Trackpads.com Registration Information & Disclaimer
By checking the "I Agree" box below you accept
these rules and the Trackpads Terms of
Service.
Quick Notes:
1. Registration on Trackpads.com is free! We do insist that you abide by the rules and policies detailed below and on other areas of the site as indicated. If you agree to the terms, please check the 'I agree' checkbox and press the 'Register' button below. If you would like to cancel the registration, click here to return to the forums index.
2. A valid email address is required to complete registration on the site! If you do not use a valid email your
registration/activation email will not be delivered and you will not be able to complete the registration process.
3. We require your date of birth only during registration and
afterwards is your discretion to show on the forums or not. This helps us ensure
that you are aware of the age restrictions of the site and nothing more.
4. Minimum age to register and participate on Trackpads.com is 16.
If you are under 16 and wish to participate you must have your parents
permission to register. Once complete please have your parents contact the
staff at webmaster@trackpads.com
before you sign in. Failure to comply will result in immediate account
removal/banning.
5. Immediately after registration you will receive a welcome message
and email explaining more about the community and what we have to offer!
Complete Trackpads Terms of Service
I. Welcome to Trackpads.com!
Trackpads.com strongly believes in people communication and in the freedom of
expression as long as legal or moral accepted standards are not crossed. In this
Web site, Trackpads.com is offering you several services and software products
that may expand your communication facilities.
Trackpads.com trusts that you will use these facilities to promote the flowing
exchange of information and exercise your freedom of expression in accordance
with this policy. User violation of this Policy may result, among other things,
in the suspension or cancellation of User's access to the Trackpads.com network,
system, software, servers, various directories and listings, various message and
news boards, tools, information and databases.
It is important that you read and understand this agreement before you
participate on the Trackpads.com website or any of its sub sites. If you do not
understand something or have any questions at all please contact us for
clarification before you subscribe or use our services. By registering for
membership or using any of the Trackpads.com services you are stating that you
agree and are bound to this agreement.
If this agreement gives you a headache then be comforted in that fact that it
gave us a migraine writing it. I think we can all blame trial lawyers for our
mutual headaches, unless you are a trial lawyer which in that case I am very,
very sorry if I offended you.
II. Privacy Policy
Overview:
Trackpads.com considers the protection of personal privacy to be one of our most
important values. This privacy policy gives you specific information on how we
protect your privacy, how we treat personal information, and the choices you
have.
This Policy applies to all web sites and services owned or provided by
Trackpads.com which we refer to here collectively as "Trackpads.com"
Please note that this Policy applies only to sites owned and services maintained
by Trackpads.com and not to web sites or services provided by other companies or
organizations to which we link.
As a condition of using the Trackpads.com, you agree to be bound by the terms of
this Policy. Additional terms and conditions which govern your use of the
Trackpads.com are contained in our Terms of Service, and, as applicable, in
certain other service specific license agreements, which you will be notified of
at the time of your registration for the applicable services.
You acknowledge that this Policy may change over time. You should check
Trackpads.com regularly for these and other important announcements. Your
continued use of Trackpads.com will signify that you agree to these changes. If
you do not agree to any changes or updates, your sole remedy is to not use the
Trackpads.com services and to cancel any accounts you may have established to
access the Trackpads.com or services.
Children:
The Trackpads.com are not directed to children under the age of 16.
Trackpads.com prohibits registration by, and will not knowingly collect
personally identifiable information from, anyone under 16. This requirement will
be posted at points of data collection within the Trackpads.com, such as
registration for services.
Note to Parents. If you have any concerns about the Trackpads.com, please
contact us at webmaster@trackpads.com. Trackpads.com encourages parents to spend
time online with their children. We also urge parents to instruct their children
never to give out their real names, addresses or phone numbers without parental
permission when using the Internet.
Information Collection, Storage and Use:
We refer to information that identifies an individual as "Personal Information".
In general, Trackpads.com collects Personal Information from users of the
Trackpads.com in connection with access to certain online areas or services,
including but not limited to during (i) registration for certain online
community services and tools such as message boards, chat rooms or other
community services; (ii) registration for special communications, such as email
updates and newsletters; (iii) subscription registration; (iv) user surveys; (v)
events, sweepstakes, contests or promotions; and (vi) registration for online
multi- or single-player gaming, either through the Trackpads.com or through the
game itself. Your Personal Information is stored on Trackpads.com computer
servers (or those of its service providers).
We may gather data about the areas of the Trackpads.com you visit or access. We
do not use any of this navigational data about where you "as an individual user
" go on Trackpads.com or share any of this data with third parties. However, we
may use and share navigational data in aggregate, non-personal form to
understand how our users as a group use Trackpads.com services.
