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PRIVACY POLICY
This
policy describes the privacy practices of MediaNews Group, Inc., and
MediaNews Group Interactive, Inc. and MediaNews
Group affiliates, collectively referred to herein as
“MediaNews.” This Privacy Policy is applicable only to
the MediaNews Web sites (“Web
site(s)”) and does not apply to the print versions of any of
the MediaNews publications. This policy does not apply to any third
party web sites or to companies or persons not controlled by,
affiliated with or managed by MediaNews and applies only to
information collected by MediaNews on the MediaNews Web sites and not
to information disclosed, obtained or used by MediaNews through other
means. MediaNews may provide links to unaffiliated web sites for
which this privacy policy does not apply. If you are unsure whether
a web site is controlled, affiliated or managed by MediaNews, we
recommend that you review the privacy policy at each linked web site
to determine how that site treats your personal information.
MediaNews may change this privacy policy from time to time. The
revised policy will be posted on the MediaNews Web site. Please check
this page periodically for changes.
INFORMATION COLLECTED
Personally Identifying Information
(PIN)
The
Personally Identifying Information (PIN) gathered by MediaNews on
MediaNews Web sites generally includes, e-mail address, password, zip
code, age, gender and whether you are a print subscriber, but may
also include your name (and/or company name), street address, and
date of birth, phone numbers, and credit card numbers or other
billing information where necessary to contact you or to process your
Web site purchases. MediaNews may also collect information such as
household income, job title, personal interests and hobbies. The PIN
collected depends on the page you are visiting and the services that
you participate in.
Web Site User Registration: User registration is required to
access the majority of content, services and features on MediaNews
Web sites. Upon registration, we require you provide your email
address or your first name as a username and a password that will
allow you to change your PIN as needed. User registration with
MediaNews Web sites is completed and membership activated upon
clicking a link e-mailed to the address provided in registration. At
that time you have the opportunity to opt-in to e-mail newsletters
and alerts and have e-mail offers sent to you on behalf of MediaNews
advertisers, however, you can update your preferences at a later
time.
Web Site Sites & Products: Your PIN as well as a
telephone number, credit card number or other billing information is
generally collected in order to process the purchase of services or
products on the MediaNews Web sites, such as purchasing a newspaper
subscription or placing an ad. Your PIN will also be collected upon
registration for home delivery requests, vacation delivery stop
requests and other similar requests as well as upon the use or
download of software available on MediaNews Web sites.
Sweepstakes, Contests, Promotions, Special Offers: MediaNews
may request additional PIN from you upon your optional entry in any
sweepstakes, contests, promotions or special offers found on
MediaNews Web sites.
Feedback, Commentary, Surveys, Message Boards, Chat Rooms:
Those Web site users that choose to provide feedback or commentary,
fill out surveys, engage in MediaNews chat rooms or use MediaNews
message boards may be required to provide additional PIN such as
demographic information, household/personal characteristics and
purchase behavior.
If such information is gathered for a MediaNews survey, no PIN is
released and is reported or used only in aggregate form.
Some chat room and message board forums may require registration and
the sharing of PIN. Any information disclosed in chat rooms, forums,
message boards, and/or news groups becomes public information. You
should exercise caution when deciding to disclose personal
information in public forums.
Forwarding:
Forwarding an article found on a MediaNews Web site generally
requires that you disclose the name and e-mail address of the person
to whom you are forwarding the article. MediaNews will retain this
information only to provide the forwarding services.
Special
Circumstances: MediaNews may disclose and use the information
collected where required to do so by law, or where MediaNews, in good
faith, believes the use or disclosure of the information collected is
necessary to (1) comply with the law or legal processes; (2) protect
and defend MediaNews rights and property; (3) protect against misuse
or unauthorized use of any MediaNews Web site; or to (4) protect the
personal safety or property of our users or the public. MediaNews
may also use the information collected when, in its sole discretion,
it believes necessary or appropriate in connection with a sale or
transfer of some or all of MediaNews’ assets in our Web site.
Computer Identifying
Information (CIN)
The
information personal to your computer and your computer use that is
automatically collected through the use of electronic tools is
referred to as Computer Identifying Information (CIN). The CIN
gathered by MediaNews generally includes cookies, specific Web site
page requests, the domain name (e.g., www.medianewsgroup.com)
and Internet Provider (e.g., Comcast, American Online, NetZero) from
which you access the Internet, the Internet Protocol address of your
computer, the browser software (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape)
and operating system (e.g., Windows XP, 2000, OS/2 or MacOS) you are
using, your geographic location, the time and date you accessed the
site, and the Internet address you visited prior to visiting the
site.
