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Peroosal Terms of Service
Welcome to Peroosal!
1. Your relationship with Peroosal
1.1 Your use of Peroosal’s products, software, services and web sites (referred to collectively as the “Services” in this document and excluding any services
provided to you by Peroosal under a separate written agreement) is subject to the terms of a legal agreement between you and Peroosal. “Peroosal”
means Peroosal Inc., whose principal place of business is at Florence, SC 29505, United States of America. This document explains
how the agreement is made up, and sets out some of the terms of that agreement.
1.2 Unless otherwise agreed in writing with Peroosal, your agreement with Peroosal will always include, at a minimum, the terms and conditions set out in this
document. These are referred to below as the “Universal Terms”.
1.3 Your agreement with Peroosal will also include the terms of any Legal Notices applicable to the Services, in addition to the Universal Terms. All of these are
referred to below as the “Additional Terms”. Where Additional Terms apply to a Service, these will be accessible for you to read either within, or through
your use of, that Service.
1.4 The Universal Terms, together with the Additional Terms, form a legally binding agreement between you and Peroosal in relation to your use of the
Services. It is important that you take the time to read them carefully. Collectively, this legal agreement is referred to below as the “Terms”.
1.5 If there is any contradiction between what the Additional Terms say and what the Universal Terms say, then the Additional Terms shall take precedence in
relation to that Service.
2. Accepting the Terms
2.1 In order to use the Services, you must first agree to the Terms. You may not use the Services if you do not accept the Terms.
2.2 You can accept the Terms by:
(A) clicking to accept or agree to the Terms, where this option is made available to you by Peroosal in the user interface for any Service; or
(B) by actually using the Services. In this case, you understand and agree that Peroosal will treat your use of the Services as acceptance of the Terms
from that point onwards.
2.3 You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if:
(A) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with Peroosal, or
(B) you are a person barred from receiving the Services under the laws of the United States or other countries including the country in which you are
resident or from which you use the Services.
2.4 Before you continue, you should print off or save a local copy of the Universal Terms for your records.
3. Language of the Terms
3.1 Where Peroosal has provided you with a translation of the English language version of the Terms, then you agree that the translation is provided for your
convenience only and that the English language versions of the Terms will govern your relationship with Peroosal.
3.2 If there is any contradiction between what the English language version of the Terms says and what a translation says, then the English language version
shall take precedence.
4. Provision of the Services by Peroosal
4.1 Peroosal has subsidiaries and affiliated legal entities around the world (“Subsidiaries and Affiliates”). Sometimes, these companies will be providing the
Services to you on behalf of Peroosal itself. You acknowledge and agree that Subsidiaries and Affiliates will be entitled to provide the Services to you.
4.2 Peroosal is constantly innovating in order to provide the best possible experience for its users. You acknowledge and agree that the form and nature of the
Services which Peroosal provides may change from time to time without prior notice to you.
4.3 As part of this continuing innovation, you acknowledge and agree that Peroosal may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Services (or any
features within the Services) to you or to users generally at Peroosal’s sole discretion, without prior notice to you. You may stop using the Services at any
time. You do not need to specifically inform Peroosal when you stop using the Services.
4.4 You acknowledge and agree that if Peroosal disables access to your account, you may be prevented from accessing the Services, your account details or
any files or other content which is contained in your account.
4.5 You acknowledge and agree that while Peroosal may not currently have set a fixed upper limit on the number of transmissions you may send or receive
through the Services or on the amount of storage space used for the provision of any Service, such fixed upper limits may be set by Peroosal at any time,
at Peroosal’s discretion.
5. Use of the Services by you
5.1 In order to access certain Services, you may be required to provide information about yourself (such as identification or contact details) as part of the
registration process for the Service, or as part of your continued use of the Services. You agree that any registration information you give to Peroosal will
always be accurate, correct and up to date.
5.2 You agree to use the Services only for purposes that are permitted by (a) the Terms and (b) any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices
or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions (including any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the United States or other relevant
countries).
5.3 You agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Peroosal, unless you
have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with Peroosal. You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the
Services through any automated means (including use of scripts or web crawlers) and shall ensure that you comply with the instructions set out in any
robots.txt file present on the Services.
5.4 You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the servers and networks which are connected to the
Services).
5.5 Unless you have been specifically permitted to do so in a separate agreement with Peroosal, you agree that you will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell,
trade or resell the Services for any purpose.
