Terms and conditions of JapaneseCupid
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF MEMBERSHIP
JapaneseCupid is a member of the Cupids Arrow Network. JapaneseCupid.com provides an online introduction and dating service powered by Cupids Arrow, Inc. (the "Service") through the JapaneseCupid.com website. The Terms and Conditions of Membership sets out the terms under which the Service is provided to you. By registering with JapaneseCupid.com ("JapaneseCupid") you become a member of the Service (a "Member").
The Service is being provided to you under the terms and conditions of this agreement and any operating rules, policies, and procedures as currently published on the website by JapaneseCupid. We reserve the right to change the terms and conditions of this agreement, change the Site (including discontinuing any content on or feature of the site) or change any fees or charges for using the Site at any time. By using the Service, you agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not accept all of these terms and conditions, do not continue to use the Service
USE OF THE WEBSITE
To be eligible to use the Service, you must be over 18 years of age. You must provide certain current, complete, and accurate information about yourself at registration and maintain and update such registration information ("Registration Data") so that such information remains current, complete and accurate. JapaneseCupid may refuse to offer its Service to anyone without the need to give any reason and may change its criteria for Membership at any time. JapaneseCupid will notify you if you have been accepted and registered as a Member. If any Registration Data that you provide is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, JapaneseCupid retains the right to terminate your Membership immediately.
PASSWORD AND SECURITY
Access to and use of the Service is through a combination of Username and Password. You are responsible for ensuring that you maintain the confidentiality of your Username and Password and you must not permit any third party to use the Service on your behalf. You agree to immediately notify JapaneseCupid of any unauthorised use of the Service through your account or any other breach of security known to you.
CHANGES TO THE SERVICE
JapaneseCupid reserves the right, without liability, to modify or discontinue any part of the Service, temporarily or permanently. JapaneseCupid will give you the maximum amount of notice of such modification or discontinuance as is practicable in the circumstances. Notice of any changes to the service will be made by posting the changes on this website.
MODIFICATIONS TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS
JapaneseCupid may change the terms and conditions from time to time. JapaneseCupid will post the amended terms and conditions on the JapaneseCupid.com website upon any such change. The amendments automatically become effective immediately after they are initially posted on this website and any use of the Service occurring after such date is subject to the amendments. Your continued use of the Service after the posting of the amended terms and conditions on the website constitutes your acknowledgement of the terms and conditions and its modifications and agreement to abide by and be bound by the agreement, as amended. The terms and conditions of this agreement may not otherwise be amended, except in writing signed by both parties.
RIGHTS
Content presented to you as part of the Service ("Content") is protected by copyright, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary agreements and laws and you are only permitted to use this Content as expressly authorized by JapaneseCupid. These terms and conditions do not transfer any right, title, or interest in the Service or the Content to you and you may not copy, reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from this Content without expressly being authorized to do so by JapaneseCupid. You hereby irrevocably grant to all such rights in any content that you place on this website as shall be necessary for to provide the Service to its Members.
PRIVACY POLICY AND DATA PROTECTION
Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this Policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and disclose and make use of personal information. The following outlines our privacy policy.
•Before or at the time of collecting personal information, we will identify the purposes for which information is being collected.
•We will collect and use of personal information solely with the objective of fulfilling those purposes specified by us and for other compatible purposes, unless we obtain the consent of the individual concerned or as required by law.
•We will only retain personal information as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.
•We will collect personal information by lawful and fair means and, where appropriate, with the knowledge or consent of the individual concerned.
•Personal data should be relevant to the purposes for which it is to be used, and, to the extent necessary for those purposes, should be accurate, complete, and up-to-date.
•We will protect personal information by reasonable security safeguards against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.
•We will make readily available to customers information about our policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.
We are committed to conducting our business in accordance with these principles in order to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained.
