CHILDREN
SITE GUIDELINES
The "Ghost Hunters Realm" site -- strives to protect young adolescents or children from material not suitable to read or view. Therefore, sensitive subjects upon this site dealing with the paranormal or spiritual content may not be suitable for young children under the age of thirteen.
Stamp Out Bad Site Content
Nowadays, it is challenging to monitor all activities explored by, witnessed to, or seen through a child's eye. The "Ghost Hunters Realm"
will not post inappropriate content unsuitable for children, and monitors all postings to the
website. Simply put, the "Ghost Hunters Realm" website runs a clean ship. Nevertheless, let's take a step forward
to being vigilant as to what our children are consuming, it just may make the difference. "A mind is truly a terrible thing to waste”.
GHOST HUNTERS REALM - SERVICES
Paranormal investigative assistance or services are Free, no money or fees will ever be solicited
for an investigation of a home, business, or property.
As an
investigative group, we are here to help and assist with whatever you maybe
experiencing surrounding a current situation needing expert advice, or in need
of an immediate resolution to possible paranormal activity in your life.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you believe your having unexplained
activity, all investigative data uncovered or personal information upon any
request is confidential, and will remain private at your discretion.
Contact
Us to contact the group, please give a brief
description about the
current disturbances you are experiencing, and a group representative will be in
contact soon, thank you.
GHOST
FORUM
The "Ghost Forum"
perfect solution for anyone who has an interest in the paranormal, allowing one
to stay abreast upon current announcements, group meetings, investigations,
helpful investigative technical information, and allow forum member's to post
personal experiences, or comment upon current informational threads taking
place.
Who may have access?
The "Ghost Forum" is open for all paranormal enthusiasts, investigators, or
groups who may simply signup and are granted access. Please allow 24
hours for our webmaster to process your provided info for access to the forum,
thank you for your patience.
Benefits of a Ghost Forum
Membership
- Attend special group meetings and
events
- Receive a Bi-Monthly Newsletter
- Submit personal experiences
No Dues, No Fees,
it is totally Free to become a member!
GHRPI Core
Investigative Team
Additional private forums are
available to "Ghost Hunters Realm - Paranormal Investigations" Core
Team use, only team member may have access to these areas. Exceptions:
pre-qualified Chapter or International Members
Please
Note: The Webmaster grants all access privileges to the
"Ghost Forum". All Spammers, Spam bots, or hackers are not permitted,
nor will be granted access to the "Ghost Forum". All members must be in good standing,
within the WWW community, and do not have a current IP, or email address
registering to the forum as being a current World Wide Web Spammer, Spambot, or
hacker. Any infraction to our modest web site rules and regulations
concerning spamming or hacking will result in being banned from access permanently,
no exceptions.
GHRPI
GROUP MEMBERSHIP
The "Ghost Hunters Realm"
welcome's all paranormal enthusiasts, investigators, groups, present
ministers of faith, intuitively gifted Individuals to join the "Ghost Hunters Realm - Paranormal
Investigations", or the "Ghost Forum".
Membership site services offered are Free to use, and with no membership access
fees or dues.
The "Ghost Hunters Realm - Paranormal Investigations", is open always to like-minded individuals who
have a desire to join a genuine active paranormal group.
Basic Site Services - Age Requirement
GHRPI -
Team Member Requirements
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All applicants must
be 18 years or older.
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All applicants must presently be
a member of the "Ghost Forum".
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All applicants must
live in, or nearby the surrounding regional area of Lexington, North
Carolina.
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All applicants must not be
an active member with another local paranormal investigative group, no
exceptions.
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All applicants must
meet with the "GHRPI" Founder and Team
members.
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All applicants must
consent to sign our group "GHRPI" waiver agreement.
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All applicants must
agree to enter our “GHRPI” training program, experience is a
plus, but is not required.
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All applicants must
agree to attend "GHRPI" scheduled events to maintain full
team member status.
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All members are
required to be responsible for personal equipment.
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All members are
required to
analyzing all personal evidence collected on investigative events.
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All applicants
may
display the “GHRPI” investigative team banner on a personal
website.
GHRPI -
Chapter Membership Requirements
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All applicants must be 18 years or older.
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All applicants must presently be
a member of the "Ghost Forum".
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All applicants must live over
40
miles from our regional Lexington, North Carolina location,
reside within another state within the United States of America.
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All applicants
may display the “Ghost Hunters Realm - Paranormal
Investigations" chapter banner on a home
created personal page or website, allowing you a more world - wide - web presence.
