UMUC GSMT Financial Management & Accounting Program Forum Rules, Policies, and Disclaimers Agreement

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The University of Maryland University College (UMUC) Graduate School of Management & Technology (GSMT) Financial Management & Accounting Program ("UMUC GSMT Fin-Acct Program") may modify this Agreement at any time.

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UMUC reserves the right to moderate its forums by appointing a moderator. UMUC may delete, cancel, censor, alter or modify any post, in part or in whole, without prior notification or further explanation. UMUC may also ban you from the UMUC GSMT Fin-Acct Program forums without prior notification, for any reason, at the discretion of a UMUC GSMT Fin-Acct Program forums official/moderator.

The UMUC GSMT Fin-Acct Program maintains records of all forum users, sorted by originating IP, date, time and frequency of posts and has the right to make this information public, if any of the user's actions violate this agreement.

UMUC assumes no liability for content posted on the forums, or the actions or behavior of any contributor or participant. All opinions and views expressed in the forums, including those of the UMUC staff, are solely those of their respective authors and do not reflect the opinions of UMUC.

Though every attempt will be made to ban undesirable or offensive content and content on the UMUC GSMT Fin-Acct Program forums is intended for general audiences within a scholarly and business setting, adults should exercise caution when allowing children to access this or any other Internet forum website.

All information posted on the forums shall be deemed to be non-confidential and UMUC shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such information. In addition, UMUC shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, display, exhibit, transmit, perform, create derivative works, and distribute the information to others without limitation, and to authorize others to do the same. UMUC is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such information for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products and other items incorporating such information.

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This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with laws of the State of Maryland, United States of America, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. If any provision of this agreement is held to be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

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