VoiceMail System (Terms of service)

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Last modified on 1 April 2000
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The following are the terms and conditions for use of the Columbia University voicemail service. 
Any reference to "administrator" in the rest of the page refers to "Kundan Singh"  <kns10@cs.columbia.edu

The Service is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions and notices contained herein.

1. MEMBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD, AND SECURITY

Each member has an account and a password. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account. Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account. We encourage to keep you voicemail password different from your other passwords.

You agree to notify the administrator of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security.

2. MEMBER PRIVACY

It is our policy to respect the privacy of its members. However, neither the developers of the system nor Columbia University is responsible for any leakage of information stored in your account or provided by you. 

You agree that the administrator may access your account, including its contents, to respond to service or technical issues.

3. MESSAGE STORAGE, OUTBOUND MESSAGE AND OTHER LIMITATIONS

The amount of voice mail storage per member is limited. Some messages may not be processed due to space constraints and outbound message limitations. You agree that the administrator is not responsible or liable for the deletion or failure to store messages or other information.

4. MEMBER CONDUCT

As a condition of your use of the Service, you warrant that you will not use the Service for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by terms, conditions, and notices.

The Service is provided to individuals only and for personal use only. You agree to use the Service only to send and receive personal messages. Any unauthorized commercial use of the Service, or the resale of its services, is expressly prohibited.

You agree to abide by all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations and are solely responsible for
all acts or omissions that occur under your account or password, including the content of your transmissions through the
Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree not to: 

  • Use the Service in connection with surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk email, spamming or any duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise). 
  • Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others. 
  • Publish, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful material or information. 
  • Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any non-personal purpose. 
  • Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including email/voicemail addresses, without their consent. 
  • Create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others as to the identity of the sender or the origin of a message. 
  • Use, download or otherwise copy, or provide (whether or not for a fee) to a person or entity that is not a Service member any directory of the Service members or other user or usage information or any portion thereof other than in the context of your use of the Service as permitted under the terms of service. 
  • Transmit or upload any material that contains viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or any other harmful or deleterious programs. 
  • Transmit or upload any material that contains software or other material protected by intellectual property laws, rights of privacy or publicity or any other applicable law unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents. 
  • Interfere with or disrupt networks connected to the Service or violate the regulations, policies or procedures of such networks. 
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Service, through password mining or any other means. 
  • Violate any applicable laws or regulations including, without limitation, laws regarding the transmission of technical data or software exported from the United States through the service. 
  • Interfere with another member's use and enjoyment of the Service or another individual's or entity's use and enjoyment of similar services. 
  • We have no obligation to monitor the Service or any user's use thereof or retain the content of any user session. However, the administrator reserves the right at all times to monitor, review, retain and/or disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request. 

    5. DISCLAIMERS/LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

    The information and services included in or available through the Service may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information herein. We may make improvements and/or changes in the Service at any time.

    We do not represent or warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Service or the server that makes it available, are free of viruses or other harmful components. We do not warrant or represent that the use or the results of the use of the Service or the materials made available as part of the Service will be correct, accurate, timely, or otherwise reliable.

    You specifically agree that Columbia University or the administrator shall not be responsible for unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data, any material or data sent or received or not sent or received, or any transactions entered into through the Service. You specifically agree that we are not responsible or liable for any threatening, defamatory, obscene, offensive or illegal content or conduct of any other party or any infringement of another's rights, including intellectual property rights. You specifically agree that we are not responsible for any content sent using and/or included in the Service by any third party.

    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE SERVICE FOR ANY PURPOSE. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THE SERVICE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

    IN NO EVENT SHALL COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICE OR RELATED WEB SITES, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE OR RELATED WEB SITES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SERVICE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SERVICE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SERVICE AND ITS RELATED WEB SITES.

    6. INDEMNIFICATION

    You agree to indemnify and hold Columbia University, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers and employees, harmless from any claim, demand, or damage, including reasonable attorneys' fees, asserted by any third party due to or arising out of your use of or conduct on the Service.

    7. TERMINATION

    We may terminate your access to any part or all of the Service and any related service(s) at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately, for any reason whatsoever.

    If you wish to terminate your account, your only recourse is to discontinue the use of the Service.

    We will have no obligation to maintain any content in your account or to forward any unread or unsent messages to you or any third party.

    8. NO SPAM; DAMAGES

    We will immediately terminate any account which it believes, in its sole discretion, is transmitting or is otherwise connected with any spam or other unsolicited bulk email.

    9. PARTICIPATION IN PROMOTIONS OF ADVERTISERS

    Any dealings with Advertisers on the Service or participation in promotions, including the delivery of and the payment for goods and services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings or promotions, are solely between you and the Advertiser or other third party. We shall not be responsible or liable for any part of any such dealings or promotions.

    10. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS TO CONTENT

    You acknowledge that content, including but not limited to text, software, music, sound, photographs, video, graphics or other material contained in either sponsor advertisements or electronically distributed, commercially produced information presented to you by the Service, by us, or our Advertisers or other content providers, is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. You may make a copy of this content for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided that you keep all copyright and other proprietary notices intact. You may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, or distribute in any way content available through the Service and its associated Web sites, including code and software.

    11. MODIFICATIONS TO TERMS OF SERVICE, MEMBER POLICIES

    The administrator reserves the right to change the terms of service or policies regarding the use of the Service at any time and to notify you by posting an updated version of the tersm of service on this Web site. You are responsible for regularly reviewing the terms of service. Continued use of the Service after any such changes shall constitute your consent to such changes.

    COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICES: All contents of the Service are: Copyright © 2000 Columbia University.

    The example companies, organizations, products, people and events depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, person, or event is intended or should be inferred.

    Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.