Terms of use

Your privacy matters to us

Our privacy policy is pretty straightforward; at least we like to think so. We fashion ourselves fairly responsible folks, therefore we will be responsible in regards to your personal information. We have built trooQ on the foundation of trust, and we realize that without the trust of our community, we would basically have nothing. We will do our best to honor your privacy, as well as the privacy of all the other members of our community.

Your personal information

trooQ takes full responsibility and ownership of all personal information that is collected on the site. We will not sell, share, rent or give away your information to other parties above and beyond what is disclosed on this agreement.

Here at trooQ, we do our best to only ask for the bare minimum amount of personal information. We know what it is like to have to fill out tax form like applications just to sign up for a web site, so we kept that in mind when we put together our registration form. We feel it is pretty quick to fill out, and the information that your provide us allows for us to give you a pretty kick ass experience (OK, just checking to see if you are keeping up, we try to keep the profanity to a minimum).

Here is the information that we need from you in order to get a rock solid experience:

• First Name -we need to know what to call you, unless you just want us to say Hey You!
• Last Name - kind of goes along with the first one, plus it will help us sort out all the Joes (well maybe you are not a Joe, but you get the picture).
• Nick Name (optional) - in the event you do not want to be known by your name, we need to know what to call you ;-)
• Password - make it a good one, and do not tell anyone.
• E-mail address - you will use this to log in to trooQ, and also this is where we will send any notifications you have asked to receive (oh, and we need to know how to get in touch with you, as we will send you some cool stuff once in awhile).
• Your zip code (US residents only) - this will come in handy when you want to do an advanced search, now you are thinking about it, right?

Somewhat legal jargon

Use of the Website

We want everyone to have fun, so there are some rules that you must play by in order for that to happen. Remember that trooQ is a free service (for now), but just because it is free does not mean that there are not any rules. With that being said, you are granted a limited, personal, non-exclusive, revocable, license to use the Website. You agree not to post, email, or otherwise make available Content:

• That is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory,libelous, or invades other peoples privacy.
• That harasses, degrades, intimidates or is hateful toward an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability.
• That includes personal or identifying information about another person without that person's explicit consent.
• That is false, deceptive, misleading, deceitful, otherwise just plain bad.
• That advertises the sale of any items, which is prohibited or restricted by any applicable law. Some of these include:
• Guns or any other types of weapons (daggers, swords, throwing stars, we think you get the idea)
• Cars - although it would be cool to sell them on trooQ, we just do not have the capacity to handle that now. Obviously the sale of cars does not break any laws, but we thought this was the right place to tell you no can do on the cars for now.
• Drugs (illegal of course)
• Prescription drugs
• Pets
• Blood, body fluid, etc
• Stolen property
• Non packaged food items
• And anything else that you may ask yourself if it can be sold. If you have to ask, chances are the answer is no.

Control

We will due our best to keep a watchful eye out on the site, but cannot be held responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any statement, opinion, or advice made on the site for any libelous, defamatory, illegal or offensive conduct by any customer. If you observe any bad behavior going on, you agree to notify trooQ in a timely fashion.

We are human and we sometimes make mistakes, but we will do our best to ensure that information on the site is correct but in no circumstance do we accept any liability whatsoever for error or omission.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless trooQ against all claims, damages, costs or other expenses, which arise directly or indirectly out of or from your unauthorized use of the site. If a transaction goes awry and a conflict arises between the two parties involved in a transaction, trooQ will not be held responsible in any way for resolution on the matter.

Termination

Your right to use the site will be suspended or terminated immediately without notice by trooQ if in its sole discretion you fail to comply with any term or provision of these Terms and Conditions.

Cookies

Yes, we all love the edible kind, but we are talking software cookies here people. We need to use cookies on our site to enable us to provide you a customized experience. So what are cookies you might ask? Cookies are small bits of information we place on your computer for tracking purposes - essentially a code number that we use to recognize you when you come back to the site. Only the information you volunteer, however, or the choices you make while visiting the site, can be stored in a cookie. A cookie cannot determine your email address, for example, unless you type it in. Allowing a website to create a cookie does not give that or any other site access to the rest of your computer, and only the site that created the cookie can read it.

Log Files

As with any web site, we too have log files that keep track of the IP addresses that users are coming from when they visit the site. In addition, we log what browser the user is using, what cookies they have set and when they accessed the site. We will never use this information in a malicious way; we simply use it to analysis trends so that we can optimize the experience for everyone in the community. Do not worry; we are not storing any personal information during this logging process.

Emails

There will come a time that we need to e-mail you to notify you that something important has changed on the site, and we would classify these e-mails under administrative in nature. Above and beyond that, we will do our best not to send you any e-mails that you do not want to receive, we give you control over what you want to receive and what you do not. You can manage the types of e-mails you receive from us on your My Account page.

Sharing

We will share user profile and demographic information with our partners and advertisers, for purposes including, but not limited to, the delivery of targeted advertising. This information will not be linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.