Terms of Service for SaveThePanel.com

Effective Date: March 31, 2025

Welcome to SaveThePanel.com, a community forum focused on home automation and smart home technology. By using this forum, you agree to abide by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, please do not use the forum.

Important Legal Terms

These terms affect your rights. Please review:

  • Disclaimers limit our warranties.
  • Limits on Liability limit what we’re responsible for.
  • Your Responsibility outlines your obligations.
  • Disputes explains how we’ll resolve disagreements.

Forum Purpose

This forum exists to encourage open discussion around home automation, including ideas and methods used by DIYers, homeowners, tradespeople, and professionals. All content is for informational purposes only. Use of any information is strictly at your own risk.

Your Permission to Use the Forum

Subject to these Terms, you are granted limited, non-exclusive permission to use the forum.

You must:

  • Be at least 18 years old.
  • Stop using the forum if we ask you to.
  • Follow the Acceptable Use and Content Standards at all times.

Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

  • Break the law while using the forum.
  • Use someone else’s account without permission.
  • Buy, sell, or trade usernames or other credentials.
  • Send spam, solicitations, or gather personal data from users.
  • Use bots, scrapers, or browser add-ons to automate or monitor the forum.
  • Impersonate others or misrepresent affiliation with SaveThePanel.com.
  • Host forum images or content on other websites via hotlinking.
  • Frame the forum in <iframe> on other sites.
  • Bypass or interfere with security features.
  • Overload the forum with excessive requests.
  • Assist others in violating these terms.

Content Standards

You may not post content that:

  • Is illegal, abusive, hateful, or harassing.
  • Infringes on copyrights, trademarks, or privacy rights.
  • Contains malicious code or malware.
  • Is posted as a placeholder to reserve names or URLs.
  • Shares confidential or personal information without permission.
  • Is an advertisement for a company or service (without prior authorization from site admins)

Enforcement

We may:

  • Remove or edit any content that
    • violates these terms
    • is determined by the site admin to be inappropriate
  • Make changes to these terms at any time without notice.
  • Suspend or delete accounts without notice.
  • Cooperate with law enforcement when required.

To report violations, contact: siteadmin (at) savethepanel.com

Your Account

To access certain features, you may need to register an account.

  • You must provide a valid email address and choose a secure password.
  • You are responsible for all activity under your account.
  • You must notify us if your account is compromised.
  • You may close your account by contacting siteadmin (at) savethepanel.com.
  • We may suspend or terminate your account at any time for any or no reason.

Your Content

You own the content you post, but:

  • You grant us a limited license to host, publish, and analyze your content.
  • This license ends when the content is deleted from our systems, including backups.
  • You are solely responsible for the legality and appropriateness of your content.
  • You may not imply endorsement by SaveThePanel.com.

You or other users may violate the license terms you apply to your content. You agree not to hold us liable for such violations.

Your Responsibility

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless SaveThePanel.com, its owners, Curious Puppy Online, and moderators from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and court costs) arising out of or resulting from any act, omission, negligence, willful misconduct, or your use of the forum or your violation of these terms.

We will notify you of any such legal claims and you agree to cooperate in the defense.

Disclaimers

This site is for discussion and idea-sharing only.

  • All content is for general information purposes and is used at your own risk.
  • Nothing posted on this forum constitutes professional advice.
  • You are strongly encouraged to consult qualified professionals before implementing any suggestions or solutions discussed here.
  • You must comply with all local laws, codes, ordinances, and safety standards.
  • This includes but is not limited to electrical, plumbing, solar, security, fire protection, and control systems.

We provide the forum “as-is,” with no warranties.

Limits on Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law:

  • SaveThePanel.com and its owners are not liable for any indirect or incidental damages.
  • Our total liability for any claim related to your use of the forum is limited to $50.

Feedback

You are welcome to share suggestions or feedback.

By doing so, you agree that we may use your ideas without compensation or obligation.

Termination

Either party may end this agreement at any time.

Sections that survive termination include:

  • Your Content
  • Feedback
  • Your Responsibility
  • Disclaimers
  • Limits on Liability
  • Disputes

Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey.

You agree to resolve disputes as follows:

  • Seek injunctive relief only in courts located in Burlington County NJ.
  • All other disputes will be resolved via binding arbitration through the American Arbitration Association (AAA), held in Burlington County NJ.
  • No class actions or consolidated cases are permitted.

Arbitration awards may include reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.

General Terms

  • If a provision is unenforceable, it will be modified or removed.
  • You may not assign these Terms to another party.
  • These Terms are the entire agreement between you and SaveThePanel.com.

Contact

Questions? Reach us at: siteadmin (at) savethepanel.com

Changes to These Terms

These Terms were last updated on March 31, 2025.

We may update these Terms from time to time with or without notice.

Continued use of the forum means you accept the updated terms.