5.6 You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Peroosal has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any breach of your obligations under
the Terms and for the consequences (including any loss or damage which Peroosal may suffer) of any such breach.
6. Your passwords and account security
6.1 You agree and understand that you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of passwords associated with any account you use to access the
Services.
6.2 Accordingly, you agree that you will be solely responsible to Peroosal for all activities that occur under your account.
6.3 If you become aware of any unauthorized use of your password or of your account, you agree to notify Peroosal immediately at:
http://www.peroosal.com/support/accounts/.
7. Privacy and your personal information
7.1 For information about Peroosal’s data protection practices, please read Peroosal’s privacy policy at http://privacy.peroosal.com/. This policy
explains how Peroosal treats your personal information, and protects your privacy, when you use the Services.
7.2 You agree to the use of your data in accordance with Peroosal’s privacy policies.
8. Content in the Services
8.1 You understand that all information (such as data files, written text, computer software, music, audio files or other sounds, photographs, videos or other
images) which you may have access to as part of, or through your use of, the Services are the sole responsibility of the person from which such content
originated. All such information is referred to below as the “Content”.
8.2 You should be aware that Content presented to you as part of the Services, including but not limited to advertisements in the Services and sponsored
Content within the Services may be protected by intellectual property rights which are owned by the sponsors or advertisers who provide that Content to
Peroosal (or by other persons or companies on their behalf). You may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on this
Content (either in whole or in part) unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Peroosal or by the owners of that Content, in a separate
agreement.
8.3 Peroosal reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all Content from any Service.
For some of the Services, Peroosal may provide tools to filter out explicit sexual content. These tools include the SafeSearch preference settings (see
http: //www.peroosal.com/help/customize.html#safe). In addition, there are commercially available services and software to limit access to material that you
may find objectionable.
8.4 You understand that by using the Services you may be exposed to Content that you may find offensive, indecent or objectionable and that, in this respect,
you use the Services at your own risk.
8.5 You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Peroosal has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any Content that you create, transmit
or display while using the Services and for the consequences of your actions (including any loss or damage which Peroosal may suffer) by doing so.
9. Proprietary rights
9.1 You acknowledge and agree that Peroosal (or Peroosal’s licensors) own all legal right, title and interest in and to the Services, including any intellectual
property rights which subsist in the Services (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). You
further acknowledge that the Services may contain information which is designated confidential by Peroosal and that you shall not disclose such information
without Peroosal’s prior written consent.
9.2 Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with Peroosal, nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use any of Peroosal’s trade names, trade marks,
service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features.
9.3 If you have been given an explicit right to use any of these brand features in a separate written agreement with Peroosal, then you agree that your use of such features
shall be in compliance with that agreement, any applicable provisions of the Terms, and Peroosal's brand feature use guidelines as updated from time to time. These
guidelines can be viewed online at http://permissions.peroosal.com/ (or such other URL as Peroosal may provide for this purpose from time to time).
9.4 Other than the limited license set forth in Section 11, Peroosal acknowledges and agrees that it obtains no right, title or interest from you (or your licensors) under these
Terms in or to any Content that you submit, post, transmit or display on, or through, the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in that Content
(whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with Peroosal, you
agree that you are responsible for protecting and enforcing those rights and that Peroosal has no obligation to do so on your behalf.
9.5 You agree that you shall not remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary rights notices (including copyright and trade mark notices) which may be affixed to or contained
within the Services.
9.6 Unless you have been expressly authorized to do so in writing by Peroosal, you agree that in using the Services, you will not use any trade mark, service mark, trade
name, logo of any company or organization in a way that is likely or intended to cause confusion about the owner or authorized user of such marks, names or logos.
10. License from Peroosal
10.1 Peroosal gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive licence to use the software provided to you by Peroosal as part of the
Services as provided to you by Peroosal (referred to as the “Software” below). This licence is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the
Services as provided by Peroosal, in the manner permitted by the Terms.
10.2 You may not (and you may not permit anyone else to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise attempt to extract the source
code of the Software or any part thereof, unless this is expressly permitted or required by law, or unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by
Peroosal, in writing.
10.3 Unless Peroosal has given you specific written permission to do so, you may not assign (or grant a sub-licence of) your rights to use the Software, grant a security
interest in or over your rights to use the Software, or otherwise transfer any part of your rights to use the Software.
