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Terms & Conditions
User Agreement
Last Updated: August 21, 2007
This agreement describes the terms on which you may access and use our services.
In order to become a ChamberFish.com user, you must read and accept all of the
terms and conditions of this agreement and the Privacy Policy. In the event of
any inconsistency between the ChamberFish.com Privacy Policy and this User
Agreement, the User Agreement shall control. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
deemed to confer any third-party rights or benefits. If you do not agree to be
bound by the terms of this Agreement, you may not use nor access our services.
We reserve the right to modify this Agreement at any time, and without prior
notice, by posting amended terms on this website. Your continued use of the
ChamberFish.com service indicates your acceptance of the amended User Agreement.
Description of Service
ChamberFish.com is an online service offered to enable professionals find and
connect with other professionals more effectively (the ChamberFish.com
Service). Whether looking for a job, a lead for that next deal, or an industry
expert, ChamberFish.com users can make contact with thousands of professionals
who are users of the ChamberFish.com Service.
Membership Eligibility
The ChamberFish.com Service is not available to minors under the age of 18 or to
any users suspended or removed from the system by ChamberFish.com for any
reason. Users may not have more than one active account. Additionally, users are
prohibited from selling, trading, or otherwise transferring your ChamberFish.com
account to another party. If you do not qualify, you may not use the
ChamberFish.com Service.
Use of Service
Your use of the ChamberFish.com Service is governed by this User Agreement.
ChamberFish.com may refuse service without prior notice to any user for any or
no reason.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and
account, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your
password or account with or without your knowledge. If you knowingly provide
your login and password information to another person, your account privileges
may be suspended temporarily or terminated. You agree to immediately notify
ChamberFish.com of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other
breach of security. ChamberFish.com cannot and will not be liable for any loss
or damage arising from your failure to comply with this section.
Termination
You agree that ChamberFish.com may, with or without cause, immediately terminate
your ChamberFish.com account and access to the ChamberFish.com Service without
prior notice. Without limiting the foregoing, the following will lead to a
termination by ChamberFish.com of a user's use of the ChamberFish.com Service
(a) breaches or violations of this User Agreement or other incorporated
agreements or guidelines, (b) requests by law enforcement or other government
agencies, (c) a request by you (self-initiated account deletions), (d)
unexpected technical issues or problems, and (e) extended periods of inactivity.
Termination of your ChamberFish.com account includes removal of access to all
offerings within the ChamberFish.com Service and may also bar you from further
use of the ChamberFish.com Service. Furthermore, you agree that all terminations
shall be made in ChamberFish.com's sole discretion and that ChamberFish.com
shall not be liable to you nor any third-party for any termination of your
account or access to the ChamberFish.com Service.
User Conduct
You understand and agree not to use ChamberFish.com to:
Post content or initiate communications which are unlawful, libelous, abusive,
obscene, discriminatory, or otherwise objectionable.
Use the ChamberFish.com Service for any illegal purpose, including but not
limited to conspiring to violate laws.
Falsely state, impersonate, or otherwise misrepresent your identity, including
but not limited to the use of a pseudonym, or misrepresenting your current or
previous positions and qualifications, or your affiliations with a person or
entity, past or present.
Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any content or
initiate communications which include information that you do not have the right
to disclose or make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary
relationships (such as insider information, or proprietary and confidential
information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under
nondisclosure agreements).
Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any content or
initiate communication that infringes upon patents, trademarks, trade secrets,
copyrights or other proprietary rights.
Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or
unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail,spam,chain
letters,pyramid schemes, or any other form of solicitation. This prohibition
includes but is not limited to a) Using ChamberFish.com invitations to send
messages to people who don't know you or who are unlikely to recognize you as a
known contact; b) Using ChamberFish.com to connect to people who don't know you
and then sending unsolicited promotional messages to those direct connections
without their permission; and c) Sending messages to distribution lists,
newsgroup aliases, or group aliases.
Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available 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.
Stalk or harass anyone.
Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the
origin of any communication transmitted through the ChamberFish.com Service.
Post content in fields that aren't intended for that content. Example: Putting
an address in a name or title field.
Interfere with or disrupt the ChamberFish.com Service or servers or networks
connected to the ChamberFish.com Service, or disobey any requirements,
procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the ChamberFish.com
Service.
International Use
Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all
applicable local rules including but not limited to 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.
Information Provided on this Website
In the course of using the ChamberFish.com Service, users may provide
information about themselves which may be visible to certain other users (see
our Privacy Policy to learn more about information collected on this website).
You understand that by posting materials on the ChamberFish.com website or
otherwise providing materials to ChamberFish.com, you are granting to
ChamberFish.com Corporation a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable license to
use this information in the course of offering the ChamberFish.com service.
Furthermore, you understand that ChamberFish.com retains the right to reformat,
excerpt, or translate any materials submitted by you. You understand that all
information publicly posted or privately transmitted through the ChamberFish.com
Service is the sole responsibility of the person from which such content
originated and that ChamberFish.com will not be liable for any errors or
omissions in any content. You understand that ChamberFish.com cannot guarantee
the identity of any other users with whom you may interact in the course of
using the ChamberFish.com Service. Additionally, we cannot guarantee the
authenticity of any data which users may provide about themselves or
relationships they may describe.
