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The terms 'BPIA.COM'
and 'BPMAG’ are used
in this document (or
Agreement) to refer
to the Web site
itself and to
'BPIA.COM, the
company which owns
and operates the
BPMAG ONLINE
website.
'BPIA.COM’, or BPMAG
ONLINE, is an online
networking community
that connects its
members through
networks of friends
and through a
variety of services
it provides to its
members. This
document covers the
terms and conditions
under which these
services are
provided and the
privacy policy of
the site.
•
Your registration as
a member of
'BPIA.COM or the use
of any of the
features and
services on
'BPIA.COM either as
a registered member
or as an
unregistered visitor
constitutes
acceptance of these
terms and conditions
and the privacy
policy defined
herein. These terms
and conditions apply
automatically to any
new services or
features introduced
on 'BPIA.COM.
• If you do not
agree with any of
the terms and
conditions or with
the privacy policy
of 'BPIA.COM, you
are NOT granted
rights to use
'BPIA.COM services
and must not
register as a member
of 'BPIA.COM or use
any of its services.
• 'BPIA.COM
reserves the right
to update the terms,
conditions and
notices of this
agreement without
notice to you. It is
your responsibility
to periodically
review the most
current version of
this Agreement as
your continued use
of 'BPIA.COM
signifies your
acceptance of any
changed terms.
• This Agreement
constitutes the
entire agreement
between you and
'BPIA.COM and
governs your use of
the 'BPIA.COM
Service, superseding
any prior agreements
between you and
'BPIA.COM.
•
'BPIA.COM is
entitled to assign
this agreement, and
all rights and
obligations
hereunder, to a
successor to all or
any of its assets,
whether by sale,
merger or otherwise.
These terms shall be
binding upon and
shall inure to the
benefit of the
parties hereto and
their respective
representatives,
heirs,
administrators,
successors and
permitted assigns
except as otherwise
provided herein.
• You may not
make any content
item originating
from ‘BPIA.COM’
available for public
access by any means
whatsoever without
obtaining prior
written permission
from ‘BPIA.COM’.
• You may
forward Internet
URLs (Uniform
Resource Locators)
to third parties for
private,
non-commercial use,
along with brief
extracts that do not
violate Fair Use
guidelines.
•
You may post, or
otherwise make
publicly available,
excerpts from
BPIA.COM’ content
items, in any
publicly accessible
forum, so long as
they follow standard
Fair Use guidelines
and BPIA.COM’ is
cited alongside the
excerpt as the
original source with
a link back to
BPIA.COM’.
Contributing Content
to BPIA.COM
In
addition to being a
social and
professional
networking site that
connects people,
BPIA.COM’ also
provides a variety
of forums for its
members to express
themselves in the
form of articles,
columns, opinions,
comments, reviews,
art and photographs.
BPIA.COM’ provides
value to its
contributors by
making available to
them its vast global
audience reach.
The terms in
this section apply
to all the content
contributed to
BPIA.COM’ in any of
its various services
and forums.
•
You truthfully
assert that the
content being
contributed is your
creation and that
you own the
copyright to the
content. Unless you
have deliberately
assigned the
copyright to someone
else, you
automatically own
the copyright to all
of your original
creations.
•
You truthfully
assert you have not
infringed on anybody
else's copyright in
the creation of this
article.
• We
are not responsible
or liable for loss
if visitors to the
site violate your
copyright and
distribute your
copyrighted content
without your
permission.
•
You grant us
exclusive unlimited
Internet
distribution rights
and electronic
distribution rights,
and non-exclusive,
unlimited print
publication and
distribution rights
either through
BPIA.COM’ own or
through other media.
This includes Web
publishing,
syndication on other
web sites,
syndication with
print publishers,
publishing as part
of a collection of
articles, publishing
as a book, email, f
t p, telnet and
other Internet-based
information transfer
protocols.
•
You may, however,
publish the content
you contribute to
BPIA.COM’, on your
personal,
non-commercial Web
site if you possess
one.
