By using The Grief Dialogues web site located at http://www.griefdialogues.com (the “Web Site”), you agree to be bound by the following terms of service, as well as any other guidelines, rules and additional terms referenced herein, and rules are hereby incorporated herein by this reference (collectively, “Terms of Service”).
These Terms of Service set out the legally binding terms with respect to your use of and our provision of the Web Site and our services. Please read these Terms of Service carefully. Your access to or use of the Web Site constitutes your acceptance of all the provisions of these Terms of Service. If you are unwilling to be bound by these Terms of Service, do not access or use the Web Site.
Changes to the Terms of Service or Web Site
You agree and understand that these Terms of Service and the Web Site may be modified at any time without prior notice, and such modifications will be effective upon the posting of the new terms and/or upon implementation of the new changes on the Web Site. You agree to review the Terms of Service periodically so that you are aware of any modifications. Your continued use of the Web Site after any modifications indicates your acceptance of the modified Terms of Service. Unless expressly stated otherwise, any new features, new services, enhancements or modifications to the Web Site implemented after your initial access to the Web Site shall be subject to these Terms of Service.
Registration and Security
In order to use or access some of features of the Web Site, you may be required to register and to select a password and user name. If you register, you agree to provide accurate, complete, and updated registration information. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of these Terms of Service, which may result in immediate termination of your account. You may not: (i) enter, select or use a false name or an email address owned or controlled by another person with the intent to impersonate that person, or (ii) use as a user ID a name subject to any rights of a person other than yourself without appropriate authorization. We reserve the right to refuse registration of, or cancel a user ID in our sole and absolute discretion. You shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your user ID and password. Any user ID and password provided to you for your access to the Web Site shall be for your personal use only. You agree to (a) immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your user ID or password, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session.
Use of the Web Site
You may download or copy the portions of the information, data, text, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages and other materials available via the Web Site (“Content”) for your own use, provided that you maintain all copyright and other notices contained in such Content. We do not control the Content posted by third parties via the Web Site, including the content of any messages, comments or postings, and does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. You understand that by using the Web Site you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will we be liable in any way for any Content, including any errors or omissions in any Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of your use of any Content. You are responsible for complying with all laws applicable to the Content you submit to the Web Site. You agree that you must evaluate and bear all risks associated with the use of any Content, including any reliance on the Content, integrity, and accuracy of such Content. We reserve the right, in its sole discretion, to edit and delete links or content that we deem offensive and non-compliant with our Terms of Service. We also reserve the right to append or edit links submitted by users with our affiliate marketing tags. Links submitted by users with their own affiliate codes will be modified accordingly.
Restrictions on Rights to Use
You shall not (and you agree not to allow any third party to):
- modify, adapt, translate, or reverse engineer any portion of the Web Site;
- remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on the Web Site;
- use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other device to retrieve or index any portion of the Web Site;
- collect any information about other users or members (including usernames and/or email addresses) for any purpose;
- reformat or frame any portion of the web pages that are part of the Web Site;
- create user accounts by automated means or under false or fraudulent pretenses;
- create or transmit unwanted electronic communications such as “spam” to other users or members of the Web Site or otherwise interfere with other user’s or member’s enjoyment of the Web Site;
- submit any third party materials or Content without such third party’s prior written consent;
- submit any Content or material that falsely express or imply that such Content or material is sponsored or endorsed by us;
- submit any Content or material that infringes, misappropriates or violates the intellectual property, publicity, privacy or other proprietary rights of any party;
- transmit any viruses, worms, defects, Trojan horses or other items of a destructive nature;
- use the Web Site to violate the security of any computer network, crack passwords or security encryption codes, transfer or store illegal material including that are deemed threatening or obscene;
- copy or store any Content offered on the Web Site for other than your own use;
- submit Content or materials that are unlawful or promote or encourage illegal activity;
- submit false or misleading information to us;
- take any action that imposes, or may impose in our sole discretion, an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our IT infrastructure;
- use the Web Site, intentionally or unintentionally, to violate any applicable local, state, national or international law; or
- collect or store personal data about other users in connection with the prohibited activities described in this paragraph.
- 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.
- You understand and agree that we may review and delete any Content (posts, links, images, profiles, comments, messages, etc.) that in our sole judgment violates these Terms of Service or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights of, harm, or threaten the safety of other users or members of the Web Site.
- You are solely responsible for any Content that you publish or display on the Web Site or transmit to other members and/or users of the Web Site.
- You are solely responsible for your ratings and comments on the Web Site. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and any other user.
- You agree that you will only post Content that you believe to be true and you will not purposely provide false or misleading information.
- By posting Content on the Web Site, you agree to and hereby do grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, us and our contractors and the users of the Web Site an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully sublicensable and transferable, fully paid up, worldwide license to use, copy, publicly perform, digitally perform, publicly display, and distribute such Content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such Content, all without any compensation to you or any other person.
- The following is a partial list of the kind of Content and communications that are illegal or prohibited on or through the Web Site. We reserve 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 Web Site and terminating the membership of such violators or blocking your use of the Web Site. You may not post Content that:
- is false or intentionally misleading;
- is patently offensive to users of the Web Site, such as Content or messages 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 unsolicited mass mailing or “spamming”;
- promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive;
- is threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
- is pornographic or sexually explicit in nature; and
- seeks or recommends providers of material that exploits people under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner, or seeks or recommends providers that solicit personal information from anyone under 18.
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- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright that has been allegedly infringed;
- Identification of works or materials being infringed;
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing including information regarding the location of the infringing materials that the copyright owner seeks to have removed, with sufficient detail so that we are capable of finding and verifying its existence;
- Contact information about the notifier including address, telephone number and, if available, email address;
- A statement that the notifier has a good faith belief that the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
- A statement made under penalty of perjury that the information provided is accurate and the notifying party is authorized to make the complaint on behalf of the copyright owner.
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- to remove or disable access to the infringing material;
- to notify the Content provider, member or user that it has removed or disabled access to the material; and
- that repeat offenders will have the infringing material removed from the system and that we will terminate such Content provider’s, member’s or user’s access to the service.
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- A physical or electronic signature of the Content provider, member or user;
- Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access to has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or disabled;
- A statement that the Content provider, member or user has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or a misidentification of the material; and
- The Content provider’s, member’s or user’s name, address, telephone number, and, if available, email address and a statement that such person or entity consents to the jurisdiction of the Federal Court for the judicial district in which the Content provider’s, member’s or user’s address is located, or if the Content provider’s, member’s or user’s address is located outside the United States, for any judicial district in which we are located, and that such person or entity will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement.