Terms and Conditions
 

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF USE RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THIS SITE (the "Site") AND THE WEB SERVICES CAREFULLY.  By accessing this Site or otherwise using the Site or the Service (defined below), you are deemed to have agreed to and accepted all the terms and conditions in these Terms of Use.  Provider (defined below) and Licensee (defined below) reserve the right to modify these Terms of Use at any time without notice to you.  You should check these Terms of Use periodically for changes.  By using this Site after the posting of any changes to these Terms of Use, you agree to such changes, and acknowledge that you have reviewed them.  If at any time you choose not to accept these Terms of Use, please do not access or otherwise use this Site or any Services available on the Site.

Scope of These Terms of Use

These Terms of Use apply to your use of all of the web sites and the services available on a through the Site (the "Service") which web sites are either owned or operated by ICI Services Corporation, its affiliates and licensees (collectively, "Provider").  Unless Provider indicates otherwise, all references to Provider in these Terms of Use include all such sites, services and entities.  These Terms of Use do not apply to your use of unaffiliated sites to which the Site or the Service provides links.

Description of the Site and the Services

Your community developer, its affiliate, ABC Homes, Inc., and/or your community homeowners' association (collectively, "Licensee") has engaged Provider to develop, maintain, host and support the Site for your community.  The Site and Service may be accessed and used solely by the community and its residents that are registered users of the Site.  Provider or Licensee may terminate, modify, or temporarily discontinue the Site and/or certain Services or any of the features or tools utilized in the Site and/or Service at any time.  You agree that neither Provider nor Licensee will be liable for any termination, modification, or temporary discontinuance of the Services.  The Site and the Services are provided on an "AS-IS" basis neither Provider nor Licensee assume responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery, failure to store, mis-direction or improper display of any user communication or settings.

In order to use the Site and receive the Services, users must obtain access to the Internet, either directly or through devices that access web-based content, and pay any third-party fees associated with such access.  In addition, users must provide all equipment necessary to make such connection to the Internet, including a computer and modem or other access device.  Users are responsible for maintaining appropriate safeguards and security for their own equipment by utilizing means such as routers, current anti-virus software and updating operating system and browsers.  The Site and related Services may not display properly or may be inaccessible if you are using equipment or software that is not compatible with the Site, the Service or the Service requirements.

Registration Obligations

You agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current, and complete information about yourself and other household members when registering to use the Site and Services ("registration information") and (b) maintain and promptly update the registration information to keep it true, accurate, current, and complete.  If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, or Provider or Licensee has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, Provider or Licensee has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Site and/or Service.  You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any passwords and the information stored on the Site or by the Service ("Site Information") and any usage and activities that occur in connection with use of the Site Information.  You agree not to allow others to access your account or utilize your password.

Restrictions on Use of Materials

All materials published on the Site, including but not limited to text, graphics, names, logos, service marks and trademarks, and information contained on any linked sites (collectively, the "Content") are the property of or controlled by Provider, Licensee or the third party provider of the Content.  You must respect all proprietary rights of Provider, Licensee, and their third party providers in and to the Content, the Site, web site name, Service, and any other products or services available via the Site.

You may not modify copy, publish, display, transmit, adapt, or in any way exploit the Content.  You may not publish, display, or commercially exploit any material from Provider, Licensee or other entities with an interest in the relevant intellectual property unless you request and receive prior written permission from Provider, Licensee or other entities with an interest in the intellectual property.  To request permission, you may write to IntelliCommunities, 7702 E. Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 300, Scottsdale, AZ 85258.  If permission is granted by us or any other entities with an interest in the relevant intellectual property, you may not change or delete any author credit, trademark, legend or copyright notice.  You must follow and observe all additional copyright notices or other restrictions contained on the Site.