11. Content licence from you
11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or
displaying the content you give Peroosal a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive licence to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish,
publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This licence is for the sole purpose of
enabling Peroosal to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.
11.2 You agree that this licence includes a right for Peroosal to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Peroosal has
relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.
11.3 You understand that Peroosal, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various
public networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements
of connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this licence shall permit Peroosal to take these actions.
11.4 You confirm and warrant to Peroosal that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above licence.
12. Software updates
12.1 The Software which you use may automatically download and install updates from time to time from Peroosal. These updates are designed to improve, enhance and
further develop the Services and may take the form of bug fixes, enhanced functions, new software modules and completely new versions. You agree to receive such
updates (and permit Peroosal to deliver these to you) as part of your use of the Services.
13. Ending your relationship with Peroosal
13.1 The Terms will continue to apply until terminated by either you or Peroosal as set out below.
13.2 If you want to terminate your legal agreement with Peroosal, you may do so by (a) notifying Peroosal at any time and (b) closing your accounts for all of
the Services which you use, where Peroosal has made this option available to you. Your notice should be sent, in writing, to Peroosal’s address which is
set out at the beginning of these Terms.
13.3 Peroosal may at any time, terminate its legal agreement with you if:
(A) you have breached any provision of the Terms (or have acted in manner which clearly shows that you do not intend to, or are unable to comply with
the provisions of the Terms); or
(B) Peroosal is required to do so by law (for example, where the provision of the Services to you is, or becomes, unlawful); or
(C) the partner with whom Peroosal offered the Services to you has terminated its relationship with Peroosal or ceased to offer the Services to you; or
(D) Peroosal is transitioning to no longer providing the Services to users in the country in which you are resident or from which you use the service; or
(E) the provision of the Services to you by Peroosal is, in Peroosal’s opinion, no longer commercially viable.
13.4 Nothing in this Section shall affect Peroosal’s rights regarding provision of Services under Section 4 of the Terms.
13.5 When these Terms come to an end, all of the legal rights, obligations and liabilities that you and Peroosal have benefited from, been subject to (or which
have accrued over time whilst the Terms have been in force) or which are expressed to continue indefinitely, shall be unaffected by this cessation, and
the provisions of paragraph 20.7 shall continue to apply to such rights, obligations and liabilities indefinitely.
14. EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES
14.1 NOTHING IN THESE TERMS, INCLUDING SECTIONS 14 AND 15, SHALL EXCLUDE OR LIMIT PEROOSAL’S WARRANTY OR LIABILITY FOR LOSSES
WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF
CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE,
BREACH OF CONTRACT OR BREACH OF IMPLIED TERMS, OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, ONLY THE
LIMITATIONS WHICH ARE LAWFUL IN YOUR JURISDICTION WILL APPLY TO YOU AND OUR LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW.
14.2 YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT THE SERVICES ARE
PROVIDED "AS IS" AND “AS AVAILABLE.”
14.3 IN PARTICULAR, PEROOSAL, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT TO YOU THAT:
(A) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS,
(B) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR FREE FROM ERROR,
(C) ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, AND
(D) THAT DEFECTS IN THE OPERATION OR FUNCTIONALITY OF ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS PART OF THE SERVICES WILL BE
CORRECTED.
14.4 ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK
AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR OTHER DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT
RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
14.5 NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM PEROOSAL OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES SHALL
CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS.
14.6 PEROOSAL FURTHER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-
INFRINGEMENT.
15. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
15.1 SUBJECT TO OVERALL PROVISION IN PARAGRAPH 14.1 ABOVE, YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT PEROOSAL, ITS SUBSIDIARIES
AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR:
(A) ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, HOWEVER
CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY.. THIS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ANY LOSS OF PROFIT (WHETHER
INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY), ANY LOSS OF GOODWILL OR BUSINESS REPUTATION, ANY LOSS OF DATA SUFFERED, COST OF
PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSS;
(B) ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF:
(I) ANY RELIANCE PLACED BY YOU ON THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY OR EXISTENCE OF ANY ADVERTISING, OR AS A RESULT OF ANY
RELATIONSHIP OR TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY ADVERTISER OR SPONSOR WHOSE ADVERTISING APPEARS ON THE
SERVICES;
(II) ANY CHANGES WHICH PEROOSAL MAY MAKE TO THE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY CESSATION IN THE
PROVISION OF THE SERVICES (OR ANY FEATURES WITHIN THE SERVICES);
(III) THE DELETION OF, CORRUPTION OF, OR FAILURE TO STORE, ANY CONTENT AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DATA MAINTAINED OR
TRANSMITTED BY OR THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES;
(IV) YOUR FAILURE TO PROVIDE PEROOSAL WITH ACCURATE ACCOUNT INFORMATION;
(V) YOUR FAILURE TO KEEP YOUR PASSWORD OR ACCOUNT DETAILS SECURE AND CONFIDENTIAL;
15.2 THE LIMITATIONS ON PEROOSAL’S LIABILITY TO YOU IN PARAGRAPH 15.1 ABOVE SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT PEROOSAL HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH LOSSES ARISING.
