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HeyRachel.Org Terms and Conditions of usage (plain english):
You are not allowed to steal our content! You are not allowed to get upset about you read. For entertainment purposes only! You cannot sue us if something bad happens as a result of something written or posted on our site ! You cannot post anything illegal on our site. Anything you post on our site becomes ours, so don’t post anything you don’t own. We will not share your personally-identifiable information without your permission. We are not responsible for any links to or from our site. If you don’t behave, we will prevent you from accessing our site. If you are child under 21, don’t come here! Keep up with your password. If anything in this document or on our site is illegal in your country, you can ask, but not force us to change it.
Heyrachel.org Terms and Conditions of usage (for real):
Welcome to Heyrachel.org online service ("Service") provides users with an open forum to give and receive relationship answers, opinions, and advice from other users. To ensure that we can provide a safe, friendly, and truly useful environment for all of our users, we have established these TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE ("Terms"). These Terms exist to inform you of what is and isn’t acceptable when using the Service as provided by ("Service Provider"), the owner and operator of the site.
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SERVICE. THEY ARE LEGALLY BINDING ON YOU, AND YOUR USE OF AND/OR REGISTRATION ON ANY SECTION OF THE SERVICE WILL CONSTITUTE YOUR AGREEMENT TO COMPLY WITH THESE RULES.
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify, add, or remove portions of these Terms at any time. Please check these Terms periodically for modifications. Your continued use of this Service now or following posted modifications to the Terms will signify your acceptance with any Terms’ changes. Any violation of these Terms may result in your loss of the right to use this Service, including suspension or termination of access to this service without notice, and any other relief determined by the Service Provider.
1. RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF MATERIALS
This Service is intended for your personal, noncommercial use only. All material contained on the Service including, but not limited to, text, logos, design, graphics, organization, images, audio, video, compilation, "look and feel," software, and any other content, without limitation, are protected by applicable state, national, and/or international copyright, trademark, and other proprietary right laws, and are owned or licensed by the Service Provider. You may not modify, copy, reproduce, create derivative works of, republish, upload, post, transmit or distribute in any way any material, including code and software, from the Service without the prior written consent of the Service Provider. The copying, rearrangement, redistribution, modification, use of publication by you, directly or indirectly, of any such matters or any part of the website is strictly prohibited. You may not in any way make commercial or other unauthorized use, by publication, re-transmission, distribution, performance, caching, or otherwise, of material obtained through the Service, except as permitted by the Copyright Act or other law or as expressly permitted in these Terms or in writing by the Service Provider. You may download or make one copy of the material from the Service and may use the Service for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided you follow all copyright and other applicable laws.
Companies, businesses and/or other organizations may not become registered users of the Service without the prior written consent of the Service Provider and should not use the Service for any purpose. Illegal and/or unauthorized uses of the Website, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email, linking to the Service, or any other unauthorized use may be investigated, and appropriate legal action will be taken.
2. DISCLAIMER
By using this Service, you acknowledge that you are using the Service at your own risk. The Service is provided on an "as is" basis and to the full extent permissible by law, the Service Provider, its affiliates, and its third party service providers expressly disclaim any and all warranties, express and implied, including but not limit to any warranties of accuracy, reliability, functionality, title, non-infringement, fitness for a particular purpose or any other warranty, condition, guarantee or representation, whether oral, in writing or in electronic form, including but not limited to the accuracy or completeness of any information contained therein or provided by the service, service provider, its affiliate, and its third party service providers do not represent or warrant that access to the service will be uninterrupted or that there will be no failures, errors or omission or loss of transmitted information, or that no viruses will be transmitted on the service.
You acknowledge that this Service is provided for entertainment purposes only. It is in no way intended to be a replacement for professional advice or services. If you need relationship or other personal help, including but not limited to physical or mental help, please seek professional advice and/or treatment.