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information
in public areas of a Trackpads.com Site, such as the member home pages and
message boards, your information can be viewed and possibly used by others. We
advise users to be especially careful in such public areas about disclosing
Personal Information, such as full name, home address, or phone number.
Below are more details about the Personal Information we, or third parties might
gather from you and how we might use it.
A. Email Newsletters. If Trackpads.com offers email newsletters to its
registered users. If you want to update your email address or stop receiving a
newsletter, follow the procedures to unsubscribe at the bottom of any newsletter
we send you.
B. Membership Information. When you register for membership on a Trackpads.com
Site, we will ask you for certain minimum required information, such as your
name, birth date, gender, email address and zip code. We may also ask for
additional information about you and your interests. We do this so we can better
understand your preferences and tailor the Trackpads.com to suit you better. The
more information you volunteer, the more we can tailor the site and promotions
to your interests.
C. Email Updates to Members. We may periodically send you promotional email
about products or services offered by the Trackpads.com, our partners and
advertisers. If you want to stop receiving these types of promotional emails,
please follow the procedures to unsubscribe at the bottom of any email we send
you.
We may contact you regarding account status, changes to this Policy or our Terms
of Service to confirm your registration or for any other business reason related
to your use of Trackpads.com.
D. Promotions. We may ask you for Personal Information at other times,
including, but not limited to, when you enter sweepstakes, contests or
promotions sponsored by Trackpads.com or a third party. If you choose to enter
sweepstakes, contests or promotions sponsored by a third party, the Personal
Information you provide will be subject to the privacy policy of the third party
sponsor. We encourage you to check the applicable third party policy before
providing any Personal Information.
E. Surveys and User Research. Trackpads.com may conduct email and web-delivered
surveys from time to time, as well as instant polls, to gather information about
our users. Taking these surveys and polls is entirely optional. You have no
obligation to respond to them. We share only the aggregate results of these
surveys, not Personal Information, with our advertisers and partners to help
them better understand our services and monitor the reach of their advertising
or other offerings on our service. We also use some of the Personal Information
that you provide in these surveys to help us understand your interests and to
make the Trackpads.com more useful to you.
F. Use of Cookies. On the Internet, a "cookie" is a piece of information (a
file) that a Web site transfers to a user's computer for record-keeping
purposes. The use of cookies is common on the Internet. The process we use to
serve advertisements and to track use of the Trackpads.com involves cookies. We
use cookies to recognize users who have already registered for a Trackpads.com
Site, allowing those users to speed up their future activities on Trackpads.com.
Cookies help us and our advertising service (discussed below) track the
frequency and placement of advertisements. Cookies also enable us to measure
aggregate (total) usage and traffic to the Trackpads.com and to specific
offerings. This aids us in producing content that best meets our users'
preferences. In order to implement new services, we may use other types of
cookies as well. We also may use cookies to understand better what parts of the
Trackpads.com you like best. We may use that information to display
advertisements that we think will be of particular interest to you. You may
configure your browser to reject cookies, but this may interfere with some
functionality of the Trackpads.com. To find out more about changing your browser
to reject cookies, we suggest you check the related documentation for your
specific browser software. Certain pages of the Trackpads.com may contain
electronic images (called a "single-pixel GIF" or "web beacon") that allow a web
site to count users who have visited that page. Trackpads.com occasionally uses
web beacons on the sites in order to count users and to recognize registered
users by accessing the cookies.
G. Purchase of Products or Services. When you purchase products or services from
or through the Trackpads.com we may require Personal Information such as name,
address, telephone number and billing information, including credit card, debit
card or bank account data. Trackpads.com will not disclose your Personal
Information, including billing information, except to the extent necessary to
complete your transaction, for example during an online purchase or where needed
to deliver a product or service you ordered.
H. Software Updates; Interactive Material. Trackpads.com automatically updates
software used in conjunction with certain of the services available on the
Trackpads.com. In order to update this software, Trackpads.com collects a user's
current version information from the user’s computer. This information is not
archived and is only used to determine which software requires updating.
Trackpads.com may record audio conversations or copy text chat or video images
from chat rooms on the Trackpads.com and may disclose such material for use in
connection with promoting the Trackpads.com.
I. Sites You Visit. As you browse around the Trackpads.com, we may store
information about which pages you visit and other information presented in your
browser's URL address line. Trackpads.com will use this information to help
determine what our users are most interested in.
J. Merger or Acquisition. In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization,
sale of all or substantially all of its assets, or the sale of an individual
website owned by Trackpads.com, we may transfer your Personal Information to a
third party as a part of such merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale.
