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Welcome to CelebrityDatingNetwork.com
the service for single adults to meet Celebrities, people who resemble
celebrities and everyone in between, operated by CelebrityDatingNetwork.com,
L.L.C. ("CelebrityDatingNetwork.com"). By using the CelebrityDatingNetwork.com
Website, (the "Website") you agree to be bound by these Terms
of Use (this "Agreement"), whether or not you register as
a member of CelebrityDatingNetwork.com ("Member"). If you
wish to become a Member and make use of the CelebrityDatingNetwork.com
service (the "Service"), please read these Terms of Use. If
you object to anything in this Agreement or the CelebrityDatingNetwork.com
Privacy Policy, do not use the Website or the Service. The Terms of
Use are subject to change by CelebrityDatingNetwork.com at any time,
effective upon posting on the CelebrityDatingNetwork.com website, and
your use of the Service after such posting will constitute acceptance
by you of such changes.
1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT. A. Electronic Agreement. This Agreement is an electronic contract
that sets out the legally binding terms of your use of the Website
and your membership in the Service. This Agreement may be modified
by CelebrityDatingNetwork.com from time to time, such modifications
to be effective upon posting by CelebrityDatingNetwork.com on the
Website. This Agreement includes CelebrityDatingNetwork.com's Acceptable
Use Policy for Content Posted on the Website, CelebrityDatingNetwork.com's
Privacy Policy, CelebrityDatingNetwork.com's subscription policies
and any notices regarding the Website. By accessing the Website or
becoming a Member, you accept this Agreement and agree to the terms,
conditions and notices contained or referenced herein. 2. ELIGIBILITY. 3. MEMBERSHIP AND SUBSCRIPTION; PRICING. You may become a Member of the Service at no cost. As a Member, you will have the ability to participate in some, but not all, of the features and services available within the Service. In order to access additional features and services, including the ability to communicate with other Members, you must become a paying subscriber to the Service. Please see Subscribe for a description of the current subscription plans and their prices. Please note that the subscription policies that are disclosed to you in subscribing to the service are deemed part of this Agreement. Please see Billing Details for a description of such policies. For purposes of this Agreement the term "Member" includes subscribers, unless where its usage indicates otherwise. From time to time, CelebrityDatingNetwork.com may remove the profiles of non-subscribers. 4. TERM. This Agreement will remain in full force and effect while you use the Website and/or are a Member. You may terminate your membership and/or subscription at any time, for any reason, by following the instructions on the Resign pages in Account Settings. If you terminate your subscription, your subscription will remain active until the end of your then-current subscription period (that is, the subscription period through which you had paid prior to your termination). CelebrityDatingNetwork.com may terminate your membership and/or subscription by sending notice to you at the email address you provide in your application for membership, or such other email address as you may later provide to CelebrityDatingNetwork.com. If CelebrityDatingNetwork.com terminates your membership in the Service because you have breached this Agreement, you will not be entitled to any refund of unused subscription fees. All decisions regarding the termination of accounts shall be made in the sole discretion of CelebrityDatingNetwork.com. CelebrityDatingNetwork.com is not required to provide you notice prior to terminating your membership and/or subscription. CelebrityDatingNetwork.com is not required, and may be prohibited, from disclosing a reason for the termination of your account. Even after your membership or subscription is terminated, this Agreement will remain in effect. All terms that by their nature may survive termination of this Agreement shall be deemed to survive such termination. 5. NON-COMMERCIAL USE BY MEMBERS The Website is for the personal use of individual Members only and may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors. Organizations, companies, and/or businesses may not become Members and should not use the Service or the Website for any purpose. Illegal and/or unauthorized uses of the Website, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email and unauthorized framing of or linking to the Website may be investigated, and appropriate legal action will be taken, including without limitation, civil, criminal, and injunctive redress. Use of the Website is with the permission of CelebrityDatingNetwork.com, which may be revoked at any time, for any reason, in CelebrityDatingNetwork.com's sole discretion. 