• In
case the
contributions are
digital images of
artwork in
traditional media
such as canvas, that
is available for
sale, you may also
publish digital
images of your
artwork on
commercial Web sites
that sell art
online, only for the
purpose of sale.
• Once granted
and your content is
published, the
distribution rights
cannot be revoked.
In other words, once
your contribution is
published on
BPIA.COM’ it
automatically
becomes a permanent
part of the
publicly-accessible
BPIA.COM’ archives.
You may, however,
subject to our
approval, update or
revise your
contributions on
BPIA.COM’.
•
You will not receive
any monetary
compensation for
your submissions.
The only
compensation we
promise is prizes
for winning the
contests, exposure
on the World Wide
Web and a home for
your expression on
the web.
•
You grant us the
right to organize,
categorize, collate
your contributed
content and present
it on the website in
any manner we see
fit. We may remove
or edit your
contribution at our
discretion without
having to secure
your permission. We
will however make
reasonable efforts
to inform you of the
changes.
• We
generally do not
object to our
contributors posting
their BPIA.COM’
contributions on
other, freely
accessible
non-commercial
Internet locations,
so long as BPIA.COM’
is clearly cited as
the original
publisher, and a
link to BPIA.COM’ is
provided. You,
however, agree to
secure our
permission first
before such
re-publication on
other Internet sites
occur.
• You
agree to state
BPIA.COM’ as the
previous publisher
prominently in case
you print your
article in an
offline magazine.
While you
are on the site and
engaged in any form
of communication on
any of the forums,
you agree NOT to:
• Upload or post
or otherwise make
available any
Content that is
unlawful, harmful,
threatening,
abusive, harassing,
defamatory, vulgar,
obscene, libelous,
promotes violence,
is invasive of
another's privacy,
hateful, or
racially, ethnically
or otherwise
objectionable;
impersonate any
person or entity,
including, but not
limited to, a
BPIA.COM’ official,
forum leader, guide,
host, or falsely
state or otherwise
misrepresent your
affiliation with a
person or entity;
• Forge headers
or otherwise
manipulate
identifiers in order
to disguise the
origin of any
Content transmitted;
• Upload or post
otherwise make
available any
Content that you do
not have a right to
make available,
under any law or
under contractual or
fiduciary
relationships (such
as inside,
proprietary or
confidential
information, learned
or disclosed as part
of employment
relationships or
under nondisclosure
agreements);
• Upload or post or
otherwise make
available any
Content that
infringes any
patent, trademark,
trade secret,
copyright or other
proprietary rights
of any party. You
may, however, post
excerpts of
copyrighted material
so long as they
adhere to Fair Use
guidelines;
•
Upload or post or
otherwise make
available any
unsolicited or
unauthorized
advertising,
promotional
materials, "junk
mail," "spam,"
"chain letters,"
"pyramid schemes,"
or any other form of
business
solicitation.
Repeated postings of
a promotional nature
are considered abuse
of the forums.
Businesses or
individuals wishing
to advertise on the
BPIA.COM’ website
should contact us at
this address:
Hilton Bentley 101
Ocean Drive, Miami
Beach, FL 33139
• Upload or post
or otherwise make
available any
material that
contains software
viruses or any other
computer code, files
or programs designed
to interrupt,
destroy or limit the
functionality of any
computer software or
hardware or
telecommunications
equipment;
•
Disrupt the normal
flow of dialogue by
repeatedly posting
the same or similar
material, or
otherwise acting in
a manner that
negatively affects
other users' ability
to engage in
exchanges;
•
Violate any
applicable local,
state, national or
international law,
including, but not
limited to,
regulations
promulgated by the
U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission,
any rules of any
national or other
securities exchange,
including, without
limitation, the New
York Stock Exchange,
the American Stock
Exchange or the
NASDAQ, and any
regulations having
the force of law;
• "Stalk" or
otherwise harass
another user;
Collect or store
personal data about
other users either
manually or by means
of automated
software tools;
Promote illegal
activities; Inhibit
other users from
using and enjoying
the unedited forums;
• Post
classifieds
advertisements that
contain untruthful
representation,
deceptive practices,
inducements to
commit any illegal
activity.
