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Terms of Use
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1. Acceptance of Terms of Use and Amendments.
Each time you use or cause access to this web site, you agree to be bound
by these Terms of Use, and as amended from time to time with or without
notice to you. In addition, if you are using a particular service on or
through this web site, you will be subject to any rules or guidelines
applicable to those services and they shall be incorporated by reference
into these Terms of Use. Please see our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated
into these Terms of Use by reference.
2. Our Service.
Our web site and services provided to you on and through our web site
on an "AS IS" basis. You agree that the owners of this web site
exclusively reserve the right and may, at any time and without notice
and any liability to you, modify or discontinue this web site and its
services or delete the data you provide, whether temporarily or permanently.
We shall have no responsibility or liability for the timeliness, deletion,
failure to store, inaccuracy, or improper delivery of any data or information.
3. Your Responsibilities and Registration Obligations.
In order to use this web site, you must register on our site, agree to
provide truthful information when requested, and be at least the age of
thirteen (13) or older. When registering, you explicitly agree to our
Terms of Use and as may be modified by us from time to time and available
here.
4. Privacy Policy.
Registration data and other personally identifiable information that we
may collect is subject to the terms of our Privacy Policy.
5. Registration and Password.
You are responsible to maintain the confidentiality of your password and
shall be responsible for all uses via your registration and/or login,
whether authorized or unauthorized by you. You agree to immediately notify
us of any unauthorized use or your registration, user account or password.
6. Your Conduct.
You agree that all information or data of any kind, whether text, software,
code, music or sound, photographs or graphics, video or other materials
("Content"), publicly or privately provided, shall be the sole
responsibility of the person providing the Content or the person whose
user account is used. You agree that our web site may expose you to Content
that may be objectionable or offensive. We shall not be responsible to
you in any way for the Content that appears on this web site nor for any
error or omission.
You explicitly agree, in using this web site or any service provided,
that you shall not:
(a) provide any Content or perform any conduct that may be unlawful, illegal,
threatening, harmful, abusive, harassing, stalking, tortious, defamatory,
libelous, vulgar, obscene, offensive, objectionable, pornographic, designed
to or does interfere or interrupt this web site or any service provided,
infected with a virus or other destructive or deleterious programming
routine, give rise to civil or criminal liability, or which may violate
an applicable local, national or international law;
(b) impersonate or misrepresent your association with any person or entity,
or forge or otherwise seek to conceal or misrepresent the origin of any
Content provided by you;
(c) collect or harvest any data about other users;
(d) provide or use this web site and any Content or service in any commercial
manner or in any manner that would involve junk mail, spam, chain letters,
pyramid schemes, or any other form of unauthorized advertising without
our prior written consent;
(e) provide any Content that may give rise to our civil or criminal liability
or which may consititue or be considered a violation of any local, national
or international law, including but not limited to laws relating to copyright,
trademark, patent, or trade secrets.
7. Submission of Content on this Web Site.
By providing any Content to our web site:
(a) you agree to grant to us a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive
right and license (including any moral rights or other necessary rights)
to use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, distribute, perform,
promote, archive, translate, and to create derivative works and compilations,
in whole or in part. Such license will apply with respect to any form,
media, technology known or later developed;
(b) you warrant and represent that you have all legal, moral, and other
rights that may be necessary to grant us with the license set forth in
this Section 7;
(c) you acknowledge and agree that we shall have the right (but not obligation),
in our sole discretion, to refuse to publish or to remove or block access
to any Content you provide at any time and for any reason, with or without
notice.
8. Third Party Services.
Goods and services of third parties may be advertised and/or made available
on or through this web site. Representations made regarding products and
services provided by third parties are governed by the policies and representations
made by these third parties. We shall not be liable for or responsible
in any manner for any of your dealings or interaction with third parties.
9. Indemnification.
You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless, our subsidiaries, affiliates,
related parties, officers, directors, employees, agents, independent contractors,
advertisers, partners, and co-branders from any claim or demand, including
reasonable attorney's fees, that may be made by any third party, that
is due to or arising out of your conduct or connection with this web site
or service, your provision of Content, your violation of this Terms of
Use or any other violation of the rights of another person or party.
10. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE AND ANY SERVICES
OR CONTENT PROVIDED (THE "SERVICE") IS MADE AVAILABLE AND PROVIDED
TO YOU AT YOUR OWN RISK. IT IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS" AND WE
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, IMPLIED OR EXPRESS, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
WE MAKE NO WARRANTY, IMPLIED OR EXPRESS, THAT ANY PART OF THE SERVICE
WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, VIRUS-FREE, TIMELY, SECURE, ACCURATE,
RELIABLE, OF ANY QUALITY, NOR THAT ANY CONTENT IS SAFE IN ANY MANNER FOR
DOWNLOAD. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT NEITHER US NOR ANY PARTICIPANT
IN THE SERVICE PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL ADVICE OF ANY KIND AND THAT USE OF
SUCH ADVICE OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION IS SOLELY AT YOUˇ¦ OWN RISK AND WITHOUT
OUR LIABILITY OF ANY KIND.
Some jurisdictions may not allow disclaimers of implied warranties and
the above disclaimer may not apply to you only as it relates to implied
warranties.
11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY
DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INDICENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE,
DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSS (EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM OR ARISING OUT OF (I) THE USE OF OR THE
INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, (II) THE COST TO OBTAIN SUBSTITUTE GOODS
AND/OR SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY TRANSACTION ENTERED INTO ON THROUGH
THE SERVICE, (III) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR DATA TRANSMISSIONS,
(IV) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE, OR (V) ANY
OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE.
