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ATTENTION: THESE TERMS OF SERVICE (TOS) DIRECT
AN INDIVIDUAL’S USAGE OF OUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS
HOSTED AND CREATED BY OUR BUSINESS. WHEN AN
INDIVIUAL ACCESSES THIS SITE, HE OR SHE IS
SHOWING FULL ACCEPTANCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE TOS.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS TOS MAY CHANGE AT ANY TIME
DUE TO THE BUSINESSES’ DISCRETION. WHEN AN
INDIVIDUAL USES THIS SITE AFTER THE CHANGES HAVE
BEEN MADE TO THE TOS, THE INDIVIDUAL IS
ACKNOWLEDGING THE CHANGES AND ACCEPTING THEM.
PLEASE REFER TO THIS TOS BEFORE USING THE SITE
IN ORDER TO STAY ABREST OF THE CHANGES.
Access To This Site
GUESTS AND PARTICIPANTS MUST BE EIGHTEEN (18)
YEARS OR OLDER IN ORDER TO VIEW AND USE THE
INFORMATION THAT IS PRESENTED ON THIS WEB SITE.
IF YOU ARE BELOW THIS AGE, YOU MAY NOT OBTAIN
INFORMATION OF THIS SITE. BECAUSE OF THE AGE
RESTRICTIONS ON THIS SITE, NONE OF THE
INFORMATION ACQUIRED BY OUR WEBSITE FALLS WITHIN
THE CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTIN ACT (COPPA)
AND IS NOT MONITORED AS DOING SO.
In order to get into this site and use the
information that it has to offer, guest may be
required to volunteer particular data for
registration. This is a contingency of an
individual’s usage of the site and all the
content herein. In order to use this site, you
must provide information that is correct,
current and complete. If our Business discovers
that the information that you have provided does
not meet this criteria, we have the right to
terminate your relationship with this site and
eliminate your access to our services and
content.
Restrictions On Use
This site must only be used for the reasons
permitted by this site. You can’t use this site
for other purposes that aren’t stated in this
TOS. You may not use the written content or
services herein for any commercial purpose,
unless you have written consent from our
business. For example, you can’t co-brand our
Web site, frame this site, hyper-link to this
site, without having written permission prior to
doing so. Co-branding, for the purpose of this
TOS, means to show a name, logo, trademark or
other forms of attribution or identification of
any party in such a manner as is reasonably
likely to give a user the impression that your
company affiliated with or part of our
Business. If caught doing any co-branding,
framing or hyper-linking that isn’t authorized
with express written consent, you agree to
immediately cease and desist upon being asked.
Proprietary Information
The content and services provided in this site
(known afterwards as Content) and any other Web
site owned, operated, licensed or controlled by
our Business is the proprietary information of
our Business or the individuals or groups who
have created the Content for our business or in
some cases when the Content creator has given up
rights, we have the sole proprietary rights to
the Content.
In addition, the Content on this Web site may
not be copied, distributed, republished,
uploaded, posted or transmitted in any method,
unless there is prior written consent from our
Business allowing you to do so. You may,
however, print out a single copy of the Content
in our Web site for your own personal use.
If you decide to print out a copy for your
personal use, or have express written consent to
copy, distribute, republish or post the content,
you may not alter or remove any of the
copyright, trademark, trade name, service marks
or any of the proprietary notice or legend
appearing on any of the Content.
If you modify or use any of the Content in ways
that aren’t specified in this TOS and you
haven’t received written permission, you are
violating the Terms of Use statement and our
Businesses’ intellectual property rights. When
you visit the site, you do not have the rights
to the intellectual property on this site.
Hyper-Links
This site may be hyper-linked to other sites
that are not part of this businesses’ network of
sites. These hyperlinks are created as a way to
provide extra value to sites visitors. This is
not a statement of sponsorship, recommendation
or affiliation with these sites. The Business
may or may not have reviewed the pages at the
end of the hyper-links to check for up to date
content, accuracy or other issues. The
hyper-links are not an endorsement of these
sites.
Submissions
When you make submissions to the Web site, you
are granting our Business the royalty-free,
perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive
right and license to use, reproduce, modify,
adapt, publish, translate, create derivative,
works from, distribute, perform and display all
content, remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics
or other information that is communicated to
our Business through our Web site.
The “Submission” can take the form of various
different media. These submissions are all part
of the Web site once you submit them, regardless
of form, media or technology now known or later
developed. Our Business will not treat any
Submission as confidential, meaning the data
that you submit is entirely subject to public
display. Our Business will not hold liability
for royalties or any other consideration of any
kind. We will not incur any liability as a
result of any similarities that may show up in
future projects of our Business.
