Your use of Competitious Web sites and all information, products and services on the Site are subject
to the binding legal terms set forth in this AUP document. You understand we may update these
Terms from time to time without giving you any notice. Unless we let you know by
giving you a notice, any new features or updated Services that we put on the Site
will be subject to these Terms. BY USING THE SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO EACH OF THE
TERMS SET FORTH BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY TERM OR CONDITION SET FORTH BELOW, YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO USE THE SERVICES FOR ANY PURPOSE.
You warrant that you are 18 years of age or older. Competitious encourages individuals under 18 to consult their parents or guardians before registereing for an account. Children should always get permission from their parents or guardians before posting any personal information (such as e-mail addresses) on the Internet.
YOU AGREE TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, AND HOLD HARMLESS COMPETITIOUS AND THIRD PARTIES WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMPETITIOUS SITE(S) OR SERVICE(S) FROM ANY LOSS, DAMAGE, OR COST (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS' FEES) RESULTING FROM THE LOSS, DELETION, OR CORRUPTION OF ANY DATA, FILES OF ANY TYPE, MESSAGES, BLOGS, WEB PAGES, OR ANY AND ALL OTHER CONTENT THAT MAY BE STORED OR SAVED BY YOU ON OR WITHIN THE COMPETITIOUS SITE(S). YOU AGREE AND ACCEPT FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR RETAINING, SEPARATE FROM THE COMPETITIOUS SITE(S), BACKUP OR REPLACEMENT COPIES OF ALL CONTENT THAT YOU SAVE TO THE COMPETITIOUS SITE(S).
YOU AGREE TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, AND HOLD HARMLESS COMPETITIOUS AND THIRD PARTIES WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMPETITIOUS SITE(S) OR SERVICE(S) FROM ANY LOSS, DAMAGE, OR COST (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS' FEES) RESULTING FROM YOUR VIOLATION OF THESE POLICIES AND TERMS, ANY ACTIVITY RELATED TO YOUR WEB PAGES, OR ANY PRODUCT, SERVICE, OR INFORMATION DESCRIBED OR INCLUDED ON THE PAGES.
COMPETITIOUS PROVIDES THE INFORMATION, SERVICES AND PRODUCTS AVAILABLE ON THIS WEB SITE
"AS IS," WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER. ALL EXPRESS WARRANTIES AND ALL
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPETITIOUS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL AND EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES
WHATSOEVER, ARISING FROM THE USE, LOSS OF CONTENT OR DATA, OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS WEB SITE OR FROM ANY INFORMATION, SERVICES OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED THROUGH COMPETITIOUS SITE(S), WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARISE IN
CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT, UNDER STATUTE, IN EQUITY, AT LAW OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF COMPETITIOUS HAS BEEN ADVISED
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THIS WEB SITE, OR
ANY PORTION THEREOF, YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SHALL BE TO STOP USING THE WEB SITE.
The Site contains 1) links
to Web sites and pages, including sites which communicate content about companies you list on the Site
(generally referred to as "External Links") and 2) services
that are operated by Competitious or other companies. Your use of each External Link is subject to the terms of
use, if any, set forth by each of the External Link. If there is any conflict between
the Terms set forth below and any of the terms or notices set forth on any other
External Link, then the terms of that External Link will control your use of that
External Link. Please review the terms of use for each External Link so that you
understand all of the terms that will apply.
COMPETITIOUS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICES TO ANY USER WHOSE CONTENT WRITTEN ON THE SITE CONTAINS ADULT MATERIAL, HATE MATERIAL, OR OTHER MATERIAL DEEMED OFFENSIVE.
Competitious, at its sole discretion,
may terminate your account if you have been inactive for a period of three (3)
consecutive months. You will be considered "inactive" if you do not respond to e-mails,
visit Competitious sites or use your Competitious account.
Competitious, at its sole discretion,
may also terminate your account and remove content linked with your account if the content entered into the Site from said account is determined to be not in the best
interest of the Site's users or services.
