Public Forum & User Submissions

"Public Forum" means an area, site or feature offered as part of any Imperial Offshore Site that offers the opportunity for users to submit content ("User Submissions") for viewing by one or more Imperial Offshore Site users, including without limitation a message board, forum, social community environment, conversation page, or blog.

You acknowledge that Public Forums and features offered therein are for public and not private communications, and you have no expectation of privacy with regard to any User Submission to a Public Forum. We cannot guarantee the security of any information you disclose through any of these media; you make such disclosures voluntarily and at your own risk. You should use good judgment when posting information, remarks or other content regarding other users, service providers, Imperial Offshore or any other third party. You may be held legally responsible for damages suffered by other users, Imperial Offshore or third parties as a result of legally actionable or defamatory comments, remarks or other information or content that you post to an Imperial Offshore Site. Imperial Offshore is not legally responsible for any User Submissions, even if a User Submission is defamatory or otherwise legally actionable.

You are and will remain solely responsible for the User Submissions you distribute on or through any Imperial Offshore Site in any Public Forum and for the consequences of submitting and posting same. We have no duty to monitor any Public Forum. You will be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from a User Submission. By submitting material to any Imperial Offshore Site, you automatically grant, or warrant that the owner of such material has expressly granted, Imperial Offshore the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate and distribute such material (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed for the full term of any copyright or other rights that may exist in such material. You also permit any other user to access, view, store or reproduce the material for that user's personal use. You hereby grant Imperial Offshore the right to edit, copy, publish and distribute any material you make available on any Imperial Offshore Site.

You acknowledge that your use or reliance upon any User Submission posted in any Public Forum is at your own risk. For example, we are not responsible for, and we do not endorse, the opinions, advice, or recommendations posted or sent by users in any Public Forum, and we specifically disclaim any and all liability in connection therewith. We do not confirm nor verify the qualifications, background, or abilities of users or the information they post in any Public Forum. Therefore, we recommend that you be careful and exercise common sense and good judgment when using any Imperial Offshore Site or Public Forum.

Rules of Conduct: you agree that you will not submit any User Submission on any Imperial Offshore Site that:
• is defamatory, abusive, harassing, threatening, or an invasion of a right of privacy of another person;
• is bigoted, hateful, or racially or otherwise offensive;
• is violent, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, or otherwise sexually explicit, or otherwise harms or can reasonably be expected to harm any person or entity;
• is illegal or encourages or advocates illegal activity or the discussion of illegal activities with the intent to commit them, including a User Submission that is, or represents an attempt to engage in, child pornography, stalking, sexual assault, fraud, trafficking in obscene or stolen material, drug dealing and/or drug abuse, harassment, theft, or conspiracy to commit any criminal activity;
• infringes or violates any right of a third party, including: (a) copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary or contractual rights; (b) right of privacy (specifically, you must not distribute another person's personal information of any kind without their express permission) or publicity; or (c) any confidentiality obligation;
• is commercial, business-related or advertises or offers to sell any products, services or otherwise (whether or not for profit), or solicits others (including solicitations for contributions or donations);
• contains a virus or other harmful component, or otherwise tampers with, impairs, or damages the Imperial Offshore Sites or any connected network, or otherwise interferes with any person or entity's use or enjoyment of the Imperial Offshore Sites;
• (a) does not generally pertain to the designated topic or theme of the relevant Public Forum; (b) violates any specific restrictions applicable to a Public Forum, including its age restrictions and procedures; or (c) is antisocial, disruptive, or destructive, including "flaming," "spamming," "flooding," "trolling," and "griefing" as those terms are commonly understood and used on the Internet; or
• is false or misleading.

We cannot and do not assure that other users are or will be complying with the foregoing Rules of Conduct or any other provisions of these Terms of Use, and, as between you and us, you hereby assume all risk of harm or injury resulting from any such lack of compliance.

We reserve the right, but disclaim any obligation or responsibility, to refuse to post or communicate or remove any User Submission from any Imperial Offshore Site that violates these Terms of Use (including the Rules of Conduct).