Please Note: The "Ghost Hunters Realm" reviews all applicants thoroughly once
received. Chapter member access to the "Ghost Forum", allows you
to announce events, display collective evidence, for which most importantly will attract
future opportunities for paranormal investigations.
Presently living within another country? Click Here
and contact "The Realm" for availability of opening a
chapter group near you. Foreign applicants are presently only accepted in
Canada, or elsewhere within the United Kingdom.
Members
Services
In the event of future services offered upon the web site; Blog's, chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups made available to "Ghost Hunters Realm" members, guests, or visitors.
Adult language (colorful metaphors); unruly behavior towards other guests by posting to;
Blog's, forums, news groups, message boards, or while in chat rooms. Electronically transference of rude comments; pornographic material; viruses; overloading; "spamming"; "mail bombing"; "flooding," or "crashing"; across “Ghost Hunters Realm” servers to;
Blog's, forums, news groups,
message boards, or while in chat rooms, are strictly not permitted.
All violators of the above will be ban from further access to "Ghost
Hunters Realm" web site services, no exceptions.
In the event of such behavior, contact the Webmaster to report the problem. Ghost Hunters Realm will make every effort to resolve all issues on the site, and will continue to run a clean, and safe environment for all our members, guests, or visitors to enjoy at all times.
"Ghost
Hunters Realm", is serious when it comes to the subject of infractions of
the modest requests of site conduct
rules and regulatory measures to keep harmony upon the site, sites, or
the protection of it's servers.
Services Denial
Statement
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Depending upon the offense,
the severity of an offense; a member maybe denied access to
"website services" for a period of 90 days,
and/or deletion of the offending members account; and permanent access denial to
"website services" of "Ghost Hunters Realm"
servers by IP address block, without notice of action taken.
Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information, and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.
Members, guests, or visitors of services provided; Blog's, chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or
news groups made available for use by the "Ghost Hunters Realm", and
may have a question, trouble logging in, or have been denied concerning access should contact
"Ghost Hunters Realm".
* See Contacting the Web Site
The "Ghost Hunters Realm" would like all members, guests, customers, or visitors to find each visit to be enlightening, interesting, informative, and hopefully a changing experience for all to enjoy,
and safe for all as well.
Choice/Opt-Out
The site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from
the "Ghost Hunters Realm", and our partners at the point where we request information about the visitor.
The "Ghost Hunters Realm" gives users the following option for
removing their information from our database to not receive future
communications or to no longer receive our service. To cancel, simply send
a email with the following comment in the subject line "Please remove from
the mailing list" to: support
Privacy Notice
"Ghost Hunters Realm" has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy and security.
The "Ghost Hunters Realm" values your privacy, all-personal information collected by
the site is confidential and will not be given out, sold, or made public. All information gathered is for the sites use only, and do not practice dissemination of personal gathered information of members, customers, or businesses without approval.
All information gathered by the “GHRPI” investigative team is strictly confidential, and will not be made public if the investigative sites owner chooses not to have information disclosed. Exception: Data collected will be made available to private membership databases excluding sensitive data such as names, phone numbers, email addresses, street addresses, and any other personal contact information.
* See Spam Policy, Choice/Opt-Out
Copyright
The content of the “Ghost Hunters Realm” website is under the following copyright:
Copyright © 1972-2012 “Ghost Hunters Realm”, All rights reserved.
No content may be reproduced without permission from “Ghost Hunters Realm”. Content provided from “Ghost Hunters Realm”,
or members are owned by their respective owners (for example, submission or posting of intellectual written content, image
files, recorded – voice or video files, forum postings, or if made available
blog entries, and news group contributions) and may not be reproduced without permission from the respective owners. The respective owners grant “Ghost Hunters Realm” the right to reproduce the published content throughout the network of “Ghost Hunters Realm” support sites (for example,
main site, members area, members forum, mailing lists, and newsletters).
Contacting
The Website
If you have any questions about the sites practices, or help with the website you can contact:
"Ghost Hunters Realm" support
Correct
& Update Site Info
The site gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided.
All Services Offered - Registration
The "Members Area" has been discontinued as of August 2010, and all
current content is now being accessed through the "Ghost Forum".
The "Ghost Forum" allows a member to change private profile details,
but you may not be allowed to change your "login name". However,
accounts changes allowed once you've become a registered member: e-mail, address, city, state, zip or
postal code, country, phone, etc., or you may cancel a created account all together.