Links

These Terms of Use apply only to Provider and Licensee, and not to the sites of any other companies or organizations, including those to which the Site and/or a Service may link.  Neither Provider nor Licensee is responsible for the availability of any other site to which the Site and/or a Service links.  Provider and Licensee do not endorse or take responsibility for the content, advertising, products or other materials made available through any other site.  Under no circumstances will Provider or Licensee be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage that is caused or alleged to have been caused to you in connection with your use of, or reliance on, any content, goods, or services available on any other site.  You should direct any concerns to that site's administrator or webmaster.

Member Conduct

You agree not to use the Site or the Services to:

  1. Upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, intimidating, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, derogatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, disrespectful, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
  2. Upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any content that is harmful or objectionable to minors in any way;
  3. Impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, Provider, Licensee, an official, forum leader, Community Administrator, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent their affiliation with a person or entity;
  4. Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any content transmitted through the Site or via the Service;
  5. Upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any content that Provider or Licensee does not have the right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
  6. Upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party;
  7. Upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses or worms or any other computer code, files or programs designed to disable, interrupt, destroy, redirect, monitor another user's usage, limit or otherwise inhibit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
  8. Disrupt the normal flow of dialogue or display of information, cause a screen to "scroll" faster than other users of the Site are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in real time exchanges;
  9. Harvest screen names for any purpose.
  10. Disparage the products or services of any company or individual.
  11. Use racially or ethnically offensive language; discuss or incite illegal activity; use explicit/obscene language or solicit/post sexually explicit images.
  12. Interfere with or disrupt the Site, the Service or servers or networks connected to the Site, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Site;
  13. Intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law or regulation, including, but not limited to, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any national or other securities exchange, including, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having the force of law;
  14. "Stalk" or otherwise harass another; or
  15. Collect, display or store personal data about other users, without such user's prior written consent.
  16. Upload, post, e-mail, distribute, deliver or otherwise transmit any bulk or unsolicited or unauthorized commercial e-mail, advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation.
  17. Any e-mail sent by you, or caused to be sent by you, to or through the Service or the Site may not:
    • use or contain invalid or forged headers;
    • use or contain invalid or non-existent domain names;
    • employ any technique to otherwise misrepresent, hide or obscure any information in identifying the point of origin or the transmission path;
    • use other means of deceptive addressing or routing;
    • use a third party's internet domain name, or be relayed from or through a third party's equipment, without permission of the third party;
    • contain false or misleading information in the subject line or otherwise contain false or misleading content.

You may not harvest, mine or collect e-mail addresses or other information from or through the Site or via the Services.  We do not authorize the use of the Site to collect, compile or obtain any information about users of the Site, including but not limited to subscriber e-mail addresses, provided that other users may have access to information about you as noted in these Terms of Use and in the Privacy Policy.

You may not use the Site or any Service in a manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair any aspect of the Site or any Services, or that could interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Site or any Service.

If Provider or Licensee believes that unauthorized or improper use is being made of the Site or any Service, it may, but is under no obligation to, and without notice, take such action as Provider or Licensee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate, including blocking messages from a particular Internet domain, mail server or IP address.  Provider may, but is under no obligation to, remove, delete or inhibit delivery of offending messages.

Provider maintains the computer equipment that enables the provision of the Services in Arizona and unauthorized use of the Site or the Services will lead to use of equipment in Arizona and potentially other states.  Unauthorized use of the Site or the Services in connection with the transmission of unsolicited e-mail, including the transmission of e-mail in violation of these Terms of Use, may result in civil and criminal penalties against the sender and those assisting the sender, including those provided by the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. §1030, et seq.); the Arizona Revised Statutes (ARS §44-1372 et seq.); and other state and federal laws.

Interactive Forums and Groups

An "interactive forum" means any group, club, message board, chat room, or similar interactive service appearing on the Site.  You must register and comply with instructions that you will find on the Site in order to contribute to any interactive forum.

You may not post on any interactive forum any material that would violate the Terms of Use including without limitation material that is libelous, defamatory, obscene, abusive, invades a person's privacy, violates any intellectual property rights, or that would otherwise violate any law.  You may not use any forum in a commercial manner.  You may not post material known or reasonably suspected to be false.  You may not post or transmit any information, software or other material that contains a virus or other harmful component.

