Website Privacy Policy & Terms Of Use

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PRIVACY POLICY - Modified October 01, 2008
Welcome to alternate-poker-forum.com (Alternate Poker Forum or APF)

As an Internet user, you have the right to expect any Web Site to disclose its privacy policies, which explain how your personal information is collected, used, and shared. You also have a responsibility to choose which Web Sites you feel comfortable disclosing such information to.

A: Why do you need my personal information for Member Registration?
In order to provide community services and benefits to you as a Member, Alternate Poker Forum maintains a limited amount of your personal information given during Registration and the optional Member Profile Survey. Your identifying information protects your uniqueness as a Alternate Poker Forum member, preventing others from using the same log-in or User Name.
We also compile general Member info to create an in-house demographic profile of our Members for the sole purpose of bringing more relevant content and services to the Alternate Poker Forum community, users and businesses. We always welcome and rely upon your suggestions for improvements and additional services.

B: Is any of my information public?
Please note that we do not directly display your e-mail address on the website. Our contact management system allows for contact messages to be passed through an internal messaging system. On the Internet today it is essential that we hide your email address. If we post your address on a web page it will be picked up by Spam-Spiders. You will then start to receive lots of unwanted, unsolicited emails (Spam).
Our contact management system is in place to protect you. Readers can message you by clicking on the ‘PM’ link in the postings. Also in place is a privacy option to limit the amount of information submitted to the Alternate Poker Forum public pages.
However, please be aware that, while your Registration and E-mail information is always confidential, all of the listing information in your game submission & postings to the public pages of the Alternate Poker Forum is available for all users to view. Therefore we urge you to always use caution and discretion when posting any personally identifying information about yourself or your household.

C: Who has access to my Member Registration & Profile Survey information?
First, we pledge that the Alternate Poker Forum will under no circumstances willingly give access to your Registration or Profile Survey information to any third party for any purpose, either commercial or otherwise. Even in-house use of your information is restricted and password-protected: only a limited number of our Professional Staff can view your personal demographic information.
The information you entrust to us is protected and we have made and will continue to make substantial efforts to achieve a well-protected environment. However, Alternate Poker Forum - nor any Web Site operator - can completely guarantee that your information will be immune from unauthorised access.

D: What about Cookies?
The Alternate Poker Forum Registered Members are required to have Cookies enabled on their computers. During a web session on the Alternate Poker Forum, we rely on this technology to allow you to access your Registered Member Profile as many times as you wish while using the other pages of our site.
Once initially logged-in, you will not be prompted for your log-in name and password again unless you log out. This mechanism is employed solely for your convenience and for no other purpose.

E: What will Alternate Poker Forum do with my public information?
Posting communications on or through the Web Site automatically grants Alternate Poker Forum a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display the information alone or as part of other works in any form, media, or technology whether now known or hereafter developed.
The foregoing grants shall include the right to exploit any proprietary rights in such communication, including but not limited to rights under copyright, trademark, service mark or patent laws under any relevant jurisdiction.

Alternate Poker Forum specifically disclaims any liability with regard to any actions resulting from your submissions and postings to the public portion of the Web Site. Generally, any communication which you post to the Web Site is considered to be non-confidential and must comply with the Terms of Use.

G: Changes to This Privacy Policy:
Alternate Poker Forum may from time to time update our Privacy Policy. Registered Members will be notified by email of any significant changes, or a prominent announcement will be placed on the Web Site.

Modified October 01, 2008

admin · Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:40 pm Post subject:

TERMS OF USE & CONDITIONS - Modified October 01, 2008
Welcome to alternate-poker-forum.com (APF)

IMPORTANT NOTICE: PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING OR USING THE APF WEB SITE. ALL REGISTERED MEMBERS AGREE TO THESE TERMS. THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND APF FOR THE USE OF THE MLP WEB SITE. BY CLICKING 'AGREE' WHEN YOU REGISTER & YOUR ACTIVITY ON THE SITE YOU ACCEPT THAT YOU FULLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO COMPLY WITH THESE TERMS IN FULL, WHETHER OR NOT YOU REGISTER AS A MEMBER OF APF. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEEK INDEPENDENT COUNSEL PRIOR TO USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THE TERMS YOU MUST NOT CONTINUE TO USE THE APF WEBSITE.

