Assyrian Voice Network
-Terms of Service-
1. Assyrian Voice Network {hereafter known as Assyrian Voice or AVN} is a
free-of-charge Assyrian community and family-oriented website whose purpose is
to help Assyrians build strong personal and cultural ties through the use of
internet services. These services include but are not limited to communication
tools such as text and audio chat rooms and message boards. Other services
include photo albums, free e-mail, e-magazines, MSN and ICQ directories and
online shopping. One of the primary aims of AVN is to provide education to the
international communities about who Assyrians are, their history and their
current events and achievements.
2. Users under the age of 14 are required to get the permission of their
parents or legal guardian[s] before using the AVN website or services. Should
the AVN administration team become aware of any user who had been using the said
services without being granted permission from their parents will result in the
immediate termination of any current AVN service. Parents of any user under the
age of 14 should email their permission to assyrianvoice@rogers.com.
3. AVN considers all service users and members to be of equal merit and
in equal standing. No favour or bias is shown to any user regardless of age,
ethnic descent, creed, geographic location or accumulated time using the AVN
website. All rules apply to all users at all times.
4. The use of AVN services requires that members and visitors abide by
the rules and standards established by the AVN administration team. These
standards have been created to maintain a family-oriented atmosphere and ensure
the comfort and safety of the participants and subscribers. The abuse of those
rules may result in an expulsion or ban from the AVN site. Further and repeated
abuse will result in a permanent expulsion and cancellation of all services to
which the abuser is subscribed.
5. By using any AVN service, you agree to treat other members with
equality, common courtesy and respect. AVN will not tolerate any type of threat,
fight or any form of violence on our network. NO Abuse of any kind will be
tolerated. No insults, profanity, slander or racial slurs or any language
intended to convey such meaning will be permitted. Using any of these will
result in immediate disciplinary action from the AVN administration team. The
nature of the disciplinary action will be situation-specific. This means that
the severity of the disciplinary action will depend upon the level of
infraction, up to and including a permanent expulsion from the website and any
associated services. Legal action may also be taken, if it has been deemed
necessary to do so by the AVN administration team.
6. Each AVN service user has an equal chance of expressing their views.
Freedom of speech is heavily endorsed by AVN, but is limited to family-oriented
expression. Profanity, slander or verbal abuse does not constitute freedom of
speech. The use of the concept of freedom of speech as a means of communicating
abuse or hatred is not condoned by AVN. Action will be taken to immediately stop
such activity.
7. By accessing AVN services, you agree to have your Internet Service
Provider’s Address [IP Address] monitored at all times. The use of any “IP
spoofers”, “nukers”, viruses and any other internet software or programming tool
designed to implicate duplicity and/or hostility is prohibited on our website.
The use of such tools may result in extreme action against their users, up to
but not including legal action.
8. Users of AVN services may choose the level of privacy in each service
at their own discretion. The user may choose to remain completely anonymous or
choose to use their real name and information at their own risk. The user agrees
to be responsible for the management of his or her own personal information and
agrees not to hold AVN or its administration staff responsible for any
consequence resulting from the release of private information. PLEASE BE AWARE
OF INTERNET SECURITY. RELEASE PERSONAL INFORMATION ONLY AT YOUR OWN RISK. At no
time will AVN or its administration staff be held responsible for the user’s
release of personal information. Under no circumstances will AVN or its staff
ask any user to reveal any personal information unless solely for the
administration purposes of the website services or in response to complaints of
abuse. AVN and its staff will never solicit personal information for the sale of
said information to third parties; nor will any monies be solicited from any
user at any time in exchange for personal information or for the use of
services.
9. The AVN administration team reserves the right to cancel or terminate
any service offered to any user at any time should any abuse of the preceding
terms of use be discovered.
10. The AVN administration team reserves the right to stop and/or remove
any thread or message deemed unacceptable [as described in the preceding terms
of use] in any service that it offers.
11. The AVN website contains links to other websites, but is not a member
of any ring. The opinions promoted in linked websites are those of the
webmasters and may not coincide with those of AVN. AVN does not endorse any
other website or its content. Links are provided in the interest of furthering
Assyrian issues, or are directly related to AVN website material.
12. At no time is the AVN or its administration staff to be held
accountable for any action taken by any party outside of the parameters of the
AVN website and its services.