Privacy Policy
Privacy
issues are a high
priority for us at
BPIA.COM’ and we
follow standard
industry practices
to maintain your
personal
information. Please
read the following
to learn more about
our privacy policy.
BPIA.COM’ does
not spam or
sell/lease its user
information to third
parties.
Policy Coverage
This
Privacy Policy
covers BPIA.COM’
treatment of
personally
identifiable
information that
BPIA.COM’ collects
when you are on the
BPIA.COM’ site, and
when you use
BPIA.COM’S services.
This policy also
covers BPIA.COM's
treatment of any
personally
identifiable
information that
BPIA.COM’ business
partners share with
BPIA.COM’. This
policy does not
apply to the
practices of
companies that
BPIA.COM’ does not
own or control, or
to people that
BPIA.COM’ does not
employ or manage.
Personal Information
Collected by
BPIA.COM’
ONLINE REGISTRATION:
In order to become a
BPIA.COM’ member,
you must first
create a member
account on BPIA.COM’
by providing
information about
yourself including
but not limited to
name, email address,
country, ZIP/ postal
code, birth date, a
brief summary of
yourself and a
password. BPIA.COM
checks for the
validity of the
email addresses.
PROFILE INFORMATION:
Once your provide
the basic
information to
create an account,
you will have the
opportunity to
provide additional
information in the
Profile section
describing your
skills, interests,
professional and
academic background
and favorites.
Provision of this
additional
information beyond
what is required at
registration is
entirely optional;
it allows you to
better identify
yourself and create
superior networking
opportunities with
other through shared
contexts. But
enables you to
better identify
yourself and find
new opportunities on
BPIA.COM’. Your
Profile information
can only be viewed
by other BPIA.COM’
visitors or
registered members
or members of your
personal network
only depending on
the option you
choose.
FORMING YOUR OWN
PERSONAL NETWORK:
You can invite
others to connect
with you directly in
BPIA.COM’ by
entering their names
and email addresses.
This information
will be used by
BPIA.COM’ to send
your invitation
along with a message
that you write. The
names and email
addresses of people
that you invite will
be used only to send
your invitation and
reminders. You will
also have the option
to upload your
contact information
either manually or
via a computer
upload directly from
your Hotmail, Yahoo
or Outlook section
into your own
private address book
on BPIA.COM’. All
information entered
there will only be
viewable by you and
will not be
searchable by others
in the BPIA.COM’
network without your
permission. All
information that you
enter or upload
about your contacts
will be covered by
the same terms of
this privacy policy
as cover your own
personally
identifiable
information.
RECOGNIZING YOU AS A
BPIA.COM’ MEMBER:
For BPIA.COM’ to
recognize you as a
registered member,
you must login with
your login email and
password. At the
time of login, you
will have the option
to instruct the site
to remember you so
when you come back
the next time to use
BPIA.COM’, you would
not have to login
with your email and
password. As is
common in the
industry, BPIA.COM’
uses the technology
of cookies and site
log files to monitor
user registration,
to recognize
registered members
when they revisit
the site and to
track site usage.
Our ability to
identify you as a
registered member
allows us to
customize the
BPIA.COM’ experience
and to protect your
personal information
based on your
account settings.
INTERNET
COMMUNICATION
PROTOCOL
INFORMATION:
The communication
standards of the
Internet industry
transmit the URL of
the site from which
you visit BPIA.COM’,
the IP address of
your computer, the
IP address of your
ISP, various
attributes of your
computer such as
operating system,
resolution and
browser software,
and the date and
time of your various
requests for pages
on BPIA.COM’.
BPIA.COM’ file
logging system
automatically logs
all of this
information in its
log files for its
analysis.
