Registration Terms
Forum Terms & Rules
Please take a moment to review these rules detailed below. If you agree with them and wish to proceed with the registration, simply click the "Register" button below. To cancel this registration, simply hit the 'back' button on your browser. Please remember that we are not responsible for any messages posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message. The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of this bulletin board. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary.
However, in general Your messages are permanent: We are not sympathetic to requests that posts be removed or edited. Please think carefully before making your posts, keeping in mind that your posts will likely be here forever and anyone may stumble across them. You may request your account be deleted, in this case your posts remain, but any personally identifiable information (handle, account name, email address, etc.) are removed.
You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this bulletin board to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law.
Advertising and Promotion
Promoting/Advertising websites and/or services without express permission on TheGradCafe forums is not allowed. This includes, but not limited to; posting about a business, blog, website or service with the intention to advertise, promote a brand, add links for SEO benefits or drive traffic to an external site. Self promotion of non-commercial websites, services or blogs is also not allowed without prior approval. All attempts to promote an unauthorized product, service or personal website will be met with immediate removal of post and possible banning of the user's account.
To request permission to promote a product, service or personal website, use the Contact Form and include a detailed request. All submissions will be considered by the admin and a response will be provided within 24-48 hours.
Copyright
You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by this bulletin board. So that we may make your content available to you and to others who access the TheGradCafe forums, we need to be granted certain rights to your Content. Accordingly, by agreeing to these terms and conditions you hereby grant The GradCafe an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, freely transferable, freely sub-licensable (through unlimited levels of sublicense), non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, transmit, distribute, advertise in, on and around, and create derivative works of the Content you submit or make available for inclusion on or through the Service, and to incorporate such Content into other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed
Account Deactivation & Removal
You may request that your account is removed, in which case we remove your accounts ability to post and send/receive private messages, and the service will no longer contact you. This deactivation operation will leave all of your messages intact, in accordance with the license described in the previous section (Copyright) - however personally identifiable information will be removed. Because this service is operated by volunteers, removals can take up to 60 days.