6. ACCOUNT SECURITY You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the username and password that you designate during the Registration process, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your username and password. You agree to (a) immediately notify CelebrityDatingNetwork.com of any unauthorized use of your username or password or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. CelebrityDatingNetwork.com will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this provision. You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information. If you share your computer with others, you may wish to consider disabling your auto-sign in feature if you have linked your Window's Live ID to your CelebrityDatingNetwork.com account. 7. YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER MEMBERS. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Members. You understand that CelebrityDatingNetwork.com does not in any way screen its Members, nor does CelebrityDatingNetwork.com inquire into the backgrounds of its Members or attempt to verify the statements of its Members. CelebrityDatingNetwork.com makes no representations or warranties as to the conduct of Members or their compatibility with any current or future Members. In no event shall CelebrityDatingNetwork.com be liable for any 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 Service, including without limitation, bodily injury, emotional distress, and/or any other damages resulting from communications or meetings with other registered users of this Service or persons you meet through this Service. You agree to take reasonable precautions in all interactions with other Members of the Service, particularly if you decide to meet offline or in person. You understand that CelebrityDatingNetwork.com makes no guarantees, either express or implied, regarding your ultimate compatibility with individuals you meet through the Service. You should not provide your financial information (for example, your credit card or bank account information) to other Members. 8. CONTENT ON CelebrityDatingNetwork.com. A. Proprietary Rights. CelebrityDatingNetwork.com owns and retains all proprietary rights in the Website and the Service. The Website contains the copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information of CelebrityDatingNetwork.com, and its licensors. Except for that information which is in the public domain or for which you have been given written permission, you may not copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any such proprietary information. B. Reliance on Content, Advice, Etc. Opinions, advice, statements, offers, or other information or content made available through the Service, but not directly by CelebrityDatingNetwork.com, are those of their respective authors, and should not necessarily be relied upon. Such authors are solely responsible for such content. CelebrityDatingNetwork.com does not: (i) guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information on the Service, or (ii) adopt, endorse or accept responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice, or statement made by any party that appears on the Website. Under no circumstances will CelebrityDatingNetwork.com or its affiliates be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from your reliance on information or other content posted on the Website or transmitted to or by any Members. 9. CONTENT POSTED BY YOU ON CelebrityDatingNetwork.com A. You are solely responsible for the Content that you publish or display (hereinafter, "post") on the Service, or transmit to other Members. You will not post on the Service, or transmit to other Members, any defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, obscene, profane, offensive, sexually oriented, threatening, harassing, racially offensive, or illegal material, or any material that infringes or violates another party's rights (including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights, and rights of privacy and publicity). You will not provide inaccurate, misleading or false information to the Company or to any other Member. If information provided to CelebrityDatingNetwork.com, or another Member, subsequently becomes inaccurate, misleading or false, you will promptly notify CelebrityDatingNetwork.com of such change. B. You understand and agree that CelebrityDatingNetwork.com may review and delete any content, messages, double-blind emails, photos or profiles (collectively, "Content"), in each case in whole or in part, that in the sole judgment of CelebrityDatingNetwork.com violate this Agreement or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of Members. C. By posting Content to any public area of CelebrityDatingNetwork.com, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to CelebrityDatingNetwork.com, its affiliates, licensees and successors, an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display, reproduce, adapt, modify and distribute such information and content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such information and content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. You further represent and warrant that public posting and use of your content by CelebrityDatingNetwork.com will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party. D. The following is a partial list of the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited on the Website. CelebrityDatingNetwork.com reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action in its sole discretion against anyone who violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the Service and terminating the membership of such violators. It includes, but is not limited to, Content that:
E. Your use of the Service, including but not limited to the Content you post on the Service, must be in accordance with any and all applicable laws and regulations. F. You may not include in your Member profile any telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, URLs or email addresses. G. You may not engage in advertising to, or solicitation of, other Members. This includes but is not limited to solicitation or advertising to buy or sell any products or services through the Service or to attend parties or other social functions or networking for commercial purposes. You may not transmit any chain letters or junk email to other Members. Although CelebrityDatingNetwork.com cannot monitor the conduct of its Members off the Website, it is also a violation of these rules to use any information obtained from the Service in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person, or in order to contact, advertise to, solicit, or sell to any Member without their prior explicit consent. In order to protect our Members from such advertising or solicitation, we reserves the right to restrict the number of emails which a Member may send to other Members in any 24-hour period to a number which we deem appropriate in our sole discretion. H. All information you include in your Member profile must be accurate, current and complete. 10. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES. CelebrityDatingNetwork.com reserves the right to investigate and terminate your membership if you have misused the Service, or behaved in a way which could be regarded as inappropriate or whose conduct is unlawful or illegal. The following is a partial list of the type of actions that you may not engage in with respect to the Service:
11. CUSTOMER SERVICE. CelebrityDatingNetwork.com provides assistance and guidance through its customer care representatives. When communicating with our customer care representatives, you may not to be abusive, obscene, profane, offensive, sexist, threatening, harassing, racially offensive, or otherwise behave inappropriately. If we feel that your behavior towards any of our customer care representatives or other employees is at any time threatening or offensive, we reserve the right to immediately terminate your membership and you will not be entitled to any refund of unused subscription fees. 12. SUBSCRIPTIONS; CHARGES ON YOUR BILLING ACCOUNT. A. General. CelebrityDatingNetwork.com bills you through an online account (your "Billing Account") for use of the Service. You agree to pay CelebrityDatingNetwork.com all charges at the prices then in effect for any use of the Service by you or other persons (including your agents) using your Billing Account, and you authorize CelebrityDatingNetwork.com to charge your chosen payment provider (your "Payment Method") for the Service. You agree to make payment using that selected Payment Method. CelebrityDatingNetwork.com reserves the right to correct any errors or mistakes that it makes even if it has already requested or received payment. B. Recurring Billing. Most subscription plans to the Service consist of an initial period, for which there is a one time charge, followed by recurring period charges as agreed to by you. By entering into this Agreement, you acknowledge that your subscription has an initial and recurring payment feature and you accept responsibility for all recurring charges prior to cancellation. CelebrityDatingNetwork.com MAY SUBMIT PERIODIC CHARGES (E.G., MONTHLY) WITHOUT FURTHER AUTHORIZATION FROM YOU, UNTIL YOU PROVIDE PRIOR NOTICE (CONFIRMED IN WRITING UPON REQUEST BY CelebrityDatingNetwork.com) THAT YOU HAVE TERMINATED THIS AUTHORIZATION OR WISH TO CHANGE YOUR PAYMENT METHOD. SUCH NOTICE WILL NOT AFFECT CHARGES SUBMITTED BEFORE CelebrityDatingNetwork.com REASONABLY COULD ACT. TO TERMINATE YOUR AUTHORIZATION OR CHANGE YOUR PAYMENT METHOD, GO TO ACCOUNT SETTINGS. C. Current Information Required. YOU MUST PROVIDE CURRENT, COMPLETE AND ACCURATE INFORMATION FOR YOUR BILLING ACCOUNT. YOU MUST PROMPTLY UPDATE ALL INFORMATION TO KEEP YOUR BILLING ACCOUNT CURRENT, COMPLETE AND ACCURATE (SUCH AS A CHANGE IN BILLING ADDRESS, CREDIT CARD NUMBER, OR CREDIT CARD EXPIRATION DATE), AND YOU MUST PROMPTLY NOTIFY CelebrityDatingNetwork.com IF YOUR PAYMENT METHOD IS CANCELED (E.G., FOR LOSS OR THEFT) OR IF YOU BECOME AWARE OF A POTENTIAL BREACH OF SECURITY, SUCH AS THE UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OR USE OF YOUR USER NAME OR PASSWORD. CHANGES TO SUCH INFORMATION CAN BE MADE AT ACCOUNT SETTINGS. IF YOU FAIL TO PROVIDE CelebrityDatingNetwork.com ANY OF THE FOREGOING INFORMATION, YOU AGREE THAT CelebrityDatingNetwork.com MAY CONTINUE CHARGING YOU FOR ANY USE OF THE SERVICE UNDER YOUR BILLING ACCOUNT UNLESS YOU HAVE TERMINATED YOUR SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE SERVICE (CONFIRMED BY YOU IN WRITING UPON REQUEST BY CelebrityDatingNetwork.com). D. Payment Method. The terms of your payment will be based on your Payment Method and may be determined by agreements between you