Information Storage and Security:
Your Personal Information is stored on our computer servers (or those of its
service providers. We protect your Personal Information with technical,
administrative and physical safeguards to protect against loss, unauthorized
access, destruction, misuse, modification and improper disclosure. No computer
system or information can ever be fully protected against every possible hazard.
But Trackpads.com is committed to providing reasonable and appropriate security
controls to protect our sites and all Personal Information against foreseeable
hazards.
Notwithstanding these security measures, please be aware that when you submit
Personal Information to Trackpads.com over the Internet, the information may
travel over many systems that are not under the our control. We take the
protection of user data very seriously and to that end take reasonable
safeguards to prevent interception of any Personal Information. In the case of
shopping pages, for example, the credit card information you submit is protected
by secure servers.
Account Removal and Deletion:
You may request that your account be deleted at any time by contacting us using
the information provided below. Please understand that your personal contact
information will be removed from your account but under the rules of our Terms
of Service, information you submitted to Trackpads.com will remain in the
database. Account deletion will ony remove personal information such as real
name, email address, passwords and other identifying information that you
provided in your Trackpads.com profile. Information you posted on the various
Trackpads.com services such as message board postings, blogs etc will not be
removed.
III. Trackpads.com’s Content & Acceptable Use
Trackpads.com does not actively monitor nor does it exercise any editorial
control over the content of any Web site, message or other material or
information created, obtained or accessible through the Trackpads.com Services
and Information. However, Trackpads.com reserves the right to remove any
material it becomes aware of that is in its sole discretion, potentially
illegal, could subject Trackpads.com to liability, violate this Policy or is
otherwise found inappropriate.
You agree not to post any message containing, or otherwise use, any obscene or
offensive language or post anywhere else on or through the Trackpads.com
Services and Information any material that is an invitation to fast money making
schemes, defamatory, racial, abusive or hateful, may constitute junk mail,
unauthorized advertising or harassment, invades anyone's privacy, or encourages
conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability,
or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law or
regulation. You agree to use the Trackpads.com Services and Information for
private personal use only and refrain from any use for unlawful purposes.
You are solely responsible for ensuring that any material or information you
post anywhere on or through the Trackpads.com Services and Information -
including but not limited to text, photographs, and sound - does not violate the
copyright, trademark, trade secret, or any other personal or proprietary rights
of any third party or is posted with the permission of the owner(s) of such
rights.
You agree not to disrupt or interfere with the Trackpads.com Services and
Information or any other services provided on this Site, nor to alter or tamper
with any information or materials on or associated thereto.
You agree not to attempt to penetrate security measures of Trackpads.com,
whether or not the intrusion results in corruption or loss of data.
The access to Trackpads.com's various directories, databases and listings is
provided by Trackpads.com as a convenience. Trackpads.com users and those
wishing to contact Trackpads.com users are granted limited access to
Trackpads.com's various directories, databases and listings solely for the
purpose of allowing more convenient personal communications over the
Trackpads.com system and products. Any other use or attempt to use
Trackpads.com's various directories, databases and listings for commercial, or
other purposes or for systematic retrieval of data and information stored in
Trackpads.com's various directories, databases and listings and any kind of
copying or reproduction of the data, or any part thereof, stored in
Trackpads.com's various directories, databases and listings to any other
location or server for further reproduction or distribution is strongly
prohibited.
You acknowledge that you are expressly prohibited from utilizing the
Trackpads.com Forums, servers, software nor any of the Trackpads.com Services
and Information in connection with data mining of any kind, commercial use, the
sending of unsolicited electronic mail or other forms of messages, whether
commercial or not, to a large number of recipients. This prohibition extends to
the sending of unsolicited mass mailings from another service which in any way
implicates the use of the Trackpads.com's various directories, databases and
listings.
A message is unsolicited if it is sent to a recipient who has not requested or
invited the message. Mass mailing is mailing of messages in quantities exceeding
reasonable personal use. For purposes of this provision, merely making one's
e-mail address accessible to the public shall not constitute a request or
invitation to receive messages.
You agree to refrain from revealing your password to others or allowing others
to use your Trackpads.com account (other than authorized users in your
household).
You agree to refrain from forging any message header, in part or whole, of any
electronic transmission, originating or passing through the Trackpads.com
environment, distributing viruses to, from or through the Trackpads.com Services
and Information and allowing access to the Trackpads.com servers through your
account for the purpose of operating a server of any type or for any other
purpose which is not common personal use.
You agree to refrain from revealing any trade secret or other internal business
communications of Trackpads.com or its subsidiary websites. This includes any
communication with employees or volunteers of Trackpads.com.
