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Terms of Service
1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
Welcome to ZoomPortal™. ZoomPortal™ 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:
http://www.zoomportal.com/tos.php. In addition, when using particular
ZoomPortal™ services, you and ZoomPortal™ 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.
2. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
ZoomPortal™ currently provides organizations with a web site
that allows the communication of considered public and private
to the registered user. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any
new features that augment or enhance the current Service shall
be subject to the TOS. You understand and agree that the Service
is provided "AS-IS" and that ZoomPortal™ assumes
no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to
store any user communications or personalization settings.
You are responsible for obtaining access to the Service and that access may
involve third party fees (such as Internet service provider or airtime charges).
You are responsible for those fees and must providing for all equipment necessary
to access the Service.
3. YOUR REGISTRATION 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 ZoomPortal™ has
reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate,
not current or incomplete, ZoomPortal™ 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). ZoomPortal™ is concerned about the safety and privacy
of all its users.
4. PRIVACY POLICY
Registration data and certain other information about your organization and
its members will NEVER be shared with a third-party.
5. MEMBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD AND SECURITY
Upon registration, you account administrator will designate a password and
establishing member accounts which includes corresponding usernames and passwords.
Your organization and its members are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality
of these passwords and accounts, and are fully responsible for all activities
that occur under these accounts. You agree to (a) immediately notify ZoomPortal™ 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.
ZoomPortal™ cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising
from your failure to comply with this Section 5.
6. MEMBER CONDUCT
Your organization understands that all information, data, text, photographs,
graphics, 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 the members of your organization,
and not ZoomPortal™ are entirely responsible for all Content that you
upload, post, transmit or otherwise make available via the Service. ZoomPortal™does
not control the Content posted via the Service and, as such, does not guarantee
the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. Under no circumstances
will ZoomPortal™ 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,
transmitted, or otherwise made available via the Service.
You acknowledge that ZoomPortal™ does not pre-screen Content, but that
ZoomPortal™ 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, ZoomPortal™ 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.
7. INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold ZoomPortal™, 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, transmit or make available
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.
8. 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.
9. GENERAL PRACTICES REGARDING USE AND STORAGE
You acknowledge that ZoomPortal™ 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 ZoomPortal '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 ZoomPortal™ 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 ZoomPortal™ reserves
the right to log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time.
You further acknowledge that ZoomPortal™ reserves the right to change
these general practices and limits at any time, in its sole discretion, with
or without notice.
10. MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE
ZoomPortal™ 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 ZoomPortal™ shall not be liable
to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance
of the Service.
11. TERMINATION
You agree that ZoomPortal™, 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 ZoomPortal™ believes that you have
violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the TOS. ZoomPortal™ 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 ZoomPortal™ 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 ZoomPortal™ shall not be liable to you or any
third-party for any termination of your access to the Service.
12. LINKS
The Service may provide, or third parties may provide, links to
other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because ZoomPortal™ has no control over
such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that ZoomPortal™ 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 ZoomPortal™ 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.
13. ZoomPortal '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 ZoomPortal™
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.
ZoomPortal™ 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 ZoomPortal™ for use in
accessing the Service.
14. 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. ZoomPortal™ 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. ZoomPortal™ 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 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
ZoomPortal™ OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY
NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOS.
15. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ZoomPortal™ 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 ZoomPortal™ 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.
16. 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.
17. 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. ZoomPortal and its licensors shall
not be responsible or liable for the accuracy, usefulness or availability of
any information transmitted or made available via the Service, and shall not
be responsible or liable for any trading or investment decisions made based
on such information.
18. 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.
19. TRADEMARK INFORMATION
ZoomPortal™, the ZoomPortal™ logo, and other ZoomPortal logos and
product and service names are trademarks of ZoomPortal™ Inc. (the "ZoomPortal™").
Without ZoomPortal™'s prior permission, you agree not to display or use
in any manner, the ZoomPortal™ Marks.
20. GENERAL INFORMATION
The TOS constitute the entire agreement between you and ZoomPortal™ and
govern your use of the Service, superceding any prior agreements between you
and ZoomPortal™. The TOS and the relationship between you and ZoomPortal™ shall
be governed by the laws of the State of Georgia without regard to its conflict
of law provisions. You and ZoomPortal™ agree to submit to the personal
and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of Santa
Clara, California. The failure of ZoomPortal™ 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.
21. Pricing Schedule
ZoomPortal reserves the right to alter the rate schedule
of standard and premium services offered through its Service. The
user is responsible to remain up-to-date concerning the current rate
schedule.
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