Terms of Use

Siliconera welcomes you to its website and services. By visiting our site you agree to our terms and conditions. These terms and conditions are applicable throughout our website, so these should be read carefully.

Member Conduct

Information posted on the Siliconera forums does not originate from Siliconera. Members are solely responsible for the information, images, messages, graphics, video, text and all other materials they submit. Siliconera does not control what viewers can or can not post over the forums unless there is a reasonable request for deletion of a message. Siliconera can not guarantee the accuracy, quality or integrity of content on the forums. By using this service you may find content offensive or objectionable and under no circumstance is Siliconera liable for any content posted.

Members also agree not to use this service tot:

- Post any messages that contain virus or other computer code designed to limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware.

- Post any messages that contain hateful, unlawful, threatening, abusive or otherwise objectionable content.

- Post any messages that infringe on a patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or any other intellectual or physical rights of any party.

- Post any messages designed to solicit unauthorized advertising, junk mail, pyramid schemes, spam, chain letters or any other forms of solicitation, with the exception of trading items over the forums.

- No member or user shall collect data about users for any purpose throughout this website.

Privacy Policy

Siliconera understands that you care about what information is used and shared. Because we appreciate your trust, know that we do not solicit information about our visitors out. This statement describes the terms in our privacy policy.

What information is collected from you?

Siliconera uses cookies, which are alphanumeric identifiers that transfer information about you to our server. Typically, cookies contain information such as your web browser, operating system, IP address and host. These cookies are designed so we can provide you the best browsing experience possible at Siliconera. We also collect information regarding, which pages are clicked on and which pages a user may arrive from. This information is purely for statistical purposes and is not transferred to anyone outside of Siliconera.

If you choose to use the forums registration requires giving an active email address. Other information that is requested, but not required is location, website, occupation, interests, AIM address, ICQ address and so forth. The information you choose not to post is kept only for our use to communicate with you. Information that is posted throughout the forums, is done with the responsibility of the user.

Does Siliconera share the information it receives?

Siliconera values the trust you have given us with your information. Therefore we do not sell or intend to sell information to other sources. There are some exceptions when we must share information and these are listed as follows:

- Contests: If you are chosen as a winner of our contest we will have to share information with a vendor, publisher or other source to provide your prize. By agreeing to claim your prize you also agree that you will allow us to share this information.

- Protection of Siliconera.com: Personal information is released when appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our terms of use, to protect the rights or other users, Siliconera or others.

- With your consent: Other than the terms listed above we will notify you before we share any information. At this time you will also have the option to not share information.

License of site use

Content on Siliconera is property of Siliconera Media Limited. The information on this site is not to be modified, downloaded or used without the expressed written consent of Siliconera. This information may not be duplicated in any ways to be for sale, use on a personal website, use on another website or collection of this data. In no circumstances may any portion of this site be sold, resold, or exploited for commercial purposes without the consent of Siliconera. You may not use the trademark "Siliconera" or "Siliconera.com" in your website, meta tags or anywhere else without our written consent. Users may place a hyperlink to Siliconera.com under the conditions that link does not portray Siliconera in a misleading, false, derogatory or offensive manner. The right to place a hyperlink to our site can be revoked at any time.

Off site content

Siliconera takes no responsibility for content for external links that are placed on Siliconera. These sites have their own terms of use or terms of service that they adhere to. If you have a dispute with on of our external links please contact their site.

Copyright Complaints

If you believe that Siliconera has infringed upon the intellectual rights of another in any possible way please contact us.

Limitation of Liability

This site, Siliconera, is provided by Siliconera Media Limited on an "as is" and "as available" basis. Siliconera makes no warranties or any kind, expressed or implied. The information, content, materials, messages, images and items on this site you expressly agree that your use of this site is at your sole risk.

Site policies and modification of our terms

Please review our policies on this site. We reserve the right to make changes to our site, our policies and these terms of use at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.

Questions about our policy

Please direct all questions to staff@siliconera.com