Legal Terms

PostaHope Terms Of Service

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the services and PostaHope’s websites (the “Services”), and any information, text, graphics, or other materials uploaded, downloaded or appearing on the Services (collectively referred to as “Content”). Your access to and use of the Services is conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. By accessing or using the Services you agree to be bound by these Terms.

PostaHope is not responsible for Hopes, comments, Content, and messages posted by users of the Services. Each user of the Services is responsible for the Hopes, comments, Content, and messages posted by them. PostaHope shall not be liable to anyone for any action of any type, kind or nature that arises from any users Hopes, comments, Content, and messages. Further, PostaHope is not responsible or liable for any action good or bad that arises from or out of a Hope being posted on the website. Additionally, by posting a Hope on the website PostaHope is in no way guaranteeing, warranting, pledging, promising, assuring or otherwise saying in any way that whatever is posted in the Hope will occur or not occur. The website is simply a forum for users to post their Hopes and other users can comment, or otherwise participate in whatever way said users may choose with each Hope that is posted and whatever actions that are taken by the poster of the Hope, or any user of the site, is in no way a reflection of PostaHope, it’s values, thoughts, or intentions for any Hope or comment that is posted on the website.

Basic Terms

You are responsible for your use of the Services, for any content you post to the Services, and for any consequences thereof. The Content you submit, post, or display will be viewable by everyone in the world, by users of the Services and through third party services and websites. You should only provide Content that you are comfortable sharing with others under these Terms.

What you say on PostaHope may be viewed all around the world instantly. You are what you say, post in a Hope, comment or post as a message on PostaHope.

You may use the Services only if you can form a binding contract with PostaHope and are not a person barred from receiving Services under the laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction. You may use the Services only in compliance with these Terms and all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, rules and regulations.

The Services that PostaHope provides are always evolving and the form and nature of the Services that PostaHope provides may change from time to time without prior notice to you. In addition, PostaHope may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Services (or any features within the Services) to you or to users generally and may not be able to provide you with prior notice. PostaHope also retains the right to create limits on use and storage at our sole discretion at any time without prior notice to you.

The Services may include advertisements, which may be targeted to the Content or information on the Services, queries made through the Services, cookies on your computer, or other information. The types and extent of advertising by PostaHope on the Services are subject to change. In consideration for PostaHope granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree that PostaHope and its third party providers and partners may place such advertising on the Services or in connection with the display of Content or information from the Services whether submitted by you or others.

Privacy

Any information that you provide to PostaHope is subject to our Privacy Policy, which governs our collection and use of your information. You understand that through your use of the Services you consent to the collection and use (as set forth in the Privacy Policy) of this information, including the transfer of this information to the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing and use by PostaHope. As part of providing you the Services, we may need to provide you with certain communications, such as service announcements and administrative messages. These communications are considered part of the Services and your PostaHope account, which you may not be able to opt-out from receiving.

You can opt-out of most communications from PostaHope including our newsletter, new follower emails, etc. Please respond to the communications where it says to and you will be removed from future communications.

Passwords

You are responsible for safeguarding the password that you use to access the Services and for any activities or actions under your password. We encourage you to use “strong” passwords (passwords that use a combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols) with your account. PostaHope cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with the above requirements.

Content on the Services

All Content, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility of the person who originated such Content. We may not monitor or control the Content posted via the Services and, we cannot take responsibility for such Content. Any use or reliance on any Content or materials posted via the Services or obtained by you through the Services is at your own risk. Any and all Content is subject to the Communications Decency Act of 1996, as amended.

We do not endorse, support, represent or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any Content or communications posted via the Services or endorse any opinions expressed via the Services. You understand that by using the Services, you may be exposed to Content that might be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate, or in some cases, postings that have been mislabeled or are otherwise deceptive. Under no circumstances will PostaHope be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the Services or broadcast elsewhere.

Your Rights

You retain your rights to any Content you submit, post or display on or through the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute such Content in any and all media or distribution methods (now known or later developed).

This license is you authorizing us to make your Hopes, comments or messages available to the rest of the world and to let others do the same. But what’s yours is yours – you own your Content.

You agree that this license includes the right for PostaHope to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals who partner with PostaHope for the syndication, broadcast, distribution or publication of such Content on other media and services, subject to our terms and conditions for such Content use.

