TERMS AND CONDITIONS
TERMS OF USE
The UNC General Alumni Association online community is provided by the General Alumni Association and is designed to facilitate communication among alumni for personal or University-related purposes.
I. Privacy and Security
The General Alumni Association has not, does not and will never sell alumni information to anyone. All alumni information is strictly guarded for use by individual alumni and the General Alumni Association for personal, GAA and University-related purposes only.
The Alumni Association has taken all reasonable precautions to secure the personal information available through the online community. The UNC General Alumni Association online community is password protected to allow access by registered UNC alumni and GAA associate users. Although this precaution should effectively protect any personal information available through the UNC General Alumni Association online community from abuse or outside interference, a certain degree of privacy risk is faced any time information is shared over the Internet.
II. Policy and Guidelines for Proper Use
To safeguard the operation of the UNC General Alumni Association online community, users of the UNC General Alumni Association online community must abide the the following specific rules and regulations that govern conduct, particularly conduct that occurs in an online environment.
A. Unauthorized copying, reproduction, republishing, uploading, downloading, posting, transmitting or duplicating any of the material is prohibited. You may download or copy any downloadable materials displayed on the UNC General Alumni Association online community for home, noncommercial and personal use only; provided, however, that you maintain all copyright, trademark and other notices contained in such material and you agree to abide by all additional copyright notices or restrictions contained in any material accessed through the UNC General Alumni Association online community.
B. Use of information or communications available through the UNC General Alumni Association online community for any commercial, public or political purposes is strictly prohibited. Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to, solicitations for commercial services, cold-calling of any kind or mass-mailings for commercial purposes. Information available through the UNC General Alumni Association online community may be used for specific personal, General Alumni Association and University-related purposes only.
C. Users shall not restrict nor inhibit any other user from enjoying any service on the UNC General Alumni Association online community. Posting of obscene materials or use of obscene language, posting of vulgar materials, or use of vulgar language, or use of abusive, defamatory, profane, or threatening language of any kind, will constitute a violation of these policies governing the use of the UNC General Alumni Association online community. Additionally, users shall not upload, transmit, distribute or otherwise publish any materials containing a virus or any other harmful component.
D. All aliases adopted by UNC General Alumni Association online community users are subject to approval by the General Alumni Association.
The General Alumni Association is not responsible for screening communications in advance, and neither the University nor the General Alumni Association will actively monitor the use of the UNC General Alumni Association online community. For this reason, it is essential that the alumni users of the UNC General Alumni Association online community report any abuses or misuse of the UNC General Alumni Association online community to the General Alumni Association. If the General Alumni Association determines that a user’s participation in the UNC General Alumni Association online community creates a liability for the General Alumni Association or the University or that the user has violated the policies set forth herein, the General Alumni Association reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to take actions against the user. The General Alumni Association reserves the right to expel a user and deny a user further access to the UNC General Alumni Association online community if such user violates these policies or any applicable laws or regulations.
III. Liability and Indemnity
The reliability of the information available through the UNC General Alumni Association online community is largely dependent upon the actions of community registrants. The General Alumni Association can make no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness or timeliness of this information.
The General Alumni Association does not warrant that the UNC General Alumni Association Web site will operate error-free or that the site and its server are free of computer viruses or other harmful material. To the fullest extent permitted by the law, the General Alumni Association disclaims all warranties, including the warranties of merchantability, non-infringement, and fitness for particular purpose. In no event shall the General Alumni Association or the University be liable for any damages whatsoever, including, without limitation, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, resulting from the use of or inability to use information or materials available on the UNC General Alumni Association Web site.
By using the UNC General Alumni Association online community Web site, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the General Alumni Association, the University and their respective agents from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, costs and expenses that may arise from your use of the UNC General Alumni Association Web site or your breach of these policies. The General Alumni Assocation will provide notice to you of any such action or claim, and reserves the right to participate, at our expense, in the investigation, settlement and defense of any such action or claim.
Please note that the General Alumni Association may revise these policies and your continued use of the site constitutes your agreement to comply with such modifications. You should review the policies periodically to ensure that you are familiar with them.
Participation in the UNC General Alumni Association online community is a privilege. By joining the community, you agree to abide by the UNC General Alumni Association online community policies outlined herein.