Use of the Toshiba Laptop Forums requires adherence to the following terms, which may be amended from time to time by Toshiba in its sole discretion without prior notice. The Toshiba Laptop Forums Terms of Service are in addition to the Toshiba Laptop Forums Guidelines and the Toshiba website's Terms of Use.

By using the Toshiba Laptop Forums, you agree to these Terms of Service.

• The ability to create and post messages to the Toshiba Laptop Forums requires that you register by providing a functional email address and creating a "screen name". This screen name will appear to anyone browsing the Forums as part of any messages that you post. The screen name may also appear in a list of users currently or recently online, and in lists of other types of Forum participation.
• Registered users may be denied the ability to post messages if Prohibited Conduct (see below) is exhibited. Toshiba reserves the right to deny individual Forum users permission to post messages, temporarily or permanently, in order to maintain operation of the Forums for their intended purpose, as described in the Toshiba Laptop Forums Guidelines.
• Messages found in the Toshiba Laptop Forums are not official company communications. If you need support from Toshiba, please call our Customer Service Call Center at 1-800-457-7777.

If you do not agree to these Terms of Service, do not use the Forums.

Description and Purpose of Toshiba Laptop Forums

The Toshiba Laptop Forums are a set of discussion boards provided to the public as a platform for sharing tips, ideas and information with each other about how to get the most value and enjoyment out of Toshiba laptop computers.

The Toshiba Laptop Forums are not an official avenue of customer service and support but are a place for Toshiba laptop users to help each other. If you require assistance from Toshiba, please call the Toshiba Customer Support Center at 1-800-457-7777.

User Submitted Content

With respect to any content you elect to post in a publicly accessible area of the Forums, including ideas, concepts or proposals for new services or products, you grant Toshiba a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully sublicensable right and license to use and display such content worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology, without compensation or attribution to you.

Toshiba does not control or guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of content posted on the Forums. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any content, or for any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography, or profanity you may encounter. All content posted by users, including any opinions, advice or recommendations expressed, are those of the users providing such content and not those of Toshiba. We do not endorse any content or any opinion, recommendation or advice.

Prohibited Conduct

Toshiba shall have the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to monitor, refuse or remove any content for any or no reason, including that any content violates these Terms of Service or is otherwise objectionable. The following types of conduct are prohibited and, if exhibited through postings on the Forums, Toshiba may exercise its enforcement rights (see below):

1. Vulgar, obscene, hateful, abusive, political or religious content
2. Disclosure of private information or content that is not your own or that you do not have the right to provide to the public, such as:
1. personal phone numbers, addresses or other contact information that is not your own
2. private information such as social security numbers
3. copyrighted content or trade secrets
3. Legal threats against Toshiba or competitors
4. Off-topic content not relevant to community purpose
5. Advertising, promotion or solicitation of third party products, services or organizations, including chain letters, class action lawsuits, charitable appeals
6. Content or links to content that contains contaminating or destructive features that may damage someone else's computer
7. Duplicate or excessively repeated submissions in one or more areas
8. Content designed to evade profanity or other filters
9. Content used to impersonate another person
10. Content or behavior that violates any applicable laws
11. Content or behavior that interferes with the operation of the site or with another member's ability to use the site
12. Evading site controls such as bans, or otherwise disregarding the directions of the site moderators or administrators
13. Hyperlinks to sites that violate the Terms of Service

Enforcement

Engagement in Prohibited Conduct may result in Toshiba, in its sole discretion, taking one or more of the following enforcement actions:

• removal of content
• editing submissions to remove content that violates these Terms of Service
• restricting or otherwise limiting accounts
• banning accounts
• any other action deemed appropriate by Toshiba

Employee Participation

Toshiba employees (except "Moderators" and "Administrators", who are identified by their role below their user names) may only participate in the Forums in a personal capacity and not as a representative of Toshiba. If you are an employee of Toshiba please refrain from disclosing your employment status on the Forums. Only Toshiba Moderators and Administrators provide official information regarding Toshiba laptop products. All other postings on the Forums by Toshiba employees, like all other third party content, are the sole responsibility and the personal views of the person posting the information and such information is not being endorsed or controlled in any way by Toshiba.

Anonymous Use of Forums

Registration is not required in order to read and search Forum messages. You may browse the Forums anonymously. Attempts to create new messages or to reply to existing messages will result in being linked to a login page, at which time you may register in order to post messages.

Limitation of Liability

You expressly understand and agree that you bear all risks associated with using or relying on the content posted on the Forums. Toshiba will not be liable or responsible in any way for any content in the Forums, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in the content, or for any losses or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of or reliance on any content.