The Rochester Alumni Exchange is provided by the Office of Alumni Relations and the University and is designed to facilitate communication among alumni for personal or University-related purposes.

I. Privacy and Security

The University and the Office of Alumni Relations have not, do not and will never sell alumni information to anyone. All alumni information is strictly guarded for use by individual alumni and the Office of Alumni Relations for personal and University-related purposes only.

The Office of Alumni Relations has taken all reasonable precautions to secure the personal information available through the Rochester Alumni Exchange. The Rochester Alumni Exchange is password protected to allow access by registered University alumni only. Although this precaution should effectively protect any personal information available through the Rochester Alumni Exchange from abuse or outside interference, a certain degree of privacy risk is faced any time information is shared over the Internet. Therefore, through the Online Directory feature of the Rochester Alumni Exchange, you have the ability to hide your information from being viewed by other community members.

II. Policy and Guidelines for Proper Use

To safeguard the operation of the Rochester Alumni Exchange, the Office of Alumni Relations has adopted many guidelines and policies that are used by the University to govern conduct particularly, conduct that occurs in an Online environment.

In addition to the University's policies and guidelines, users of the Rochester Alumni Exchange must abide by the following specific rules and regulations:

A. Unauthorized copying, reproduction, republishing, uploading, downloading, posting, transmitting or duplicating any of the material is prohibited. You may download or copy any downloadable materials displayed on the Rochester Alumni Exchange for home, noncommercial and personal use only; provided, however, that you maintain all copyright, trademark and other notices contained in such material and you agree to abide by all additional copyright notices or restrictions contained in any material accessed through the Rochester Alumni Exchange.

B. Use of information or communications available through the Rochester Alumni Exchange for any commercial, public or political purposes is strictly prohibited. Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to, solicitations for commercial services, cold-calling of any kind or mass-mailings for commercial purposes. Information available through the Rochester Alumni Exchange may be used for specific personal and University-related purposes only.

C. Users shall not restrict nor inhibit any other user from enjoying any service on the Rochester Alumni Exchange. Posting of obscene materials or use of obscene language, posting of vulgar materials, or use of vulgar language, or use of abusive, defamatory, profane, or threatening language of any kind, will constitute a violation of these policies governing the use of the Rochester Alumni Exchange. Additionally, users shall not upload, transmit, distribute or otherwise publish any materials containing a virus or any other harmful component.

D. All aliases adopted by Rochester Alumni Exchange users are subject to approval by the University and/or the Office of Alumni Relations to ensure that the proper image is associated with the institution.

Neither the University nor the Office of Alumni Relations is responsible for screening communications in advance, and neither the University nor the Office of Alumni Relations will actively monitor the use of the Rochester Alumni Exchange. For this reason, it is essential that the alumni users of the Rochester Alumni Exchange report any abuses or misuse of the Rochester Alumni Exchange to the Office of Alumni Relations. If the Office of Alumni Relations determines that a user's participation in the Rochester Alumni Exchange creates a liability for the Alumni Association or the University or that the user has violated the policies set forth herein, the Alumni Association reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to take actions against the user. The Office of Alumni Relations reserves the right to expel a user and deny a user further access to the Rochester Alumni Exchange if such user violates these policies or any applicable laws or regulations.

III. Liability and Indemnity

The reliability of the information available through the Rochester Alumni Exchange is largely dependent upon the actions of community registrants. The Office of Alumni Relations can make no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of this information.

The Office of Alumni Relations does not warrant that the Rochester Alumni Exchange web site will operate error-free or that the site and its server are free of computer viruses or other harmful material. To the fullest extent permitted by the law, the Office of Alumni Relations disclaims all warranties, including the warranties of merchantability, non-infringement, and fitness for particular purpose. In no event shall the Office of Alumni Relations or the University be liable for any damages whatsoever, including, without limitation, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages, resulting from the use of or inability to use information or materials available on the Rochester Alumni Exchange web site.

By using the Rochester Alumni Exchange web site, you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Office of Alumni Relations, the University, and their respective agents from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, costs, and expenses that may arise from your use of the Rochester Alumni Exchange web site or your breach of these policies. The Office of Alumni Relations will provide notice to you of any such action or claim, and reserves the right to participate, at our expense, in the investigation, settlement, and defense of any such action or claim.

Please note that the Office of Alumni Relations may revise these policies and your continued use of the site constitutes your agreement to comply with such modifications. You should review the policies periodically to ensure that you are familiar with them.

Participation in the Rochester Alumni Exchange is a privilege.

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