NEST TERMS OF SERVICE AND ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

Acceptance as a NEST participant requires that an organization must:

“Engage in some form of advocacy, education, promotion or action in order to support the sustainable management of resources, and the protection and restoration of the natural environment through public policy, individual and corporate behaviour change. Groups may be part of any environmental facet, but also may be based on health or human rights endeavours, working specifically to enhance the Niagara watershed human and built environment .” Adapted from (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_group). Terms of Use

By using this website, including all content and functionality available through the Niagara Environmental Sector Team (“NEST”) website, you signify your agreement to these terms and conditions of service. NEST may, at its discretion, change or revise these terms of service at any time, and you agree to be bound by any such modifications or revisions. NEST reserves the right to discontinue any service or aspect of the site at any time.

In order to access certain features of this website, you must create a NEST account. You may never share or use another's account without permission, and are solely responsible for the content and activity that occurs on and through your account. You must notify NEST immediately of any breach in security or unauthorized use of your account.

By agreeing to these terms, you agree not to distribute any part of the website, access content or user submitted material through any means other than the website itself, nor use or launch any automated system including 'robots', 'spiders' or 'offline readers' that access the servers in a manner that is greater than what a human user can reasonably do in the same period of time using a conventional web browser. You agree to access user submitted material for information and personal use only, as intended through the normal functionality of the NEST website services.

NEST reserves the right to terminate a user's access to the website for any reason, including, but not limited to, copyright infringement, harassment, submission of pornography or other obscene material, without prior notice and at its sole discretion. You affirm that you are at least 18 years of age or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, and obligations set forth in these terms of service. These terms of services may not, under any circumstances, be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by NEST without restriction.

User Submitted Content

Users of NEST may submit material in the form of images, files, and textual comments. These items are collectively referred to as 'user submissions'. You are solely responsible for your own user submissions, and all consequences of posting or publishing them. By submitting such material, you affirm that you own all necessary licenses, rights, consents and permissions to use and authorize NEST to use all patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights to any and all submitted material. You retain all ownership rights in your user submissions, however, by submitting user submissions, you hereby grant NEST a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the user submissions in connection with NEST and its successors business, without limitation, for promotion and redistribution on part or all of the NEST site or its affiliates.

You hereby grant each user of NEST a non-exclusive license to access your user submissions through the website, and to use, display and perform such user submissions as permitted through normal functionality of the NEST website. You understand and agree, however, that NEST may retain indefinitely, but not display, distribute, or perform, server copies of submissions that have been removed or deleted. You agree that all user submissions do not include material that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret, or otherwise subject to third party proprietary, privacy or publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from their rightful owner to post the material and grant licensing rights in regards to the NEST website, and affirm that all submitted material is in full compliance with applicable local, national and international laws and regulations.

Comments are made available for information and personal use only as intended through the normal functionality of the NEST website services. Comments are presented 'as is' and may not be copied, reproduced, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, or licensed. NEST does not claim any responsibility for the content of user-submitted contents and the content or views expressed by those comments do not necessarily represent the viewpoints of NEST or any of its staff. You understand and accept that when using the NEST website and services, you may be exposed to user submissions from a variety of sources. NEST is not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of such comments, and accept that such comments may be inaccurate, offensive, indecent or otherwise objectionable, and waive any legal or equitable rights or remedies you may have against NEST with respect thereto, and agree to hold NEST, its staff, and its affiliates, harmless regarding these manners in the fullest extent allowed by law.

NEST does not endorse any user submission, or any opinion or advice expressed therein, and expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with all user submissions. NEST does not tolerate nor permit copyright infringement, intellectual property infringement, or illegal material on its website and will remove all content and user submissions that violate these conditions if properly notified. NEST reserves the right to remove any user submission or content at any time without notice.

NEST Site Moderation Policy

1. Content featuring any material defined under the law as ‘hate speech’, including but not limited to sexist and racist material, will be removed from the site without notice or warning.

2. Posting of illegal content, or linking to illegal content, will result in the removal of the post, an immediate ban from the site for the offending user or IP range, and a forwarding of all evidence to appropriate law enforcement.

3. Pornographic, obscene, or otherwise inappropriate content for public display will be removed without notice or warning. If the management deems the content particularly obscene, a site ban will be issued immediately to the offending user or IP range.

4. Content defined as ‘flaming’ – content designed by its nature solely to provoke a negative response, or upset other users, will be removed from the site without notice or warning.

5. Use of vulgar language in an aggressive or inflammatory tone, or, at the management’s discretion, it is found to be excessively used or circumventing the spirit of this policy, will see that such content removed and/or warning issued to the offending parties.

6. Excessive off-topic comments or discussion, including but not limited to political discourse and religious discourse, are strongly discouraged and may be removed at the discretion of the management without notice. Users are encouraged to post comments and materials relevant to the articles, sections or entries they are found on.

7. Content which is designed to purposely break, alter, or circumnavigate features of the site are prohibited and will be removed without warning or notice. Attempting to purposely break or damage the site or compromise site data will result in an immediate ban for the offending user or IP range.