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Terms of Service


Please read these Terms Of Service carefully before using this site. By using this site, you signify your agreement with these Terms Of Service. If you do not agree with any of the below Terms Of Service, do not use this site. Tycoon Planet reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, alter or otherwise update these Terms Of Service at any time and you agree to be bound by such modifications, alterations or updates.

As of April 21, 2000 we are required by law to obtain parental permission prior to new registration for individuals 12 and under due to the restrictions of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) This law requires that if we allow 12 and younger to participate in posting on our forums or hosting their web pages, we need to obtain written permission from that persons legal guardian. In order to be hosted by us or participate in our forums, you must fax us the following: Child's Name and Nickname online, Parent/Guardian full name, Parent's signature, Relation to Child, Telephone, parent and child's email address, and date to: 1-732-782-0358. Missing or incomplete information will cause us to reject the permission form without notice and it must be re-submitted to us, corrected, and in it's entirety before service will be activated. Requests for hosting and/or Forum Registration are processed within 24-48 hours. You may cancel at any time and Parents may have all information deleted regarding their child and their child's account completely revoked and deleted along with all posts and data attributed to their child by sending an email to zet93@tycoonplanet.com. Visit here for more information about this new law.


Privacy


Tycoon Planet does not in any way shape or form "collect" any personal data from any of its users. Any data that is submitted is voluntary and is only for your own enjoyment of this site. Data such as email, hobbies, and location can be deleted at your option, and are never ever sold or seen by anyone outside of Tycoon Planet.

Tycoon Planet is very respectful about the privacy concerns of the visitors to its site on the Internet. As a general policy, no personal information is automatically collected from visitors to its sites. However, certain non-personal information of visitors is recorded by the standard operation of the Tycoon Planet Network Internet servers. This information is primarily used to provide an enhanced online experience for the visitor. Information tracked includes the type of browser being used by the visitor, the type of operating system in use by the visitor and the domain name of the visitor's Internet service provider. By having this information, web pages optimized for a particular visitor's computer is automatically available to that visitor. Other uses of this information include internal review of the number of visitors to the sites but only in an aggregate and non-personally-identifiable form. E-mail addresses and other personally identifiable data about visitors to this site are known to Tycoon Planet only when voluntarily submitted.

When you register to use Tycoon Planet Network Forums, we require your real email address. We do this only for authentication. A password will be emailed to you, which you must then use to access our Forums. In your profile you must also give a nickname. It is not required that you use your real name; you can use any name you want. You may also elect to receive email from Tycoon Planet concerning updates and promotions that may occur from time to time. At any time if you do not want to receive the mailings, you can edit you profile and choose not to receive these emails.

Tycoon Planet Network Forums use "cookies" for setting messages that are old, and which ones are new. These cookies do not contain any personally identifying information, and are only used as a part of the functionality of the Forum.

Users should be aware that when they voluntarily disclose personal information (e.g., user name, e-mail address, phone number) on the bulletin boards, that information can be collected and used by other outside parties that read the board and may result in unsolicited messages from other people.

A SPECIAL NOTE FOR PARENTS CONCERNING PRIVACY


Tycoon Planet believes that parents should supervise their children's online activities and consider using parental control tools available from online services and software manufacturers that help provide a kid-friendly online environment. These tools can also prevent children from disclosing online their name, address, and other personal information without parental permission. For additional information about parental control tools, please consult the "Consumer Assistance" page of the Direct Marketing Association home page (www.the-dma.org).

TERMS OF USE


Tycoon Planet is a community for the Roller Coaster Tycoon game and related interests. If we feel that a post or free web site we host in any way, shape, or form can be offensive, libelous, inappropriate, vicious, or off topic.... we reserve the right to delete and or edit your post or web site without prior notice and at our sole discretion. These are the rules and "ToS" that you agreed to and are legally bound to by using Tycoon Planet This is NOT censorship or suppression of free speech. Tycoon Planet is a privately owned and operated web site, whose OWNERS are protecting there rights by exercising the control that they deem necessary to run a clean and fun site.

NOTES REGARDING FREE WEB SITE HOSTING


Tycoon Planet provides free web site hosting for RCT and related sites. Sites are accepted based on our sole discretion and we reserve the right to refuse service to any individual or entity for any reason without explanation. This is provided free of charge, at no obligation to the individual who signs up for the service other than the agreement to use our URL (http://tycoonplanet.com) as part of their URL while they are hosted with us (example: http://myrctsite.tycoonplanet.com). Additionally, as of March 1, 2001, all new sites hosted by Tycoon Planet must place banner ad code on their site which is supplied and specified by us at the time of the user's free web site setup. This code shall appear on the hosted site's main web site index page, not be a 'splash' or 'intro' page, and must be the obvious home page of the site. This code is only required on the main page, and other pages on the site shall not be required to contain the code. Sites hosted prior to March 1, 2001 shall not be required to have banner ad code on their site provided they continue to abide by these Terms of Service and continue to use our domain name in their URL as specified above. You agree to not subvert or prevent the ad from operating correctly in any way. We agree to provide service as set forth in official promotions and offers we may make from time to time (record on file.) We reserve the right to change or alter such service at any time without prior notice to the user. By hosting with us, you accept that this free hosting service may be discontinued at any time with no further obligation to Tycoon Planet. By hosting with us, you agree not to hack our server, hack other user's sites, use our server in DoS attacks against other individuals on outside networks, or use our server for any illegal activity covered by the laws of your country, the laws of the State of New Jersey, USA, and this ToS. You may not use your free web site hosted with us as a 'fileserver' whereas your main site is with another Provider, and you are using our server to keep your files. You must use the URL we assign you for the length of time you are hosted with us. You are not required to use email addresses @ tycoonplanet.com. Your content is your sole responsibility to create, backup, and maintain and we are not obligated in any way to provide technical support to you for anything other than server related problems. You are responsible for your own web page design. Additionally, while Tycoon Planet does backup sites from time to time, you are responsible for keeping a copy of your files, and Tycoon Planet shall not be held liable for loss of data under any circumstances, whether it be our fault or yours. Tycoonplanet.com is the sole property of Tycoon Planet. Free hosted sites are created and maintained by individuals responsible for the content of their own site, and who agree to indemnify and hold harmless Tycoon Planet from any connection or responsibility for content that violates this ToS. Free hosting, as with the requirements for Tycoon Planet Network Forums, requires you be at least 13 years of age, or under 13 if you have had your parent or guardian complete and fax to us the permission form. You must in either case provide us with a valid email address.

