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By using Science Lovin', you agree to these Terms. If you don’t agree to any of the Terms, you can’t use Science Lovin'.

We can change these Terms at any time. If a change is material, we’ll let you know before they take effect. By using Science Lovin' on or after that effective date, you agree to the new Terms. If you don’t agree to them, you should delete your account before they take effect, otherwise your use of the site and content will be subject to the new Terms.

Content rights & responsibilities

You own the rights to the content you create and post on Science Lovin'.

By posting content to Science Lovin', you give us a nonexclusive license to publish it on Science Lovin' Services, including anything reasonably related to publishing it (like storing, displaying, reformatting, and distributing it). In consideration for Science Lovin' granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree that Science Lovin' may enable advertising on the Services, including in connection with the display of your content or other information. We may also use your content to promote Science Lovin', including its products and content. We will never sell your content to third parties without your explicit permission.

You’re responsible for the content you post. This means you assume all risks related to it, including someone else’s reliance on its accuracy, or claims relating to intellectual property or other legal rights.

You’re welcome to post content on Science Lovin' that you’ve published elsewhere, as long as you have the rights you need to do so. By posting content to Science Lovin', you represent that doing so doesn’t conflict with any other agreement you’ve made.

By posting content you didn’t create to Science Lovin', you are representing that you have the right to do so. For example, you are posting a work that’s in the public domain, used under license (including a free license, such as Creative Commons), or a fair use.

We can remove any content you post for any reason.

You can delete any of your posts, or your account, anytime. Processing the deletion may take a little time, but we’ll do it as quickly as possible. We may keep backup copies of your deleted post or account on our servers for up to 14 days after you delete it.

Our content and services

We reserve all rights in Science Lovin's look and feel. Some parts of Science Lovin are licensed under third-party open source licenses. We also make some of our own code available under open source licenses. As for other parts of Science Lovin, you may not copy or adapt any portion of our code or visual design elements (including logos) without express written permission from Science Lovin unless otherwise permitted by law.

You may not do, or try to do, the following: (1) access or tamper with non-public areas of the Services, our computer systems, or the systems of our technical providers; (2) access or search the Services by any means other than the currently available, published interfaces (e.g., APIs) that we provide; (3) forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or posting, or in any way use the Services to send altered, deceptive, or false source-identifying information; or (4) interfere with, or disrupt, the access of any user, host, or network, including sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, mail-bombing the Services, or by scripting the creation of content or accounts in such a manner as to interfere with or create an undue burden on the Services.

Crawling the Services is allowed if done in accordance with the provisions of our robots.txt file, but scraping the Services is prohibited.

We may change, terminate, or restrict access to any aspect of the service, at any time, without notice.

No children

Science Lovin is only for people 13 years old and over. By using Science Lovin', you affirm that you are over 13. If we learn someone under 13 is using Science Lovin', we’ll terminate their account.

Incorporated rules and policies

By using the Services, you agree to let Science Lovin' collect and use information as detailed in our Privacy Policy. If you’re outside the United States, you consent to letting Science Lovin' transfer, store, and process your information (including your personal information and content) in and out of the United States.

To enable a functioning community, we have Rules. To ensure usernames are distributed and used fairly, we have a Username Policy. Under our DMCA Policy, we’ll remove material after receiving a valid takedown notice. Under our Trademark Policy, we’ll investigate any use of another’s trademark and respond appropriately.

By using Science Lovin', you agree to follow these Rules and Policies. If you don’t, we may remove content, or suspend or delete your account.

Miscellaneous

Disclaimer of warranty. Science Lovin' provides the Services to you as is. You use them at your own risk and discretion. That means they don’t come with any warranty. None express, none implied. No implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, availability, security, title or non-infringement.

Limitation of Liability. Science Lovin' won’t be liable to you for any damages that arise from your using the Services. This includes if the Services are hacked or unavailable. This includes all types of damages (indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary). And it includes all kinds of legal claims, such as breach of contract, breach of warranty, tort, or any other loss.

No waiver. If Science Lovin' doesn’t exercise a particular right under these Terms, that doesn’t waive it.

Severability. If any provision of these terms is found invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, you agree that the court should try to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision and that other provisions of the Terms will remain in full effect.

Choice of law and jurisdiction. These Terms are governed by California law, without reference to its conflict of laws provisions. You agree that any suit arising from the Services must take place in a court located in San Francisco, California.

Entire agreement. These Terms (including any document incorporated by reference into them) are the whole agreement between Science Lovin' and you concerning the Services.

Privacy Policy: Effective March 1st, 2017

General information

This policy sets out our privacy practices and explains how we handle the information we collect when you visit and use our sites, services, mobile applications, products, and content (“Services”).

What we may collect

We collect information about what Science Lovin' pages you access, information about your mobile device (such as device or browser type), information you send us (such as an email address used to register or communicate with us), and referral information.

When you use Science Lovin' Services, we may collect and store your Internet Protocol address. We may use this information to fight spam and other abuse; to personalize Science Lovin' Services; or to generate aggregate, non-identifying information about how people use Science Lovin' Services.

When you create your Science Lovin' account, and authenticate via a third-party service like Twitter or Facebook, we may collect, store, and periodically update the contact lists associated with that third-party account, so you can connect with existing contacts from that service who are on Science Lovin'.

Email from Sceince Lovin'

Sometimes we’ll send administrative emails about account or service changes, or new policies. You can’t opt out of them. You can always opt out of non-administrative emails such as daily digests.

We won’t email you to ask for your password or other account information. If you receive such an email, send it to us so we can investigate.

Disclosure of your information

As a rule, we don’t share your personal information outside the company.

We won’t sell your personal information.

We may share your personal information with third parties in limited circumstances, including: (1) with your consent; (2) to a vendor or partner who meets our data protection standards; or (3) when we have a good faith belief it is required by law, such as pursuant to a subpoena or other legal process.

If we’re going to share your information in response to legal process, we’ll give you advance notice so you can challenge it (for example by seeking court intervention), unless we’re prohibited from doing so by law or court order. We will object to requests for information about users of our site that we believe to be improper.

If we merge with another company such that your information will become subject to a different privacy policy, we’ll notify you before the transfer. You can opt out of the new policy by deleting your account during the notice period.

Cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies such as pixels and local storage to recognize you when you return to our Services. We use them in various ways, for example to log you in, remember your preferences (such as default language), evaluate email effectiveness, show relevant ads, and personalize information.

We respect Do Not Track (“DNT”) settings in browsers. If you’re logged out of our Services and have DNT enabled, we will not set cookies. By logging in you are opting to allow Science Lovin' to ignore the DNT setting and to use cookies in order to provide you a personalized experience.

Some third-party services that we use, such as embedly or Google Analytics, may place their own cookies in your browser. This Privacy Policy covers use of cookies by Science Lovin' only and not the use of cookies by third parties.

Data Storage

Science Lovin' uses third-party vendors and hosting partners, such as Amazon, for hardware, software, networking, storage, and related technology we need to run Science Lovin'. We maintain two types of logs: server logs and event logs.

Modifying your personal information or deleting your account

If you have a Science Lovin' account, you can access and modify your personal information, or delete your account here.

To protect information from accidental or malicious destruction, we may not immediately delete residual copies from our active servers and may not remove information from our backup systems.

If you delete your account, your account and content may be unrecoverable.

Data security

No data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, so we can’t guarantee security. You use the Service at your own risk, and you’re responsible for taking reasonable measures to secure your account (like using a strong password).

Changes to this Policy

Science Lovin' may periodically update this Policy. We’ll notify you about significant changes to it. The most current version of the policy will always be here and we will archive former versions of the policy here.