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These terms of use, which specifically incorporate theCisco Networking Academy Privacy Policy and may incorporate by reference policies published elsewhere on theWebsite, state Cisco's requirements for use of the Website. Use of these or any other interactive areas of the Websiteconstitutes acceptance of these legal terms and conditions. You acknowledge and agree that Cisco may collect personally identifiable information from you and use such information in accordance with Cisco'sthen-current privacy policy, the terms and conditions of which are available here. Without limiting the foregoing, you agree and acknowledge that information that you provide for your Website user profile will be accessible by other users of the Website, and you agree that all information that you provide for the foregoing purpose will be accurate and not misleading. In the event you are a current student in a Networking Academy program, note that any personally identifiable information you provide as part of your use of this site will be accessible to other users irrespective of the information you may provide as a current student. Therefore, the possibility exists that your disclosure of personally identifiable information to this Website may supersede the default disclosure policies selected by your individual Academy. In making available this Website (including without limitation its discussion boards, real-time chat and all other interactive features), it is Cisco's intention to maintain an informative andvaluable service that meets the needs of its users and is free from verbal abuse, violations of privacy, disruptive or malicious conduct, and other harmful activities. By using this Website, you agree to refrain from engaging in any of the foregoing conduct. Cisco prohibits posting of threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or other material that would violate any law. You agree not to post any information that may infringe upon or violate any third party's intellectual property rights, including, without limitation, copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, moral right, proprietary rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, or contain obscenity, pornography, or be otherwise inflammatory, or which contains any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancel bots, or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data, or personal information, or which is materially false, misleading, or

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