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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
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