TERMS OF USE FOR SITE

The use of the web site (the "Web Site") is subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and to the terms set by the Site Owner located at www.local-opinion.com. Use of the Web Site constitutes an agreement by you, the user, that your use is governed by these terms and conditions. In addition, when using particular services, you will be subject to any guidelines or rules applicable to such services that may be posted from time to time.

You are responsible for regularly reviewing this Agreement

GUEST ARTICLES

This website will contain articles and content submitted by various authors, and whose opinion may differ from the editors and owners of this web site.  We are not responsible for the opinions of those authors, nor are we validating the accuracy of their statements and/or opinions.

 LINKS

Please be aware that we may provide links to third party Web website from our website as a service to our users and we are not responsible for the content or information collection practices of those website. We have no ability to control the privacy and data collection practices of such website and the privacy policies of such website may differ from that of this website. Therefore, we encourage you to review and understand the privacy policies of such website before providing them with any information.

Ownership of Intellectual Property

The works of authorship contained in this Web Site, including but not limited to all design, text and images, are owned, except as otherwise expressly stated, by local-opinion.com or its licensors. United States and worldwide copyright laws and treaty provisions protect the contents of this Web Site. In accordance with these terms, except as stated above

Appropriate Conduct and Prohibited Uses:

You agree that You are responsible for your own conduct and content while using the Service and for any consequences thereof. You agree to use the Service only for purposes that are legal, proper and in accordance with these Terms of Use and any applicable policies or guidelines. By way of example, and not as a limitation, You agree that when using the Service, You will not:

• Copy, reproduce, modify, use, republish, upload, post, publish, license, create derivative works from, transmit or distribute in any way material from the Web Site without express written permission;
• defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others;
• upload, post, email or transmit or otherwise make available any inappropriate, defamatory, infringing, obscene, or unlawful Content;
• upload, post, email or transmit or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary right of any party, unless You are the owner of the Rights or have the permission of the owner to post such Content;
• upload, post, email or transmit or otherwise make available messages that promote pyramid schemes, chain letters or disruptive commercial messages or advertisements, or anything else prohibited by law, these Terms of Service or any applicable policies or guidelines.
• download any file posted by another that You know, or reasonably should know, that cannot be legally distributed in such manner;
• impersonate another person or entity, or falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material;
• restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying Site Owners services;
• use services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose;
• interfere with or disrupt services or servers or networks connected to Site Owners, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to Site Owners;
• use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other device to retrieve or index any portion of services or collect information about users for any unauthorized purpose;
• submit Content that falsely expresses or implies that such Content is sponsored or endorsed by Site Owner;
• create user accounts by automated means or under false or fraudulent pretenses;
• promote or provide instructional information about illegal activities or promote physical harm or injury against any group or individual; or
• transmit any viruses, worms, defects, Trojan horses, or any items of a destructive nature.
• Redeliver, transfer, or sell any information, software, lists of users, databases or other lists, products, or services provided through or obtained from the Site Owner. This includes among other activities, using "framing, scraping, screen scraping, database scraping, or any other activity with the purpose of obtaining lists of users or other information and includes any of the pages, text, images or other content of this Web Site technology without express written permission.
• Soliciting any of the individuals or companies listed on this web site for purposes of selling products or services is prohibited.
• International users agree to comply with their own local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable content, including laws regulating the export of data to the United States or your country of residence.

Web Site Security

You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Web Site, including, without limitation, (a) accessing data not intended for your viewing or logging into a server or account which you are not authorized to access, (b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization or (c) attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. ALM and/or Site Owner will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.