This Privacy Policy outlines the collection, use, disclosure, and protection of your information when you use our website. Your privacy is important to us and we will do our due diligence in maintaining user confidentiality and security. By using It’s A Sign’s map feature, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the platform shows acceptance of any updates or changes to this policy. If you do not agree, do not use It’s A Sign’s map feature.

1. Information We Collection

User Content

Users may, in their own accord, provide User Content, such as personal stories or experiences and their own images.

Location Data

Users may voluntarily provide location details on the map where they would like their User Content to appear on the site. We do not store or collect users’ actual location.

Platform Functionality:

We use the information provided by users to improve the content and functionality of our map feature, allowing users to showcase informal signage that they encounter.

2. Use of Information

Platform Functionality

We use the information provided by users to improve the content and functionality of our map feature, allowing users to showcase informal signage that they encounter.

3. Disclosure of Information

Anonymity

Users contribute anonymously if they choose to not disclose any identifiable information in their User Content. Users cannot create accounts with our site, so no personal information such as usernames, passwords, phone numbers, email addresses, or social media handles are associated. We will moderate contributed User Content for breaches of anonymity.

Legal Compliance

We may disclose information in response to legal processes or when required to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or government requests.

We use the information provided by users to improve the content and functionality of our map feature, allowing users to showcase informal signage that they encounter.

4. Third Party Services

It’s A Sign may use third-party services for hosting and other functionalities. These services have their own privacy policies and users are encouraged to review them.

5. Security

We implement our own reasonable security measures to protect information collected. However, we cannot guarantee absolute security due to the nature of data transmission over the internet.

6. Children's Privacy

Our site is intended for users aged 13 and above. We do not knowingly collect information from individuals under the age of 13.

7. Changes

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes made will be effective immediately upon posting the updates on the platform.

8. Contact Us

For any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at itsasigncapstone@gmail.com

Summary

It is important that you understand our Terms of Use, which are the conditions and rules of using It’s a Sign. To keep things simple, these are a summary of the key points to keep in mind while exploring the map.

This summary is not intended to replace the complete Terms of Use, and we recommend that you review the full Terms of Use before you set out to explore the world of informal signage.

• By using It’s a Sign and its map features, you are agreeing to our Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these, do not use our services.
• The Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy can change anytime, so please check on these frequently to ensure you are updated on any of these changes.
• Our map feature allows you to share User Content and you will retain ownership of what you share, but by using this feature, you grant us and other users of the website permission to use, modify, and share your User Content, both on the website itself and beyond it. You confirm that you own or have permission to use the content you share and agree that It’s a Sign and others can use it according to these terms.
• You retain the right to remove User Content that you have submitted to It’s a Sign’s website. If you want your User Content removed at any time and for any reason, please contact us at itsasigncapstone@gmail.com
• When using our services, you can create, upload, and share User Content subject to specific guidelines. Your content must comply with all laws and be uploaded only if you have the rights to it or permission from the owner. Additionally, your content must not promote hate, violence, or discrimination, disclose personal contact information, infringe on intellectual property rights, impersonate others, contain harmful software, serve commercial purposes, or engage in spam or fraudulent activities.
• Don't use our services if you are under 13.
• Our services are only for personal use, not for business or commercial purposes.
• If you have any questions, you may contact us at: itsasigncapstone@gmail.com

1. Introduction

The It’s a Sign website and its map feature are made available to you in accordance with these Terms by It’s a Sign (“It’s a Sign”, “we”, “our”). These terms and conditions of use, together with our Privacy Policy and all supplemental terms (as amended from time to time), other documents and policies that are expressly referenced in these terms and conditions (the “Terms”), govern your use of the services.

Please read these terms and conditions carefully as these form a legally binding contract between you and us. By accessing or using our services in any way, you agree to be bound by these terms. If you do not agree to be bound by these, then do not use, access, or engage with our services.

Please keep a copy of these terms for future reference and check on these frequently whenever you use It’s a Sign’s features as these are subject to change at any time.

2. Changes To These Terms

We may change these Terms to reflect: (a) changes in applicable laws; (b) regulatory or security requirements; (c) relevant guidance or codes of practice; (d) technical alterations to It’s a Sign services; (e) improvements for clarity and consistency; or (f) any other reason within our sole discretion.

