Social Media Policy
Social Media policy (“policy”)
BY POSTING ON ANY FIDELITY SYSTEMS SOCIAL MEDIA SITE
YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS. Fidelity Systems (“FS”) has opened publicly
facing pages on social media sites for viewing content and/or videos and
posting comments about FS. These social media sites include but are not
limited to various blogs, bulletin boards, networks, multi-media and
news media sites or other user generated content sites (“Social Media
Sites”). By accessing, viewing and/or posting any content related
directly or indirectly to FS on any Social Media Site on the internet,
you accept, without limitation or qualification, the following terms of
use. If you do not agree to the terms of this Policy, you may not view
or post any content to any Social Media Site on the internet. Your use
of Social Media Sites is acceptance of this Policy and has the same
effect as if you had actually physically signed an agreement.
1. You must be at least 18 years old to post any
content on any Social Media Site.
2. As a guest posting content to any Social Media Site
on the internet, you agree that you will not: violate any local, state,
federal and international laws and regulations, including but not
limited to copyright and intellectual property rights laws regarding any
content that you send or receive via this Policy; transmit any material
(by uploading, posting, email or otherwise) that is unlawful,
disruptive, threatening, profane, abusive, harassing, embarrassing,
tortuous, defamatory, obscene, libelous, or is an invasion of another's
privacy, is hateful or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable
as solely determined in FS’s discretion; impersonate any person or
entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with
a person or entity; transmit any material (by uploading, posting, email
or otherwise) that you do not have a right to make available under any
law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships; transmit any
material (by uploading, posting, email or otherwise) that infringes any
patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights
of any party; transmit (by uploading, posting, email or otherwise) any
unsolicited or unauthorized advertising (including advertising of non FS
services or products), promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam,"
"chain letters," "pyramid schemes" or any other form of solicitation;
transmit any material (by uploading, posting, email or otherwise) that
contains software viruses, worms, disabling code, or any other computer
code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the
functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications
equipment; harass another; or collect or store, or attempt to collect or
store, personal data about third parties without their knowledge or
consent; or to share confidential pricing information of any party.
3. FS reserves the right to monitor, prohibit,
restrict, block, suspend, terminate, delete, or discontinue your access
to any Social Media Site, at any time, without notice and for any reason
and in its sole discretion. FS may remove, delete, block, filter or
restrict by any other means any materials in FS’s sole discretion. You
understand and agree that FS may disclose your communications and
activities with FS in response to lawful requests by governmental
authorities, including Patriot Act requests, judicial orders, warrants
or subpoenas, or for the protection of FS rights. You agree that in the
event that FS exercises any of its rights hereunder for any reason, FS
will have no liability to you.
4. By posting any content on any Social Media Site,
you grant to FS the irrevocable right to reproduce, distribute, publish,
and display such content and the right to create derivative works from
your content, edit or modify such content and use such content for any
FS purpose.
5. You shall defend, indemnify, and hold FS and its
corporate affiliates and their respective officers, directors,
employees, contractors, agents, successors and assigns harmless from and
against, and shall promptly reimburse them for, any and all losses,
claims, damages, settlements, costs, and liabilities of any nature
whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys' fees) to which any of them
may become subject arising out of, based upon, as a result of, or in any
way connected with, your posting of any content to a Social Media Site,
any third party claims of infringement or any breach of this Policy.
6. YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ASSUME ALL
RESPONSIBILITY RELATED TO THE SECURITY, PRIVACY, AND CONFIDENTIALITY
RISKS INHERENT IN SENDING ANY CONTENT OVER THE INTERNET. By its very
nature, a website AND THE INTERNET cannot be absolutely protected
against intentional or malicious intrusion attempts. FS does not control
the THIRD PARTY SITES AND THE Internet over which you may choose to send
confidential personal or health information OR OTHER CONTENT and,
therefore, FS DOES NOT WARRANT ANY SAFEGUARD AGAINST ANY such
interceptions or compromises to your information. When posting any
content on an internet site, you should think carefully about your own
privacy in disclosing detailed or private information about yourself and
your family. FURTHERMORE, FS DOES NOT ENDORSE ANY PRODUCT, SERVICE,
VIEWS OR CONTENT DISPLAYED ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE.
7. You agree that any claim or dispute relating to
your posting of any content on a Social Media Site on the internet shall
be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio without
regard to its conflict of law’s provisions and you agree to be bound and
shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the local, state or
federal courts located in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
8. You may not provide any content to a Social Media
Site that contains any product or service endorsements or any content
that may be construed as political lobbying, solicitations or
contributions or use the Social Media Site to link to any sites or
political candidates or parties or use the Social Media Site to discuss
political campaigns, issues or for taking a position on any legislation
or law.
9. THIS POLICY MAY BE UPDATED AT ANY TIME WITHOUT
NOTICE, AND EACH TIME A USER ACCESSES A SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE, THE NEW
POLICY WILL GOVERN, USAGE, EFFECTIVE UPON POSTING. To remain in
compliance, FS suggests that you review the Policy, as well as the other
website policies, at regular intervals. By continuing to post any
content after such new terms are posted, you accept and agree to any and
all such modifications to this Policy.
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