The social network service ("social network") that you are now accessing is powered, hosted and maintained by Sparta Social Networks ("SSN" or "Sparta Social Networks", currently located at http://www.spartasocialnetworks.com and made available through websites owned by SSN ("SSN Site(s)"), Backwash.com (an SSN affiliate), or through a network of online areas developed, hosted and maintained by SSN (each a "Partner Social Network Area" and, collectively, the "Partner Social Network Areas"), each of which is linked from websites owned or maintained by various SSN third party affiliates (each a "Partner" and, collectively, the "Partners") (for purposes of these Terms of Service, the term "Partner(s)"shall includeBackwash.com)
The following Terms of Service ("TOS") govern your use of the Social Network Services, the SSN Sites, and each past, present or future Partner Social Network Area.
1. Acceptance of Terms of Service
By completing the registration process and clicking on the "join" button, you agree to be bound by these TOS in your access to and us of the Social Network Services, the SSN Sites and the Partner Social Network Areas.
2. Privacy/Registration Information
Sparta Social Networks and the Partners respect the privacy of visitors that access the SSN Sites or any Partner Social Network Area. Please take a moment to review the Privacy Policy governing the Social Network Services, the SSN Sites and the Partner Social Network Areas. By completing the registration process and clicking on the "join" button, you agree to the terms of the Privacy Policy.
The SSN Sites and the Partner Social Network Areas are intended for adult use only. Anyone under the age of 18 is not permitted to register to use the Social Network Service on any SSN Site or any Partner Social Network Area. Sparta Social Networks and each Partner reserves the right to deny access to the SSN Sites and/or any Partner Social Network Area, or any service provided through such sites or areas, to anyone who violates these TOS or who, in SSN's or a Partner's reasonable judgment, interferes with the ability of others to enjoy the Social Network Services, or infringes on the rights of others. While not limiting the foregoing, you acknowledge and agree that your account used to access any Social Network Services may be terminated by SSN and/or any Partner if they learn, at any time, that you have provided SSN or any Partner false or misleading information during the process of registering (or re-registering) with any SSN Site or a Partner Social Network Area.
3. Modifications to these Terms of Service
Sparta Social Networks and its Partners may modify these Terms of Service and/or the Privacy Policy from time to time in their sole discretion. You will be provided reasonable notice of any material changes to these TOS or the Privacy Policy; your continued use of the Social Network Services, any SSN Site or any Partner Social Network Area constitutes your acceptance of any changes to these Terms of Service or the Privacy Policy.
4. Modifications to the Social Network Services, the SSN Sites or the Partner Social Network Areas
Sparta Social Networks and its Partners may, in their sole discretion, add, delete, modify or amend features and/or services contained within the Social Network Services, any SSN Site, or any Partner Social Network Area.
5. Joining Sparta Social Networks via a Partner Social Network Area
If you register to use the Social Network Services through a Partner Social Network Area, other than through Backwash.com, and SSN's relationship with the Partner associated with that given Partner Social Network Area is severed for any reason, in most instances you will not forfeit your membership rights to use the Social Network Services. Instead, SSN will, in most instances, automatically convert your then-current membership into a Backwash.com membership which will enable you to access your account information through Backwash.com or any Partner Social Network Areas that continue to affiliate with SSN. However, in some instances, SSN's agreement with certain Partners provides that your membership (including your registration information) will be automatically converted to an online Social Network service maintained by that particular Partner or that Partner's third party service provider. In those instances, SSN and /or such Partner will provide you with information advising you on the status of your Social Network account, the process they will undertake to convert your membership, and the various options available to you at that time.
If a Partner's relationship with Sparta Social Networks is terminated for any reason, Sparta Social Networks will endeavor to ensure that your account will continue to be available to you through an alternate interface. By registering and clicking on the "join" button for Social Network Services, you authorize SSN to take the steps identified in this Section 5, including without limitation, converting your membership (and providing your registration information) to an online social network service maintained by a particular Partner in the event SSN's relationship with the Partner associated with that given Partner Social Network Area is severed for any reason.