Neither Provider nor Licensee shall be responsible for material appearing in any interactive forum on the Site, except for material signed by an identified representative of Provider or Licensee acting within the scope of their responsibilities.  Neither Provider nor Licensee shall be responsible for screening material posted by users for libel, obscenity, invasion of privacy, copyright or trademark infringement, accuracy, or for any other reason.  Provider and Licensee, however, retain the right to modify or remove messages or other material that either, in its sole discretion, consider infringing, offensive, abusive, derogatory, intimidating, disrespectful, false and misleading, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise unacceptable.  Provider and Licensee also reserve the right to edit materials, photos, posting or other content for any other reason.  Whether or not modified or removed, users remain solely responsible for the content of their messages or postings.  By posting on the Site, you grant (or warrant that the owner of such rights has expressly granted) Licensee a perpetual, nonexclusive, world-wide, royalty free license to use and display your content, questions, comments, and postings, in their original or edited form, in articles, commentaries, or in any other medium now known or later developed.  You also warrant that any "moral rights" in posted materials have been waived.  You acknowledge that neither you nor anyone else is entitled to any compensation for such use or display.

No Resale of Service

You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Site and/or the Service, any content displayed on the Site, the use of the Site or Service, or access to the Site or the Service.

Dealings with Advertisers

The business dealings that you conduct with advertisers or other users including promotions, payments, warranties and other terms and conditions are solely between you and the advertiser or user.  You agree that neither Provider nor Licensee is responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any type of dealing with such persons.

Termination

Provider or Licensee may terminate, at its discretion, the registration of any user who violates any of these Terms of Use.  Upon any such termination all right to access the Site and the Service shall be terminated and your account will be deactivated.

Copyright Complaints

Provider and Licensee respect the intellectual property rights of others and require that the people who use the Site and Services do the same.  In appropriate circumstances, Provider or Licensee will terminate the registration of any user who is responsible for repeat acts of copyright infringement.  Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to Provider's designated copyright agent.  If you believe that materials posted to the Site have been copied in any way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide the information requested below.  Please note that this procedure is exclusively for notifying Provider that copyrighted materials have been infringed.  Accordingly, all other inquiries will not receive a response.  When providing notice, please provide the following information:

  • An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the copyrighted work that you believe is being infringed;
  • A description of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed;
  • A description of where the allegedly infringed work is located on the Site;
  • Your name, address, and e-mail address;
  • A statement by you about why you believe in good faith that the use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or by law.

The designated agent to receive notification of claimed infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 is IntelliCommunities, 7702 E. Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 300, Scottsdale, AZ 85258 or e-mail at support@IntelliCommunities.com.

Passwords

In order to use the Site and/or any Service, you must use the password issued to you by Provider or Licensee.  You may not transfer the password to any third party, and you may not permit anyone other than you to access or use the Site or any Service by using your password.  You may not utilize the password of another user.  You are solely responsible for maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of your password and registration information.  You agree to notify Provider if the password is lost, stolen, disclosed to an unauthorized third party, or otherwise may have been compromised.  You agree that you are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your password, whether or not you are the individual who undertakes such activities.  At such time as you are no longer a resident in the community, you are no longer authorized to use the Site or the Services.  In such event you agree to inform Licensee and Provider and you agree that you will no longer use the Site of the Services.  Provider or Licensee will disable your password at such time as you are no longer a resident of the community.

Disclaimers

PROVIDER AND LICENSEE, EACH FOR ITSELF AND EACH OF ITS AFFILIATES AND LICENSORS, MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, COVENANTS OR GUARANTEES AS TO THE QUALITY, SUITABILITY, TRUTH, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF (1) ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL CONTAINED ON THE SERVICE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE MATERIALS AND THE BULLETIN BOARD INFORMATION, (2) ANY THIRD PARTY SITE OR INFORMATION ACCESSED THROUGH THE PROVIDER OR LICENSEE SITES, OR (3) ANY THIRD PARTY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES APPEARING ON THE SERVICE.  UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPLICITLY STATED, THE SERVICE AND ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL CONTAINED ON THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, AND IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.  ALL CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED.

