INTRODUCTION

The National Barter Acceptable Use Policy specifies policy for the use of information resources and information technology systems. Enforcement of this acceptable use policy is consistent with the policies and procedures of this organization.  

Being informed is a shared responsibility for all users of The National Barter information systems.  Being informed means, for example:

• Knowing these acceptable use policies and other related rules and policies,

• Knowing how to protect your data and data that you are responsible for,

• Knowing how to use shared resources without damaging them,

• Knowing how to report a virus warning, a hoax, or other suspicious activity.

Compliance with this policy is mandatory for all officials, employees and users of The National Barter system. 

Users must not use other users’ passwords, user IDs, or accounts, or attempt to capture or guess other users’ passwords.  Users must not hide their identity for malicious purposes or assume the identity of any another user.

User data may be subject to access by authorized employees of The National Barter during the course of official business. Accordingly, users should have no expectation of privacy and their activity may be monitored.

Users must not attempt to access restricted files or portions of operating systems, security systems, or administrative systems to which they have not been given authorization. Accordingly, users must not access without authorization: electronic data, or information protected under state and federal laws. Users must not release another person’s restricted information.

Users should recognize that computing resources are limited and user activities may have an impact on the entire network.

They must not send out mass copies of posts or flood an individual, group, or the system with numerous or large messages, or attempt to use streaming audio, video or real time embeds. External Widgets, or any remotely embeddable, third party data sources are not allowed to be embedded into your posts here at The National Barter. All materials embedded into your posts must first be uploaded to our web site and must be in one of our accepted filetypes.

The National Barter is a family oriented community. Marketing of Adult materials must not be respresented in an offensive manner. We won't stop you from selling a product that is markedly adult in nature, but we do NOT allow explicit verbage or images to display with your product. As a rule of thumb, if your content is not suitable for someone's ten year old daughter, then it's outta here ;-} So, please use your common sense with HOW you display your product, not necessarily with WHAT the product is. And if there is no way to represent your product or service within those boundaries, then chances are that it doesn't belong here. Please respect that.

The National Barter is not a classified ads site. Please limit your postings to actual barter offers, and no "one way" advertisements. And posts that we find that are NOT barter offers will be deleted on the spot, no warnings.

5. Protecting Information and Shared Resources

Users must:

• Follow established procedures for protecting data, including managing passwords and accounts.  

• Not use the system to $ell product and services.  This is a barter site, which means it does not involve money

• Not knowingly introducing worms or viruses or other malicious code into the system nor disable protective measures The National Barter might have in place

Users must not harass other users, or make repeated unwelcome contacts with other users.  Users must not display material that is inappropriate as we keep (and enforce) a strict PG user environment, consistent with The National Barter policies.  Our post pages all contain a "Report this" links.  Please do not hesitate to report anyone who has violated this request, and The National Barter will promptly and without warning, shut down their account if we find them to be in violation.

Users must obey local, state, and federal laws including laws on copyright and other intellectual property considerations.