Terms of Service

Welcome to NOWCastSA’s Terms of Service page. We feel the terms of service are necessary for both you and the NOWCastSA team, but we’ve tried to keep this short and informal for you (so please read). If you have any questions, concerns, feedback, or the like, please contact us.

Users of NOWCastSA attest that they understand and agree to the following policies:

No running amuck

NOWCastSA is about community, your stories and trust. We’re all adults here (or at least 13). Therefore:

Account holders in no way, shape or form may post material or comments that are libelous, unsubstantiated, include foul language, hate speech and cyber-bullying (i.e. Don’t be a jerk).
We reserve the right to remove any postings that contain any of the above language, but also know we are under no obligation to do so, hence:
Users who submit content on NOWCastSA attest that they accept full liability for their submission and are solely responsible for any claims they make.

Comments Policy

NOWCastSA is committed to creating an online platform where people in the community can take ownership of news and information important to their neighborhood.

We invite people to actively participate in the conversations happening alongside stories on the site, and we want to make this a place where everyone is comfortable talking to each other about local issues.

Because of this, we will actively be moderating the comments and posts on our site.

We are committed to providing a forum where you can talk to us and to each other in a neighborly way.

Here are our guidelines:

The best comments are those that add more information to a story, express a different viewpoint or create intelligent debate.
Don’t be a jerk. Seriously. We welcome constructive debate, but please play nice. We’re a community. We’re in this together.

Avoid comments that are off-topic and do not further the conversation.
We will remove comments that are offensive, contain personal attacks, foul language or libel. We do not tolerate defamation of any kind.
NOWCastSA is about having a conversation. So make observations, get involved, interact, be smart, be ethical, have a sense of humor. Can’t do this without continuously having a potty mouth or making personal attacks? Well, then, NOWCastSA reserves the right to suspend or cancel your account.

We also reserve the right to update and change these guidelines, however, we plan to be completely transparent at all times. We feel it is very important for you to know how we come to make our decisions.

Copyright

When you submit content to NOWCastSA (whether it be photos, video, audio or text), you:

remain the owner of the content but are giving permission for others to redistribute your submissions according to Creative Commons licensing
attest that you have obtained proper rights and permissions necessary to legally distribute the content under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0)

Full Disclosure

The paid staff of NOWCastSA have other lives outside of work. Several us are involved in the community and with activities that may or may not overlap with what is covered on our site. What does this mean to you? Well, we just want you to know that to make ourselves credible, we pledge full disclosure and transparency.

Legal Stuff

Please don’t sue us. Users hold harmless NOWCastSA, the San Antonio Area Foundation (or its partners), CI:NOW (or its partners), in all issues related to submitted content. That is all.