updated February 2009

ClearWiki Acceptable Use Policy

Who this policy applies to

This Acceptable Use Policy applies to everyone who uses the ClearWiki website or a Wiki made available by ClearWiki.

Changes

ClearWiki may change the terms of this Acceptable Use Policy from time to time by posting an updated version on the ClearWiki website. It is your responsibility to check for updates. Your use of the ClearWiki Services confirms that you agree to the terms of the then current version of this Acceptable Use Policy.

Definitions

“ClearWiki Services” and “Content” have a particular meaning in this Acceptable Use Policy, which we outline at the end.

Your use of the ClearWiki Services

You may only use the ClearWiki Services in a reasonable and proper manner. Set out below is a non-exhaustive list of examples of what is considered to be unreasonable or improper use of the ClearWiki Services.

You must not use the ClearWiki Services to upload, post, or transmit any Content that:

• is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
• promotes or provides instructional information about illegal activities, physical harm against any group or individual, or that promotes any act of cruelty to animals; or
• contains software viruses or any other computer code or files designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment (including the ClearWiki Services).

You must not use the ClearWiki Services:

• to abuse, harass, or stalk ClearWiki or anyone else;
• in any way or for any purpose that is illegal or that infringes the rights (including, without limitation, the intellectual property rights) of ClearWiki or of anyone else;
• to collect personal information about anyone else for a purpose those persons have not agreed to; or
• to send or post spam or other unsolicited Content.

You must not:

• interfere with or disrupt the ClearWiki Services, or any software, hardware, networks, or telecommunications services that underlie the ClearWiki Services;
• infringe the intellectual property rights of ClearWiki or anyone else;
• except as expressly permitted by law, reverse engineer, make adaptations or derivative works of any part (including, without limitation, the functions, layout, user interface, design, and look-and-feel) of the ClearWiki Services;
• attempt to circumvent any restrictions we place on your account or your use of the ClearWiki Services;
• crawl, scrape, or use any other automated means to analyse any Wiki other than one you administrate or that you have been invited to use;
• make excessive use of the ClearWiki Services;
• do anything that would adversely affect the proper operation of the ClearWiki Services, or anyone else’s use of the ClearWiki Services;
• impersonate anyone else or make false representations when you register for or use the ClearWiki Services;
• directly or indirectly let anyone else use the ClearWiki Services or have access to your ClearWiki account; or
• assist or permit anyone else to do anything that you must not do under this Acceptable Use Policy.

What you must do

You must:

• use the ClearWiki Services only if you have been invited to do so by ClearWiki or a Wiki administrator under a valid subscription;
• abide by the terms of this Acceptable Use Policy as may be amended from time to time;
• comply with any notices and instructions that are displayed as part of the ClearWiki Services or that may be emailed to you;
• comply with all applicable laws and regulations including any local laws and regulations; and
• keep your userID and password secure and not disclose it to anyone else;
• immediately notify ClearWiki as soon as you become aware that the ClearWiki Services or your ClearWiki account will or may be subject to unauthorised access or use.

What ClearWiki can do

ClearWiki reserves the right, at our sole discretion, to terminate, suspend, restrict, and monitor your access to the ClearWiki Services, and to delete any Content, at any time for any reason without notice.

You hereby grant to ClearWiki, at no charge, a licence to use, analyse, modify, adapt, develop and display Your Content, and grant sublicenses of any of those rights to other persons, for the purpose of providing the ClearWiki Services to you and your Authorised Users (which includes placing advertising on Your Wiki if that’s part of your subscription plan).

Definitions

When we use the following terms in this Acceptable Use Policy, they’ve got a particular meaning:

“ClearWiki Services” means the online services accessible via the Wiki you have permission to access, and includes all Wikis and ClearWiki’s own website.

“Content” means everything that you create by use of the ClearWiki Services or that you upload, post or transmit to or via the ClearWiki Services (including, without limitation, all documents, files, text, images, audio, video, data, and information).