- This acceptable use policy (“Policy”) sets forth the general guidelines and acceptable and prohibited uses of the Balance Party / IdeaSpin LLC website and app and services (“Website” or “Service” or “App”) and any of its related products and services (collectively, “Services”). This Policy is a legally binding agreement between you (“User”, “you” or “your”) and IdeaSpin LLC (“IdeaSpin LLC”, “we”, “us” or “our”). If you are entering into this agreement on behalf of a business or other legal entity, you represent that you have the authority to bind such entity to this agreement, in which case the terms “User”, “you” or “your” shall refer to such entity. If you do not have such authority, or if you do not agree with the terms of this agreement, you must not accept this agreement and may not access and use the Website and App and Services. By accessing and using the Website and App and Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. You acknowledge that this Agreement is a contract between you and IdeaSpin LLC, even though it is electronic and is not physically signed by you, and it governs your use of the Website and App and Services.
Table of contents
Prohibited activities and uses
System abuse
Service resources
No spam policy
Defamation and objectionable content
Copyrighted content
Security
Enforcement
Reporting violations
Changes and amendments
Acceptance of this policy
Contacting us
Prohibited activities and uses
You may not use the Website and App and Services to publish content or engage in activity that is illegal under applicable law, that is harmful to others, or that would subject us to liability, including, without limitation, in connection with any of the following, each of which is prohibited under this Policy:
- Distributing malware or other malicious code.
- Disclosing sensitive personal information about others.
- Collecting, or attempting to collect, personal information about third parties without their knowledge or consent.
- Distributing pornography or adult related content.
- Promoting or facilitating prostitution or any escort services.
- Hosting, distributing or linking to child pornography or content that is harmful to minors.
- Promoting or facilitating gambling, violence, terrorist activities or selling weapons or ammunition.
- Engaging in the unlawful distribution of controlled substances, drug contraband or prescription medications.
- Managing payment aggregators or facilitators such as processing payments on behalf of other businesses or charities.
- Facilitating pyramid schemes or other models intended to seek payments from public actors.
- Threatening harm to persons or property or otherwise harassing behavior.
- Purchasing any of the offered Products or Services on someone else’s behalf.
- Misrepresenting or fraudulently representing products or services.
- Soliciting products or services.
- Infringing the intellectual property or other proprietary rights of others.
- Facilitating, aiding, or encouraging any of the above activities through the Website and App and Services.
- Communicating in any way, or proposing any political policy or community project, that is contrary to the Golden Rule:
– Treat others as you would like others to treat you
– Do not treat others in ways that you would not like to be treated
System abuse
Any User in violation of the Website and App and Services security protocols is subject to criminal and civil liability, as well as immediate account termination. Examples include, but are not limited to the following:
- Use or distribution of tools designed for compromising security of the Website and App and Services.
- Intentionally or negligently transmitting files containing a computer virus or corrupted data.
- Accessing another network without permission, including to probe or scan for vulnerabilities or breach security or authentication measures.
- Unauthorized scanning or monitoring of data on any network or system without proper authorization of the owner of the system or network.
Service resources
You may not consume excessive amounts of the resources of the Website and App and Services or use the Website and App and Services in any way which results in performance issues or which interrupts the Services for other Users. Prohibited activities that contribute to excessive use, include without limitation:
- Deliberate attempts to overload the Website and App and Services including broadcast attacks (i.e. denial of service attacks).
- Engaging in any other activities that degrade the usability and performance of the Website and App and Services.
No unsolicited communications policy
You may not use the Website and App and Services to send individual or bulk unsolicited messages. We maintain a zero tolerance policy for use of the Website and App and Services in any manner associated with the transmission, distribution or delivery of any email, including unsolicited bulk or unsolicited commercial e-mail, or the sending, assisting, or commissioning the transmission of commercial email that does not comply with the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (“SPAM”).