Please check the terms whenever you use any of our services. We will treat your continued use of the It’s a Sign and its services as acceptance of any changes made to the Terms from the previous version. If you do not agree with the changes you should stop using our services.

3. Your Right to Post User Content

It’s a Sign allows you to post your own content. You retain any and all rights to any content that you submit or post through our website and you are responsible for protecting these rights.

By posting content through the service, you grant the service the unlimited and worldwide right and license, without any monetary compensation, to use, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such content on and through the service, and its derivatives in any and all media and format, whether such service and/or derivatives are distributed directly by us or through third parties under license by us. You agree that this license includes the right for the service to make your content available to other users of the service and its derivatives, who may also use, share, repost and/or display your content subject to these terms.

You represent and warrant that: (i) the content you post is yours (you own it) or you have the right to use it and grant us the rights and license as provided in these terms, and (ii) the posting of your content on or through the service and the exercise by the service or any third-party licensee of any of the rights granted by you under these Terms does not and will not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights of any person. You hereby release the service and our third-party licensees from any claims of any kind or nature arising from the use of your content as permitted hereunder, including those based upon defamation, invasion of privacy, right of publicity, copyright, contract right or any other right of any person.

4. Removal of User Content

You retain the right to remove any uploaded user content that you have submitted to our map service. If you wish to remove your user content from It’s a Sign at any time and for any reason, please contact us at (insert email). We will remove your content in a reasonable and timely manner.

We reserve the right to remove uploaded user content from our site at any time, and for any reason.

5. Content Standards Policy

You may have the opportunity to create, upload, and/or share content when using our services (“User Content”). You shall ensure that all user content created or posted satisfies the requirements stated in Section 5.

User Content:

Must

Be uploaded in good faith and compliant with all applicable laws, regulations and codes of conduct

Must Not:

Be hateful, inflammatory, threatening, intentionally misleading, harassing, or fraudulent in any way;

Reveal details that enable you or anyone else to be identified or contacted outside of the It’s A Sign website (e.g. last name, email address, telephone number or social media handle);

Attempt to or purport to impersonate any person or misrepresent your identity, affiliation or connection to any other person;

Be defamatory or an invasion of an individual’s right to privacy;

Contain viruses, Trojans, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to affect the operation of any computer software, hardware or network;

Have any commercial purpose; and

Consist of any other content that, in our opinion breaches or may breach the spirit of or intention behind any of the above “must nots”.

6. Users Under 13

You may not use It’s A Sign’s map feature if you are under the age of 13. For users between 13 and 18 years of age, you are subject to the laws of your country of residence and you must obtain your parents’/guardians’ consent before using our map feature. We do not knowingly collect or store any identifiable information from children under 13.

If you are under 18, by using It’s A Sign’s map feature, you are representing that you have consent from your parents/guardian to use this feature in accordance with our Terms. You and your parent(s) or guardian(s) must review these Terms together. Parents and guardians are responsible for the acts of children under 18 years of age when using this feature.

7. Functioning of It’s A Sign’s Map Features

We will use reasonable efforts to maintain the operation of It’s A Sign’s map service and remove any faults as quickly as possible. We reserve the right to modify and update this feature and we may have to suspend operation without notice for repair, maintenance, improvement, security, or any other reason.

We cannot guarantee that It’s A Sign will work or be compatible with all devices, platforms, operating systems, or equipment. We do not accept any responsibility for such. We also do not guarantee that our map feature can be accessed in all geographic areas.

8. Our and Your Legal Responsibilty

It’s A Sign and its map service are provided on an “as is”and “as available” basis. To the fullest extent permitted under any applicable law, we provide no express or implied warranties that you will be able to access our site and its services at the times or locations of your choosing. Moreover, we do not guarantee our services will be uninterrupted or free of errors, bugs, corruption, loss, hacking, viruses, or other additional interferences. We are also not liable to you for any loss or damage that might arise from inoperability, unavailability, or security vulnerabilities of the site from your reliance on the accuracy, quality, or reliability of it.

9. Contact Us

For any questions or concerns about our Terms of Use, please contact us at itsasigncapstone@gmail.com