6. Content Produced by Registered Members (Your License to Us and Our License to You)
You alone are responsible for any materials you post or make available on or through the SSN Sites or any Partner Social Network Areas, including but not limited to message board posts, blogs, bookmarks, homepages, personal profiles and member profiles. Additionally, you alone are responsible for the consequences of any content you post or otherwise make available on or through the SSN Sites or any Partner Social Network Areas. By submitting or otherwise making available materials on or through the SSN Sites or any Partner Social Network Areas, you are representing that you are the owner of such materials, or are submitting the materials with the express consent of the owner.
By submitting or otherwise making available materials to public areas of any SSN Site or any Partner Social Network Area, you agree that SSN and each 7 Partner (including their respective agents, affiliates, licensors and service providers (collectively, "Third Party Providers") will at all times maintain a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, fully paid, assignable right and license to reproduce, repurpose, use, store, modify, edit, distribute or make available any portion or portions of such materials as they see fit in any medium, now known or hereafter developed, for any purpose whatsoever, subject only to the terms set forth in these Terms of Service. While not limiting the rights under the foregoing sentence, SSN and the Partners each reserve the right to excerpt, store, use or distribute, in whole or in part, any content, text, or images contained in your personal profiles or posted by you on any public areas maintained within the SSN Sites and/or the Partner Social Network Areas, along with your screen name or any Social Network nickname you select, and feature them in ads, supplements and content pages in any print publications owned, controlled or otherwise maintained by SSN or any Partner. You also agree that SSN, the Partners and the Third Party Providers may identify you as the author of any of your postings by name, email address or screen name as each deems appropriate.
You acknowledge and agree that SSN, the Partners and the Third Party Providers each reserves the right (but assumes no obligation) to delete, move, or edit any postings that come to their attention that they consider unacceptable or inappropriate, whether for legal or other reasons.
You agree not to use the Social Network Services, the SSN Sites or any Partner Social Network Areas to post, distribute, or otherwise make available any content or materials (including but not limited to text, graphics, video, software programs or audio) that are unlawful, harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening, harmful, bigoted, racially offensive, obscene or otherwise objectionable, or that encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, regulation or judicial ruling. You also agree not to post content or materials that contain advertising or any form of commercial solicitation. Additionally, you agree not to impersonate any other person or entity, including impersonating an employee or consultant of either SSN, any Partner or any Third Party Provider.
You agree not to post or otherwise make available any contact information (related to you or any other person) in any public areas (e.g., personal profiles, message boards, etc.) maintained within the SSN Sites and/or the Partner Social Network Areas. The term "contact information" includes but is not limited to any person's full name, email addresses, phone numbers and mailing addresses. SSN and the Partners reserve the right, but do not maintain the obligation, to remove any contact information they might find in such public areas. You acknowledge and agree that SSN, the Partners, the SSN Affiliates and any Third Party Providers will maintain no responsibility whatsoever for any contact or interaction that occurs between you and any other user or member of the Social Network Service. As between you, SSN, the Partners, the SSN Affiliates and any Third Party Providers, you alone shall be solely responsible for any consequences arising from your sharing, making available or otherwise exchanging, through a public area on the web or via a private exchange, any form of "contact information" with any user or member of the Social Network Service.
Any images you post in personal profiles must be of you only. If you post a photo, SSN and/or each Partner may feature you and your photo as a Person of the Day on any SSN Sites and any or all Partner Social Network Areas (including the homepages of a Partner's website linked to their respective Partner Social Network Area). If you are featured as a Profile of the Day, any changes you make to your personal profile that day (including adding or deleting photos, editing preferences or text, hiding or deleting the personal profile, etc.) will not be reflected in the photo or quote featured. You may opt out of being featured in the Profile of the Day via the 'Edit Profile' screen but you MUST opt out prior to being selected. Any images of yourself that you upload to your personal profiles must be recent photographs of yourself.