A. Acceptance of Terms of Use
APF provides all services subject to the following general Terms of Use (Terms), which may be updated at any time by updating this page without your notification. You assume sole responsibility for reviewing the most recent Terms as stated on this web page. Various provided Services may also have specific terms of service, rules or guidelines which are hereby incorporated into these general Terms of Use and to which you agree to be bound to use those Services.
By using the APF site you explicitly and wilfully agree to be bound by the stipulations in these Terms. You represent that you are of legal age to form a binding contract and have not been legally restrained from receiving APF services.

B. Registration Information and Privacy
Should you register on the site, you agree to provide accurate current information about yourself and promptly update this information to maintain its accuracy should the information provided change. Should you misrepresent the aforementioned information or APF has reason to believe such information is not true, APF has the right to discontinue your account and refuse service and future service of the site.
The privacy of your personal information is a paramount concern of APF. All registration information and use thereof shall be reasonably safeguarded and the use thereof shall be governed by our Privacy Policy.
Upon registering you will be provided with a login name and password. You are responsible for keeping this information private and confidential. You assume responsibility for the use of the Services and all activities that occur under your login. You agree to immediately notify APF should you suspect or become aware of any unauthorized use of the services under your login. You agree to properly logout at the end of your sessions (a right top of page link is provided for your convenience). Sessions will automatically expire after a period of inactivity but you should not rely on this feature and always ensure you have logged out when discontinuing your session. APF cannot and will not be responsible and liable for any loss or damages resulting from your failure to logout properly.
You understand and agree to provide consent that APF may access, archive, and disclose your registration information if required in good faith or belief that the disclosure is reasonably necessary to enforce the Terms, to comply with a legal process, to respond that information violates third party rights, or to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of APF users and the public.

C. User Responsibilities and Privileges
Registered users of APF agree to maintain an active email account to receive communications from APF regarding site updates, administrative messages, other registered user related messages, and APF announcements. You do not have the ability to opt-out of the aforementioned email notices and agree to receive them as part of being a registered user of the site. Should these emails become unable to be delivered to your email account, APF will remove your registration account and assumes no responsibility for the deletion of any or all of your posted information. APF will not be liable in any way for any circumstances that result from your discontinuation of the Services should your registration account be deleted.
You understand and agree that you are solely responsible for you're own content, data, graphics, messages transmitted, or other materials and/or Services used on APF. You are entirely responsible for all information whether publicly posted or privately transmitted using the Services and assume all responsibility for any consequences thereof related to your actions using the Services. APF does not control the information posted or transmitted by users of the Services and thus cannot guarantee the quality or accuracy of such information. You understand and agree that by using the service you may be exposed to objectionable or indecent information. APF under no circumstances assumes any responsibility or will be liable in any way for any information that was posted or transmitted by third parties. You agree to use APF only to post materials that are legal, proper, somehow related to the purposes of this community, and conform to the decency standard of our community. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using this Web Site, you will not:
- Harm children in any way;
- Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others;
- Publish, post, upload, make available, distribute or disseminate or offer to do the same (hereinafter "Post") any vulgar, hateful, malicious, racially or ethnically slanderous, harmful, inappropriate, defamatory, infringing, abusive, libellous, threatening, obscene, false, or unlawful material or information;
- Post any material that infringes any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, intellectual property or other proprietary right of any party (the "Rights"), unless you are the owner of the Rights or have the permission of the owner to post or transmit such material;
- Post any files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage, interrupt, or functionally limit the operation of another's computer software, hardware or telecommunications equipment;
- Post or transmit Spam, "chain letters", "junk mail", promotional materials or any form of solicitation, advertise or offer to sell any goods or services for any commercial purpose, other than in areas of the Web Site intended for such uses;
- Impersonate another person or entity, or falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is posted or transmitted;
- Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the use of the site and its Services;
- Collect or store personal data about other users;
- Hack into any part of the Web Site, operate computer programs of any sort that wilfully extract copyrighted information for illegal purposes, or jeopardize the performance/disrupt/interfere with the delivery of the Services, servers, or network infrastructure;
- You must use the Service in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.;
- Provide material support or resources to any organisation designated as a foreign terrorist organisation in any manner whatsoever; You agree that MLP may given certain circumstances and without prior notification terminate all Membership privileges. Cause for termination shall include, but not be limited to:
- Violations of these Terms and/or the Privacy Policy;
- User initiated request;
- Extended periods of account inactivity;
- Repetitive returned emails from a therefore assumed inactive account;
- Unforeseeable technical difficulties or issues;