and the financial institution, credit card issuer or other provider of your chosen Payment Method (the "Payment Method Provider"). If CelebrityDatingNetwork.com does not receive payment from your Payment Method Provider, you agree to pay all amounts due on your Billing Account upon demand. E. Change in Amount Authorized. If the amount to be charged to your Billing Account varies from the amount you preauthorized (other than due to the imposition or change in the amount of state sales taxes), you have the right to receive, and CelebrityDatingNetwork.com shall provide, notice of the amount to be charged and the date of the charge at least 10 days before the scheduled date of the transaction. Any agreement you have with your Payment Method Provider will govern your use of your Payment Method. You agree that CelebrityDatingNetwork.com may accumulate charges incurred and submit them as one or more aggregate charges during or at the end of each billing cycle. F. Auto-renewal. Your CelebrityDatingNetwork.com subscription will be automatically extended for successive renewal periods of the same duration as the subscription term originally selected, at the then-current non-promotional subscription rate. To change or resign your subscription at any time, go to Account Settings. If you resign, you may use your subscription until the end of your then-current subscription term; your subscription will not be renewed after your then-current term expires. However, you won't be eligible for a prorated refund of any portion of the subscription fee paid for the then-current subscription period. G. Reaffirmation of Authorization. Your non-termination or continued use of the Service reaffirms that CelebrityDatingNetwork.com is authorized to charge your Payment Method. CelebrityDatingNetwork.com may submit those charges for payment and you will be responsible for such charges. This does not waive CelebrityDatingNetwork.com's right to seek payment directly from you. Your charges may be payable in advance, in arrears, per usage, or as otherwise described when you initially subscribed to the Service. H. Free Trials and Other Promotions. Any free trial or other promotion that provides subscriber-level access to the Service must be used within the specified time of the trial. You must cancel your subscription before the end of the trial period in order to avoid being charged a subscription fee. If you cancel prior to the end of the trial period and are inadvertently charged for a subscription, please contact Customer Care to have the charges reversed. 13. MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE. CelebrityDatingNetwork.com reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that CelebrityDatingNetwork.com shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service. 14. BLOCKING OF IP ADDRESSES. In order to protect the integrity of the Service, CelebrityDatingNetwork.com reserves the right at any time in its sole discretion to block Members from certain IP addresses from accessing the Website. 15. COPYRIGHT POLICY. You may not post, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the Service in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our Copyright Agent with the following information: an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Website; your address, telephone number, and email address; a written statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf. 16. MEMBER DISPUTES. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other CelebrityDatingNetwork.com Members. CelebrityDatingNetwork.com reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Members. 17. PRIVACY. Use of the Website and/or the Service is also governed by our Privacy Policy. 18. DISCLAIMERS. CelebrityDatingNetwork.com is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate Content posted on the Website or in connection with the Service, whether caused by users of the Website, Members or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Service. CelebrityDatingNetwork.com is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any user of the Website or Member of the Service. CelebrityDatingNetwork.com assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, user or Member communications. CelebrityDatingNetwork.com is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of email or players on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Website or combination thereof, including injury or damage to users and/or Members or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in connection with the Web and/or in connection with the Service. Under no circumstances will CelebrityDatingNetwork.com or any of its affiliates, advertisers, promoters or distribution partners be responsible for any loss or damage, including personal injury or death, resulting from anyone's use of the Website or the Service, any Content posted on the Website or transmitted to Members, or any interactions between users of the Website, whether online or offline. The Website and the Service are provided "AS-IS" and CelebrityDatingNetwork.com expressly disclaims any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. CelebrityDatingNetwork.com cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of the Website and/or the Service. In addition to the preceding paragraph and other provisions of this Agreement, any advice that may be posted on the Website is for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not intended to replace or substitute for any professional financial, medical, legal, or other advice. CelebrityDatingNetwork.com makes no representations or warranties and expressly disclaims any and all liability concerning any treatment, action by, or effect on any person following the information offered or provided within or through the Website. If you have specific concerns or a situation arises in which you require professional or medical advice, you should consult with an appropriately trained and qualified specialist. 