Effective Date: August 1, 2026

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Welcome to Tampa Dorm Guru. These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of www.tampadormguru.com and any related pages, features, forms, content, reviews, photos, or services offered through the website.

By using this website, creating an account, submitting a review, uploading photos, or accessing any content on Tampa Dorm Guru, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the website.

Tampa Dorm Guru is an independent student housing information website created to provide room, building, photo, and review information about University of Tampa residence halls. Tampa Dorm Guru is not owned, operated, sponsored, endorsed by, or officially connected with the University of Tampa.

 

1. Purpose of the Website

Tampa Dorm Guru is designed to help students, prospective students, parents, and families better understand University of Tampa residence halls, rooms, amenities, furniture, layouts, common spaces, dining access, and student experiences.

The website may include information from public sources, student submissions, user reviews, uploaded photos, room details, building descriptions, and other housing-related content.

The information on this website is for general informational purposes only. It should not be treated as official University of Tampa housing, dining, safety, accessibility, policy, or admissions information.

Users should verify important information directly with the University of Tampa.

 

2. No Affiliation With the University of Tampa

Tampa Dorm Guru is an independent website.

Tampa Dorm Guru is not owned, operated, sponsored, endorsed by, or officially affiliated with the University of Tampa.

References to the University of Tampa, UTampa, residence halls, campus buildings, dining options, room layouts, amenities, trademarks, names, logos, or other university-related information are used for informational purposes only.

All University of Tampa names, building names, logos, trademarks, and related references belong to their respective owners.

 

3. Account Requirement for Submitting Reviews

Users must create an account to submit reviews, ratings, photos, or other user-generated content.

When creating an account or submitting content, users agree to provide accurate information and to use the website in a lawful, respectful, and appropriate manner.

Approved reviews may display the public username created by the user. A user’s actual name will not be displayed with a review unless the user chooses to include their actual name in their public username, review text, uploaded photos, or other submitted content.

Users are responsible for keeping their login information secure and for all activity associated with their account.

 

4. Age Requirement

Users must be at least 17 years old to create an account, submit reviews, upload photos, or provide content to Tampa Dorm Guru.

The website is intended for college students, prospective college students, parents, and other users age 13 or older. However, users under 17 may not submit reviews, upload photos, or contribute content.

By creating an account or submitting content, you represent that you are at least 17 years old.

 

5. User-Submitted Content

Tampa Dorm Guru may allow users to submit reviews, ratings, comments, photos, room information, building feedback, correction requests, and other content.

By submitting content, you agree that:

• The content is accurate to the best of your knowledge;

• You have the right to submit the content;

• The content does not violate another person’s privacy;

• The content does not include private, sensitive, confidential, false, defamatory, offensive, discriminatory, threatening, or unlawful material;

• The content is appropriate for a student housing information website;

• The content may be reviewed, edited, formatted, approved, rejected, published, or removed by Tampa Dorm Guru.

Submission of content does not guarantee publication.

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6. Review Guidelines

Reviews should be factual, helpful, and respectful.

Users may comment on topics such as:

• Room layout

• Furniture

• Room size

• Bathroom setup

• Cleanliness

• Noise

• View

• Lighting

• Storage

• Common spaces

• Dining access

• Laundry

• Building amenities

• General student experience

Users may not submit content that includes:

• False or misleading information

• Personal attacks

• Harassment or threats

• Discriminatory or hateful content

• Profanity or vulgar content

• Private information about another person

• Full names of roommates, students, resident assistants, staff, or other individuals without permission

• Student ID numbers

• Phone numbers

• Personal addresses

• Medical information

• Financial information

• Mail, packages, documents, or screenshots containing private information

• Content that invades another person’s privacy

• Content that violates any law, rule, policy, or third-party right

Tampa Dorm Guru may reject or remove any review that does not meet these guidelines.

 

7. Photo Submission Guidelines

Users may upload photos only if they have the right to submit them.

Photos should be relevant to room, building, furniture, amenity, common space, or campus housing information.

Users may not upload photos that include:

• People unless the user has permission from each person shown;

• Student IDs;

• Mail, packages, documents, schedules, or financial information;

• Medical information;

• Private belongings shown in a way that invades someone’s privacy;

• Inappropriate, offensive, unsafe, or unlawful content;

• Any image that violates another person’s rights.

By uploading photos, you confirm that the photos do not improperly invade another person’s privacy and that you have the right to allow Tampa Dorm Guru to use them on the website.

Tampa Dorm Guru may edit or format submitted photos before publication, including cropping, resizing, improving brightness or clarity, removing identifying information, removing people, or making other reasonable adjustments for privacy, consistency, and site quality.

 

8. Ownership of User Content and License to Tampa Dorm Guru

Users retain ownership of the reviews, photos, comments, ratings, and other content they submit, to the extent they own such content.

By submitting content to Tampa Dorm Guru, you grant Tampa Dorm Guru a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, display, publish, reproduce, edit, crop, resize, format, modify, distribute, remove, and otherwise use the submitted content in connection with the website and related promotional, informational, or operational purposes.

This license allows Tampa Dorm Guru to display submitted reviews and photos on room pages, building pages, review sections, galleries, homepage sections, social media, marketing materials, or other areas related to the website.

You also agree that Tampa Dorm Guru may remove submitted content at any time.

 

9. Editing, Moderation, and Removal Rights

Tampa Dorm Guru reserves the right, but is not required, to review, edit, moderate, reject, remove, or decline any submitted content at any time and for any reason.

