Terms & Conditions

Terms & Conditions

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

General Rules

Please read these terms and conditions, as well as the privacy policy, before using the site, as your use of nationalinterest.org signifies your agreement to these terms and our privacy policy. The National Interest and any and all entities that control, are controlled by, or are affiliated with The National Interest are collectively referred to herein as “we,” “us” or “our.”

This is a binding contract between The National Interest and you. Your use of nationalinterest.org and all of its products and services, regardless of media, is subject to the terms, conditions and disclaimers set forth below and in our Privacy Policy, and to all applicable laws and regulations.

The National Interest reserves the right to terminate access to the site for any reason, and to take any other actions that The National Interest, in its sole discretion, believes to be in the interest of the company and of its users and customers as a whole. The National Interest reserves the right to modify these disclaimers, terms and conditions of access, without advance notice.

Access

We or our licensors own all content and materials on nationalinterest.org, including, without limitation, all trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress and copyrights. You agree not to sell or modify such content or materials or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use such content or materials in any way for any public or commercial purpose, in connection with products or services that are not those of The National Interest, in any other manner that is likely to cause confusion among consumers, that disparages or discredits us or our licensors, that dilutes the strength of our or our licensor’s property, or that otherwise infringes our or our licensor’s intellectual property rights.

Site Security

By using nationalinterest.org, you agree to provide, maintain and update true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself. If you have reason to believe that your account is no longer secure, it is your responsibility to let us know immediately. We explicitly disclaim liability for any and all losses and damages arising from your failure to comply with this section.

Acceptable Use Policy

You are solely responsible for any and all acts and omissions that occur during or relating to your use of the site, and you agree not to engage in unacceptable use of the site, which includes, without limitation, use of the site to:

Disseminate or transmit “spam,” unsolicited messages, chain letters, any advertisements, solicitations, pyramid schemes, investment opportunities or other unsolicited commercial communication;

Disseminate or transmit material that to a reasonable person may be abusive, obscene, defamatory, harassing, intimidating, grossly offensive, vulgar, threatening or malicious, or any content that is unlawful, is intended to be used for any unlawful purpose, is false or misleading, or that actually or potentially infringes the copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or other right of any person, including The National Interest; any material, nonpublic information about companies without the authorization to do so;

Create a false identity or otherwise attempt to mislead any person as to the identity or origin of any communication;

Purchase, sell, or offer to purchase or sell any equity or security or market instrument, or to provide information designed to manipulate any equity or security or market;

Interfere, disrupt, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to other profiles or accounts on the site or any other computer network;

Harvest, collect, or use addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, contact information or other personally identifiable information of users;

Disseminate or transmit viruses, Trojan horses, worms, defects, date bombs, time bombs or other items of a destructive nature or any other malicious code or program;

Express or imply that any statements you make are endorsed by us;

Restrict or inhibit any other visitor or member from using the site, including, without limitation, by means of “hacking” or defacing any portion of the site;

Modify, adapt, sub-license, translate, sell, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the site;

Remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in the site;

“Frame” or “mirror” any part of the site;

Engage in any other activity deemed by The National Interest to be in conflict with the spirit or intent of this agreement.

You understand that by using the site, you may be exposed to content that may offend you or challenge your beliefs. Your remedy is to avoid such content by discontinuing your access.

Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. We may investigate occurrences that may involve violations of the law or of the security of nationalinterest.org. We may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.

We reserve the right to disclose any information about you or your use of our website