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Creative Burrow Terms of Service

These terms of service apply to Creative Burrow and its sub domains, and to its [external] Official Creative Burrow Social Networking Groups.

By registering, logging in, posting, sending personal messages, and using Creative Burrow in any way you agree to and are bound by the terms and conditions listed below. If there are questions or comments regarding this terms of service please send them via the contact button.

Definitions of Terms Found in This TOS Agreement

  • Creative Burrow: Creative Burrow encompasses the Creative Burrow brand, the official website at http://www.CreativeBurrow.org, and any sub domains of that website.
  • Methods of Communication: Methods of communication include any typed or spoken words, and any other method of contact including but not limited to: posts, topics, personal messages (PM's), emails, any instant messaging service (chat), blogs, and comments.
  • Content: Content includes all media posted or displayed on Creative Burrow including but not limited to: posts, topics, works, images, personal messages (PM's), store content, resources, blogs, comments, links, and advertisements
  • Works: Works are the contents of any opening post to a topic that is found in any of the boards inside the CreativeWritingBurrow, the WritingBurrow, and the ArtWarren categories. Works are also classified as topics and content.
  • Member: A human who has registered on Creative Burrow, and agrees therefore to this agreement in its entirety.
  • Staff: Staff are members who are labelled as "Staff" and assist in the day to day running of Creative Burrow and its operations. Staff can be found on the Official Creative Burrow Staff page.
  • Post Moderation: A system where posts are screened by a member of staff before they are made publicly visible.
  • Official Creative Burrow Social Networking Groups: Creative Burrow utilizes social media externally. The Official Creative Burrow social networking groups are (linked): Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Plurk, and Last.FM.

1) Disclaimers and Warrantees

  • 1.1) Creative Burrow makes no guarantees or warranties of service, reliability, accuracy, or claims of authenticity for any content displayed on Creative Burrow.
  • 1.2) Creative Burrow takes no responsibility for any injury, loss, or damage which occurs as a result of any content found on Creative Burrow.
  • 1.3) Any claims regarding the content or methods of communication created or engaged in by Creative Burrow members are to be pursued against the member in question; All Creative Burrow members are responsible for their own content and activity.

2) Registration

  • 2.1) Any person wishing to register under the age of 16 must be at least 13 years of age on the date of their registration.
  • 2.2) Creative Burrow does not knowingly allow members under 13, and does not encourage members under 16 to join without written permission from a parent or guardian.
  • 2.3) By registering you become a Creative Burrow member, and therefore agree to all of the terms and conditions of this Terms of Service document.
  • 2.4) Creative Burrow requires accounts to have a valid email. Any account found with an email requiring us to confirm/validate our email, invalid, blocked, or bouncing email address will be post moderated upon discovery as a security measure.

3) Data Handling and Storage

  • 3.1) All data entered into Creative Burrow, including methods of communication and content, are stored on the Creative Burrow web server and database system.
  • 3.2) Creative Burrow owner(s), staff, and webmaster(s) may have access to any information stored inside the web server and database system, and may use that access to view or monitor it at their discretion.
  • 3.3) Creative Burrow and its owner(s), staff, and webmaster(s) will not disclose any personal member related information from the web server or database to a third party without a legal requirement such as court order, or consent from the member(s) in question.
  • 3.4) Creative Burrow will not be held responsible for any hacking or other unauthorized access to the web server or database, which may lead to data being compromised. Creative Burrow has taken and will continue to take measures, at its discretion, to prevent this happening.
  • 3.5) In the event that data is compromised, Creative Burrow will take all possible and realistic measures to restore and secure said data.

4) Data Removal

  • 4.1) Creative Burrow will not remove any member from the database.
  • 4.2) Creative Burrow will remove any non-human, robot, or spam member from the database at its discretion for the comfort of its members.
  • 4.3) Creative Burrow will not remove content submitted by members, with the exception of requests from the original author which are not excessive, or if the content may conflict with the goals of Creative Burrow. Content removal is at the discretion of the Creative Burrow staff (see 4.4).
  • 4.4) Creative Burrow has, and expressly reserves the right to decide upon data retention, deletion and restoration as appropriate.

