Terms of Use
Services. Chessboss.com (“we”) is a website that allows members (“you”) to receive
a variety of services, including, but not limited to, the creation of personal
profiles, social networking, expert advice, content exchange, job search, private
and professional messaging, music and video uploading and sharing, voice
communication, chat, file transfer and other features.
Binding effect. These Terms constitute a legally binding
agreement between Chessboss.com and you, and apply to your use of our services.
By using our services you agree to be bound by this agreement. You are
authorized to use our services only if you agree to abide by the provisions of
this agreement. In consideration for using our services, you must indicate your
acceptance of this agreement during the registration process.
By using Chessboss.com, and any
other website or feature available through Chessboss.com, or any information
provided as part of our services, and by your acceptance of this agreement, you
become legally and individually bound by these Terms. If you do not wish to be bound
by these Terms, do NOT accept this agreement and do NOT use Chessboss.com, its information
and services.
Acceptance. By accepting these Terms, you accept and agree (1) that you will not use
our services in a manner inconsistent with these Terms and all applicable laws,
(2) that you will keep your contact information accurate and up-to-date, (3)
that you will not create an account for anyone other than yourself, you will
not let anyone else access your account, and you will not share your password
with anyone, (4) that you will not transfer your account to anyone without our
written permission, (5) that you will not do anything that might compromise the
security of your account, (6) that you will not use your personal profile for commercial
gains, (7) that you will not use Chessboss.com if you are a convicted sex
offender, and (8) that we reserve the right to remove your account if we deem it
appropriate.
Eligibility. You must be at least 18 years of age to use Chessboss.com. If you are
under the age of 18, do NOT use Chessboss.com. By accepting these Terms, you
represent that you have reached the age of 18.
Your account and password. In order to use our services as a member, you
will have to create an account. When creating your account on Chessboss.com,
you must provide true, accurate and complete personal information.
You are solely
responsible for the activity occurring on your account.
You are prohibited
from selling, trading or otherwise transferring your account to another party.
You must notify us
immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account.
We will not be liable
for your losses caused by any unauthorized use of your account, but you may be
liable for the losses of others due to unauthorized use, which may constitute a
copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property violation.
Content
restrictions. By
accepting these Terms you grant us a limited, nonexclusive, fully-paid and
royalty-free license to use, distribute, publish, copy and amend any content
you submit to us in connection with our services.
By submitting your
content to us, you represent and warrant that such submission is accurate, is
not confidential, is not in violation of copyright, trademark, patent and other
intellectual property laws, of any contractual restrictions or third party
rights.
We expressly do not
endorse any content posted by you on Chessboss.com. We expressly disclaim any
liability in connection with content posted by you on Chessboss.com. We do not
permit any infringements on copyright, trademark, patent and other intellectual
property rights on Chessboss.com, and we will remove such infringing content
from Chessboss.com if properly notified.
You must exercise respect
to others when participating in any of our features, such as chat, voice,
video, forum, blog, email, file transfer or any other feature of Chessboss.com.
Prohibited
content. The
content is prohibited and cannot be posted on our website, if it involves
criminal or tortuous activity, including, but not limited to, child
pornography, fraud,
trafficking in obscene material, drug dealing, gambling, harassment,
defamation, stalking, spamming, spimming, sending of viruses or other harmful
files, copyright, trademark and patent infringement, theft of trade secrets; or
if it is otherwise illegal, harmful or offensive.
In addition, we expressly prohibit from posting such content, which is libelous, defamatory, pornographic, an invasion of privacy, obscene, abusive, illegal and racist.
You may also not post such content, which solicits funds or services, contains advertising, or includes programs that contain software impairing the functionality of any computer.
We reserve the right
to remove such posted prohibited content from our website, close the account of
anyone who posts such content, and take any other appropriate, including actions,
including legal measures.
“Following”. “Following” is a form of social networking. It is sending and receiving updates through quick and frequent messages. A follower is a person who receives your messages. You can limit the number of those who follow you by declining a person’s request to follow you. If you wish, you can also remove a person as your follower, or to block him from following you. If you are a follower, you can choose whose messages you want to receive. Following is subject to these Terms.
If you are a follower or are following anyone, you must abide by these Terms.