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other users of the Service. You understand that the Service Provider does not in any way screen its users, nor does the Service Provider inquire into the backgrounds of its users or attempt to verify the statements of its users. The Service Provider makes no representations or warranties as to the conduct of users with any current or future users. In no event shall the Service Provider be liable for any damages whatsoever, whether direct, indirect, general, special, compensatory, consequential, and/or incidental, arising out of or relating to the conduct of you or anyone else in connection with the use of the Service, including but not limited to, bodily injury, emotional distress, and/or any other damages resulting from communications or meetings with other users of this Service or persons you meet directly or indirectly through this Service. You agree to take safety precautions in any and all interactions with other users of the Service, whether you decide to meet offline or in person.
Service Provider does not necessarily endorse, support, sanction, encourage, verify, or agree with the comments, opinions, advice, blogs, or other statements posted on Service, or otherwise contained in the Service. Opinions, advice, statements, offers, or other information or content made available through the Service, but not directly by the Service Provider, are those of their respective authors or content providers, and should not necessarily be relied upon. Such authors or content providers are solely responsible for such content. The Service Provider does not: (i) guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information on the Service, or (ii) adopt, endorse or accept responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice, or statement made by any party that appears on the Service. Under no circumstances will the Service Provider or its affiliates be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from your reliance on information or other content posted on the Service or transmitted to or by any users.
Nor does Service Provider or its third party service providers make any warranties with respect to any of the advertised merchandise featured, mentioned, or sold on or through the Service. Any information or material placed online, including advice and opinions, are the views and responsibility of those who post the statements or those advertisers who actually sell any merchandise, and do not necessarily represent the views of Service Provider or its third party service providers.
The Service Provider reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that the Service Provider shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the Service.
In order to protect the integrity of the Service, the Service Provider reserves the right at any time in its sole discretion to block users from certain IP addresses from accessing the Service.
3. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Service Provider, its affiliates, and its third party service providers shall not be liable to you or any third parties for any direct, indirect, special, consequential, or punitive damages allegedly sustained arising from these Terms, the providing of services hereunder, your access to or inability to access the service, including for viruses alleged to have been obtained from the service, your use of or reliance on the Service or information or materials available on the Service, regardless of the type of claim or the nature of the cause of action, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states and/or countries do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above exclusions or limitations may not apply to you. You may also have other rights that vary from state to state or country to country. In no event shall the Service Provider’s total liability to you for all damages, losses, and causes of action (whether in contract, tort, negligence, or otherwise) exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for accessing the site.
4. ONLINE CONDUCT
You agree not to use any obscene, indecent, or offensive language or to place on the Service any material that is defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, obscene, profane, harassing, racist, or hateful. Further, you may not place on the Service any material that is encrypted, constitutes junk mail or unauthorized advertising, or commercial offers, invades anyone’s privacy, or encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or that otherwise violates any local, state, federal, national or international law or regulation. You agree to the Service only for lawful purposes and you acknowledge that your failure to do so may subject you to civil and criminal liability. If the Service Provider is notified of any alleged content violation, the Service Provider may investigate this and decide in its sole discretion whether to remove that content from the Service. The Service Provider may disclose any content or electronic communication of any kind (i) to satisfy any law, regulation, or government request; (ii) if such disclosure is necessary or appropriate to operate our Service; and (iii) to protect the rights or property of the Service, its users, or service providers.
You agree not to disrupt, overwhelm, attack, modify or interfere with the Service or its associated software, hardware and/or servers in any way, and you agree not to impede of interfere with others’ use of the Service. You further agree no to alter or tamper with any information or materials on or associated with the Service. Other than connecting to the Service Provider’s or third-party service provider’s servers by http requests using a Web browser, you may not attempt to gain access to Service Provider’s servers by any means – including, without limitation, by using administrator passwords or by masquerading as an administrator while using the Service or otherwise.
5. THIRD-PARTY SUBMISSIONS
You are responsible for ensuring that any material you provide to the Service or post on the Service including but not limited to text, photographs, audio, video, or other material does not violate the copyright, trademark, trade secret, or any other personal or proprietary rights of any third party or is posted with the permission of the owner(s) of such rights.