NEWSLETTER
SUBSCRIPTIONS:
Visitors to
BPIA.COM’ may also
sign up with their
name and email
address for a
variety of
newsletters that
BPIA.COM’ produces
with varying
frequency (e.g.,
News headlines)
without having to
register. BPIA.COM’
confirms the
subscription by
sending an email to
the address
specified before
sending the
newsletter.
Use of
Information by
BPIA.COM
BPIA.COM’ is an
online website that
offers a variety of
services designed to
connect people from
around the world.
The information,
whether personal
information of any
form of
self-expression is
used to help you
describe yourself to
other users.
BPIA.COM’ also
collects additional
information in order
to operate and
improve our service.
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE IN
ACTION, INC, is the
sole owner of the
information
collected on the
BPIA.COM’ site.
PROFILE SHARING
CUSTOMIZATION:
Whether you register
on BPIA.COM’, what
parts of your
profile you fill,
who you add to your
network and what
visibility levels
you want to set for
your profile are
entirely up to you
in the form of
settings you can
make on your
profile. You also
have the ability to
change these at any
point in time.
BPIA.COM’ will show
the information to
enable personal
networking only
based on your
preference.
VISIBILITY OF
NETWORK LINKAGES:
Where applicable,
the path of members
that connect you
with another member
of your network will
be displayed to that
member. This network
path will not be
shown to those who
are not members of
your personal
network.
VISIBILITY OF PUBLIC
CREATIVE
CONTRIBUTIONS:
In addition to being
a social and
professional
networking site,
BPIA.COM’ also
provides a variety
of forums for its
members to express
themselves in the
form of articles,
columns, opinions,
comments, reviews,
art and photographs.
Since this
expression is linked
to the member's
identity and the
expression is in the
public domain, the
compilation of a
member's creative
contributions to
BPIA.COM’ will be
visible to all
visitors of
BPIA.COM’ whether or
not they are
registered members
of BPIA.COM’.
VISIBILITY OF
PRIVATE MESSAGES
WITHIN NETWORK:
You will be able to
create and share
messages within your
personal network.
The visibility of
these private notes
will be restricted
to your network
unless you or one of
the members in your
network choose to
forward it to others
within or outside
BPIA.COM’.
SHARING OF
INFORMATION WITH
THIRD PARTIES:
BPIA.COM
takes your privacy
very seriously.
BPIA.COM’ will never
sell, rent, or
otherwise provide
your personally
identifiable
information to any
third parties unless
it is to carry out
your instructions
and to provide
specific services.
As an example, we
send your
information to a
credit card
processing company
to process a payment
you have made for
the use of a
BPIA.COM’ service.
These third parties
are bound by strict
confidentiality
agreements that
limit their use of
such information. In
addition, BPIA.COM’
may share your
information to send
direct mailers or
complimentary
coupons/offers to a
mailing agency to
process postal
mailing. Again, such
an agency would be
bound by strict
confidentiality
agreements that
limit their use of
such information.
EMAIL
COMMUNICATIONS:
BPIA.COM
generally
communicates with
you as a registered
member of BPIA.COM’
through the primary
email that you have
specified at the
time of
registration. This
is also used as the
login text string in
conjunction with the
password to
authenticate you on
the BPIA.COM’ site.
Your email and
password are never
shared with anybody
within or outside
BPIA.COM’. BPIA.COM’
uses this email
address to send you
three types of
communications:
• Sending you
emails related to
the proper
functioning of your
account (e.g. when
you receive a
response to a
classified you have
posted on BPIA.COM’
or when you receive
an invitation to
join the personal
network of another
person)
•
Sending you
newsletters that you
have subscribed to
• Sending you
occasional
announcements about
changes in
BPIA.COM’s policies
or promotions
introduction of new
services
•
Please note that
these email
communications may
contain commercial
messages of
advertisers;
however, BPIA.COM’
does not provide
your personal
information or
emails to any of the
advertisers; we just
include the
advertising banners
they provide us in
the emails that we
send. As always you
can opt out of the
newsletters or
promotional
announcements.
