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At CDMA Gurus, we recognize that privacy of your personal information is important. Here is information on what types of personal information we receive and collect when you use and visit https://cdmagurus.com, and how we safeguard your information. We never sell your personal information to third parties.
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Registration is not necessary for the public to use this Web site. However, members must register in order to gain access to adding threads to the Web site. During registration, you must complete the registration form and create a user name and password. During registration you are required to give us contact information. We use this information to contact you about the services on our site in which you have expressed interest.We are the sole owner of the information collected on this Web site.
The use of inappropriate or offensive language is not permitted in these forums. Inappropriate or offensive language includes, but is not limited to, any language or content that is sexually oriented, sexually suggestive or abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, or that contains racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind. We ask that you please be considerate to other members in the forums when posting your messages.
CDMA GURUS Site rules. General Rules THE ADMINISTRATORS AND MODERATORS OF cdmagurus.com RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MOVE, REMOVE, EDIT, CLOSE POSTS OR BAN MEMBERS (HAVE POSTING PRIVILEGES REVOKED) WHO BREACH THESE RULES OR TERMS OF USE AT OUR SOLE DISCRETION, AND WITH OR WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING OR EXPLANATION.
By using this Site, you acknowledge that all content, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated and neither are we legally responsible for any content on cdmagurus.com or any other website owned/operated by CDMA GURUS LLC. More of our Terms of Use can be found below for which you further agree to comply with and are bound if you use our Site. » Terms of Use and Privacy Policy «
The General Posting Rules are:
Flaming/Trolling - Any content that is unlawful, harmful, harassing, threatening, defamatory, vulgar, hateful or distasteful in nature are prohibited. Swearing is prohibited as we have a wide age range. This site employs a profanity filter. Please use appropriate language. Character substitutions, spacing, spelling variations or any form of modified spelling in order to get the word to pass through the filter is absolutely prohibited. Continued threats against a member, moderator or administrator will NOT be tolerated. If you disagree with another member, respond to the subject, not the person as the Internet has made it easy to make personal attacks, you must still exercise courtesy and self-restraint here. Please use the PM (Private Messaging) system to resolve personal issues.
Take note that we have zero tolerance for racial, ethnic, religious, and any other discriminatory slurs. Offenses of this nature warrant more severe disciplinary action (immediate temporary or permanent removal from cdmagurus.com).
Advertising/Spamming - Any form of advertising or soliciting members or commercial website linking whether publicly posted (including signatures) or sent privately (including email or PM) is strictly prohibited, unless approved by the staff. This also includes, but is not limited to advertising with the intent to 'help people', or to provide 'free' products or services (e.g. 'free unlocking' posts), or links containing a referral or affiliate ID. While the forum is free for you to use, it is costly and time consuming for us to run so spam makes it harder to fund the forums. If you wish to advertise please email whitey10tc@cdmagurus.com. If you're interested in our Marketplace or store and more please contact whitey10tc@cdmagurus.com.
Owners and affiliates of businesses profiting from selling mobile phone related products and services who desire a username that resembles the business's name or the URL of the business's website must contact us first about advertising prior to registering the username or modifying their current one.
Privacy of members - Revealing personal information such as full names, mailing address or other information that is invasive of another's privacy without their express consent is prohibited.
Software piracy - Do not do anything that would get CDMA Gurus in trouble. Although we may not agree with every takedown notice we receive we have to abide by theThe Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. 1st offeinse is a 24 hr Ban 2nd is a perma-ban. Requesting cracked software (Warez) ie. CDMA WS 3.5 will not be tolerated.
Adult/Explicit/Objectionable content - As the forum is intended for a wide age group, any content including pictures or links to pictures must not be considered R or X-rated. What is considered overly sexual or potentially offensive will be determined at our discretion.
Malicious Links - Links to sites containing any malicious material (spyware, viruses, pop-up bombs/e-bombs, etc.) are prohibited. As these types of links are usually posted with malicious intent, offenses of this nature warrant more severe disciplinary action (immediate temporary or permanent removal from cdmagurus.com).
Off topic posts - Please keep posts relevant to the particular forum title. It's natural for posts to become off topic but a great disruption of the flow of conversation will be moved or deleted with out notice.
Cross/Double posting - Please post to the MOST relevant forum. Double or cross forum posting or other attempts at flooding the forum with posts will be removed.
Bumping - This refers to posting with the deliberate intention to either pad your post count or to keep a thread 'hot' so it appears at the top of the forum. These type of posts can be described as useless information, gibberish, redundant or one-liners. Please try our search tools to see if there has already been a similar discussion first.
Multiple identities - Only one username or account is allowed per forum member. If you have forgotten your log in information, do not create a new account, please contact us.
Usernames - Anything with the following in the name will not be allowed: cdmagurus, staff, mod, moderator, admin, administrator, gm, global moderator, super mod, super moderator. Users who have signed up with any of these exemptions will be asked via PM to create a new profile and within 72 hrs the user name in question will be banned. These user names and any variation are reserved for staff members only. Profanity in user names will not be tolerated and members will be expected to abide by the rules. Please also note that if you choose a popular "well known" members name from another forum you may be required to verify your identity here.
