You must be at least 18 years old to register on or
use the MyPassionlink.com website. Access or use of this site or its contents by
any person under the age of 18 is strictly prohibited.
Mypassionlink.com is an online service for adults to meet other like-minded
individuals for chatting or in search of a long-term relationship and is operated
by Smmg Ltd. (“Mypassionlink.com" or "we" or "us").
By using the Mypassionlink.com Website (the "Website") you
agree to be bound by these Terms of Use (this "Agreement"), whether
or not you register as a member ("Member"). Your continued
use of the Website constitutes your acceptance of this Agreement.
This Agreement sets out the legally binding terms of your use of the Website
(except for those terms that are specifically designated as applying only to
registered members). Please review these terms. You are welcome to print these
terms out for review.
1. Member Eligibility and Terms. If you wish to become a Member and
communicate with other Members and make use of the Mypassionlink.com service
(the "Service"), read these Terms of Use and indicate your acceptance
of them by following the instructions in the Registration process. You must be
18 years old or over to register as a member of Mypassionlink.com and use the
Service. This Agreement sets out the legally binding terms of your membership
in the Service. Membership in the Service is void where prohibited.
2. Term and Termination. This Agreement will remain in full force and
effect while you use the Website and/or are a Member. You may terminate your
membership at any time, for any reason by your notice of termination by email,
fax or mail. Mypassionlink.com may terminate your membership for any reason,
effective on sending notice to you at the email address you provide in your
application for membership or another email notice address that Mypassionlink.com
that Mypassionlink.com received from you. If Mypassionlink.com terminates your
membership in the Service because you have breached the Agreement, you will not
be entitled to any refund of unused subscription fees. Even after this
Agreement is terminated, the following provisions of this Agreement will remain
in effect: sections 5, t0 16.
Auto-Renewal Policy. To ensure you enjoy uninterrupted use of the
Service, if you have purchased a more than a month credit, your membership will
automatically renew 24 hours before expiration.
3. Member ID and Password. As part of the member registration process,
you will be asked to select a user name (“Member ID”) and password. We may
refuse to accept any Member ID for any reason, including that the proposed
Member ID impersonates someone else, is or may be illegal, is or may be
protected by trademark or otherwise infringes on other proprietary rights, is
vulgar or otherwise offensive, or may cause confusion, as we determine in our
sole discretion. You may have only one Member ID. You agree not to
transfer or resell your use of or access to the Site to any third party. If you
have reason to believe that your account is no longer secure, you must promptly
change your password by updating your account information, available at the 'My
Account' Page after logging on to Mypassionlink.com. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE
FOR MAINTAINING THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF YOUR MEMBER ID (USERNAME) AND PASSWORD
AND FOR ANY AND ALL ACTIVITIES THAT ARE CONDUCTED THROUGH YOUR ACCOUNT.
4. Unauthorized Use. The Website and the Service are for the personal
use of individuals only, for purposes consistent with the Website and Service
and this Agreement. You may not use the Website or Service in connection with
any commercial or group activities or resell the Service. Organizations,
companies or businesses may not become Members and may not use the Service or
the Website for any purpose. Collecting Member IDs or email addresses of
members, or other information on the Website, by electronic or other means, is
prohibited. Framing of or linking to the Website without written permission
from us is prohibited.
5. Proprietary Rights in Content on Mypassionlink.com. Mypassionlink.com
and its licensors own and retain all proprietary rights in the Website and the
Service. The Website contains copyrighted materials, trademarks, and other
proprietary information of Mypassionlink.com and its and licensors. You may not
copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display or sell any
Website material or information. Mypassionlink.com is a trademark of Smmg Ltd.
6. Content Posted on the Site.
a. You are solely responsible for any materials (including profiles or photos) and messages (collectively, "Content") that you publish or display (hereinafter, "post") on the Website or via the Service, or transmit to other Members.
b. By posting Content to any public area of Mypassionlink.com, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to Mypassionlink.com an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display, distribute and sell 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.
c. You understand and agree that Mypassionlink.com may review and remove any Content that in the sole judgment of Mypassionlink.com violates this Agreement or which, in the sole discretion of Mypassionlink.com, might be offensive or illegal or might violate the rights of, harm, or threaten the safety of Members.