Except when posting to an adult social network as permitted by applicable law, under no circumstances shall you post or otherwise make available images of genitalia or other graphic sexually oriented content in your personal profiles or in any other public areas within SSN Sites or any Partner Social Network Areas; if you do, SSN and/or each Partner maintains the right, but does not assume the obligation, to delete your personal profile, edit your personal profile by removing such images or content, and/or terminate your membership to the Social Network Service, whereby your premium membership (if any) will be automatically forfeited as "partial damages" toward your breach of these TOS.
7. Copyrighted Material
While it's free to register with SSN and/or its Partners, neither SSN nor its Partner intend to forfeit their rights, or anyone else's rights, to the materials appearing on the Social Network Services, the SSN Sites and the Partner Social Network Areas. The materials available through the foregoing services, sites and areas are the property of SSN, the Partners and their respective Third Party Providers, and are protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. You are free to access and use the Social Network Services, the SSN Sites and the Partner Social Network Areas for your personal, non-commercial use. But you may not otherwise copy, reproduce, retransmit, distribute, publish, commercially exploit, or otherwise transfer any such materials in any format, electronic or otherwise. Your access to content posted by other Social Network Service members is also for your personal use only. If you want to redistribute such content, it is your responsibility to obtain permission from the member who posted it.
While it's free to register with SSN and/or its Partners, neither SSN nor its Partner intend to forfeit their rights, or anyone else's rights, to the materials appearing on the Social Network Services, the SSN Sites and the Partner Social Network Areas. The materials available through the foregoing services, sites and areas are the property of SSN, the Partners and their respective Third Party Providers, and are protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. You are free to access and use the Social Network Services, the SSN Sites and the Partner Social Network Areas for your personal, non-commercial use. But you may not otherwise copy, reproduce, retransmit, distribute, publish, commercially exploit, or otherwise transfer any such materials in any format, electronic or otherwise. Your access to content posted by other Social Network Service members is also for your personal use only. If you want to redistribute such content, it is your responsibility to obtain permission from the member who posted it.
A. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner or exclusive licensee.
B. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed. If a notice refers to multiple works posted at a single location, it is sufficient to includea representative list of works infringed at the site.
C. Identification of the material claimed to be infringing including information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material . Specifically, a complete URL - or URLs in the case of multiple works - must be provided.
D. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, including an address, telephone number, and email address.
E. A statement that the complaining party believes, in good faith, that the copyrighted material identified is being used in a manner that is not authorized by "the copyright owner, its agent, or the law."
F. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Any notification by a copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf that fails to comply with the provisions above shall not be considered sufficient notice and shall not be deemed to confer upon Sparta Social Networks or its Partners actual knowledge of facts or circumstances from which infringing material or acts are evident.Notices shall be sent to the Designated Agent for Notice of claims of copyright infringement of Sparta Social Networks and its partners, including Partner, as follows:
By e-mail:
CopyrightAgent@spartasocialnetworks.com
By postal mail or courier:
Copyright AgentSparta Social Networks,
LLC204 Dedham StreetNewton,
MA 02461Telephone: _______________
The Designated Agent will accept reports alleging copyright infringement by persons using Sparta Social Networks services (i.e., the Social Network Services, the SSN Sites and/or the Partner Social Network Areas).
8. Your Account and Password
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your member name and password. You are responsible for all uses of your account, whether or not authorized by you. You agree to immediately notify Sparta Social Networks of any unauthorized use of its account. You agree to pay all charges that accrue to your account through your use or the use of those authorized by you. You may cancel your account at any time by emailing customersupport@spartasocialnetworks.com. Once your account has been deleted you will no longer have access to your account and if you have purchased any service or membership from SSN, no amount will be refunded. Purchased Services including memberships and ads are non-transferable. All Sparta Social Networks services are final sale and will not be refunded unless the charge was not authorized by you. Disputed charges must be reported to Sparta Social Networks within 60 days, to customersupport@spartasocialnetworks.com, or will be waived.
9.Links
Sparta Social Networks, Partners or relevant third parties, may provide links to other web sites or resources. Because Sparta Social Networks has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that Sparta Social Networks is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for the policies or terms of use of any such sites or resources or any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that Sparta Social Networks 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 use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.