16. Copyright and trade mark policies
16.1 It is Peroosal’s policy to respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable international intellectual property law (including,
in the United States, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act) and to terminating the accounts of repeat infringers. Details of Peroosal’s policy can be found at
http://dmca.peroosal.com/.
16.2 Peroosal operates a trade mark complaints procedure in respect of Peroosal’s advertising business, details of which can be found at
http://tmcomplaint.google.com/.
17. Advertisements
17.1 Some of the Services are supported by advertising revenue and may display advertisements and promotions. These advertisements may be targeted to
the content of information stored on the Services, queries made through the Services or other information.
17.2 The manner, mode and extent of advertising by Peroosal on the Services are subject to change without specific notice to you.
17.3 In consideration for Peroosal granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree that Peroosal may place such advertising on the Services.
18. Other content
18.1 The Services may include hyperlinks to other web sites or content or resources. Peroosal may have no control over any web sites or resources which are
provided by companies or persons other than Peroosal.
18.2 You acknowledge and agree that Peroosal is not responsible for the availability of any such external sites or resources, and does not endorse any
advertising, products or other materials on or available from such web sites or resources.
18.3 You acknowledge and agree that Peroosal is not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by you as a result of the availability of those
external sites or resources, or as a result of any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising, products or other
materials on, or available from, such web sites or resources.
19. Changes to the Terms
19.1 Peroosal may make changes to the Universal Terms or Additional Terms from time to time. When these changes are made, Peroosal will make a new
copy of the Universal Terms available at http://tos.peroosal.com/ and any new Additional Terms will be made available to you from
within, or through, the affected Services.
19.2 You understand and agree that if you use the Services after the date on which the Universal Terms or Additional Terms have changed, Peroosal will treat
your use as acceptance of the updated Universal Terms or Additional Terms.
20. General legal terms
20.1 Sometimes when you use the Services, you may (as a result of, or through your use of the Services) use a service or download a piece of software, or
purchase goods, which are provided by another person or company. Your use of these other services, software or goods may be subject to separate
terms between you and the company or person concerned. If so, the Terms do not affect your legal relationship with these other companies or individuals.
20.2 The Terms constitute the whole legal agreement between you and Peroosal and govern your use of the Services (but excluding any services which
Peroosal may provide to you under a separate written agreement), and completely replace any prior agreements between you and Peroosal in relation to
the Services.
20.3 You agree that Peroosal may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms, by email, regular mail, or postings on the
Services.
20.4 You agree that if Peroosal does not exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy which is contained in the Terms (or which Peroosal has the benefit of
under any applicable law), this will not be taken to be a formal waiver of Peroosal’s rights and that those rights or remedies will still be available to
Peroosal.
20.5 If any court of law, having the jurisdiction to decide on this matter, rules that any provision of these Terms is invalid, then that provision will be removed from the Terms
without affecting the rest of the Terms. The remaining provisions of the Terms will continue to be valid and enforceable.
20.6 You acknowledge and agree that each member of the group of companies of which Peroosal is the parent shall be third party beneficiaries to the Terms and that such
other companies shall be entitled to directly enforce, and rely upon, any provision of the Terms which confers a benefit on (or rights in favor of) them. Other than this,
no other person or company shall be third party beneficiaries to the Terms.
20.7 The Terms, and your relationship with Peroosal under the Terms, shall be governed by the laws of the State of South Carolina without regard to its conflict of laws
provisions. You and Peroosal agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of Florence, South Carolina to resolve any legal
matter arising from the Terms. Notwithstanding this, you agree that Peroosal shall still be allowed to apply for injunctive remedies (or an equivalent type of urgent
legal relief) in any jurisdiction.