Cookies and Web
Beacons: Cookies are used to store and track information about
you. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser
from Web sites and stored on your computer’s hard drive.
Cookies are used to deliver targeted advertising based on your
behavior and demographics and to track your entries in promotions and
contests. Cookies may be linked to PIN. In addition, MediaNews uses
web beacons provided by third-party advertising companies to help
manage our online advertising. Web beacons enable us to recognize a
browser’s cookie when a browser visits a MediaNews Web site,
and to learn which banner ads bring users to MediaNews Web sites.
Our third party web advertising company, DoubleClick, may place or
recognize a unique cookie on your browser. For more information about
DoubleClick, cookies, and how to “opt-out,” please click
here.
Internet
Protocol (IP) Address: An IP address is your computer’s
location on the Internet. MediaNews Web sites log IP addresses for
systems administration and trouble shooting purposes, to gather
demographic and other information about you and to link information
about a user’s computer session to PIN.
Aggregate
information: Aggregate information is user information not
linked to PIN.
USE OF INFORMATION COLLECTED
In
general, MediaNews uses your PIN and CIN that is collected to
administer the MediaNews Web sites and to provide services you
request. When you provide PIN information and access MediaNews Web
sites, you are sharing PIN and CIN with MediaNews and MediaNews
Group affiliates and MediaNews reserves the right to use
and disclose the PIN and CIN it collects. If you do not want to
share your PIN, do not provide it. If you do not want to share CIN,
do not access MediaNews Web sites.
In addition, MediaNews may share PIN, CIN and/or aggregate
information with third parties such as advertisers and business
partners. PIN and CIN may also be used to perform statistical,
demographic and marketing analysis of subscribers and their
subscribing and purchasing patterns, to target advertisements and to
help diagnose problems with our services and our Web sites.
For
example, MediaNews uses or may use the PIN and CIN collected to do
the following:
Web
Site Use & Registration: MediaNews uses PIN and CIN that is
collected to fulfill subscriptions, change addresses, suspend
delivery, confirm and process transactions and to contact the user
regarding his or her account, new or existing products and services
and special offers.
Personalization:
MediaNews uses PIN and CIN that is collected to personalize the
content and advertising that users see based on personal
characteristics and preferences, enhance products and services and
develop new products and services, and share user information with
select advertisers or other third parties whose products or services
may be of interest to you.
Advertising &
Third Parties: MediaNews may share PIN and CIN that is collected
with third parties hired to perform services on our behalf,
including, but not limited to, fulfilling subscription requests,
sending e-mails and assisting in the provision of the MediaNews Web
sites and services. The ads appearing on MediaNews Web sites are
delivered to you by DoubleClick, our third party web advertising
company. Information about your visits to this site, such as the
number of times you have viewed an ad and other information is used
to serve ads to you.
Program & Product Offerings: MediaNews may use the PIN
and CIN that is collected in order to offer you the opportunity to
receive information and offers about products or services from our
business partners or third parties.
In some cases, MediaNews Group, Inc., MediaNews Group Interactive,
Inc. or MediaNews Group affiliates,
are affiliates of the CareerBuilder online
careers service. Through the cooperative relationship with
CareerBuilder, we are able to provide you with access to the
CareerBuilder products and services through a co-branded
CareerBuilder site. Because of this relationship, CareerBuilder
requests that we post the following language regarding our co-branded
CareerBuilder site in our privacy policy: "You may have arrived
at this Web site by following a link from a CareerBuilder newspaper
affiliate or other affiliate. If so, please be aware that
CareerBuilder may share your information with that affiliate and the
affiliate may use the information consistent with its privacy policy
instead of this one."
MediaNews Group, Inc., MediaNews Group Interactive, Inc. or MediaNews
Group affiliates may buy or sell
various assets. In the event that MediaNews Group, Inc.,
MediaNews Group Interactive, Inc. or MediaNews
Group affiliates sells some or all
of its assets, or another company acquires one or more of its Web
sites, information on users may be among the transferred assets.