10.Blog Content
Guidelines for posting to your online blog shall be as follows:
A. All Content posted to Sparta Social Networks in any way, is the responsibility and property of the author. Sparta Social Networks is committed to keeping the Service in decent standing for all audiences but is not responsible for the monitoring or filtering of any blog Content. Those users posting material not suitable for all audiences must agree that they are fully responsible for all the content they have posted anywhere on the service. Should content be deemed illegal by such law having jurisdiction over the user, Sparta Social Networks is committed to submitting all necessary information to the proper authorities;
B. Should any Content be reported to Sparta Social Networks as being offensive or inappropriate, Sparta Social Networks may or may not call upon the author to retract, modify, or protect (by means of private and friends only settings) the Content in question. Sparta Social Networks has the full authority to terminate any such reported and verified offensive account holding such inappropriate content or delete any content it views as violating its TOS. Sparta Social Networks, however, is under no obligation to restrict or monitor blog Content in any way;
C. Sparta Social Networks claims no ownership or control over any Content posted by its users. The author retains all patent, trademark, and copyright to all Content posted within available fields, and is responsible for protecting those rights, but is not entitled to the help of the Sparta Social Networks staff in protecting such Content;
D. Sparta Social Networks reserves the right, without limitation except by law, to serve Member or User Content on the web. Sparta Social Networks also reserves the right, without limitation, to resell any portion of a Member's Blog back to that individual;Sparta Social Networks ("SSN" or "We") and its various online partners (each a "Partner") respect the privacy of visitors to the Partner-branded online "social network" services ("Social Network") powered, hosted, and maintained by SSN, and made available through an area (each a "Partner Social Network Area") that is linked from each Partner's respective website (each a "Partner website") (collectively, "Social Network Service"). This Privacy Policy governs the use and collection of information from you by SSN and its Partners through your use of the Social Network Services. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any information you may provide to SSN or any Partner through other means; for example, at a live event, via mail, or via telephone. Likewise, this Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected directly or indirectly by Partners (including their advertisers and third party service providers) for goods or services made available through a Partner Website that are not directly associated with your use of the Social Network Services (for example, subscribing to a Partner's online newsletters, the online purchase of goods or services through a Partner Website, registering for an online contest, or registering to participate in a message board maintained on or through a Partner Website). By visiting this Partner Social Network Area, you agree that your visit, and any dispute over SSN's and any Partner's online privacy practices relating to the Social Network Services, and this Partner Social Network Area, are governed by this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service associated with the Social Network Services and this Partner Social Network Area.
E.SSN or the applicable Partner will use reasonable efforts to notify all registered users via email (i.e., the email address you supplied SSN and each respective Partner at the time of registration) of any material changes to this Privacy Policy, unless such users have opted-out of receiving all email from SSN or such Partner(s) (see "Personal Information We Collect and Its Use," below, for more details). In the event you've opted-out from receiving such email updates, it is your responsibility to periodically review this Privacy Policy for any changes or updates. Additionally, material changes to this Privacy Policy will also be communicated in the appropriate Partner Social Network Area. Your continued use of the Social Network Service and each Partner Social Network Area following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy will mean that you accept those changes
Information Automatically Captured from Visitors
SSN and the Partners use your IP address (the series of numbers associated with your individual computer) to help maintain the Social Network Service and each Partner Social Network Area, SSN and the Partners also use your IP address to identify problems with the Social Network Service or a given Partner Social Network Area. Essentially, your IP address is a numerical address that is used by computers connected to the Internet to identify your computer so that data (such as web pages you want to view) can be transmitted to you. Your IP address does not tell us who you are.
Both SSN and Partners use cookies to identify traffic that comes through advertising and to facilitate a more user-friendly experience. SSN and Partners also use cookies to keep you logged in across the different services SSN and the Partners make available to you (for example, logging into one Partner Social Network Area will allow you to access information maintained on other Partner Social Network Areas). Cookies are small pieces of information that a website places on your computer's hard drive so SSN and Partners know it's you when you visit. This helps us to create a personalized experience for you when you visit a Partner Social Network Area. The use of cookies is a very common practice on the Internet. The only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply. A cookie cannot read unrelated data off your hard drive. Partner's advertisers and third parties that provide products or services through a Partner Social Network Area may also assign their own cookies to your hard drive, a process SSN and its Partners do not control.
