You must provide all required fields when registering as a new member or when
updating your profile with new information as a current member. Any information
you provide must be legitimate. If you provide answers that are fraudulent or
made-up, your account will be suspended. If it is discovered you have not filled
in all the answers satisfactorily (such as providing an incomplete first and
last name or an email address that can't be verified), we may contact you after
the sign-up process to provide the correct information so you can continue
having access to this web site and to members-only benefits. However, if you
attempt to circumvent the sign-up process in any way or deliberately provide
false information to hide your identity or misrepresent who you are, your
actions will be considered a breach of the Term of Use agreement and you will be
suspended and/or banned from this web site.
General Web Site Use
This web site, including all its content are copyrighted material. Any
unauthorized use is strictly prohibited.
This web site was created to help foster public education and awareness of the
mission and current activities of the Hampton Bays Historical & Preservation
Society. We are very happy that you have taken the time and interest to visit
our site and participate in our latest projects and research materials.
Feel free to browse our pages, read our articles and express your opinion. Share
what you have learned here with other people!
Our Terms of Use is very simple: Enjoy what you find here, share this
knowledge (and our web address) with others but leave our copyrighted
material where you found it.
Rules About Inappropriate Behavior or Content
We will not tolerate any of the following activities: Profane language, ethnic
or racial slurs, discrimination, hate language, religious intolerance of any
kind, hatred or violence or threats, pornography, any material deemed to be too
risky, hateful or unsafe for viewing or listening to the general public.
The management and staff of the Hampton Bays Historical & Preservation Society,
our members and our web site visitors are not to be used in any way for
spamming, phishing*, personal gain, as a marketing list, or to contact members
for private reasons (such as dating, chat room events, parties or personal
meetings of any kind.)
Contacting members privately on this forum is strictly banned unless it is
authorized as part of an official event or the members are colleagues or
personal friends and already have a good-standing relationship apart from this
web site.
Any unauthorized, inappropriate or illegal behavior will be reported to the
managers of this web site and if needed, to the appropriate authorities.
Please note that we have no obligation, legal or otherwise, to monitor
information contained on this site for its appropriateness. We do this as a
courtesy to our members and to the public in order to maintain a level of
quality, ethics, safety and enjoyment for our visitors.
We also reserve the right to monitor, alter, remove or ban any or all materials
on this site and/or from any visitors, members, organizations or posters, who we
feel has breached this Terms of Use or poses a threat to the safety, security or
sanctity of the web site for the Society, its members and visitors.
Disclaimer and Warranty
We disclaim all warranties, guarantees, and responsibilities from any and all
material that is contained on this web site and the Hampton Bays Historical &
Preservation Society and their affiliates is held harmless for any damages,
security issues, fraud or identify theft, or any other liability or actions
(such as personal or financial hardship, losses, injuries, emotional trauma, or
other damages) resulting from visiting this web site, reading the material,
following any recommendations or advice or opinions suggested by this web site,
or downloading or uploading data such as files, programs, recordings, photos or
forum messages.
Use of any Hampton Bays Historical & Preservation Society member information for
the purpose of promoting products or services not sponsored by our organization
or for any other purpose to unlawfully or unethically obtain the personal
information of our members or compromise their privacy and safety is strictly
prohibited and will be referred to the appropriate legal authorities.
* Phishing is when you receive a fake email claiming to be from
the Hampton Bays Historical & Preservation Society (it may even have an
illegally copied Society logo from one of our web pages.) The email will try to
lure you into giving away your personal information by logging in. For your own
safety, never provide personal information from an email request. Always go to
our web site directly from the official address:
http://www.hbhps.org.
