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TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT
Welcome to veggieroommate.com. Veggie
Roommate™ is an In Unity company. We maintain this vegetarian roommate search website as a service to our
customers the "Service". By using our vegetarian roommate search site, you are agreeing to
comply with and be bound by the following terms of use. Please review the
following terms carefully. If you do not agree to these terms, you should not review information or obtain any of our products or services offered on this site.
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Acceptance of Agreement.
You agree to the terms and conditions outlined in this Terms of Use Agreement
(''Agreement'') with respect to our site (the ''Site'') and Services provided
by us. This Agreement constitutes the entire and only agreement between us and
you, and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements, representations,
warranties and understandings with respect to the Site, the content, products
or services provided by or through the Site, and the subject matter of this
Agreement. This Agreement may be amended at any time from time to time by us
without specific notice to you. The latest Agreement will be posted on the
Site, and you should review this Agreement prior to using the Site.
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Membership Categories. Users of the Service are either "Visitors" or
"Members" of the
Site:
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"Visitors"
are given limited access with the ability to search roommate profiles but they will be not be able to
contact Members or Full Members. Visitors are not charged for the use of the
features they can access.
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"Members"
are able to create a free profile in addition to the free searching that
Visitors receive, but Members are not allowed to contact other Members or Full
Members.
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Copyright. The content,
organization, graphics, design, compilation, magnetic translation, digital
conversion and other matters related to the Site are protected under applicable
copyrights, trademarks and other proprietary (including but not limited to
intellectual property) rights. The copying, redistribution, use or publication
by you of any such matters or any part of the Site, except as allowed by
Section 5, is strictly prohibited. You do not acquire ownership rights to any
content, document or other materials viewed through the Site. The posting of
information or materials on the Site does not constitute a waiver of any right
in such information and materials.
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Trademarks. Veggie
Roommate, Veggie Roommate; Share Your Rent. Save Our Planet; In Unity and others
are trademarks of In Unity, Inc. ("In Unity"). Other product and
company names mentioned on the Site may be trademarks of their respective
owners.
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Limited Right to Use.
The viewing, printing or downloading of any content, graphic, form or document
from the Site grants you only a limited, nonexclusive license for use solely by
you for your own personal use and not for republication, distribution,
assignment, sublicense, sale, preparation of derivative works or other use. No
part of any content, form or document may be reproduced in any form or
incorporated into any information retrieval system, electronic or mechanical,
other than for your personal use (but not for resale or redistribution).
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Editing, Deleting and
Modification. We reserve the right in our sole discretion to edit or delete
any documents, information or other content appearing on the Site.
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Your Information. If you decide to obtain
membership with the Service, you expressly agree to: (a) provide certain
current, complete, and accurate information as required to complete your
registration with the Service and at other points as may be required in the
course of your using the Services; and (b) maintain and update this information
as required to keep it current, complete, and accurate. If any information you
provide is false, incomplete or inaccurate, In Unity may terminate your rights
to any or all of our current or future Services. You agree not to use a false
or misleading name or a name that you are not authorized to use. We may at any time remove, edit or
log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time or which
contain inappropriate content, including any content that is abusive, unlawful,
defamatory, harmful, harassing, hateful, invasive of another's privacy,
threatening, libelous, obscene, vulgar, or racially, ethnically, religiously or
otherwise objectionable.
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Indemnification. You
agree to indemnify, defend and hold us and our partners, attorneys, staff and
affiliates (collectively, ''Affiliated Parties'') harmless from any liability,
loss, claim and expense, including reasonable attorneys' fees, related to your
violation of this Agreement or use of the Site.
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Nontransferable. Your
right to access and use the Site is not transferable. Any password or right
given to you to obtain information or documents is not transferable.
