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ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

 

Last updated April 01, 2023

 

 

 

This Acceptable Use Policy ("Policy") is part of our Terms and Conditions ("Legal Terms") and should therefore be read alongside our main Legal Terms: http://www.pcworkshop.org/terms. If you do not agree with these Legal Terms, please refrain from using our Services. Your continued use of our Services implies acceptance of these Legal Terms.

 

Please carefully review this Policy which applies to any and all:

 

(a) uses of our Services (as defined in "Legal Terms")

(b) forms, materials, consent tools, comments, post, and all other content available on the Services ("Content") and

(c) material which you contribute to the Services including any upload, post, review, disclosure, ratings, comments, chat etc. in any forum, chatrooms, reviews, and to any interactive services associated with it ("Contribution").

 

 

WHO WE ARE

 

We are PC Workshop, Inc., doing business as Limitless and PCW ("Company," "we," "us," or "our") a company registered in Ohio, United States at 900 West Caroline Street, Paulding, OH 45879. We operate the website http://www.pcworkshop.org (the "Site"), as well as any other related products and services that refer or link to this Policy (collectively, the "Services").

 

 

USE OF THE SERVICES

 

When you use the Services you warrant that you will comply with this Policy and with all applicable laws.

 

You also acknowledge that you may not:

  • Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Services to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us.

  • Make any unauthorized use of the Services, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of users by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email, or creating user accounts by automated means or under false pretenses.

  • Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Services, including features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on the use of the Services and/or the Content contained therein. 

  • Engage in unauthorized framing of or linking to the Services.

  • Trick, defraud, or mislead us and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information such as user passwords.

  • Make improper use of our Services, including our support services or submit false reports of abuse or misconduct. 

  • Engage in any automated use of the Services, such as using scripts to send comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.

  • Interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the Services or the networks or the Services connected.

  • Attempt to impersonate another user or person or use the username of another user.

  • Use any information obtained from the Services in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person. 

  • Use the Services as part of any effort to compete with us or otherwise use the Services and/or the Content for any revenue-generating endeavor or commercial enterprise.

  • Decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Services, except as expressly permitted by applicable law.

  • Attempt to bypass any measures of the Services designed to prevent or restrict access to the Services, or any portion of the Services.

  • Harass, annoy, intimidate, or threaten any of our employees or agents engaged in providing any portion of the Services to you.

  • Delete the copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any Content.

  • Copy or adapt the Services’ software, including but not limited to Flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or other code.

  • Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, Trojan horses, or other material, including excessive use of capital letters and spamming (continuous posting of repetitive text), that interferes with any party’s uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Services or modifies, impairs, disrupts, alters, or interferes with the use, features, functions, operation, or maintenance of the Services.

  • Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) any material that acts as a passive or active information collection or transmission mechanism, including without limitation, clear graphics interchange formats ("gifs"), 1×1 pixels, web bugs, cookies, or other similar devices (sometimes referred to as "spyware" or "passive collection mechanisms" or "pcms").

  • Except as may be the result of standard search engine or Internet browser usage, use, launch, develop, or distribute any automated system, including without limitation, any spider, robot, cheat utility, scraper, or offline reader that accesses the Services, or using or launching any unauthorized script or other software.

  • Disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or the Services.

  • Use the Services in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws or regulations.

  • Use a buying agent or purchasing agent to make purchases on the Services.

  • Sell or otherwise transfer your profile.

 

 

COMMUNITY/FORUM GUIDELINES

 