You may, however, send direct messages within the Balance Party / IdeaSpin LLC website and app and services to one user per message to request connecting or communicating via direct message with another user of our website and app and services. And if you are a member of a Balance Party / IdeaSpin LLC member group, you may send the group direct messages as well, as long as they adhere to this acceptable use policy.
Your products or services may not be advertised to other users of our website and app and services on our website and app and services without written permission of IdeaSpin LLC. This provision includes, but is not limited to, SPAM sent via fax, phone, postal mail, email, direct message, or discussion forums, or any other communication feature of our website and app and services.
Defamation and objectionable content
We value the freedom of expression and encourage Users to be respectful with the content they post. We are not a publisher of User content and are not in a position to investigate the veracity of individual defamation claims or to determine whether certain material, which we may find objectionable, should be censored. However, we reserve the right to moderate, disable or remove any content to prevent harm to others or to us or the Website and App and Services, as determined in our sole discretion and based on our policies.
Copyrighted content
Copyrighted material must not be published via the Website and App and Services without the explicit permission of the copyright owner or a person explicitly authorized to give such permission by the copyright owner. Upon receipt of a claim for copyright infringement, or a notice of such violation, we may, at our discretion, run an investigation and, upon confirmation, may remove the infringing material from the Website and App and Services. We may terminate the Service of Users with repeated copyright infringements. Further procedures may be carried out if necessary. We will assume no liability to any User of the Website and App and Services for the removal of any such material. If you believe your copyright is being infringed by a person or persons using the Website and Services, please get in touch with us to report copyright infringement.
For additional information on Balance Party / IdeaSpin LLC’s copyright policies, please see our DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) policy.
Security
You take full responsibility for maintaining reasonable security precautions for your account. You are responsible for protecting and updating any login account password provided for you for the Website and App and Services. You must protect the confidentiality of your login details, and you should change your password periodically due to computer programs that are designed to guess login account userIDs and passwords. Your password should be a password that would be difficult for any person or any computer program to guess, and should include numbers, upper case and lower case letters, and special characters, and be at least ten characters long.
Enforcement
We reserve our right to be the sole arbiter in determining the seriousness of each infringement and to immediately take corrective actions, including but not limited to:
- Suspending or terminating your Service with or without notice upon any violation of this Policy. Any violations may also result in the immediate suspension or termination of your account.
- Disabling or removing any content which is prohibited by this Policy, including to prevent harm to others or to us or the Website and App and Services, as determined by us in our sole discretion.
- Reporting violations to law enforcement as determined by us in our sole discretion.
- A failure to respond to an email from our abuse team within 48 hours, or as otherwise specified in communication to you, may result in the suspension or termination of your account.
Suspended and terminated User accounts due to violations may not be re-activated.
Nothing contained in this Policy shall be construed to limit our actions or remedies in any way with respect to any of the prohibited activities. We reserve the right to take any and all additional actions we may deem appropriate with respect to such activities, including without limitation taking action to recover the costs and expenses of identifying offenders and removing them from the Website and App and Services, and levying cancellation charges to cover our costs. In addition, we reserve at all times all rights and remedies available to us with respect to such activities at law or in equity.
Reporting violations
If you have discovered and would like to report a violation of this Policy, by yourself or by another website or app or services user, please contact us immediately.
Changes and amendments
We reserve the right to modify this Policy or its terms related to the Website and App and Services at any time at our discretion. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We may also provide notice to you in other ways at our discretion, such as through direct message or email message.
An updated version of this Policy will be effective immediately upon the posting of the revised Policy unless otherwise specified. Your continued use of the Website and App and Services after the effective date of the revised Policy (or such other act specified at that time) will constitute your consent to those changes.
Acceptance of this policy
You acknowledge that you have read this Policy and agree to all its terms and conditions. By accessing and using the Website and App and Services you agree to be bound by this Policy. If you do not agree to abide by the terms of this Policy, you are not authorized to access or use the Website and App and Services.
Contacting us
If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints regarding this Policy, we encourage you to contact us using the contact information at the bottom of this page.
This document was last updated on June 7, 2024