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BlackVegas.com SERVICES ARE USED IN PROVIDING THESE SERVICES
TO YOU ON THIS SITE ("SERVICES") AND INCLUDE PROPRIETARY
MATERIALS, THE USE OF WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THIS END-USER AGREEMENT, AS AMENDED FROM TIME
TO TIME UPON NOTICE FROM BlackVegas.com, WHICH NOTICE MAY BE
PROVIDED TO YOU ON THE PAGES THROUGH WHICH YOU ACCESS OR USE
THE SERVICE. PROCEEDING WITH THE USE OF THE SERVICES, OR THE
CONTINUED USE OF THE SERVICES AFTER RECEIVING NOTICE OF ANY
CHANGES, CONSTITUTES YOUR ASSENT TO AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE
END-USER AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL THE TERMS,
YOU MUST NOT USE THE SERVICES!
BlackVegas.com
END-USER SERVICES AGREEMENT
This End-User Services Agreement ("Agreement") is an
agreement between you, an individual or an individual acting
on behalf of your employer, a corporation, partnership, or
other legal entity that will be using the
BlackVegas.com("User"), BlackVegas.com and the owner
of the site through which you have requested the Services
("Partner"). BlackVegas.com services (the "Services")
include proprietary materials, the use of which is subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
1. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND
ACCEPTANCE OF AGREEMENT
The Services, provided by Company on behalf of Partner, are
provided to User under the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, and any amendments thereto, and any operating
rules or policies that may be published from time to time by
Company and Partner, all of which are hereby incorporated by
reference. This Agreement comprises the entire agreement
between User and Company and supersedes any prior agreements
pertaining to the subject matter contained herein.
2. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
Company, on behalf of Partner, is providing User with any or
all of the following services: (a) email; (b) meta-search;
(c) community services; and (d) any other services which
Company may elect to provide on behalf of Partner in the
future. These Services are provided to User at the
discretion of Partner and Company has no obligation to
provide the Services directly to User. Company does not
charge User for the Services (though Company may do so at
any time in the future), but may charge for enhancements
User may elect to obtain. Company reserves the right to
delete any User's account if such User does not access such
account for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days.
Company and Partner reserve the right to modify or
discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Services with
or without notice to User. User agrees that Company,
Partner, and their third party service providers shall not
be liable to User or any third party for any modification or
discontinuance of the Services.
3. USER'S REGISTRATION
OBLIGATIONS
User must be at least thirteen (13) years old to register
for the Services. In consideration of use of the Services,
User agrees to: (a) provide true, accurate, current, and
complete information about User as prompted by the
registration form; and (b) to maintain and update this
information to keep it true, accurate, current, and
complete. If any information provided by User ("Registration
Data") is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete,
Company and Partner have the right to terminate User's
account and refuse any and all current or future use of the
Services.
4. USE OF REGISTRATION DATA
User agrees that Registration Data is shared with Partner.
Company and Partner agree not to contact User if User states
a preference not to be contacted. Company shall inform
Partner if User states a preference not to be contacted.
However, Company shall not be responsible or liable if
Partner contacts User, permits a third party to contact
User, or provides or discloses User's Registration Data to
any third party.
User agrees that Company, Partner, or a designee of a
Company or Partner may disclose Registration Data to third
parties about User and information about User's use of the
Services, provided that such disclosures do not include
User's name, mailing address, email address, telephone or
facsimile number, or account number, unless: (a) User has
joined the Abstract Concepts Benefits program, has
co-registered to receive any third party products or
services, or has otherwise authorized Company and/or Partner
to disclose such information; (b) such disclosure is
required by law or legal process; or (c) User violates any
of the terms set forth in Section 7 below.
This Agreement includes the terms and conditions of
Company's Privacy Policy and which is hereby incorporated by
reference. In the event that there exists any inconsistency
between this Agreement and the Privacy Policy, the terms and
conditions of the Privacy Policy shall take precedence.
5. USER CONTENT
Company and Partner consider email transmitted via the
Services to be the private correspondence of the sender.
Neither Company nor Partner will monitor, edit, or disclose
the contents of a User's private communications, except that
User agrees that Company, Partner, and their third party
service providers may do so: (a) as required by law; (b) to
comply with legal process; (c) if necessary to enforce this
Agreement; (d) to respond to claims that such contents
violate the rights of third parties; (e) to protect the
rights or property of Company, Partner, its third party
service providers, or others.
User acknowledges that content posted to public community
areas is publicly available and that Company does not take
any responsibility for such content. However, Company
reserves the right to remove any public content posted by a
User that violates any law or condition of this Agreement,
upon notice of such violation.
User understands and agrees that technical (and sometimes
manual) processing of email communications, search requests,
community postings, and any other information supplied by
User is and may be required: (a) to send and receive
messages; (b) to conform to the technical requirements of
connecting networks; (c) to conform to the limitations of
the Services; or (d) to conform to other, similar technical
requirements.
User acknowledges and agrees that Company, Partner, and
their third party service providers do not endorse the
content of any User communications and are not responsible
or liable for any unlawful, harassing, libelous, privacy
invading, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene,
indecent, tortious, or otherwise objectionable content, or
content that infringes or may infringe the intellectual
property or other rights of another.
