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Terms
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1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
Welcome to
studentnest.com. studentnest.com provides its
service to you, subject to the following Terms of
Service ("Terms"), which may be updated by us from
time to time without notice to you. You can review
the most current version of the TERMS at any time
at: http://www. studentnest.com /common/policy.html.
In addition, when using particular studentnest
owned or operated services, you and studentnest
shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules
applicable to such services which may be posted
from time to time. All such guidelines or rules
(including but not limited to our Spam Policy) are
hereby incorporated by reference into the TERMS.
studentnest may also offer other services that are
governed by different Terms of
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2. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
You
understand that all postings, messages, text,
files, images, photos, video, sounds, or other
materials ("Content") posted on, transmitted
through, or linked from the Service, are the sole
responsibility of the person from whom such
Content originated. More specifically, you are
entirely responsible for all Content that you
post, email or otherwise make available via the
Service. You understand that studentnest.com does
not control, and is not responsible for Content
made available through the Service, and that by
using the Service, you may be exposed to Content
that is offensive, indecent, inaccurate,
misleading, or otherwise objectionable.
Furthermore, the studentnest.com site and Content
available through the Service may contain links to
other websites, which are completely independent
of studentnest.com. studentnest.com makes no
representation or warranty as to the accuracy,
completeness or authenticity of the information
contained in any such site. You agree that you
must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with,
the use of any Content, that you may not rely on
said Content, and that under no circumstances will
studentnest.com be liable in any way for any
Content or for any loss or damage of any kind
incurred as a result of the use of any Content
posted, emailed or otherwise made available via
the Service. You acknowledge that studentnest.com
does not pre-screen or approve Content, but that
studentnest.com shall have the right (but not the
obligation) in its sole discretion to refuse,
delete or move any Content that is available via
the Service, for violating the letter or spirit of
the Terms or for any other
reason. |
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3. YOUR REGISTRATION
OBLIGATIONS
In consideration of
your use of the Service, you represent that you
are of legal age to form a binding contract and
are not a person barred from receiving services
under the laws of the
United
States
or other applicable
jurisdictions. You also agree to: (a) provide
true, accurate, current and complete information
about yourself as prompted by the Service's
registration form (such information being the
"Registration Data") and (b) maintain and promptly
update the Registration Data to keep it true,
accurate, current and complete. If you provide any
information that is untrue, inaccurate, not
current or incomplete, or studentnest has
reasonable grounds to suspect that such
information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or
incomplete, studentnest has the right to suspend
or terminate your account and refuse any and all
current or future use of the Service (or any
portion thereof). studentnest is concerned about
the safety and privacy of all its users,
particularly children. Accordingly, as the legal
guardian, it is your responsibility to determine
whether any of the Services and/or Content is
appropriate for your child.
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4. MEMBER ACCOUNT,
PASSWORD AND SECURITY
You will receive a
password and account designation upon completing
the Service's registration process. You are
responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of
the password and account, and are fully
responsible for all activities that occur under
your password or account. You agree to (a)
immediately notify studentnest of any unauthorized
use of your password or account or any other
breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit
from your account at the end of each session.
studentnest cannot and will not be liable for any
loss or damage arising from your failure to comply
with this Section. |
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5.
MEMBER CONDUCT
You understand that
all information, data, text, music, sound,
photographs, graphics, video, messages or other
materials ("Content"), whether publicly posted or
privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility
of the person from which such Content originated.
This means that you, and not studentnest, are
entirely responsible for all Content that you
upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make
available via the Service. studentnest does not
control the Content posted via the Service and, as
such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity
or quality of such Content. You understand that by
using the Service, you may be exposed to Content
that is offensive, indecent or objectionable.
Under no circumstances will studentnest 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 the use of any
Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise
made available via the Service.
You agree
to not use the Service to:
a.
upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise
make available any Content that is unlawful,
harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing,
tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous,
invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or
racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
b.
harm minors in any way;
c.
impersonate any person or entity,
including, but not limited to, a studentnest
official, guide or host, or falsely state or
otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a
person or entity;
d.
forge headers or otherwise manipulate
identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any
Content transmitted through the Service;
e.
upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise
make available any Content that you do not have a
right to make available under any law or under
contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as
inside information, proprietary and confidential
information learned or disclosed as part of
employment relationships or under nondisclosure
agreements);
h.
