Terms of use
This page inform you of the terms of use on which you may make use of the website http://ABDLmatch.com (the 'Site'). Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use the Site. You must be at least 18 years of age to use the Site. By using the Site, you indicate that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these terms of use or you are under 18 years of age, please do not use the Site.
Services
ABDLmatch provides on line
services and associated services through the Site that enables you to contact
and engage in conversation with other members hosted on the Site (the
'Services').
ABDLmatch creates user
profiles for use by our customer support representatives for the support, marketing
and improvement of the Services. ABDLmatch's customer support representatives
are encouraged to speak to members and also stimulate conversation between
members by making introductions and recommendations. Some
profiles are created for entertainment purposes only. Members will also receive communications from virtual profiles for entertainment purposes only. They may, from time to
time, send electronic communications to ask how their members are using certain
aspects of the Services.
ABDLmatch may offer
additional services or revise the scope of the Services at its discretion and
with or without notice, and these terms of use will apply to all additional or
revised Services. ABDLmatch also reserves the right to stop offering the
Services.
Your access
You can access the Site in the following ways:
(i) By visiting the Site as a guest;
(ii) By registering through the Site as a member; or
(iii) By registering through the Site as a member and
purchasing a subscription package.
There is no fee payable to
access the Site as a guest or as a registered member. However, please note that
accessing the Site as a guest or registered member will only give you limited
access to features and areas of the Site. If you would like full access to all
the features and areas of the Site and access to all the Services then you must
purchase one of ABDLmatch's subscription packages.
The fees payable for each of ABDLmatch's subscription packages are set out on the “Upgrade” page of the Site.
Use of the Site Personal
use
Your account is for your personal use only. You may not authorise others to use your account or attempt to use another member's account without first obtaining their consent. You must not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity.
Information you submit
If you register with the Site, you warrant that you will:
•Provide all the information required to complete
the registration forms on the Site;
•Ensure the information you provide is accurate and
up to date;
•Update and maintain the accuracy of the information
you provide;
•Only post information and content that is relevant
to the members of the Site (please see below under 'Restrictions on your use of
the Site' for further details of the restrictions on the type of information
and content you can post);
•Be fully responsible for all use of your account
and for any actions that take place using your account; and
•Only post genuine ratings of and comments on other members' profiles and other content based on your personal experience. Please note that any comments you make, if false, could be defamatory and could lead to legal proceedings being taken against you.
Restrictions on your use of the Site
You agree that you will
not post any content on the Site, transmit any content to others, communicate
any content, provide links to any content, or otherwise engage in any activity
on the Site or through the Services that:
•Impersonates or otherwise misrepresents
affiliation, connection or association with, any person or entity;
•Posting of email addresses, messenger usernames,
external website links, or phone numbers in your profile or personal messages.
•Discloses any personal or confidential information
of any person or organisation without first obtaining their consent or solicits
another person's personal information for commercial or unlawful purposes;
•Solicits or requests personal information from
anyone under the age of 18 or solicit passwords for unlawful purposes;
•Contains any material which is technically harmful
(including, without limitation, computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms,
harmful components, corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful
data);
•Promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm
against any group or individual;
•Promotes or enables illegal or unlawful activities;
•Is intended to harass, annoy, threaten or
intimidate any other members or other people or organizations;
•Is defamatory, inaccurate, obscene, indecent,
seditious, offensive, , abusive, liable to incite racial hatred,
discriminatory, inflammatory, blasphemous, in breach of confidence, in breach
of privacy or which may cause annoyance or inconvenience;
•Is deliberately misleading or fraudulent;
•Contains copyrighted content (such as music,
videos, photographs, images etc) without first obtaining their owners consent;
•Uses the Site or Services for chain letters, junk
mail or spam e-mails;
•Advertises or solicits any member to buy or sell
any products or services;
•Interferes or disrupts networks connected to the
Site or attempts to interfere with the proper functioning of the Site
(including imposing an unreasonable load on the technical infrastructure used
to operate the Site); or
•Contains any material which may infringe or violate any third party's rights.
Your responsibility
You are solely responsible for, and assume all liability regarding, (i) the information and content you post on the Site; (ii) the information and content you post, transmit, publish, or otherwise make available through the Site; and (iii) your interactions with other members through the Site.
