User Agreement
&
Liability/Disclaimer Notice

Scope

Access and use of the EricsonYachts.org (EY.o) site consitutes agreement with the policies both cited herein, and those in development.

Ownership

User submissions (including posts, written submissions, images and other items submitted, either via post or email) become the property of EY.o unless otherwise stated.

User Accounts

Users agree to maintain active, valid email addresses and to update their profile information when these addresses change.

Additionally, user agrees to maintain their profile information, including Occupation, Location, Boat Information and any associated biographical information contained their blog profile or elsewhere in the site to maintain site/thread/blog continuity - including if the user is discontinuing use of the site.

EY.o takes privacy concerns seriously, however our users wish to know who it is they are communicating with. To this end, we request that you provide some reasonable indication of who/what/where you are (even if generic, as in 'Engineer, Cleveland, OH')

Upon seperation from the site, users may cease to have contact made to them via the site, or it's users simply by contacting the Administrator via the 'Contact Us' link or by direct conversation. This will provide you with complete seperation, however any posts and content that you have provided will remain for consistency/continuity of the database.

User Content & Use Guidelines

Users agree to follow the guidelines established for use of the site, including the forums, blogs, media galleries and resource downloads where provided; both currently and in the future.

Users agree to refrain from creating, responding to, commenting on, uploading or referencing material which might be considered political, sexual or religious in nature. If such content/comment is created, it will be referred to the moderators or adminstrator, will be documented and brought to the posters attention as conflicting with this user agreement and/or guidelines for the section in question. EY.o retains the right for alteration or removal of any content at will.

If the user creating offending material continues to post such items, EY.o retains the right to ban their account for some period of time - possibly permanently.

Liability

Sean Engle and the administrators, volunteers, and financial supporters of EY.o in no manner guarantee, support or lay claim to, ideas, suggestions or directions given on this site, and assume no liability from the outcome or use of such material by any of its members, visitors, or users. We in no manner guarantee the accuracy of any document found on this site, nor assume any liability from them.

Intellectual Property

The intellectual ownership and copyright/trademark status of materials on this site are verified on an ongoing, case-by-case basis. The Ericson name and logo were property of Pacific Seacraft Corporation until their bankruptcy in 2004; both the logo and name are now in the public domain. Some of the images on this site are the property of King Photos, and have been reproduced with their permission. Other images and materials are forwarded to us by our users or may have come to EY.o via other indirect means.

Commercial Activity

EY.o takes no position on private commerce or private business relationships between registered members. EY.o does prohibit the use of the site for commercial reviews for financial gain. EY.o takes no issue in a user providing a review/suggestion as long as it is in context with a discussion already underway at the time of the review.

Oversight

Other than rejecting registrants who appear to be automated (bot) or human spammers/hackers, there is no mechanism to vet the participants or their comments. When user activity appears to imply that the user is actually a bot or is otherwise unwilling/unable to follow site requirements, EY.o reserves the right to ban the user(s) for an set period - possibly permanently.

Disputes

Accordingly, disagreements between members which cannot be resolved to their mutual satisfaction will result in EY.o ceasing the related activities on the site. If the parties involved in the dispute do not then move their argument to another venue, EY.o reserves the right to ban the user(s) for an set period - possibly permanently.

Feedback & Questions

Questions or comments regarding the user agreement, the ownership or associated liability of anything you see on this site may be forwarded to us via the Contact Us link below.

Last Updated: 02/24/22