PostaHope has an evolving set of rules for how interface and API developers can interact with your content. These rules exist to enable an open ecosystem with your rights in mind.

Such additional uses by PostaHope, or other companies, organizations or individuals who partner with PostaHope, may be made with no compensation paid to you with respect to the Content that you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through the Services.

We may modify or adapt your Content in order to transmit, display or distribute it over computer networks and in various media and/or make changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to any requirements or limitations of any networks, devices, services or media.

You are responsible for your use of the Services, for any Content you provide, and for any consequences thereof, including the use of your Content by other users and our third party partners. You understand that your Content may be rebroadcasted by our partners and if you do not have the right to submit Content for such use, it may subject you to liability. PostaHope will not be responsible or liable for any use of your Content by PostaHope in accordance with these Terms. You represent and warrant that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the rights granted herein to any Content that you submit.

PostaHope gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use the software that is provided to you by PostaHope as part of the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Services as provided by PostaHope, in the manner permitted by these Terms.

PostaHope Rights

All right, title, and interest in and to the Services (excluding Content provided by users) are and will remain the exclusive property of PostaHope and its licensors. The Services are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both the United States and foreign countries. Nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use the PostaHope name or any of the PostaHope trademarks, service mark, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features. Any feedback, comments, or suggestions you may provide regarding PostaHope, or the Services is entirely voluntary and we will be free to use such feedback, comments or suggestions as we see fit and without any obligation to you.

Restrictions on Content and Use of the Services

We reserve the right at all times (but will not have an obligation) to remove or refuse to distribute any Content on the Services and to terminate users or reclaim usernames. Please review the PostaHope Rules (which are part of these Terms) to better understand what is prohibited on the Service. We also reserve the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any information as we reasonably believe is necessary to (i) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, (ii) enforce the Terms, including investigation of potential violations hereof, (iii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, (iv) respond to user support requests, or (v) protect the rights, property or safety of PostaHope, its users and the public.

PostaHope does not disclose personally identifying information to third parties except in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Except as permitted through the Services (or these Terms), you have to use the PostaHope interface and API if you want to reproduce, modify, create derivative works, distribute, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, or otherwise use the Content or Services.

You may not do any of the following while accessing or using the Services: (i) access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Services, PostaHope’s computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of PostaHope’s providers; (ii) probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or network or breach or circumvent any security or authentication measures; (iii) access or search or attempt to access or search the Services by any means (automated or otherwise) other than through our currently available, published interfaces that are provided by PostaHope (and only pursuant to those terms and conditions), unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with PostaHope (NOTE: use of and searching for rich snippets, micro data, schema and crawling the Services is permissible; however, scraping the Services is not permissible without the prior written consent of PostaHope); (iv) forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or posting, or in any way use the Services to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information; (v) interfere with, or disrupt, (or attempt to do so), the access of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, mail-bombing the Services, or by scripting the creation of Content in such a manner as to interfere with or create an undue burden on the Services; or (vi) post or make public in any way the last names of any individuals, addresses of individuals or any other identifying information.

Copyright Policy

PostaHope respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users of the Services to do the same. We will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable law and are properly provided to us. If you believe that your Content has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide us with the following information: (i) a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf; (ii) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (iii) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material; (iv) your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and an email address; (v) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (vi) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

We reserve the right to remove Content alleged to be infringing without prior notice and at our sole discretion. In appropriate circumstances, PostaHope will also terminate a user’s account if the user is determined to be a repeat infringer. Our designated copyright agent for notice of alleged copyright infringement appearing on the Services is:

PostaHope
Attn: Copyright Agent
PO Box 306

West Union, West Virginia 26456
Email: Legal@PostaHope.com

The Services are Available “AS-IS”

Your access to and use of the Services or any Content is at your own risk. You understand and agree that the Services is provided to you on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. Without limiting the foregoing, POSTAHOPE AND ITS PARTNERS DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. We make no warranty and disclaim all responsibility and liability for the completeness, accuracy, availability, timeliness, security or reliability of the Services or any content thereon. PostaHope will not be responsible or liable for any harm to your computer system, loss of data, or other harm that results from your access to or use of the Services, or any Content. You also agree that PostaHope has no responsibility or liability for the deletion of, or the failure to store or to transmit, any Content and other communications maintained by the Services. We make no warranty that the Services will meet your requirements or be available on an uninterrupted, secure, or error-free basis. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from PostaHope or through the Services, will create any warranty not expressly made herein.