Experts. Chessboss.com provides a service, which allows you to find an expert in his area of knowledge, and to ask him for his advice or services, whether free of charge or for a fee.
Chessboss.com enables you to communicate with an expert and to compensate him for his services, but Chessboss.com does not regulate the amount of such compensation.
Neither do we make any representation or warranty as to the qualifications and readiness of an expert to render his advice or services, or the adequacy and quality of his advice and services.
Chessboss.com does not verify the credentials and background of an expert, and does not endorse or recommend any expert. You are encouraged to independently verify the credentials and background of an expert. Any reliance by you on expert information received through the services of Chessboss.com is at your sole and full discretion and responsibility.
Chessboss.com does not warrant the effectiveness, validity or accuracy of the content provided by an expert, and will not be liable for any damages incurred by you as the result of your reliance on such content.
You agree to hold us harmless for any claim or cause of action resulting from the services of an expert, whom you accessed through Chessboss.com. You agree that Chessboss.com assumes no responsibility for any act or omission by an expert.
You further acknowledge that no experts are employees or agents of Chessboss.com.
Finally, any information furnished by an expert is not intended for the solution of specific problems and is for general purpose only. The services of an expert through Chessboss.com cannot replace your personal meetings with him.
Job postings and resumes. Chessboss.com is a venue for employers to post job opportunities and for candidates to post their resumes, but we are not involved in the actual communications and transactions between employers and candidates.
We do not screen or censor the
posted materials. We have no control over the quality, safety or legality of
the offered jobs or posted resumes, their truth, accuracy, reliability, completeness
and timeliness, the ability of employers to offer job opportunities to
candidates, or the ability of candidates to fill job openings. We do not
monitor any materials posted, transmitted, or communicated to or within our
site. We do not make any representations about any jobs or resumes.
You agree not to use our resume database for any purpose other than seeking employment; not to send unsolicited mail or email, make unsolicited phone calls or send unsolicited faxes advertising products or services; not to delete or revise any materials posted by other persons or entities; not to collect, copy or duplicate in any manner any information available from Chessboss.com, without our express written consent.
The database of job postings and
resumes and other features of Chessboss.com may only be used for lawful
purposes by individuals seeking employment and career information, and by
employers seeking employees. Any resume you submit must describe you and only
you, as an individual person, not anyone or anything other than you.
Proprietary rights. You agree and understand that the content of all
information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, videos,
applications, advertisements, messages or other materials, which you transmit,
submit, post or display on, through or in connection with Chessboss.com, are
the property of the persons or entities, from whom such content originated.
We have no copyright,
trademark, patent or other proprietary interest in such content, but we have
the licensing right to post such content, and, in our sole discretion, we
reserve the right to refuse to accept, post, display or transmit any such content.
The limited
license does not grant us the right to sell or otherwise distribute your
content outside of our services. After you remove your content from our services
we will cease distribution of the content, and our license to use the content
will terminate.
Fees. If you subscribe to any service, which we offer
for a charge, you agree to pay the applicable fees as they become due, plus pay
all related taxes, and, in the event of non-payment, to reimburse us for any
collection related costs and interest for any overdue amounts.
Protecting
copyrights and other intellectual property. You may not upload, embed, post, email, transmit or
otherwise make available on Chessboss.com any materials that infringe on
copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property right of any person
or entity.
If you believe that your
own work has been copied and posted on or through our services in a way, which
constitutes copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property
violation, please contact us immediately. The address of our agent for notices
of alleged intellectual property infringements is:
Chessboss.com, Inc.
Attn: Designated Agent
Third party sites. Your use of third party websites, including
third party merchants, is subject to the terms and conditions of use of the
applicable third party website.
We have no control
over such third party websites, and the inclusion on Chessboss.com of a
hyperlink to any third party website is not our endorsement of such website, or
of any content, products or services available on it.
Any questions,
complaints, or claims related to any product or service provided by any third
party website should be directed to that website.
Termination and end
of use. This agreement is
effective until terminated by either you or us. You can terminate this
agreement at any time by ceasing to use our services, deleting your account from
Chessboss.com and disabling your applications.
We, too, can terminate
this agreement at any time if we believe that you have breached any provision
of these Terms, or have otherwise created a legal exposure for us. In this
event, we will stop providing all or part of our services to you, and will
notify you about it by email or at the next time you attempt to access your
account.