CONDUCT
You are solely responsible for the actions of anyone using any Username provided to you and the content of your transmissions through the Service. You agree to abide by all applicable laws and regulations in your use of the Service including, without limitation, the Data Protection Act 1998. You agree not to impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity. You agree not to use the Service for illegal or immoral purposes and to comply with all regulations, policies and procedures of networks connected to the Service. You agree not to publish, post, promote or otherwise transmit through the Service any unlawful, harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind or nature. You agree not to transmit or post any material that is defamatory, libelous or slanderous or that encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable laws or regulations. You agree not to publish, post or promote any telephone number, e-mail address or website address in your profile on the site belonging to you or any 3rd party. Under the terms and conditions of this agreement you agree not to engage in surveys, contests, chain letters or post or transmit "junk mail", "spam", "chain letters", or unsolicited mass distribution of e-mail. You agree not to use the Service to promote another service, site and/or business or solicit other Members' business or buy or sell products and/or services. JapaneseCupid does not endorse the content of any Member postings or data nor assumes any responsibility for any threatening, libelous, obscene, harassing or offensive material contained in such materials, or any crime facilitated by use of this website. Under these terms and conditions you agree not to upload or distribute in any way files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer. You agree not to interfere or disrupt networks connected to the Service. You agree not to distribute personal contact information in initial communication with other users. Under these terms and conditions you must not use any device, software or routine to attempt to interfere with the proper functioning of this website. Under these terms and conditions, you agree not to take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on JapaneseCupid's infrastructure. In the event that you post or make accessible communications or other materials that infringe the copyright of a third party, JapaneseCupid may immediately terminate your access to the Service. JapaneseCupid may, at its sole discretion, immediately terminate your access to the Service should your conduct fail to conform with any provision of this Membership Agreement. You acknowledge and accept that any details posted by you on the Service will be displayed on this website and will therefore be accessible by other Members. JapaneseCupid has no control over the quality, compatibility or safety of the Members; or of the truthfulness, accuracy or completeness of any posting on this website. Because JapaneseCupid does not review the substance of the postings on this website, you must be careful in dealing with other Members to recognize the possibility that other Members' information may, despite the prohibitions set out in these terms and conditions, be inaccurate or deceptive.
AFFILIATES AND PARTNERSHIPS
We cannot offer affiliate programs to individuals/companies or websites which take payments from customers for the provision of services of a sexual nature.
We cannot offer affiliate programs to individuals/companies or websites which promote websites that take payments from customers for the provision of services of a sexual nature.
We cannot offer affiliate programs to individuals/companies or websites which contain illegal photographic material or illegal content.
DISCLAIMER
JapaneseCupid does not guarantee that the Service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error free. Because JapaneseCupid is not involved in Member-to-Member dealings JapaneseCupid makes no warranty regarding the results that may be obtained from the use of the Service, the suitability of any dates or the accuracy or reliability of any content or information obtained through the Service.
STORAGE OF DATA
JapaneseCupid reserves the right to establish a limit on the amount of computer storage a Member may use through the Service. JapaneseCupid assumes no responsibility for the deletion of or failure of the Service to store transmissions, data or posting.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
JapaneseCupid does not accept liability for any damages for loss of profits, use, data or other intangible property or any indirect, incidental or consequential damages, resulting from the use or the inability to use the Service or resulting from unauthorized access to, deletion or alteration of transmissions or data or failure of the Service to store transmissions or data. JapaneseCupid does not accept responsibility for the security or content of any information which members supply through the site and will not be liable for the content of any communications or messages received by you from any other Member. JapaneseCupid's liability to you in any circumstances is limited to the amount of fees or commissions collected by JapaneseCupid from you. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold JapaneseCupid, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers and employees harmless from and against all liabilities, claims and expenses that may arise from any breach of these terms and conditions by you. This indemnity shall be applicable without regard to the negligence of any party. We do not exclude or limit any liability for death or personal injury due to our negligence.
TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP
You may terminate your Membership at any time with immediate effect by serving written or electronic notice on JapaneseCupid. Should you object to any provision of the terms and conditions or any subsequent modifications, your only recourse is to immediately terminate use of the Service and notify of termination. JapaneseCupid may terminate your Membership at any time by serving 1 day's notice of termination on you, or immediately if you have breached these terms and conditions. Upon termination of the Service, your right to use the Service immediately ceases and you acknowledge and agree that JapaneseCupid may immediately delete the files in your account, bar any further access to such files or the Service. Upon termination of this Service, you are not entitled to a refund of any fees paid to JapaneseCupid. JapaneseCupid shall not be liable to you or any third party for termination of your Membership in accordance with these terms and conditions.
CONTACT
You can contact about any problems or questions with this Web Site at support@Japanesecupid.com. We reserve the right not to respond to any membership queries that do not include your Username and the name of the website you are registered with. These terms and conditions and any modifications hereto constitute the entire agreement between the parties with regard to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior understandings and agreements, whether written or oral, as to such subject matter (except for fraudulent misrepresentations). You agree that JapaneseCupid has the right to assign or sub-contract any or all of its obligations under these terms and conditions. You shall not, without JapaneseCupid's prior written consent, assign these terms and conditions.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Illinois without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You agree to personal jurisdiction by and exclusive venue in the state and federal courts of the State of Illinois, City of Chicago with regard to any and all claims by you arising out of or related to the Websites. This Agreement shall not be governed by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, the application of which is hereby expressly excluded.