SSN may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Social Network site. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements on this site and other sites about goods and services that may be of interest to you.
Personal Information We Collect and Its Use
During the course of the Social Network registration process, you will be asked to provide some general identifying information which will enable SSN and the appropriate Partner to provide you with individualized service. SSN, for itself and the appropriate Partner, gathers from you contact information (like your email address), demographic information (like your gender and age), and other relevant information each believes is necessary to deliver the Social Network Services via each Partner Social Network Area.
Registered users (e.g., members) that choose to purchase products or services made available on a Partner Social Network Area (for example upgrading to a premium membership) will be asked to provide certain information, including certain contact information (such as your name, address, telephone and email), as well as their billing information (such as their credit card number and the date that their card expires). SSN or a Partner may also ask members to provide additional information such as unique identifiers (such as your date of birth), and registration information (that is, login name and password).
Your billing information will be encrypted and sent to a third party intermediary for processing. Such billing information is used only to bill you for those products or services you choose to purchase through a given Partner Social Network Area. The process of encryption scrambles your billing information and serves to protect your billing information from being read by unauthorized individuals. You will know you are in secure mode when the tiny padlock icon - located at the bottom of your browser - appears "locked" or the address that appears in your browser begins with "https". Despite the security encryption technology provides, no security system is impenetrable. Neither SSN nor any Partner guarantees the security of their respective databases, nor can either party guarantee that the information you supply won't be intercepted while being transmitted to SSN or the Partners over the Internet.
Your demographic (non-identifying) information is used to personalize your experience while accessing a Partner Social Network Area, to allow other members to find you through a search result, and is used to enable you to compose personal profiles.
If you subscribe to receive a newsletter or other service from any Partner, the terms of use will be governed by that Partner's privacy policy statement and visitor agreement - not by this Privacy Policy or Terms of Use associated with this Partner Social Network Area. If you subscribe to receive newsletters associated with the Social Network Service from any Partner, such Partner may distribute such newsletters directly to you, use a third party service provider to distribute such newsletters, or utilize SSN to deliver such newsletters. In the event SSN is utilized to provide such newsletters on behalf of a Partner, the terms of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use will govern SSN's and such Partner's use of any such subscription information you provide to such Partners. In the event a Partner directly distributes such newsletters or uses a third party service provider, the terms of such Partner's privacy policy statement and visitor agreement will govern. Likewise, if you submit personal information on a page provided in conjunction with an SSN partner, other than the Partner associated with this particular Social Network area, the information you submit may be jointly maintained by such Partner.
Once you become a registered member, you will be given the opportunity to create a personal profile. During such process, you will be asked for some personal, but non-identifying, information to complete your personal profile (e.g. your occupation, your favorite book, etc). This information will be viewable by other members and possibly non-members, but it will not enable them to access and view the personally identifiable contact information you supplied SSN or Partner during your registration process; unless you provide a member with your personally identifiable contact information, registered members may contact you only via the Social Networks' integrated messaging system that assists in maintaining your anonymity.
>You agree that SSN, the applicable Partner, or both may use your information to contact you for customer service, to inform you of important changes or additions to the Social Network Service or a Partner Social Network Area, and to send you administrative notices or any communications relevant to your use of this Partner Social Network Area. However, if you don't want to receive such notices, you may opt out via your 'edit profile' section.
Information From Minors
The Social Network Service and Partner Social Network Areas are not designed for or directed to individuals under the age of 18. We do not collect personally identifiable information from any person we actually know is under the age of 18.
Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
Except as set forth in this Privacy Policy or as specifically authorized by you, we will not disclose any information we gather from you on the Social Network Service or Partner Social Network Area.
