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Babysitter Exchange, Inc. Agreement of
Service October 23, 2003
Please review the following terms of service carefully. The
terms and conditions constitute a binding agreement (the
"Agreement") between you (sometimes referred to in these terms or on
the website as "member" or "user" and Babysitter Exchange, Inc.
(sometimes referred to in these terms or on the website as
"Babysitter Exchange", "we", "us", "our" or the "service". You will
signify your acceptance of the Agreement created by these terms and
conditions by clicking "I Accept" and then submitting your completed
online application. Members of the The Service must be individuals
18 years of age and older.
1.
Enrollment Process: You can begin using our site by filling
out our online enrollment form. By registering with us, you agree to
provide accurate and current information about yourself and to
update that information if it changes. For quality control,
Babysitter Exchange will occasionally send confirmation emails to
you to verify your email address has not been changed. If the
confirmation email "bounces" back, we may deactivate your
membership. It is your responsibility to make sure we always have
your current email address.
2.
Privacy: Babysitter Exchange respects the privacy of its
members and will do all that is commercially reasonable to protect
your private information in accordance with all applicable laws and
with the privacy policy outlined on our website. We will, of course,
share your contact information with other members of your group in
order that they may contact you to exchange babysitting services. We
may provide your personal information to the police or other
investigating agencies to assist them in the investigation of any
suspected violations of law. We also have the right to share your
name and contact information with our attorneys in the event of
serious violations of conduct. For more details, see our Privacy
Policy, the terms of which are hereby incorporated.
3. Member
Conduct: As a member of our service, you will have
responsibilities and obligations, too. You agree to (i) protect your
password and online registration information and to take
responsibility for all acts that occur under your account or
password, (ii) follow all local, state, and national laws with
respect to the use of our service and the exchange of babysitting
services, (iii) provide only accurate information about yourself,
(iv) use the service only for its intended purpose: the exchange of
babysitting services or as we may otherwise expressly authorize, (v)
not use the information that you may gain from the services (such as
contact information of our members) for any purpose other than for
the exchange of babysitting services (you may not, for instance, use
the contact information to send unsolicited emails or other
communications), (vi) not use the service or the information you may
gain from the service for any commercial purpose or in any manner
that infringes on the intellectual or other property rights of
others. Misuse of the service by violating any provision of this
Agreement may result in your membership being immediately cancelled
without refund. Although we have no obligation to police the site,
we do try to remove content that is clearly inappropriate when it is
brought to our attention.
4.
Enforcement: We do reserve the right to cancel any membership
at any time for any reason. Babysitter Exchange may also file suit
against you for business interference or other appropriate legal
theories and we will seek compensation from you for potential damage
to our reputation caused by your actions and we will seek all the
costs we incur in seeking the payment of damages from you, including
reasonable attorney's fees and other costs of court or dispute
resolution. Babysitter Exchange has the right to eliminate any
Private Group suspected of violations of the law or our Terms of
Service. Babysitter Exchange will cooperate with the authorities on
any suspected violations of our Terms of Service or any local,
state, or national law.
5. Ownership
of the Site: This site (www.BabysitterExchange.com), and all of
the content of the site, is protected by intellectual property and
other laws throughout the world, and is the copyrighted property of
Babysitter Exchange, Inc. ("Babysitter Exchange") and/or its various
third party licensors. None of the content found on this site may be
copied, reproduced, republished, distributed, sold, licensed,
transferred, distributed or modified without the express written
permission of Babysitter Exchange. Unauthorized use of the site
would be a violation of Babysitter Exchange's and its licensors'
rights. In addition, the trademarks, logos and service marks
displayed on this site (collectively, the "Trademarks") are the
property of Babysitter Exchange, its affiliates, and various third
parties. The site and the software incorporated in the site may not
be reverse engineered, decompiled or disassembled.
6. Disclaimer
of Warranties: EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED IN THIS
PROVISION, THE SITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND
BABYSITTER EXCHANGE DISCLAIMS, AND YOU WAIVE, ANY WARRANTIES,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR ANY OTHER
WARRANTY, CONDITION, GUARANTY, OR REPRESENTATION RELATED TO THE SITE
AND ITS CONTENT AND THOSE ARISING BY STATUTE OR OTHERWISE IN LAW OR
FROM A COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. THE FUNCTIONS, MATERIALS
AND CONTENT OF THE SITE ARE NOT WARRANTED TO BE UNINTERRUPTED OR
WITHOUT ERROR, AND BABYSITTER EXCHANGE AND ITS PROVIDERS DO NOT
WARRANT THE ACCURACY, CURRENCY OR RELIABILITY OF INFORMATION ON THE
SITE. YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK AND COST OF REPAIRS OR CORRECTIONS
TO YOUR HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE DUE TO THE USE OF THE SITE.
This disclaimer
of warranty may not apply to all users.
7.
