E-MAIL CONDUCT

As a condition of your use of the Regional Building Department (RBD) E-mail Service, you warrant to RBD that you will not use the Service for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices.

The Service is provided to employees only and for business use only. You agree to use the Service only to send and receive messages regarding RBD business. 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 purpose.

·         Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including email 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.

·         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 the RBD network or 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 of the Service or another individual’s or entity’s use and enjoyment of similar services.

 

RBD has no obligation to monitor the Service or any user’s use thereof or retain the content of any user session. However, RBD 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.

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify and hold RBD, its 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