This may include editing or removing content for:

• Spelling, grammar, or clarity

• Formatting and readability

• Privacy concerns

• Inaccurate or outdated information

• Removal of people from photos

• Removal of identifying details

• Inappropriate or irrelevant content

• Site consistency

• Legal, safety, or administrative reasons

Tampa Dorm Guru may also suspend or restrict accounts that misuse the website, submit inappropriate content, provide false information, violate these Terms, or interfere with the website’s operation.

 

10. Correct or Remove Information

Tampa Dorm Guru provides a Correct or Remove Information link or form that users may use to request corrections, updates, removal, or deletion of information, reviews, photos, or other submitted content.

Requests may relate to:

• Incorrect room or building information

• Outdated amenity, furniture, dining, or location information

• Incorrect photos

• Reviews or photos submitted by the user

• Content containing private or identifying information

• Content that may affect another person’s privacy

• Content that is inaccurate, outdated, inappropriate, or incomplete

To help us review the request, users should provide enough detail to identify the content, such as:

• Building name

• Room number

• Page URL

• Review date

• Public username or display name

• Photo description

• Description of the issue

• Reason for the correction or removal request

Tampa Dorm Guru may need to verify the request before making changes. We will make reasonable efforts to review and respond to correction or removal requests, but we may retain certain information if necessary for legal, security, administrative, or website integrity purposes.

Users may also contact us at:

Email: [Insert Contact Email]

 

11. Accuracy of Website Content

Tampa Dorm Guru relies on public information, user submissions, photos, reviews, and other sources. While we try to provide helpful and accurate information, we do not guarantee that all content is complete, current, accurate, or error-free.

Information that may change over time includes, but is not limited to:

• Room layouts

• Furniture

• Furniture dimensions

• Building amenities

• Dining options

• Laundry access

• Study spaces

• Common areas

• Room views

• Bathroom configurations

• Housing policies

• Building access

• Renovations

• Maintenance conditions

• Campus transportation

• Safety or security information

Users should confirm important housing, dining, accessibility, safety, policy, pricing, or official campus information directly with the University of Tampa.

 

12. No Professional or Official Advice

The content on Tampa Dorm Guru is for general informational purposes only.

Tampa Dorm Guru does not provide official university advice, housing placement advice, legal advice, safety advice, accessibility advice, financial advice, or any other professional advice.

Users should rely on official University of Tampa resources for final decisions regarding housing, meal plans, campus policies, accessibility accommodations, safety, or other official matters.

 

13. Prohibited Uses

Users may not use Tampa Dorm Guru to:

• Submit false, misleading, harmful, or inappropriate content;

• Harass, threaten, embarrass, or target another person;

• Post private information about another person;

• Upload photos of people without permission;

• Upload content that violates intellectual property rights;

• Attempt to hack, disrupt, overload, or interfere with the website;

• Use automated systems, bots, scraping tools, or similar methods without permission;

• Create fake accounts or impersonate another person;

• Submit spam or promotional content;

• Use the site for unlawful purposes;

• Violate these Terms or any applicable law.

Tampa Dorm Guru may remove content, restrict access, or suspend accounts that violate these rules.

 

14. Third-Party Links

The website may contain links to third-party websites, including University of Tampa pages, maps, dining resources, housing resources, transportation information, or other external websites.

Tampa Dorm Guru is not responsible for the content, privacy practices, security, availability, or accuracy of third-party websites.

Users access third-party websites at their own risk.

 

15. Intellectual Property

The Tampa Dorm Guru website design, organization, text, graphics, branding, layout, and other original website content are owned by or licensed to Tampa Dorm Guru, except for user-submitted content, third-party materials, and references to University of Tampa names, buildings, trademarks, or publicly available information.

Users may not copy, reproduce, distribute, modify, or use Tampa Dorm Guru content for commercial purposes without permission.

Users may share links to Tampa Dorm Guru pages for personal, educational, or informational use.

 

16. Disclaimer of Warranties

Tampa Dorm Guru is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.

We do not guarantee that:

• The website will always be available;

• The website will be error-free;

• The information will always be accurate, complete, or current;

• User-submitted content will be reliable;

• Photos will represent current room or building conditions;

• Reviews will reflect every student’s experience;

• The website will be free from technical issues, viruses, or interruptions.

Use of the website is at your own risk.

 

17. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tampa Dorm Guru is not liable for any damages, losses, claims, or issues arising from or related to:

• Use of the website;

• Reliance on website content;

• Inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated information;

• User-submitted reviews or photos;

• Housing decisions made based on website content;

• Third-party links or websites;

• Website interruptions or technical errors;

• Unauthorized access to user information;

• Removal, editing, rejection, or moderation of submitted content.

Users are responsible for verifying important information directly with the University of Tampa or other official sources.

 

18. Indemnification

By using the website or submitting content, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Tampa Dorm Guru from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, or expenses arising from:

• Your use of the website;

• Your submitted content;

• Your violation of these Terms;

• Your violation of another person’s rights;

• Your violation of any law or regulation;

• Any claim that your submitted review, photo, or other content caused harm or violated someone’s rights.

 

19. Account Suspension or Termination

Tampa Dorm Guru may suspend, restrict, or terminate user accounts at any time if we believe a user has violated these Terms, submitted inappropriate content, misused the website, violated another person’s privacy, or interfered with the website’s operation.

We may also remove any submitted content associated with the account.

 

20. Changes to These Terms

Tampa Dorm Guru may update these Terms from time to time. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.

Continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the updated Terms.

 

21. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of [Insert Governing State], without regard to conflict of law principles.

Any disputes related to these Terms or use of the website shall be handled in accordance with applicable law.

 

22. Contact Us

For questions about these Terms, content removal, correction requests, privacy concerns, or general website issues, contact:

Tampa Dorm Guru
Website: www.tampadormguru.com
Email: contact@tampadormguru.com