Acceptable Use Policies / Terms of Service

Use of Site
Visitors and Members ImpactFolios (www.impactfolios.com) and affiliate sites assume all responsibility and risk with respect to their use of the Site. The information, materials and functions contained within the Site, including / but not limited to, text, graphics, hyperlinks or other items are provided on an "As Is" and "As Available" basis without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title or freedom from computer viruses or disruption. FlexArt, LLC. and its divisions, affiliates, agents and principals disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for any particular purpose and representations and endorsements, express or implied, with regard to information accessed from or via the Site. FlexArt, LLC. and its divisions, affiliates, agents and principals do not warrant that the Site is free of computer viruses, bugs or other harmful components. FlexArt, LLC. and its divisions, affiliates, agents and principals do not assume any liability or responsibility for the accuracy, availability, completeness, reliability, suitability or usefulness of the information disclosed or accessed through the Site. FlexArt, LLC. and its divisions, affiliates, agents and principals do not have any duty to update its Site and shall not be liable for its failure to update the Site. It is the visitor's responsibility to verify any information contained in the Site before relying upon it.

Use of the ImpactFolios website by individuals under 13 years of age is prohibited. Members under the age of 18 may only become members of this site if their application is accompanied by a consenting parent or legal guardian.

Copyright and Trademark Information
ImpactFolios, the ImpactFolios website (www.impactfolios.com), and the ImpactFolios logo are Copyright © 2005 FlexArt, LLC. . FlexArt, LLC. is the exclusive owner of proprietary rights and intellectual property associated with the ImpactFolios site and concepts.

The ImpactFolios name and the ImpactFolios 'i' logo are registered trademarks of FlexArt, LLC. / Geoffrey Vail Brown and may not be used without written permission.

The ImpactFolios website may contain material under copyright by other individuals or organizations, and is noted when applicable. ImpactFolios members are responsible for the ensuring of compliance with copyright material. ImpactFolios staff does not routinely monitor or review uploaded material to ensure copyright compliance. In the event that a copyright violation is suspected, notification should be sent to the ImpactFolios Abuse Department.

Privacy and Disclosure of Personal Information
ImpactFolios collects personal information regarding its members during the application process, and throughout the duration of a user's membership. Personal and contact information within the control of ImpactFolios is not disseminated on the ImpactFolios website, other than information shown on the member's "about" page, unless noted. Information provided to ImpactFolios will not be used or distributed to third parties. ImpactFolios does not warrant the accuracy, veracity or validity of the personal and contact information of our members.

Return Policy
Due to the nature of our service we do not offer returns on pre-paid services, domain names, or setup fees. In the event of an overcharge, or incorrect payment, please contact help@impactfolios.com.

Term of Service
Trial accounts that have not been accessed via login within the past 30 days will be automatically disabled. Upgraded accounts that are more than 30 days overdue will be disabled. Disabled accounts can be re-activated within one month by contacting help@impactfolios.com. Accounts that have been disabled and not reactivated for a period of time greater than three months will be permanently removed from the system.

Portfolio Approvals
All portfolios and accounts listed on ImpactFolios.com are subject to review and approval by ImpactFolios staff. Portfolios containing webcam images, subject matter that may be deemed irrelevant to ImpactFolios goals and themes, pornographic images (see "Unacceptable Use"), or pictures of sub-standard quality may be removed.

Domain Names
A domain name is provided free as a feature of your paid ImpactFolios service. Whois information for the domain will list contact information for FlexArt, LLC. You have the right to request a change of contact information, transfer the domain or domain hosting during the course of your ImpactFolios service, provided your account is in good standing. Accounts that are deliquent or subject to chargeback, refund or other non-payment issue waive their rights to their domain name.

In the event a domain is hosted by ImpactFolios, but is registered through another registrar, the owner of that domain will be responsible for domain renewals.

Intellectual Property & Copyright Ownership
Images uploaded to ImpactFolios are the property of the original copyright owner. By uploading images to the ImpactFolios website, the copyright owner authorizes ImpactFolios to display the images on the Internet via the ImpactFolios website.

Website designs and related technologies are the property of ImpactFolios, and may not be transferred or used with any other hosting service.

Unacceptable Use
ImpactFolios does not support bandwidth theft, the linking of images from ImpactFolios to other sites, or the misuse of links from other sites to ImpactFolios. Members found participating in this activity will have their service immediately terminated without refund.

Membership of minors (users under the age of 18) is prohibited without parental permission. If you are the parent / guardian of a minor, please contact us for instructions and information regarding how to use our site.

ImpactFolios does not support abuse of our messaging systems, forums or other means of mass communcation provided for use by visitors on the ImpactFolios website. Abuse of these systems by mass messaging, or attempted theft of user information will not be tolerated, and will result in the termination of the Member's account, or banning of the Visitor from use of functions on the ImpactFolios website.

Unsolicited, abusive or threatening between Members or visitors, in any medium facilitated by ImpactFolios is not tolerated. While ImpactFolios staff does not monitor communications between members, in the event that we are contacted with a complaint of a violation, we will respond in a manner that we feel is in accordance with the violation of our rules.

Pornographic images are prohibited from ImpactFolios. ImpactFolios staff reserves the right to determine the bounds of acceptable images used on the ImpactFolios website.

Links and references to pornographic websites are not allowed on ImpactFolios portfolios. The presence of links or references to pornographic websites will result in the removal of the member account.

ImpactFolios reserves the right to remove any image, message or member site without advance notice, explaination or refund.

FlexArt, LLC., ImpactFolios, and its owners reserve the right to modify these policies without notice.