19. LINKS. The Service may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because CelebrityDatingNetwork.com has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that CelebrityDatingNetwork.com 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 CelebrityDatingNetwork.com 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 the use of, or reliance upon, any such Content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource. 20. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY. Except in jurisdictions where such provisions are restricted, in no event will CelebrityDatingNetwork.com be liable to you or any third person for any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, special or punitive damages, including also lost profits arising from your use of the Web site or the Service, even if CelebrityDatingNetwork.com has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, CelebrityDatingNetwork.com's liability to you for any cause whatsoever, and regardless of the form of the action, will at all times be limited to the amount paid, if any, by you to CelebrityDatingNetwork.com for the Service during the term of membership. 21. U.S. EXPORT CONTROLS. Software from this Website (the "Software") is further subject to United States export controls. No Software may be downloaded from the Website or otherwise exported or re-exported (i) into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Syria, or any other Country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods; or (ii) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Deny Orders. By downloading or using the Software, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list. 22. JURISDICTION AND CHOICE OF LAW. If there is any dispute arising out of the Website and/or the Service, by using the Website, you expressly agree that any such dispute shall be governed by the laws of the State of Michigan, without regard to its conflict of law provisions, and you expressly agree and consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts of the State of Michigan, in Oakland County, for the resolution of any such dispute. 23. INDEMNITY BY YOU. You agree to indemnify and hold CelebrityDatingNetwork.com, its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, and other partners and employees, harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorney's fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Service in violation of this Agreement and/or arising from a breach of this Agreement and/or any breach of your representations and warranties set forth above. You indemnify CelebrityDatingNetwork.com from any and all liability which may result from your use of, or involvement with, this service and / or website. 24. NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. You agree that, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, there shall be no third party beneficiaries to this Agreement. 25. OTHER. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between you and CelebrityDatingNetwork.com regarding the use of the Website and/or the Service. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. 26. CELEBRITY EMAIL CREDIT EXPIRATION The celebrity email credits can be used for up to 12 months at which point they expire. They also expire when you cancel your VIP Membership. 27. NO REFUNDS No refunds are made for VIP Memberships or unused celebrity email credits. 28. NO COMMERCIAL BROADCAST None of the celebrity or non-celebrity ads or interactions can be broadcast or publicized without the prior written authorization of CelebrityDatingNetwork.com. Any attempt to do so may result in immediate legal action. 29. CELEBRITY DATING NETWORK TO POST ANNOUNCEMENTS You agree to allow Celebrity Dating Network to post announcements on your Facebook page or Twitter page whenever Celebrity Dating Network deems necessary. These announcements may include, but not be limited to, information about new celebrities we're adding, upcoming VIP events and parties, future discounts and other special messages related to Celebrity Dating Network and our other companies and initiatives. These announcements, advertisements and postings may be made about a wide rage of topics. Celebrity Dating Network will be the sole determiner of what can be posted on your Facebook page and how often we make such postings. I HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL OF THE PROVISIONS
CONTAINED ABOVE.
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