PayPal Advantage Community Agreement

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Advantage Community Agreement

This Advantage Community Agreement ("Agreement") is a contract between you and PayPal and applies to your use of PayPal’s Advantage Community ("Advantage Community"). This Agreement applies to you in addition to the User Agreement and other applicable agreements. All capitalized terms shall have the definitions provided in this Agreement, or if a definition is not provided in this Agreement, the definition in the User Agreement shall apply. You must read, agree with and accept all of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement in order to use the Advantage Community. We may amend this Agreement at any time by posting a revised version on our website. The revised version will be effective at the time we post it. In addition, if the revised version includes a Substantial Change, we will provide you with 30 Days' prior notice of Substantial Change by posting notice on the "Policy Updates" page of our website.

1. User Content

The Advantage Community contains information and material posted by users ("User Content") and helps users communicate with others on subject matters relating to their use of PayPal. Any opinions or information made available as part of such User Content are those of the respective users and not of PayPal.

Each user's situation is different, so it is your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, usefulness and applicability of User Content. PayPal does not endorse and is not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness or applicability of User Content. User Content may be inaccurate, inappropriate or offensive. If the possibility of encountering inaccurate, inappropriate or offensive User Content is not acceptable to you, you should not use the Advantage Community. Please report inappropriate or offensive content, policy violations or other problems (other than intellectual property infringement claims, which are covered in section 6) using the "Flag for Moderator" option.

2. Content Regulation

The following are examples of violations that may result in immediate post removal, sanctions or suspension from the Advantage Community:

1. Violating any laws or this Agreement or infringing any third party rights;

2. Posting any material that is false, misleading, defamatory or invasive of another person's right of privacy or right of publicity;

3. Posting any material that is harmful, obscene, harassing, objectionable or otherwise unfit for publication;

4. Imposing an unreasonable load on our infrastructure or otherwise harming PayPal or interfering with the proper working of the Advantage Community;

5. Collecting information about others without their consent;

6. Copying, modifying or distributing the Advantage Community content or any other person’s content or otherwise infringing on the rights of PayPal or other users (including but not limited to copyrights and trademark rights); Using any material obtained through the Advantage Community for commercial purposes.

3. Actions We May Take

3.1 Breach of Terms

We may limit or terminate your use of the Advantage Community or any of the PayPal Services, if we think in our sole judgment you are creating problems or acting inconsistently with this Agreement.

3.2 Right to Reject Content

PayPal may in its sole discretion reject or remove any User Content if it is abusive, defamatory or offensive or for any other reason we deem appropriate.

3.3 Monitoring

PayPal shall have no obligation to monitor User Content, but may do so at its sole discretion. PayPal is not responsible for any failure or delay in removing any material from the Advantage Community.

4. Submission

4.1 Content You Post

You represent that any User Content you provide is accurate, is not confidential, and is not protected by any other party’s intellectual property rights or other rights. You agree that you will indemnify PayPal for all claims resulting from any User Content you supply.

4.2 License Grant

You license and grant PayPal the right to duplicate, publish and copy User Content you supply. You represent that you have sufficient rights in User Content you supply to make this license and grant.

4.3 Submission Related to PayPal's Products or Services

In the event that User Content you supply includes suggestions, comments or other feedback with respect to PayPal’s current or future products or Services ("Feedback"), the following will apply:

1. All Feedback shall be given entirely voluntarily;

2. Feedback, even if marked confidential, shall not create any confidentiality obligations on PayPal;

3. PayPal shall be free to use, disclose, reproduce, distribute and otherwise commercialize all Feedback that you provide without any obligation to you or restriction of any kind; and

4. You waive all rights to be compensated or seek compensation for Feedback.

5. Risks of Using the Advantage Community

PayPal provides the Advantage Community "as-is" and does not guarantee uptime or availability. You are advised to not use your full name or give out any personal information about yourself or anybody else via the Advantage Community. Under no circumstances will PayPal be liable for any loss or damage caused by use of the Advantage Community, reliance on information obtained through the Advantage Community or otherwise arising from any Advantage Community content.

6. Reporting Intellectual Property Infringements

We respect the intellectual property of others and require that Advantage Community users comply with relevant intellectual property laws. We may, in appropriate circumstances and at our discretion, limit or terminate use of the Advantage Community or any of the PayPal Services for users who supply User Content which is subject to intellectual property rights claims.

If you believe your intellectual property rights have been infringed, please complete this Infringement Report form (PDF) and fax it to 1-402-537-5774.