6. INDEMNITY
User agrees to indemnify and hold Company, Partner, and
their third party service providers, and their parents,
subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, and employees, harmless
from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys'
fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of
User's use of the Services, User's connection to the
Services, User's violation of this Agreement, or User's
violation of any rights of another.
7. LINKS
The Services may provide, or users may include in email or
community postings, links to other Web sites or resources.
User acknowledges and agrees that Company, Partner, and
their third party service providers are not responsible for
the availability of such external sites or resources, and
that Company, Partner, and their third party service
providers do not endorse and are not responsible or liable
for any content, advertising, products, or other materials
on or available from such sites or resources.
8. COMPANY'S PROPRIETARY
RIGHTS
User acknowledges and agrees that content, including, but
not limited to, text, software, music, sound, photographs,
graphics, video, or other material contained in sponsor
advertisements or information presented to User through the
Services or third party advertisers is protected by
copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, or other
proprietary rights and laws. User acknowledges and agrees
that User is permitted to use this material and information
only as expressly authorized by Company, Partner, or
advertisers, as applicable, and may not copy, reproduce,
transmit, distribute, or create derivative works of such
content or information without express authorization.
9. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
(a) USER EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT
USER'S SOLE RISK. THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS"
AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS.
(b) COMPANY, PARTNER, AND THEIR THIRD PARTY SERVICE
PROVIDERS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM 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.
(c) COMPANY, PARTNER, AND THEIR THIRD PARTY SERVICE
PROVIDERS MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICES WILL MEET
USER'S REQUIREMENTS, THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE; NOR DOES
COMPANY, PARTNER, OR ITS THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS MAKE
ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE
USE OF THE SERVICES, OR AS TO THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF
ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICES, OR THAT
DEFECTS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.
(d) USER UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT ANY INFORMATION,
CONTENT, DATA, OR OTHER MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE
OBTAINED THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES IS OBTAINED AT USER'S
OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT USER WILL BE SOLELY
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO USER'S COMPUTER SYSTEM OR ANY
LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH MATERIAL
OR DATA.
(e) COMPANY, PARTNER, AND THEIR THIRD PARTY SERVICE
PROVIDERS MAKE NO WARRANTY REGARDING ANY GOODS OR SERVICES
PURCHASED OR OBTAINED THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES OR ANY
TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH THE SERVICES.
(f) NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN,
OBTAINED BY USER FROM COMPANY, PARTNER, OR THEIR THIRD PARTY
SERVICE PROVIDERS, OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES, SHALL
CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED HEREIN.
(g) SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN
WARRANTIES, THEREFORE SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT
APPLY TO SOME USERS.
10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
(a) USER AGREES THAT COMPANY, PARTNER, AND THEIR THIRD PARTY
SERVICE PROVIDERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM
THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES, OR FOR COST OF
PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES, OR RESULTING
FROM ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED, OR FROM
MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR
FROM THE SERVICES, OR RESULTING FROM UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO
OR ALTERATION OF USER'S TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, USE, DATA,
OR OTHER INTANGIBLES, EVEN IF COMPANY, PARTNER, OR THEIR
THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
(b) USER FURTHER AGREES THAT COMPANY, PARTNER, AND THEIR
THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY
DAMAGES ARISING FROM INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION, OR
TERMINATION OF SERVICES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL, OR
EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, WHETHER SUCH INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION, OR
TERMINATION WAS JUSTIFIED OR NOT, NEGLIGENT OR INTENTIONAL,
INADVERTENT OR ADVERTENT.
(c) User acknowledges that Pursuant to Section 512 of the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Company has a policy
providing for termination of account holders who are repeat
offenders. However, USER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IN NO
EVENT SHALL COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, WHETHER IN
CONTRACT OR TORT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR LOST
PROFITS OR COST OR PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
SERVICES, ARISING OUT OF COMPLIANCE OR REASONABLE ATTEMPTS
TO: (i) COMPLY WITH UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT ACT; OR (ii)
SATISFY REQUIREMENTS TO QUALIFY FOR THE SAFE HARBORS
DESIGNATED IN SECTION 512 OF THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM
COPYRIGHT ACT.
(d) IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR ANY AND ALL
MATTERS RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT FOR ANY AGGREGATE AMOUNT
IN EXCESS OF $50.
(e) SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR
EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, THEREFORE SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT
APPLY TO SOME USERS.
11. AMENDMENT
Company may modify this Agreement at any time, and such
modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting or
other method of notification to User, which notice may be
provided on the pages through which User accesses or uses
the Services. User's continued access or use of the Services
shall be deemed its conclusive acceptance of the modified
Agreement.
12. GENERAL
Company's and Partner's third party service providers are
intended beneficiaries of this Agreement. Company shall not
be liable to User for any breach by Partner of this
Agreement or the Privacy Policy. This Agreement and the
relationship between User and Company and Partner shall be
governed by the laws of the State of Texas without regard to
its conflict of law provisions. User, Company, and Partner
agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction
of the courts located within the state of California. The
failure of Company, Partner, and their third party service
providers to exercise or enforce any right or provision of
this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right
or provision. If any provision of this Agreement 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 rule the other provisions of this Agreement
remain in full force and effect. User agrees 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 Services or
this Agreement must be filed within one (1) year after such
claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE FOREGOING AGREEMENT AND AGREE
TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF ITS TERMS.
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