For information regarding use of personal information you supply or communicate to the Service, please see our Privacy Policy. Except as expressly provided otherwise in the Privacy Policy, you agree that by posting messages, uploading files, inputting data, or engaging in any other form of communication with or through the Service, you grant us a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, enhance, transmit, distribute, publicly perform, display, or sublicense any such communication (including your identity and information about you) in any medium (now in existence or hereinafter developed) and for any purpose, including commercial purposes, and to authorize others to do so. In addition, please be aware that information you disclose in publicly accessible portions of the Service will be available to all users of the Service, so you should be mindful of personal information and other content you may wish to post.
Service Provider respects the intellectual property of others, and asks its users to do the same. Service Provider may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, suspend or terminate the access of and take other action against users, subscribers, registrants and account holders who infringe the copyright rights of others.
If you believe that your work has been copied and is accessible on the Service in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or that the Service contains links or other references to another online location that contains material or activity that infringes your copyright rights, you may notify Service Provider by providing details of the alleged violation (as required by the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. sec. 512) to our copyright department at info(at)youme.us. The Service Provider will address those concerns in accordance with the Act. Neither the Service Provider, its officers, nor its representatives will be liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights or proprietary rights, or from any other harm that arises from user submissions.
6. PRIVACY POLICY
It is the Service Provider’s policy to respect the privacy of users of the Service. Any information provided by you or gathered by the Service Provider or third parties during your visit to the Service will be subject to the terms of our Privacy Policy. Please see the Privacy Policy for detailed information on how the Service Provider collects and uses the information collected on the Service.
7. LINKING FROM AND TO THE SERVICE
You acknowledge that the Service Provider has not reviewed and does not endorse the content of all sites linked to from this Service and is not responsible for the content or actions of any other sites linked to from this Service. Your linking to any service or site is at your sole risk. Any concerns regarding such outside Internet sites, or any link thereto, should be directed to that particular Web site.
Any link to our Web site is subject to the Service Provider’s approval, conditions, and agreement, as it may decide in its sole discretion. Additionally, any linking, whether it is a hyperlink, use of spiders or robots, or whatever applicable technology, of a commercial, competitive, or offensive nature is strictly prohibited.
8. TERMINATION OF USE
Service Provider has the right to terminate, suspend, refuse service or your ability to access the Service, for any or no reason, without notice.
9. USE BY CHILDREN UNDER 21
The Service is not intended for users under the age of 21, and Service Provider does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from users under the age of 21. The Service Provider does not encourage, solicit, or permit visitors who are known to be under the age of 21 to become a user of or visit the Service. The Service cannot guarantee users under the age of 21 will not visit the Service and must rely on the supervision of responsible parents, guardians, and those responsible for supervising children under 21 to decide which materials are appropriate for children to view. For more information, please see Service Provider’s Privacy Policy – Protecting the Privacy of Children Under 21.
10. INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend the Service Provider and its affiliates, employees, agents, representatives and third party service providers, and to defend and hold each of them harmless, from any and all claims and liabilities (including reasonable legal fees and court costs), demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed which may arise from your submissions, from your unauthorized use of material obtained through the Service, or from your breach of these Terms, or from any such acts arising out of or in any way connected with your use of this Service.
11. USERNAME, PASSWORD, AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your username, password, and any other registration information. You are also responsible for any users of your registration information whether or not you authorized its use. You agree to immediately notify the Service of any unauthorized use of your username, password, or other registration information.
12. OTHER
Service Provider makes no representation that materials on the Service are appropriate, available or legal in any particular location. Those who choose to access the Service do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. You agree that these Terms, for all purposes, shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States of America, State of Illinois, applicable to contracts to be wholly performed therein, and any action based on, relating to, or alleging a breach of these Terms must be brought in a state or federal court in Illinois. In addition, both parties agree to submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of such courts.
