read about your club and visit your forum. We ask that in return you promote your forum to all your members and do so actively to get members posting in your forum. You may have a unique URL created for your club (yourclub.MacInsiders.com) to help make promoting easier. If you do not have your own URL, contact us to request one. Do not rely on MacInsiders traffic to make your forum active, you need to tell others it is there!
8.3) Be creative, and have fun. MacInsiders is a positive atmosphere for McMaster students. Some clubs have gotten creative by using their forum to create a poll for t-shirt design contests, for getting ideas on events, to PM users interested in learning more, or to debate topics. Keep things exciting for users to come back and check your forum out for updates!
9. Privacy
It is strongly recommended that you follow common sense in the line of
protecting your privacy. Remember not to give out your full real name,
address, telephone number, social security number, credit card or other
personal information to strangers. The identity to the person you are
giving this information to is unknown. It is possible for users of MacInsiders who have
met each other online to meet each other offline. We
encourage people to do so, but if you ever meet somebody offline, be
VERY careful. Get to know them as well as possible before meeting
offline. Make sure to meet in a very public place like the food court of
a mall. Tell your family and friends beforehand where you will be and
have a cell phone with you in case of emergencies. We also highly
recommend that you do not meet anybody outside of your age range unless
a large number of people from the site are getting together. Remember
that there is safety in numbers, so be very careful about meeting
somebody alone.
The MacInsiders Privacy Policy can be found here.
9.1) Under the Age of 13
MacInsiders does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information
from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to
register. If you are under 13, please do not attempt to register on
MacInsiders or send any information about yourself to us, including your
name, address, telephone number, or email address. No one under age 13
may provide any personal information to or on MacInsiders. In the event
that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child
under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete
that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might
have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us
at support@macinsiders.com.
9.2) Children Between the Ages
of 13 and 18
We recommend that minors over the age of 13 ask their parents for
permission before sending any information about themselves to anyone
over the Internet.
10. Account Termination
MacInsiders may terminate your membership, delete your profile and any
content or information that you have posted on MacInsiders and/or
prohibit you from using or accessing MacInsiders for any reason, or no
reason, at any time in its sole discretion, with or without notice,
including without limitation if it believes that you are under 13, or
not a student attending McMaster University. Due to the nature of the
Service including discussion boards, you may request your MacInsiders
account be disabled which will effectively hide your profile information
from other users and no longer allow you to login to the Service or the
Site, however certain data contributed to the Service or Site such as
your discussion board posts and/or threads will remain intact and
visible to users as to not disrupt or terminate ongoing and/or archived
discussions or information. To request your account be disabled, e-mail support@macinsiders.com.
11. Disclaimer
The views and actions of this website in no way reflect the views of MSU Incorporated.
12. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold
MacInsiders, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and each of their
administrators, directors, officers, agents, contractors, partners and
employees, harmless from and against any loss, liability, claim, demand,
damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees,
arising out of or in connection with any User Content, any Third Party
Applications, Software or Content you post or share on or through the
Site, your use of the Service or the Site, your conduct in connection
with the Service or the Site or with other users of the Service or the
Site, or any violation of this Agreement or of any law or the rights of
any third party.
We either own everything on this site or have permission to use it. You
are not allowed to copy or retransmit anything from our site without
MacInsiders' express written permission. If the material is owned or
copyrighted by someone else, you must have the copyright owner's
permission to use it. You also are not allowed to transmit to
MacInsiders any material that you do not own or do not have permission
to use. Violating this policy could result in civil or criminal
penalties.
MacInsiders is not responsible for the content that is placed on the
website by its users. However, content placed on the site by users or by
MacInsiders at the request of a user, becomes the property of
MacInsiders. If content is found to be breaking this rule, please
contact MacInsiders at support@macinsiders.com
and the material will be removed by request.
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