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MAPS Social Media Policy

SOCIAL MEDIA TERMS OF USE

On certain areas of our Facebook page, you may be able to interact with other users or upload messages or other content, including videos ("Content"). We may terminate your account(s) and your ability to upload Content in our sole discretion.

By submitting any Content to MAPS Worldwide, you represent and warrant that: (i) you are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights thereto; (ii) all content that you post is accurate; (iii) you are at least 13 years old; (iv) that use of the Content you supply does not violate these terms of use and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and (v) the Content does not contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may adversely affect the operation of the Site or another user's computer.
You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any false, inaccurate, misleading, unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane Content or any Content that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law.
You agree that you will not post Content that contains personal information about any individual, violates the privacy of any other individual or entity, or anything that you are under a contractual obligation to keep private or confidential. You agree that you will not impersonate any person or organization. You further agree that you will not misrepresent an affiliation with another person or organization, nor will you post any Content that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or other intellectual property right of a third party.

You agree to indemnify and hold MAPS Worldwide (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.

Although MAPS Worldwide may, from time to time, monitor or review discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards, and the like on the Site, MAPS Worldwide is under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the Content of any such locations or for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger or inaccuracy contained in any information within such locations on the Site. MAPS Worldwide assumes no responsibility or liability for any actions or communications by you or any unrelated third party within or outside of this Site.
Any communication or material you transmit to the Site by e-mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary with no obligation of confidence on the part of MAPS Worldwide, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers and their respective directors, officers and employees. MAPS Worldwide cannot prevent the "harvesting" of information from this Site, and you may be contacted by MAPS Worldwide or unrelated third parties, by e-mail or otherwise, within or outside of this Site. Furthermore, MAPS Worldwide is free to use any stories, ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to the Site for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information without any compensation to the person sending such information.

VIOLATIONS

If you believe that Content was posted in violation of these Terms and Conditions, please notify us via email to: familycircles@maps-worldwide.org. We may, but typically will not, acknowledge receipt of your complaint. You agree that we cannot and will not act as arbiter of disputes arising from third party communications or transmission to the Site, but will take only such action as we believe are appropriate in our sole discretion.

Any Content you submit on this website containing artwork, audio recordings, copy, ideas, images, music, photography, text, video recordings, written materials and/or other materials is governed by these terms.

You hereby grant MAPS Worldwide an irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free perpetual license to use and exploit the Content, including, without limitation, the title(s) and each and every element of the Content, in whole or in part, in any and all manner and media throughout the world. You hereby acknowledge and agree that: (a) MAPS Worldwide shall have the right to edit, alter or arrange the Content in any way it desires in its sole discretion; (b) MAPS Worldwide shall not have any obligation to provide you with any credit when using your Content; and (c) you waive any "moral rights" that you may have in the Content. You understand that MAPS Worldwide will act in reliance upon your grant of rights, representations, warranties and indemnities in this Agreement and may incur substantial expense in reliance upon this grant of rights, representations, warranties and indemnities should MAPS Worldwide use your Content.

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