In some jurisdictions, it is not permitted to limit liability and therefore
such limitations may not apply to you.
12. Reservation of Rights.
We reserve all of our rights, including but not limited to any and all
copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, and any other proprietary
right that we may have in our web site, its content, and the goods and
services that may be provided. The use of our rights and property requires
our prior written consent. We are not providing you with any implied or
express licenses or rights by making services available to you and you
will have no rights to make any commercial uses of our web site or service
without our prior written consent.
13. Notification of Copyright Infringement.
If you believe that your property has been used in any way that would
be considered copyright infringement or a violation of your intellectual
property rights, our copyright agent may be contacted at the following
address:
Suite 5401, Central Plaza, 18 Harbour Road, Hong Kong.
Click to contact our webmaster
[Other contact information including address or the information for a
designated agent]
14. Applicable Law.
You agree that this Terms of Use and any dispute arising out of your use
of this web site or our products or services shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with local laws where the headquarters of the
owner of this web site is located, without regard to its conflict of law
provisions. By registering or using this web site and service you consent
and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the county or city
where the headquarters of the owner of this web site is located.
15. Miscellaneous Information.
(i) In the event that this Terms of Use conflicts with any law under which
any provision may be held invalid by a court with jurisdiction over the
parties, such provision will be interpreted to reflect the original intentions
of the parties in accordance with applicable law, and the remainder of
this Terms of Use will remain valid and intact; (ii) The failure of either
party to assert any right under this Terms of Use shall not be considered
a waiver of any that party's right and that right will remain in full
force and effect; (iii) You agree that without regard to any statue or
contrary law that any claim or cause arising out of this web site or its
services must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause arose
or the claim shall be forever barred; (iv) We may assign our rights and
obligations under this Terms of Use and we shall be relieved of any further
obligation.
Privacy Policy
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Introduction.
We take your right to privacy seriously and want you to feel comfortable
using our web site. This Privacy Policy deals with personally identifiable
information (referred to as "Data" below) that may be collected
by us on our site. This Policy does not apply to other entities that we
do not own or control or persons that are not our employees, agents or
within our control. Please take time to read our Terms of Use.
1. Collection of Data.
Our registration process requires fax registration and or a valid e-mail
address and a unique user ID and password. Providing us with other information
is at your option. Please take note that your user name, e-mail address,
or other submissions that you make on this site may contain your real
name or other personally identifiable information and, as a result, may
appear on this site. Like many web sites, we may also automatically receive
general information that is contained in our server log files such as
your IP address and cookie information. Information about how advertising
may be served on this site (if at all) is set forth below.
2. Use of Data.
We may use Data to customize and improve your user experience on this
site. We will make efforts so that your Data will not be provided to third
parties unless (i) provided for otherwise in this Privacy Policy; (ii)
we obtain your consent, such as when you choose to opt-in or opt-out to
the sharing of Data; (iii) a service provided on our site requires the
interaction with or is provided by a third party, by way of example an
Application Service Provider; (iv) pursuant to legal process or law enforcement;
(v) we find that your use of this site violates our this Policy, Terms
of Service, other usage guidelines or as deemed reasonably necessary by
us to protect our legal rights and/or property; (vi) or (vi) this site
is purchased by a third party whereby that third party will be able to
use the Data in the same manner as we can as set forth in this Policy.
In the event you choose to use links that appear on our site to visit
other web sites, you are advised to read the privacy policies that appear
on those sites.
3. Cookies.
Like many web sites, we set and use cookies to enhance your user experience,
such as retaining your personal settings. Advertisements may appear on
our web site and, if so, may set and access cookies on your computer and
is subject to the privacy policy of those parties providing the advertisement.
However, the companies serving the advertising do not have access to our
cookies. These companies usually use non-personally identifiable or anonymous
codes to obtain information about your visits to our site. You can click
here to find out more information about this practice and to find out
about your options including from the following companies that may serve
advertising on our site:
[AffiliateShop ] [AssociatePrograms.com ] [Be Free ] [ Click Trade ] [
Commission Junction ] [ DoubleClick ] [ Linkshare ]
4. Children.
We do not allow persons who are ages thirteen or younger to become members
of this site. For more information, please contact our webmaster.
5. Editing or Deleting Your Account Information.
We provide you with the ability to edit the information in your user account
information that you provided to us in registration by using your personal
page configuration area. You may request deletion of your user account
by contacting our webmaster. Content or other data that you may have provided
to us and that is not contained within your user account, such as posts
that may appear within our forums, may continue to remain on our site
at our discretion even though your user account is deleted. Please see
our Terms of Use for more information.
6. Changes to this Privacy Policy.
We may make changes to this Policy from time to time. We will notify you
of substantial changes to this Policy either by posting a prominent announcement
on our site and/or by sending a message to the e-mail address you have
provided to us that is contained within your and your membersˇ¦ user settings.
7. NO GUARANTEES.
While this Privacy Policy states our standards for maintenance of Data
and we will make efforts to meet them, we are not in a position to guarantee
these standards. There may be factors beyond our control that may result
in disclosure of data. As a consequence, we disclaim any warranties or
representations relating to maintenance or nondisclosure of Data.
8. Contact Information.
If you have any questions about this Policy or our web site, please feel
free to contact our webmaster.
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