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Terms of Use and Privacy
Terms of Use regarding use of the Toronto Photography Meet-up Group web site
Use of the Forum
Copyright
Links to Third Parties
Warranties and Disclaimers
Limitation of Liability
Privacy
About IP addresses
Use of Cookies
Links to Other Sites
Security Policy
Non-commercial Use
Buy and Sell
Your Acceptance of These Terms



Terms of Use and Privacy
Terms of Use regarding use of the Toronto Photography Meet-up Group web site
The Toronto Photography Meet-up Group (TPMG) makes available for your use on this web site information and documents subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this document. By accessing this Web site, you agree to the Terms of Use. TPMG may change the Terms of Use any time. Please read this page carefully before using our website.
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Use of the Forum
By creating an account, you agree that you, the user, are 13 years of age or over. You are fully responsible for any information or file supplied by this user. You also agree that you will not post any copyrighted material that is not owned by yourself or the owners of these forums. In your use of these forums, you agree that you will not post any information which is vulgar, harassing, hateful, threatening, invading of others privacy, sexually oriented, or violates any laws.

Use of multiple accounts will not be tolerated and will be banned immediately.

The rules that you must agree to by using this site are as follows:
Treat others with the same respect you would expect to receive from them. Absolutely no personal attacks.
Any posts, including personal messages, that may be construed as racist, harassing, threatening, obscene will not be tolerated and may result in your account being disabled indefinitely.
No posting of another member's personal information. This includes their address, phone number, email address, etc.
Profanity, in any form, shall not be permitted.
Images of artistic (full/partial) nude photos cannot be posted here. A link to the image can be posted however a "work warning" must be mentioned.
Respect the copyright and terms of use of other people's work.
You will not use this forum for commercial purposes unless this has been discussed with the TPMG organizers.

Copyright
All site design, text, graphics, interfaces and the selection/arrangements thereof are TPMG. You may download, view, copy or print materials and graphics incorporated in the materials subject to the following: (1) you can use the materials only for personal, informational, internal, non-commercial purposes; (2) the copyright notice set forth on each page of this web site must appear on each downloaded or copied page of any materials; and (3) you cannot modify the materials in any way.


Links to Third Parties
This web site may contain hyperlinks to web sites controlled by parties other than TPMG. TPMG is not responsible for and does not endorse or accept responsibility for the contents or use of these Web sites.


Warranties and Disclaimers
ALL MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED 'AS IS' WITHOUT WARANTY OR ANY KIND, EXPRES OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TTLE AND NON INFRINGEMENT.

The materials posted on this web site could include technical or other mistakes or inaccuracies. TPMG disclaims all warranties and makes no representations regarding the quality, accuracy, completeness or suitability of the materials on this or any other web site, and disclaims any duty to keep this information current or accurate. In particular, TPMG makes no representation or warranty that any customer or potential customer will achieve the same performance results that are reflected in any story or FAQ article contained on this Web site. TPMG may change any information on this web site or any product or service described on this web site, including functionality or performance thereof, any time without notice.


Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT WILL TPMG OR ANY OF THIS FORUM'S ADMINISTRATORS OR MODERATORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES RELATING TO LOST REVENUES OR PROFITS, LOST DATA, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION) RESULTING FROM OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE USE OF ANY MATERIALS POSTED ON OR MADE AVAILABLE AT THIS WEB SITE OR ANY OTHER WEB SITE TO WHICH A LNK IS PROVIDED OR ON WHICH A LINK IS PROVIDED TO THIS WEB SITE, EVEN IF TPMG.COM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL THEORY ON WHICH SUCH DAMAGES ARE BASED.


Privacy
TPMG is committed to protecting your privacy. To make your online experience more convenient, we gather information from you. We maintain the privacy of your information using security technologies and adhere to policies that prevent unauthorized use of your personal information.


About IP addresses
TPMG collects IP addresses when submitting posts to the bulletin board and for the purposes of system administration. An IP address is a number that's automatically assigned to your computer whenever you're connected to a network or connected to the Internet. When guests request pages from TPMG, our web servers log the guests' IP addresses. We do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable. This means that a user's session will be logged, but the user remains anonymous to us unless issues of security arise in which IP addresses may be turned over to local, state and national authorities.


Use of Cookies
What are cookies? Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers to an individual's hard drive for record keeping purposes. Cookies make Web-surfing easier for you by saving your passwords, purchases, and preferences while you're at our site. The use of cookies is an Industry standard, and you'll find cookies at most major Web sites.


Links to Other Sites
Users should be aware that when you are on the TPMG web site you could be directed to other sites that are beyond our control. There are links to other sites from TPMG that take you outside our service. These other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data or solicit personal information. Always be aware of where you end up. Please keep in mind that whenever you give out personal information online - for example, via message boards or chat - that information can be collected and used by people you don't know. While TPMG strives to protect its user's personalBack to top information and privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you disclose online and you do so at your own risk.


Security Policy
The importance of security for all personally identifiable information associated with our Guests is of utmost concern to us. We exercise great care in providing secure transmission of your information from your PC to our servers, utilizing encryption software. Only those employees who need access to your information in order to do their jobs are allowed access, each having signed compressive nondisclosure agreements, which provides explicit legal confidentiality protections. Any employee who violates our privacy and/or security policies is subject to disciplinary action, including possible termination and civil and/or criminal prosecution.


Non-commercial Use
Because of the non-commercial nature of our site, please do not use the forums or contact information within to promote commercial services or advertise personal websites. Any posts that are deemed commercial will be removed. Any personal attacks or inappropriate posts will not be tolerated.

Buy and Sell
To ensure fair and fun trading, please read and abide by these rules here at all time.

BUY AND SELL FORUM RULES
Minimum 15 posts before one can post here, sorry, had to do this due to past issues. Oh and there also is a minimum number of days that goes by before you can post, but I'll let you find that out on your own. Spam the site by making a lot of useless posts in order to post on the for sale, your account will be locked. The community here has zero tolerance on this behaviour. If you wish to sell equipment only and not participate in the community, sell your stuff elsewhere (craigslist, kijiji, etc.).
ABSOLUTELY NO SPAM.
This is not a place for bulk sales, retail stores, online stores, or members offering their professional services for a fee. The intention here is for individuals to buy and sell gear, not to solicit a business or service. These type of posts will not be tolerated.
A sale thread's initial post must state an asking price.
Of course you can haggle, but an initial (and max) price must be stated. A post simply asking for offers or conducting a PM auction is not allowed. A price must be stated in initial post.
Don't post multiple threads about the same item.
You cannot charge taxes on top of an already stated price (so your initial stated price should include taxes). Honour your prices.
Do not sell something you don't have in your immediate possession.
All pirated/bootleg/illegal software sales/trades or even implying their inclusion in a sale/trade is strictly prohibited.
Please do not post links to items being sold on other sites (like Ebay or Craigslist).
Postings must only be related to photography. All others will be removed.
Arguments will not be tolerated.
If you do not intend to buy and have nothing positive to add to the sale, refrain from posting in the thread. This includes things like stating "the price is too high", or "it's cheaper at this store", etc. If you think the price is too high, inform seller via the PM service or an email. If you think your post may be in any way interpreted as being "argumentative" then take the safer route and send your message via PM or email to the seller. Replies of these kind will be removed without question.
Found something for sale at the store for a good price you want to share? Please post it in Gear and Equipment instead.
Bumping
You cannot bump a message no more than once every 24 hours. Responding to the post to answer a question is considered a bump (however you can reply to other questions if posted afterwards).
Once a sale is complete, update the thread by editing it and adding "SOLD" to the title, or in the case of a multiple item thread, state within the thread the items which have been sold. Do not edit the post such that the contents of the post is removed. Price of the item must be left and not removed from the post.

IMPORTANT: IF YOU BREAK THIS RULE YOU GET ONE (1) WARNING, DO IT AGAIN AND YOU ARE BANNED.

If misuse of the forum is found and the behaviour is not corrected after one warning, your account will be locked immediately. This also applies if multiple accounts are found for the same individual. If users are found to be 'spamming' the forum in order to meet the minimum requirement to post on the buy/sell forum, those messages will be deleted and the account locked. These accounts will be locked immediately or deleted without question. To re-activate your primary account, you must contact one of the moderators on this forum upon you agreeing to the terms here which can be done through email. Email addresses can be found here.
We hope that no issues arise as a result of providing this forum for gear swapping. Buyer and seller beware. TPMG can not make any claims about the integrity of items sold through this forum.
When any one of the rules are not followed, the message will either be 1) modified with reason and/or locked, 2) deleted or 3) moved.

When in doubt, feel free to PM one of the moderators for further clarification.


Last edited by ions on Mon Sep 09, 2013 12:34 pm, edited 3 times in total.
Added banning caveat to the deletion of posts after selling


Your Acceptance of These Terms
By using this site, you signify your assent to the TPMG Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our site. Your continued use of the TPMG site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes. You can send an e-mail to admin@tpmg.ca with any further questions.


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