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;
i.
disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause
a screen to "scroll" faster than other users of
the Service are able to type, or otherwise act in
a manner that negatively affects other users'
ability to engage in real time exchanges;
j.
interfere with or disrupt the Service or
servers or networks connected to the Service, or
disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or
regulations of networks connected to the Service;
k.
intentionally or unintentionally violate
any applicable local, state, national or
international law.
m.
"stalk" or otherwise harass another; or
n.
collect or store personal data about other
users.
You
acknowledge that studentnest may or may not
prescreen Content, but that studentnest and its
designees shall have the right (but not the
obligation) in their sole discretion to prescreen,
refuse, or move any Content that is available via
the Service. Without limiting the foregoing,
studentnest and its designees shall have the right
to remove any Content that violates the TERMS or
is otherwise objectionable. You agree that you
must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with,
the use of any Content, including any reliance on
the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such
Content.
You
acknowledge, consent and agree that studentnest
may access, preserve, and disclose your account
information and Content if required to do so by
law or in a good faith belief that such access
preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary
to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the
TERMS; (c) respond to claims that any Content
violates the rights of third-parties; (d) respond
to your requests for customer service; or (e)
protect the rights, property, or personal safety
of studentnest, its users and the public.
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6.
SPECIAL ADMONITIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL USE
Recognizing the
global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply
with all local 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
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7.
CONTENT SUBMITTED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR INCLUSION
ON THE SERVICE studentnest does not claim
ownership of Content you submit or make available
for inclusion on the Service. However, with
respect to Content you submit or make available
for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the
Service, you grant studentnest the following
worldwide, royalty free and non-exclusive
license(s), as applicable:
a.
With respect to Content you submit or make
available for inclusion on publicly accessible
areas of studentnest Groups, the license to use,
distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly
perform and publicly display such Content on the
Service solely for the purposes of providing and
promoting the specific studentnest Group to which
such Content was submitted or made available. This
license exists only for as long as you elect to
continue to include such Content on the Service
and will terminate at the time you remove or
studentnest removes such Content from the Service.
b.
With respect to photos, graphics, audio or
video you submit or make available for inclusion
on publicly accessible area of the Service other
than studentnest Groups, the license to use,
distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly
perform and publicly display such Content on the
Service solely for the purpose for which such
Content was submitted or made available. This
license exists only for as long as you elect to
continue to include such Content on the Service
and will terminate at the time you remove or
studentnest removes such Content from the Service.
c.
With respect to Content other than photos,
graphics, audio or video you submit or make
available for inclusion on publicly accessible
areas of the Service other than studentnest
Groups, the perpetual, irrevocable and fully sub
licensable license to use, distribute, reproduce,
modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly
perform and publicly display such Content (in
whole or in part) and to incorporate such Content
into other works in any format or medium now known
or later developed.
"Publicly
accessible" areas of the Service are those areas
of the studentnest network of properties that are
intended by studentnest to be available to the
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8.
DISCLAIMER OF
WARRANTIES YOU AGREE THAT USE OF THE
studentnest.com SITE AND THE SERVICE IS ENTIRELY
AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE studentnest.com SITE AND THE
SERVICE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" OR "AS
AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY
KIND. ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS ARE
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY LAW, studentnest.com DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES
FOR THE SECURITY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS,
ACCURACY, AND PERFORMANCE OF THE studentnest.com
SITE AND THE SERVICE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW, studentnest.com DISCLAIMS ANY
WARRANTIES FOR OTHER SERVICES OR GOODS RECEIVED
THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON THE studentnest.com SITE
OR THE SITES OR SERVICE, OR ACCESSED THROUGH ANY
LINKS ON THE studentnest.com SITE. TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, studentnest.com DISCLAIMS
ANY WARRANTIES FOR VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL
COMPONENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE studentnest.com
SITE OR THE SERVICE. Some jurisdictions do not
allow the disclaimer of implied warranties. In
such jurisdictions, some of the foregoing
disclaimers may not apply to you insofar as they
relate to implied warranties.