NEITHER PROVIDER, LICENSEE, NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS WARRANT THAT ANY FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT PROVIDER, LICENSEE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES THE SERVICE AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

NEITHER PROVIDER, LICENSEE, NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE MATERIALS IN THE SERVICE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE.  YOU (AND NOT PROVIDER, LICENSEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.

Provider and Licensee do not endorse, warrant, or guarantee any products or services offered by third party providers.  Provider and Licensee are not parties to any transaction between users and third party providers of products or services.

NEITHER PROVIDER NOR LICENSEE WARRANTS OR REPRESENTS THAT CONTENT AVAILABLE ON THE SERVICE IS SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 18 AND, THEREFORE, PROVIDER AND LICENSEE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU MONITOR YOUR CHILD'S USE OF THE SERVICE AND THE SITE.

Limitation of Liability

NEITHER PROVIDER, LICENSEE, NOR ANY OF THEIR LICENSORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AFFILIATES, OR CONTENT OR SERVICE PROVIDERS SHALL BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INABILITY TO GAIN ACCESS TO OR USE THE SERVICE, LOSS OF DATA, INCOME OR PROFITS), REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE), AND EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.  APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU BY PROVIDER, LICENSEE, OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATED COMPANIES OR ANY OF ITS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO PROVIDER, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THE SERVICE.

THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH ABOVE SHALL BE DEEMED TO APPLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF THE ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDIES.  YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU HAVE FULLY CONSIDERED THE FOREGOING ALLOCATION OF RISK AND FIND IT REASONABLE, AND THAT THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS ARE AN ESSENTIAL BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN THE PARTIES REGARDING YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE.

Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Provider, Licensee, and their respective licensors, representatives, officers, directors, and employees from all liabilities, claims, costs, and expenses, including attorneys fess, that arise with your use of the Site or the Services, your posting, downloading or transmission of all communications or material on this Site or from your violation of applicable law.

No Personal Advice

The information contained in or made available through the Site (including but not limited to information contained on message boards, in text files, or in chats) cannot replace or substitute for the services of trained professionals in any field, including, but not limited to, financial, medical, or legal matters.  Neither Provider, Licensee nor any of their affiliated companies nor any of their respective licensors or suppliers make any representations or warranties concerning any treatment, action, or application of medication or preparation by any person following the information offered or provided within or through the Site.  Neither Provider, Licensee nor any of their respective affiliates, will have any liable whatsoever in connection with any such information contained or made available through the Site, including without limitation any damages for your reliance on or use of any such information.

Parental Permission

The Site and Services are not directed at children and are not intended for use by children.  Provider and Licensee require users under the age of 18 to obtain the consent of a parent or guardian prior to using the Site or to create an account and access password protected areas of the Site.  You agree to abide by any such restrictions, and not to help anyone violate these restrictions.  A copy of the form can be obtained by calling (888) 342-5087.  Once signed, the Parental Consent shall signify your consent that your children may use the Site and the Service.  You further acknowledge that children who register as users of the Site and Service or who use your account to access the Site and/or Service may from time to time be required to provide personal information in connection with using the Site and/or a Service, and you hereby consent to the requesting and the using of such personal information from your child or children as set forth in the Privacy Policy.  If at any time you wish to withdraw such consent, please notify us at support@IntelliCommunities.com.  Neither Provider nor Licensee warrants or represents that content available on the Site or the Service is suitable for children under 18 and, therefore, Provider and Licensee strongly recommend that you monitor your child's use of the Site and the Service.

