Code of Conduct
Members:
To help ensure that the Microsoft Office Live Small Business Community is a great place to meet, collaborate and interact with others, you agree to abide by this Code of Conduct. We want a positive experience for all visitors/participants.
Respect others/play fair and be a good neighbor
Treat all other Microsoft Office Live Small Business Community participants with respect. Do not threaten, harass, stalk, or abuse other users. Our participants want to chat and post on our collaborative services in a positive environment.
Do not post user-created content that advocates or encourages expressions of violence, bigotry, racism, hatred, or profanity.
Do not spam others! Nobody likes it and spamming and scrolling in chat rooms are serious violations of online etiquette.
Don’t impersonate or harass other participants, Microsoft employees, moderators or staff members.
Don’t post any materials that could harm other users’ computers or would allow others to inappropriately access software or websites. No viruses, worms, Trojan horses, or bots or activities that can be disruptive to online communication.
Protect your privacy and property
Don’t give out personally identifiable information (such as social security numbers, credit card numbers, names and addresses, telephone numbers, driver license numbers, passwords) to strangers online. This information can be used for illegal or harmful purposes.
Parents: Be aware of and help exercise control over content posted by and activities of your children to keep them safe online.
You are responsible for protecting your computer against interference or viruses that may be encountered on the Internet or this site. We do not screen, back up or restore user-created material stored. We recommend that you install a virus protection program on your computer and keep it up to date.
To read the Office Live Small Business Community Privacy Statement please click here.
Know the law
Microsoft does not allow any illegal activities. Do not publish, post, distribute, disseminate of discuss defamatory, infringing, obscene, sexual or other unlawful material or information like child pornography or illegal drugs including images, audio, video or text.
Do not upload files or post messages that contain photos, music, software or other material protected by intellectual property laws, rights of privacy or publicity or any other applicable law unless you own or control the rights to do so or have received necessary permission. Microsoft is not responsible for any use of anything you say or post.
You are responsible for adhering to all local and national laws that pertain to your location.
Be responsible
Microsoft Office Live Small Business Community is not designed to be a primary place to store any materials; you are responsible for creating backups you post. Microsoft is not responsible for loss of, access to, deletion, alteration or restoration of any materials posted.
You are responsible for any actions that you take based on advice or information you receive on Microsoft Office Live Small Business Community. Use your own judgment when evaluating information and remember that information provided could be from people at any age and experience level. The decision to act on any information/advice is your own and you should perform your own research prior to making any decisions.
Uphold the Code/Termination and Cancellation
In helping to make Office Live Small Business Community a great place to meet, chat, exchange samples and ideas and collaborate, you must do your part to uphold the Code of Conduct.
Don’t post links to websites that violate the Code of Conduct.
Be sure to reread this Code of Conduct once in awhile because Microsoft may update it occasionally.
Specific groups, chats and other services may have additional guidelines for use, so be sure to review them in addition to this Code of Conduct. All activity on Microsoft Office Live Small Business Community is also governed by the Terms of Use. To read the Terms of Use, please click here.
Microsoft will remove, without notice, any post or ban participants that are deemed objectionable or that violate this Code of Conduct.
Microsoft is not responsible for the content or activities in any user-created message. The decision to view or engage all content is yours and we advise you to use your judgment.
Thanks for following this Code of Conduct and joining the Microsoft Office Live Small Business Community!