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Terms
of Service @ CityDex
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1. ACCEPTANCE
OF TERMS
Welcome to
CityDex. CityDex provides its service to you, subject to the following
Terms of Service ("TOS"), which may be updated by us from time
to time without notice to you. You can review the most current
version of the TOS at any time at: Addendum.
In addition, when using particular CityDex services, you and CityDex
shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable
to such services which may be posted from time to time. All such
guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into
the TOS. CityDex may offer other services from time to time.
2. DESCRIPTION
OF SERVICE
CityDex currently
provides users with access to a rich collection of on-line resources,
including, various communications tools, online forums, shopping
services, personalized content and branded programming through
its network of properties (the "Service"). Unless explicitly stated
otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the current
Service, including the release of new CityDex properties, shall
be subject to the TOS. You understand and agree that the Service
is provided "AS-IS" and that CityDex assumes no responsibility
for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store
any user communications or personalization settings.
In order to
use the Service, you must obtain access to the World Wide Web,
either directly or through devices that access web-based content,
and pay any service fees associated with such access. In addition,
you must provide all equipment necessary to make such connection
to the World Wide Web, including a computer and modem or other
access device.
3. YOUR REGISTRATION
OBLIGATIONS
OBLIGATIONS
In consideration of your use of the Service, you agree to: (a)
provide true, accurate, current and complete information about
yourself as prompted by the Service's registration form (such
information being the "Registration Data") and (b) maintain and
promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate,
current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue,
inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or CityDex has reasonable
grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate,
not current or incomplete, CityDex has the right to suspend or
terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future
use of the Service (or any portion thereof). CityDex is concerned
about the safety and privacy of all its users, particularly children.
For this reason, parents of children under the age of 13 are responsibility
to determine whether any of the Services and/or Content (as defined
in Section 6 below) are appropriate for your child.
4. CITYDEX PRIVACY
STATEMENT
Registration
Data and certain other information about you is subject to our
Privacy Statement. For more information, please see our full Privacy
Statement.
5. MEMBER ACCOUNT,
PASSWORD AND SECURITY
You will receive
a password and account designation upon completing the Service's
registration process. You are responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality of the password and account, and are fully responsible
for all activities that occur under your password or account.
You agree to (a) immediately notify CityDex of any unauthorized
use of your password or account or any other breach of security,
and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each
session. CityDex cannot and will not be liable for any loss or
damage arising from your failure to comply with this Section 5.
6. MEMBER CONDUCT
You understand
that all information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs,
graphics, video, messages or other materials ("Content"), whether
publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility
of the person from which such Content originated. This means that
you, and not CityDex, are entirely responsible for all Content
that you upload, post, email or otherwise transmit via the Service.
CityDex does not control the Content posted via the Service and,
as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality
of such Content. You understand that by using the Service, you
may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable.
Under no circumstances will CityDex be liable in any way for any
Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions
in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred
as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed or otherwise
transmitted via the Service.
You agree
to not use the Service to:
a. upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Content that
is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious,
defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy,
hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
b. harm minors in any way;
c. impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited
to, a CityDex official, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely
state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person
or entity;
d. forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order
to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the
Service;
e. upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Content that
you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual
or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary
and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment
relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
f. upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Content that
infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other
proprietary rights ("Rights") of any party;
g. upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or
unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail,"
"spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form
of solicitation, except in those areas (such as shopping rooms)
that are designated for such purpose; h. upload, post, email or
otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses
or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt,
destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or
hardware or telecommunications equipment;
i. disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to "scroll"
faster than other users of the Service are able to type, or otherwise
act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to
engage in real time exchanges;
j. interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks
connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures,
policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service;
k. intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local,
state, national or international law, including, but not limited
to, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, any rules of any national or other securities exchange,
including, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the
American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having
the force of law;
l. "stalk" or otherwise harass another; or
m. collect or store personal data about other users.
You acknowledge that CityDex does not pre-screen Content, but
that CityDex and its designees shall have the right (but not the
obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse or move any Content
that is available via the Service. Without limiting the foregoing,
CityDex and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content
that violates the TOS or is otherwise objectionable. You agree
that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the
use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness,
or usefulness of such Content. In this regard, you acknowledge
that you may not rely on any Content created by CityDex or submitted
to CityDex, including without limitation information in CityDex!
