When an individual (hereinafter referred to as “you”) signs up to be a
member of the SoulfulProfessionals.com Web site (hereinafter sometimes
referred to as “we”), you agree to all of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, you may not
use the service and you should not proceed to register. By using the service,
you are agreeing to be bound by this Agreement, including all amendments.
1. ELIGIBILITY
By joining this Site, you represent, warrant and covenant that you are
at least 18 years old. However, we cannot guarantee that each Site user
is at least the required minimum age, nor do we accept responsibility or
liability from any use of this Web site by persons not over the age of
18.
2. YOUR USE OF THE SOULFULPROFESSIONALS WEBSITE (“THE SITE”)
You will use the Site in a manner consistent with any and all applicable
laws and regulations. You are solely responsible for the content or information
which you publish or display on the Site, or transmit to other members.
You will keep all information provided to you through the Site as private
and confidential and you will not give such information to anyone without
the permission of the person who provided it to you. You will not use the
Site to engage in any form of harassment or offensive behaviour, including
but not limited to the posting of communications, pictures, videos or audio
recordings which contain libellous, slanderous or offensive language or
images. You will not use the Site to infringe the privacy rights, property
rights, or any other rights of any person. The Site may not be used in
connection with any commercial endeavours, or with any soliciting or advertising
activities of any kind.
We are free to change the look or layout of the Site, as well as any
fees associated with the use of the Site, at any time, without advance
notice to you.
3. MONITORING AND REMOVAL OF INFORMATION
SoulfulProfessionals.com
reserves the right to monitor all postings to the Site to ensure that they
conform to the content guidelines which may be applicable from time to
time. We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to delete, move, or
edit messages or materials. SoulfulProfessionals.com reserves the right
to delete any users for any reason without permission from the member.
4. INDEMNITY BY MEMBER
You agree to defend and indemnify us, our officers, directors, employees,
and agents, from any loss or damages, including without limitation legal
fees, which we may suffer from your activities on or use of the Site, including
without limitation any breach by you of this Agreement or any charges or
complaints made by other parties against you. You agree to co-operate as
fully as possible in the defense of any claim. We reserve the right to
assume the exclusive defense in control of any matter otherwise subject
to indemnification by you, provided however that you shall remain liable
for any such claim.
5. NO WARRANTIES
The Site is provided on an “as is” basis. We do not warrant that the Site
will be uninterrupted or error-free. You acknowledge that the Site is provided
without any warranties of any kind whatsoever, either express or implied,
including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability
and fitness for a particular purpose. You acknowledge that your use of
the Site is at your own risk. You acknowledge that any reliance upon any
content included on the Site shall be at your sole risk.
6. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
All intellectual property rights in and to the Site are owned by us absolutely.
Those rights include, but are not limited to, copyright, trademarks, logos,
and the like. You may not post, distribute, or reproduce in any way any
copyrighted material, trademarks or other proprietary information from
this Site without obtaining our prior written consent.
By posting information
or content on the Site, you automatically grant, and you represent and
warrant that you have the right to grant, to SoufulProfessionals.com
and to all members of the Site, an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive,
fully paid, worldwide license to use, copy, display and distribute such
information and content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate
into other works, such information and content, and to grant and authorize
sublicenses of the foregoing.
7. DISCLAIMERS
We take no responsibility for the actions of anyone who may read or listen
to content, information or broadcast that is on the Site. We also do not
take responsibility for the things you post or broadcast on the site. We
take no responsibility for ads or messages containing defamatory, obscene,
offensive, violent, racist or illegal information, but if such messages
are brought to our attention, they will be removed. We take no responsibility
for ads or messages containing the intellectual property of others, but
if we are notified, they will be removed. We do not guarantee the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness of any information on the Site. Under no circumstances
will we be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from the use of
the Site and/or any content posted on the Site or transmitted or broadcasted
to members. We cannot guarantee and do not promise any specific results
from use of the Site.
8. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY
In no event will SoulfulProfessionals.com be liable for any indirect, consequential,
exemplary, incidental, special or punitive damages, including lost profits
arising from the use of the Site. Our liability to you, for any cause whatsoever
and regardless of the form of the action, will at all times be limited
to the amount paid, if any, by you for the Site during the term of membership.
9. GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement is entered into in Ontario, Canada. You agree that it will
be governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and any disputes arising
out of this Agreement will be subject to the Courts of the Province of
Ontario and the Federal Courts applicable within the Province. If any provision
of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, the
remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.
10. PRIVACY POLICY
SoulfulProfessionals.com is firmly committed to privacy. In order to maintain
the Site, we use your IP address (the series of numbers associated with
your individual computer), and this IP address does not disclose any personal
information about you. Registrants for the Site will be asked for general
identifying information which will enable us to provide you with an individualized
service. Contact information such as your e-mail address, and demographic
information will be obtained when you register for the Site. Your non-personally
identifying demographic information is used to personalize our services
to you, to allow other members to find you through a search, and to compose
your personal profile. Other than e-mails from other members of the Site,
your contact information is never available to other members or to other
organizations. Your personally identifiable information will never be released
to any external organization without your prior consent except for the
purposes of validating credit information and collecting payments owing
to us. We may disclose your personally identifiable information if we reasonably
believe we are required to do so by operation of law, which may include,
but is not limited to a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process
served on us. SoulfulProfessionals.com uses industry standard practices
to safeguard the confidentiality of personal identifiable information.
We treat data as an asset that must be protected against loss and unauthorized
use and we employ many different security techniques to protect such data
from such unauthorized use. However, you must be aware that “perfect security”
does not exist on the Internet.
11. Any presenters, announcers, hosts will be bound
to take responsibility for their own actions and must use legal articles,
material, songs etc. SoulfulProfessionals will not be responsible in
any way for their actions.
12. COPYRIGHT
Any and all possible copyright infringements such as, but not limited to,
text material, pictures, links, music files, Web page information, or group
advertisements, used on any and all members’ profile pages are not the responsibility
of SoulfulProfessionals.com. Any copyright infringements will be the sole
responsibility of the member.