Laws and Legal Rights
We may disclose your information (including personally identifiable information) if we believe in good faith that we are required to do so in order to comply with an applicable statute, regulation, rule or law, a subpoena, a search warrant, a court or regulatory order, or other valid legal process. We may disclose personally identifiable information in special circumstances when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating our or our Partners' Terms of Service, or to protect the safety and/or security of our users, SSN or the general public.
Third Parties Generally
We may provide to third parties information about you that does not allow you to be identified or contacted, including where such information is combined with similar information of other users of the Social Network Service or Partner Social Network Area. For example, we might inform third parties regarding the number of unique users who visit the Social Network Service or Partner Social Network Area, the demographic breakdown of our registered users, or the products and/or services purchased using the Social Network Service or Partner Social Network Area and the vendors of such products and services. The third parties to which we may provide this information may include potential or actual advertisers, providers of advertising products or services (including vendors and web site tracking services), commercial partners, sponsors, licensees, researchers and other similar parties.
Outside Contractors
We may employ independent contractors, vendors and suppliers (collectively, "Outside Contractors") to provide specific services and products related to the Social Network Service or Partner Social Network Area, such as hosting and maintenance, providing credit card processing and fraud screening, and developing applications. In the course of providing products or services to us, these Outside Contractors may sometimes have limited access to information we collect, including your personally identifiable information.
Third Party Sellers
In addition, through the Social Network Service or Partner Social Network Area, you may be given the opportunity to purchase (or to obtain more information regarding) certain content, products or services that are sold by parties other than us (collectively, "Merchants"). We will attempt to make it clear to you when you are dealing with a Merchant by opening a new browser or otherwise notifying you that you are leaving the Site. For example, if you see a phrase such as "powered by" or "brought to you by" followed by the name of a person or company other than SSN, then you are likely on, or about to enter, a web site hosted or operated by a person or company other than us. Merchants may request that you submit certain information to them in order to purchase their products or services or to obtain additional information from them. By submitting the requested information, you affirmatively consent to have that information shared with the Merchant. This information is used by the Merchant and may be subject to a different privacy policy. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of Merchants. We encourage you to be aware when you are linked to Merchants' web sites and to read the privacy policies or statements of each and every Merchant web site. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by the Social Network Service or Partner Social Network Area. We do not otherwise share or disclose your personally identifiable information to Merchants.
Sale of Business
We reserve the right to transfer information (including personally identifiable information) about you to a third party in the event of a sale, merger or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of SSN, provided that the third party agrees to adhere to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Affiliates
We may disclose information (including personally identifiable information) about you to our Affiliates. For purposes of this Privacy Policy, "Affiliates" means any person or entity which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with SSN, whether by ownership or otherwise. Any information relating to you that we provide to our Affiliates will be treated by those Affiliates in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Partners
We may disclose information (including personally identifiable information) about you to the Partner through which you are linked to the Social Network Service or Partner Social Network Area. Notwithstanding anything in this Privacy Policy, any information relating to you that we provide to such Partners will be used and disclosed by such Partners in accordance with such Partners' privacy policies, not this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of Partners' web sites.
Other Web SitesThe Social Network Service or Partner Social Network Area may contain links to other web sites not owned or operated by SSN (for example, if you "click" on a banner advertisement, you will likely be taken off the Social Network Service or Partner Social Network Area). However, please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such web sites. We encourage you to be aware when we link to other web sites and to read the privacy policies or statements of each and every web site. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by Social Network Service or Partner Social Network Area.
Changing Profile and Account Information
Once you become a registered member of a Partner's Social Network Service, you will have the opportunity to review, update or delete the registration information you have provided to SSN and such Partner at any time (except, of course, any information SSN or such Partner does not store). You may do so by clicking on the "my account" link in any page in appropriate Partner's Social Network area and follow the instructions there.
You should be aware that it is not technologically possible to remove each and every record of the information you have provided to us from our system. The need to back-up our systems to protect information from inadvertent loss means that a copy of your personally identifiable information may exist in a non-erasable form that will be difficult or impossible for us to locate. We promise that promptly after receiving your request, all personally identifiable information stored in databases we actively use and other readily searchable media will be updated, corrected, changed or deleted, as appropriate, as soon as reasonably practicable.
