July 1, 2016 -
Last Updated By accessing Jappleng University's online
services, you agree to be legally bound by the following terms. If
you do not agree to be legally bound by all of the following terms
then please do not access and/or use the services found on this
website. We may change these at any time and do our utmost to
inform you of such changes, though it would be prudent to review
this page regularly yourself, we will inform you via private
Messages and/or E-Mail should any amendments be made.
Basic Terms of Use You
are entirely responsible for the use of our Services and for every
action taken on the website. This includes but not limited to
creating new posts, content, material, images, audio, video, and
relations between YOURSELF and OTHERS around the service. You may
choose to not participate in any community activity and preserve
your account as long as you are not harming Jappleng University,
its services, and its members in any way. By registering with
Jappleng University you agree that you are 13 years or older or are
under parental supervision at all time.
Privacy Policy and
Anonymity Jappleng University respects your privacy and we
strongly encourage (everyone) to read through our Privacy Policy
found here:
https://www.jappleng.com/articles/view/documents/300/privacy-policy
We will do what we can to protect your privacy. However, anything
outside of the user private profile is public. Any information, or
media posted by the user is made to be seen by others around the
world instantly. We cannot protect users from any information the
user provides publicly, and any information posted publicly is not
bound by the Privacy Policy. Regardless, we will do our best to
protect user data whenever possible and while it is impossible for
any website to claim 100% security, we request that all registered
users use common internet best practices to protect themselves and
ask us for advice when needed. We provide methods to change privacy
settings using the Privacy Settings Control Panel.
Passwords Passwords
provided are stored by strong encryption algorithms. Jappleng
University administrative staff has the ability to view, edit, and
"test drive" a user account for security and quality assurance but
cannot view passwords due to its nature, nor should they utilize
accounts without prior consent. Staff members do not know user
passwords and will never ask a user for passwords as they do not
require it to perform administrative tasks. Administrative staff
cannot recover lost passwords due to heavy encryption.
Content on the Services
The content creator whether it is publicly or privately published,
it is to the creator's sole responsibility to ensure that the
article meets minimal submission guidelines, follows the rules of
conduct, and abides by the Terms of Agreement and the Privacy
Policy. Content is generally regulated towards a general audience;
however it is possible that some content may be offensive. We
(Jappleng University Staff) will do what we can to moderate a
reasonable level for published articles, posts, and other content
posted on our services, however due to the amount of active users,
it would be nearly impossible to filter everything. It is up to the
creator of the content to make sure to follow all guidelines, and
rules for submission prior to submitting their content. We kindly
ask our users to report any material that may be offensive therefor
we may review the material and take appropriate action if
necessary. You agree that by publishing anything on any Jappleng
University service, you give us a worldwide, non-exclusive,
royalty-free license with the right to sub-license to your content.
See "Your Rights" for more information and exceptions.
Rules of Conduct Online
Services of Jappleng University require everyone to follow our
general rules of conduct and service rules in order to maintain
maximum quality, and a peaceful setting. The general rules of
conduct are as follows: • You will
NEVER harass
another user (physically, emotionally, mentally, sexually, etc.). •
You will
NEVER slander. • You will
NEVER take someone's information and give it to
others or resell it. • You will
NEVER partake in
any deceptive behavior. • You will
NEVER do
anything that is harmful against the students of and Jappleng
University • You will
NEVER post offensive
material, especially material that is illegal in the United States.
• You will
NEVER register only to advertise your
product or products that you are affiliated with. • You will
NOT register an account simply to sell or trade
the account.
Your
Rights You have the right to include a copyright notice on
your posts to secure your rightful copyright. Should no notice be
included, you agree that by publishing anything on any Jappleng
University service, you give us a worldwide, non-exclusive,
royalty-free license with the right to sub-license to your content.
