By connecting and retaining a connection to any part of the Sinsira IRC Network (Sinsira) you state that you have read, understand, and hereby agree to comply and accept the following terms of use and disclaimers stated in this document (Terms of Service), as well as our Privacy Policy and the policies of the individual server you are using (which are stated on each server's Message of the Day "MOTD" [type /motd in your status window].)

If you do not agree to the Terms of Service, do not connect or disconnect now and do not reconnect!

TERMS OF SERVICE:

In general, the Terms of Service prohibits uses and activities involving the Service that are illegal, infringe the rights of others, or interfere with or diminish the use and enjoyment of the Service by others. For example, these prohibited uses and activities include, but are not limited to:

Illegal Behavior:

The laws that apply in the off-line world must be obeyed on-line. We have zero tolerance for illegal behavior on Sinsira;

You may not use Sinsira if you are located in a country embargoed by the U.S., or are on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals.

Sinsira fully cooperates with law enforcement;

Child Exploitation:

You may not use Sinsira to distribute, facilitate to distribute, or direct link to any content that exploits minors in a sexual or violent manner, solicits for exchange, sale or purchase of sexually explicit images, and/or material harmful to minors (as determined in Sinsira's sole discretion); including, but not limited to, any photograph, film, video, or picture or computer generated image or picture (actual or simulated.);

Adults may not engage in a conversation of a sexual nature with anyone that is under 18 years of age;

You may not violate the privacy of, or solicit personal information from, anyone under 18 years of age;

Adults may not attempt to meet in person anyone that is under 18 years of age;

Trading or Sharing of Sexual Images or Text:

Before sharing images of a sexual nature, including but not limited to nude photography and pornography, or any images of a questionable nature in any channels you must obtain the prior consent of the channel's operators and warn that the image is sexual and not safe for work;

Privacy, Hacking, and Cracking:

You may not violate the privacy of anyone by disclosing any Private Messages, Notices, Logs or snippets from Private Channels, or any other personal or private information of another individual or individuals, including but not limited to, government issued identification numbers, phone numbers, email addresses, mailing or street addresses, vehicle descriptions, physical descriptions, sexual orientation, or other types of personal or contact information;

You may not use Sinsira to gain unauthorized access to any computer systems. You may not attempt to monitor or tamper with another user's electronic communications;

You may not knowingly or carelessly perform an act that will interfere with the normal operations of computers, servers, or processes. No denial of service ("DoS") actions or abuse of anyone's resources, including but not limited to flooding, cloning, mass-messaging, and mass-inviting;

You may not make unauthorized attempts to circumvent data protection schemes or uncover security holes and vulnerabilities. This includes creating and/or running programs that are designed to identify holes, vulnerabilities, and/or decrypt intentionally secure data;

You may not participate in the collection of e-mail addresses, screen names, or other identifiers of others or participate in the use of software (including "spyware") designed to facilitate this activity;

You may not access, use, read, copy, change, or delete another user's nickserv/chanserv/memoserv account;

You may not alter or fake user@host information to evade a ban, falsify your identity, or to achieve anonymity. Open proxies, TOR (The Onion Router exit nodes), and other anonymization services, schemes, and/or techniques are strictly prohibited;

Malware:

You may not advertise, distribute, or link to software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to capture information, interrupt, destroy, and/or limit the functionality of any computer software and/or hardware or telecommunications equipment;

You may not run programs known as, including but not limited to, spam bots, flood bots, clone bots, leech clients, file servs, dccbots, Trojan bots, or zombies. (Friendly bots are welcome);

Trading or Sharing of Copyrighted Material:

You may not use Sinsira for trading or distributing copyrighted content to which you do not possess the rights;

You may not create a channel for the purpose, or use our network, to distribute, facilitate distribution, or direct link to any content that provides information on how to circumvent manufacture-installed copy-protection devices or otherwise infringes anyone else's intellectual property rights, including, but not limited to, any copyright, trademark, rights of publicity, rights of privacy, or other proprietary rights;

Advertising and Commercial Purposes:

You may not use Sinsira resources for commercial activity without prior approval of the Sinsira administration. This includes, but is not limited to, the promotion of any business, corporation, non-profit, product, or service, free or otherwise, unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail", "spam", "chain letters", "pyramid schemes" or any other form of solicitation or promotion;

Promotion, soliciting, and/or advertising is strictly prohibited; this includes, but is not limited to, the advertising or promotion of free, pay, personal, commercial, corporate, non-profit, or private web sites, products, programs, other chat programs and/or services, other IRC channels, and/or other IRC networks;

