Links Community User Agreement

Effective Date 02/03/2020.

This User Agreement (” Terms “) applies to your access to and use of the Links Online Community.

By accessing or using the Links Online Community, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not access or use this Community.

  1. Your Use of the Links Online Community

Links grants you a personal, non-transferable, non-exclusive, revocable, limited license to use and access the Community solely as permitted by these Terms. We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you by these Terms.

Except as permitted through the Community or as otherwise permitted by us in writing, your license does not include the right to:

  • license, sell, transfer, assign, distribute, host, or otherwise commercially exploit the Community or Content;
  • modify, prepare derivative works of, disassemble, decompile, or reverse engineer any part of the Community or Content; or

We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue the Community (in whole or in part) at any time, with or without notice to you. Any future release, update, or other addition to functionality of the Community will be subject to these Terms, which may be updated from time to time. You agree that we will not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuation of the Community or any part thereof.

  1. Your Links Community Account and Account Security

To use certain features of our Community, you may be required to create a Links Community Account (an ” Account “) and provide us with a username, password, and certain other information about yourself as set forth in the Privacy Policy.

You are solely responsible for the information associated with Your Account and anything that happens related to Your Account. You must maintain the security of your Account and promptly notify Links if you discover or suspect that someone has accessed your Account without your permission. We recommend that you use a strong password that is used only with the Community.

You will not license, sell, or transfer your Account without our prior written approval.

  1. Your Content

The Community may contain information, text, links, graphics, photos, videos, or other materials (“ Content ”), including Content created with or submitted to the Community by you or through your Account (“ Your Content ”). We take no responsibility for and we do not expressly or implicitly endorse any of Your Content.

By submitting Your Content to the Community, you represent and warrant that you have all rights, power, and authority necessary to grant the rights to Your Content contained within these Terms. Because you alone are responsible for Your Content, you may expose yourself to liability if you post or share Content without all necessary rights.

You retain any ownership rights you have in Your Content, but you grant Links the following license to use that Content:

Any ideas, suggestions, and feedback about Links or our Community that you provide to us are entirely voluntary, and you agree that Links may use such ideas, suggestions, and feedback without compensation or obligation to you.

Although we have no obligation to screen, edit, or monitor Your Content, we may, in our sole discretion, delete or remove Your Content at any time and for any reason, including for a violation of these Terms, a violation of our Content Policy, or if you otherwise create liability for us.

  1. Things You Cannot Do

When accessing or using the Community, you must respect others and their rights, including by following these Terms and the Content Policy, so that we all may continue to use and enjoy the Community. We support the responsible reporting of security vulnerabilities. To report a security issue, please send an email to our Links Helpdesk .

When accessing or using our Community, you will not:

  • Create or submit Content that violates our Content Policy or attempt to circumvent any content-filtering techniques we use;
  • Use the Community to violate applicable law or infringe any person or entity’s intellectual property or any other proprietary rights;
  • Attempt to gain unauthorised access to another user’s Account or to the Community (or to other computer systems or networks connected to or used together with the Community);
  • Upload, transmit, or distribute to or through the Community any computer viruses, worms, or other software intended to interfere with the intended operation of a computer system or data;
  • Use the Community to harvest, collect, gather or assemble information or data regarding the Community or users of the Community except as permitted in these Terms or in a separate agreement with Links;
  • Use the Community in any manner that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect, or inhibit other users from fully enjoying the Community or that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the functioning of the Community in any manner;
  • Intentionally negate any user’s actions to delete or edit their Content on the Community;

  1. Copyright

Links respects the intellectual property of others and requires that users of our Community do the same. We have a policy that includes the removal of any infringing materials from the Community and for the termination, in appropriate circumstances, of users of our Community who are repeat infringers. If you believe that anything on our Community infringes a copyright that you own or control, you may wish to notify Links Account Management.

Also, please note that if you knowingly misrepresent that any activity or material on our Community is infringing, you may be liable to Links for certain costs and damages.

  1. Disclaimers

THE COMMUNITY IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. LINKS, ITS LICENCORS, AND ITS THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE COMMUNITY ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT, OR ERROR FREE. LINKS DOES NOT CONTROL, ENDORSE, OR TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY CONTENT AVAILABLE ON OR LINKED TO THE COMMUNITY OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY THIRD PARTY OR USER, INCLUDING MODERATORS. WHILE LINKS ATTEMPTS TO MAKE YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT OUR COMMUNITY OR SERVERS ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

  1. Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT AND UNDER NO THEORY OF LIABILITY, INCLUDING CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, WARRANTY, OR OTHERWISE, WILL THE LINKS ENTITIES BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR LOST PROFITS ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THOSE ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO CONTENT MADE AVAILABLE ON THE COMMUNITY THAT IS ALLEGED TO BE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL. ACCESS TO, AND USE OF, THE COMMUNITY IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR DEVICE OR COMPUTER SYSTEM, OR LOSS OF DATA RESULTING THEREFROM. THE LIMITATIONS OF THIS SECTION WILL APPLY TO ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, INCLUDING THOSE BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, STATUTE, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, AND EVEN IF THE LINKS ENTITIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGE, AND EVEN IF ANY REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY WILL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW IN THE APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

  1. Feedback and Concerns

We want you to enjoy the Links Online Community, so if you have an issue or dispute, you agree to raise it and try to resolve it with us informally. You can contact us with feedback and concerns here or by emailing our Links Helpdesk.

  1. Changes to these Terms

We may make changes to these Terms from time to time. If we make changes, we will post the amended Terms to our Community and update the Effective Date above. By continuing to access or use the Community on or after the Effective Date of the revised Terms, you agree to be bound by the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, you must stop accessing and using our Community before the changes become effective.

  1. Termination

You may terminate these Terms at any time and for any reason by deleting your Account and discontinuing your use of all Community. If you stop using the Community without deactivating your Accounts, your Accounts may be deactivated due to prolonged inactivity.

We may suspend or terminate your Account or ability to access or use the Community at any time for any or no reason, including for a violation of these Terms or our Content Policy.

  1. Miscellaneous

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding your access to and use of the Community. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms is, for any reason, held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the rest of the Terms will remain in effect. You may not assign or transfer any of your rights or obligations under these Terms without our consent. We may freely assign these Terms.