Please Note: The "Ghost Hunters Realm" site will not be able to recover a cancelled account, all previous account information will be
deleted, a new account must be created in order to regain access to any provided
services upon "Ghost Hunters Realm" servers. All created
personal passwords must use a
combination of lower case alpha and numerical numbers, in order to be accepted
during registration.
Ghost Forum Access
Access to forum is currently open to the public, although private areas of the forum
have been reserved for the "Ghost Hunters Realm - Paranormal
Investigations" investigative team and chapter members. Once a forum member, you may access profile area for
making changes or updating your profile.
If you are experiencing a problem contact "Ghost
Hunters Realm" support
A "Ghost Hunters Realm"
Blog - will be available for site access within the near future.
Disclaimers
The "Ghost Hunters Realm" provides the website, or servers on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis. "Ghost Hunters Realm",
or representatives (meaning webmaster - founder, make no representations,
warranty(s) of any kind expressed or implied, as to the operation of the site, or the information, content, materials, or products included or offered upon the site, sites, or servers. Fully permissible by applicable law, "Ghost Hunters Realm" disclaims all
warranty(s), expressed, or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Without limiting the foregoing, "Ghost Hunters Realm" disclaims all
warranty(s), expressed or implied, for any merchandise offered on the site, sites, or servers, and/or third party purchases made through the “Ghost Hunters Realm”. You acknowledge, by use of the "Ghost Hunters Realm" website and or servers, and your use of the site and/or servers is at your sole risk.
This Disclaimer does not apply to any product warranty(s) offered by the manufacturer of the
item, nor does this Disclaimer constitutes an essential part of this agreement. Some states do not allow limitations on how long and implied warranty lasts, so the foregoing limitations may not apply to you. If you have any questions concerning
"Site Guidelines or Site Practices", please
contact the "Ghost Hunters Realm" at:
support.
Advertising and URL Link Disclaimer
Statement
The "Ghost Hunters Realm"
may not, nor share the same beliefs, views, opinions, feelings, or
insights to third party links or banner advertising upon the website or servers, or takes no responsibility, nor makes no guarantees whatsoever as
to third parties services, products, to the validity of any practices,
claims or as to there offers. "Ghost Hunters Realm" banner links and/or
displayed links are provided for educational purposes only, and members
should be couscous while visiting all third party sites while browsing
the Internet.
Public
Access
This site may include "Blog’s,
Chat Rooms, Forums, Message Boards, and/or News Groups" made available to the site users.
Please, remember any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information, and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.
* See Site Security
Site
Content
The "Ghost Hunters Realm" reserves the right to change any of the site guidelines, rules, content,
product pricing, products upon the site that maybe available for to be sold, or
discontinue products at its discretion, and changes without notice.
"Ghost Hunters Realm", strives to have correct up to date information in the way of
intellectual written content, displayed images, sound or video recordings, and reserves the right to delete any content posted by a third party meaning; members or guests upon the site, or servers at anytime without notice.
* See Site Link Content Statement
Site
Link Content Statement
The "Ghost Hunters Realm" may not, nor share the same beliefs, views, opinions,
feelings, or insights to third party links or banner advertising upon our site servers, or takes no responsibility, nor makes no guarantees whatsoever
as to third parties services, products, to the validity of any practices, claims
or as to there offers. The " Ghost Hunters Realm" banner links or displayed links are
provided for educational purposes only, and members should be couscous while
visiting all third party sites while browsing the Internet.
Site
Regulations
The "Ghost Hunters Realm" runs a clean ship for all site quests or members. The site has been formed to create a safe atmosphere for all like-minded individuals, and which will be monitored closely to any violations of the basic structural guidelines. The
webmaster, founder, or assistant moderator's, takes no responsibility for loss of
content submitted, posted, or emailed
to be posted, please create a backup of all submitted content to
site.
Team, chapter, registered site members, group, and guest, please abide by the
website modest guidelines below. All infractions or complaints shall be
handled directly through the webmaster, founder, or assistant moderator's, for
which may lead to access privileges temporally removed, deletion of account, or
IP address banned, depending on the severity of the offense.
1. A respectful air must be maintained amongst all guests and members at all
times. If you feel at anytime you have been unfairly treated, then you may
contact the "Ghost Hunters Realm" with a your problem, or request to have access
privileges reinstated.
2. No use of colorful metaphors, foul or
indecent language in any form as in lucid, sexual and/or defamatory, racial or
religious slurs, within comments - posts - or communicated to will not be
tolerated, and which found shall be removed, and/or offending member or guest may
have access privileges temporally removed, deletion of account, or IP address
banned.