In order to use the Services,
you need Internet access. You also need equipment to access the Services, including
computer, modem and other devices. If you are accessing a site that charges for its
Services, you are responsible for any fees and charges required and agree to deal
directly with such service provider. You agree to pay for Internet access and the
equipment needed, and Competitious is not responsible for any of these costs.
How You Can Use the Services
The Services are protected by U.S.
and international copyright, patent and trademark laws. You may
make a single copy of the individual screens you see when you use the Services, but
not for further distribution or transfer to others.
You may not, and agree not to, modify, reformat, copy, display, distribute, transmit,
publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any information,
products or services obtained from the Services, except as set forth below. This
means that you may not mirror, frame, or embed the home page or results pages of the Site
or any Search Source on your own Web site or Web page.
Copyright protection applicable to any content
remains unaffected by the inclusion of the content in the Site. The information and
services available to you on this Web site may contain errors and are
subject to periods of interruption. While Competitious does its best to maintain the information,
services and products it offers on the Web site, it cannot be held responsible for
any errors, defects, lost profits or other consequential damages arising from the
use of this Web site or its unavailability.
No License Granted
Except for allowing you to use the
Competitious Site for your personal use as set forth in the paragraph above,
when you use the Competitious Site, you are not receiving a license or any
other rights from us, including intellectual property or other proprietary rights
of Competitious or other companies with which we are affiliated. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT
YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS TO THE SERVICES OR ANY OTHER COMPETITIOUS PROPERTY EXCEPT AS WE INDICATE
IN THESE TERMS.
Additional Content and Liability
Disclaimer
Competitious shall not be responsible for any errors or
omissions contained at this Web Site, and reserves the right to make
changes without notice. Accordingly, all Competitious and third party
information is provided "AS IS".
Competitious may aggregate information for the convenience of the user.
These services utilize automatic processing with little or no human intervention and
yield aggregate data or news about products and services. Competitious assumes no responsibility or liability for
aggregate content, including but not limited to:
(1) the timeliness of content,
(2) the accuracy of included content
(3) the content aggregated from non-Competitious sites.
Competitious believes its methods do not
violate the rights of any person, but will consider any suggestions to improve or remove content from its pages. Please email such suggestions to
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Competitious Site(s) Security:
You are prohibited from violating,
or attempting to violate, the security of the Site. Any violations may
result in criminal and civil liabilities to you. Competitious will investigate
any alleged violations and will cooperate with law enforcement agencies if
a criminal violation is suspected. Examples of violations of the security
of the Site include, without limitation, the following:
Accessing data
not intended for You, Logging into a server or account that You are not
authorized to access, Attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability
of a system or network, Breaching security or authentication measures
without proper authorization, Attempting to interfere with service to any
user, host, or network including, without limitation, via means of
overloading, "flooding," "mailbombing," or "crashing", Taking any action
in order to obtain services or products to which you are not entitled.
Illegal or Inappropriate Use:
Competitious Site(s) may be used only for lawful or appropriate purposes. For example, You may not use Competitious Site(s):
You are solely responsible for the Content that you submit on all Competitious Web sites, or transmit to other Members (collectively the "Member Content"). You understand and agree that Competitious may review and delete or remove any Member Content that in the sole judgment of Competitious violates this Agreement or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of Members.
Copyright policy:
Competitious fully respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe content on a Competitious Site infringes your copyright, please contact us at: .
Consequences of Unacceptable Use:
Competitious reserves the right to suspend or terminate your account on the Site
immediately upon a violation or suspected violation of this Policy. Indirect or attempted violations of
this Policy, and actual or attempted violations by a third party on behalf
of you, shall be considered violations of this Policy by you. Furthermore,
it is a violation of this Use Policy to use the services of another provider for
the purposes of facilitating any of the activities described above if such
use of another provider's service could reasonably be expected to affect
the Competitious Web Site(s).
Questions, Comments, or Complaints: If
you have any questions concerning this document, please write to us at:
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We reserve the right to modify this
document or any part of this document at any time.