Terms of Service
We may also use and disclose information (including personally identifiable information) about you as stated in our Terms of Service.
If you have any further questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact Sparta Social Networks via the contact information on Sparta Social Network.
BY USING THE SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE OR PARTNER SOCIAL NETWORK AREA, YOU SIGNIFY YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY, YOU SHOULD NOT USE THE SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE OR PARTNER SOCIAL NETWORK AREA. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE OR PARTNER SOCIAL NETWORK AREA FOLLOWING THE POSTING OF CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY WILL MEAN THAT YOU ACCEPT THOSE CHANGES.
E. You acknowledge that Sparta Social Networks does not pre-screen Content, but that Sparta Social Networks and its designates shall have the right (but not the obligation) on their sole discretion to refuse or remove any Content that is available through the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, Sparta Social Networks and its designates shall have the right to remove any content that violates this TOS or is otherwise objectionable. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such content. Furthermore, Sparta Social Networks reserves the right to limit access to your blog, if found in violation of this TOS.
11.DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
The materials and services provided through the SSN Sites and the Partner Social Network Areas are for informational purposes only. You may only use the materials and services for your personal and non-commercial use. Before you act on any information you've found on any SSN Site or any Partner Social Network Area, you should confirm any facts that are important to your decision. IF YOU RELY ON ANY INFORMATION OR SERVICE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SSN SITES OR ANY PARTNER SOCIAL NETWORK AREAS, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE, LOSS OR HARM YOU MAY INCUR THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR USE OF ANY SERVICE OR ANY MATERIAL AND/OR DATA DOWNLOADED FROM OR OTHERWISE PROVIDED THROUGH THE SSN SITES AND/OR ANY PARTNER SOCIAL NETWORK AREAS. THE SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE, THE SSN SITES AND THE PARTNER SOCIAL NETWORK AREAS, AND ALL MATERIALS, INFORMATION AND SERVICES AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH ANY OF THE FOREGOING, ARE PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS," "WITH ALL FAULTS," AND "AS AVAILABLE." SSN, THE PARTNERS, AND EACH PARTY'S THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS CANNOT AND DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE MATERIALS, INFORMATION AND SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE, THE SSN SITES, OR THE PARTNER SOCIAL NETWORK AREAS, NOR DO WE GUARANTEE THAT THE MATERIALS, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH THE SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE, THE SSN SITES OR THE PARTNER SOCIAL NETWORK AREAS WILL BE ERROR-FREE, OR CONTINUOUSLY AVAILABLE, OR FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
SPARTA SOCIAL NETWORKS AND ITS PARTNERS MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE, THE SSN SITES OR THE PARTNER SOCIAL NETWORK AREAS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THE SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE, THE SSN SITES OR THE PARTNER SOCIAL NETWORK AREAS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE; NOR DOES SPARTA SOCIAL NETWORKS AND ITS PARTNERS MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM YOUR USE OF THE SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE, THE SSN SITES OR THE PARTNER SOCIAL NETWORK AREAS OR AS TO THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE, THE SSN SITES OR THE PARTNER SOCIAL NETWORK AREAS.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY MATERIAL AND/OR DATA DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE, THE SSN SITES OR THE PARTNER SOCIAL NETWORK AREAS IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOADING OF SUCH MATERIAL AND/OR DATA.
SPARTA SOCIAL NETWORKS, THE PARTNERS, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS MAKE NO WARRANTY REGARDING ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED THROUGH THE SSN SITES OR ANY PARTNER SOCIAL NETWORK AREAS, OR ANY TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH ANY SSN SITES OR ANY PARTNER SOCIAL NETWORK AREAS.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM OR THROUGH ANY SSN SITES OR ANY PARTNER SOCIAL NETWORK AREAS SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE IN THESE TERMS OF SERVICE.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL SPARTA SOCIAL NETWORKS, THE PARTNERS, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE, ANY SSN SITE(S) OR ANY PARTNER SOCIAL NETWORK AREA(S) INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LIABILITY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, EVEN IF WE ARE ADVISED BEFOREHAND OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH STATES, THE LIABILITY OF SSN, EACH PARTNER, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS IS LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY SUCH STATE LAW.