3. No images depicting and/or containing
distasteful negative racial, religious, sexual, pornographic, or otherwise
defamatory related content will not, nor allowed to be communicated to by use of
the "Ghost Hunters Realm" sites or servers, nor posted upon the site. If found to be case, will
be removed, at which time the offending member or guest may have access privileges
temporally removed, deletion of account, or IP address banned.
4. "Ghost Hunters Realm"
Blog's, chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups topics should be of subject matter, all
members or guests are encouraged to follow post guidelines. Only related like-minded content will be allowed; all other non-related content will be deleted.
5. All advertising upon the
website without
"Ghost Hunters Realm" permission shall be removed if found posted upon website Blog's, chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups made
available. All posts not complying with our modest regulatory
advertising rules upon the sites will be deleted.
Banner Exchange: If made available upon the sites; present advertising maybe located
upon the sites ‘Internet Links’ page.
URL Banners or submitting site URL [links] must be submitted through our ‘Banner Exchange'
page, and will only be placed once approved, or the "Ghost Hunters Realm" URL Banner [link] is currently displayed upon submitting site, sorry no exceptions.
* See Contacting the Web Site, Site Content, Site Link Content Statement, Site Security, Site Spam Policy,
for further information on guidelines.
Site
Security
By the use of "Ghost Hunters
Realm" web site servers - you being the user agree to the following: Accessing data not intended for such user, or logging onto a server, or an account, which the user is not authorized to access, scan, or test the vulnerability of a system or network, or to breach security, or authentication measures without proper authorization. Attempting to interfere with service to any user, host, or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the site, attempting to probe; overloading; "spamming"; "mail bombing"; "flooding"; or "crashing". Sending unsolicited email, including promotions and/or advertising of products, or services, forging any TCP/IP packet header, or any part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting, violations of system or network security may result in civil, or criminal liability and in the event of such behavior. “Ghost Hunters Realm” will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.
You agree, further, not to use or attempt to use any engine, conducted on this site. You agree, further, not to use or attempt to use any engine, software, tool, agent, or other device, or mechanism (including without limitation browsers, spiders, robots, avatars or intelligent agents). To navigate or search the site other than the search engine and search agents available from “Ghost Hunters Realm” on this site, and other than generally available third party web browsers.
Spam
Policy
The "Ghost Hunters Realm" - Does not practice sales by Spam e-mails to our members, or customers. At the "Ghost Hunters Realm" there is no space for ads, banners, postings, publishing's (E-mail's, Ezine's, Blog’s) to its customers or the public with adult (graphics, language, pornographic material) and shall not be created or allowed to be posted on the site.
However, " Ghost Hunters Realm"
will occasionally e-mail our members, guests, or customers informing them of new products and
services being offered on the site, or promotional material from some of our partners. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings.
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See Choice/Opt-Out
SSL
Compatibility
Ordering from "Ghost Hunters Realm" web site, or provided third party
portals of commerce, requires that you use an SSL-compliant browser. SSL means Secure Socket Layer, and which you are shopping on a secure site. Unfortunately, some browsers behind company firewalls cannot support secure ordering.
Recommended browsers for best compatibility upon the site, or provided third
party portals of commerce: Netscape Navigator 9.0, Mozilla Firefox 3.0 or later,
Microsoft's IE Internet Explore 5.5 or later, AOL browser 5.0 or higher for PC's
or Mac's.
Donations
“Ghost Hunters Realm” operates traditionally as a non-profit sites, the” Ghost Hunters Realm - Paranormal Investigations” is a non-profit paranormal investigative group, and all assistance is provided ‘Free’.
However, links maybe provided in the future through the use of
"Paypal", allowing donations to be made in support of our continuing effort to help all whom maybe in
need. Please accept our sincere appreciations and thanks to all individuals who really make the difference by contributing to our
continuing efforts.
Acceptable Site Commerce
- If made available
The Store Front
The "Ghost Hunters Realm" - Strives to provide accurate product - pricing
information; typographical errors may occur. "Ghost Hunters Realm"
- Cannot confirm the price of an item until after it has been ordered. In the event that an item is listed at an incorrect price, or with incorrect information due to an error in pricing, or product information, "Ghost Hunters Realm"
shall reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to refuse, or cancel any orders placed.
Products, original cost, pricing, and availability of, may change without
notice. All products made available for purchase upon website, or through
third party portals of commerce are subject to change without notice. The
"Ghost Hunters Realm" reserves the right to be not held accountable in
the event where products, original cost, pricing, and availability has changed.
