Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

The Bowdoin College Online Community is provided by the Alumni Association and the College and is designed to facilitate communication among alumni for personal or College-related purposes. Read additional information on the Bowdoin College Web site privacy policy.

I. Privacy and Security

The College and Alumni Association have not, do not and will never sell alumni information to anyone. All alumni information is strictly guarded for use by individual alumni and the Alumni Association for personal and College-related purposes only.

The Alumni Association has taken all reasonable precautions to secure the personal information available through the Online community. The Bowdoin College Online Community is password protected to allow access by registered College alumni only. Although this precaution should effectively protect any personal information available through the Bowdoin College Online Community from abuse or outside interference, a certain degree of privacy risk is faced any time information is shared over the Internet. Therefore, through the Online Directory feature of the Bowdoin College Online Community, you have the ability to hide your information from being viewed by other community members.

II. Policy and Guidelines for Proper Use

To safeguard the operation of the Bowdoin College Online Community, the Alumni Association has adopted many guidelines and policies that are used by the College to govern conduct particularly conduct that occurs in an Online environment.

In addition to the College's policies and guidelines, users of the Bowdoin College Online Community must abide by the following specific rules and regulations:

A. Unauthorized copying, reproduction, republishing, uploading, downloading, posting, transmitting or duplicating any of the material is prohibited. You may download or copy any downloadable materials displayed on the Bowdoin College Online Community for home, noncommercial and personal use only; provided, however, that you maintain all copyright, trademark and other notices contained in such material and you agree to abide by all additional copyright notices or restrictions contained in any material accessed through the Bowdoin College Online Community.

B. Use of information or communications available through the Bowdoin College Online Community for any commercial, public or political purposes is strictly prohibited. Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to, solicitations for commercial services, cold-calling of any kind or mass-mailings for commercial purposes. Information available through Bowdoin College Online Community may be used for specific personal and College-related purposes only.

C. Users shall not restrict nor inhibit any other user from enjoying any service on the Bowdoin College Online Community. Posting of obscene materials or use of obscene language, posting of vulgar materials, or use of vulgar language, or use of abusive, defamatory, profane, or threatening language of any kind, will constitute a violation of these policies governing the use of the Bowdoin College Online Community. Additionally, users shall not upload, transmit, distribute or otherwise publish any materials containing a virus or any other harmful component.

D. All aliases adopted by Bowdoin College Online Community users are subject to approval by the College and/or the Alumni Association to ensure that the proper image is associated with the institution.

Some areas of the Bowdoin College Online Community are moderated. Alumni users are also encouraged to report any abuses or misuse of the Bowdoin College Online Community to the Alumni Association. If the Alumni Association determines that a user's participation in the Bowdoin College Online Community creates a liability for the Alumni Association or the College of that the user has violated the policies set forth herein, the Alumni Association reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to take actions against the user. The Alumni Association reserves the right to expel a user and deny a user further access to the Bowdoin College Online Community if such user violates these policies or any applicable laws or regulations.

III. Liability and Indemnity

The reliability of the information available through the Bowdoin College Online Community is largely dependent upon the actions of community registrants. The Alumni Association can make no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of this information.

The Alumni Association does not warrant that the Bowdoin College Online Community web site will operate error-free or that the site and its server are free of computer viruses or other harmful material. To the fullest extend permitted by the law, the Alumni Association disclaims all warranties, including the warranties of merchantability, non-infringement, and fitness for particular purpose. In no event shall the Alumni Association or the College be liable for any damages whatsoever, including, without limitation, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages, resulting from the use of or inability to use information or materials available on the Bowdoin College Online Community web site.

By using the Bowdoin College Online Community web site, you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Alumni Association, the College, and their respective agents from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, costs, and expenses that may arise from your use of the Bowdoin College Online Community web site or your breach of these policies. The Alumni Association will provide notice to you of any such action or claim, and reserves the right to participate, at our expense, in the investigation, settlement, and defense of any such action or claim.

Please note that the Alumni Association may revise these policies and your continued use of the site constitutes your agreement to comply with such modifications. You should review the policies periodically to ensure that you are familiar with them.

Participation in the Bowdoin College Online Community is a privilege. By clicking on the "Accept" button, you agree to abide by the Bowdoin College Online Community policies outlined herein. If you cannot accept these policies, please click on the "Do Not Accept" button to indicate that you cannot accept the policies and do not wish to register as a user of the Bowdoin College Online Community.