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9. LIMITATIONS OF
LIABILITY UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL studentnest.com BE LIABLE FOR
DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (EVEN IF
studentnest.com HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM ANY
ASPECT OF YOUR USE OF THE studentnest.com SITE OR
THE SERVICE, WHETHER THE DAMAGES ARISE FROM USE OR
MISUSE OF THE studentnest.com SITE OR THE SERVICE,
FROM INABILITY TO USE THE studentnest.com SITE OR
THE SERVICE, OR THE INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION,
MODIFICATION, ALTERATION, OR TERMINATION OF THE
studentnest.com SITE OR THE SERVICE. SUCH
LIMITATION SHALL ALSO APPLY WITH RESPECT TO
DAMAGES INCURRED BY REASON OF OTHER SERVICES OR
PRODUCTS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED IN
CONNECTION WITH THE studentnest.com SITE OR THE
SERVICE OR ANY LINKS ON THE studentnest.com SITE,
AS WELL AS BY REASON OF ANY INFORMATION OR ADVICE
RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED IN CONNECTION WITH
THE studentnest.com SITE OR THE SERVICE OR ANY
LINKS ON THE studentnest.com SITE. THESE
LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW. |
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10.
INDEMNITY
You agree to
indemnify and hold studentnest, and its
subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents,
co-branders or other partners, and employees,
harmless from any claim or demand, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third
party due to or arising out of Content you submit,
post, transmit or make available through the
Service, your use of the Service, your connection
to the Service, your violation of the TERMS, or
your violation of any rights of
another. |
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11.
GENERAL PRACTICES REGARDING USE AND STORAGE
You acknowledge
that studentnest may establish general practices
and limits concerning use of the Service,
including without limitation the maximum number of
days that email messages, message board postings
or other uploaded Content will be retained by the
Service, the maximum number of email messages that
may be sent from or received by an account on the
Service, the maximum size of any email message
that may be sent from or received by an account on
the Service, the maximum disk space that will be
allotted on studentnest's servers on your behalf,
and the maximum number of times (and the maximum
duration for which) you may access the Service in
a given period of time. You agree that studentnest
has no responsibility or liability for the
deletion or failure to store any messages and
other communications or other Content maintained
or transmitted by the Service. You acknowledge
that studentnest reserves the right to log off
accounts that are inactive for an extended period
of time. You further acknowledge that studentnest
reserves the right to modify these general
practices and limits from time to time.
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12.
MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE studentnest reserves the
right at any time and from time to time to modify
or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the
Service (or any part thereof) with or without
notice. You agree that studentnest shall not be
liable to you or to any third party for any
modification, suspension or discontinuance of the
Service.
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13.
TERMINATION
You agree that
studentnest may, under certain circumstances and
without prior notice, immediately terminate your
studentnest account, any associated email address,
and access to the Service. Cause for such
termination shall include, but not be limited to,
(a) breaches or violations of the TERMS 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) discontinuance or material
modification to the Service (or any part thereof),
(e) unexpected technical or security issues or
problems, and (f) extended periods of inactivity.
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14.
DEALINGS WITH ADVERTISERS
Your correspondence
or business dealings, or participation in
promotions of, with advertisers found on or
through the Service, including payment and
delivery of related goods or services, and any
other terms, conditions, warranties or
representations associated with such dealings, are
solely between you and such advertiser. You agree
that studentnest shall not be responsible or
liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred
as the result of any such dealings or as the
result of the presence of such advertisers on the
Service.
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15.
LINKS
The Service may
provide, or third parties may provide, links to
other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because
studentnest has no control over such sites and
resources, you acknowledge and agree that
studentnest is not responsible for the
availability of such external sites or resources,
and does not endorse and is not responsible or
liable for any Content, advertising, products, or
other materials on or available from such sites or
resources. You further acknowledge and agree that
studentnest shall not be responsible or liable,
directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss
caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection
with use of or reliance on any such Content, goods
or services available on or through any such site
or resource.
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16.
studentnest's PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
studentnest grants
you a personal, nontransferable and non-exclusive
right and license to use the object code of its
Software on a single computer; provided that you
do not (and do not allow any third party to) copy,
modify, create a derivative work of, reverse
engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to
discover any source code, sell, assign,
sublicense, grant a security interest in or
otherwise transfer any right in the Software. You
agree not to modify the Software in any manner or
form, or to use modified versions of the Software,
including (without limitation) for the purpose of
obtaining unauthorized access to the Service. You
agree not to access the Service by any means other
than through the interface that is provided by
studentnest for use in accessing the Service.
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17.
EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS Some jurisdictions do not
allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the
limitations or exclusion of liability for
incidental or consequential damages. Accordingly,
some of the above limitations of Sections 17 and
18 may not apply. |
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18. SPECIAL
ADMONITION FOR SERVICES
RELATING TO FINANCIAL MATTERS If you intend to
create or join any service, receive or request any
news, messages, alerts or other information from
the Service concerning companies, stock quotes,
investments or securities, please reread the above
Sections 17 and 18 again for their specific
applicability.
Additionally, for this particular type of
information, the phrase "Let the investor beware"
is apt.
The
Service is provided for informational purposes
only, and no Content included in the Service is
intended for trading or investing purposes.
studentnest and its licensers shall not be
responsible or liable for the accuracy, usefulness
or availability of any information transmitted or
made available via the Service, and shall not be
responsible or liable for any trading or
investment decisions made based on such
information.
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19.
NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES
You agree that,
except as otherwise expressly provided in the
TERMS, there shall be no third party beneficiaries
to this Agreement.
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20.
NOTICE
studentnest may
provide you with notices, including those
regarding changes to the TERMS, by email, regular
mail, or postings on the Service.
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21.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Entire Agreement:
The TERMS constitute the entire agreement between
you and studentnest and govern your use of the
Service, superseding any prior agreements between
you and studentnest. You also may be subject to
additional terms and conditions that may apply
when you use or purchase certain other studentnest
services, affiliate services, third-party content
or third-party software.
Choice of
Law and Forum: The TERMS and the relationship
between you and studentnest shall be governed by
the laws of the State of
California
without regard to its
conflict of law provisions. You and studentnest
agree to submit to the personal and exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts located within the
county
of
Fresno,
California.
Waiver
and Severability of Terms: The failure of
studentnest to exercise or enforce any right or
provision of the TERMS shall not constitute a
waiver of such right or provision. If any
provision of the TERMS is found by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties
nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor
to give effect to the parties' intentions as
reflected in the provision, and the other
provisions of the TERMS remain in full force and
effect.
No Right
of Survivorship and Non-Transferability: You agree
that your studentnest account is nontransferable
and any rights to your studentnest I.D. or
contents within your account terminate upon your
death. Upon receipt of a copy of a death
certificate, your account may be terminated and
all contents therein permanently deleted.
Statute
of Limitations: You agree that regardless of any
statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause
of action arising out of or related to use of the
Service or the TERMS must be filed within one (1)
year after such claim or cause of action arose or
be forever barred.
The
section titles in the TERMS are for convenience
only and have no legal or contractual effect.
Please report any violations of the TERMS to our
Customer Care
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CONDUCT You
agree not to post, email, or otherwise make
available Content:
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that is unlawful,
harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing,
defamatory, libelous, invasive of another's
privacy, or is harmful to minors in any way;
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that is pornographic or
depicts a human being engaged in actual sexual
conduct including but not limited to (i) sexual
intercourse, including genital-genital,
oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal,
whether between persons of the same or opposite
sex, or (ii) bestiality, or (iii) masturbation,
or (iv) sadistic or masochistic abuse, or (v)
lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic
area of any person;
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that harasses, degrades,
intimidates or is hateful toward an individual
or group of individuals on the basis of
religion, gender, sexual orientation, race,
ethnicity, age, or disability;
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that includes personal
or identifying information about another person
without that person's explicit consent;
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that is false,
deceptive, misleading, deceitful,
misinformative, or constitutes "bait and
switch";
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that infringes any
patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or
other proprietary rights of any party, or
Content that you do not have a right to make
available under any law or under contractual or
fiduciary relationships;
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that constitutes or
contains any form of advertising or solicitation
if (1) posted in areas of the studentnest.com
sites which are not designated for such
purposes; or (2) emailed to studentnest.com
users who have requested not to be contacted
about other services, products or commercial
interests.
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that includes links to
commercial services or web sites, except as
allowed in "services";
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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;
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that disrupts the normal
flow of dialogue with an excessive number of
messages (flooding attack) to the Service, or
that otherwise negatively affects other users'
ability to use the Service; or
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that employs misleading
email addresses, or forged headers or otherwise
manipulated identifiers in order to disguise the
origin of Content transmitted through the
Service. |
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VIOLATIONS Please report any
violations of the TERMS to our Customer Care
group. |
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