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Acceptable Use Policy

Mapicurious.com (“Mapicurious”) has created this Acceptable Use Policy (the “Policy”) so you will understand when and under what circumstances we may suspend or terminate your use of our geocentric information service (the “Service”). By using our Service, you consent to the acceptable use practices described in this Policy, as modified by us from time to time.

Our goal is for all of our subscribers to have an enjoyable experience every time they access or use our Service. Therefore, you may only use our Service for lawful purposes and in a manner that does not interfere with other subscribers or our systems. To assure this, we reserve the right, but are not obligated, to suspend or terminate your access to the and/or your use of the Service at any time, if we determine in our sole discretion that your conduct or behavior utilizing our Service involves or causes:

Unlawful Content. Disclosure of any content that would constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or that would otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national, or international law.

Hacking. Unauthorized access to or use of our networks, including any attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without express authorization of the owner of the system or network.

Intentional Interference. Interference with service to any user, host or network including, without limitation, flooding techniques or other deliberate attempts to overload a system or broadcast attacks.

Sale/Resale of Mapicurious Service. Selling access to our Service without the express written consent of Mapicurious.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Limited License Granted by Mapicurious. Although Mapicurious makes this website freely accessible, the materials available through this website are the property of Mapicurious and our affiliates or licensors, and are protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. Visitors and subscribers are free to display and print for personal and non-commercial use information receive through this website.

Grant of License to Mapicurious. By submitting material through the Mapicurious website, you are representing that you are the owner of the material, or are making your submission with the express consent of the owner. By submitting material to any public posting areas of this website, such as any comments, you agree that Mapicurious (including our partners, agents, affiliates and service providers (collectively, “Third Party Providers”), may reproduce, modify, and distribute such material as we see fit in any medium and for any purpose.

You also agree that Mapicurious, including our Third Party Providers, may identify you as the author of any of your postings by name, email address or screen name as we see appropriate. We also reserve the right (but assume no obligation) to delete, move, or edit any postings that come to our attention that we consider unacceptable or inappropriate, whether for legal or other reasons.

Links. You are free to establish a hypertext link to this site so long as the link does not state or imply any sponsorship of your site by Mapicurious.

No Framing. Unless otherwise permitted, you may not frame, or in-line link, any of the content of this website, or incorporate into another website or other service any of our intellectual property.

OUR RESPONSIBILITY

We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any content disclosed by you or any third-party, or for any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography or profanity you may encounter. As the provider of the Service, we are only a forum and are not liable for any statements, representations, or content provided by our users in any public forum. It is not our intent to discourage you from taking controversial positions or expressing vigorously what may be unpopular views; however, we reserve the right to take such action as we deem appropriate in cases where the Service is used to disseminate statements that are offensive or harmful.

ENFORCEMENT OF THIS POLICY

We reserve the right, but do not assume the obligation, to strictly enforce this Policy by, without limitation, issuing warnings, suspending or terminating Service, refusing to transmit, removing, screening or editing content prior to delivery or actively investigating violations and prosecuting them in any court or appropriate venue. We may access, use and disclose transaction information about your use of our Service, and any content transmitted by you through the Service, to the extent permitted by law, in order to comply with the law (e.g., a lawful subpoena); to enforce or apply our subscriber agreements; to initiate, render, bill, and collect for our Services; to protect our rights or property, or to protect users of our Services from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful use of, or subscription to, our Service. INDIRECT OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS OF THIS POLICY OR ANY RELATED POLICY, GUIDELINE OR AGREEMENT, AND ACTUAL OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS BY A THIRD PARTY ON YOUR BEHALF SHALL BE CONSIDERED VIOLATIONS OF THIS POLICY BY YOU.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITY

You are solely liable for any transmissions you initiate through our Service or any content you disclose. Unless you are participating in an area of the Service that requires or allows anonymity, you will always use your real name in online communications. You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from any claim, action, demand, loss, or damage (including attorneys’ fees) made or incurred by any third-party arising out of or relating to your violation of this Policy.

UPDATING THIS POLICY

We will revise and update this Policy if our practices change, as technology changes, or as we add new services or change existing ones. If we make any material changes to this Policy, we will post an “update” notice at the main website and change the date of the Policy. You should refer back to this page for the latest information.

CONTACTING US

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this Policy, please write us an email.

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