Term and Termination
This Agreement constitutes your agreement with MatchDirect.com with respect to your
use of the Service. You must agree to abide by all of the terms and conditions
contained in this Agreement in order to become or remain an authorized user of
the Service. As used in this Agreement, "we" and "us" means
MatchDirect.com or any successor or assign of MatchDirect.com
Either you or MatchDirect.com may terminate your membership at anytime, for any reason, effective upon sending
written notice to the other party. MatchDirect.com reserves the right to immediately
suspend or terminate your access to the MatchDirect.com service, without notice,
upon any breach of this Agreement by you which is brought to MatchDirect.com attention.
Registration and Subscription
You may register as of member of the Service for free
to communicate with other members and use certain other parts of the
Service. We can implement the subscription fees for the Service at any time but we will give you reasonable
notice of this before we do so. If you are unhappy with any changes you may
terminate your membership at anytime, effective upon sending written notice to MatchDirect.com
Your Use of the Service and Content Posted on the Site
• Illegal and/or
unauthorized uses of the Web site, including collecting usernames and/or email
addresses of members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending
unsolicited email and unauthorized framing of or linking to the Web site will
be investigated, and appropriate legal action will be taken.
• We are entitled to review and delete any content,
messages, photos or profiles (collectively, "Content") that in our
sole judgment violate this Agreement or which might be offensive, illegal, or
that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of other members.
• You are solely responsible for the Content that you
publish or display (hereinafter, "post") on the Service, or transmit to other members.
• By posting Content to any public area of the Service,
you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right
to grant, to us an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide
license to use, copy, perform, display, and distribute such information and
content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works,
such information and content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the
foregoing.
Following is a partial list of the type of Content that is illegal or prohibited on the Web site, Content that: expresses or implies that any statements you make are made or endorsed by us;
• You must use the Service in a manner consistent with
any and all applicable laws and regulations.
• You may not include in your member profile any personal
contact information, such as telephone numbers, street addresses, last name, URL or email addresses.
• You may not engage in advertising to, or solicitation
of, other members to buy or sell any products or services through the Service.
You may not transmit any chain letters or junk email to other members. Although
we cannot monitor the conduct of our members off the Web site, it is also a
violation of these rules to use any information obtained from the Service in
order to harass, abuse, or harm another person, or in order to contact,
advertise to, solicit, or sell to any member without their prior explicit
consent. In order to protect our members from such advertising or solicitation,
we reserve the right to restrict the number of
emails that a member may send to other members in any 24-hour period to a
number which we deem appropriate in our reasonable discretion.
Our Responsibilities
• We will operate the Web site for
the Service with the reasonable skill and care of an online service provider.
• We will do our best to maintain the operation of the
Web site for the Service, however, we may need to temporarily suspend the
service for operational reasons (e.g. for repairs, planned maintenance or
upgrades). We promise to restore the service as soon as possible after any suspension.
• We reserve the right to make changes to the Service
from time to time provided that they do not have a material adverse effect on
the quality of the Service.
• If we cannot do what we have promised in this contract
because of something beyond our reasonable control (including, without
limitation, disputes involving our employees), we will not be liable for this.
Member Disputes
You are solely responsible for your interactions with
our other members. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor
disputes between you and other members.
Proprietary Information
The Service contains information that is proprietary to our partners, our
members and us. You may not modify,post, distribute
or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks or other
proprietary information without having first received the express written
permission of the owner of such information.
Disclaimers
• The Web site and the Service are provided on an "as-is"
basis. We cannot guarantee and do not promise any specific results from use of
the Site and/or the Service. We make no warranties/guarantees or
representations as to the quality or fitness for a particular purpose of the
Service except that we will operate the Web site for the Service with
reasonable skill and care of an online service provider.
• We do not represent or endorse the accuracy or
reliability of any advice, opinion, statement or other information displayed,
uploaded or distributed through the Service by us, our partners or any member
or any other person or entity. You acknowledge that any reliance upon such
opinion, member profile, advice, statement or information is at your own risk.
We are not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline of our
members. Please use caution and common sense when using the Site and the
Service.
Modifications to this Agreement
We may alter or amend our terms and conditions upon giving reasonable notice in
advance of such amendment taking effect. If upon receiving any notice, if you
do not wish to continue with the Service, you may terminate the contract upon
giving us notice, such notice to take effect upon the earlier of our receipt of
your notice or the date upon which the amended terms and conditions would
otherwise have taken effect. You will be deemed to have accepted any alteration
and/or amendment if you continue to use the Service after the relevant period
of notice has expired.
Limitation on Liability
• In the absence of any negligence or other breach of duty
by us, your use of the Site and this Service is entirely at your own risk.
• If we are in breach of the arrangements under this
Agreement, we will not be responsible for any losses that you suffer as a
result, except those losses that are a reasonably foreseeable consequence of the breach.
• We do not have any liability of any sort (including
liability for negligence) for the acts or omissions of providers of
telecommunication services or for faults in or failures of their networks and
equipment.
Release
In the event that you have any claim or action against any other member arising
from that member's use of our Site or the Service, you agree to pursue such
claim or action independently of and without any demands from us, and you
release us from all claims, liability and damages, arising from or in any way
connected to the claim or action.
In the event that a claim or action is brought against us from your activities
or use of the Web site or the Service, including any breach by you of this
Agreement or any charges or complaints made by other parties against you, you
agree to pay, hold harmless and defend us in the claim or action. You also
agree to cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defense of any claim
and allow us to assume the exclusive defense and control of the matter.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about the rights and restrictions above, please contact us