Community & usage guidelines

GoCooperate.com believes in freedom of speech. We hope to have a vast audience spread across many cultures, countries and backgrounds with varying values and our service is designed to let users freely express any ideas and opinions without us censoring or endorsing them. That being said, there are a few categories of content and behavior that we don't permit because we consider them harmful to the community.

To be transparent about what is and isn't allowed on your site, we've put together this set of guidelines. The following activity/material isn't allowed on GoCooperate.com.

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Illegal content and conduct.

Self-explanatory.

Intellectual property infringement.

GoCooperate.com is a publishing, rather than a file sharing platform, so we recognize that copyrighted materials are often used in fair use context. We strongly support this and urge copyright holders to take this into consideration before submitting complaints. If you're not sure, a good rule of thumb is to always ask the rights holder for permission before republishing their content.

Pornography.

We know that there may be different definitions of this, but generally, we define pornography as visual depictions of sexually explicit acts.

Technologically harmful content.

Please don't upload or link to malware, spyware, adware, or other malicious or destructive code.

Impersonation.

Don't claim to be a person or organization you're not.

Directly threatening material.

We don't tolerate direct and realistic threats of violence. (This doesn't mean that we'll remove all hyperbole or offensive language.)

Posting private information.

Don't share someone's personal information without their consent.

Advertising.

Advertising isn't permitted.

Hotlinking to GoCooperate.com.

Don't use GoCooperate.com to host files that will only be used on other sites.

Spam or machine-generated content.

You know what this is, but in general, sites such as those primarily dedicated to drive traffic to third party sites, boost SEO, phish, spoof, or promote affiliate marketing aren't cool. We don't want you to pollute the web outside of GoCooperate.com either, so we ask you to please avoid sending unwanted or unsolicited promotions or emails about your site, even if it's not on GoCooperate.com.

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Bear in mind that these are just guidelines -- interpretations are up to us. These guidelines are not exhaustive and are subject to change.

If you believe a GoCooperate.com user has violated our Terms of Service or any of these policies, please report the user. We review and investigate all complaints that we receive, but if and how we respond will depend on a variety of factors, such as the information available to us and the type of violation. We may also contact the user to inform him/her of the complaint.

If we're not in a position to make a determination (for example, whether something is defamatory or not), we defer to the judgment of a court.

Privacy policy

Your privacy is critically important to us. At Go Cooperate we have a few fundamental principles:

• We don't ask you for personal information unless we truly need it.
• We don't share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop our products, or protect our rights.
• We don't store personal information on our servers unless required for the on-going operation of one of our services.
• In product, we aim to make it as simple as possible for you to control what's visible to the public, seen by search engines, kept private, and permanently deleted.

If you have questions about deleting or correcting your personal data please contact our support team.

Go Cooperate LLC. ("Go Cooperate") operates gocooperate.com. It is Go Cooperate's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

Website Visitors

Go Cooperate may collect non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request.

Go Cooperate also may collect potentially personally-identifying information in the form of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Go Cooperate only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Go Cooperate's websites choose to interact with Go Cooperate in ways that require Go Cooperate to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Go Cooperate gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for an account at GoCooperate.com to provide a username and email address. In each case, Go Cooperate collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with Go Cooperate. Go Cooperate does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Go Cooperate discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Go Cooperate's behalf or to provide services available at Go Cooperate's websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Go Cooperate's websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Go Cooperate will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Go Cooperate discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Go Cooperate believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Go Cooperate, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of the Go Cooperate website and have supplied your email address, Go Cooperate may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what's going on with Go Cooperate and our products. We primarily use our blog to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Go Cooperate takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Right now the affiliated organizations that receive personally-identifying information from us are:

• mailchimp - sign up and password reset emails via their mandrill email service

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Go Cooperate uses cookies to protect your login session, enter your email in the signin form, and assign you to a server when you access the site. Go Cooperate visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Go Cooperate's websites, with the drawback that certain features of Go Cooperate's websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Do Not Track

Go Cooperate respects the Do Not Track header.