Languages - All public content, including but not limited to titles, signatures or attachments MUST be in the English language. Additionally, usernames must not contain any non-English characters.
Account Expiration - If your account is inactive (has not logged-in) after the following expiration times it will be made available to the general public again. 100 posts or less: 1 year since last log-in. 101-999 posts: 2 years since last log-in. 1000+ posts: 3 years since last log-in.
More rules - In addition to the rules posted here, members are required to abide by any individual forum rules which may be posted at the top of specific forums in the form of 'stickies' or 'announcements'.
ESN Cloning - No ESN cloning discussions or illegal activity discussions (Zero Tolerance Rule) We have a zero-tolerance for anything related to ESN cloning, Wifi theft or theft of services, this includes distributing them via PMs in the open (public forums). A 24 hr ban will be imposed for the first offense and any a perma ban for the 2nd offense. Discussions of MEID repair are only allowed in the Premium Forum.
Sales section - Sales threads are only allowed in the market place! Selling other members work. This is not the right thing to do. If someone notifies us that this is taking place, we will investigate. If we find that you are selling someone else's work, you will be banned permanently. Selling Unauthorized Access to Cellular Phone companies activation tools or Dealer access lines(Zero Tolerance Rule) Due to a large number of people selling and advertising to access different companies sites and hot-lines we have to protect gurus in regards to people selling these. We are not affiliated and will not be affiliated with such blatant illegal actions, this is a instant permanent ban NO questions asked. If u have a problem with this rule then please inform one of the administrators and we will address the issue.
The rules and checklist for posting a sales thread/post. All posts/threads are moderated! (Staff will approve ASAP) if your post/thread does not appear do not re-post or it will automatically be rejected as spam. You must have 5 posts minimum to post a sales thread. These posts can not be spam or short one liners. You must be a confirmed member for longer than 1 month or approved by the staff. Paypal html links do not work so do not use them, this is for the security of the forum. You must include in your post your contact info, name, email, forms of payment accepted, item description, time-frame available, quantity available, delivery time. If you are selling a service already provided by the forum or one of it's paid advertisers or sponsors, your post may or may not be approved. (Check links at the top of each page and in the navigation bar) You must include a statement that you are independent and not associated with the forum or it's owners CDMA GURUS LLC. If you do not meet the above your post/thread will be denied.
Post reporting system - There are thousands of people on this site and only a handful of staff members. As a user, if you find something that breaks a rule, please PM a staff member or use the reporting feature so that we can handle it. We may not catch everything right away, so we have to rely on the users at times. This system is not to be used to say thanks or make comments/posts.
» What if I see something on the forums that violates a rule? There is a "Report bad post" button on the bottom left side of each post or you can send a PM to either a Moderator listed at the bottom of the forum in which the questionable post resides or to an available Super Moderator if a Moderator is not listed.
» What if I've been banned? Please keep in mind that as a busy forum we will not engage in protracted debates about your ban. If you have been banned for offenses other than spam, you will be given the opportunity to appeal your ban in a section reserved for banned members. If we suspect that you have signed up with a new username, that will also be banned. However, if you have mistakenly been banned (through no fault of your own) we apologize, and will investigate the matter.
» What if I don't understand a rule or not sure if I can post something? We will not take ignorance of any rules or policies as an excuse for not following them. Please contact us first if you are unsure if the information you wish to post may conflict with our rules or policies.
» Account closure policy - We will consider account closure requests on a case by case basis. Please note that to maintain forum continuity your posts cannot be deleted. If you have privacy concerns please choose an anonymous username and try not to post anything.
>> You agree that any and all information entered here maybe merged and combined with other forums owned/operated by CDMA GURUS LLC.
» Contacting Administrators/Moderator Supervisor - Please keep in mind that as a busy forum the Administrators and the Moderator Supervisor do not have the time to get personally involved in every particular issue, nor is it appropriate for them to do so. As such they will not respond to issues unless deemed absolutely necessary and only when lesser means (as applicable) have failed.
For forum issues that are within Moderator purview your first avenue of recourse is to contact the forum Moderator (or Super Moderator if the forum does not have an assigned Moderator) via reported post or Private Message. If that fails to resolve the issue, you may then contact the Moderator Supervisor (who may defer to an Administrator if necessary) for assistance.
For issues with Moderators, please attempt to resolve it first with the Moderator in question. If that fails, you may then contact the Moderator Supervisor for assistance.
Posting Links Our policy on linking to other forums is pretty simple. Members may link to any other site that provides information that helps answer another member's question or is just of general interest to members of that particular forum. One of the most basic tenets of the Web is the open exchange of information. We actively use no_follow coding, so if you are trying to build backlinks it will not work.
We monetize all outbound links from this site.
We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
To try and bring you offers that are of interest to you, we have relationships with other companies that we allow to place ads on our Web pages. As a result of your visit to our site, ad server companies may collect information such as your domain type, your IP address and clickstream information. For further information, consult the privacy policies of:
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If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page.
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