Terms and Conditions of Use

Ownership of Content
All information on the Site, as well as the organization and layout of the site, other than Content posted by you, is owned and copyrighted by Pacific Institute or its suppliers or other Site users. Except as expressly authorized by Pacific Institute, you may not copy, distribute, resell, display, sublicense or create derivative works based on any such information from the Site, in whole or in part.

Information Collection and Use
Pacific Institute is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Pacific Institute collects information from our users at several different points on our Web site.

Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. However, your confidential use of this site cannot be guaranteed by the Pacific Institute. The Pacific Institute shall not be responsible for any harm that you or any person may suffer as the result of a breach of confidentiality with respect to information you transmitted to the site.

Posted Materials
The information and opinions expressed in materials posted by visitors on the chat areas, bulletin boards, lists or other venues connected with our site (collectively, "forums") are not necessarily those of the Pacific Institute or its affiliates and the Pacific Institute makes no representations or warranties regarding such posted materials.

Users should be aware that our forums are public, not private communications. When you voluntarily disclose personal information on our forums, that information can be collected and used by others and may result in unsolicited messages from other people.

You shall not submit, upload or post to our forums any content which (1) libels, defames, invades privacy, or is obscene, pornographic, abusive, or threatening; (2) infringes any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity, including but not limited to, violating anyone's copyrights or trademarks; (3) falsifies or deletes author attributions, legal notices or other proprietary designations; (4) violates any law; (5) advocates illegal activity; (6) contains viruses, corrupted files, or other materials that may cause damage to another's computer, or (7) advertises or otherwise solicits funds or sales of goods or services. By posting any content on our forums, you automatically agree to indemnify the Pacific Institute from and against any and all third party claims, demands, liabilities, costs or expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from your breach of these posting restrictions.

By posting any content on our forums, you automatically grant to the Pacific Institute a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable and unrestricted worldwide right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and distribute the posted content or incorporate the posted content into any form, medium, or technology now known or later developed for any purpose, including advertising and promotion, and you automatically waive all "moral rights" with respect to the posted content.

Links
This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Pacific Institute does not claim any responsibility for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Questions or Comments
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact:
Ian Hart
Communications Director, Pacific Institute
ihart @ pacinst.org