Code of Conduct

BiznikSM ("Service" or "Biznik Service") offers a place to establish and develop a business network via the internet and also through various activities that happen in the real (as opposed to virtual) world.

By using the Biznik Service and web site (whether or not you choose to become a member) and attending any events sponsored by Biznik, you agree to accept this Code of Conduct as part of the Service Agreement. In other words, this is a contract between you and Biznik, just like the Terms of Use. You may review the terms of each contract at any time at www.biznik.com/about/terms and www.biznik.com/about/conduct.

You also agree that we may modify terms of this agreement from time to time at our sole discretion, which we will do by updating the web page.

If you do not agree with these terms as posted, you are prohibited from using the Biznik Service.

1. Conduct and Content

While using or accessing the Service--directly or indirectly--you agree to adopt a constructive tone and practice good etiquette and courtesy.

More importantly, you agree NOT to:

a. threaten, disrupt, inflame, intimidate, libel, stalk, defame, or defraud any individual, entity, or group on any basis including but not limited to age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion or disability or encourage any one else to do so;

b. post, publish, or transmit any text, graphics, or material that is illegal or violates local and national laws or that contains, encourages, advocates, or expresses: obscenity, child pornography, the making or buying of illegal weapons or illegal drugs, hatred, bigotry, racism, vulgarity or gratuitous violence or use of weapons;

c. harm or exploit minors in any way including collecting personally identifiable information, including but not limited to name, email address, home address, phone number, or school;

d. invade privacy by attempting to collect, store, or publish private or personally identifiable information, including, but not limited to, password, account information, credit card number, address, or other contact information;

e. modify or falsify the source of any content or information, impersonate another individual, Biznik representative, or moderator, or falsely state or misrepresent affiliation with a person or entity;

f. disrupt, harm or inappropriately access any computer, network, server or telecommunication system or violate related security or operational procedures, policies or regulations;

g. flood, overload, or mail bomb any mail service or transmit or transfer any harmful or disruptive viruses, worms, computer code, files, or programs;

h. infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights or violate contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as insider, proprietary, or confidential information);

i. encourage or instruct unauthorized copying or circumvention of copy protection or pirating of intellectual property or content including but not limited to software, music, text, photographs, illustrations, and movies;

j. access restricted, password-only, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page);

k. distribute or disseminate inappropriate, unauthorized or unsolicited advertising or promotional offers including, but not limited to, contests, sweepstakes, barter, junk mail, spam, chain letters, and pyramid schemes;

l. use Biznik messages or member profile content to obtain personally identifiable information, or to solicit or sell to any member inappropriately;

m. support or help any organization designated by the United States government as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act;

n. create "trolling" posts (trolling is deliberately posting false or provocative information in order to elicit responses from people who would not respond if they knew the motivation behind the post); or

o. attempt (i) to access or search the Service with any engine, software, tool, agent, device, or mechanism other than the software or search agents provided by Biznik or other generally available third party web browsers (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox); or (ii) to "frame," "mirror" or otherwise copy any portion of the Site without Biznik's express written authorization.

p. include or create links or otherwise refer to external sites that violate these restrictions

2. Spam Is Prohibited

You will not use the Service to transmit, either directly or indirectly, or facilitate the transmission of any unsolicited bulk or commercial email ("Spam"). We may use filtering technology or other measures to stop incoming Spam. This filtering technology may block some email sent to you through the Service. This may happen even if the email does not violate the Service Agreement.

You will not post content: in inappropriate categories, with excessive frequency; in multiple categories or multiple cities; or with identical or substantially identical text or photography. You will not use unrelated words in content to skew search results.

3. Child Pornography

In no event will you post--or seek--images of children, whether nude, clothed or partially clothed, in association with sexuality, in any area of the Service. Biznik will attempt to remove any such postings and prohibits any postings or text containing or referring to child pornography, such as those containing the word "Lolita" or referring to nude photographs of "girls," "teens" or "children."

4. Violation

While we retain the right to cancel or suspend your Service at any time without cause or notice, we consider the following to be a reasonable basis for termination: suspected violations of the Code of Conduct, this Service Agreement, or other guidelines; extended periods of inactivity; fraudulent or illegal activities; age misrepresentation; or nonpayment of any fees owed by you in connection with the Service.

5. Permissible Activity

Biznik allows members to post certain types of content that may be considered sexually explicit ("adult content") in certain places on the site. Adult content includes nudity and images of sexually explicit paraphernalia. Placement of such content is limited to a member's profile, and is not permissible on the member’s profile headshot. Profiles containing adult content will be accessible through a gateway page that asks the viewer if they are over 18 years of age. Members agree to designate their profile as "adult" if they are promoting products or services related to the sex industry.