YOU AGREE THAT THE LIABILITY, IF ANY, OF SSN, THE PARTNERS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS ARISING OUT OF ANY KIND OF LEGAL CLAIM IN ANY WAY CONNECTED TO THE SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE, THE SSN SITES AND ANY PARTNER SOCIAL NETWORK AREAS SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE USE OF THE SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE.
12.Member Content Storage
Sparta Social Networks, its Partners and their respective Third Party Providers assume no responsibility for the deletion, the inability, or failure to store your content.
13.Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Sparta Social Networks, the Partners, their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and agents, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and Third Party Providers harmless from and against any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Social Network Service, any SSN Site(s) and/or any Partner Social Network Area(s), your violation of these Terms of Service, your violation of any laws, or the infringement by you, or any other user of your account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity.
14.Termination of Membership
Sparta Social Networks and its Partners reserve the right to refuse membership to anyone. Sparta Social Networks may terminate your membership and any and all information, communications, or postings at any time, without notice, for conduct that violates these Terms of Service or other policies or guidelines set out by Sparta Social Networks and elsewhere on, or for online conduct that Sparta Social Networks and/or its Partners believe is harmful to other members, the business of Sparta Social Networks and/or its Partner Social Network Areas, or other third-party information providers.
SSN and the Partners can't regulate what occurs when Social Network members decide to communicate outside the Social Network Service or otherwise meet offline. Nevertheless, if SSN believes that your use of the Social Network Service could lead to offline behavior that is harmful to you, other Social Network members, the public, SSN's business or the business of any Partner or Third Party Provider, SSN and/or each Partner maintains the right (but not the obligation) to suspend your account with no refund. Depending on the severity of the matter, number of complaints (if any), and other factors, SSN or a Partner may or may not send you warning emails before suspending your account. Likewise, SSN, the Partners and their respective Third Party Providers each maintain the right (but not the obligation) to review private electronic messages distributed through the Social Network Service, the SSN Sites and/or the Partner Social Network Areas, and to use any other form of information available to SSN, the Partners and the Third Party Providers by virtue of your use of the Social Network Service, the SSN Sites or the Partner Social Network Areas (including, for example, reverse IP address inquiry) in order to comply with the law, to enforce these Terms of Service, or to protect the rights, property or safety of our members, visitors, customers, the public, SSN, the Partners, or any Third Party Providers.
15. Governing Law; Legal Venue
This TOS shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in The United States of America, excluding that body of law known as conflicts of law and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the Sale of Goods. You irrevocably (i) agree that any action or proceeding arising from or relating to this TOS or your use of Social Network Services, the SSN Sites and the Partner Social Network Areas may be brought only in the courts of Massachusetts or the U.S. District Court located in Boston, Massachusetts, (ii) consent, for yourself and in respect of your property, to the jurisdiction of each such court in any such action or proceeding, and (iii) waive any objection to proceeding in such venue, including that the forum is inconvenient. YOU IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS TOS OR YOUR USE OF SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICES, THE SSN SITES AND THE PARTNER SOCIAL NETWORK AREAS.
16. Miscellaneous
If any provision herein is held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions will continue in full force without being impaired or invalidated in any way. Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section. This TOS, together with the Privacy Policy, which is incorporated herein by reference, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes in their entirety any and all written or oral agreements previously existing between the parties with respect to such subject matter. Except as expressly provided otherwise in this TOS, this TOS may be amended only by a writing signed by both parties. The provisions of this TOS are to be interpreted in a reasonable manner to effect the purpose of the parties, and this TOS is not to be interpreted or construed against us because we participated in the drafting of this TOS. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this TOS will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. We may assign or transfer this TOS, in whole or in part, to any party without notice. All terms and conditions of this TOS which by their nature are meant to survive the termination of this TOS will survive termination.
BY USING THE SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICES, THE SSN SITES OR THE PARTNER SOCIAL NETWORK AREAS, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS TOS.
