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ProjectForge User Agreement
Welcome to ProjectForge, which is provided by the United States Department of Defense, Defense Information Systems Agency (herein referred to as "DISA"). These Terms of Use / Terms of Service govern your use of the websites, content, software and services offered through ProjectForge. By accessing and/or using ProjectForge you agree to the following terms of use and terms of service, consent to abide by the information practices disclosed on the ProjectForge and consent to receive required notices and to transact with DISA electronically.
IN THESE TERMS, "WE", "US", "ITS", AND "OUR" REFER TO PROJECTFORGE and its host Defense Agency, THE DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY (DISA); AND "YOU" AND "YOUR" REFER TO YOU. Before using ProjectForge, read these Terms relating to your use of this web site carefully.
1) USE OF SERVICES
DISA offers ProjectForge to you for U.S. Government (USG) authorized use. Services are available only to registered users of ProjectForge and require you to sign in with PKI certificate issued by the DoD or a recognized DoD External Certificate Authority. Your use of ProjectForge, constitutes your agreement with the Terms and the ProjectForge policies ("Policies") posted from time to time and the Privacy Statement, both of which are incorporated by this reference into the Terms.
If you do not agree to these Terms, then you are not granted rights to use ProjectForge or any of its Services, and must refrain from accessing ProjectForge and its Services. If you violate any of these Terms, your permission to use ProjectForge automatically terminates.
DISA reserves the right to update and change the Terms, including without limitation the Privacy Statement, Policies and/or Service-Specific Rules, from time to time. DISA will alert users of any changes by email. Updates and changes to these Terms will be reflected in and accessible through the URL where such Terms first appeared. Users should periodically review the most recent version of the Terms, including without limitation the Privacy Statement, Policies and Service-Specific Rules. Use of ProjectForge after changes to the Terms constitutes acceptance of any changes. It is therefore important that you regularly review these Terms and keep your contact information current to ensure you receive any changes via email.
2) CONSENT TO MONITORING
PROJECTFORGE IS A U.S. GOVERNMENT (USG) INFORMATION SYSTEM (IS) THAT IS PROVIDED FOR USG-AUTHORIZED USE ONLY.USE OF THIS SYSTEM CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO MONITORING FOR ALL LAWFUL PURPOSES.
By using this IS (which includes any device attached to this IS), you consent to the following conditions:- The USG routinely intercepts and monitors communications on this IS for purposes including, but not limited to, penetration testing, COMSEC monitoring, network operations and defense, personnel misconduct (PM), law enforcement (LE), and counterintelligence (CI) investigations.
- At any time, the USG may inspect and seize data stored on this IS.
- Communications using, or data stored on, this IS are not private, are subject to routine monitoring, interception, and search, and may be disclosed or used for any USG-authorized purpose.
- This IS includes security measures (e.g., authentication and access controls) to protect USG interests--not for your personal benefit or privacy.
- Notwithstanding the above, using this IS does not constitute consent to PM, LE or CI investigative searching or monitoring of the content of privileged communications, or work product, related to personal representation or services by attorneys, psychotherapists, or clergy, and their assistants. Such communications and work product are private and confidential. See User Agreement for details.
3) APPROPRIATE CONDUCT AND RELATED USER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
As used throughout these Terms, "Content" means any text, data, software, music, sound, photograph, graphic, video, message, or material created, transmitted or stored using ProjectForge. You agree that you are responsible for your own conduct and any Content that you or anyone using your account creates, transmits or displays when on ProjectForge ("Your Content") and for any consequences thereof
When you create or make available Your Content, you thereby represent and warrant that:- Your content has not been determined, pursuant to Executive Order 12958 (Classified National Security Information, amended version, March 25, 2003 available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030325-11.html) or any predecessor or derivative order, to require protection against unauthorized disclosure, and that is not designated as classified (i.e., Confidential, Secret, or Top Secret);
- you own or have sufficient rights to post and distribute Your Content posted by, on or through ProjectForge;
- the posting of Your Content on or through ProjectForge does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights or other intellectual property, contract rights or any other rights of any person;
- you have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating to the use and distribution of Your Content, agree to pay for all royalties, fees and any other monies owning any person by reason of any of Your Content that you posted to or through ProjectForge;
- Your Content does not constitute, contain, install or attempt to install any viruses, worms, Trojan horses, malicious code or other harmful or destructive content that interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment, or otherwise permit the unauthorized use of a computer or computer network;
- Your Content is not unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of another's privacy, tortious, or contains explicit or graphic descriptions or accounts of: sexual acts, bodily waste functions, criminal activity or the intent to commit any of the above;
7) LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEB SITES
Links to third party web sites on ProjectForge are provided solely as a convenience to the user consistent with the stated purpose of this DoD web site. The appearance of hyperlinks within ProjectForge does not constitute endorsement (by the Federal Government, Department of Defense, the Defense Information Systems Agency) of linked web sites or the information, products or services contained therein. ProjectForge does not endorse or make any representations about the third party sites, or any information, services, or products found on the sites. If a user decides to access any of the linked sites, the user does so at their own risk.
8) DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
DISA cannot control the nature of the content available on the web site. By operating the web site, DISA does not represent or imply that DISA endorses any content or any other materials or items available on or linked to by the web site, including without limitation content hosted on third party web sites, or that DISA believes content or any other materials or items to be accurate, useful or non-harmful.
DISA claims no ownership or control over any user provided content. You agree that we are not liable for Content that is provided by others. ProjectForge may include unmediated forums containing the personal opinions and other expressions of the persons who post entries on a wide range of topics. Neither the content of these Sites, nor the references to other web sites made in these forums are screened, approved, reviewed or endorsed by the DISA.
We have no duty to pre-screen Content, but we have the right to refuse to post or to edit submitted Content. We reserve the right to remove Content for any reason, but we are not responsible for any failure or delay in removing such material. The text and other material of Content provided by others may represent the opinion of the specific author and are not statements of advice, opinion, or information of the DISA, DoD or the United States Government.
DISA cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of the web site. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from DISA or the web site shall create any warranty not expressly stated herein.
All products, services, information, content or any other materials or items provided through ProjectForge are provided "as is" and "as available", without warranty or conditions of any kind, including but not limited to, express or implied warranties, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. DISA does not warrant, endorse, guarantee or assume responsibility for any products, services or information offered by a third party through the web site or any hyperlinked web site, and DISA will not be a party to or in any way be responsible for monitoring any transaction between you and third-party providers of content, products, services or information.
9) LIMITED LIABILITY
To the extent permitted by applicable law, DISA will not be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages of any kind, or any other damages whatsoever (including without limitation, damages resulting from: (a) reliance on the web site materials, (b) loss of use, data, profits, goodwill and/or other intangible losses (including without limitation the inability to use ProjectForge services, unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data, statements or conduct of any third party on ProjectForge), or (c) delays or business interruptions arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of the web site).
You agree that your use of the web site and services will be at your sole risk. You agree to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend DISA and each of their employees, suppliers, service providers and other contractors (collectively, "DISA indemnified parties") from any and all third party claims, causes of actions, proceedings, liabilities, damages, or other demands ("claims"), arising from or related to (a) your access to or use of ProjectForge and services, including, without limitation, your or others' access of content or other materials available by means of the web site or third-party web sites, (b) your violation of these terms or breach of these terms , including, without limitation, any representation or warranty contained in this agreement; or (c) your content or provision to ProjectForge of information or any other products, postings, data or materials.
10) TERM AND SURVIVAL
These Terms shall remain in full force and effect while you use the ProjectForge Services or are a user of ProjectForge. You may terminate your use or participation at any time, for any reason. DISA may terminate your use or participation at any time for violation of these Terms or any laws or to protect the integrity of the web site, the networks or services connected to the web site or other users. DISA reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, ProjectForge or any Service. DISA shall not be liable to any user or other third party for any such modification, suspension or discontinuance. Even after your use or participation is terminated, the material terms of these Terms will remain in effect.
DISA may change these Terms of Use at any time. You can review the most current version of these terms by clicking on the "Terms of Use" hypertext link located on the ProjectForge login screen. You are responsible for checking these terms periodically for changes. If you continue to use ProjectForge after DISA posts changes to these Terms of Use, you are signifying your acceptance of the new terms. These terms are in addition to all applicable DoD regulations. If a conflict between these terms of use and a DoD regulation arises, the DoD regulation supersedes. The invalidation of a specific clause of these terms does not affect the rule and force of all remaining terms.
If you have any comments or questions concerning this user agreement please contact webmaster@Forge.mil
