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Last Update: 02/06/10
EmpireHunting.com is an online community for New York hunters to interact and express
their personal feelings about hunting in New York State. Users of the EmpireHunting.com
Website should be aware of the following terms of use regarding how you may use
this Website and the information you submit on EmpireHunting.com is used.
EmpireHunting.com Accounts
Your personal information will not be shared with anyone and will only be used for
internal purposes. If you choose to sign-up for news alerts or to track topics,
you will always be provided an opt-out method.
Open Discussions
New York hunters, and hunters abound, are free to post their comments in our open
discussions. All comments are reviewed before they are approved. Users can post
comments in the open discussions anonymously. Personal information such as your
name and location are allowed in the event the person posting comments wants to
personalize their comments but they are not required. It is completely the choice
of the Website visitor to post their name and location and they do so at their own risk.
Sensitive information such as email addresses, phone numbers, and, in most cases,
Website links are not allowed. We do our best to make sure they do not appear in
the open discussions but it is not impossible for it to get by us. EmpireHunting.com
strongly encourages that you do not post your email address, phone number, or other
personal information in the EmpireHunting.com open discussions. In the event that your
provide your phone number, email address, or other type of sensitive information
in the open discussions then you do so at your own risk.
EmpireHunting.com does not use any of the information you submit in the open discussions
for any purpose other than the EmpireHunting.com Website.
Surveys
Hunters are free to participate in our online surveys. A hunter is only allowed
to take each survey one time based on the IP Address of your computer. If we have
found that the IP address of your computer has already taken the survey then you
cannot take it again. An IP Address is just a number that is assigned to each computer.
We do not share your IP address with anyone nor can we, or anyone else, decipher
a users personal and sensitive information from doing so. EmpireHunting.com does not
do anything with your IP address other than use it as a reference on the surveys
to see if you have taken them before.
The results of surveys are available to all users of EmpireHunting.com to see. Often,
we do statistical analysis on the results. Results of this data may also be shared
with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation or other respected
wildlife agency that is interested in the results.
Success Photos and Stories
New York hunters are free to post their success photos on the EmpireHunting.com Website.
By submitting your photos and stories to us you are giving us permission to post
your photos and stories on the EmpireHunting.com Website. We do not distribute your
photos or stories to any other organizations.
In submitting photos and stories to EmpireHunting.com, you agree that the photos and
stories you submit are yours or that you have the authority to submit them for a
third party. Any legal action brought against EmpireHunting.com by individuals or organizations
who can prove that materials were posted to the EmpireHunting.com Website without proper
consent or that were flat out stolen will be the responsibility and financial burden
of the individual who provided them to us.
All success photos and stories appear on our Website in a format that allows other
users to post comments.
EmpireHunting.com reserves to right to remove any user submitted materials from any
section of the Website for any reason we see fit.
Message Boards
Unlike our open discussions, the EmpireHunting.com Message Board is more of a traditional
online community in that users register, establish a user name, and can return and
interact with other members. EmpireHunting.com does not use your personal registration
information for anything other than the EmpireHunting.com Message Boards.
The full privacy policy for the EmpireHunting.com forums can be viewed when you register
to use the forums. EmpireHunting.com reserves to right to remove any user submitted materials from any
section of the Website for any reason we see fit.
News Alerts and Other Email Related Notices
The EmpireHunting.com Website contains several periodic notification features, such
as News Alerts, that allow people to sign-up for these notices,
confirm their email, and then receive them. We only send notices to those who sign-up
and confirm. All users have the option to have their name removed from the list
by automated method in the message or by simply writing to us and asking to be removed.
Posting of Illegal Activities
When you post comments or submit success photos to EmpireHunting.com you are adding,
or making an attempt to add, content in an open community. EmpireHunting.com strongly
advises anyone posting comments, photos, or hunt stories to the EmpireHunting.com Website,
including the message boards, to be advised that you are, in fact, posting to an
open community. Hunters posting comments and photos detailing illegal activities
do so at their own risk.
Sending us success photos and stories is as good as saying you legally or legitamtely
harvested or found. Anyone who sends us materials found to be in violation of the
law and/or not legitamte will have their materials removed and will be open to announcement
of such illegal or non legitmate activities to the community.
We work hard to provide this service. If you are going to abuse us and our services for personal
gain then we retain the right to make your activites known to the public shall they be deemed
illegal or not authentic.
Laws and Regulations
EmpireHunting.com makes no warranties as to the validity of comments posted by members
of the community. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is
the authority on conservation law and regulations in New York State. We strongly
encourage users to confirm any information you find on EmpireHunting.com regarding
laws and regulations with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
In addition, the DEC has the authority to change laws at a moments notice. Information
found on EmpireHunting.com may become out-dated or a special circumstance arose where
a law needed to be changed in quick fashion. Always confirm laws and regulations
that you read about on EmpireHunting.com with the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation.
Member Abuse
Foul language and harassment is not allowed. EmpireHunting.com reserves the right to
delete posts, disallow comments, or erase any user materials that are deemed offensive
for any reason we see fit. The most extreme violators may face criminal action.
Indemnity
EmpireHunting.com is not responsible nor can EmpireHunting.com be held liable for injuries
or death you sustain when hunting in New York State. EmpireHunting.com is not liable
for personal, financial, or physical damages you may endure by information you obtained,
people that you have met, or by providing your personal information to others using
the EmpireHunting.com Website.
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