-Posting Guidelines Due to the multinational nature of the forum, please use English. If you’d like to use a different language (by way of an external link, for example), consider providing a translation of the relevant portion in your topic/reply. It could even be a machine translation (Google Translate, for example), as long as the point comes across correctly. Stick to the topic when responding to posts created by others. When creating your own post in the form of a topic, please choose the appropriate forum and give it a clear and concise title. Before creating a new topic, or asking a new question, consider using the Search function to see whether it has already been addressed. If it has, post your new topic only if the previous thread has already been closed. Note that if you believe that your topic is related to an existing one but with significant differences, feel free to create the new topic (but make sure to address the difference). This is an educational forum, so when citing or referring to an external source, be sure to provide a link or complete reference to that source in order for others to access/verify it. It should go without saying that plagiarism is not tolerated; do try and cite sources whenever posting an opinion that is not your own. This is a public forum, so please consider very carefully before posting your own personal information. Posting personal information of anyone else is a major violation of the rules of conduct for this forum and will result in the deletion of the topic/reply and a single warning; a second violation will result in a permanent ban. -Rules on Appropriate Behaviour Be respectful towards other forum members. Don’t be offensive, abusive or cause harassment. Do not post content that is not safe for work. This includes sexual, hateful, racist, homophobic, sexist, provocative or vulgar content. External sources should always be used with proper reference that can be accessed and verified. While open-access links are always preferred, links to paywalled sources (such as closed journals) may be acceptable on a case-by-case basis. DO NOT reveal anyone’s identity by posting their personal information (or connecting personal information posted in separate places in a manner that reveals the person’s identity), unless that information has already been revealed publicly by that person on the forum. Just utilize common-sense rules of being nice; this is a forum for the discussion of academic topics, not flame-war territory. -Rights of Moderators Considering the sensitive subject of the forum – that is, intelligence and security – it is only appropriate for moderators to have the ability to make sure that all forum rules are being followed. To this end, moderators can, at their own discretion: close topics or forums; edit topics or replies (but only by clearly displaying their edits); move topics or replies to the appropriate topic/forum, if necessary; and delete topics or replies. Consequences of Breaking the Rules Breaking the rules of appropriate behaviour will have the following consequences: Minor infractions will get a warning; unless the post is edited to comply with the rules within 24 hours of the warning, it will be deleted. Repeated minor infractions will result in a temporary ban or, at the discretion of the moderator, a permanent ban. Major infractions, such as posting personal information or behaviour deemed completely unacceptable by the moderator, will get a temporary ban; or, at the discretion of the moderator, a permanent ban. -Methods of Redressal TBD

 

 

CONTRIBUTIONS

 

In this Policy, the term "Contributions" means:

  • any data, information, software, text, code, music, scripts, sound, graphics, photos, videos, tags, messages, interactive features, or other materials that you post, share, upload, submit, or otherwise provide in any manner on or through to the Services; or

  • any other content, materials, or data you provide to PC Workshop, Inc. or use with the Services.

Some areas of the Services may allow users to upload, transmit, or post Contributions. We may but are under no obligation to review or moderate the Contributions made on the Services, and we expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage resulting from any of our users' breach of this Policy. Please report any Contribution that you believe breaches this Policy; however, we will determine, in our sole discretion, whether a Contribution is indeed in breach of this Policy.

 

You warrant that:

  • you are the creator and owner of or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, releases, and permissions to use and to authorize us, the Services, and other users of the Services to use your Contributions in any manner contemplated by the Services and this Policy;

  • all your Contributions comply with applicable laws and are original and true (if they represent your opinion or facts);

  • the creation, distribution, transmission, public display, or performance, and the accessing, downloading, or copying of your Contributions do not and will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or moral rights of any third party; and

  • you have the verifiable consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual person in your Contributions to use the name or likeness of each and every such identifiable individual person to enable inclusion and use of your Contributions in any manner contemplated by the Services and this Policy.

You also agree that you will not post, transmit, or upload any (or any part of a) Contribution that:

  • is in breach of applicable laws, regulation, court order, contractual obligation, this Policy, our Legal Terms, a legal duty, or that promotes or facilitates fraud or illegal activities;

  • is defamatory, obscene, offensive, hateful, insulting, intimidating, bullying, abusive, or threatening, to any person or group;

  • is false, inaccurate, or misleading;

  • includes child sexual abuse material, or violates any applicable law concerning child pornography or otherwise intended to protect minors;

  • contains any material that solicits personal information from anyone under the age of 18 or exploits people under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner;

  • promotes violence, advocates the violent overthrow of any government, or incites, encourages, or threatens physical harm against another;