You agree to refrain from posting or uploading any information that is
classified as SECRET, TOP SECRET or any information for which you do not have
the authority to release publicly. Information that has been declassified by the
US Government can be posted on the site with no restriction. You agree to be
held solely responsible for any inappropriate disclosure of sensitive
information resulting from your personal actions.
IV. Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade secrets & Patents
Trackpads.com respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users
to do the same. Trackpads.com may, in appropriate circumstances and at its
discretion, disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who may be repeat
infringers. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that
constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have
been otherwise violated, please provide Trackpads.com’s Copyright Agent the
following information:
1. an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf
of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
2. a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you
claim has been infringed;
3. a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located
on the site;
4. your address, telephone number, and email address;
5. a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is
not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
6. a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information
in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual
property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property
owner's behalf.
Trackpads.com’s Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual
property infringement can be reached as follows:
US Postal Service Mailing Address:
Copyright Agent
c/o Trackpads.com
PMB# 165
P.O. BOX 8001
Fort Hood, TX 76544
By email: webmaster@trackpads.com
FedEx, UPS, DHL & other services mailing address USPS :
Copyright Agent
c/o Trackpads.com
The UPS Store
Bldg# 87030, PMB# 165
Old Ironsides and Martin
Fort Hood, TX 76544
By email: webmaster@trackpads.com
V. Legal Indemnity
IT IS SOLELY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE QUALITY, ADEQUACY, ACCURACY,
COMPLETENESS, CURRENTNESS, VALIDITY AND USEFULNESS OF ALL OPINIONS, ADVICE,
SERVICES, AND OTHER INFORMATION OBTAINED OR ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE TRACKPADS.COM
SERVICES AND INFORMATION.
You agree to indemnify Trackpads.com, its employees, agents, and
representatives, and to hold them harmless, from any and all losses, claims and
liabilities (including attorneys fees) which may arise from your submissions,
posting of information or deletion thereof, from your use of any of the
Trackpads.com Services and Information or any other service and/or material
obtained from or accessible through any services provided on this Site, or from
your breach of these rules or any other agreement between you and Trackpads.com.
You further agree that Trackpads.com is not responsible, and shall have no
liability to you or anyone else, for any material posted by others, including
defamatory, offensive, or illicit material, and that the risk of damage from
such material rests entirely with you.
Trackpads.com has no practical ability to restrict all conduct, communications
or content which might violate this Policy prior to its transmission on or
through the Trackpads.com Services and Information, nor can Trackpads.com ensure
prompt removal of any such communications or content after transmission or
posting. Accordingly, Trackpads.com does not assume liability to users or others
for any failure to enforce the terms of this Policy.
Trackpads.com is a lawful US Organization with deep military affiliations and as
such will comply with any legal subpoena and or cooperate with any US judicial
or military intelligence investigation. Cooperation with foreign military or
governmental investigations will first be referred to US Judicial Authorities
and US Military SAEDA representatives before any cooperation or acknowledgement
is given.
VI. Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgements
Trackpads.com does not endorse, and specifically disclaims any responsibility or
liability for, any content on any message board or blog, in any chat room, on
any Web page, or on any other content on Trackpads.com. Trackpads.com makes no
representations about the reliability of services provided by Trackpads.com or
by any third party provider, and disclaims all liability in the event of any
service failure. You acknowledge that any reliance on said material and/or
systems will be at your own risk. Trackpads.com makes no representations
regarding the amount of time that forums, chat rooms, blogs, message board
discussions, uploaded files, or any other content will be preserved by
Trackpads.com.
Trackpads.com reserves the right to add new membership programs and to change
the terms of existing membership programs at any time, including paid programs.
These modifications may include, but are not limited to, changes in the service,
product offerings, price, or administration of the program. Not all products are
available for all platforms, clients, or browsers. Trackpads.com will announce
any change in the price of the program on its website prior to any such change
taking effect.
You agree that by placing material on, or communicating with, Trackpads.com,
including for example communication during registration, communication on any
Trackpads.com bulletin board or message or chat area, posting any resume or
photograph, entering any sweepstakes, etc., you represent and warrant that you
own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you provide, that
the content is accurate, that it does not violate these Terms of Service, and
that it will not cause injury to any person or entity.
You grant Trackpads.com, its affiliates and related entities a royalty-free,
perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, copy, modify,
display, archive, store, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works from
all information you provide to us, in any form, media, software or technology of
any kind now existing or developed in the future. Without limiting the
generality of the previous sentence, you authorize Trackpads.com to include the
information you provide in a searchable format that may be accessed by users of
Trackpads.com.
