BOSS Insiders Communities Use Agreement
(revised June 24, 2019)
This BOSS Insiders Support Communities Use Agreement (the “Agreement”) provides important information about your use of the BOSS Insiders Support Communities site (the “Site”).
IMPORTANT: IF YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT, YOU MUST ACCEPT IT AS PRESENTED TO YOU, WITHOUT CHANGES. BOSS INSIDERS WILL ACCEPT NO ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS. At any time BOSS Insiders may change, add, or remove any part of this Agreement or any part of the services and features provided at the Site. If it does so, BOSS Insiders will update the Agreement and post the updates here on the site.
IF ANY FUTURE CHANGE IS UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU, YOU SHOULD DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE SITE WILL ALWAYS INDICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CHANGES TO IT.
- General
- As long as you comply with the Agreement, BOSS Insiders grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited privilege to enter and use the Site.
- In addition to the terms and conditions in the Agreement, all use of the Site is governed by the BOSS Insiders.com Terms of Use
- In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and BOSS Insiders.com Terms of Use, the terms of this Agreement will govern.
- Views expressed on the Site are not endorsed by BOSS Insiders.
- BOSS Insiders does not prescreen information submitted by users of the Site (“Submissions”). BOSS Insiders retains the right, but not the responsibility, to edit or remove any Submission, including those deemed by BOSS Insiders to violate the Agreement. BOSS Insiders will make good faith efforts to investigate allegations that Submissions violate the Agreement but (a) makes no warranty to you that it will edit, remove, or continue to permit the display of any specific Submission, whether or not subject to such allegations, and (b) will have no liability whatsoever for editing, removing, or continuing to permit the display of any Submission whatsoever.
- BOSS Insiders involvement. BOSS Insiders may respond to questions but does not formally provide technical support on the Site. Any information that is provided by BOSS Insiders or BOSS Insiders employees is offered on an “AS IS” basis without warranties of any kind.
- BOSS Insiders may offer you benefits and award privileges for your participation in the Site. The benefits and privileges provided do not create an employee, agency or independent contractor relationship between you and BOSS Insiders, and you may not present yourself as a spokesperson for BOSS Audio Systems.
- BOSS Insiders may provide benefit to certain members based on their geographical location, participation and engagement, and BOSS Audio Systems reserves the right, at its descretion, to change, modify, add or remove member benefits.
- BOSS Insiders may use “cookies” and other technologies to track user activity within the BOSS Insiders Support Communities. These technologies help us improve your experience and our products and services. BOSS Insiderss use of this tracking information will conform to BOSS Insiders’ Privacy Policy
- BOSS Insiders Support Communities includes a “connections” feature which allows an BOSS Insiders Support Communities user to receive email notifications when another user submits a post. This feature requires an approval process where a user can deny connection requests and remove connections at anytime.
- To join the BOSS Insiders online forum, each user must create a unique user name and password combination, known as an BOSS Insider ID. Please review BOSS Insiders’s Privacy Policy, which describes how BOSS Insiders collects, uses and protects your personal information. BOSS Insiders cannot and will not be responsible for any problems or liability that may arise if you do not provide accurate, truthful and complete information.
- If you provide any ideas, suggestions, or recommendations on this site regarding BOSS Audio Systems’ products, technologies or services (“Feedback”), BOSS Insiders may use such Feedback and incorporate it in BOSS Insiders products, technologies, and services without paying royalties and without any other obligations or restrictions.
- By using the Site, you agree to receive certain communications from BOSS Insiders in connection with BOSS Insiders Support Communities. BOSS Insiders may respond to your post directly in the BOSS Insiders Support Communities or may attempt to contact you outside the site via telephone, email or other method of communication. For example, you may receive reminder emails for posts if you have not visited BOSS Insiders Support Communities for a certain period of time, a reminder to respond to answers that have helped you or solved your question, or a survey on improving the services offered at the Site. You can opt-out of communications here.
