Terms of Service

Terms of Service

DWEN Community Terms 

Welcome to the Dell Women’s Entrepreneurs Network (“DWEN”) Community Website (the “DWEN Site”). This is a legal agreement between you and Dell Technologies and its direct and indirect subsidiaries (“Dell”). By using the DWEN Site, you are agreeing to the Dell Terms of Use, Privacy Statement, and these DWEN Community Terms (collectively, the “Terms”).

1. No Pitching or Selling: Share, express and exchange ideas. Discuss thoughts and concepts. Refrain from pitching your project or company on public groups, forums, etc. to close sales or funding.  (Unless of course asked or in a one-on-one conversation or private message) The Member Marketplace is a great way to promote your skills and services.
2. Be Nice:All opinions and thoughts matter, please encourage each other through positivity and respect all members
3. Be a Steward of the Community:If offensive language or imagery appears please notify the DWEN Team

Information Collected on the DWEN Site
DWEN collects information from users and allows users to share information and post content at several different points on Site (collectively, “Interactive Features”):

• Registration

In order to use the DWEN Site, you must first complete the registration form. During registration you are required to give contact information (such as name and email address). We may use this information to contact you about services on our site for which you have expressed interest. We do require some basic information about your business like location of headquarters, employee size and industry so that members can connect based on those attributes, and we can ensure you have a good user experience. If you have previously provided information through the DWEN member intake form, and have opted in to have your account created, we uploaded your information for you.

• Member Information

Other users of the DWEN Site may view information you provide about yourself and your organization. At any time, you may choose to go into invisible mode so other users will not see your profile. You have the option to deactivate your profile at any time and have your data removed from our systems. DWEN does not store this information after you remove it. In order to enable it again you must re-enter the information.

• Discussion Forums

During your use of the Site, you may wish to participate in our discussion forums by asking questions or responding to other users’ questions. Any information you provide within this area may be viewed by other members of the DWEN community. You should never provide any sensitive or private information in this area. When these items are displayed for others to see, the website will display your name and your message.

• Member Connections and Site Messages

You may wish to participate in our member connections and messages. The information shared between you and other members via direct messages will not be accessed or monitored by site administrators.

• Resource Library

You may wish to participate in our Resource Library by downloading or providing files for other users. Any information you provide within this area may be viewed by other members of DWEN. You should not provide any sensitive or private information in this area.

All content or materials shared or posted on the DWEN site via Interactive Features or otherwise (collectively, “User Contributions”) must comply with the Terms, including the below Content Rules. By providing any User Contribution on the Site, you grant Dell the worldwide right to use, reproduce, modify, perform, display, distribute, and otherwise disclose such contributions.
You understand, represent and warrant that:

• You own or control all rights in and to the User Contributions and have the right to grant the license granted above to Dell;
• Your User Contributions do and will comply with the Terms, including the Content Rules;
• You are fully responsible for any User Contributions you submit or contribute and have full responsibility for the legality, accuracy, and appropriateness of such content;
• Dell does not endorse and is not responsible for any third-party content or User Contributions on the Site, including but not limited to opinions, recommendations or business advice.

Dell retains the right to:

• Remove or reject any User Contributions for any reason in our sole discretion.
• Take any action with respect to User Contributions that we deem necessary or appropriate, including but not limited to referral to law enforcement.
• Suspend or terminate your access to all or part of the DWEN site for any reason.
• Cooperate fully with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any materials on or through the DWEN Site.

User Contributions must not:

• Violate any applicable laws or regulations or promote any illegal activity;
• Contain any material that is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable.
• Promote sexually explicit or pornographic material, violence, or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age.
• Infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other intellectual property or other rights any other person or organization.
• Impersonate any person or misrepresent your identity or association with any third party.
• Involve commercial activities, promotions, or advertising unless expressly authorized by Dell.

In addition to the disclaimers and limitations of liability set forth in the Terms of Use:

• Dell does not review all User Contributions and is not responsible or liable for any User Contributions or other third party content shared or posted on the DWEN Site or otherwise shared or provided by or to users of the DWEN Site by third parties.
• Dell has not control over the contents of any third party sites or content linked from the DWEN site, including any advertising liking to third party content, and accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of such third party sites or services. Your use of any third party sites linked from the DWEN site is entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms policies of any such third party websites.
• Dell cannot ensure prompt removal of any User Contributions or other third party content that violates these Terms, and assumes no liability such content.

Privacy Policy

Member Data Policy

The Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network (DWEN) is very aware of our member’s needs for security and privacy. To that end the following document describes how we control you and your organizations private information. In our privacy statement we will outline:

1. What personally identifiable information DWEN collects.
2. What personally identifiable information third parties collect through the Web site.
3. What organization collects the information.
4. How DWEN uses the information.
5. With whom DWEN may share user information.
6. What choices are available to users regarding collection, use and distribution of the information.
7. What types of security procedures are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under our web control
8. How users can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

Please read the following document carefully, and if you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact us at memberservices@dwen.com.