PARTNERING WITH
OTHERS:
BPIA.COM’ may
partner with other
online services to
offer a combined
service. Whenever we
offer such combined
services, BPIA.COM’
will make it clear
who the partner is
and it will be
entirely up to you
to use or not to use
the service. Where
any personal
information is
passed along to the
partner you will be
informed prior to
that sharing.
PROVISION OF
AGGREGATE
DEMOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION TO THIRD
PARTIES:
BPIA.COM’ reserves
the right to provide
aggregate
demographic
information of its
member base to
advertisers and
others so as to
attract pertinent
advertisers to
advertise on
BPIA.COM’. We do not
share personal
information of
individual users
with advertisers.
COMMUNICATIONS TO
OTHERS FROM YOU
THROUGH BPIA.COM:
You will be
able to send emails
to others -- members
and non-members --
through the
BPIA.COM’ system.
For example, you may
send a comment on an
article written by
another member. Or
you may send an
email invitation to
a non-member to join
your personal
network. In these
instances, these
emails will list
your name and email
address in the
header of the
message. The
recipients of these
emails initiated by
you will get to know
your name and email
address. BPIA.COM’
is not responsible
for how these
recipients use this
information. Your
contact information
will only be shared
with another member
only if both of you
indicated you would
like to establish
contact with each
other.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM
OTHERS TO YOU
THROUGH BPIA.COM:
Only registered
members of BPIA.COM’
are allowed to
communicate with you
through BPIA.COM’
through a form on
BPIA.COM’. Unless
and until you
respond to this
email, they will not
get to know your
email address. You
may, however, choose
an account setting
that prevents any
other member from
contacting you or
inviting you to join
their personal
network.
DISCLOSURES REQUIRED
BY LAW: It is
possible that we may
need to disclose
personal information
when required by
law. We will
disclose such
information wherein
we have a good-faith
belief that it is
necessary to comply
with a court order,
ongoing judicial
proceeding, or other
legal process served
on our company or to
exercise our legal
rights or defend
against legal
claims.
Accessing and
Changing Your
Account Information
You can review
the personal
information you
provided us and make
any desired changes
to the information,
or to the settings
for your BPIA.COM
account at any time
by logging in to
your account on the
BPIA.COM website and
editing the
information on your
Profile page. You
can also close your
account through the
BPIA.COM’ website by
sending your request
to member relations
with your login
email address. You
request will be
processed within 7
business days.
Policy on Abuse
on BPIA.COM
BPIA.COM’
is committed to
ensuring and
enforcing a safe and
friendly online
community space for
all our members. To
this effect, we have
come up with a
Policy on Abuse that
we would like all
our members to be
aware of. These
rules govern the use
of the BPIA.COM’
website and its
product/service
offerings and all
our members must
comply with these
rules.
Copyrighted
Material: Uploading
copies of
copyrighted material
as a whole or in
part on BPIA.COM
without explicit
permission from the
copyright owner
shall be deemed to
infringe on the
copyright and this
applies to materials
such as text,
images, music,
movies, games, and
other software in
digital and analog
format. BPIA.COM’
reserves the right
to immediately
delete such material
without prior
permission/consultation
from the member. If
you suspect that an
image submitted to
BPIA.COM’ is
copyright protected
and has been used
fraudulently, please
contact us
immediately or send
us an email to:
member relations.
BPIA.COM’ aims
to foster a vibrant
worldwide community,
by providing a
platform with global
reach for everyone
to express
themselves and
connect with others
thus forming
mutually beneficial
relationships. We
are here to serve
our members 24x7 and
use all feedback to
refine and improve
the online
experience. You can
reach BPIA.COM’
anytime by E-mailing
member relations and
we will respond to
you in a timely
manner. We hope you
have an enjoyable
and rewarding
experience on the
BPIA.COM’ Network.
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