Computer Hope legal information

Updated: 3/11/2024 by Computer Hope

General legal information

Copyright

The information contained in https://www.computerhope.com is copyrighted 1998-2024 Computer Hope (TM).

Legal information

Computer Hope makes no representations about the suitability of the information contained in the documents and related graphics published on this server for any purpose. All such documents and related graphics are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. Computer Hope hereby disclaims all warranties.

And conditions concerning this information, including all implied warranties and conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. In no event shall Computer Hope be liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages resulting from loss of data or profits, whether in negligence or other tortious action.

The documents and related graphics published on this server could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information herein. Computer Hope reserves the right, in its discretion, to change or modify all or any part of this agreement at any time, effective immediately upon notice published on the service. Your continued use of the service constitutes your binding acceptance of these terms and conditions, including any changes or modifications made by Computer Hope as permitted above. If at any time the terms and conditions of this agreement are no longer acceptable to you, immediately cease all use of the service.

Copyright and offline reading guidelines

Computerhope.com contents are to be only viewed and used under the computerhope.com domain. Any offline or online duplication through other domains is explicitly prohibited unless Computer Hope provides written approval.

Links to third-party sites

Third-party links let you leave the Computer Hope's site. The linked sites are not under the control of Computer Hope, and Computer Hope is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. Computer Hope is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Computer Hope of the site.

Incoming links

Computer Hope visitors are encouraged to link their web page or blog to any page on Computer Hope. There are no restrictions or special requirements from Computer Hope.

File downloads

All files on Computer Hope are kept in their original format and are only posted on Computer Hope if users contact us regarding issues obtaining the files or are no longer available. Before any file is posted on Computer Hope, they are verified to work and scanned for any viruses. Computer Hope or the respected third-party companies of these files are not responsible for any potential issues that may arise when running these files.

Chat and forum

By using or attempting to use the Computer Hope chat service, you agree to not do any of the below in any manner or extent.

  • Commit or publish any abuse, harassment, stalking, use of profanity or violate any other visitor.
  • Commit or conduct any criminal offenses.
  • Post any information that's meant to damage or worsen another user's situation.
  • Advertise or offer to sell any goods or services.
  • Falsify your identity or information.
  • Post links to downloads containing spyware, Trojan horses, viruses, pornography, warez, or any other software containing malicious code or cannot be legally distributed.
  • Follow all other rules on the computer chat page and computer forum rules page.

A visitor's decision to use the Computer Hope chat and forum shall be entirely at the visitor's own risk and discretion. By using these services, you agree that Computer Hope cannot be held accountable for another user's actions and understand all views are not necessarily those of Computer Hope.

All forum posts are copyrighted, and any duplication is prohibited unless written approval is provided by Computer Hope and the original user of the post.

Governing law

This agreement will be governed by and construed by the laws of the United States and the state of Utah.

Referencing and citing information

To reference a page on Computer Hope include the full URL (uniform resource locator), the page title, and "Computer Hope," which is considered the author.

In the example below, is how the Computer Hope Safe Mode web page viewed on September 12, 2022, could be referenced using APA style.

Computer Hope, Getting into Windows Safe Mode (2022). Retrieved September 12, 2022, from https://www.computerhope.com/issues/chsafe.htm
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See our cite page for further information and examples.

Privacy statement

Computer Hope's address

Computer Hope
P.O. Box 1236
Riverton, UT 84065

Legal e-mail address

[email protected]

E-mail statement

If an e-mail is submitted to Computer Hope, the end-user grants Computer Hope the right to use its contents on all programming and online. However, Computer Hope continues to respect the end-users privacy and not use or share personal or identifiable information such as a full name or e-mail address.

Visitors recorded information

Each visitor to our website is identified by IP and the pages visited. Computer Hope also uses Google Analytics to collect visitor information to help better understand how visitors use our site. No information regarding the visitor's e-mail address or any other personal information is recognized unless sent by the visitor in an e-mail or on the forum.

Chat and forum statement

For security reasons and maintenance Computer Hope and Mibbit log all IP addresses and system information for users who participate in the Computer Hope chat and forums. Users who misbehave are warned, and users continue to abuse the service are permanently banned and may also be banned from other Computer Hope services.

Users who register on the Computer Hope forums can choose whether or not their e-mails are displayed. This setting is changed in the user profile section. Computer Hope highly recommends keeping the default settings of hidden enabled.

The Computer Hope forums do use cookies to keep help remember a user login information.

Security statement

By using any Computer Hope services, you agree that the Internet is not a secure medium and that the visits to Computer Hope, any communications, or your user information cannot be ensured.

Accessibility statement

Computer Hope is committed to making its site accessible to as many people as possible. To help achieve this goal, you should be able to:

  • Access the site with any device and almost any brower and version
  • Navigate the site only using the keyboard
  • Navigate the site using a screen reader and speech recognition software
  • Change colors, contrast, and fonts with your browser settings
  • Resize the window and zoom in without web page elements spilling off the screen
  • Clear and simple language that can be easy to understand and translate

If you find any portion of our site difficult to access, please contact us.

Anti-spam policy

Computer Hope does not and will not relinquish any of its end-user's e-mail addresses to any third-party. Computer Hope respects its end-users privacy and time and does not mass market or e-mail its users. All e-mail sent by Computer Hope is sent as a reply to the original e-mail message sent.

Forum users who have requested to be e-mailed any time a thread has had a new post will be e-mailed for each new post. Users can enable and disable this feature through the post properties or their profile.

Computer Hope does not support or participate in e-mail address exchanging or swapping and does not accept any e-mail database list from any person or company.