Terms of Service

The SpartanburgSpark.com Mission
We’re here to build community be helping to create active and thoughtful discussion of all things Spartanburg. This takes many forms, from news reporting to arts coverage, and from opinion to criticism. This mission includes maintaining a database of local events and a directory of local groups — all to help you understand and participate in your community.

Terms of Service
SpartanburgSpark.com is a privately owned website that offers content for your entertainment, information and general use. This site may include a variety of features such as bulletin boards, blogs, forums and social networking, which help us keep in communication with our community of users. In addition to helping us, the site also keeps users in communication with one another.

Please be aware that the responsibility for the content of user-generated contributions lies with the user. This means that you—and you alone—are responsible for the material you post. In other words, we don’t control the information you provide. Specific conditions also apply for the use of this website:

• Do not attempt to restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the website and its features. This includes attempting to disrupt the servers or networks used to provide this website, and attempting to gain unauthorized access to the accounts, systems, restricted files, passwords or other non-public content on this website through any means.
• Do not use the website to impersonate any person, group, business or other entity. Likewise, do not falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person, group, business or other entity.
• Do not use SpartanburgSpark.com to incite or encourage others to commit illegal acts, or to cause harm to any person, group, business or entity. This includes the use of all forms of hate speech.
• Do not use this website to post libelous, pornographic, obscene, defamatory or otherwise illegal material of any kind. This includes the posting or transmission of any illegal software, or software of a malicious nature.
• Do not use this website to transmit or post any content which violates the protected intellectual property rights of another person, group, business or other entity. This includes the posting of personal information about other users without their express consent.
• Do not post unauthorized advertising, solicit the buying or selling of products or services, request donations of any sort or post information regarding other commercial promotions in any form.

Termination
SpartanburgSpark.com reserves the ability to cancel or terminate your right to use any part of our website at any time and without notice.

Limitation of Liability
Under no circumstances shall SpartanburgSpark.com be liable for any damages resulting from the use (or inability to use) this website or any of its features, for both free and paid members. By using this website, you acknowledge and agree that we are not liable for the conduct of any user of the site, or for any user-generated content. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, your sole option is to discontinue using this website and all of its features.

Paid Members
By joining the site through any form of registration, you agree to be bound to its rules and Terms of Service. Paid or otherwise exclusive memberships are not exempt from this agreement, and will be treated the same as standard site memberships.

Takedown Policy for Content
SpartanburgSpark.com reserves the right to remove any content for any reason. For all inquiries related to the removal of any content on the site, contact the publisher directly at publisher@spartanburgspark.com.

Takedown Policy for User-Generated Content
SpartanburgSpark.com reserves the right to remove any user-generated content for any reason. This includes, but is not limited to, postings of libelous, defamatory or personally hostile nature. Users who post messages of this nature are subject to having their accounts suspended or terminated without notice. For all inquiries related to the removal of any content on the site, contact the publisher directly at publisher@spartanburgspark.com.