Proprietary Rights

The Site, the Service, all Content, including but not limited to all material distributed or presented through the Site or any Service, and all rights and intellectual property rights therein, are the sole property of Provider, Licensee or their third party providers, and are protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws.  Any comments, suggestions or ideas or other information submitted to the Site, in writing, by e-mail or otherwise will be the property of Licensee and it will have all rights without any obligation to compensate the community or its members.  Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

Trademarks

Provider, the Provider logo, and other Provider logos and certain product and service names are trademarks or service marks of Provider ("Provider Marks").  Licensee, the Licensee logo, and other Licensee logos and certain product and service names are trademarks or service marks of Licensee ("Licensee Marks").  You agree not to display or use in any manner the Provider Marks or Licensee Marks without prior written permission from the owner of such marks.

Privacy Policy

Provider and Licensee are committed to protecting your privacy and security and have explained in detail the steps taken to do so.  Please read the Privacy Policy for more information on how we collect and use user information.

Governing Law

These terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the State of Arizona, United States of America, where the Provider offices are located.  Accordingly, the laws of the State of Arizona, USA, will be used exclusively to construe, govern, and enforce these terms, excluding all conflict of laws rules.  Except as provided in the Injunctive Relief section, any action related to or arising out of these terms will be filed only in the Arizona State Courts or in Federal Courts in the northern district of Arizona and you consent to the jurisdiction of said courts.

Injunctive Relief

In the event you breach or threaten breach of these Terms of Use, you acknowledge and agree that Provider and/or Licensee will be greatly and irreparably damaged and the damage will be difficult to quantify.  Therefore, Provider and/or Licensee may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction in the United States or any other jurisdiction accepting jurisdiction under this specific provision, who, regardless of the Governing Law provision, will apply the laws of its own jurisdiction in determining whether Provider will be granted injunctive or other equitable relief to stop your breach or your threat of breach, without impairing, invalidating, negating or voiding Provider's rights to relief in either law or equity.

Monitoring

Neither Provider nor Licensee has any obligation to monitor the Site or your activities on the Site.  However, you acknowledge and agree that Provider and Licensee have the right to monitor the Site electronically from time to time and to disclose any information, including your personal information, as necessary or appropriate to satisfy any law, regulation or other governmental request, or to protect itself or Service users.  Neither Provider nor Licensee will knowingly and intentionally monitor or disclose private electronic-mail message unless required by law.  You acknowledge that Provider and/or Licensee will report to law enforcement authorities any actions that may be considered illegal, as well as any reports it receives of such conduct.  When requested, Provider and Licensee will cooperate fully with law enforcement agencies in any investigation of alleged illegal activity on the Internet.

Miscellaneous

If any of these Terms of Use is found unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be considered severable from the remaining Terms of Use, and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.  This is the entire agreement relating to the subject matter it contains.  This agreement may be modified only by posting of changes to these Terms of Use, or by a writing signed by you.  Failure to enforce any portion of these Terms of Use in any instance does not amount to a waiver of the right to enforce such portion in the future.  Any inquiries concerning these Terms of Use should be directed to support@IntelliCommunities.com.

Privacy Policy

We have created this privacy policy in order to disclose the information gathering and dissemination practices for this community Internet portal (hereafter the "Site".  This privacy policy explains:

  1. What personally identifiable information we collect from users ("User Information").
  2. How User Information is collected.
  3. How we use User Information.
  4. With whom we may share User Information.
  5. What choices are available to users regarding collection, use, and distribution of their User Information.
  6. What types of security procedures are in place to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of User Information collected.
  7. How users can correct inaccuracies in their User Information.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this privacy policy, you should contact IntelliCommunities by email at support@IntelliCommunities.com, by phone at 480.348.8180, or by mail at IntelliCommunities, 7702 E. Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 300, Scottsdale, AZ 85258.

Information Collection and Use

Your community developer, its affiliate, ABC Homes, Inc., and/or your community home owners association (collectively "Licensee") has engaged ICI Services Corporation and/or its affiliates (collectively "Provider") to develop, maintain, host, and support the Site for your community.  Licensee and Provider are hereinafter collectively referred to as "we", "our", or "us" in this Privacy Policy and each of Licensee and Provider is equally bound by the terms of this privacy policy with respect to its use of your User Information.