1. Information Collection

DWEN is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. DWEN collects information from our users at several different points on our Web site.

1. Registration

In order to use this Web site, a user must first complete the registration form. During registration a user is required to give contact information (such as name and email address). We use this information to contact the user about services on our site for which he or she has expressed interest. It is optional for the user to provide demographic and profile information, but it is encouraged so we can provide a more personalized experience on our site.

1. Member Information

Other members of DWEN may view information you provide about yourself and your organization. This information includes such items as Email Address and other information you provide. At any time, you may opt-out of sharing information with other users to view this information via your user profile. By hiding the information from the system, other users will not be able to see it. You can also contact DWEN to remove it from your profile completely. DWEN does not store this information after you remove it – in order to enable it again you must re-enter the information. 

1. Discussion Forums
   
   During your use of this Web site, you may wish to participate in our discussion forums by asking questions or responding to other users’ questions. Any information you provide within this area may be viewed by other members of the community. It is encouraged that you never provide any sensitive or private information in this area. When these items are displayed for others to see, the website will display your name and your message.
   
   
2. Member Connections and Site Messages
   
   During your use of this Web site, you may wish to participate in our member connections and messages. The information shared between you and other members via direct messages is private to you and cannot be accessed by site administrators.
   
   
3. Resource Library
   
   During your use of this Web site, you may wish to participate in our Resource Library by downloading or providing files for other users. Any information you provide within this area may be viewed by other members of DWEN. It is encouraged that you never provide any sensitive or private information in this area.

1. Information Use
   • Profile
     
     We store information that we collect through cookies, and log files and users to create a profile of our users. A profile is stored information that we keep on individual users that details their viewing preferences. Consequently, collected information is tied to the users personally identifiable information to provide offers and improve the content of the site for the user. This profile is used to tailor a user’s visit to our Web site. Your profile will only be shared as part of an aggregate form with no personal or identifiable information.
     
     
   • Cookies
     
     A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s computer tied to information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. We only use session ID cookies. For the session ID cookie, once users close the browser, the cookie simply terminates.
     
     
   • Log Files
     
     Like most standard Web site servers we use log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information, and are never given to third parties. Aggregate information may be used by the DWEN in order to provide vendor partners with more detailed information on our clients’ usage, and for the DWEN to enhance our services.
     
     
2. Communications from the Site
   
   
   • Special Offers and Updates
     
     We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and username. Established members will occasionally receive information from DWEN about programs and activities.
     
     
   • Dell Communications
     
     
   • Via your membership profile, you will be able to opt-in to receive Dell Technologies communications that may be relevant to you. At any time in your membership, you can adjust your opt-in preferences for these messages.
     
     
   • Service Announcements
     
     On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly service-related announcement. For instance, if our service is suspended for maintenance, we might send users an email. Generally, users may not opt-out of these communications, though they can deactivate their account. However, these communications are not promotional in nature.
     
     
   • Customer Service
     
     We communicate with users on a regular basis to provide requested services and regarding issues relating to their account we reply via email or phone, in accordance with the users wishes.
     
     
3. Sharing
   • Legal Disclaimer
     
     Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.
   • Aggregate Information (non-personally identifiable)
     
     We share aggregated demographic information with our partners. This is not linked to any personally identifiable information.
     
     
   • Links
     
     This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that DWEN is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.
     
     
4. Security
   
   This Web site takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information via the Web site, their information is protected both online and off-line.
   
   Should you ever be need to provide sensitive information (such as a credit card number and/or social security number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry – SSL. While on a secure page, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when users are just “surfing”. While we currently do not collect any of this type of information, it is possible we will provide services requiring this need in the future.
   
   While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. All our users’ information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up to date on our security and privacy practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are added, our employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure our users’ information is protected. Finally, the servers that store personally identifiable information are in a secure environment.
   
   If users have any questions about the security at our Web site, users can send an email to memberservices@dwen.com.
   
   
5. Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating Personal Information
   
   If a user’s personally identifiable information changes (such as zip code, phone, email or postal address), or if a user no longer desires our service, we provide a way to correct, update or delete/deactivate users’ personally identifiable information. This can usually be done at the on your profile or by emailing our Customer Support memberservices@dwen.com.
   
   
6. Notification of Changes
   
   If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.
   
   If, however, we are going to use users’ personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify users via email. Users will have a choice as to whether we use their information in this different manner. However, if users have opted out of all communication with the site, or deleted/deactivated their account, then they will not be contacted, nor will their personal information be used in this new manner. In addition, if we make any material changes in our privacy practices that do not affect user information already stored in our database, we will post a prominent notice on our Web site notifying users of the change. In some cases where we post a notice, we will also email users, who have opted to receive communications from us, notifying them of the changes in our privacy practices.
   
   

Contact Information
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at memberservices@dwen.com.