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Terms and Conditions Effective Date: October 1, 2020 Acceptance of Terms Your use of the NaNoWriMo website represents an understanding and acceptance of the following terms. If you do not agree with the following terms, you should not use the NaNoWriMo website. The following terms may be updated occasionally, at NaNoWriMo’s (“our”) discretion. NaNoWriMo (“We”) will make reasonable effort to notify you of any substantive changes. We suggest that you regularly review the terms to ensure your continued understanding and acceptance. If you are under 18, you must review the following terms with a parent or guardian. Your parent or guardian must give you permission before you establish an account. Authorized Users The NaNoWriMo website is intended for the following audiences: <ul> <li>Program participants at least 13 years of age</li> <li>Authorized regional program facilitators (“Municipal Liaisons”)</li> <li>Authorized program facilitators in libraries and community spaces</li> </ul> If you are not part of one of these audiences, you may not use the NaNoWriMo website. If you are not part of one of these audiences and have established an account, it will be immediately deleted and your access will be blocked. The NaNoWriMo website does not allow search-indexing or public access to user profiles, writing projects, or forums. Personal Information The NaNoWriMo website collects the following information upon registration: <ul> <li>Username</li> <li>Email address</li> <li>Password</li> <li>Time zone</li> </ul> On the NaNoWriMo website, you have the option to provide: <ul> <li>Avatar graphic</li> <li>Profile information (e.g., location and bio)</li> <li>Regional affiliation(s) (i.e., joining a local writing group)</li> <li>Writing project information (i.e., what you’re working on)</li> <li>Writing session information (e.g., when and where you wrote)</li> </ul> The NaNoWriMo website also&nbsp. tracks your logins and uses browser cookies. We use these only to help you interact with the site, not to gather any further personal information. When you join a region, the local administrators (Municipal Liaisons) may view your writing project and session information, as well as anonymized location data (if you’ve chosen to provide it). They use this information only to support the writers in their region. NaNoWriMo will not share any of your information with outside third parties, unless it is necessary for safety or legal purposes. By default, your profile and writing project information are viewable by other users on the NaNoWriMo site. If you wish, you may restrict access to only yourself and NaNoWriMo administrators. Emails Establishing an account on the NaNoWriMo website subscribes you to our mailing lists. We use a third-party service (Campaign Monitor) for our mailing-list management, but your information is only accessible by NaNoWriMo. You may unsubscribe or update your email preferences at any time. Donations NaNoWriMo is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. We often offer opportunities to donate or purchase programmatic merchandise. These transactions are hosted on a store platform (Shopify) outside the NaNoWriMo website. You may choose to establish a store account, which is governed under separate Terms &amp. Conditions. Your donation history is shared from the store platform to the NaNoWriMo database, and is connected via your unique username. Data Protection You may access and/or update the majority of your personal information at any time. Some information that we collect is stored only in the NaNoWriMo database. in these cases, you may contact us to request a copy of all the information we possess. You may delete your NaNoWriMo account, and all stored personal information, at any time. Information Location Username Account Settings Email address Account Settings Password Account Settings Time zone Account Settings Avatar graphic My NaNoWriMo → Profile Profile information My NaNoWriMo → Profile Writing project information My NaNoWriMo → Projects Regional affiliation(s) Find a Region Email preferences Email Preferences Logins, donation history, writing session information NaNoWriMo database Marketing NaNoWriMo will occasionally share program-related offers on behalf of our corporate sponsors. These messages will be distributed via our email or content systems, not by the sponsors themselves. We will not share any of your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes. Account Security We make every reasonable effort to keep your NaNoWriMo website account secure. We will not be held liable for unauthorized access to your account or personal information. Intellectual Property You will not knowingly share any content that has been created, copyrighted, and/or trademarked by another person or entity. We will immediately delete any content we determine to be plagiarized. National Novel Writing Month retains trademarks on the following: <ul> <li>“NaNoWriMo”</li> <li>“National Novel Writing Month”</li> <li>“Camp NaNoWriMo”</li> <li>“NaNoWriMo’s Young Writers Program”</li> <li>NaNoWriMo logo and all derivations</li> <li>Camp NaNoWriMo logo and all derivations</li> <li>NaNoWriMo’s Young Writers Program logo and all derivations</li> </ul> Codes of Conduct You will abide by any community Codes of Conduct on our site, including grounds for content, discipline, and account deletion. Writing Projects The NaNoWriMo website allows you to create and share information about your writing projects. NaNoWriMo claims no copyright on projects created or shared on our website, and will not be held liable for any content therein. User Content Authors on our site retain all copyright for their writing projects. By using the NaNoWriMo website, you do not grant us any rights to your work. The NaNoWriMo website allows you to share profile information and post in public forums. NaNoWriMo will not be held liable for this user-created content, and we reserve the right to remove any content at any time. Third-Party Links The NaNoWriMo website may contain links to content hosted on other websites. We will not be held liable for any third-party content. General Limitation of Liability NaNoWriMo will not be held liable for any damages associated, directly or indirectly, with your use of the NaNoWriMo website. General Rights Reserved NaNoWriMo has made reasonable effort to account for common terms of use above, but we know this won’t cover everything. We reserve the right to take any and all action on your NaNoWriMo website account, writing projects, and user-created content at our discretion. Contact Us If you have questions about these Terms &amp. Conditions or any other concerns related to the NaNoWriMo website, please email us.