Access to Service
Use of manual or automated software, devices, or other processes to ∜crawl∠or
∜spider∠any web pages contained in the ChamberFish.com website is strictly
prohibited. You agree not to monitor or copy, or allow others to monitor or
copy, our web pages or the content included herein. You also agree not to
∜frame∠or otherwise simulate the appearance or function of this website.
Furthermore, you agree not to take any action that interferes with the proper
working of or places an unreasonable load on our infrastructure, including but
not limited to unsolicited communications, attempts to gain unauthorized access,
or transmission or activation of computer viruses.
ChamberFish.com Communications
In the course of providing you services, ChamberFish.com may need to communicate
with you via email (see our Privacy Policy to learn more about communications).
You agree to receive emails which are specific to your account and necessary for
the normal functioning of the ChamberFish.com Service, including a series of up
to five welcome emails which help inform new users about various features of the
ChamberFish.com Service. You also agree to have your name and/or email address
listed in the header of certain communications which you initiate through the
ChamberFish.com Service.
Monitoring and Enforcement
While we have the right to monitor activity and content associated with the
ChamberFish.com Service, we are not obligated to do so. And since we do not, and
may not have the ability to, control or actively monitor content we don't
guarantee its accuracy, integrity or quality. Because community standards vary
and individuals sometimes choose not to comply with our policies and practices,
in the process of using our website, you may be exposed to content that you find
offensive or objectionable. You can contact our Customer Service Department to
let us know of content that you find objectionable. We may investigate the
complaints and violations of our policies that come to our attention and may
take any action that we believe is appropriate, including, but not limited to
issuing warnings, removing the content or terminating accounts and/or
subscriptions. However, because situations and interpretations vary, we also
reserve the right not to take any action. Under no circumstances will we be
liable in any way for any content, including, but not limited to, any errors or
omissions in any content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result
of the use of, access to, or denial of access to any content on the website.
Fees
Signing up for a basic ChamberFish.com account is free. Certain other services
are provided for free only to beta users. ChamberFish.com reserves the right to
charge for the ChamberFish.com Service or any portion thereof, modify the
pricing of, add to, or discontinue the ChamberFish.com Service or any portion
thereof without prior notice.
Indemnification
By accepting this User Agreement, you agree to indemnify and otherwise hold
harmless ChamberFish.com Corporation, its officers, employees, agents,
subsidiaries, affiliates and other partners from any direct, indirect,
incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages resulting from i) your
use of the ChamberFish.com Service; ii) unauthorized access to or alteration of
your communications with or through the ChamberFish.com Service, or iii) any
other matter relating to the ChamberFish.com Service. Any business transactions
which may arise between users from their use of ChamberFish.com are the sole
responsibility of the users involved.
Without limitation of the terms and conditions set forth in our Privacy Policy,
you understand and agree that ChamberFish.com may disclose personally
identifiable information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief
that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process,
enforce this User Agreement, or protect the rights, property, or safety of
ChamberFish.com, its users, and the public.
Disclaimer of Warranties
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE ChamberFish.com SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN ∜AS
IS∠AND ∜AS AVAILABLE∠BASIS AND THAT ChamberFish.com DOES NOT ASSUME ANY
RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROMPT OR PROPER DELIVERY, OR RETENTION OF ANY USER
INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN USERS. ChamberFish.com ASSUMES NO
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR EXISTENCE OF ANY COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN
USERS. ChamberFish.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.
ChamberFish.com MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE ChamberFish.com SERVICE WILL MEET
YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE ChamberFish.com SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED,
TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE
OF THE ChamberFish.com SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF
ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY
YOU THROUGH THE ChamberFish.com SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND (V) ANY
ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.
ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE
ChamberFish.com 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 THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM
ChamberFish.com OR THROUGH OR FROM THE ChamberFish.com SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY
WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS USER AGREEMENT.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE
LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Entire Agreement
The User Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and
ChamberFish.com and governs your use of the ChamberFish.com Service, superseding
any prior agreements between you and ChamberFish.com.
Limitation of Liability
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ChamberFish.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 ChamberFish.com HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES). SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF
THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO
EVENT WILL ChamberFish.com'S TOTAL CUMULATIVE DAMAGES EXCEED US$ 100.
Governing Law
The User Agreement between you and ChamberFish.com Corporation will be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California without
regard to conflict of laws principles.
General Information
ChamberFish.com, the ChamberFish.com logo, and other ChamberFish.com logos and
names are trademarks of ChamberFish.com Corporation. You agree not to display or
use these trademarks in any manner without ChamberFish.com's prior, written
permission. The section titles of this User Agreement are displayed for
convenience only and have no legal effect. Please send any questions or
comments, or report violations of the User Agreement to:
ChamberFish.com, LLC.
Attn: User Agreement Issues
2800 Forehand Dr
Chesapeake, VA 23323
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