Links

The Services may contain links to third-party websites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible or liable for: (i) the availability or accuracy of such websites or resources; or (ii) the content, products, or services on or available from such websites or resources. Links to such websites or resources do not imply any endorsement by PostaHope of such websites or resources or the content, products, or services available from such websites or resources. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such websites or resources and must comply with their privacy policy, terms of service and/or rules.

Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, POSTAHOPE AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, MEMBERS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES FOR ANY REASON OF ANY TYPE, KIND OR NATURE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, USE, GOOD-WILL, OR OTHER TANGILE OR INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM (i) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES; (ii) ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD PARTIES; (iii) ANY CONTENT OBTAINED FROM THE SERVICES; AND (iv) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR CONTENT, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER OR NOT POSTAHOPE HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE, AND EVEN IF A REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. FURTHER , TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, POSTAHOPE AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, MEMBERS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES FOR ANY REASON OF ANY TYPE, KIND OR NATURE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BUT NOT LIMITED TO, VICARIOUS LIABILITY, BODILY INJURY, CONTINGENT BODILY INJURY, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, DATA BREACH, OR ANY OTHER TORT, CONTRACT, QUASI CONTRACT, OR OTHER LIABILITY, DAMAGE, OR INJURY OF ANY TYPE, KIND OR NATURE. ADDITIONALLY, NO HEIR, SUCCESSOR, ASSIGN, BENEFICIARY, ADMINISTRATOR, EXECUTOR, AGENT OR OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY SHALL BE PERMITTED TO PURSUE ANY ACTION, SUIT, ARBITRATION, OR PROCEEDING ON BEHALF OF ANYONE ELSE AGAINST POSTAHOPE AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, MEMBERS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS .

Exclusions

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, so the limitations above may not apply to you.

Waiver and Severability

The failure of PostaHope to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be deemed a waiver of such right or provision. In the event that any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect.

Controlling Law; Jurisdiction; and Arbitration

THIS CONTAINS A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION WHICH AFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND WILL BE ENFORCED.

Any controversy, claim, suit or action arising out of or related to any Hope, comment, image, or anything whatsoever related to PostaHope, or any agent, employee, member, manager, partner, successor, or assign of PostaHope, shall be settled by arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with its Commercial Arbitration Rules, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Any suit, action, claim, or controversy shall be governed by the laws of the State of West Virginia. All arbitration proceedings shall be held in Harrison County, West Virginia, at a location inside of Harrison County, West Virginia, that is agreeable to both parties; and you consent to the jurisdiction of and venue in such arbitration and waive any objection as to inconvenient forum. Consistent with the expedited nature of arbitration, each party will, upon the written request of the other party, promptly provide the other with copies of documents relevant to the issues raised by any claim or counterclaim on which the producing party may rely in support of or in opposition to any claim or defense. Any dispute regarding discovery, or the relevance or scope thereof, shall be determined by the arbitrator, which determination shall be conclusive. All discovery shall be completed within 180 days following the appointment of the arbitrator. The arbitrators will have no authority to award punitive or other damages not measured by the prevailing party’s actual damages, except as may be required by statute. The arbitrator shall not award consequential damages in any arbitration initiated, unless required by statute. Each party shall bear its own costs and expenses and an equal share of the arbitrators’ and administrative fees of arbitration. Except as may be required by law, neither a party nor an arbitrator may disclose the existence, content, or results of any arbitration hereunder without the prior written consent of both parties. If the parties cannot agree on an arbitrator, then each party shall select an arbitrator of their choosing, and the two arbitrators selected shall select a third arbitrator, and said third arbitrator shall be the arbitrator who hears the matter and determines the arbitration award, if any.

Entire Agreement

These Terms, the PostaHope Rules and our Privacy Policy are the entire and exclusive agreement between PostaHope and you regarding the Services (excluding any services for which you have a separate agreement with PostaHope that is explicitly in addition or in place of these Terms), and these Terms supersede and replace any prior agreements between PostaHope and you regarding the Services. Other than members of the group of companies of which PostaHope is the parent, no other person or company will be third party beneficiaries to the Terms.

We may revise these Terms from time to time; the most current version will always be at PostaHope.com/legal-terms.php. If the revision, in our sole discretion, is material we will notify you via an @PostaHope update or e-mail to the email associated with your account, or by a message that will appear when you sign in. By continuing to access or use the Services after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Terms.