July 4, 2008
Welcome to Peroosal!
1. Your relationship with Peroosal
1.1 Your use of Peroosal’s products, software, services and web sites (referred to collectively as the “Services” in this document and excluding any services
provided to you by Peroosal under a separate written agreement) is subject to the terms of a legal agreement between you and Peroosal. “Peroosal”
means Peroosal Inc., whose principal place of business is at Florence, SC 29505, United States of America. This document explains
how the agreement is made up, and sets out some of the terms of that agreement.
1.2 Unless otherwise agreed in writing with Peroosal, your agreement with Peroosal will always include, at a minimum, the terms and conditions set out in this
document. These are referred to below as the “Universal Terms”.
1.3 Your agreement with Peroosal will also include the terms of any Legal Notices applicable to the Services, in addition to the Universal Terms. All of these are
referred to below as the “Additional Terms”. Where Additional Terms apply to a Service, these will be accessible for you to read either within, or through
your use of, that Service.
1.4 The Universal Terms, together with the Additional Terms, form a legally binding agreement between you and Peroosal in relation to your use of the
Services. It is important that you take the time to read them carefully. Collectively, this legal agreement is referred to below as the “Terms”.
1.5 If there is any contradiction between what the Additional Terms say and what the Universal Terms say, then the Additional Terms shall take precedence in
relation to that Service.
2. Accepting the Terms
2.1 In order to use the Services, you must first agree to the Terms. You may not use the Services if you do not accept the Terms.
2.2 You can accept the Terms by:
(A) clicking to accept or agree to the Terms, where this option is made available to you by Peroosal in the user interface for any Service; or
(B) by actually using the Services. In this case, you understand and agree that Peroosal will treat your use of the Services as acceptance of the Terms
from that point onwards.
2.3 You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if:
(A) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with Peroosal, or
(B) you are a person barred from receiving the Services under the laws of the United States or other countries including the country in which you are
resident or from which you use the Services.
2.4 Before you continue, you should print off or save a local copy of the Universal Terms for your records.
3. Language of the Terms
3.1 Where Peroosal has provided you with a translation of the English language version of the Terms, then you agree that the translation is provided for your
convenience only and that the English language versions of the Terms will govern your relationship with Peroosal.
3.2 If there is any contradiction between what the English language version of the Terms says and what a translation says, then the English language version
shall take precedence.
4. Provision of the Services by Peroosal
4.1 Peroosal has subsidiaries and affiliated legal entities around the world (“Subsidiaries and Affiliates”). Sometimes, these companies will be providing the
Services to you on behalf of Peroosal itself. You acknowledge and agree that Subsidiaries and Affiliates will be entitled to provide the Services to you.
4.2 Peroosal is constantly innovating in order to provide the best possible experience for its users. You acknowledge and agree that the form and nature of the
Services which Peroosal provides may change from time to time without prior notice to you.
4.3 As part of this continuing innovation, you acknowledge and agree that Peroosal may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Services (or any
features within the Services) to you or to users generally at Peroosal’s sole discretion, without prior notice to you. You may stop using the Services at any
time. You do not need to specifically inform Peroosal when you stop using the Services.
4.4 You acknowledge and agree that if Peroosal disables access to your account, you may be prevented from accessing the Services, your account details or
any files or other content which is contained in your account.
4.5 You acknowledge and agree that while Peroosal may not currently have set a fixed upper limit on the number of transmissions you may send or receive
through the Services or on the amount of storage space used for the provision of any Service, such fixed upper limits may be set by Peroosal at any time,
at Peroosal’s discretion.
5. Use of the Services by you
5.1 In order to access certain Services, you may be required to provide information about yourself (such as identification or contact details) as part of the
registration process for the Service, or as part of your continued use of the Services. You agree that any registration information you give to Peroosal will
always be accurate, correct and up to date.
5.2 You agree to use the Services only for purposes that are permitted by (a) the Terms and (b) any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices
or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions (including any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the United States or other relevant
countries).
5.3 You agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Peroosal, unless you
have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with Peroosal. You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the
Services through any automated means (including use of scripts or web crawlers) and shall ensure that you comply with the instructions set out in any
robots.txt file present on the Services.
5.4 You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the servers and networks which are connected to the
Services).
5.5 Unless you have been specifically permitted to do so in a separate agreement with Peroosal, you agree that you will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell,
trade or resell the Services for any purpose.