Indemnity. You agree to indemnify and hold Chessboss.com, its subsidiaries,
affiliates, officers, agents, partners, and employees harmless from any claim
or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to,
or arising from, the content you submit, post to, or transmit through, our
website, through your use of the site, your connection to the site, your
violation of the Terms, or your violation of any legal rights of another person
or entity.
Disputes. You will resolve any claim, cause of action or
dispute with us arising from, or related to, these Terms exclusively in a state
or federal court located in
You agree to submit yourself
to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located in
The laws of the State
of
Disclaimer of Warranty.
CHRISTIAN.COM DOES NOT
WARRANT THAT IT WILL OPERATE AN ERROR-FREE WEBSITE, OR THAT CHRISTIAN.COM AND
ITS SERVERS ARE ALWAYS FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL FILES.
IF YOUR USE OF CHRISTIAN.COM
OR CONTENT RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACEMENT OF EQUIPMENT OR
DATA, WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE COSTS.
OUR SERVICES ARE
PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES.
WE DISCLAIM ANY
WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR USE, AND WARRANTY OF COPYRIGHT,
TRADEMARK, PATENT AND OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NON-INFRINGEMENT.
WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES
ABOUT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS OF OUR CONTENT,
SERVICES, SOFTWARE, TEXT, GRAPHICS, AND LINKS.
Limitations on Liability.
IN NO EVENT SHALL CHRISTIAN.COM
BE HELD LIABLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THE INFORMATION, DATA, TEXT, SOFTWARE, MUSIC,
SOUND, PHOTOGRAPHS, GRAPHICS, VIDEOS, APPLICATIONS, ADVERTISEMENTS, MESSAGES
AND OTHER MATERIALS, TRANSMITTED, SUBMITTED, POSTED AND DISPLAYED ON, THROUGH,
OR IN CONNECTION WITH CHRISTIAN.COM.
IN NO EVENT SHALL CHRISTIAN.COM
BE HELD LIABLE FOR THE COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK, PATENT OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY VIOLATIONS COMMITTED BY ANY PERSON OR ENTITY WITH ACCESS TO OUR
WEBSITE.
IN NO EVENT SHALL CHRISTIAN.COM
BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCURRED
BY YOU AS THE RESULT OF YOUR USE OF CHRISTIAN.COM.
IN NO EVENT SHALL CHRISTIAN.COM
BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF CONTENT, INCOME OR PROFITS INCURRED BY YOU AS THE
RESULT OF YOUR USE OF CHRISTIAN.COM.
IN NO EVENT SHALL CHRISTIAN.COM
BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCURRED
BY YOU AS THE RESULT OF THE USE OF THIRD PARTY WEBSITES, OR AS THE RESULT OF
YOUR RELIANCE ON THIRD-PARTY ADVERTISING, PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR OTHER CONTENT
OR MATERIALS OF SUCH THIRD PARTY WEBSITES, OR AS THE RESULT OF YOUR
TRANSACTIONS WITH SUCH THIRD PARTY WEBSITES.
THESE LIMITATIONS ON OUR
LIABILITY SHALL APPLY, WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE WE BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGES.
NOTHING IN THESE TERMS,
HOWEVER, IS INTENDED TO EXCLUDE OR RESTRICT SUCH LIABILITY, WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED
OR RESTRICTED UNDER THE LAW.
Privacy. To better protect your personal rights we have provided the Privacy
Policy to explain our privacy practices in detail. The Privacy Policy is incorporated
in these Terms by reference.
Changes to the Terms. We reserve the right to modify these Terms at
any time. Each such modification will be effective upon posting on our website.
All material
modifications will apply prospectively only.
Your continued use of
our services following any such modification constitutes your agreement to be
bound by, and your acceptance of, the Terms as modified.
It is important that
you review these Terms regularly.
If you do not agree to
be bound by these Terms, you must discontinue your use of our services
immediately.
Legal. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and Chessboss.com.
If any provision of
this agreement is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in
full force and effect.
If we fail to enforce
any provision of this agreement, it will not be considered a waiver of
enforceability or a waiver of the provision.
These Terms constitute a binding agreement between you and Chessboss.com.
You do accept these Terms once you begin using our website.