These Services are operated and provided by PostaHope. If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at Legal@PostaHope.com.

Effective: October 1, 2014

The PostaHope Rules

Our goal is to provide a service that allows you to discover and receive content from sources that interest you as well as to share your content with others. We respect the ownership of the content that users share and each user is responsible for the content he or she provides. Because of these principles, we do not actively monitor user’s content and will not censor user content, except in limited circumstances described below.

Content Boundaries and Use of PostaHope

In order to provide the PostaHope service and the ability to communicate and stay connected with others, there are some limitations on the type of content that can be published with PostaHope. These limitations comply with legal requirements and make PostaHope a better experience for all. We may need to change these rules from time to time and reserve the right to do so. Please check back here to see the latest.

• Impersonation: You may not impersonate others through the PostaHope service in a manner that does or is intended to mislead, confuse, or deceive others.

• Trademark: We reserve the right to reclaim user names on behalf of businesses or individuals that hold legal claim or trademark on those user names. Accounts using business names and/or logos to mislead others will be permanently suspended.

• Privacy: You may not publish or post other people's private and confidential information, such as credit card numbers, street address or Social Security/National Identity numbers, last names, email addresses, or any other information that would permit others to ascertain the actual identity of that person without their express authorization and permission.

• Violence and Threats: You may not publish or post direct or indirect, specific threats of violence against others, or any other Content that would be illegal in the jurisdiction in which you are located, or in West Virginia, or in the United States.

• Copyright: We will respond to clear and complete notices of alleged copyright infringement. Our copyright procedures are set forth in the Terms of Service.

• Unlawful Use: You may not use our service for any unlawful purposes or for promotion of illegal activities. International users agree to comply with all local laws regarding online conduct and acceptable content.

• Libel and/or Slander: You may not publish or post direct or indirect, specific or unspecific libelous and/or slanderous Content against others, or any other Content that would be illegal in the jurisdiction in which you are located, or in West Virginia, or in the United States.

Spam and Abuse

PostaHope strives to protect its users from spam and abuse. Technical abuse and user abuse is not tolerated on PostaHope.com, and will result in permanent suspension. Any accounts engaging in the activities specified below are subject to permanent suspension.

• Serial Accounts: You may not create serial accounts for disruptive or abusive purposes, or with overlapping use cases. Mass account creation may result in suspension of all related accounts. Please note that any violation of the PostaHope Rules is cause for permanent suspension of all accounts.

• Username Squatting: You may not engage in username squatting. Accounts that are inactive for more than 6 months may also be removed without further notice. Some of the factors that we take into account when determining what conduct is considered to be username squatting are:

  • the number of accounts created

  • creating accounts for the purpose of preventing others from using those account names

  • creating accounts for the purpose of selling those accounts

  • using feeds of third-party content to update and maintain accounts under the names of those third parties

• Selling user names: Unless you have been specifically permitted to do so in a separate agreement with PostaHope, you agree that you will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade or resell the Services for any purpose, where "Services" is defined as follows: Your use of PostaHope’s products, services and web sites (referred to collectively as the “Services” in this document and excluding any services provided to you by PostaHope under a separate written agreement) is subject to the terms of a legal agreement between you and PostaHope.

• Malware/Phishing: You may not publish or link to malicious content intended to damage or disrupt another user’s browser or computer or to compromise a user’s privacy.

• Spam: You may not use the PostaHope service for the purpose of spamming anyone. What constitutes “spamming” will evolve as we respond to new tricks and tactics by spammers. Some of the factors that we take into account when determining what conduct is considered to be spamming are:

  • If your updates consist mainly of links, and not personal updates;

  • If you post misleading links;

  • The number of spam complaints that have been filed against you;

  • If you post duplicate content over multiple accounts or multiple duplicate updates on one account;

  • If you post multiple unrelated updates to a topic using #;

  • If you post multiple unrelated updates to a trending or popular topic;

  • If you send large numbers of duplicate @replies or mentions;

  • If you send large numbers of unsolicited @replies or mentions in an attempt to spam a service or link;

  • If you add a large number of unrelated users to lists in an attempt to spam a service or link;

  • If you repeatedly post other users' Content as your own;

  • If you have attempted to "sell" followers, particularly through tactics considered aggressive following or follower churn;

  • Creating or purchasing accounts in order to gain followers;

  • Using or promoting third-party sites that claim to get you more followers (such as follower trains, sites promising "more followers fast," or any other site that offers to automatically add followers to your account);

  • If you create false or misleading Points of Interest;

  • If you create Points of Interest to name squat or spam.