Removal of content
ABDLmatch reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor the information or content you submit to the Site or post in the public areas of the Site. ABDLmatch has the right to remove any such information or content: (i) that in ABDLmatch's sole discretion violates, or may violate, any applicable law, or these terms of use; (ii) or upon the request of any third party.
Security
You agree that you are responsible for keeping your screen name and password for your account secret. You acknowledge that ABDLmatch is not responsible for third party access to your account that results from sharing by you or the theft or misappropriation of your screen name and password. ABDLmatch reserves the right to suspend your access to the Site or terminate your account if ABDLmatch suspects an unauthorized person is attempting to access it.
Reporting
You agree to tell ABDLmatch immediately about: (i) any violation of these terms of use by others (including but not limited to other members) of which you become aware; and (ii) any known or suspected unauthorized access to your account.
Risks of using the Site
& Services
You assume all risk when using the Site and the Services, including but not limited to, all of the risks associated with any online or offline interactions with others, including dating. You understand that ABDLmatch is unable to guarantee the accuracy or completeness of information provided to you by or about other members, and that ABDLmatch is unable to confirm that any member is who he or she claims to be. ABDLmatch does not warrant and is not responsible for ensuring that other members are in compliance with these terms of use. You agree to take all necessary precautions when communicating with or meeting individuals through the Site. You understand that ABDLmatch makes no guarantees or warranties, either express or implied, regarding your ultimate compatibility with individuals you meet through the Site or as to the conduct of such individuals. You further understand that ABDLmatch makes no guarantees or warranties as to the number or frequency of matches made available to you through the Site.
ABDLmatch's proprietary rights
You acknowledge and agree that the copyright and other intellectual property rights in the Site and the content provided as part of the Services belongs to ABDLmatch. No rights in respect of the Site or the content provided as part of the Services are granted to you other than those expressly set out in these terms of use.
Licence to your posted content
By posting information or content to your profile pages or any public area of the Site, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant to ABDLmatch an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty free, worldwide license to use, copy, publish, display, reformat, translate and distribute such information or content and to grant and authorize sub-licences of the same. You further waive any moral rights you may have in any such information or content.
Disclaimer of warranties
This section will apply to
the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
ABDLmatch will provide the
Services with reasonable skill and care, and except as expressly provided in
these terms of use, does not make or grant (and hereby excludes) any
warranties, representations, conditions or terms of any kind, whether express,
implied, statutory or otherwise with respect to the Services or the Site
(including all information contained therein), including but not limited to any
implied warranties of merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for a
particular purpose or non-infringement.
ABDLmatch does not warrant
that your use of the Site will be secure, uninterrupted, always available,
error-free or will meet your requirements, or that any defects in the Site will
be corrected. ABDLmatch disclaims liability for, and no warranty,
representation, condition or other term is made with respect to, the
connectivity and availability of the Site.
Opinions, advice, statements, offers, or other information or content made available through the Services, but not directly by ABDLmatch, are those of their respective authors, and should not necessarily be relied upon. Such authors are solely responsible for such content. ABDLmatch does not: (i) warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information provided on the Site or the Services, or (ii) adopt, endorse or accept responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice, or statement made by any party other than ABDLmatch. Under no circumstances will ABDLmatch be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from anyone's reliance on information or other content posted on the Site, provided through the Services, or transmitted to or by any members.
Liability
To the maximum extent
permitted by law, in no event will ABDLmatch be liable for any direct, indirect
or consequential loss or damage arising out of or relating, directly or
indirectly, to the use or inability to use the Site or Services, including,
without limitation, loss of income or revenue, loss of corruption of data or
programs, loss of goodwill and loss of anticipated savings, even if ABDLmatch
knows or has been advised of the possibility of such loss arising.
To the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law, in no event will ABDLmatch be liable for any
claims, losses or 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
Site or Services, including without limitation, bodily injury, emotional
distress, and/or any other claims, losses or damages resulting from
communications or meetings with other users of the Site. This includes any claims,
losses or damages arising from the conduct of members who have registered under
false pretenses or who attempt to defraud or harm you.