TRADEMARKS, COPYRIGHTS AND RESTRICTIONS


Tycoon Planet and tycoonplanet.com are all Trade Marks wholly owned by Tycoon Planet. All rights reserved. This is a fan and information site for RCT and Theme Park Games. We do not collect data to be sold or used by other parties. All material on this site, including, but not limited to images, illustrations, audio clips, and video clips, is protected by copyrights which are owned and controlled by Tycoon Planet or by other parties who have given permission to have their material exhibited on Tycoon Planet. RCT and Roller Coaster Tycoon are trademarks of Hasbro Interactive and Chris Sawyer. Saved games and track files are copyright the respective creators, and any unauthorized stake in ownership is a violation of copyright laws. Material from Tycoon Planet may not be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way. Modification of the materials or use of the materials for any other purpose is a violation of the copyrights and other proprietary rights. No user of this site may post copyrighted material for any reason without the consent of the copyright holder.

It is the policy of TycoonPlanet.com to respond expeditiously to claims of intellectual property infringement. TycoonPlanet.com will promptly process and investigate notices of alleged infringement and will take appropriate actions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") and other applicable intellectual property laws. Upon receipt of notices complying or substantially complying with the DMCA, TycoonPlanet.com will act expeditiously to remove or disable access to any material claimed to be infringing or claimed to be the subject of infringing activity and will act expeditiously to remove or disable access to any reference or link to material or activity that is claimed to be infringing. TycoonPlanet.com will terminate access for subscribers and account holders who are repeat infringers.

Notices of claimed infringement should be directed to:

David M. Stein
TycoonPlanet.com ToS Director
5 Colomba Drive
PMB #831
Niagara Falls, NY 14305-1275
Email: violations@tycoonplanet.com

LINKED SITES, HOSTED SITES, AND DOWNLOADS


Tycoon Planet is not affiliated with sites which may be linked to this site or being given free web site hosting, and is not responsible for content located on these sites. The Linked Sites and Hosted Sites are for your convenience only and you access them at your own risk. Additionally, trainers, parks, tracks and other downloads are provided for informational purposes only. By downloading any of the files on this site, you are doing so at your own risk. Tycoonplanet.com scans all files on it's site for viruses, however Trainers have been known at times to break parks and tracks, sometimes even rendering the game unusable. You accept this risk by downloading and using such files, and agree to indemnify and hold harmless Tyconplanet.com, its agents, associates, and affiliates, from all claims arising from damage caused by the use of this software. Tycoonplanet.com does not provide support for trainers available on this site. If you need help with a trainer, contact the author directly, or post a question in the RCTHelp forum at http://forums.tycoonplanet.com. We advise you to backup your files before modifying them with trainers. This is the only way to get your game back in the event it is corrupted.

SUBMISSIONS


Tycoon Planet is not responsible for any material posted on our Forums. You shall not submit or otherwise publish through such Forums any content which:

a) libels, defames, invades privacy, or is obscene, pornographic, abusive, or threatening;

b) infringes any intellectual property or other right of any entity or person, including, but not limited to violating anyone's copyrights or trademarks;

c) violates any law;

d) advocates illegal activity;

e) advertises or otherwise solicits funds or is a solicitation for goods or services; (collectively "Non-Approved Material").

You agree to indemnify Tycoon Planet and its officers, directors, employees, agents, distributors and affiliates from and against any and all third party claims, demands, liabilities, costs, or expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, resulting from your breach of any of the foregoing agreements, representations, and warranties.

E-MAIL AND POSTINGS RECEIVED


Do not post any threatening or libelous e-mails or material on this site that would be considered a violation of any law. Tycoon Planet will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing Tycoon Planet to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such e-mails or materials.

DISCLAIMER


Tycoon Planet is a free service, and is not responsible for any content posted or submitted on our site. While we make every effort to keep our hosted sites and forums clean and free from threats, pornography, posting of warez and other copyrighted media, we cannot entirely stop these from happening due to the changing nature of dynamic internet data. When such an offense occurs, we will do our best to fix the problem. Additionally, we will submit all logs, database records, and any other information related to any Forum Member, Hosted Web Site Member, or Web Site Visitor found or suspected of being engaged in illegal activity when requested by U.S. State or Federal governmental authorities, with or without a court order, during the course of an ongoing investigation. Report all offenders to zet93@tycoonplanet.com

FINAL ISSUES


The materials on the Tycoon Planet web site are presented solely for the purpose of entertainment. We at Tycoon Planet are here to provide a fun place on the web for the RCT gaming community. We are solely a fan-produced site. We have no affiliation with any game developer, magazine, or other website whatsoever.
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