• Pornography: You may not use obscene or pornographic images in either your profile picture or user background, or in any video. The video upload from YouTube option must not contain any violent or pornographic material and further any video uploaded from YouTube must comply with all the rules, terms and conditions of YouTube.

Your account may be suspended for Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and/or any Rules violations if any of the above is true. Accounts created to replace suspended accounts will be permanently suspended.

Accounts engaging in any of these behaviors may be investigated for abuse. Accounts under investigation may be removed from Search for quality. PostaHope reserves the right to immediately terminate your account without further notice in the event that, in its judgment, you violate these Rules, the Terms of Service or Privacy Policy.

Effective June 1, 2011.

PostaHope Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes PostaHope's policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your information. PostaHope receives your information through any or all various means; including but not limited to our various web sites, APIs, interfaces, services, third-parties and tracking software ("Services"). When using any of our Services you consent to the collection, transfer, manipulation, storage, disclosure and other uses of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. Irrespective of which country that you reside in or create information from, your information may be used by PostaHope in the United States or any other country where PostaHope operates.

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at Privacy@PostaHope.com.

Information Collection and Use

PostaHope collects and uses your information to provide its’ Services and improve them over time.

Information Collected Upon Registration: When you create or reconfigure a PostaHope account, you provide some personal information, such as your name, username, password, age, state of location and email address. Some of this information, for example, your username and avatar (photo or image selected by you, if one is elected to be placed by you), is listed publicly on our Services, and in search results. Some Services, such as view or search, do not require registration.

Additional Information: You may provide us with additional information but it will not be made public. You may customize your account with information of your choosing. PostaHope may use your contact information to send you information about our Services or to market to you. You may unsubscribe from these messages by following the instructions contained within the messages or the instructions on our web site. If you email us, PostaHope may keep your message, email address and contact information to respond to your request. Providing the additional information described in this section is entirely optional.

Hopes, comments, messages and other Public Information: Our Services are primarily designed to help you share information with the world. Most of the information you provide to PostaHope is information you are asking PostaHope to make public. This includes not only the Hopes, comments, and messages you post and the metadata provided with Hopes, comments, and messages, such as when you Hopeed someone, something or some idea, or make a comment or post a message related to a Hope, but also the lists you create, the people you follow, and many other bits of information. PostaHope default is to make the information you provide public. Your public information is broadly and instantly disseminated. Hopes may be tweeted on Twitter, posted on Facebook, or any other forum and the use or dissemination thereof is out of the control of PostaHope. For example, your Hopes are searchable by many search engines and are immediately delivered via APIs and interfaces to a wide range of users and services. You should be careful about all information that will be made public by PostaHope, not just your Hopes, comments and messages. You should not post last names, or any unique and identifiable names or identifying information. If a user does post a last name or a unique and identifiable name, PostaHope may delete, in part or entirely, the Hope, comments or messages associated therewith once notified of the issue. If a last name or any unique or identifiable name is contained in a Hope, comments or messages, please contact PostaHope at Privacy@PostaHope.com with the specific information contained in the Hope, the Hope Identification Number (ex., Hope #103), comments or messages.

What you say on PostaHope may be viewed all around the world instantly.

Location Information: You may choose to note your location in your Hopes; however, it is not recommended or required.
The location information that you input into the location section of your PostaHope profile is not viewable by the public.

Advertising on PostaHope. PostaHope strives to provide you with relevant and useful advertising and we use Google Ads, as well as other third party ad serving systems, to do so. We may use a range of information including cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, usage data and other non-personal information about your computer or device (such as browser type and operating system) to provide you with relevant advertising. While you are logged in or logged out of your PostaHope Account, we may also show you advertising based on non-personally identifiable information including but not limited to cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, usage data and other non-personal information from your computer, and information you have provided to us in your PostaHope Account.

We use Google Ads on PostaHope to help advertisers and publishers serve and manage ads on this site and other Google partner websites. Advertisers may serve ads based on interests and demographic categories associated with non-personally identifiable online activity, such as Hopes viewed, frequency of commenting, messages, uploading or activity on other partner sites. Advertisers may also serve ads to you based on previous activity on that advertiser's website or based on non-personally identifiable information from other companies. This non-personally identifiable information is held separately from your PostaHope account data, or other personally identifying information in our possession.