- For questions or problems regarding your BOSS Insiders Support Communities account, please post a question in the community site, or email [email protected]
- Submissions
- Stay on topic. BOSS Insiders Support Communities is here to help people use BOSS Audio Systems’ products and technologies more effectively. Unless otherwise noted, do not add Submissions about non technical topics, including:
- Speculations or rumors about unannounced products.
- Discussions of BOSS Insiders policies or procedures or speculation on BOSS Insiders decisions.
- Be polite. Everyone should feel comfortable reading Submissions and participating in discussions. BOSS Insiders will not tolerate flames or other inappropriate statements, material, or links. Most often, a “flame” is simply a statement that is taunting and thus arbitrarily inflammatory. However, this also includes those which are libelous, defamatory, indecent, harmful, harassing, intimidating, threatening, hateful, objectionable, discriminatory, abusive, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit, or offensive in a sexual, racial, cultural, or ethnic context.
- Post constructive comments and questions. Unless otherwise noted, your Submission should either be a technical support question or a technical support answer. Constructive feedback about product features is welcome as well. If your Submission contains the phrase “Im sorry for the rant, but…” you are likely in violation of this policy.
- Do not post polls or petitions or links to same.
- Test your answer. When possible, make sure your Submission works on your own computer before you post it.
- No advertising. Do not use the Site to sell or market your products to others and do not post a URL unless it directly answers a user’s question. If any portion of your Submission, including any posted URL, results in any accrual of compensation or benefit to you, you must note this in your post by stating, “I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link.” As well, the following are not allowed:
- A submission created solely to advertise a book, service, software or some other item for sale.
- Any reference, including a link, to a commercial item that is not directly related to a relevant technical support question or answer. For example: “This post created by Super Post Creator.”
- You may sign your Submissions with information about yourself. However, this should not include a link to a website. An example of an acceptable signature: Justine R. Author, “BOSS Insiders Lisa Communities: Tips and Tricks”
- No inappropriate user names (“Aliases”) or impersonations. Inappropriate or offensive user names or aliases will be removed and persons attempting to impersonate another user will be removed. User names may not contain website, email addresses or other contact information.
- Keep within the Law
- No material may be submitted that is intended to promote or commit an illegal act.
- Do not submit software or descriptions of processes that break or otherwise work around digital rights management software or hardware.
- Do not post defamatory material.
- Material submitted must be your own work or work to which you have a license. You warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the information contained in your Submission.
- License to Use Submission. By sending a Submission to the Site you agree to grant BOSS Insiders a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive worldwide right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, play, make available to the public, and exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to the Submission. If you do not want to grant to BOSS Insiders the rights set out above, do not send your Submission to the Site.
- Never reveal any personal information.
- Stay on topic. BOSS Insiders Support Communities is here to help people use BOSS Audio Systems’ products and technologies more effectively. Unless otherwise noted, do not add Submissions about non technical topics, including:
- Minors
- You must be at least 13 years old to post to the Site. If you are over 13 years old but have not yet reached the age of majority, you must have your parent or guardians permissions to post to the Site.
- Interference with the Site
- You agree to not interfere with or disrupt the Site.
- BOSS Insiders may provide a system whereby users acquire points for various activities.
- Do not game the system. You agree to not create multiple IDs or otherwise manipulate the points system.
- Do not ask for points. If you feel the system is not clear to users, please provide feedback to BOSS Insiders; do not instruct other users unless they ask.
- Breach of the Agreement
- If you fail to abide by these terms BOSS Insiders may remove your submission. BOSS Insiders may also send an email that informs you that your Submission has been deleted or edited. Repeated inappropriate Submissions may result in your relevant account or accounts being placed into temporary or permanent suspension of your ability to participate in any or all of the areas on the Site.
- If you post or send offensive or inappropriate content anywhere on or to the Site or otherwise engage in any disruptive behavior which BOSS Insiders considers to be serious and/or repeated, BOSS Insiders may use all available information about you to stop any further infringements. This may include informing relevant third parties such as your employer, school, Internet service provider, or law enforcement authorities of the infringement.
- BOSS Insiders reserves the right to delete any Submission, or take action against any account, at any time, for any reason.