Forum Terms of Use
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING THE FORUM.
THE FORUM TERMS OF USE, IN ADDITION TO THE TEP WEB SITE TERMS OF SERVICE, CONTAINS ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ACCESSING THIS FORUM. PLEASE READ BOTH CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING THE FORUM. BY ACCESSING THE FORUM, THIS WEB SITE AND ANY OF ITS PAGES YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT IN THIS NOTICE AND ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT IN THE LEGAL NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER IN THE TEP WEB SITE TERMS OF SERVICE AND INCORPORATED HERE BY REFERENCE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, DO NOT ACCESS THIS WEB SITE OR ANY OF ITS PAGES.
1. GUIDELINES FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE FORUM
We'd like to make participation in the Bright Solutions Forum (the "Forum") a positive experience. The content of the Forum is limited to the personal and noncommercial use of visitors to the site and is designed to assist you in sharing your knowledge and/or obtaining knowledge about energy efficiency. We encourage you to assist others and to ask questions. Please keep the following points in mind while accessing the Forum.
- Stay on-topic. Please post only relevant information. TEP monitors the Forum and reserves the right to remove, without notice, any content that strays from the subject at hand, including ads and promotions.
- Respect others. Any information, data, links, or other materials posted by you or other users ("User Content") may be removed at any time if TEP in its sole discretion believes that such User Content is discourteous, unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, profane or racially, ethically or otherwise objectionable. You are encouraged to report abuses to TEP.
- Take responsibility for what you say. You are entirely responsible for the content of anything you post on our Forum. Any comments posted by you or any other user do not necessarily reflect the views of TEP.
- Be smart. We hope the Forum provides you with helpful information from other users. However, TEP does not control the User Content and does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, completeness or quality of such User Content. You acknowledge and agree that you must evaluate and bear all risks associated with your use of the User Content. Any actions taken based on or in reliance of the information you find on our Forum are your responsibility alone. Be careful not to post confidential business or personal information. Remember that the Forum is a public place, so do not post anything you would not want the general public to know.
You agree that you will not use the Forum to:
- post information, data, links or other material that is discourteous, unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, threatening, harassing abusive, hateful, profane or racially, ethically or otherwise objectionable;
- post or otherwise make available information that you do not have the right to make available under any law, agreement or fiduciary relationship, such as confidential information or information that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of a party;
- post or otherwise make available any unsolicited advertising, promotional materials or spam or otherwise use the Forum for any commercial purpose;
- post or otherwise make available any material containing software viruses or any computer code, files or programs designed to slow, interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any software, hardware or other telecommunications equipment;
- violate any applicable local, state, national or international law;
- invade the privacy, or violate or infringe upon any personal or proprietary right, of any person or entity;
- gain unauthorized access to our web site, or any account, computer system, or network connected to this web site, by means such as hacking, password mining or other illicit means; and
- impersonate any person or entity.
2. OFF-SITE LINKS
The Forum may contain links to third-party websites that are not owned or controlled by TEP and TEP has not reviewed all of the sites linked to the Forum and assumes no responsibility for the privacy policies, content or practices of such sites. By using the Forum you expressly agree to relieve TEP from any and all liability from your use of any third-party web sites. Linking to any off-site pages is at your own risk. We recommend reading the terms and conditions and privacy policies of third-party sites when navigating away from the Forum or other TEP web site.
3. OWNERSHIP
TEP is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you post to the Forum for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing products or services based on such information.
4. CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
TEP will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing TEP to disclose the identity of anyone posting information or materials that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, violate any law or give rise to civil liability.
5. PRIVACY
By use of this web site, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to the TEP Internet Privacy Policy, and that you do not have any expectation of privacy with respect to the use of the web site except as expressly provided in the TEP Internet Privacy Policy.
6. CHANGES TO POLICY
TEP reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify the Forum Terms of Use from time to time. Any such change will be effective upon the posting of the revised Forum Terms of Use at the web site. If such changes are made, TEP will revise the "Last Updated" date on the top of the Forum Terms of Use. By continuing to use the web site after the posting of any such changes, you accept and agree to the Forum Terms of Use, as modified.