OPTING-OUT
If you do not wish
to share your PIN, you always have the option to not provide the
information or use the MediaNews Web sites that require it.
Opting-Out
If you are a current MediaNews
registered Web site user or would like to become one, but do not want
your PIN shared with third parties or do not want to receive
promotion and/or marketing information about other products, services
and offerings from MediaNews and/or any third parties, please review
the following:
Third Party
Opt-Out: If, at any time, you do not want us to share your
information with third parties who wish to send you information about
their products and services, you may opt-out of such messages by
going to the "Manage an Account" page and simply unclicking
an opt-in box or you may email us at
privacycoordinator@medianewsgroup.com
or write to us at: Privacy Coordinator, MediaNews Group, 1560
Broadway, Ste. 2100, Denver, CO 80202.
If you choose to
opt-out via email, please put “THIRD PARTY OPT-OUT” in
the subject line, along with the name of the applicable site.
MediaNews
Opt-Out: If, at any time, you do not want to receive information
about special offers and new products and features from MediaNews,
you may opt-out of such messages by going to the "Manage an
Account" page and simply unclicking an opt-in box or you may
e-mail us at privacycoordinator@medianewsgroup.com
or write to us at: Privacy Coordinator, MediaNews Group, 1560
Broadway, Ste. 2100, Denver, CO 80202. Please reference the
name of the applicable site.
If you choose to
opt-out via email, please put “MEDIANEWS OPT-OUT” in the
subject line.
Opt-Out
Exception: Even if the registered user chooses to opt-out of
receiving e-mails from both MediaNews and third parties, MediaNews
reserves the right to contact a registered user regarding account
status, changes to this policy, the terms of use, license agreements
and other matters relevant to the use of the MediaNews Web sites,
services or software provided through the Web sites and/or the
information collected.
Review & Update Your PIN
A registered user
of MediaNews Web sites may review and change his or her PIN and/or
e-mail preferences by clicking on the Manage Account link after
signing in. A registered user may also review and request an update
of the PIN and/or e-mail preferences which he or she provided to
MediaNews at any time by e-mailing us at
privacycoordinator@medianewsgroup.com
or write to us at: Privacy Coordinator, MediaNews Group, 1560
Broadway, Ste. 2100, Denver, CO 80202. Please include the name
of the applicable site.
SECURITY
MediaNews uses
procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access to the
information collected on the MediaNews Web sites. Although such
protective measures have been put in place, MediaNews cannot ensure
that the information collected will never be disclosed in a manner
inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY
RIGHTS
Under California
law, California residents may request once a year, free of charge,
certain information regarding MediaNews’ disclosure of personal
information to third parties for direct marketing purposes. To make
such a request, please write to us at: Privacy
Coordinator, MediaNews
Group, 1560 Broadway, Ste.
2100, Denver, CO 80202.
Please include the
name and the address to which you would like us to respond, along
with the name of the applicable site.
PRIVACY COORDINATOR
If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding our Privacy
Policy and/or practices, please contact the Privacy Coordinator using
the contact information provided below. Please reference the name of
the applicable site.
Privacy
Coordinator
MediaNews
Group
1560
Broadway, Ste. 2100
Denver,
CO 80202
privacycoordinator@medianewsgroup.com
(303)
563-6426
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY POLICY
This
policy describes the privacy practices of MediaNews Group, Inc. and
MediaNews Group Interactive, Inc., as well as MediaNews
Group affiliates (“MediaNews”) relating to
information collected from children. This privacy policy does not
apply to third party web sites, or to companies and persons that are
not controlled by, affiliated with or managed by MediaNews. For most
MediaNews Web sites, MediaNews does not knowingly collect information
from children under 13 years of age. In the event that MediaNews
collects information from children under 13 years of age, this
Children’s Privacy Policy shall apply.
INFORMATION COLLECTED
FROM CHILDREN
MediaNews
does not ask children to disclose more personal information than is
necessary for them to participate in a particular activity. We urge
children to check with their parents before entering information on
any web site and we urge parents to discuss with their children
restrictions regarding the online release of personal information.
