Last Modified on: 2008-06-22

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Service Limited To Adults
BuzzardNews.Com's service is available only to adults who are at least 18 years old. By accepting this AGREEMENT, you certify to us and all others that you are an adult.

Privacy and Security
Computer security and privacy are complex issues. It is important to understand this point:

Copyright Infringement And Hacking
You are responsible for determining the legal status of any intellectual property you use or duplicate through our system. Some of the material available on the network is copyrighted, and some of it may have been distributed in violation of copyright laws. We cannot and do not review the information flowing through or stored on our system. You agree not to violate copyright laws by transferring copyrighted works through our system or by causing them to be transferred or stored without the permission of the copyright holder. Breaking this agreement will be grounds for account termination.

We consider the exchange of information about security mechanisms to be protected speech. However, traffic in access codes, credit card numbers, or similar information is a crime that we take seriously. We expect you to respect the rights and privacy of all users and to use your account only for lawful purposes.

Controversial and Explicit Material
We cannot be and are not responsible for the contents of any of your communications through BuzzardNews.Com. The Internet and USENET are large communities that regard censorship as worse than obscenity. Through our service, you will have access to and you will at some time or another become exposed to materials that you find offensive. Such materials include sexually explicit text and (encoded) images, pro-religious and anti-religious debate, questionable political views, and hateful speech. BuzzardNews.Com expressly disclaims liability for any harm resulting from encountering such material.

Account Usage
BuzzardNews.Com accounts are single-user accounts. This means that only one ip address is allowed to connect at a time, and the owner of the account (or their immediate family) is the only person(s) allowed to use that account. User Accounts are for personal, non-commercial use only. Users are prohibited from using a personal account to feed or operatate a news server that provides access to a public network or that provides access to individuals other than the owner of the account. Personal accounts are not dedicated connection accounts and are prohibited from using them as such by maintaining a continuous connection for extended periods. In addition to our usage policies, we also have rules prohibiting the repeated posting of inappropriate articles ("spamming") from a BuzzardNews.Com user account. Violation of the usage policies or rules may result in the termination of your BuzzardNews.Com user account.

Accounts that are designated as having 'Unlimited Downloads', are simply personal accounts that are not charged by the amount they have downloaded. While we do not charge by the amount that these accounts download, abuse of our systems by excessive downloading is prohibited. We may at our sole discretion either temporarily suspend the account, terminate the account or take other measures that we alone deem appropriate to prevent abuse of these types of accounts.

All accounts include free header downloads unless otherwise stated, however, abuse of free header downloads is prohibited. Any limited (gig based) account excessively downloading headers is a violation of these Terms of Service. Accounts in violation may have their free header status revoked without notice.

Billing and Settlement

Continuing Service Billing
Continuing services will be billed in advance. Monthly accounts are purchasing the ability to use our services, whether or not you use the service you are still liable for all charges to your account until such time as you cancel your account through our Account Manager. We do not prorate service. Your service, and thus your billing, is in whole month increments. Your account will automatically be renewed at the end of each service period, repeating the length of the previous service period, unless you specify otherwise. Credit Card accounts will be billed on or near your monthly billing anniversary date. You can stop your service, or switch to a discounted prepayment plan, via the online Account Manager.

Payments
We accept payments via credit card and e-Check. We will attempt to charge your credit card or checking account for any balance on your account. If the first charge attempt for a service period fails, service will be suspended. We may attempt to recharge your credit card for up to 7 days. Service will be resumed when your card is successfully charged or you repurchase a new subsciption via the online Account Manager.

e-Checks
Accounts paying by e-Check will be billed 10 days prior to their next renewal date. Cancelations must be received via our Account Manager prior to the billing of the account. Cancelations received after this time will be effective for the next billing period. Example: If your account is due to renew on the 20th, we will bill your account on the 10th. If you wish to cancel you would need to cancel prior to 8:59PM on the 10th.

Account Cancellation

How to cancel your account
Service can be cancelled from the Account Manager only. Otherwise, all accounts are renewed automatically. We do not accept account cancellations by email. Any account cancellation received by email will be ignored.

Customers paying by Credit Card
Cancellations must be entered prior to the next service period for them to take effect before that billing period. Your service, and thus your billing, is in whole month increments.

Customers paying by e-Check
Cancelations must be received via our Account Manager prior to the billing of the account. Cancelations received after this time will be effective for the next billing period.

Charge Backs / Charge Reversals
By accepting these Terms of Service you agree that you will not initialize any chargeback with your credit card issuer for any charges authorized by your acceptance of these Terms of Service. It is hereby understood and agreed upon that an additional chargeback fee of $35.00 will be assessed to your account, if you initialize a 'chargeback' with your credit card issuer to reverse payment without our written permission for any of the charges authorized by your acceptance of these Terms of Service, and you hereby agree to pay this fee if this occurs. If you have any issues or disputes regarding our billing of your credit card you must first make contact with us by email to billing@buzzardnews.com, Your failure to do so may forfiet certain rights with your credit card issuer.

Refunds
No refunds will be given under any circumstances except erroneous charges, including prepaid accounts or accounts deleted for violation of our Acceptable Use Policy.

Duplicate Accounts
Creation of multiple accounts will require payment in full for each account created. Cancellation and refund provisions apply to each account individually, without regard to any other accounts you may have with BuzzardNews.Com.

Indemnify and Hold Harmless
You are responsible for all actions that occur in regards to your account. As a condition of service, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless BuzzardNews.Com, its officers, employees, agents, and shareholders, for any action or cause of action resulting from the use of your account or the use of any services provided by BuzzardNews.Com. BuzzardNews.Com is not responsible for any long distance charges or internet access charges a customer may accrue while using our service.

Termination or Change of Service
BuzzardNews.Com, reserves the right to terminate, change or refuse service to anyone, at any time, for any reason, we also reserve the right to add,drop or modify any of our products at any time. The policies contained within may change at any time without notice. It is the customer's responsibility to keep abreast of our "Acceptable Use Policy" found at http://www.buzzardnews.com/info/aup.html. By logging on to your account you agree to the terms and condition of use.