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- ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
LostJournal.com provides the following service to you, subject to these Terms of Service
("TOS"), which may be updated periodically without notice.
You can review the current version of the TOS at: http://www.lostjournal.com/legal/tos.bml.
Failure to comply with these TOS may result in account revocation.
- DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
LostJournal.com is a web-based service that allows its users to create
and update online journals (herein referred to as "LostJournal", or
"the Service").
- YOUR REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS
Account registration and verification is required in order to create
a LostJournal.com account. During registration, all users are required
to provide accurate, complete and current information about themselves
in all required fields. Should any of your own information change after
submitting it to LostJournal, you are hereby required to update that
information as soon as possible. Children under 13 years of age are not
permitted to use LostJournal.com, as a way of complying with the
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA").
- INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold LostJournal.com, and its subsidiaries,
affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees,
harmless from any alleged claim or demand, including reasonable attorney
fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your Content,
your use of the Service, your connection to the Service, your violation
of the TOS, or your violation of any rights of another, whether you are
a registered user or not. The user is solely responsible for his or her
actions when using the Service, including, but not limited to, costs
incurred for Internet access.
- SPECIAL ADMONITIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL USE
Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to
comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable
Content. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws
regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United
States or the country in which you reside.
- GENERAL PRACTICES REGARDING USE AND STORAGE
You acknowledge that LostJournal.com may establish limits concerning use
of the Service and may modify these limits at any time.
- MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE
LostJournal.com reserves the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily
or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice at
any time. You agree that LostJournal.com shall not be liable to you or to
any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the
Service.
- NO RESALE OF SERVICE
You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any
portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service.
- TERMINATION
You agree that LostJournal.com, in its sole discretion, may terminate
your password, journal, or account, and remove and discard any content
within the Service, for any reason, including and without limitation, the
lack of use, or if LostJournal.com believes that you have violated or
acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the TOS. Any contracts,
verbal or written or assumed, in conjunction with your deleted journal
and all its parts, at LostJournal.com's discretion, will be terminated as
well. LostJournal.com may also in its sole discretion and at any time,
discontinue providing the Service, or any part thereof, with or without
notice. You agree that any termination of your access to the Service
under any provision of this TOS may be effected without prior notice, and
acknowledge and agree that LostJournal.com may immediately deactivate
or delete your LostJournal.com journal and all related information and
files. LostJournal.com reserves the right to bar any further access to
such files or the Service. You agree that LostJournal.com shall not be
liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to the
Service. Paid services that are terminated will not be refunded.
- MEMBER CONDUCT
You understand that all information, data, text, software, music,
sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials, whether
publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of
the person from which such Content originated. LostJournal.com does not
control Content posted via the Service and, as such, does not guarantee
the validity of such Content. You also understand that by using the
Service, you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or
objectionable. Should Content be found or reported to be in violation with,
but not limited to, the following terms, it will be LostJournal.com's sole
discretion as to what action should be taken.
You agree to NOT use the Service to:
- Upload, post or otherwise transmit any content that is in
LostJournal.com's opinion to be unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive,
harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive to
another's privacy (up to, but not excluding any address, email, phone
number, or any other contact information with out the written consent
of the owner of such information), hateful, or racially, ethnically or
otherwise objectionable;
- Harm minors in any way, as seen by LostJournal.com or applicable
law;
- Impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a
LostJournal.com staff member or volunteer, or falsely state or otherwise
misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
- Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise
the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service;
- Upload, post or otherwise transmit any content that you do not have
a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary
relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential
information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or
under nondisclosure agreements);
- Upload, post or otherwise transmit any content that infringes any
patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of
any party;
- Upload, post or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized
advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters,"
"pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation;
- Upload, post or otherwise transmit any material that contains software
viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to
interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or
hardware or telecommunications equipment;
- Interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected
to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or
regulations of networks connected to the Service;
- Intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state,
national or international law, including, but not limited to, regulations
promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of
any national or other securities exchange, including, without limitation,
the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and
any regulations having the force of law;
- "Stalk" or otherwise harass another person or company;
- Collect or store personal data about other users for business
purposes;
- Promote or provide instructional information about illegal activities,
promote physical harm or injury against any group or individual, or promote
any act of cruelty to animals. This may include, but is not limited to,
providing instructions on how to assemble bombs, grenades and other weapons
or incendiary devices;
- Use LostJournal.com as a forwarding service to another website;
- Allow usage by others in such a way as to violate LostJournal.com's
TOS;
- Engage in commercial activities within LostJournal or on behalf of
LostJournal.com without prior approval. This includes, but is not limited
to, the following activities:
- Displaying a banner that is designed to profit you or any other
business or organization; and
- Displaying banners for services that provide cash or cash-equivalent
prizes to users in exchange for hyperlinks to their web sites.
If any user is reported to be in violation with the letter or spirit of
these terms, LostJournal.com retains the right to terminate such account at
any time without further warning.
- DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
(a) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS
PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. LOSTJOURNALl.COM EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
(b) LOSTJOURNAL.COM MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICE WILL MEET
YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE,
OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE
SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS,
SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU
THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND (V) ANY ERRORS IN THE
SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.
(c) ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE
SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA OR OTHER
LIABILITYTHAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
(d) NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY
YOU FROM LOSTJOURNAL.COM OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY
WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOS.
- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT LOSTJOURNAL.COM SHALL NOT
BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL
OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS
OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF
LOSTJOURNAL.COM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES),
RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE; (ii) THE
COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY
GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES
RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE; (iii)
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv)
STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE; OR (v) ANY OTHER
MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE.
- GENERAL INFORMATION
The TOS constitutes the entire agreement between you and LostJournal.com
and governs your use of the Service, superseding any prior agreements
between you and LostJournal.com (including, but not limited to, any prior
versions of the TOS) and any prior representations by LostJournal.com. The
failure of LostJournal.com to exercise or enforce any right or provision of
the TOS shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any
provision of the TOS is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to
give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and
the other provisions of the TOS remain in full force and effect. You agree
that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause
of action arising out of or related to use of the Service or the TOS must
be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or
be forever barred. The section titles in the TOS are for convenience only
and have no legal or contractual effect.
- VIOLATIONS
Please report any violations of the TOS to
abuse@lostjournal.com. If you
do not receive confirmation within an hour, or are unable to send an email,
please
open a Support Request in the Abuse category. Please be as specific as
possible when submitting any report. References to specific posts/comments
(URLs) are most helpful and will expedite the processing of your report.
- REVISIONS
LostJournal.com may at any time revise these Terms of Service by
updating this posting. By using this Site, you agree to be bound by any
such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to
determine the then-current Terms of Service to which you are bound.
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