D. Web Site Materials and Ownership Thereof
The contents of this site, including but not limited to: text, graphics, illustrations, logos, software, trademarks, service marks and other material ("Material") are protected by copyright and other laws.
APF authorises you to view the Material on the Web Site solely for your personal, non-commercial use. You may not sell or modify the Material or reproduce, display, distribute, or otherwise use the Material in any way for any public or commercial purpose whatsoever without the written permission of APF. If you violate any of these terms, your permission to use the Material automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies of the Material you have made.
APF does not claim ownership to your posting or submission to APF for posting of your Materials on the site. However, for this information that is publicly displayed on the site, you grant APF a world-wide, royalty free, non-exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual license to use, modify, distribute, reproduce, publish, and publicly display such information in whole or in part, and to incorporate said information into other works on current or future formats and mediums. This license shall exist until the removal of the Material from the site by either party.
APF includes postings, listings, graphics, stories, and articles from third parties. Such content is the responsibility of the third party owner of the content. APF assumes no responsibility for such content and is merely providing access to such content as a service to you. While APF will endeavour to remove any offensive or harmful content from the Web Site if brought to our attention, third party materials may include offensive, inappropriate, harmful, or deceptive information.

E. Our Obligation to Monitor Information and Materials
APF does not control the information posted or transmitted by users, registered users, partners, and other third parties on the site and assumes no obligation whatsoever to monitor third party information and transmissions. APF does not endorse, support, represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any information posted by third parties, or endorse any opinions expressed by them. You understand and acknowledge that any reliance on material so posted will be at your own risk.
You acknowledge that APF may or may not pre-screen information posted or transmitted on the site. APF reserves the sole right at its sole discretion to refuse to accept information for publication on the site, block transmission of information, or remove and/or edit information posted on the site for any reason whatsoever. APF reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.
If APF is notified by a user which allegedly does not conform to any term of this Agreement, APF may investigate the allegation and determine in good faith and in our sole discretion whether to remove or request the removal of the content. If APF, or one of our agents, chooses to edit third-party content, this action does not set a precedent for any other alleged violation of either the Terms or Privacy Policy. APF will have no liability or responsibility for performance or non-performance of such investigation. APF reserves the right to terminate or restrict your access to any or all registered user privileges at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

F. Intellectual Property Rights
You agree that the Services and any software used by the Services are the property of APF and relevant third parties. You are granted a non-exclusive and non-transferable license to use the software subject to the Terms and conditions. You agree that the software remains the property of its lawful owner(s) and that the license granted in these Terms does not convey title to or ownership of the software. You agree that giving away, lending, leasing, renting, distributing, leaving, or selling copies of the software is theft of the lawful owner's property. Appropriate litigation may be instituted and/or penalties and damages may be assessed against violators. You acknowledge that the software, including documentation, contains proprietary information constituting valuable trade secrets, and that the Software is protected by state, federal and international copyright laws and international treaties. You agree that you will not distribute the software or any portion thereof to third parties, or replicate the software or any portion thereof in any form or medium, except as authorised in these Terms. You agree not to attempt to decipher, decompile, unencrypt, reverse engineer, or disassemble the software or to develop derivative works of the software or knowingly allow others to do so, except to the extent applicable laws specifically prohibit such restriction.

G. Web Site Warranties
The APF site and Materials contained therein are provided on an "AS IS" basis without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied. APF, to the extent permitted by law, disclaims all warranties, included but not limited to: warranties of title, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement of third party rights. APF makes no warranties about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or timeliness of the material and links presented on the Web Site.
Neither does the company warrant that the Web Site will operate without error or that the Web Site and its server are free of computer viruses or other harmful code. APF is not responsible for any costs associated with servicing or replacing your equipment or data due to your use of this Web Site. APF contains materials provided by third parties, and will likewise not be held responsible for any such third party material.