You have the right to terminate the use of your account at any
time, and you also have the right to request all forum posts to be
deleted prior to terminating your account. You have the right to
register and not be an active member of the community and keep your
account active. You have the right to participate or not
participate in community activities, features, and downloads. You
have the right to submit content, post articles, and media. You
have the right to disable or enable access to suggestive material
given you are allowed to by the laws of your nation, and you have
the right to create an account as a parent for your child or
children. You have the right to subscribe to multiple accounts
using the same computer but not to avoid banning. You also have the
right to request certain changes or additions to the website, terms
of service, and any other portion of Jappleng University, however
not all requests will be fulfilled.
Jappleng University's
Rights Jappleng University has the right to suspend or
terminate any account with or without notice should we believe it
is necessary to "keep the peace" in the community and/or if the
user violates the rules of conduct. There is no reason that needs
to be given as this is a free-to-use service provided by Jappleng
University Termination of accounts does not necessarily mean the
inability to access the website entirely, or purchase goods from
our online store or subscribe to tutoring services with exception
of very big offenders. Very big offenders are described as those
that are very harmful to the community as we see fit. Jappleng
University has the right to use and sub-license any content which
the user provides without copyright notice to use in a worldwide,
non-exclusive, royalty-free license. We reserve the right to access
any private or public information in your account without prior
notice should it be requested or enforced by law to protect, or
address fraud, security, or technical issues. We reserve the right
to access any private or public information in your account with
your permission for security, fraudulent, or technical issues.
Harming Jappleng
University We (Jappleng University) do our utmost best to
preserve the integrity and improve security for its users however
we cannot guarantee that our community will never bring harm to
others due to the nature of some individuals. While we have placed
a significant amount of security and automated protection to our
online services, anyone caught attempting or performing
ill-mannered behaviors to its users or services is subject to
immediate temporary or permanent suspension of their account and
possibly inability to access any or all services. Such examples of
harming our users or services may include; attacking our servers,
administrative impersonation, link-farming, database injections,
defaming Jappleng and/or its users, collecting, storing and/or
reselling user memberships (exception of collection may be done by
top search engines where robots may follow, strictly by w3c
compliances), attempt to access server directories, plagiarism (see
Restrictions on Content and Use of the Services below), improper
utilization of member information and/or service information /
content that may defame or tarnish the original content creator,
and website modifications such as the use of external scripts.
Personal feuds, cyber-stalking, and other potentially harmful
activities are to be resolved by the members involved. Suggested
methods include resorting to an agreement, ignoring the user,
blocking offending users where possible, reporting offending users
to a moderator or administrator, and in extreme scenarios work
along authorities and the staff of Jappleng University to resolve
the situation. We (Jappleng University) are not responsible for the
behavior of individuals and cannot be held responsible for keeping
the peace and moderating all content and reported individuals. We
will do what is reasonable in our capabilities to prevent harm and
keep the peace.
Restrictions on Content and
Use of the Services We (Jappleng University) reserve the
right to do what is necessary at the full extent of the law to find
and terminate the usage of spammers, harmful bots, and hackers. We
reserve the right to block access to any or all of our services to
anyone should we see fit. Certain content may not be appropriate to
all ages and such content can only be access by enabling it through
the Parental Controls (when available). Students must comply with
the laws of their respective country, state or province. In
general, Jappleng University will comply with the laws set in the
United States of America.
Plagiarism We reserve
the right to demand content to be pulled to the fullest extent of
the law from any form of publication including our content should
its quote exceed over 1,000 characters or less than 1,000
characters without credit to its source (example: Jappleng.com).
Utilization of our content within an educational setting is
approved, such as a Teacher teaching Japanese, or students with
other students, personal reasons, but never to be used in a
commercial setting without prior written agreement. Link farms and
content farms are absolutely out of the question and must never
take content found on Jappleng University even with a link-back.
Copyright
Policy Jappleng University serves full documentation for the
copyright notice which may be found here:
https://www.jappleng.com/articles/view/documents/299/copyright-notices
"AS-IS"
Policy Jappleng University does not claim any accuracy or
guarantee within its services, products, and content. We will not
be held responsible should the server go down, get hacked,
attacked, or by any means of intrusion. We provide most of our
services "at no cost" and downtime is to be expected from time to
time. We cannot guarantee users will not be offended however we
will do what we can to moderate community driven content.