Certain information is collected in connection with your use of the Site and the services available on the Site (the "Services") and such information is accessed and used by Licensee, Provider and other users of the Site, but remains the sole property of Licensee.  Provider may, in connection with the performance of the Services and the hosting and maintenance of the Site, display such information in certain circumstances.  For example, each time you post any information on the Site (e.g., group or directory listings, placement of classified ads, postings on message boards, etc.), your name and other User Information will appear.

Registration; Group/Directory Listings and Profile

In order to use this Site and the Services available via the Site, a user must first complete the registration form.  During registration, a user provides certain User Information (e.g., name and other contact information (and other optional personal information)).  Please remember that access to and use of the Site and participation in and use of the Services available via the Site are optional.  We use the User Information collected at the time of registration to communicate with you, the user.  Users also provide personal identifiers (such as username and password) and indicate personal preferences so we can provide a more personalized experience in connection with the user's use of the Site and receipt of the Services.

Users may select groups or businesses they wish to subscribe to or participate in.  Participation in some groups (such as your homeowners association and others selected by Licensee) is automatic but you may opt out later.  Directories are provided for the convenience of users.  You may opt out of participation in any directory.  (See Choice/Opt-out below.)

We store information that we collect, including User Information, through cookies and log files to create a profile of each user.  A profile is stored information that we keep on each individual user that details the user's viewing preferences, which clubs and groups they belong to, areas of interest, content postings, messages, etc.  Collected information is tied to that user's User Information to provide information and improve the user experience on the Site.  This profile is used to tailor a user's visit to the Site and to direct pertinent information to the user.

Information Use

Information collected via the Site lets us provide personalized Services and communicate separately with you.  Licensee and other users in the community may also read and access content and materials you post.  We also use aggregated information about the use of the Site and the Services to evaluate our users' preferences, improve our programming, and facilitate reporting of Internet usage to our licensors and advertisers.  Such information contains no personally identifiable User Information.

Comments, materials or content posted on the Site by you may list your name and the date posted.  Such information is also stored for future reference.

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer containing information about the user.  We use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies.  For the session ID cookie, once a user closes the browser, the cookie simply terminates.  A persistent cookie is a small text file stored on the user's hard drive for an extended period of time.  Persistent cookies can be removed by following Internet browser help file directions.  For more information on cookies, see www.cookiecentral.com.

If users reject the session cookie, they cannot use the Site.  Persistent cookies enable us to provide a customized experience on the Site (e.g. maintaining a user-specified color palette).  See the "Registration; Group/Directory Listings and Profile" section above.

Log Files

Like many similar service providers, we use log files maintained on Provider's servers.  This includes Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks.  We use this information to analyze trends, administer the Site, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.  We also use log files to track users' movements on the Site to determine what portions of the Site are most valued by users and so that we can improve such portions as well as the other portions of the Site that are less frequently visited.  With the cooperation of your Internet service provider, it is possible for your IP Address to be used to identify you personally, however, we agree that we will not use it for this purpose, unless required to by law.

Communications from the Site

Special Offers and Updates

We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and username.  Established members will occasionally receive communication from the Community Administrator or other community groups.  Out of respect for the privacy of our users, we present the option to not receive these types of communications.  Please see the "Choice/Opt-out" section below.

Service Announcements

On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a Site or Services related announcement.  For instance, if the Site or any Services on the Site is temporarily suspended for maintenance we might send users an email.  Generally, users may not opt-out of these communications, though they can deactivate their account.  These communications are not promotional in nature.

Customer Service

We communicate with users on a regular basis to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account.  We reply via email, areas within the Site (Feedback Status) or phone, in accordance with the users' wishes.  We track and maintain a log of issues and suggestions along with the user who submitted them so we may follow-up at a later date.

Newsletters

If you wish to subscribe to our newsletter(s), we will use your name and email address to send the newsletter to you.  If you do not want to receive these newsletters you may opt-out of receiving them.  Please see the "Choice/Opt-out" section below.

