Terms and Conditions of use of the ETravelCafe Forum

The ETravelCafe Forum is provided by MailDepo as a free service to the travel community. Ideally the ETravelCafe Forum would not need legal terms of use and for the most part, ETravelCafe Forum users respect the law, MailDepo and other users. We hope that these terms and conditions of use will not suppress useful discussion, but allow the ETravelCafe Forum to be more useful for everyone.

This document is an agreement between you, as a user or member of the ETravelCafe Forum and MailDepo, Ltd. ("we", "us" or "our").

You are only permitted to use the ETravelCafe Forum for personal, travel related, non-commercial purposes. (In other words you will not be attempting to advertise yourself or your agency/company.)

Your acceptance of these terms and conditions of use, are indicated by your use of the ETravelCafe Forum, whether participating or simply browsing. You must read these terms and conditions of use carefully before using the ETravelCafe Forum. We may change these terms and conditions of use from time to time so please check them regularly. We may contact you via email to inform you of these changes but are not required to.

If you have not completed a profile, you are not permitted to make postings on the ETravelCafe Forum. If you wish to contribute to the ETravelCafe Forum you must complete a profile form. Click here for a profile form.

The ETravelCafe Forum is managed from Carlsbad, California, if any legal issues should arise they will be governed by the laws of San Diego County, California, USA. Any illegal activity under the laws of San Diego, California, while using the ETravelCafe Forum is a violation of these terms of use. Since the law as to the jurisdiction of online systems is unsettled you must also consider the possible effect of laws in jurisdictions outside of California, possibly your country of residence as well. As the ETravelCafe Forum is open to the travel industry community worldwide you may run into legal trouble in other jurisdictions over your postings. If this happens you agree that you will not hold us responsible for your postings.

In these terms and conditions of use, "post(s)" and "postings" includes anything that you add to the ETravelCafe Forum.

ETravelCafe Forum management

ETravelCafe Forum postings are made without intervention from us. It is the responsibility of EVERY USER to adhere to these terms and conditions of use. In the interests of an effective forum, we monitor postings and reserve the right to remove, without notice, material which is in breach of the wording or spirit of these terms and conditions of use. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to ban members who breach these terms and conditions of use.

All users should be aware that postings are not constantly screened by us, and that member postings only represent the opinions and experience of that member. POSTINGS DO NOT REPRESENT OUR OPINIONS OR THE OPINIONS OF OUR TRAVEL PARTNERS! Be very careful to rely on anything said in the ETravelCafe Forum. If you do rely on information or opinion in any posting you must be aware that you do so, on your own volition and this is absolutely not our responsibility. Please exercise common sense and make your own inquiries.

You absolutely must not make postings of the following nature (if you do, we may delete the postings at our discretion, secondary offenders will be banned):
• racist comments;
• sexist or homophobic comments;
• harassing any other person;
• defamatory statements or personal attacks on others;
• postings which disrupt other users' enjoyment of the ETravelCafe Forum or which may or are intended to detrimentally affect the operation of the ETravelCafe Forum or the MailDepo web site; (One example is the addition of persistent off-topic discussion),
• personal details or private information about any other person (or anything contrary to our privacy policy)
• postings made under another person's name or impersonating another person;
• commercial advertising;
• excessively coarse language;
• content which would be rated R or X; or
• postings which breach any law or discuss how to commit illegal activity.
Use the right branch

We have divided the ETravelCafe Forum into different categories for ease of finding information relevant to their particular interests. It is important that postings are made in the appropriate category. If postings which are not relevant to a particular branch are made, those postings may be deleted or moved at our discretion.

Intellectual Property

The ETravelCafe Forum is about the expression of ideas, but this must be done within the law. It is very important that users making posts, respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you post material which has been copied without permission you may put yourself at risk of legal action. If this happens you agree that you will not hold us responsible for your postings.
You must not post copyrighted material or trademarks without the permission of the owner.

If you wish to share a useful internet resource with other ETravelCafe Forum users you should provide a hyperlink to the relevant resource. If you do this you need to be aware that many site operators do not permit people to link to their site, so before posting a hyperlink on the ETravelCafe Forum you should check the terms of use of the other web site to see if your hyperlink is permitted.

If you own intellectual property and it is being infringed through a user posting, please contact us as soon as possible. post@maildepo.com For more information please see the complaints procedure below.