MediaNews limits its collection of information from children to what
is known as non-personally identifiable information (e.g. first name,
screen names, age, gender, city, state, zip code and country of
residence). This information is collected so children can participate
in activities (e.g. completing polls or online surveys, posting
jokes, book reviews, movie reviews, toy reviews, video reviews,
concert reviews, game reviews, artwork or questions/comments online,
or playing online games) without giving unnecessary personal
information. From time to time, however, we may request personally
identifiable information (e.g. child's email address and/or parent's
or guardian's email address), as explained below, in order to conduct
online contests or sweepstakes, email newsletters and offers, provide
subscriptions, participate in chat rooms and message boards, or offer
other online activities. MediaNews does not and cannot condition a
child's participation in any of our online activities on the
disclosure of more information than is reasonably necessary to
participate in the activity. Information is collected actively, such
as through registration forms, and passively, such as through
cookies.
USE
OF PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM CHILDREN
MediaNews
occasionally offers contest and sweepstakes, which may be entered
online. When a child under thirteen 13 enters a contest or
sweepstakes, or participates in another activity that requires the
use of personal information, we will ask for a parent's email address
so that we can notify the parent of the child's participation, obtain
the parent’s consent and give the parent the option to have the
child's information deleted. All of the child’s personal
information collected by MediaNews is securely maintained and used
only for the specified purpose such as conducting the contest or
sweepstakes and awarding prizes. MediaNews does not keep any of the
child’s personal information after the particular event is
completed. Sometimes, MediaNews uses agents or contractors to provide
services that support the internal operations of the site, such as
helping us conduct a sweepstakes or sending prizes to winners. In
these cases, MediaNews requires the agent or contractor to maintain
the confidentiality, security and integrity of the information and
limit use to the specific services they are performing on our behalf.
MediaNews
may disclose information maintained as required by law, for example,
in response to a court order or a subpoena. MediaNews may also
disclose such information in response to a specific law enforcement
agency's request. Personal information is not disclosed to third
parties except those who provide support for the internal operations
of the site. Parents can consent to the collection and use of their
child’s personal information without consenting to the
disclosure of the information to third parties.
PARENTAL
ACCESS
MediaNews
and MediaNews affiliates are the
operators collecting information at this web site. Please send an
email or letter to our Privacy Coordinator at the email or mailing
address provided below if you would like to do any of the following:
Access
personally identifiable information that MediaNews has collected from
your child,
Correct
factual errors in such information,
Request
to have this information deleted, or
Request
that we no longer collect or maintain such information about your
child.
Please
include your email address and telephone number where we can reach
you. MediaNews takes steps to verify the identity of anyone
requesting information about a child to ensure that the person is in
fact the child's parent or legal guardian.
MediaNews
may change this privacy policy from time to time. The revised policy
will be posted on the MediaNews Web site. Please check this page
periodically for changes. If you have any questions, comments or
concerns regarding our privacy policy and/or practices, please
contact the Privacy Coordinator using the contact information
provided below. Please reference the applicable site.
Privacy
Coordinator
MediaNews
Group
1560
Broadway, Ste. 2100
Denver,
CO 80202
privacycoordinator@medianewsgroup.com
(303)
563-6426
TERMS OF USE
The MediaNews Web sites (the
“Sites”) contain material that is
protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property
laws. Unless otherwise specified, the Sites and all content on the
Sites are intended for your personal, noncommercial use only. You may
not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit or
distribute in any way any material from the Sites except as provided
in this Terms of Use. You may download material from the Sites and
may use the Sites for your personal, non-commercial use only,
provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices.
You may not republish any content from the Sites, distribute any
content to others, modify, sell or otherwise use the content or
decompile, reverse engineer or disassemble any software or other
products or processes accessible at the Sites. Your license to use
the Sites is contingent upon your compliance with these Terms of Use.
You agree to use the Sites in accordance with
these Terms of Use. Accessing the Sites, in any manner, for the
purpose of obtaining information, technical or otherwise, constitutes
use of the Sites such that these Terms of Use bind the party
accessing the Sites. MediaNews Group, Inc., MediaNews Group
Interactive, Inc. or any MediaNews Group
affiliates (collectively
“MediaNews”) may need to
change these Terms of Use or impose new conditions on use of the
Sites, from time to time, in which case we will post the revised
Terms of Use on the Sites. By continuing to use the Sites after we
post any such changes, you accept the Terms of Use, as modified.
You may establish a hypertext link to the Sites
so long as the link does not state or imply any sponsorship of your
site by MediaNews Group, Inc., MediaNews Group Interactive,
Inc. or any MediaNews Group affiliates.