d. The following is a partial list of the kind of Content that is prohibited on the Website. Mypassionlink.com reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate action in its sole discretion (including notifying legal authorities) against anyone who violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the Website and Service and terminating the membership of such violators. It includes Content that:
may be offensive to Website users, such as Content that promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
involves the transmission of "junk mail," "chain letters" or unsolicited mass mailing or "spamming";
promotes information that you know is false, misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
promotes or enables unauthorized copying of another person's copyrighted or other proprietary work, such as providing computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacture-installed copy-protect devices, or providing music or links to music files;
contains restricted or password only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page);
exploits anyone under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner;
solicits personal information from anyone under 18;
provides instructional information about illegal or potentially harmful activities such as making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone's privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;
solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial, unauthorized or unlawful purposes from other users;
engages in commercial activities and/or sales such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, and pyramid schemes; or
otherwise is inappropriate for the Website, in Mypassionlink.com’s sole judgment.
e. You must use the Website and the Service in a manner consistent 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 to buy or sell any products or services through the Service. You may not transmit any chain letters or junk email to other Members. Although Mypassionlink.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, Mypassionlink.com reserves the right to restrict the number of emails, SMS or text messages that a Member may send to other Members including family and friends within a period or to a number which Mypassionlink.com deems appropriate in its sole discretion.
h. WARNING: It is possible that other Members or users (including unauthorized users, or "hackers") may post or transmit offensive or obscene materials on the Website and that you may be involuntarily exposed to such offensive and obscene materials. It also is possible for others to obtain personal information about you due to your use of the Service, and that the recipient may use such information to harass or injure you. Mypassionlink.com is not responsible for the use of any personal information that you may choose to disclose on the Service. Please carefully select the type of information that you post on the Service or release to others.
7. 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.
8. Member Disputes. You are solely responsible for your interactions
with other Mypassionlink.com Members. Mypassionlink.com or Smmg Ltd. reserves
the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other
Members, arising from or related to the Website.
9. Privacy. Use of the Website and the Service is subject to our privacy
policy which is part of this Agreement with you. Please refer to our privacy
policy for information about our use and disclosure of your information.
10. DISCLAIMERS; NO WARRANTIES. Mypassionlink.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 Website or the
Service.
Mypassionlink.com is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or
offline, of any user of the Website or Member of the Service.
Mypassionlink.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.
Mypassionlink.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 the Website,
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 Website or in connection with the Service.
THE WEBSITE AND THE SERVICE ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND MYPASSIONLINK.COM
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVICE WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.
Mypassionlink.com cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results
from use of the Website and/or the Service.
You understand and acknowledge that it is possible for third parties, acting illegally;
to access your account and that Mypassionlink.com cannot be responsible for
this risk or other third party illegal activity.
11. Limitation on Liability. You assume full responsibility and risk for
your use of the Website and the Service. Under no circumstances will
Mypassionlink.com 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. Myopassionlink.com and
its affiliates are not liable to you or any third person for any indirect,
consequential, exemplary, incidental, special or punitive damages arising from
your use of the Website or the Service, even if Mypassionlink.com has been
advised of the possibility of such damages. If you live in a state whose laws
prevent you from taking full responsibility for your use of the service, our
liability is limited to the greatest extent allowed by law. Mypassionlink.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
Mypassionlink.com for the Service during the term of membership.
12. Disputes. If there is any dispute between us about or involving the
Website or the Service, you agree that the dispute will be governed by the laws
of England without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You agree to
personal jurisdiction and venue in the London, U.K
13. Indemnity. You agree to indemnify and hold Mypassionlink.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 Website or the
Service in violation of this Agreement or arising from a breach of this
Agreement or any breach of your representations and warranties set forth in
this Agreement.
14. Advertisers and Links. The Website may contain links to third party
websites, endorsers or advertisers. The third party websites, endorsers or
advertisers are not under the control of Mypassionlink.com, and Mypassionlink.com
is not responsible for the contents, services or goods of any third party
websites, endorsers or advertisers. The inclusion of any link is as a
convenience and does not imply endorsement by Mypassionlink.com of the website
or any association or relationship with its operators.
15. No Professional Advice. The information and materials available
through the Mypassionlink.com Website including the advice of relationship
advisers, is for information and educational purposes only and is not a
substitute for the professional judgment of a licensed mental health practitioner.
Mypassionlink.com, the Website and the Services do not provide psychological
advice or medical or diagnostic services. Your reliance upon information and
materials obtained by you at or through the Website is solely at your own risk.
16. Other. This Agreement, accepted on your use of the Website and
further affirmed by becoming a Member of the Service, contains the entire
agreement between you and Mypassionlink.com regarding the use of the Website
and the Service. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, the
remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
Please contact us with any questions regarding this Agreement.
Mypassionlink Terms & Conditions Last Updated: 20th August 2008