  • is obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, violent, harassing, libelous, slanderous, contains sexually explicit material, or is otherwise objectionable (as determined by us);

  • is discriminatory based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age;

  • bullies, intimidates, humiliates, or insults any person;

  • promotes, facilitates, or assists anyone in promoting and facilitating acts of terrorism;

  • infringes, or assists anyone in infringing, a third party's intellectual property rights or publicity or privacy rights;

  • is deceitful, misrepresents your identity or affiliation with any person and/or misleads anyone as to your relationship with us or implies that the Contribution was made by someone else than you;

  • contains unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, pyramid schemes, chain letters, spam, mass mailings, or other forms of solicitation that has been "paid for," whether with monetary compensation or in kind; or

  • misrepresents your identity or who the Contribution is from.

 

 

REVIEW AND RATINGS

 

When your Contribution is a review or rating, you also agree that:

  • you have firsthand experience with the services and software being reviewed;

  • your Contribution is true to your experience;

  • you are not affiliated with competitors if posting negative reviews (or linked in any way to, e.g., by being the owner or seller/manufacturer of, a product or service if posting positive reviews);

  • you cannot make or offer any conclusions as to the legality of conduct;

  • you cannot post any false or misleading statements; and

  • you do not and will not organize a campaign encouraging others to post reviews, whether positive or negative.

 

 

REPORTING A BREACH OF THIS POLICY

 

We may but are under no obligation to review or moderate the Contributions made on the Services and we expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage resulting from any of our users' breach of this Policy.

 

If you consider that any Content or Contribution:

  • breach this Policy, please email us at admin@pcworkshop.org, visit http://www.pcworkshop.org/contact, or refer to the contact details at the bottom of this document to let us know which Content or Contribution is in breach of this Policy and why; or

  • infringe any third-party intellectual property rights, please check out our Legal Terms for information about our copyright infringement reporting process here: http://www.pcworkshop.org/terms.

We will reasonably determine whether a Content or Contribution breaches this Policy.

 

 

CONSEQUENCES OF BREACHING THIS POLICY

 

The consequences for violating our Policy will vary depending on the severity of the breach and the user's history on the Services, by way of example:

 

We may, in some cases, give you a warning and/or remove the infringing Contribution, however, if your breach is serious or if you continue to breach our Legal Terms and this Policy, we have the right to suspend or terminate your access to and use of our Services and, if applicable, disable your account. We may also notify law enforcement or issue legal proceedings against you when we believe that there is a genuine risk to an individual or a threat to public safety. 

 

We exclude our liability for all action we may take in response to any of your breaches of this Policy.

 

 

COMPLAINTS AND REMOVAL OF LEGITIMATE CONTENT

 

If you consider that some Content or Contribution have been mistakenly removed or blocked from the Services, please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this document and we will promptly review our decision to remove such Content or Contribution. The Content or Contribution may stay "down" whilst we conduct the review process.

 

Guideline violations are at full discretion of PC Workshop. Moderators have full right to modify your postings or ban you from posting, commenting, viewing, etc..

 

 

DISCLAIMER

 

PC Workshop, Inc. is under no obligation to monitor users’ activities, and we disclaim any responsibility for any user’s misuse of the Services. PC Workshop, Inc. has no responsibility for any user or other Content or Contribution created, maintained, stored, transmitted, or accessible on or through the Services, and is not obligated to monitor or exercise any editorial control over such material. If PC Workshop, Inc. becomes aware that any such Content or Contribution violates this Policy, PC Workshop, Inc. may, in addition to removing such Content or Contribution and blocking your account, report such breach to the police or appropriate regulatory authority. Unless otherwise stated in this Policy, PC Workshop, Inc. disclaims any obligation to any person who has not entered into an agreement with PC Workshop, Inc. for the use of the Services.

 

 

HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS POLICY?

 

If you have any further questions or comments or wish to report any problematic Content or Contribution, you may contact us by:

 

Email: admin@pcworkshop.org

Online contact form: http://www.pcworkshop.org/contact

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