Refer-A-Friend

If you choose to use our referral service to tell a friend about your community, we will ask you for your friend's name and email address.  We will send your friend emails inviting him or her to visit the community.  We store this information for the sole purpose of sending these emails and tracking the success of our referral program.

Your friend may contact us at support@IntelliCommunities.com to request that we remove this information from our database.

Visitors and Guest Users

Persons may also register as a guest user and be granted access to a limited portion of the site containing general community information.  No personal information is displayed to guest users.  If you are a guest user, you will be asked to provide your name, address, phone, and e-mail address.  We may use this information to contact you to provide additional information about the community.

Important Notice

Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law, to cooperate with law enforcement personnel, or when necessary to protect our rights wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: comply with a current judicial proceeding; an active investigation; a court order; any local, state or national law or regulation; or any legal process served on us.

Aggregate Information (non-personally identifiable)

We share aggregated demographic information among our partners and affiliates as described in the "Information Collection and Use" section above.  We also share aggregated demographic information with potential community sponsors in order to provide them a relevant basis on which to provide community promotions (for example, to a local business willing to provide community members with special discounts).  This aggregate information is not linked in any way to any personally identifiable information.

Affiliates and Advertisers

Information is shared among Licensee and Provider for purposes of developing, administering, hosting, managing, and supporting the Site and the Services.  We may display targeted advertisements based on User Information.  Advertisers (including ad serving companies) may assume that people who interact with, view, or click on targeted ads meet the targeting criteria - for example, women ages 18-24 from a particular geographic area.

We do not provide any personal information to the advertiser when you interact with or view a targeted ad.  However, by interacting with or viewing an ad you are consenting to the possibility that the advertiser will make the assumption that you meet the targeting criteria used to display the ad.

Advertisers on this Site may include, without limitation, financial service providers (such as banks, insurance agents, stock brokers and mortgage lenders) and non-financial companies (such as stores, airlines, and software companies).

Business Transitions

In the event we go through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of a portion of our assets, users' personal information (or the license to receive and display such information) will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred.  Users will be notified on the Site prior to a change of ownership or control of their personal information.  If as a result of the business transition, the users' personally identifiable information will be used in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection, users will be given a choice consistent with the "Notification of Changes>" section below.

Electronic Mail

New users will receive a welcome email letter explaining the features of the Site and the Services available on the Site.  We may also send periodic emails, from which you may not unsubscribe without closing your account, to announce important changes, new features, technical issue updates and information about the Site, the Services available via the Site and/or other products and services.

We are concerned about controlling unsolicited commercial email, or "spam."  While we continually review and implement new technology, such as expanded anti-virus scanning and filtering features, there is no currently available technology that will totally prevent the sending and receiving of unsolicited or potentially dangerous email.  By using tools such as current anti-virus software and being cautious about the sharing of your e-mail address while online you can help reduce the amount of unsolicited and hazardous email you receive.  For more information on how to best use these tools, you might find useful information in our Knowledge Base.  You can also read more about this topic by referencing the Terms of Use.

Choice/Opt-out

Users are provided an account with a unique username, password (that should be changed at initial log in), and email address as part of being a resident in the community.  Address information is automatically populated with the opening of the account, but may be hidden (along with other personally identifiable information) from any community directories at the discretion of the user in the "Manage Profile" section of the Site.  A user may opt not to obtain an account simply by notifying his Community Administrator, at which point the account will be inactivated.  Information contained in accounts that are inactivated may be stored for a period of time following inactivation.  Accounts that have been inactive for some period of time may be terminated by Provider or Licensee.

Use of the account and all other aspects of the Site and the Services available on the Site thereafter are at the option of the user and requires voluntary action to participate (for example, joining a group, using the email account provided, accessing the calendar, etc).  Therefore, should any user subsequently decide he/she does not wish to participate, he/she may simply remove himself/herself from the group or other feature of the Service.  A user may deactivate his/her account at any time by contacting the Community Administrator.