You may not initiate, perpetuate, or in any way participate in any pyramid or other illegal scheme;

You may not post links for any type of affiliate program with or without referrer IDs without the channel owner's expressed permission;

Disruptive Behavior:

Hate speech and personal insults and epithets directed against any race, religion, ethnic origin, gender or sexual preference or otherwise promotes racism, anti-antisemitism, bigotry, or hatred of any kind is prohibited even if disguised with asterisks or other text and characters;

Speech which is harassing, threatening, hateful, intimidating, or promotes physical harm of any kind against any group or individual is prohibited;

You may not transmit or facilitate distribution of content that is harmful, abusive, racially or ethnically offensive, or in a reasonable person's view, objectionable;

You may not intentionally repeat or transmit material in a rapid manner producing the affect of harassing a user by "flooding" them;

You may not promote information that you know is false or misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is defamatory or libelous;

You may not Private Message (Query), CTCP, or DCC users without their expressed permission;

CHILDREN AND TEEN POLICY

You must be at least 13 years old to use Sinsira without parental supervision. IRC may not be suitable for children of any age. Please supervise your child's IRC session;

You may not attempt to meet anyone in person if you are under 18 years of age! (It is dangerous to get together with someone you first met online. Remember, you never know if people you first met on-line are who they say they are or are your age. If you want to meet with someone, discuss it with your parents or guardians first, and never go to the meeting by yourself. Arrange to meet in a public place like a coffee shop or mall you are comfortable with. Have your parents or guardians talk with the parents or guardians of the other person. Both of you should bring your parents or guardians along on the first meeting.)

If any conversation makes you uncomfortable tell your parents and a Sinsira Administrator immediately!

DISCLAIMERS

Considering the real-time nature of IRC, it is impossible for Sinsira's staff and volunteers to review all channels and messages for the validity of information provided in them. Sinsira does not vouch for or warrant the content clarity, accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any user's advice, and is not responsible for it. The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of Sinsira or any other entity or person(s) associated with the administration of this network.

No responsibility for computer damage, data loss, or any other related damage shall be implied by any Sinsira server administrator or any other entity or person(s) associated with the administration of this network. By using any Sinsira server, you hereby state and agree that you release Sinsira, its servers, administrators, operators, and any other volunteer of Sinsira from all responsibility or legal liability which might result from your use of Sinsira servers. You may not use Sinsira if its use violates any applicable law or regulation.

We reserve the right to restrict a user's access to our servers if their speech does not meet our standards. Sinsira and any other entity or person(s) associated with the administration of this network does not assume any liability if we fail to remove any user, and makes the final determination about whether someone's speech is objectionable or not. Sinsira does not endorse or oppose opinions expressed by our users.

Sinsira administrators reserve the right to deny access to and use of Sinsira or any of its other resources, including but not limited to nick and/or channel services, message boards, blogs, technical mailing lists, and FTP sites, to any user, group, site, or domain without the benefit of prior warning or notification.

Please remember that you are a guest on Sinsira at all times, and you are expected to conduct yourself accordingly. All rulings by our staff are absolute and final.

CONSEQUENCES FOR VIOLATION

If you violate any of the Terms of Service, or any rule or regulation on the MOTD of any Sinsira server, or fail to comply with any Sinsira Staff member demand or request you will be subject to disciplinary action, including but not limited to denial of access to Sinsira, legal action, and/or criminal prosecution where applicable.

Denial of access to a particular Sinsira server or the entire network can be made at our Staff's discretion. Your entire Internet Service Provider may be denied access to the server or network if you successfully evade a ban and your ISP may be notified of your inappropriate behavior and they may suspend or revoke your Internet access completely.

Each server's staff retains the right to deny access to or use of its server's resources to any user(s), group, site, or domain, without the benefit of prior warning or notification if they so choose.

Sinsira is under no circumstances to be used for illegal activities or activities which may be offensive, violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of any person. Although Sinsira itself is a unmoderated forum, the Sinsira administration will cooperate fully with any officially recognized law enforcement body to the best of its capability when required to do so by force of law. Observed and verifiable instances of illegal activities will be reported to the appropriate authorities.

YOUR CONSENT TO THIS POLICY

By using Sinsira, you agree to this Terms of Service Policy.

CONTACTING THE ADMINISTRATION

For further information on anything contained in this document, please /join #Help and ask for a Sinsira Global Operator.