5) Copyright Issues

  • 5.1) While members retain copyright to their content, all members grant Creative Burrow the irrevocable permission to display their content indefinitely (see 4.3, 4.4).
  • 5.2) Creative Burrow will not modify or censor member works except in the event a work conflicts with or breaks an applicable law. Creative Burrow reserves the right to modify/censor member works in an attempt to protect itself and its members, however, such rights will only be applied in extreme cases at staff discretion.
  • 5.3) Creative Burrow is not responsible for any copyright infringement or plagiarism by Creative Burrow members (see 1.3).
  • 5.4) Creative Burrow regards copyright with the utmost importance and finds copyright infringement an extremely offensive act which may result in disciplinary actions such as post moderation or banning at staff discretion.
  • 5.5) Creative Burrow allows copyright infringement and plagiarism to be reported via the contact button. All correspondence is confidential between Creative Burrow staff and the correspondent unless otherwise requested or required.

6) Public Use of Member Works

  • 6.1) Permission for public use is opt-in only, for each individual work topic.
  • 6.2) Creative Burrow may use members works off site, in advertisements, pamphlets, brochures, and other endeavours where Creative Burrow gains no profit, only where express public use permission has been given by the author.
  • 6.3) Creative Burrow may charge a fee for a product containing public use works; but the fee may only cover the production of the product without allowing a profit to be made.
  • 6.4) Creative Burrow will notify members when and how their works have been used and record this in the press area.

7) Paid Use of Member Works

  • 7.1) Permission for paid use is opt-in only, for each individual work topic.
  • 7.2) To raise funds for itself and its endeavours, Creative Burrow may use members works off site, in advertisements, pamphlets, brochures, and other endeavours where Creative Burrow gains a profit, only where express paid use permission has been given by the author.
  • 7.3) Creative Burrow will notify members when and how their works have been used and record this in the press area.

8) Blog Imports

  • 8.1) Members can opt in to have their blog posts imported to Creative Burrow. Opting in is indefinite; to stop importing a member must opt out.
    • 8.1.1) Opting out only prevents new blogs from being imported, it does not affect blogs which have already been imported even if they are in the blog import area and not yet public.

9) Creative Burrow Staff

  • 9.1) Creative Burrow staff have the permission and ability to lock, unlock, sticky, unsticky, move, merge, split, modify and remove content and other data entered into the site by members at their discretion; in accordance with the Official Creative Burrow Staff Guidelines and this Terms of Service document (see 5.2, 4.3, 4.4).
  • 9.2) Creative Burrow staff are responsible for their own actions, and any abuse of actions is the sole responsibility of the staff member in question.
  • 9.3) Creative Burrow staff opinions are their own, and do not represent the opinions of Creative Burrow.

10) Contact and Communication

  • 10.1) Creative Burrow will email important announcements to members. By registering for Creative Burrow you agree that these emails are not considered unsolicited communication (spam). Members may opt out of some announcements and notifications by selecting the option presented in their profile.
  • 10.2) Creative Burrow will receive any bounced messages from invalid email addresses, including personal message notifications. Creative Burrow is not responsible for any breach of privacy caused by bounced emails, or emails which have been mistakenly replied to (see section 2.4).
  • 10.3) Creative Burrow may contact members and non-members who join Official Creative Burrow Social Networking Groups, as allowed by the third party site, and this contact is not considered unsolicited communication (spam).

11) Official Creative Burrow Social Networking Groups

  • 11.1) Creative Burrow is not responsible for the interaction, behaviour, or actions of its members on third party sites.
  • 11.2) Creative Burrow may take action against members who do not use the Official Creative Burrow Social Networking Groups appropriately as defined by these terms of service and the terms of the respective external website, and staff discretion. Actions may be taken on both the social networking group and Creative Burrow.

12) Paid Subscriptions and Donations

  • 12.1) Creative Burrow paid subscriptions and donations are non-refundable and non-transferable.
  • 12.2) Creative Burrow donations and subscriptions are not reoccurring payments, unless members opt in to a reoccurring subscription.

13) This Terms of Service Agreement

  • 13.1) Creative Burrow reserves the right to amend these terms of service in any way, at its discretion.
  • 13.2) Creative Burrow will make all reasonable attempts to notify Members of any changes to these Terms of Service where it feels there have been sufficient or numerous changes to warrant notification (see 2.4, 10).
  • 13.3) By registering, logging in, posting, or using Creative Burrow in any way you are confirming you agree to the terms and conditions listed above in their entirety and accept the responsibilities of ownership for all content your account creates and methods of communication your account engages in, both on Creative Burrow and its Official Creative Burrow Social Networking Groups. If you do not agree, you are prohibited from using Creative Burrow and its features.