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Disclaimer and Limits. THE INFORMATION
FROM OR THROUGH THE SITE IS PROVIDED ''AS IS,'' ''AS AVAILABLE,'' AND ALL
WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARE DISCLAIMED (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
THE DISCLAIMER OF ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE). THE INFORMATION AND SERVICES MAY CONTAIN BUGS, ERRORS,
PROBLEMS OR OTHER LIMITATIONS. WE AND OUR AFFILIATED PARTIES HAVE NO LIABILITY
WHATSOEVER FOR YOUR USE OF ANY INFORMATION OR SERVICE. IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT
AS A LIMITATION THEREOF, WE AND OUR AFFILIATED PARTIES ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR
LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF PROFITS, LITIGATION, OR THE LIKE), WHETHER BASED ON
BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT
LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE
NEGATION OF DAMAGES SET FORTH ABOVE IS A FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT OF THE BASIS OF
THE BARGAIN BETWEEN US AND YOU. THIS SITE AND THE INFORMATION WOULD NOT BE
PROVIDED WITHOUT SUCH LIMITATIONS. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR
WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US THROUGH THE SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION
OR GUARANTEE NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT.
ALL RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES CAUSED BY
VIRUSES CONTAINED WITHIN THE ELECTRONIC FILE CONTAINING THE FORM OR DOCUMENT IS
DISCLAIMED. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND THAT MAY RESULT FROM USE OF OR INABILITY TO
USE OUR SITE. OUR MAXIMUM LIABILITY TO YOU UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES WILL BE
EQUAL TO THE MEMBERSHIP FEES OR PURCHASE PRICE YOU PAY FOR ANY GOODS, SERVICES
OR INFORMATION.
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Third-Party Services.
We allow access to or advertise third-party merchant sites (''Merchants'') from
which you may purchase certain goods or services. You understand that we do not
operate or control the products or services offered by Merchants. Merchants are
responsible for all aspects of order processing, fulfillment, billing and
customer service. We are not a party to the transactions entered into between
you and Merchants. You agree that use of such Merchants is AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND
IS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND BY US, EXPRESSED, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE
INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF TITLE, FITNESS FOR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY OR
NONINFRINGEMENT. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ARE WE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING
FROM THE TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN YOU AND MERCHANTS OR FOR ANY INFORMATION
APPEARING ON MERCHANT SITES OR ANY OTHER SITE LINKED TO OUR SITE.
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Third-Party Merchant
Policies. All rules, policies (including privacy policies) and operating
procedures of Merchants will apply to you while on such sites. We are not
responsible for information provided by you to Merchants. We and the Merchants
are independent contractors and neither party has authority to make any
representations or commitments on behalf of the other.
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Privacy Policy. Our Privacy
Policy, as it may change from time to time, is a part of this Agreement.
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Payments. You represent
and warrant that if you are purchase a Full Membership from us or other
services or products from Merchants that (i) any credit information you supply
is true and complete, (ii) charges incurred by you will be honored by your
credit card company, and (iii) you will pay the charges incurred by you at the
posted prices, including any applicable taxes.
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Links to Other Web Sites.
The Site contains links to other Web sites. We are not responsible for the
content, accuracy or opinions expressed in such Web sites, and such Web sites
are not investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy or completeness by us.
Inclusion of any linked Web site on our Site does not imply approval or
endorsement of the linked Web site by us. If you decide to leave our Site and
access these third-party sites, you do so at your own risk.
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Termination. Members
may cancel their membership at any time by logging into their Member Account
Page, and selecting “Deactivate My Membership”; however, any membership fees paid during the current license period
are non-refundable.
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Miscellaneous. This
Agreement shall be treated as though it were executed and performed in Los
Angeles, California, U.S.A, and shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of California (without regard to conflict
of law principles). Any cause of action by you with respect to the Site (and/or
any information, products or services related thereto) must be instituted
within one (1) year after the cause of action arose or be forever waived and
barred. All actions shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Section 10
and Section 12. The language in this Agreement shall be interpreted as in
accordance with its fair meaning and not strictly for or against either party.
All legal proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall
be brought solely in Los Angeles, California. You expressly submit to the
exclusive jurisdiction of said courts and consent to extraterritorial service
of process. Should any part of this Agreement be held invalid or unenforceable,
that portion shall be construed consistent with applicable law and the
remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. To the extent that
anything in or associated with the Site is in conflict or inconsistent with
this Agreement, this Agreement shall take precedence. Our failure to enforce
any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of such provision
nor of the right to enforce such provision.
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