The Bits 2.0

TERMS OF USE - “The Bits 2.0″

Last Revised: March 21, 2008

PREAMBLE

The Bits 2.0 (bitsofbytes.org hereinafter refered to as This Domain) and all its sites under This Domain reflect the opinion of their respective authors only. Although contents has been thoroughly checked and verified for factual accuracy, all information are provided “as if” without warranty. The Administrators (definition: The owners of This Domain) and the Host of This Domain (definition: The company that physically host this server - Global Network Access, GNAX) cannot be held liable for any misinformation, damage or undesirable consequences caused directly or indirectly from the use of information found on This Domain and any of its hosted sites.

ACCEPTANCE OF POLICY

This is a legal contract between “You” and This Domain.

By using this site, you agree to accept and abide the Terms of Use (”TOU”) published in This Domain. “The Bits 2.0″ reserves the right to update the TOU anytime without prior notice. The latest TOU can be found on the page http://www.thebits.info/legal.

Your access records on the server’s access log serves as an official prove of your acceptance of policy and therefore, you are bound to and you agree to abide to the rules imposed by This Domain.

Should you refuse to accept this contract, you are requested to leave the site immediately.

DISCLAIMER

Content posted by on This Domain and its hosted sites represent only the authors’ personal point of view may not necessarily reflect the overall perspective and stance of This Domain and the Host of This Domain.

Usage of This Domain is completely at your own discretion. You may leave this site at any time if you do not agree with this contract. The Bits 2.0 cannot be held liable for any misinformation, damage or undesirable consequences caused directly or indirectly from the use of information found on This Domain and any of its hosted sites.

THIRD PARTY CONTENT

The Bits 2.0 reserve the rights to delete, modify or censor any part of 3rd party contents posted on This Domain if found inappropriate or contradicting with This Domain’s site policy, the Laws of England, Act of Parliament, at the opinion of The Administrators without prior notice.

Third party contents conflicting with the interest of This Domain will be removed at the discretion of The Administrators.

Before using the services on This Domain, you agree not to:

● Use the services to spam or proliferate unsolicited messages of any form.

● Publish anything that defames, abuses, harasses, threatens, or violates the law.

● Upload, or otherwise make available, any material protected by intellectual property laws, including, by way of example, and not as limitation, copyright or trademark laws (or by rights of privacy or publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consent to do the same.

● Use any material or information in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other proprietary right of any party.

● Falsify or delete any copyright management information, such as author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin.

● Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses and personal information.

● Violate any applicable laws or regulations in the United Kingdom.

● Create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others.

PRIVACY AND EXEMPTION

This Domain respects your privacy and will protect it.

Personal information are collected when users elect to register for services. The Administrators will under no circumstances sell or share any information collected with third parties.

“The Bits 2.0″ uses cookies to enhance visitor’s experience and for traffic analysis purposes. You may refuse to accept our cookies anytime but certain services might not function correctly with cookies disabled.

When you visit This Domain all its hosted sites, the server will automatically generate access logs which may include information such as but not limited to  your IP Address, browser user agent, URI request and referer. This is for quality assurance and traffic analysis purposes only.

The Bits 2.0 recommends that pseudo-names and nicknames be used in place of real names in order to better protect the identity of authors and readers.

However, The Administrators might allow authorities to monitor usage of this site under the following English Acts:

● Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act, 2001
● Computer Misuse Act, 1990
● Copyright (Computer Programs) Regulations, 1992
● Copyright, Designs & Patents Act, 1988
● Criminal Justice and Public Order Act, 1994
● Data protection Act, 1998
● Freedom of Information Act, 2000
● Human Rights Act, 1998
● Obscene Publications Acts, 1964
● Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), 2000
● Telecommunications Act, 1984
● The Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice - Interception of Communications) Regulations, 2000

PIRACY

The Domain does not in any way, support or condone piracy. All links and references to copyrighted materials are provided solely for improving accessibility and for educational and personal use only.

FAIR USE

Softwares and full/partial source codes found on this site are provided for educational purposes only. Usage of these material leading to commercial exploitation is strictly prohibited.

COPYRIGHT

Contents posted on This Domain and all its hosted sites are copyright protected. You are allowed to link to this site but not directly to images (hotlink) or files (leeching). Acknowledgement to the contents’ authors should be included if you require to publish copyrighted contents outside their respective sites.