Other third-party ad serving companies may display ads on PostaHope, provided they comply with our ad serving requirements. PostaHope does not provide any personal information to these third-party ad servers or ad networks without your consent. You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers or ad networks for more information on their practices and for instructions on how to opt-out of certain practices. PostaHope's privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites. Any data obtained by third-party ad servers subsequently shared with PostaHope is maintained and dealt with by PostaHope in accordance with this privacy policy.

Log Data: Our servers automatically record information ("Log Data") created by your use of the Services. Log Data may include information such as your IP address, browser type, the referring domain, pages visited, and search terms. Other actions, such as interactions with advertisements, may also be included in Log Data.

Links: PostaHope may keep track of how you interact with links in Hopes, messages or comments across our Services including third party clients by redirecting clicks or through other means. PostaHope does this to help improve our Services, including advertising, and to be able to share aggregate click statistics such as how many times a particular link was clicked on.

Cookies: Like many websites, PostaHope use "cookie" technology to collect additional website usage data and to improve our Services, but PostaHope does not require cookies for many parts of our Services such as searching and looking at public user profiles, Hopes, comments or messages, or lists. A cookie is a small data file that is transferred to your computer's hard disk. PostaHope may use both session cookies and persistent cookies to better understand how you interact with our Services, to monitor aggregate usage by our users and web traffic routing on our Services, and to improve our Services. Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies. You can instruct your browser, by editing its options, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit.

Third Party Services: PostaHope uses a variety of services hosted by third parties to help provide our Services, such as hosting our various blogs and wikis, and to help us understand the use of our Services, such as Google Analytics. These services may collect information sent by your browser as part of a web page request, such as cookies or your IP address.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

PostaHope does not disclose your private information except in the limited circumstances described herein the Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, Rules or as required by law.

Your Consent: PostaHope may share or disclose your information without your consent, such as when you use a third party web client to access your PostaHope account.

Service Providers: PostaHope may engage certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to us. PostaHope may share your personal information with these third parties, but only to the extent necessary to perform these functions and provide such services, and only pursuant to obligations mirroring the protections of this privacy policy.

Law and Harm: PostaHope may disclose your information if PostaHope believe that it is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation or legal request; to protect the safety of any person; to address fraud, security or technical issues; or to protect PostaHope's rights or property.

Business Transfers: In the event that PostaHope is involved in a bankruptcy, merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets, your information may be sold or transferred as part of that transaction. The promises in this privacy policy will apply to your information as transferred to the new entity.

Non-Private or Non-Personal Information: PostaHope may share or disclose your non-private, aggregated or otherwise non-personal information, such as your public Hopes or the number of users who clicked on a particular link (even if only one did).

Modifying Your Personal Information

If you are a registered user of our Services, PostaHope provide you with tools to access or modify the personal information you provided to us and associated with your account.

Our Policy Towards Children

Our Services are not directed to people under 13 years old. If you become aware that your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us at Privacy@PostaHope.com. PostaHope does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years old. If PostaHope becomes aware that a child under 13 years old has provided us with personal information, PostaHope will take steps to remove such information and terminate the child's account.

Changes to this Policy

PostaHope may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most current version of the policy will govern our use of your information and will always be at http://PostaHope.com/legal-terms.php" If PostaHope makes a change to this policy that, in our sole discretion, is material, PostaHope will notify you via an email from an @PostaHope.com update or e-mail to the email associated with your account, or by a message that will appear when you sign in. By continuing to access or use the Services after those changes become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.

More Information

PostaHope adheres to the US Safe Harbor privacy principles. For more information about the Safe Harbor framework or our registration, see the Department of Commerce's web site.

Any information disseminated , distributed, published or otherwise made available to the public via Twitter, Facebook , or YouTube from use, interaction, or attempted use or interaction with PostaHope is governed by the Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, Rules and any other terms or/conditions for service/use of the respective companies.

For more information about other privacy practices, go to PostaHope’s full privacy policy, or write to us at: Privacy@PostaHope.com.

This Privacy Policy is effective as of June 1, 2011.
Thoughts or questions about this Privacy Policy? Please let us know.

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