However, you may not, without the prior written permission of
MediaNews Group, Inc., MediaNews Group Interactive, Inc. or
MediaNews Group affiliates,
frame any of the content of the Sites, or incorporate into another
website any material from the Sites.
LICENSE TO MEDIANEWS
By posting messages, uploading files, or otherwise providing any
material for display on the Sites, you are representing that you are
the owner of the material, or are making your submission with the
consent of the owner of the material, all information you provide is
true, accurate, current and complete and does not violate these Terms
of Use. In addition, when you post a message, upload a file, or
otherwise provide us with material for display on the Sites, you are
granting MediaNews a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free,
non-exclusive, worldwide license, with the right to use, copy,
sublicense, modify, adapt, transmit, distribute, publicly perform or
display such material. The foregoing grants shall include the right
to exploit any proprietary rights in such material, including but not
limited to rights under copyright, trademark, service mark or patent
laws in any jurisdiction. All rights in this paragraph are granted
without compensation of any sort to you.
DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
The Sites include links and pointers to Internet sites, content and
services provided by third parties. MediaNews’ linking to any
third party sites does not imply an endorsement or sponsorship of
such sites or the information, products or services offered on or
through the sites. In addition, MediaNews does not operate or control
in any respect any information, products or services that third
parties may provide on or through the Sites or on web sites linked to
by MediaNews.
USE OF THE SITES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE MATERIALS, INFORMATION,
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED ON OR THROUGH THE SITES AND ANY
THIRD-PARTY SITES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, MEDIANEWS DISCLAIMS
ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. MEDIANEWS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITES OR ANY OF ITS
FUNCTIONS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE
CORRECTED, OR THAT ANY PART OF THE SITES, INCLUDING BULLETIN BOARDS,
OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE SERVICES AVAILABLE, ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR
OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE
COST OF ALL NECESSARY MAINTENANCE, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. MEDIANEWS
DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE
RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE SITES OR MATERIALS ON THE SITES OR ON
THIRD-PARTY SITES IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY,
TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY OR OTHERWISE. MEDIANEWS ASSUMES NO LIABILITY
FOR THE CONTENT OF THE SITES, DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT USE
OF THE CONTENT WILL NOT INFRINGE RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES AND
MEDIANEWS HAS NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY OF ACTIONS OF THIRD
PARTIES OR FOR CONTENT PROVIDED BY OTHERS. IN NO EVENT SHALL
MEDIANEWS, ITS AFFILIATES EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR CONTENT PROVIDERS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR
PUNITIVE DAMAGES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES,
OR FOR ANY AMOUNT OF DIRECT DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF $100. (Since some
states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain categories
of damages, the above limitation many not apply to you. In such
states, the liability of MediaNews is limited to the fullest extent
permitted by such state law.)
The Sites may contain facts, views, opinions, statements and
recommendations of third party individuals and organizations.
MediaNews does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability
of any advice, opinion, statement or other information on the Sites
and use of or reliance on such advice, opinion, statement or other
information is at your own risk.
The Sites are provided for informational purposes only, and are not
intended for trading or investing purposes, or for commercial use.
Stock and mutual fund quotes, and related financial news stories may
be delayed at least 20 minutes, as may be required by the stock
exchanges and/or the financial information services. The Sites should
not be used in any high-risk activities where damage or injury to
persons, property, environment, finances or business may result if an
error occurs. You expressly assume all risk for such use.
ONLINE COMMERCE
MediaNews may allow you to purchase many different types of products
and services online that are provided by third parties. MediaNews is
not responsible for the quality, accuracy, timeliness, reliability or
any other aspect of these products and services. If you make a
purchase from a merchant on the Sites or sites linked to by
MediaNews, the information obtained during your visit to that
merchant's online store or site, and the information that you give as
part of the transaction, such as your credit card number and contact
information, is collected by the merchant. A merchant may have
separate privacy and data collection practices. MediaNews has no
responsibility or liability for these independent practices. For more
information regarding a merchant, its online store, and its privacy
policies, return to that merchant's home page and click on its
information links or contact the merchant directly. You release
MediaNews and its partners, affiliates, suppliers, licensors,
officers, directors, shareholders, employees, representatives,
contractors, agents and content providers from any damages
that you incur, and agree not to assert any claims against them
arising from or relating to your purchase or use of any products or
services made available by third parties through MediaNews.