H. Disclaimer of Warranty & Limitation of Liability
YOUR USE OF APF AND ITS SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED IN ANY WAY WITH THE SITE YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USE OF THE SITE. ALL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN AS-IS WHERE-IS AS-AVAILABLE BASIS. APF EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MERCHANTABILITY FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, FITNESS, OR MERCHANTABILITY. MLP MAKES NO WARRANTY THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS, BE ACCURATE, BE RELIABLE, OPERATE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, OR FIX ERRORS. NO INFORMATION, WRITTEN OR IMPLIED, THAT WAS OBTAINED BY YOU FROM APF SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS. IN NO EVENT SHALL MLP BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR ITS MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN. THIS DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION INCLUDES DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS, AND APPLIES WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY LEGAL THEORY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER APF IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR USED BY YOU FROM THE SERVICES IS USED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT COMPUTER VIRUSES ARE PREVELANT ON THE INTERNET AND THAT VIRUSES MAY BE TRANSMITTED INADVERTENTLY THROUGH MLP SERVICES. YOU AGREE TO ASSUME SOLE RESPONSIBILITY AND HOLD MLP HARMLESS FOR ANY VIRUSES OR ACTIONS THEREOF WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA, BELIEVED TO BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH MLP SERVICES TO YOUR COMPUTER. YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DETECTION, PROTECTION, AND ERADICATION OF COMPUTER VIRUSES ON YOUR COMPUTER (S).

I. Copyright Infringement
Posting communications on or through the web site automatically grants MLP a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display the information alone or as part of other works in any form, media, or technology whether now known or hereafter developed. The foregoing grants shall include the right to exploit any proprietary rights in such communication, including but not limited to rights under copyright, trademark, service mark or patent laws under any relevant jurisdiction.
APF may, in appropriate circumstances and at its sole discretion, remove or disable access to material on the Web Site that infringes on the rights of others. If you believe that your work has been used on the Web Site in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide APF with a written notice by e-mail, that includes the following information:
1. The signature (electronic) of a person authorised to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed
3. A description of or actual page link to where the material in question is located on the Web Site
4. Your mailing address, telephone number, and email address
5. A statement by you that you believe in good faith that the disputed use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
6. A statement by you, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on the copyright owner's behalf

J. Links to Other Web Sites
APF contains links to third party web sites that are maintained by others. These links are provided solely as a convenience to our users, and are not an endorsement by APF of the contents on such third party Web sites. APF is not responsible nor liable for the availability and content of linked third-party sites and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such third-party sites. If you decide to access linked third party Web Sites, you do so at your own risk.

K. Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless APF, its officers, directors, employees, sponsors, partners, and agents from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal fees, alleging or resulting from your use of the site, your posting or transmission of Materials, or your breach of this Terms of use Agreement. APF will provide notice to you promptly of any such claim, suit, or proceeding and shall reasonably assist you, at your expense, in defending any such claim, suit or proceeding. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless APF, its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal fees, alleging or resulting from your actions dealing with our advertisers, sponsors or partners.

L. General and International Disclaimer
APF makes no claims . that the materials presented are appropriate for any particular purpose or audience. Access to the materials may not be legal by certain persons. If you access the Web Site from outside of England, you are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction as well as our local laws.
Entire Agreement. These Terms are the entire agreement between APF and you.
Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be interpreted, construed and enforced in all respects in accordance with English Law and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
Statue of Limitations. You agree that any claim arising from the use of the site or services must be filed within one year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred, regardless of any law or statute to the contrary.
Term. This Terms of use agreement is non-transferable and expires upon your death. All your Materials will subsequently be permanently deleted.
Severability. If any provision of this Terms of use Agreement is for any reason held violative of any applicable law, governmental rule, or regulation, or if the Terms of use Agreement is held to be unenforceable or unconscionable, the invalidity of that specific provision shall not invalidate the remainder of this Agreement. All other provisions and the entirety of this Terms of use Agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless the removal of the invalid provision destroys the legitimate purposes of this Terms of use Agreement in which event this Terms of use Agreement shall be null and void. Paragraph Headings.
Paragraph headings. are for reference only and shall not be construed in any way to define, limit or describe the scope or intent of this Agreement or any part thereof.

Last Modified: October 01, 2008

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