All personal data that is shared in the course
of submitting information will be treated in
accordance with the Privacy Policy that is in
place on this site.
Disclaimer
In order to use this site, you acknowledge and
understand that our Business cannot and does not
guarantee or warrant that files available for
downloading from online sources like our site
will be free of harmful files that can hurt your
computer. This can include but is not limited to
viruses, worms, Trojan horses and any other
codes or files that may cause damage or destroy
your computer. You have the sole responsibility
of protecting your computer with the proper
anti-virus programs and checkpoints that will
keep your computer safe from all external sites,
including the Web site belonging to this
Business. Our Business assumes no responsibility
for damage you may incur while surfing the
Internet at our site or any others.
The Content on the Web site should not be
considered up-to-date or complete. It cannot be
used to replace other written content sent out
by our Business. Investors, borrowers, and other
persons should use the Content in the same way
as any educational medium. They should not rely
solely on the Content displayed on the website
to form a professional opinion. The information
presented on this Web site is not to be
considered an exhaustive authority on the
subject matter. It does not cover all of the
angles, issues or topics.
YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
The
Content is provided “as is” and without
warranties of any kind, either expressed or
implied. Our Business disclaims all warranties,
including any implied warranties of
merchantability, fitness for a particular
purpose, TITLE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
Our Business does not warrant that the
functions OR CONTENT contained in this site will
be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects
will be corrected, or that this site or the
server that makes it available are free of
viruses or other harmful components. Our
Business does not warrant or make any
representation regarding use, or the result of
use, of the content in terms of accuracy,
reliability, or otherwise. The content may
include technical inaccuracies or typographical
errors, and Business may make changes or
improvements at any time. You, and not our
Business, assume the entire cost of all
necessary servicing, repair or correction
IN THE EVENT OF ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING FROM
THE USE OF THIS SITE OR ITS CONTENT.
Our BUSINESS MAKES NO WARRANTIES
THAT YOUR USE OF THE CONTENT WILL NOT INFRINGE
THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS AND ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN SUCH
CONTENT.
All of the information in this site, whether
historical in nature or forward-looking, speaks
only as of the date the information is posted on
this site, and our Business does not
undertake any obligation to update such
information after it is posted or to remove such
information from this site if it is not, or is
no longer, accurate or complete.
Limitation On Liability
BUSINESS, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES,
LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, CONTENT PROVIDERS,
EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, AND DIRECTORS WILL
NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, DIRECT,
INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, ACTUAL, CONSEQUENTIAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR OTHER DAMAGES, INCLUDING
LOSS OF REVENUE OR INCOME, PAIN AND SUFFERING,
EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, EVEN IF
BUSINESS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL THE COLLECTIVE
LIABILITY OF BUSINESS AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES,
AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS,
CONTENT PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS,
AND DIRECTORS, TO ANY PARTY (REGARDLESS OF THE
FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR
OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE GREATER OF $100 OR THE
AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID TO BUSINESS FOR THE
APPLICABLE CONTENT, PRODUCT OR SERVICE OUT OF
WHICH LIABILITY AROSE.
Indemnity
You will indemnify and hold our Business, its
subsidiaries, affiliates, licensors, content
providers, service providers, employees, agents,
officers, directors and contractors (hereinafter
known as “Indemnified Parties”) completely
harmless from any breach of this TOS by an
individual, including the use of Content in ways
that are different from the ways set out in this
TOS.
When you participate in the site either as a
viewer or submitter, you agree that the
Indemnified Parties will have no liability in
connection with any such breach or unauthorized
use, and you agree to indemnify any and all
resulting loss, damages, judgments, awards,
costs, expenses and attorney’s fees of the
Indemnified Parties in connection therewith. You
will also indemnify and hold the Indemnified
Parties harmless from and against any claims
brought by third parties that are a result of
using the data obtained at this site.
Trademarks
Trademarks, service marks and logos that are
displayed on this site are the sole property of
this Company, or the service that provided the
graphics to use on our Company’s site. Our
business and any service that delivered
trademarks, service marks and logos to the
Company retain all rights with respect to any of
the trademarks, service marks and logos that are
displayed on this site.