Message Boards, CityDex! Clubs, and in all other parts of the
Service.
You acknowledge and agree that CityDex may preserve Content and
may also disclose Content if required to do so by law or in the
good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably
necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the TOS;
(c) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of
third-parties; or (d) protect the rights, property, or personal
safety of CityDex, its users and the public.
You understand that the technical processing and transmission
of the Service, including your Content, may involve (a) transmissions
over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to
technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.
7. SPECIAL ADMONITIONS
FOR INTERNATIONAL USE
Recognizing
the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all
local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable Content. Specifically,
you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission
of technical data exported from the United States or the country
in which you reside.
8. PUBLIC CONTENT
POSTED TO CITYDEX
(a) For purposes
of the TOS, "publicly accessible areas of the Service" are those
accessible by the general public. By way of example, a publicly
accessible area of the Service would include public CityDex Clubs
and CityDex Message Boards, but would not include private CityDex
Clubs or private CityDex communication services such as CityDex.
(b) With respect
to Content you elect to post for inclusion in publicly accessible
areas of CityDex! Clubs or that consists of photos or other graphics
you elect to post to any other publicly accessible area of the
Service, you grant CityDex the world-wide, royalty free and non-exclusive
license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish such Content on
the Service solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing
and promoting the specific CityDex Club to which such Content
was submitted, or, in the case of photos or graphics, solely for
the purpose for which such photo or graphic was submitted to the
Service. This license exists only for as long as you elect to
continue to include such Content on the Service and shall be terminated
at the time you delete such Content from the Service.
(c) With respect
to all other Content you elect to post to other publicly accessible
areas of the Service, you grant CityDex the royalty-free, perpetual,
irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully sublicensable right and license
to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative
works from, distribute, perform and display such Content (in whole
or part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in
any form, media, or technology now known or later developed.
9. INDEMNITY
You agree
to indemnify and hold CityDex, and its 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 to or transmit through the Service, your use
of the Service, your connection to the Service, your violation
of the TOS, or your violation of any rights of another.
10. NO RESALE
OF SERVICE
You agree
not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for
any commercial purposes, any portion of the Service, use of the
Service, or access to the Service.
11. GENERAL
PRACTICES REGARDING USE AND STORAGE
You acknowledge
that CityDex may establish general practices and limits concerning
use of the Service, including without limitation the maximum number
of days that email messages, message board postings or other uploaded
Content will be retained by the Service, the maximum number of
email messages that may be sent from or received by an account
on the Service, the maximum size of any email message that may
be sent from or received by an account on the Service, the maximum
disk space that will be allotted on CityDex's servers on your
behalf, and the maximum number of times (and the maximum duration
for which) you may access the Service in a given period of time.
You agree that CityDex has no responsibility or liability for
the deletion or failure to store any messages and other communications
or other Content maintained or transmitted by the Service. You
acknowledge that CityDex reserves the right to log off accounts
that are inactive for an extended period of time. You further
acknowledge that CityDex reserves the right to change these general
practices and limits at any time, in its sole discretion, with
or without notice.
12. MODIFICATIONS
TO SERVICE
CityDex reserves
the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue,
temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof)
with or without notice. You agree that CityDex shall not be liable
to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension
or discontinuance of the Service.
13. TERMINATION
You agree
that CityDex, in its sole discretion, may terminate your password,
account (or any part thereof) or use of the Service, and remove
and discard any Content within the Service, for any reason, including,
without limitation, for lack of use or if CityDex believes that
you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit
of the TOS. CityDex may also in its sole discretion and at any
time discontinue providing the Service, or any part thereof, with
or without notice. You agree that any termination of your access
to the Service under any provision of this TOS may be effected
without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that CityDex may
immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related
information and files in your account and/or bar any further access
to such files or the Service. Further, you agree that CityDex
shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination
of your access to the Service.
14. DEALINGS
WITH ADVERTISERS
Your correspondence
or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of,
advertisers found on or through the Service, including payment
and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms,
conditions, warranties or representations associated with such
dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser. You agree
that CityDex shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or
damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings
or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the Service.
