Use of the Services (Website) is subject to this acceptable use policy (“AUP”). If not defined here, capitalized terms have the meaning stated in the applicable contract (“EULA”) between Open Business Foundation Member, or other authorized user (“You”) and the Website Owner.

You agree not to, and not to allow Your End Users, Employees, Contractors, or third parties to use the Services:

• to claim ownership over Intellectual Property;
• to violate, or encourage the violation of, the legal rights of others;
• for any unlawful, invasive, infringing, defamatory, or fraudulent purpose;
• to intentionally use destructive or deceptive practices that are against the OBF charter or the spirit for which it was written;
• to interfere with the use of the Services used to provide the Services, by members, or other authorized users;
• to alter, disable, interfere with or circumvent any aspect of the Services;
• to reverse-engineer the Services or Processes;
• to use the Services, or a component of the Services, in a manner not authorized by the Website Owner.

Your failure to comply with the AUP may result in suspension or termination, or both, of the Services pursuant to the Agreement.

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Website Visitors – Like most website operators, RobertWhetsel.com collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. RobertWhetsel.com’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how RobertWhetsel.com’s visitors use its website. From time to time, RobertWhetsel.com may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

RobertWhetsel.com also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. RobertWhetsel.com does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information – Certain visitors to RobertWhetsel.com’s websites choose to interact with RobertWhetsel.com in ways that require RobertWhetsel.com to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that RobertWhetsel.com gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who use our forums to provide a username and email address. In each case, RobertWhetsel.com collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with RobertWhetsel.com. RobertWhetsel.com does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics – RobertWhetsel.com may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. However, RobertWhetsel.com does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information – RobertWhetsel.com discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on RobertWhetsel.com’s behalf or to provide services available at RobertWhetsel.com’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using RobertWhetsel.com’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. RobertWhetsel.com will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations, as described above, RobertWhetsel.com discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when RobertWhetsel.com believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of RobertWhetsel.com, third parties, or the public at large. If you are a registered user of a RobertWhetsel.com website and have supplied your email address, RobertWhetsel.com may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on at RobertWhetsel.com. We primarily use our blog to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. RobertWhetsel.com takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies – A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. RobertWhetsel.com uses cookies to help RobertWhetsel.com identify and track visitors, their usage of RobertWhetsel.com website, and their website access preferences. RobertWhetsel.com visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using RobertWhetsel.com’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of RobertWhetsel.com’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Privacy Policy Changes – Although most changes are likely to be minor, RobertWhetsel.com may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in RobertWhetsel.com’s sole discretion. RobertWhetsel.com encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.