By posting in the ETravelCafe Forum you agree that you license your copyright in postings to MailDepo. In general users own copyright in their postings. From time to time, we may use ETravelCafe Forum postings in our marketing (email broadcasts, newsletters, web sites, other print and digital publications, and products in any other media). Therefore you agree to give us a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use your postings by reproducing, communicating, re-publishing, editing or otherwise exploiting the postings as we see fit. You also give us a license to deal with the postings as necessary to perform technical and administrative functions in managing the ETravelCafe Forum. You also grant us the right to sub-license your postings (or modified versions of the postings) to others at our discretion. Once you have made a posting on the ETravelCafe Forum, you consent to us dealing with it as we see fit. You cannot withdraw or retract the posting or seek payments from us in relation to this license at any time in the future. If you do not want your material to be used in this way you must not post it on the ETravelCafe Forum. If we do use your material we may attribute it to your screen name (first name and last initial), but we are not required to. We will never publish your real name.

With respect to your rights in your postings, you consent to your postings being used, transmitted, exhibited, copied, published, communicated or adapted as we see fit. Understand that we generally attribute authorship, but it is not always possible. You consent to us not attributing authorship to you at all, or only attributing it to your ETravelCafe Forum screen name. If we elect to attribute authorship we will make reasonable efforts to attribute authorship to your screen name, but should a mistake be made and authorship is falsely attributed, you consent to that false attribution (in such circumstances).

Third parties are NOT permitted to copy, or transmit postings without permission. Permission can be obtained from the user or from us as licensee. If you are interested in any information in the ETravelCafe Forum please contact us at post@maildepo.com. If you wish to share any ETravelCafe Forum content with a friend please share the web address and ask them to complete the Travel Agent Profile form.
The ETravelCafe Forum content (other than postings), copyright is held or licensed by us. You may not reproduce this content without permission from the relevant copyright owner or licensee. You must not use the MailDepo or ETravelCafe Forum trademarks for any purpose without our permission.

Content contained in the ETravelCafe Forum may not be suitable for people under 18, since users can post directly to the ETravelCafe Forum, it may contain content of questionable or sensitive nature. The ETravelCafe Forum is intended for the travel community and not for children. While we hope that they content is not offensive, we do not intend for children to read or post. If you are concerned about the appropriateness of content posted on the ETravelCafe Forum please refer the complaint to us. post@maildepo.com

Privacy

Please review the MailDepo web site Privacy Policy regarding your profile information, otherwise you must understand that your postings can be read by every one visiting the MailDepo site. If you share items of a personal nature they will be available for others to see. With your permission, we may disclose information about you to our partners.

Complaints Procedures

If you become aware of a posting that you believe is infringing your legal rights (including copyright, trade mark, defamation and others) you should immediately make us aware of the posting. We will investigate all complaints and may at our discretion take action, (from removing the post, or removing all the postings by that user, or banning that user from the ETravelCafe Forum.

To make a complaint, contact the administrator via email at post@maildepo.com and point out the category in which the offensive post is located. Be aware that removal of postings is fully at our discretion, except if the content is illegal. If you are not happy with the action taken, you can follow the formal complaints procedure set out below. We may also require you to follow the formal procedure for certain matters (for example, if you claim that content is infringing copyright or is defamatory).

The formal procedure
1. By email please identify the post, including the category, screen name and date. In the subject line of the Email please type “ ETravelCafe Forum Complaints”.
2. Identify the infringement or law that you feel is in issue. Intellectual property or other right or the law which the posting breaches. Please articulate your arguments about this as thoroughly as possible.
3. Provide information so that we can contact you directly.
4. As formality requires please include the following statement: "I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this complaint is accurate".
5. Should the issue move further we will request of you that you sign and date the paper and send it by facsimile or postal service. In this event, the information will be provided so that you may do so. If you wish to make it this formal please inform us of this fact in your email complaint.

We will review your complaint upon receipt and will take whatever action we see fit, based on the merit of your complaint and the evidence provided. No matter the course we decide on, we will contact with you to explain our decision.

Liability and Indemnities

We are not responsible to you or anyone else for any loss, damage, liability, cost or expense suffered in connection with the use of the ETravelCafe Forum or any of its content. We make no warranties or representations about it or its content. We exclude, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any liability which may arise as a result of the use of the ETravelCafe Forum, its content or the information available on it. Where liability cannot be excluded, any liability incurred by us in relation to the use of the ETravelCafe Forum or its content is limited to the re-supply of the service or the cost of having the service provided again (at our discretion). We will never be liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss, or loss of business profits or revenue arising from the use of the ETravelCafe Forum.

You must indemnify us and the other companies (Suppliers) using MailDepo services, against each claim, proceeding, judgment, action, loss, damage, expense or liability incurred or suffered by, or brought, made or recovered against us or the other companies using the MailDepo services in connection with any breach of these terms and conditions of use.