15. LINKS
The Service
may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World
Wide Web sites or resources. Because CityDex has no control over
such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that CityDex
is 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 CityDex 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.
16. CITYDEX'S
PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
You acknowledge
and agree that the Service and any necessary software used in
connection with the Service ("Software") contain proprietary and
confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual
property and other laws. You further acknowledge and agree that
Content contained in sponsor advertisements or information presented
to you through the Service or advertisers is protected by copyrights,
trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights
and laws. Except as expressly authorized by CityDex or advertisers,
you agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or
create derivative works based on the Service or the Software,
in whole or in part.
CityDex grants
you a personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive right and license
to use the object code of its Software on a single computer; provided
that you do not (and do not allow any third party to) copy, modify,
create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, reverse assemble
or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, sell, assign,
sublicense, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer
any right in the Software. You agree not to modify the Software
in any manner or form, or to use modified versions of the Software,
including (without limitation) for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized
access to the Service. You agree not to access the Service by
any means other than through the interface that is provided by
CityDex for use in accessing the Service.
17. DISCLAIMER
OF WARRANTIES
YOU EXPRESSLY
UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
a. YOUR
USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED
ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. CITYDEX EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS
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
b. CITYDEX MAKES 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.
c. 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.
d. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED
BY YOU FROM CITYDEX OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE
ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOS.
18. LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY
YOU EXPRESSLY
UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT CITYDEX 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 CITYDEX
HAS 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.
19. EXCLUSIONS
AND LIMITATIONS
SOME JURISDICTIONS
DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION
OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF SECTIONS 17 AND
18 MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
20. SPECIAL
ADMONITION FOR SERVICES RELATING TO FINANCIAL MATTERS
If you intend
to create or join any service, receive or request any news, messages,
alerts or other information from the Service concerning companies,
stock quotes, investments or securities, please read the above
Sections 17 and 18 again. They go doubly for you. In addition,
for this type of information particularly, the phrase "Let the
investor beware" is apt. The Service is provided for informational
purposes only, and no Content included in the Service is intended
for trading or investing purposes. CityDex shall not be responsible
or liable for the accuracy, usefulness or availability of any
information transmitted via the Service, and shall not be responsible
or liable for any trading or investment decisions made based on
such information.
21. NOTICE
Notices to
you may be made via either email or regular mail. The Service
may also provide notices of changes to the TOS or other matters
by displaying notices or links to notices to you generally on
the Service.
22. TRADEMARK
INFORMATION
CityDex, the
CityDex logo, CityDex in Chinese Characters and product and service
names are trademarks of CityDex (the "CityDex Marks"). Without
CityDex's prior permission, you agree not to display or use in
any manner, the CityDex Marks.
23. COPYRIGHTS
and COPYRIGHT AGENTS
CityDex respects
the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do
the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way
that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide CityDex's
Copyright Agent the following information:
1.an electronic
or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf
of the owner of the copyright interest;
2.a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been
infringed;
3.a description of where the material that you claim is infringing
is located on the site;
4.your address, telephone number, and email address;
5.a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that
the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its
agent, or the law;
6.a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the
above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are
the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's
behalf.
CityDex's Copyright Agent for Notice of claims of copyright infringement
on its site can be contacted as follows:
By postal mail:
Copyright Agent
c/o CityDex
P.O. Box 91303
Portland, OR 97291
USA
By phone: (253) 640-6732
By email: copyright@CityDex.com
24. GENERAL INFORMATION
The TOS constitute
the entire agreement between you and CityDex and govern your use
of the Service, superceding any prior agreements between you and
CityDex. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions
that may apply when you use affiliate services, third-party content
or third-party software. The TOS and the relationship between
you and CityDex shall be governed by the laws of the State of
Washington without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You
and CityDex agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction
of the courts located within the county of Pierce, Washington.
The failure of CityDex to exercise or enforce any right or provision
of the TOS shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
If any provision of the TOS is found by a court of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should
endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected
in the provision, and the other provisions of the TOS remain in
full force and effect. You agree that regardless of any statute
or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out
of or related to use of the Service or the TOS must be filed within
one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever
barred. The section titles in the TOS are for convenience only
and have no legal or contractual effect.
25. VIOLATIONS
Please report
any violations of the TOS to our Customer
Care group.
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