5.6 You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Peroosal has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any breach of your obligations under
the Terms and for the consequences (including any loss or damage which Peroosal may suffer) of any such breach.
6. Your passwords and account security
6.1 You agree and understand that you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of passwords associated with any account you use to access the
Services.
6.2 Accordingly, you agree that you will be solely responsible to Peroosal for all activities that occur under your account.
6.3 If you become aware of any unauthorized use of your password or of your account, you agree to notify Peroosal immediately at:
http://www.peroosal.com/support/accounts/.
7. Privacy and your personal information
7.1 For information about Peroosal’s data protection practices, please read Peroosal’s privacy policy at http://privacy.peroosal.com/. This policy
explains how Peroosal treats your personal information, and protects your privacy, when you use the Services.
7.2 You agree to the use of your data in accordance with Peroosal’s privacy policies.
8. Content in the Services
8.1 You understand that all information (such as data files, written text, computer software, music, audio files or other sounds, photographs, videos or other
images) which you may have access to as part of, or through your use of, the Services are the sole responsibility of the person from which such content
originated. All such information is referred to below as the “Content”.
8.2 You should be aware that Content presented to you as part of the Services, including but not limited to advertisements in the Services and sponsored
Content within the Services may be protected by intellectual property rights which are owned by the sponsors or advertisers who provide that Content to
Peroosal (or by other persons or companies on their behalf). You may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on this
Content (either in whole or in part) unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Peroosal or by the owners of that Content, in a separate
agreement.
8.3 Peroosal reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all Content from any Service.
For some of the Services, Peroosal may provide tools to filter out explicit sexual content. These tools include the SafeSearch preference settings (see
http: //www.peroosal.com/help/customize.html#safe). In addition, there are commercially available services and software to limit access to material that you
may find objectionable.
8.4 You understand that by using the Services you may be exposed to Content that you may find offensive, indecent or objectionable and that, in this respect,
you use the Services at your own risk.
8.5 You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Peroosal has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any Content that you create, transmit
or display while using the Services and for the consequences of your actions (including any loss or damage which Peroosal may suffer) by doing so.
9. Proprietary rights
9.1 You acknowledge and agree that Peroosal (or Peroosal’s licensors) own all legal right, title and interest in and to the Services, including any intellectual
property rights which subsist in the Services (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). You
further acknowledge that the Services may contain information which is designated confidential by Peroosal and that you shall not disclose such information
without Peroosal’s prior written consent.
9.2 Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with Peroosal, nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use any of Peroosal’s trade names, trade marks,
service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features.
9.3 If you have been given an explicit right to use any of these brand features in a separate written agreement with Peroosal, then you agree that your use of such features
shall be in compliance with that agreement, any applicable provisions of the Terms, and Peroosal's brand feature use guidelines as updated from time to time. These
guidelines can be viewed online at http://permissions.peroosal.com/ (or such other URL as Peroosal may provide for this purpose from time to time).
9.4 Other than the limited license set forth in Section 11, Peroosal acknowledges and agrees that it obtains no right, title or interest from you (or your licensors) under these
Terms in or to any Content that you submit, post, transmit or display on, or through, the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in that Content
(whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with Peroosal, you
agree that you are responsible for protecting and enforcing those rights and that Peroosal has no obligation to do so on your behalf.
9.5 You agree that you shall not remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary rights notices (including copyright and trade mark notices) which may be affixed to or contained
within the Services.
9.6 Unless you have been expressly authorized to do so in writing by Peroosal, you agree that in using the Services, you will not use any trade mark, service mark, trade
name, logo of any company or organization in a way that is likely or intended to cause confusion about the owner or authorized user of such marks, names or logos.
10. License from Peroosal
10.1 Peroosal gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive licence to use the software provided to you by Peroosal as part of the
Services as provided to you by Peroosal (referred to as the “Software” below). This licence is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the
Services as provided by Peroosal, in the manner permitted by the Terms.
10.2 You may not (and you may not permit anyone else to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise attempt to extract the source
code of the Software or any part thereof, unless this is expressly permitted or required by law, or unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by
Peroosal, in writing.
10.3 Unless Peroosal has given you specific written permission to do so, you may not assign (or grant a sub-licence of) your rights to use the Software, grant a security
interest in or over your rights to use the Software, or otherwise transfer any part of your rights to use the Software.