You also grant Trackpads.com and its affiliates and related entities the right
to use your name and any other information about you that you provide in
connection with its use and with the reproduction or distribution of such
material, and also grant Trackpads.com the right to use any material,
information, ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in any
communication you send to us for any purpose whatsoever, including but not
limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such
information. All rights in this paragraph are granted without the need for
additional compensation of any sort to you.
You participate in and/or operate message boards, chat rooms, blogs, and/or
other Trackpads.com features at your own risk. If you are unhappy with the
contents and/or operation of a message board, blog, and/or chat room, your only
recourse is to contact the host of said message board and/or chat room or owner
of said blog. If you are dissatisfied with any feature, operability, contents,
this agreement, other agreements Trackpads.com imposes as a condition of usage,
or any other component of the Trackpads.com Web site, your sole remedy is to
discontinue use of Trackpads.com services.
If ordering merchandise and/or services from anyone other than Trackpads.com,
through any commercial service offered via an official Trackpads.com partnership
or affiliate, via Trackpads.com, all transaction terms including but not limited
to purchase terms, payment terms, warranties, guarantees, maintenance, and
delivery, are solely between you and the seller of the merchandise or services.
Trackpads.com makes no warranties or representations whatsoever with regard to
any goods or services provided by the seller of the merchandise or services and
shall not be liable for the costs or damages arising, either directly or
indirectly, from the products or services or from the actions or inactions of
the Seller.
TRACKPADS.COM SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS, AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. NO
WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE OF
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE MADE WITH RESPECT TO
TRACKPADS.COM OR ANY INFORMATION OR SOFTWARE THEREIN. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES,
INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, SHALL TRACKPADS.COM BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE
TRACKPADS.COM NOR SHALL TRACKPADS.COM BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
THAT RESULT FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES, ERRORS,
DEFECTS, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE
WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY EVENTS BEYOND TRACKPADS.COM' REASONABLE CONTROL,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ACTS OF GOD, COMMUNICATIONS LINE FAILURE, THEFT,
DESTRUCTION, OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO TRACKPADS.COM RECORDS, PROGRAMS, OR
SERVICES. IN NO EVENT SHALL TRACKPADS.COM' TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL DAMAGES,
LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION EXCEED THE AGGREGATE DOLLAR AMOUNT PAID UNDER THE
AGREEMENT. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR
INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES; AS A RESULT, THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR
EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
You acknowledge that Trackpads.com has the right to delete any messages, files,
or any other content that you may have uploaded to any service of Trackpads.com
which have not been accessed for some period of time and is deemed by
Trackpads.com, in its sole discretion, to be abandoned, or any materials that
violate the terms of this or any other binding agreement.
VII. External Links
The Service may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide
Web sites or resources. Because Trackpads.com has no control over such sites and
resources, you acknowledge and agree that Trackpads.com is not responsible for
the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and
is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products or other
materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge
and agree that Trackpads.com shall not be responsible or liable, directly or
indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in
connection with use of or reliance on any such Content, goods or services
available on or through any such site or resource.
VIII. Conclusion
a. Modifications
Trackpads.com may, at any time, modify any of the terms and conditions contained
in this agreement by posting such changes on Trackpads.com or affiliated
websites. If you do not agree to the changes, your only remedy is to cancel your
Trackpads.com membership.
b. Governance
This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of
the State of Texas.
c. Assignability
Trackpads.com may assign this Agreement, or any rights or obligations hereunder,
(by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of its
members. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding on,
permitted assigns and successors of Trackpads.com.
d. Severability
In the event that any provision is determined to be unenforceable or invalid,
such provision shall nonetheless be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, and such determination shall not affect the validity and
enforceability of any other remaining provisions.
e. Amendments and Waivers
The failure of either Trackpads.com to insist upon or enforce or to exercise any
right under this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver or relinquishment
to any extent of Trackpads.com right to assert or rely upon any such provision
or right in that or any other instance, and the same shall be and remain in full
force and effect. In the event that any published statements, other agreements,
or other official policies of Trackpads.com may conflict with any of the terms
contained in this document (Terms of Service) the terms of this document shall
govern.
Final Notes:
First of all, if you have read this far then I would like to congratulate you. I
understand that these types of legal disclaimers can be boring (to say the elast)
but they are important in an ever growing litigious world that we live in. If
you have found any section of this document too hard to read or understand then
please let us know. While there are some legal-ese that we cannot change we can
try to do a better job explaining it. Again, thank you for visiting the site.
Jason Edwards, Owner.