Links

This Site contains links to other web sites.  Such a link does not imply our endorsement of that website, advertiser or product.  We do not control the websites to which we link and assume no responsibility for their content or privacy policies.  Any information that you provide to linked websites, or other third parties, is provided directly to such third party and is subject to that third party's privacy policy.  Therefore, you should carefully review the privacy policies that apply to any sites you access from the Site or any advertisers you respond to.  This privacy policy applies solely to information collected on this community Internet Site.

Advertisers and Other Users

Your communications directly with any advertiser or other user appearing on the Site are not our responsibility and are not covered by this Privacy Policy.  You should inquire with such advertiser or user as to their privacy policies before providing any personal information.

Surveys, Promotions, Contests or Polls

From time-to-time, the Site will request information from users via surveys, promotions, contests, or polls.  Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information.  The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and address), and demographic information (such as zip code).  Contact information will be used or shared with the contest or survey sponsors to notify the winners and award prizes.  Anonymous survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this aspect of the Site.  Users' personally identifiable information is not shared with third parties unless we give prior notice and a choice to opt-out of providing such information.  Though we may use an intermediary to conduct these surveys or contests, they have been contractually obligated to us not to use users' personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.

Orders

If you purchase a product or service from us, we request certain personally identifiable information from you on our order form.  You must provide contact information (such as name, email, and shipping address) and financial information (such as credit card number, expiration date).  This information is used by us primarily for billing purposes and to fill your orders.  If we have trouble processing an order, we will use this information to contact you.

We use an outside shipping company to fulfill certain orders, and a credit card processing company to bill you for goods and services.  These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any other purposes.

Service Providers

We may use other third parties (such as YellowBrix) to provide news or other content on the Site.  We may share aggregate (but no personally identifiable) information as necessary for the third party to provide that service.

Security

This Site uses industry standard security measures to protect our users' information.  When users submit sensitive information via the Site, measures are taken to protect such information is both online and off-line.

When our registration/profile form asks users to enter sensitive information, that information is encrypted and is protected with SSL encryption.  While on a secure page, the lock icon on the bottom of the Web browsers (i.e., Microsoft Internet Explorer) becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when users are just 'surfing'.

While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also take measures to protect user-information off-line.  Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information.  Employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices.  Finally, the servers that store personally identifiable information are located in a locked and monitored facility with 24/7 security staff and certain access control systems exist to prevent unauthorized access to such facilities.  If users have any questions about the security on the Site, users can send an email to support@IntelliCommunities.com.

Helpful information on safe use of the internet can be found at the Federal Trade Commissions website at www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/online/sitesee.htm.

Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating Personal Information

If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as zip code, phone, email or postal address), or if a user no longer desires access to the Site or the Services, we provide a way to correct, update or delete/deactivate users' personally identifiable information.  This can usually be done online or by contacting the Community Administrator or by contacting Customer Support at support@IntelliCommunities.com.

Collection of Information From Children

The Site and Services are not directed at children and are not intended for use by children.  Children under the age of 18 must obtain and submit written parental consent to Provider before they can become a registered user of or use the Site.  A copy of the form can be obtained by calling customer support at (888) 342-5087.  Once signed, the Parental Consent shall signify your consent that your children may use the Site.  You further acknowledge that children who register as users of the Site or who use your account to access the Site may from time to time be required to provide personal information in connection with using the Site, and you hereby consent to our requesting and using such personal information from your child or children as set forth herein.  If at any time you wish to withdraw such consent, please notify us at support@IntelliCommunities.com.

Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.  We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.

If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify users via email.  Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner.  However, if users have opted out of all communication with the Site, or deleted/deactivated their account, then they will not be contacted, nor will their personal information be used in this new manner.  In addition, if we make any material changes in our privacy practices that do not affect User Information already stored in our database, we will post a notice on the Site notifying users of the change.  In some cases where we post a notice, we will also email users who have opted to receive communications from us notifying them of the changes in our privacy practices.

Contact Information

If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at:
P: 480.444.7070
F: 480.444.7071
E: support@IntelliCommunities.com
M: IntelliCommunities, 6263 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 255, Scottsdale, AZ 85250
W: www.IntelliCommunities.com