11. Content licence from you
11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or
displaying the content you give Peroosal a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive licence to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish,
publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This licence is for the sole purpose of
enabling Peroosal to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.
11.2 You agree that this licence includes a right for Peroosal to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Peroosal has
relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.
11.3 You understand that Peroosal, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various
public networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements
of connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this licence shall permit Peroosal to take these actions.
11.4 You confirm and warrant to Peroosal that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above licence.
12. Software updates
12.1 The Software which you use may automatically download and install updates from time to time from Peroosal. These updates are designed to improve, enhance and
further develop the Services and may take the form of bug fixes, enhanced functions, new software modules and completely new versions. You agree to receive such
updates (and permit Peroosal to deliver these to you) as part of your use of the Services.
13. Ending your relationship with Peroosal
13.1 The Terms will continue to apply until terminated by either you or Peroosal as set out below.
13.2 If you want to terminate your legal agreement with Peroosal, you may do so by (a) notifying Peroosal at any time and (b) closing your accounts for all of
the Services which you use, where Peroosal has made this option available to you. Your notice should be sent, in writing, to Peroosal’s address which is
set out at the beginning of these Terms.
13.3 Peroosal may at any time, terminate its legal agreement with you if:
(A) you have breached any provision of the Terms (or have acted in manner which clearly shows that you do not intend to, or are unable to comply with
the provisions of the Terms); or
(B) Peroosal is required to do so by law (for example, where the provision of the Services to you is, or becomes, unlawful); or
(C) the partner with whom Peroosal offered the Services to you has terminated its relationship with Peroosal or ceased to offer the Services to you; or
(D) Peroosal is transitioning to no longer providing the Services to users in the country in which you are resident or from which you use the service; or
(E) the provision of the Services to you by Peroosal is, in Peroosal’s opinion, no longer commercially viable.
13.4 Nothing in this Section shall affect Peroosal’s rights regarding provision of Services under Section 4 of the Terms.
13.5 When these Terms come to an end, all of the legal rights, obligations and liabilities that you and Peroosal have benefited from, been subject to (or which
have accrued over time whilst the Terms have been in force) or which are expressed to continue indefinitely, shall be unaffected by this cessation, and
the provisions of paragraph 20.7 shall continue to apply to such rights, obligations and liabilities indefinitely.
14. EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES
14.1 NOTHING IN THESE TERMS, INCLUDING SECTIONS 14 AND 15, SHALL EXCLUDE OR LIMIT PEROOSAL’S WARRANTY OR LIABILITY FOR LOSSES
WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF
CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE,
BREACH OF CONTRACT OR BREACH OF IMPLIED TERMS, OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, ONLY THE
LIMITATIONS WHICH ARE LAWFUL IN YOUR JURISDICTION WILL APPLY TO YOU AND OUR LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW.
14.2 YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT THE SERVICES ARE
PROVIDED "AS IS" AND “AS AVAILABLE.”
14.3 IN PARTICULAR, PEROOSAL, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT TO YOU THAT:
(A) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS,
(B) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR FREE FROM ERROR,
(C) ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, AND
(D) THAT DEFECTS IN THE OPERATION OR FUNCTIONALITY OF ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS PART OF THE SERVICES WILL BE
CORRECTED.
14.4 ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK
AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR OTHER DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT
RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
14.5 NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM PEROOSAL OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES SHALL
CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS.
14.6 PEROOSAL FURTHER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-
INFRINGEMENT.
15. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
15.1 SUBJECT TO OVERALL PROVISION IN PARAGRAPH 14.1 ABOVE, YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT PEROOSAL, ITS SUBSIDIARIES
AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR:
(A) ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, HOWEVER
CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY.. THIS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ANY LOSS OF PROFIT (WHETHER
INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY), ANY LOSS OF GOODWILL OR BUSINESS REPUTATION, ANY LOSS OF DATA SUFFERED, COST OF
PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSS;
(B) ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF:
(I) ANY RELIANCE PLACED BY YOU ON THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY OR EXISTENCE OF ANY ADVERTISING, OR AS A RESULT OF ANY
RELATIONSHIP OR TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY ADVERTISER OR SPONSOR WHOSE ADVERTISING APPEARS ON THE
SERVICES;
(II) ANY CHANGES WHICH PEROOSAL MAY MAKE TO THE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY CESSATION IN THE
PROVISION OF THE SERVICES (OR ANY FEATURES WITHIN THE SERVICES);
(III) THE DELETION OF, CORRUPTION OF, OR FAILURE TO STORE, ANY CONTENT AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DATA MAINTAINED OR
TRANSMITTED BY OR THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES;
(IV) YOUR FAILURE TO PROVIDE PEROOSAL WITH ACCURATE ACCOUNT INFORMATION;
(V) YOUR FAILURE TO KEEP YOUR PASSWORD OR ACCOUNT DETAILS SECURE AND CONFIDENTIAL;
15.2 THE LIMITATIONS ON PEROOSAL’S LIABILITY TO YOU IN PARAGRAPH 15.1 ABOVE SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT PEROOSAL HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH LOSSES ARISING.
