Terms of Service
Definition, Goals, and Foundations of the e-manet.blog Website
The e-manet.blog website hosts articles in Turkish about the Bible and Theology. It is the successor to e-manet, a Turkish-language digital journal on the Bible and theology. e-manet is a publication of the Anatolian Christian Community. All past issues of this journal are available for download in PDF format. Some articles on this site are available to all visitors, others are only available to site members. The site’s content is based on fundamental protestant Christian theology. The published materials are carefully selected to support our stated goal of presenting the fundamental teachings of the Christian scriptures so as to grow the faith and practice of Turkish-speaking Christian individuals and train them to be effective in encouraging and teaching other Christians who are not as experienced in their faith. The editorial board accepts the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testament as the plenary verbally inspired Word of God and the authoritative source of knowledge and rule of conduct for the Christian.
The User’s Attitude and Conduct towards the Presented Content
You understand and accept that materials presented on this site are Christian in nature and will not reflect points of view of other religions or philosophies. You agree that you will not suggest the site carry other religious viewpoints. You may communicate with the editorial board in regard to points of theology that you feel are presented in a biased manner, as long as your argumentation remains within the realm of Bible-based Christianity. You agree that any disagreement you may have with the content of the site is personal and that you in no way (such as, but not limited to, legal suit, slander or libel, violence, hacking, digital attacks, hijacking of DNS functions or copying of materials on the site with the intent of alteration) will force the content of the site to be changed to be in accord with your personal beliefs. You agree to not use any of the materials presented on this site to falsely represent, undermine, or defame Christianity as a whole and Protestant Christianity specifically. If you do so you will be liable for slander against the owners of this site in particular and Christians as a whole.
Copyright
The materials presented on this site are all subject to Copyright. All materials published in this journal and on this site are published by Permission of the Copyright holders. Unless otherwise specified, the Copyright of the content of the individual article remains with the author of the article or the first publisher. The Copyright for the design and layout of the site belongs to the e-manet editorial board.
By using this site, you agree to abide by International Copyright law. As such you agree that you will not post any content found on this site in any other electronic forum (such as, but not limited to, web site, social media or e-mail) and to not sell for money or barter any digital or physical copies of any of the materials presented on this site without prior written permission of the Copyright holder. For more information on how to obtain permission, you can write to the editorial board at irtibat@e-manet.blog.
The Rights, Privileges and Responsibilities of Non-Registered Users (“Guests”)
Non-registered users (“guests”) have the right to download any articles open to the public and the PDF formatted versions of all issues of the journal for personal use and for sharing with people they deem worthy and interested in the materials presented within. The PDF documents may be printed and distributed for free. Guests may not recoup their costs in printing and duplication. Guests agree that they will not distribute the journal for money or barter in any way, shape, or form (including, but not limited to, hard copy or digital media).
Guests may access the indexes of articles and topics as well as any articles in HTML format that the editorial board has classified for public consumption. Guests understand that said articles may not always be available and that they do not have the right to access any and all articles in HTML format. The editorial board retains the right to change the accessibility of any article at any time without any notice. Guests may print articles they have access to and may save articles to personal storage devices (including, but not limited to, hard drives, portable flash drives, smart phones, and personal cloud storage services). Guests may disseminate information received on e-manet to anyone they deem worthy of the information.
Guests may interact with the editorial board and website maintenance staff by writing to irtibat@e-manet.blog and they may apply for a subscription using the form on the website. Guests may not access any portions of the website that are designated for members only (i.e. present a login screen before allowing the user to continue).
Subscription
The e-manet editorial board reserves the right to determine who may or may not be allowed to subscribe to the journal and thus have access to the members-only portions of the site. In accordance with paragraph 24 of the Constitution of the Turkish Republic, only individuals who are over the age of 18 will be allowed to subscribe to the site. For this reason, you will be required to submit your date of birth when applying for membership. Underage children may only subscribe and access the members-only portions of the site after submitting written permission from their parents to irtibat@e-manet.blog. The editorial board’s manager of membership will vet any and all subscription requests. You agree that the decision of the manager of membership on whether to grant or deny the subscription request is final and cannot be appealed whether by arbitration or in a court of law. You agree to be truthful as to your person and age when applying for subscription. You agree that if you provide any misleading information that your subscription will not be granted, or if found out after subscription is granted, your subscription will be terminated instantly.
In subscribing to the e-manet journal and web site you agree to also subscribe to the e-manet notification e-mail news list hosted on MailChimp. You agree to receive periodic notifications when the articles are released as well as other notifications pertaining to issues related to the web site, the journal, the authors, and any communication deemed necessary by the editorial board.
Subscription can be terminated by a subscriber at any time by sending a termination request via the members-only contact form or by unsubscribing from the e-manet notification news list hosted on Mail Chimp. You agree that if you unsubscribe from the Mail Chimp list you also lose any and all privileges of access to the members-only portion of the e-manet website.