Information You Provide
You do not have permission to post, send,
submit, publish or transmit in connection with
this Web site any material that:
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You do not have express legal consent to
post, including proprietary material that is
produced by a third party and displayed by
our site;
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Advises illegal activity or includes
references to an intent to commit illegal
activity;
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Is vulgar, obscene, pornographic or
indecent;
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Is not directly related to this site;
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Makes threatening or abusing statements,
statements that libel others, statements
that defame others, statements that invade
privacy, items that imply stalking, obscene,
pornographic, racist, abusive, harassing,
threatening or offensive;
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Seeks to exploit or harm children by
exposing them to inappropriate content,
including but not limited to asking children
for personal data, details about their
parental financial information and pictures;
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Infringes any intellectual property or other
right of any entity or person, including
stealing content in the form of copyrights
or trademarks, or infringing upon the rights
of publicity;
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Violates any law or may be interpreted to be
violating any law;
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Impersonates or otherwise misrepresents an
individual’s connection to another person or
entity, or otherwise manipulates headers or
identifies to disguise the origin of the
content.
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Advertises any commercial process or
otherwise involves in commercial activity,
expect if specifically allowed by our
Company with written consent. This includes
offering raffles, contests, displaying
banners for sponsors or otherwise asking for
goods and services;
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Solicits funds, advertisers or sponsors;
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Includes virus programs, worms and/or Trojan
horses or any other malicious code which is
designed to impair, limit or destroy a
person’s ability to use their computer
hardware, software or other
telecommunications.
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Interrupts the normal exchange of
communication, causes a web page screen to
scroll faster than users are able to type,
or otherwise causes the page to act in such
a way that will impair their ability to use
a Web site in the way that it is intended to
be used;
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Includes MP3 format files;
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Encourages people to join or otherwise
involve themselves in a pyramid or other
similar scheme;
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Breaks any policy that is stated in this TOS
or other official documents displayed on
this site, which may be updated from time to
time;
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Contains hyper-links to sites that is
displaying content that is outside of the
guidelines that are set forth in this TOS or
other official documents displayed on this
site.
Our Company reserves the right to observe the
use of this site to make sure that users are
complying with this TOS. We also hold the right
to remove content that violates any portion of
the Terms of Use. We may also refuse information
for any reason we see fit. You remain
responsible for the content of your submission,
and we have the right to refuse or remove
content that you have placed on the site. By
using this site, you acknowledge that you
understand these terms of service and that your
content is subject to our authority. You also
recognize that our Business and any third party
involved in our business has no liability for
the actions that you choose to involve yourself
in while a user of this site.
Security
The passwords that are used on this site are
your sole responsibility. They are for
individual use only. You retain responsibility
for the password and user name that you choose.
Our company will only require the password when
you access membership sections of our site, and
if you want to change information on your
account or terminate your account with our Web
site.
You are not allowed to use any services of
facilities that are offered in accordance with
this Web site to inhibit the security or disrupt
system resources and/or accounts. Using or
distributing the tools that are designed to
inhibit security (like password guessing
programs, cracking tools or network probing
tools) is strictly forbidden.
If you are caught using any of these tools or
trying to access the private information of
other members through malicious means, our
Company reserves the right to forward your
details to the authorities of system
administrators at other sites so that they can
resolve their own security incidents. Our
Company reserves the right to investigate any
violation of the Terms of Use that we discover.
Our Business will fully cooperate with law
enforcement authorities and court orders if one
of our users is found to be using our Web site
for malicious purposes. We will disclose
personal indentifying information to law
enforcement personnel of any participant in our
site who is posting e-mail messages, publishing
or making any private data available to the
general public, or any other details that
violate this TOS.
BY ACCEPTING THIS AGREEMENT YOU WAIVE AND HOLD
HARMLESS BUSINESS FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM
ANY ACTION TAKEN BY BUSINESS DURING OR AS A
RESULT OF ITS INVESTIGATIONS AND/OR FROM ANY
ACTIONS TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF INVESTIGATIONS
BY EITHER [BUSINESS] OR LAW ENFORCEMENT
AUTHORITIES.
Miscellaneous
These Terms of Use will be governed and
interpreted pursuant to the laws of STATE,
United States of America, notwithstanding any
principles of conflicts of law. You
specifically consent to personal jurisdiction in
STATE in connection with any dispute
between you and Business arising out of
these Terms of Use or pertaining to the subject
matter hereof. The parties to these Terms of
Use each agree that the exclusive venue for any
dispute between the parties arising out of these
Terms of Use or pertaining to the subject matter
of these Terms of Use will be in the state and
federal courts in CITY, STATE. If any
part of these Terms of Use is unlawful, void or
unenforceable, that part will be deemed
severable and will not affect the validity and
enforceability of any remaining provisions.
These Terms of Use constitute the entire
agreement among the parties relating to this
subject matter. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any additional terms and conditions on this site
will govern the items to which they pertain.
Business may revise these Terms of Use at
any time by updating this posting. |