16. Copyright and trade mark policies
16.1 It is Peroosal’s policy to respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable international intellectual property law (including,
in the United States, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act) and to terminating the accounts of repeat infringers. Details of Peroosal’s policy can be found at
http://dmca.peroosal.com/.
16.2 Peroosal operates a trade mark complaints procedure in respect of Peroosal’s advertising business, details of which can be found at
http://tmcomplaint.google.com/.
17. Advertisements
17.1 Some of the Services are supported by advertising revenue and may display advertisements and promotions. These advertisements may be targeted to
the content of information stored on the Services, queries made through the Services or other information.
17.2 The manner, mode and extent of advertising by Peroosal on the Services are subject to change without specific notice to you.
17.3 In consideration for Peroosal granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree that Peroosal may place such advertising on the Services.
18. Other content
18.1 The Services may include hyperlinks to other web sites or content or resources. Peroosal may have no control over any web sites or resources which are
provided by companies or persons other than Peroosal.
18.2 You acknowledge and agree that Peroosal is not responsible for the availability of any such external sites or resources, and does not endorse any
advertising, products or other materials on or available from such web sites or resources.
18.3 You acknowledge and agree that Peroosal is not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by you as a result of the availability of those
external sites or resources, or as a result of any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising, products or other
materials on, or available from, such web sites or resources.
19. Changes to the Terms
19.1 Peroosal may make changes to the Universal Terms or Additional Terms from time to time. When these changes are made, Peroosal will make a new
copy of the Universal Terms available at http://tos.peroosal.com/ and any new Additional Terms will be made available to you from
within, or through, the affected Services.
19.2 You understand and agree that if you use the Services after the date on which the Universal Terms or Additional Terms have changed, Peroosal will treat
your use as acceptance of the updated Universal Terms or Additional Terms.
20. General legal terms
20.1 Sometimes when you use the Services, you may (as a result of, or through your use of the Services) use a service or download a piece of software, or
purchase goods, which are provided by another person or company. Your use of these other services, software or goods may be subject to separate
terms between you and the company or person concerned. If so, the Terms do not affect your legal relationship with these other companies or individuals.
20.2 The Terms constitute the whole legal agreement between you and Peroosal and govern your use of the Services (but excluding any services which
Peroosal may provide to you under a separate written agreement), and completely replace any prior agreements between you and Peroosal in relation to
the Services.
20.3 You agree that Peroosal may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms, by email, regular mail, or postings on the
Services.
20.4 You agree that if Peroosal does not exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy which is contained in the Terms (or which Peroosal has the benefit of
under any applicable law), this will not be taken to be a formal waiver of Peroosal’s rights and that those rights or remedies will still be available to
Peroosal.
20.5 If any court of law, having the jurisdiction to decide on this matter, rules that any provision of these Terms is invalid, then that provision will be removed from the Terms
without affecting the rest of the Terms. The remaining provisions of the Terms will continue to be valid and enforceable.
20.6 You acknowledge and agree that each member of the group of companies of which Peroosal is the parent shall be third party beneficiaries to the Terms and that such
other companies shall be entitled to directly enforce, and rely upon, any provision of the Terms which confers a benefit on (or rights in favor of) them. Other than this,
no other person or company shall be third party beneficiaries to the Terms.
20.7 The Terms, and your relationship with Peroosal under the Terms, shall be governed by the laws of the State of South Carolina without regard to its conflict of laws
provisions. You and Peroosal agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of Florence, South Carolina to resolve any legal
matter arising from the Terms. Notwithstanding this, you agree that Peroosal shall still be allowed to apply for injunctive remedies (or an equivalent type of urgent
legal relief) in any jurisdiction.
July 4, 2008
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