These Terms may be occasionally modified or updated; please check the Terms periodically for changes. By using the Service, you signify your acceptance of agreement to the Service Terms.
We welcome comments, questions, or concerns. Please contact us at heyrachel.org for further information.
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Please use any services from heyrachel,org, if and only if you agree to the terms of use below. By reading articles, advice and content or sending pages to others, on the website, we assume that you have read these terms of use and agreed to the same.
1. HeyRachel.org (c) 2007-8 Designs by MJ Designs. All rights reserved.
2. The advice and articles on this website are only meant to be read solely for the purpose of fun, information and knowledge as a guide. Please consult a counselor or qualified professional for any advice. We in no way are responsible for any actions you take after reading any article or advice on this website.
3. The end-user/surfer is granted only the permission to use the website for the basic function of reading the articles and advice and send the pages to friends, family and colleagues, for personal, non-commercial use.
4. In no way, must this website be used for spamming, harassing, sending unsolicited pages to unknown email addresses, or misused in any other way.
5. The software and content on this website are only for personal, non-commercial use, only for the intended purpose of reading and may not be downloaded, sold, leased, rented or redistributed in any way. All the copyrights of the content and website rest solely with Designs by MJ Designs.
6. You are prohibited to copy, modify, translate, disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer, create derivative works of any design/content on this website.
7. Copying, reprinting or republishing of articles, advice or any other content, in any form of media is strictly prohibited.
8. We do not warrant or guarantee that the articles, advice or content or any portion thereof or any of our services will meet the end user’s requirements or that the operation of the same will be uninterrupted or error free.
9. All the website content, articles and advice have been exclusively written by our own team of writers solely for heyrachel.org. Any similarity in the title or content of articles, advice or any other similarity by means of words or sentences, with the writing of anyone else can only be coincidental.
10. We shall in no event be liable to end-user or any other such person for any incidental, consequential, indirect, punitive, mental, emotional, physical or exemplary damages.By using our website, or by reading content, articles or advice, or by sending pages from this website, end user accepts sole responsibility for all consequences arising therefrom and acknowledges that no claim whatsoever will be made against heyrachel.org, its writers, owners, content-designers, associates, advertisers or affiliates at any time.
1. HeyRachel.org (c) 2007-8 Designs by MJ Designs. All rights reserved.
2. The advice and articles on this website are only meant to be read solely for the purpose of fun, information and knowledge as a guide. Please consult a counselor or qualified professional for any advice. We in no way are responsible for any actions you take after reading any article or advice on this website.
3. The end-user/surfer is granted only the permission to use the website for the basic function of reading the articles and advice and send the pages to friends, family and colleagues, for personal, non-commercial use.
4. In no way, must this website be used for spamming, harassing, sending unsolicited pages to unknown email addresses, or misused in any other way.
5. The software and content on this website are only for personal, non-commercial use, only for the intended purpose of reading and may not be downloaded, sold, leased, rented or redistributed in any way. All the copyrights of the content and website rest solely with Designs by MJ Designs.
6. You are prohibited to copy, modify, translate, disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer, create derivative works of any design/content on this website.
7. Copying, reprinting or republishing of articles, advice or any other content, in any form of media is strictly prohibited.
8. We do not warrant or guarantee that the articles, advice or content or any portion thereof or any of our services will meet the end user’s requirements or that the operation of the same will be uninterrupted or error free.
9. All the website content, articles and advice have been exclusively written by our own team of writers solely for heyrachel.org. Any similarity in the title or content of articles, advice or any other similarity by means of words or sentences, with the writing of anyone else can only be coincidental.
10. We shall in no event be liable to end-user or any other such person for any incidental, consequential, indirect, punitive, mental, emotional, physical or exemplary damages.By using our website, or by reading content, articles or advice, or by sending pages from this website, end user accepts sole responsibility for all consequences arising therefrom and acknowledges that no claim whatsoever will be made against heyrachel.org, its writers, owners, content-designers, associates, advertisers or affiliates at any time.