Warranties - "Ghost Hunters Realm - Store Front" warrants only products manufactured by "Ghost Hunters Realm".
All purchases other than through
products manufactured by the "Ghost Hunters Realm", must be brought to
the attention of the original manufacturer, if a problem may arise under the
original products warranty(s) offered by the original manufacturer.
Experiencing problems with your purchase?
Follow the manufacturers warranty(s) enclosed with product purchase to remedy issues concerning replacements or repairs. The customer will be responsible for all shipping charges that are returned or refused.
Acceptable Methods for Site Purchases
For your convenience, the site accepts the following
methods of payment for products made available for purchase in the future.
Paypal: "Ghost Hunters Realm" is a "Paypal" verified site, and "Paypal"
is
available upon the site where indicated for purchases by the following payment
methods: Discover Card, MasterCard, and Visa credit cards, or E-Check - please
allow time for this method of payment to be received. Money Orders &
Cashiers Checks: "Ghost Hunters Realm" does not accept "Money Orders or Cashers Checks" at this time, however, in the future may only accept “USPS - United States Postal Service” money orders only for a method of payment, no exceptions.
Personal Check: Sorry, at this time the site does not accept payments currently by personal checks. However, in the future this policy may change, if so please allow 5 to 10 business days for clearance before an order is shipped.
Additional Method: "Ghost Hunters Realm" may use additional 128-bit SSL Encryption payment gateways for products offered upon the site other than
"Paypal"
at present or in the future.
Credit Card Security
The "Ghost Hunters Realm" – Values your security and does not store, nor collects sensitive financial data from members or customers on the site, period. All sensitive financial data is handled through
Paypal secure gateway, or additional secure 128-bit SSL Encryption
payment gateways for products offered upon the site other than Paypal in the
future.
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See Payment Security Statement
Personal Info
No personal financial information will be asked of no one shopping, but uses your IP address information to expedite your shopping experience by identifying you, and your shopping cart. The
website for marketing only may use demographic information.
Personal Data Collected
The "Ghost Hunters Realm"
– Values your privacy, all personal data submitted by surveys or membership applications are collected for
the website usage only, and no data collected will be sold to third parties, period. The site will use collected information to process memberships, contact members, or occasionally contact a member or customer as to information pertaining to
future events, new products or services offered, from the website, or third parties offers. You may choose to opt-out of receiving future mailings.
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See Choice/Opt-Out.
Ghost Hunters Realm - may contain links to other website. The site is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such
website.
Shipping
The customer will be responsible for all shipping charges that are returned or refused.
Request Forms
The "Ghost Hunters Realm" - Uses order forms for members, or customers to request information,
web site membership applications, products, and services offered. The web site only collects contact information (such as email addresses, contact addresses, and application data) for these purposes only, and no financial information (such as account or credit card numbers) is collected, or information stored as such on the
web site servers. Personal
contact information from the order form is used to send orders, or information about
the "Ghost Hunters Realm", and promotional material from some of our partners to our customers only. A members or customers information as to email, contact address only is used to get in touch with you when necessary. Members, customers or users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see
choice/opt-out.
All submitted donations, products purchases, or services offered are handled
though a secure internet connection via "Paypal", or additional secure internet
servers connections or gateways for methods of payment upon the site.
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See Payment Security Statement & Acceptable Payment Methods, Choice/Opt-Out
Surveys
The sites online surveys ask visitors for contact information (such as their email address). We use contact data from our surveys to send the user information about
the "Ghost Hunters Realm" and promotional material from some of our partners, informative information or information on products of interests. The customer's contact information is used as well to contact the visitor when necessary. Users may choose to opt-out of receiving future mailings.
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See Choice/Opt-Out.
Contests
At times, Ghost Hunters Realm may run contests on our site in which we ask visitors for contact information (like
your email address). The site uses contact data from our contests to send users information about
the "Ghost Hunters Realm", and promotional material from some of our partners. The customer's contact information is also used to contact the visitor when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings.
* See Choice/Opt-Out
Payment Security Statement
As a "Verified Member of Paypal", "Ghost Hunters Realm" uses "Paypal"
e-commerce services to accept credit card payments, or donations.
Paypal uses the latest technology to secure your data during the transaction. 128-bit SSL Encryption and industry standard security policies ensure that your transaction is secure and private.
"Paypal" is owned by eBay, a leading online auction site.
Please note: "Ghost Hunters Realm" may use additional 128-bit SSL Encryption payment gateways for products offered upon the site other than
"Paypal"
at present or in the future.
