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Terms of Use |
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scratchmysoul.com Terms of Service |
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Welcome to scratchmysoul.com, an online Internet service, operated by ConscienceCompass
and its affiliates (henceforth referred to as ‘WE’ or SMS management). By using
the scratchmysoul.com online personal networking service (the "sms service"), you
accept and agree to be bound by its terms and conditions-the "Terms of Service").
Nothing in these Terms of Service should be construed to confer any rights to third
party beneficiaries. |
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changes to scratchmysoul.com and terms and conditions |
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We reserve the right to modify or terminate the scratchmysoul.com service for any
reason, and without notice, without liability to you, any other user or any third
party. We also reserve the right to modify these Terms of Service from time to time
without notice. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these Terms of Service
so that you will be apprised of any changes. |
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appropriate conduct and content; personal use only |
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The scratchmysoul.com service is made available for your personal, non-commercial
use only. Businesses, organizations or other legal entities may not use the scratchmysoul.com
service for any purpose, without the explicit permission in writing of sms management.
You may not use the scratchmysoul.com service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose.
International users agree to comply with all local/national/transnational/international
rules regarding online conduct and acceptable content. You are solely responsible
for your conduct and any perceptional data, text, information, graphics, photos,
profiles, audio and video clips, links and other content ("Materials") that you
submit, post, and display using the scratchmysoul.com service as a tool and as a
platform.
You shall not post any malicious, false, untruthful, pornographic, unlawful, fraudulent,
threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable, or that infringes
or violates any party's freedom, liberty, independence, intellectual property or
other proprietary rights or these Terms of Service, or abusive material (henceforth
called, “Improper Materials”) on this site. We shall strive to remove, even though
we may have no obligation to, remove such Improper Materials that we determine in
our sole discretion are unlawful, fraudulent, threatening, libelous, defamatory,
obscene or otherwise objectionable, or that infringes or violates any party's freedom,
liberty, independence, intellectual property or other proprietary rights or these
Terms of Service. However, the sole moral, physical, legal responsibility for posting
all nature of materials provided by you rest squarely on you and you should ensure
that you do not supply any “Improper Materials”.
Other examples of illegal or unauthorized uses include, but are not limited to:
• modifying, adapting, translating, or reverse engineering any portion of the scratchmysoul.com
service;
• removing any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained
in or on the scratchmysoul.com service;
• using any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other device to
retrieve or index any portion or the scratchmysoul.com service;
• collecting any information (including usernames and/or email addresses, data that
is archived as a ‘paid-only’ data) without prior permission;
• reformatting or framing any portion of the web pages that are part of the scratchmysoul.com
service;
• creating user accounts by automated means or under false or fraudulent pretenses;
• creating or transmitting unwanted electronic communications such as "spam," or
chain letters to other Members or otherwise interfering with other Member's enjoyment
of the service;
• submitting Materials of any third party without such third party's prior written
consent;
• directing any user (for example, by linking) to any Materials of any third party
without such third party's prior written consent;
• submitting Materials that falsely express or imply that such Materials are sponsored
or endorsed by scratchmysoul.com;
• submitting Materials that infringe, misappropriate or violate the intellectual
property, publicity, privacy or other proprietary rights of any party;
• transmitting any viruses, worms, defects, Trojan horses or other items of a destructive
nature;
• submitting Materials that are unlawful or promote or encourage illegal activity;
or
• submitting false or misleading information.
While scratchmysoul.com prohibits such conduct and content on its site, you understand
and agree that you nonetheless may be exposed to such Materials and that you use
the scratchmysoul.com service at your own risk.
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scratchmysoul.com's proprietary rights |
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By submitting, posting or displaying any perceptions, views, commentary-textual
or audio-visual materials(henceforth to be called “Materials”) on or through the
scratchmysoul.com service, you automatically grant to us a worldwide, non-exclusive,
sublicenseable, transferable, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right to copy,
distribute, create derivative works of, publicly perform and display such Materials.
Conscience Compass and scratchmysoul.com and affiliates and licensors own and retain
all rights in the scratchmysoul.com Web site and service, which contain proprietary
and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property
and other laws. Except as expressly authorized by scratchmysoul.com, you may not
copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display or sell any of scratchmysoul.com's
proprietary information. The Global Perception Rating Framework is the intellectual
property of Shri Raghav Chandra, A-54, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi-16, and is copyrighted
in his favor with the Registrar of Copyrights of the Government of India.
Our collection and use of personal information is governed by our Privacy Policy.
Click here to review the scratchmysoul.com Privacy Policy. You understand and agree
that scratchmysoul.com may access, preserve, and disclose your personal information
and the contents of your account if required to do so by law or in a good faith
and belief that such access or disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with
legal process or protect the rights and property of scratchmysoul.com, its affiliates
or the public.
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disclaimer of warranties |
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scratchmysoul.comand its affiliates, licensors, partners, suppliers, consultants
and agents ("scratchmysoul.com") disclaim any and all responsibility or liability
for the accuracy, content, completeness, legality, reliability, or operability or
availability of information or materials displayed on the scratchmysoul.com service.
Scratchmysoul.com disclaims any and all responsibility and liability for the conduct
of any users. Users are thus advised to bear this in mind and take suitable precautionary
steps.
The scratchmysoul.com service, and all materials, information (including, without
limitation, any information or materials obtained or accessed through the scratchmysoul.com
services), products and services included therein are provided on a "as is," basis,
with no warranties whatsoever. We expressly disclaim to the fullest extent permitted
by law all express, implied, and statutory warranties, including, without limitation,
the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement
of proprietary rights. You agree that your use of the scratchmysoul.com service
is entirely at your own risk.
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hold harmless and indemnity |
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You agree to hold harmless and indemnify scratchmysoul.com from and against any
third party claim arising from or in any way related to your use of the scratchmysoul.com
service, including any liability or expense arising from all claims, losses, damages
(actual and consequential), suits, judgments, litigation costs and attorneys' fees,
of every kind and nature. As far as possible, scratchmysoul.com will provide you
with written notice of such claim, suit or action. |
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limitation of liability |
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under no circumstances will scratchmysoul.com be liable to you for any indirect,
incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages arising out of or in connection
with use of the scratchmysoul.com service, whether or not scratchmysoul.com has
been advised of the possibility of such damages.
These Terms of Service will apply to your use of the scratchmysoul.com service.
Our proprietary rights, disclaimer of warranties, indemnities, limitations of liability
and miscellaneous provisions shall survive any termination of your usage of this
site.
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notices |
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Scratchmysoul.com may provide you with notices regarding the scratchmysoul.com service
or these Terms of Service by regular mail, email, or postings to this Web site.
Without limiting the foregoing, under no circumstances shall scratchmysoul.com be
held liable for any delay or failure in performance resulting directly or indirectly
from acts of nature, forces, or causes beyond its reasonable control, including,
without limitation, Internet failures, computer equipment failures, telecommunication
equipment failures, other equipment failures, electrical power failures, strikes,
labor disputes, riots, insurrections, civil disturbances, shortages of labor or
materials, fires, floods, storms, explosions, acts of God, war, governmental actions,
orders of domestic or foreign courts or tribunals, non-performance of third parties,
or loss of or fluctuations in heat, light, or air conditioning.
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