When you purchase products or services on or through the Sites, you
may be subject to additional terms and conditions that specifically
apply to your purchase or use of such products or services. If you
have any questions about these additional terms and conditions, you
should contact the merchant of such products or services directly.
You agree to be financially responsible for all purchases made by you
or someone acting on your behalf through the Sites. You agree to use
the Sites and to purchase services or products through the Sites for
legitimate, non-commercial purposes only. You also agree not to make
any purchases for speculative, false or fraudulent purposes or for
the purpose of anticipating demand for a particular product or
service. You agree to only purchase goods or services for yourself or
for another person for whom you are legally permitted to do so. When
making a purchase for a third party that requires you to submit the
third party's personal information to MediaNews or a merchant, you
represent that you have obtained the express consent of such third
party to provide such third party's personal information.
USE OF COMPANY DIRECTORIES
The information contained in any company directories that may be
provided on the Sites is provided for business lookup purposes and is
not to be used for marketing or telemarketing applications. This
information may not be copied or redistributed.
INTERACTIVE FEATURES
The Sites may include a variety of features, such as bulletin boards,
chat rooms, and email services, that allow feedback to MediaNews and
real-time interaction between users and other features, such as
personalized homes pages and e-mail services, that allow users to
communicate with others. You are responsible for material that you
post on bulletin boards, chat rooms and other public posting areas on
the Sites. MediaNews does not control or routinely review the
messages, information or files that others may provide through the
Sites. It is a condition of your use of the Sites that you do not:
· Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying
the Sites.
· Post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive,
libelous, fraudulent, false, defamatory, discriminatory, obscene,
vulgar, hateful, pornographic, profane or indecent information of any
kind, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or
encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give
rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state,
national or international law.
· Post or transmit any information, software or other material
that violates or infringes upon the rights of others, including
material that is an invasion of privacy or publicity rights or that
is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, or
derivative works with respect thereto, without first obtaining
permission from the owner or right holder.
· Post or transmit any information, software or other material
that contains a virus or other harmful component.
· Post, transmit or in any way exploit any information,
software or other material for commercial purposes, or that contains
advertising.
· Advertise or solicit to anyone to buy or sell products or
services, or to make donations of any kind, without the express
written approval of MediaNews.
· Gather for the purpose of spamming, phishing or password
harvesting email addresses that have been posted by other users of
the Sites.
· Use or attempt to use another person’s account,
password or services.
· Disrupt, interfere with or otherwise violate the security of
the Sites or any services, accounts, passwords, servers or networks
related to the Sites.
· Send repeated messages to another user or repeat postings of
the same message under the same or multiple subjects.
A VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING
MAY BE REFERRED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
You understand that MediaNews has no obligation to monitor any
bulletin boards, chat rooms, or other areas of the Sites through
which users can supply information or material. MediaNews reserves
the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to
satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request, or to refuse to
post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part,
that in MediaNews’ sole discretion are objectionable or in
violation of these Terms of Use.
INDEMNIFICATION
YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS, MEDIANEWS
AND ITS PARTNERS, AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS, OFFICERS,
DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, CONTRACTORS,
AGENTS AND CONTENT PROVIDERS FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, CLAIMS FOR DEFAMATION, TRADE DISPARAGEMENT, PRIVACY
AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT, AND DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, ATTORNEYS’ FEES, ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO 1)
CONTENT OR INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE; 2) MEDIANEWS’ USE OF
INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE; 3) INFORMATION OR MATERIAL POSTED OR
TRANSMITTED THROUGH YOUR PASSWORD ACCOUNT, EVEN IF NOT POSTED OR
TRANSMITTED BY YOU; AND 4) ANY VIOLATION OF THIS TERMS OF USE BY YOU.
REGISTRATION
To use certain features of the Sites, you must register with
MediaNews. You agree (a) to provide true, accurate, current and
complete information about yourself, and (b) to maintain and promptly
update the information you provide to keep it true, accurate, current
and complete. If MediaNews believes such information is untrue,
inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, MediaNews has the right to
suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or
future use of the Sites by you. Our use of any personally identifying
information you provide to us as part of the registration process is
governed by the terms of our Privacy Policy.
PASSWORDS
To use certain features of the Sites, you will need a username and
password, which you will receive through the Site's registration
process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of
the password and account and for restricting access to your account
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