Business Transfers

If Go Cooperate, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or if Go Cooperate goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Go Cooperate may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Ads

We do not show ads.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Go Cooperate may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Go Cooperate's sole discretion. Go Cooperate encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a GoCooperate.com account, you should also check your profile page for alerts to these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Terms of service

The following terms and conditions govern all use of the GoCooperate.com website and all content, services, and products available at or through the website (our Services). Our Services are offered subject to your acceptance without modification of all of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other operating rules, policies (including, without limitation, Go Cooperate's Privacy Policy) and procedures that may be published from time to time by Go Cooperate (collectively, the "Agreement"). You agree that we may automatically upgrade our Services, and these terms will apply to any upgrades. IYour agreement is with Go Cooperate LLC ("Go Cooperate" or "we"). Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using our Services. By accessing or using any part of our services, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access or use any of our services. If these terms and conditions are considered an offer by Go Cooperate, acceptance is expressly limited to these terms. Our Services are not directed to children younger than 13, and access and use of our Services is only offered to users 13 years of age or older. If you are under 13 years old, please do not register to use our Services. Any person who registers as a user or provides their personal information to our Services represents that they are 13 years of age or older. Use of our Services requires a GoCooperate.com account. You agree to provide us with complete and accurate information when you register for an account. You will be solely responsible and liable for any activity that occurs under your username. You are responsible for keeping your password secure.

1. GoCooperate.com

• Your GoCooperate.com Account. If you create an account on GoCooperate.com, you are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and blog, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account and any other actions taken in connection with the blog. You must immediately notify Go Cooperate of any unauthorized uses of your account, your blog, or any other breaches of security. Go Cooperate will not be liable for any acts or omissions by you, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions.
• Responsibility of Contributors. If you operate a blog, comment on a blog, post material to GoCooperate.com, post links on GoCooperate.com, or otherwise make (or allow any third party to make) material available (any such material, "Content"), you are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content or your conduct. That is the case regardless of what form the Content takes, which includes, but is not limited to text, photo, video, audio, or code. By using GoCooperate.com, you represent and warrant that your Content and conduct do not violate these terms or the User Guidelines. By submitting Content to Go Cooperate for inclusion on the website, you grant Go Cooperate a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the Content solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing, and promoting your blog. If you delete Content, Go Cooperate will use reasonable efforts to remove it from GoCooperate.com, but you acknowledge that caching or references to the Content may not be made immediately unavailable. Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, Go Cooperate has the right (though not the obligation) to, in Go Cooperate's sole discretion, (i) reclaim your username due to prolonged inactivity, (ii) refuse or remove any content that, in Go Cooperate's reasonable opinion, violates any Go Cooperate policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable, or (iii) terminate or deny access to and use of GoCooperate.com to any individual or entity for any reason. Go Cooperate will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid.

2. Responsibility of Visitors.

Go Cooperate has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, posted to our Services, and cannot therefore be responsible for that material's content, use or effects. By operating our Services, Go Cooperate does not represent or imply that it endorses the material there posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful, or non-harmful. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. Our Services may contain content that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. Our Services may also contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or the downloading, copying or use of which is subject to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated. Go Cooperate disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by visitors of our Services, or from any downloading by those visitors of content there posted.

3. Content Posted on Other Websites.

We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, made available through the websites and webpages to which GoCooperate.com links, and that link to GoCooperate.com. Go Cooperate does not have any control over those non-GoCooperate.com websites, and is not responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to a non-GoCooperate.com website, Go Cooperate does not represent or imply that it endorses such website. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. Go Cooperate disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your use of non-GoCooperate.com websites and webpages.

4. Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy.

As Go Cooperate asks others to respect its intellectual property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on or linked to by GoCooperate.com violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify Go Cooperate in accordance with Go Cooperate's Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") Policy. Go Cooperate will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material. Go Cooperate will terminate a visitor's access to and use of the Website if, under appropriate circumstances, the visitor is determined to be a repeat infringer of the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of Go Cooperate or others. In the case of such termination, Go Cooperate will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid to Go Cooperate.