ABDLmatch's total liability to you in connection with these terms of use or the use of the Services or the Site shall be to the fees paid by you to ABDLmatch for use of the Services.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify ABDLmatch,
its officers, directors, employees, agents and third parties for any claims,
causes of action, debts, losses, costs, liabilities and expenses (including
reasonable legal fees) relating to or arising, directly or indirectly, out of:
(i) your use of or inability to use the Site or Services, (ii) any content or
information posted by you, (iii) your violation of these terms of use or your
violation of any rights of a third party, or (iv) your violation of any
applicable laws, rules or regulations.
ABDLmatch reserves the right, at its own cost, to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you. You agree to provide ABDLmatch with full co-operation if ABDLmatch chooses to exercise this right.
Information about you and your visits to the Site
ABDLmatch processes information about you in accordance with ABDLmatch's privacy policy. By using the Site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.
Links to other sites
Where the Site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. ABDLmatch has no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accepts no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
Notice of Copyright infringement
The
Company respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you
believe that your work is being used on our Web site in a manner that
constitutes copyright infringement, please notify us using our "contact us" link found in the footer of the site or at hello {at} abdlmatch.com. We will, upon
receiving effective written notification of such a claim, promptly
remove or disable access to material on this site that is claimed to be
infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity. To be effective,
the notification must include the following information:
1. Identification of each copyrighted work that you claim to have been infringed.
2.
Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to
be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or
access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient
to enable us to locate the material.
3. Your mailing and e-mail addresses and your telephone and fax numbers, so that we can contact you.
4.
A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that use of the
material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright
owner, the copyright owner's agent, or the law.
5. A statement by you
that the information in the notification is accurate, and that, under
penalty of perjury, you either are the copyright owner or are authorized
to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly
infringed.
The notification must include the physical signature of
the copyright owner or of a person authorized to act on behalf of the
copyright owner. Anyone who knowingly misrepresents that material is
infringing is liable for any damages incurred as of result of our
relying on such misrepresentation in removing or blocking the material.
Term and termination
These terms of use will
become effective from the point at which you use the Site or the Services (or
where you expressly accept these terms of use by registering with ABDLmatch)
and will remain in full force and effect unless terminated hereunder.
Your subscription will be
automatically extended for successive renewal period of the same duration as
the subscription term originally selected, at the then current non-promotional
subscription rate. Please note that you must terminate your subscription prior
to the end of the subscription period for which you have paid to avoid being charged
for the next subscription period. To change or terminate your subscription at
any time, please use the contact us button found at the footer of the site.
Either ABDLmatch or you may terminate your user account at any time and for any
reason by sending notice to the other. ABDLmatch reserves the right to suspend
immediately or terminate your access to any of the Services, without notice,
for any reason. ABDLmatch also reserves the right to remove your account
information or data from the Site and any other records at any time at ABDLmatch's
sole discretion. If your access to any of the Services is suspended due to the
breach of these terms of use, you agree that all fees then paid to ABDLmatch by
you will be non-refundable and all outstanding or pending payments will
immediately be due. Following any termination of your use of the Services, ABDLmatch
reserves the right to send a notice explaining such termination to other
members you have contacted through the Site.
Your rights of cancellation Cancellation at any time with no refund
You may cancel your paid subscription at any time by following the instructions in our FAQ section “How do I cancel my subscription?”. If you cancel your subscription before the end of the trial period, you will not be rebilled. You will lose your access to paid features at the end of the trial period and you will be returned to free member account. When you cancel a paid subscription, you will remain a paid member with access to all paid Features until the end of your already-paid billing cycle. At the end of said billing cycle, your access to paid features will be terminated. Any fees previously paid up to the date of cancellation or termination of your subscription will not be refunded and you will remain liable for any and all unpaid fees already billed by company.
Entire agreement
These terms of use, and the pages on the Site to which these terms refer, constitute a contract that governs the relationship between you and ABDLmatch. They cancel and replace any conditions that may have been agreed to in the past, even if not directly withdrawn or amended, and constitute the entirety of the rights and obligations in place between you and ABDLmatch.
Changes to these terms of use
ABDLmatch may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes ABDLmatch makes, as they are binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in these terms of use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on the Site.
Jurisdiction and
applicable law
These terms of use and the documents referred to in them shall be governed and construed in accordance with English law. Any disputes relating to these terms of use, the documents referred to in them or the Site or the Services will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.