ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
The services that we provide
to you are subject to the following Terms of Use ("TOU"). we reserve the right
to update the TOU at any time without notice to you. The most current version of
the TOU can be reviewed by clicking on the "Legal" link located at the bottom of
our web pages.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
We provide our users with
information and resources (collectively "Services") relating to various
e-commerce opportunities. The Services, including any updates, enhancements, new
features, and/or the addition of any new web properties, are subject to the
TOU.
PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE LIMITATION
Unless
otherwise specified, the Services are for your personal and non-commercial use.
You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce,
publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any
information, software, products or services obtained from the Services.
PRIVACY AND PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
See
the Privacy
Policy disclosures relating to the collection and use of your
information.
MEMBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD, AND SECURITY
If any of
the Services requires you to open an account, you must complete the registration
process by providing us with current, complete and accurate information as
prompted by the applicable registration form. You also will choose a password
and a user name. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality of your password and account. Furthermore, you are entirely
responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account. You agree
to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other
breach of security. We will not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a
result of someone else using your password or account, either with or without
your knowledge. However, you could be held liable for losses incurred by us or
another party due to someone else using your account or password. You may not
use anyone else's account at any time, without the permission of the account
holder.
NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE
As a condition of
your use of the Services, you will not use the Services for any purpose that is
unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use
the Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair any
our servers, or the network(s) connected to any of our servers, or interfere
with any other party's use and enjoyment of any Services. You may not attempt to
gain unauthorized access to any Services, other accounts, computer systems or
networks connected to any of our servers or to any of the Services, through
hacking, password mining or any other means. You may not obtain or attempt to
obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made
available through the Services.
USE OF SERVICES
The Services may contain e-mail
functions, news areas, calendars, and/or other message or communication
facilities designed to enable you to communicate with others (each a
"Communication Service" and collectively "Communication Services"). You agree to
use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and
material that are proper and, when applicable, related to the particular
Communication Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree
that when using the Communication Services, you will not:
- Use the Communication Services in connection with surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk email, spamming or any duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise).
- Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
- Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.
- Upload, or otherwise make available, files that contain images, photographs, software or other material protected by intellectual property laws, including, by way of example, and not as limitation, copyright or trademark laws (or by rights of privacy or publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consent to do the same.
- Use any material or information, including images or photographs, which are made available through the Services in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other proprietary right of any party.
- Upload files that contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer or property of another.
- Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Services specifically allows such messages.
- Download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally reproduced, displayed, performed, and/or distributed in such manner.
- Falsify or delete any copyright management information, such as author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
- Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services.
- Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service.
- Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses.
- Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
- Create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others.
- Use, download or otherwise copy, or provide (whether or not for a fee) to a person or entity any directory of users of the Services or other user or usage information or any portion thereof.
We have no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, we reserve the right to review materials posted to the Communication Services and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. We reserve the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time, without notice, for any reason whatsoever.
We reserve the right at all times to disclose any information as we deem necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in our sole discretion.
Always use caution when giving out any personally identifiable information about yourself or your children in any Communication Services. We do not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Services and, therefore, we specifically disclaim any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Services.
Materials uploaded to the Communication Services may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination; you are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you download the materials.
MATERIALS PROVIDED TO US OR POSTED ON OUR WEB
SITE
We do not claim ownership of the materials you provide to us
(including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any
Services or its associated services for review by the general public, or by the
members of any public or private community, (each a "Submission" and
collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting,
providing or submitting ("Posting") your Submission you are granting us, our
affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your
Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses
(including, without limitation, all of our Services), including, without
limitation, the license rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display,
publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; to
publish your name in connection with your Submission; and the right to
sublicense such rights to any supplier of the Services.
No compensation
will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. We
are under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and we may
remove any Submission at any time at our sole discretion.
By Posting a
Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of
the rights to your Submission as described in these Terms of Use including,
without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload,
input or submit the Submissions.
In addition to the warranty and
representation set forth above, by Posting a Submission that contain images,
photographs, pictures or that are otherwise graphical in whole or in part
("Images"), you warrant and represent that (a) you are the copyright owner of
such Images, or that the copyright owner of such Images has granted you
permission to use such Images or any content and/or images contained in such
Images consistent with the manner and purpose of your use and as otherwise
permitted by these Terms of Use and the Services, (b) you have the rights
necessary to grant the licenses and sublicenses described in these Terms of Use,
and (c) that each person depicted in such Images, if any, has provided consent
to the use of the Images as set forth in these Terms of Use, including, by way
of example, and not as a limitation, the distribution, public display and
reproduction of such Images. By Posting Images, you are granting (a) to all
members of your private community (for each such Images available to members of
such private community), and/or (b) to the general public (for each such Images
available anywhere on the Services, other than a private community), permission
to use your Images in connection with the use, as permitted by these Terms of
Use, of any of the Services, (including, by way of example, and not as a
limitation, making prints and gift items which include such Images), and
including, without limitation, a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free license
to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce,
edit, translate and reformat your Images without having your name attached to
such Images, and the right to sublicense such rights to any supplier of the
Services. The licenses granted in the preceding sentences for Images will
terminate at the time you completely remove such Images from the Services,
provided that, such termination shall not affect any licenses granted in
connection with such Images prior to the time you completely remove such Images.
No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Images.
INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold us, and
our subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners,
and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you
submit, post, transmit or make available through the Service, your use of the
Service, your connection to the Service, your violation of the TOU, or your
violation of any rights of another.
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
The Service may
provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or
resources. Because we have no control over such sites and resources, you
acknowledge and agree that we are 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
we 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.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND
AND AGREE THAT:
- YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
- WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND (V) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.
- ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
- NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOU.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND
AND AGREE THAT WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES
(EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING
FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE; (ii) THE COST OF
PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA,
INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR
TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS
TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF
ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE
SERVICE.
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