5. Intellectual Property.

This Agreement does not transfer from Go Cooperate to you any Go Cooperate or third party intellectual property, and all right, title, and interest in and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with Go Cooperate. Go Cooperate, GoCooperate, GoCooperate.com, the GoCooperate.com logo, and all other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with GoCooperate.com or our Services, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Go Cooperate or Go Cooperate's licensors. Other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with our Services may be the trademarks of other third parties. Your use of our Services grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any Go Cooperate or third-party trademarks.

6. Changes.

We are constantly updating our Services, and that means sometimes we have to change the legal terms under which our Services are offered. If we make changes that are material, we will let you know by posting on one of our blogs, or by sending you an email or other communication before the changes take effect. The notice will designate a reasonable period of time after which the new terms will take effect. If you disagree with our changes, then you should stop using our Services within the designated notice period. Your continued use of our Services will be subject to the new terms. However, any dispute that arose before the changes shall be governed by the Terms (including the binding individual arbitration clause) that were in place when the dispute arose.

7. Termination.

Go Cooperate may terminate your access to all or any part of our Services at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your GoCooperate.com account (if you have one), you may simply discontinue using our Services. All provisions of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.

8. Disclaimer of Warranties.

Our Services are provided "as is." Go Cooperate and its suppliers and licensors hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Neither Go Cooperate nor its suppliers and licensors, makes any warranty that our Services will be error free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. You understand that you download from, or otherwise obtain content or services through, our Services at your own discretion and risk.

9. Limitation of Liability.

In no event will Go Cooperate, or its suppliers or licensors, be liable with respect to any subject matter of this Agreement under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement for substitute products or services; (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data; or (iv) for any amounts that exceed the fees paid by you to Go Cooperate under this agreement during the twelve (12) month period prior to the cause of action. Go Cooperate shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond their reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.

10. General Representation and Warranty.

You represent and warrant that (i) your use of our Services will be in strict accordance with the Go Cooperate Privacy Policy, with this Agreement, and with all applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside) and (ii) your use of our Services will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.

11. US Economic Sanctions.

You expressly represent and warrant that your use of our Services and or associated services and products is not contrary to applicable U.S. Sanctions. Such use is prohibited, and Go Cooperate reserve the right to terminate accounts or access of those in the event of a breach of this condition.

12. Indemnification.

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Go Cooperate, its contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of your use of our Services, including but not limited to your violation of this Agreement.

13. Translation.

These Terms of Service were originally written in English (US). We may translate these terms into other languages. In the event of a conflict between a translated version of these Terms of Service and the English version, the English version will control.

14. Miscellaneous.

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Go Cooperate and you concerning the subject matter hereof, and they may only be modified by a written amendment signed by an authorized executive of Go Cooperate, or by the posting by Go Cooperate of a revised version. Except to the extent applicable law, if any, provides otherwise, this Agreement, any access to or use of our Services will be governed by the laws of the state of Oregon, U.S.A., excluding its conflict of law provisions, and the proper venue for any disputes arising out of or relating to any of the same will be the state and federal courts located in Multnomah County, Oregon. Except for claims for injunctive or equitable relief or claims regarding intellectual property rights (which may be brought in any competent court without the posting of a bond), any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be finally settled in accordance with the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service, Inc. ("JAMS") by three arbitrators appointed in accordance with such Rules. The arbitration shall take place in Portland, Oregon, in the English language and the arbitral decision may be enforced in any court. The prevailing party in any action or proceeding to enforce this Agreement shall be entitled to costs and attorneys' fees. If any part of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that part will be construed to reflect the parties' original intent, and the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of this Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, will not waive such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof. You may assign your rights under this Agreement to any party that consents to, and agrees to be bound by, its terms and conditions; Go Cooperate may assign its rights under this Agreement without condition. This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.