Subscription can be terminated at any time by the e-manet manager of membership for any legitimate reason (including, but not limited to, suspicion of misuse of materials or suspicion of lying on the subscription form or otherwise) following notification to the user via e-mail. The subscription will also be terminated if the user’s e-mail address becomes inactive (“bounces”) on the Mail Chimp news list. The subscription may be terminated after a long period of inactivity, as this reflects lack of interest in the content.
Rights, Privileges and Responsibilities of Registered Users (“Members”)
In addition to all the rights and privileges extended to our guests, registered users (“members”) have the right to access members-only portions of the website, including individual articles only available to members. Members may print articles and may save articles to personal storage devices (including, but not limited to, hard drives, portable flash drives, smart phones, and personal cloud storage services). Members may disseminate information received on e-manet to anyone they deem worthy of the information.
Members agree that they will not share the e-mail address they use to log in to the e-manet website with anyone. They agree that they will not allow others to access the member’s only portions of the website using their e-mail address without personally being present. Members agree that they will not distribute the journal for money or barter in any way, shape \or form (including, but not limited to, hard copy or digital media).
Indemnification
The e-manet editorial board and web site maintenance staff do their best to keep the web site up-to-date and secure with the best possible security measures at their disposal. You agree to not hold the owners of e-manet.blog are liable for any damage or loss of data that occurs while using the resources presented on this web site. You also agree to not hold the owners of e-manetderg.org liable for any inadvertent exposure of personal data stored on our website (see Privacy Policy for details).
Changes to the Terms of Service
The editorial board of e-manet.blog reserves the right to alter these Terms of Service as they see fit. Notice will be given by e-mail to Members and by a clearly labeled notice on the website for Guests prior to any changes being presented. If the Terms of Service have changed between your previous and current visits to our web site, the most recent revision will be considered authoritative.
v.3.0 – 2023-12-24
Privacy Policy
Tracking Visits
When you use the e-manet.blog web site, certain information regarding you will be collected. This includes your I.P. address, what web browser and computer operating system you are using. The I.P. address will expose where you are located when you access the site.
In addition to this we track individual downloads of our PDF files for our organizational records. The Anaotlian Christian Community and the e-manet editorial board reserve the right to share the raw data with its members and in aggregated, anonymized forms with third parties.
Membership Information
When a user applies for membership, they will be asked to supply the following information: first and last name, a valid e-mail address and year of birth. This information will be only used to determine the fitness of the individual’s subscription request (see Subscription section in the Terms of Service). The member of management has the right to use any legitimate means (e.g. contacting the spiritual leadership of the individual requesting subscription) to determine an individual’s fitness to be a subscriber of the web site.
The collected subscription data will be stored on our servers and a backup will be kept by the manager of membership and the web site manager for security purposes. Passwords are stored in a one-way encrypted form that not even the owners of the site can decrypt.
If the request for subscription is granted, the first and last name as well as the e-mail address will be added to our MailChimp account and will be subject to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy contained on that site. You agree that e-manet.blog has the right to use the information submitted in this manner and this manner only.
Safeguarding Information
The owners of e-mane.blog take reasonable security precautions to protect all data stored on our hosted server and private computers. We will not share the personal information of any of our members with third parties unless compelled to do so by law, nor will we ever sell such information for money or barter. In case our security is breached by third parties, or our website is hacked, you agree we are not responsible for what happens to the compromised data. The editorial board will inform our members in case of such a data breach via our MailChimp mailing list.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
The editorial board of e-manet.blog reserves the right to alter this Privacy Policy as they see fit. Notice will be given by e-mail to members and by a clearly labeled notice on the website for guests prior to any changes being presented. If the Privacy Policy has changed between your previous and current visits to our web site, the most recent revision will be considered authoritative.
v.3.0 – 2023-12-24
Cookies and Content Hosted by Third Parties
Modern web sites use “cookies”, which are tiny text files stored on user’s computers, to create a better user experience. The e-manet.blog website also uses this technology. If any user (both members and guests) changes the theme of the site (system, dark, light), a cookie will be placed on your computer to track what theme was last used. If you do not want this cookie on your computer, do not change the site theme.
The site also uses a cookie to track our users’ login sessions. This session cookie will only be placed on a user’s machine when that user logs in. To prevent this cookie from being placed, do not log in to the site; however, due to the infrastructure used, it is not possible to log in without accepting the session cookie.
The e-manet.blog website ensures the security of its users by not pulling any JavaScript files, Cascading Style Sheets files, or fonts from third party content delivery networks (CDN) or sites. If you determine that any such content has been loaded from a third-party site, please immediately notify the site owners via email at irtibat@e-manet.blog so prompt action can be taken.
v.1.1 – 2024-03-11