Links
Jappleng University may provide web-links that are external to our
own and sometimes without warning. Our community may rely on
external linking and we are not held responsible for outbound
links. Penalties including suspension or termination of accounts
are applied when fraudulent links are posted, however we cannot
prevent this from happening, although we do regularly improve our
system to deter it. You agree that any outbound link that you click
is at your own responsibility and should you have questions
regarding the legitimacy of the link, or question if the link is
external, you are responsible to ask a representative of Jappleng
University for help and may trust the community at your own risk.
We may utilize an advertising or affiliate system which may
directly link itself to an external website link once clicked. We
are not responsible for the legitimacy, credibility, reliability,
and safety of our advertisers. We will act upon our own accordance
when affiliating with these companies, organizations and
individuals, and we will do as much investigation as possible prior
to affiliating to guarantee the best possible affiliation for our
services and community. You have the right to link to any
non-administrative page to our website, forums, and any other
services unless expressively written not to. Direct linking images,
videos, and other forms of media without permission is strictly
forbidden without a link-back to Jappleng University. Exception to
this may be affiliate banners, marketing materials such as Logos,
advertisements, etc.
Guarantee of Services
JAPPLENG UNIVERSITY DOES NOT GUARANTEE RESULTS AND IS NOT HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR STUDENTS OF THE SERVICES CLAIMING TO HAVE LOST
PRODUCTIVITY, MOTIVATION, AND BY ANY OTHER MEANS RECEIVE NEGATIVE
RESULTS FROM THE PROGRAM. OUR SERVICES ARE AS-IS AND THE ACCURACY
OF THE PUBLISHINGS ARE NEVER GUARANTEED. ALL STUDENTS LEARN AT
THEIR OWN RESPECTIVE PACE AND SHOULD WE PUBLISH ESTIMATED
TIME-FRAMES, THEY ARE NOTHING MORE THAN TEST SUBJECT AVERAGES. WE
DO NOT GUARANTEE OUR SERVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE 24/7, AND WE DO NOT
GUARANTEE THE DATA RELATED TO THE WEBSITE, SERVICES, AND YOUR
ACCOUNT WILL ALWAYS BE RETAINED.
Limitation of Liability
IT IS TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, JAPPLENG
UNIVERSITY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES,
AGENTS, PARTNERS, PUBLISHERS, AND LICENSORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
ANY MISBEHAVIOR WHETHER IT IS DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR A SPECIAL
CONSEQUENCE. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFIT,
OR OFFENSIVE MATERIAL THAT IS IN RELATION TO ANY OF OUR SERVICES.
WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE IF ACCOUNT INFORMATION IS LOST, STOLEN,
CORRUPTED, TAMPERED, OR USED BY AN UNAUTHORIZED USER. WE ARE NOT
HELD RESPONSIBLE SHOULD YOUR DATA BE BREECHED, OR SOLD, GIVEN, OR
PUBLISHED TO ANOTHER INDIRECT PARTY OR PRODUCT WHETHER BASED ON
WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), CONTRACT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL
THEORY WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
DAMAGES.
Exclusions Some
jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of particular warranties
or the exclusion of the limitation of liability, and so the above
statement may not be applicable to you.
Law and Jurisdiction
The terms and any actions related thereto will be governed by the
laws of the United States without any regard to conflicts of law
provision of your province, state, or country of residence. Any
claims and legal proceedings in relation to Jappleng University
must be solely in the deciding location by the officers at Jappleng
University, and you consent to any jurisdiction and waive any
objection as to inconvenience.
Suggestions for Change in our
Terms of Services You may make suggestions to change the
Terms of Service at any time and we'll be happy to keep an open
mind to any possible alteration. We are not-for-profit and are more
than thrilled to make Jappleng a better place every day.