Limitations of Liability & Remedies:
BABYSITTER
EXCHANGE DOES NOT PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS FOR BABYSITTING SERVICES, NOR
DO WE RECOMMEND INDIVIDUALS FOR BABYSITTING SERVICES. WE ALLOW YOU
TO EXCHANGE BABYSITTING SERVICES WITH INDIVIDUALS YOU ALREADY KNOW
AND TRUST. BY AGREEING TO USE OUR SERVICE AND BY AGREEING TO THESE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU AGREE TO USE THE SERVICE ONLY FOR SUCH
PURPOSE. YOU SHOULD NOT AND AGREE HERE EXPRESSLY THAT YOU WILL NOT
USE THIS SERVICE TO ALLOW ANY PERSON UNKNOWN TO YOU (OR WHO HAS NOT
BEEN RECOMMENDED TO YOU BY SOMEONE YOU ALREADY KNOW AND TRUST) TO
BABYSIT YOUR CHILDREN OR CHILDREN FOR WHICH YOU HAVE RESPONSIBILTY.
YOU AGREE THAT BABYSITTER EXCHANGE (AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS,
EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND SHAREHOLDERS) WILL HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO
RESPONSIBILITY TO YOU OR TO ANYONE ELSE FOR THE ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF
THE INDIVIDUALS YOU ALLOW TO PERFORM BABYSITTING SERVICES.
BABYSITTING EXCHANGE (AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES,
AGENTS, AND SHAREHOLDERS) WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS THAT MAY
BE SUFFERED BY YOU OR BY ANY THIRD PARTY AS A RESULT OF THE ACTS OR
OMISSIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL PROVIDING THE BABYSITTING SERVICES. THE
PROVISIONS BELOW DESCRIBE ALL OF THIS IN GREATER DETAIL AND ALSO
DESCRIBE HOW YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY US FOR ANY CLAIM BROUGHT BY A
THIRD PARTY AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE.
YOUR USE OF THE
SITE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR SOLE RISK. BABYSITTER EXCHANGE, AND
BABYSITTER EXCHANGE'S DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, LICENSORS,
AGENTS OR AFFILIATES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES
FOR ANY LOSS THAT YOU OR THIRD PARTIES MAY SUFFER (INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER FROM USE OF THE SITE OR
VIRUSES), OR DIRECT OR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL,
EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOSSES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO LOST PROFITS OR LOST SAVINGS), WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT,
STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, WHICH YOU MAY INCUR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE USE OR NONPERFORMANCE OF THE SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF REVENUES, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION
OR OTHER SPECIAL DAMAGES EVEN IF BABYSITTER EXCHANGE HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSS. Your sole and
exclusive remedy for any breach of this Agreement by Babysitter
Exchange shall be a refund of the fees paid for membership.
Babysitter Exchange is not responsible for, and shall have no
liability with respect to, the content of third party Web sites that
are linked to or from the site. Babysitter Exchange is not
responsible for the user generated content on the site. Some states
do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability to the extent
set forth herein; therefore, this provision may not apply to every
person as written.
8. Customer
Indemnification. You shall indemnify and hold harmless, and at
Babysitter Exchange's request defend, Babysitter Exchange, its
directors, officers, shareholders, employees, agents, affiliates and
owners (each, an "Indemnified Party") from and against any and all
claims, proceedings, damages, injuries, liabilities, losses, costs
and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' , an allocation for
in-house counsel, and other legal costs) arising out of any claim of
any third party resulting from your breach of any representations,
warranties or covenants set forth in this Agreement. You shall
reimburse each Indemnified Party on demand for any costs, expenses
and liabilities incurred by such Indemnified Party to which this
indemnity relates.
9. Links to
Other Sites: The site may contain links to other sites.
Babysitter Exchange does not endorse any other site and is not
liable for any loss or damages related to the content, products or
services available through those sites. If you have any problems or
concerns regarding other sites, please contact their site
administrator or Web master directly.
10. Changes
to Site & this Agreement: Babysitter Exchange reserves the
right to discontinue, delete and change the content or purposes of
the site from time to time. Babysitter Exchange also reserves the
right to change the Terms of Service. The Terms of Service in effect
at the time of your use shall govern your use of the
site.
11. Disputes,
Assignment, No Waiver, Governing Law; System Logs: This
Agreement is the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement
between you and us. It supersedes any proposal or prior Agreement,
oral or written, and any other communications relating to the
subject matter of this Agreement. If there is a conflict between
what one of our employees says and the terms of this Agreement, the
terms of this Agreement will prevail. You may not assign this
Agreement to any other party. We shall not be deemed to have waived
any of our rights or remedies hereunder unless such waiver is in
writing and signed by us. No delay or omission on the part of
Babysitter Exchange in exercising any rights or remedies shall
operate as a waiver of such rights or remedies or any other rights
or remedies on future occasions. This Agreement shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with applicable federal law and with
the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflicts
of law provisions. Each party using our website or using our
services agrees to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the
State of California, and agrees that venue for any action resulting
from this Agreement or the use of our services shall be the Santa
Clara County, California and further waives any jurisdictional,
venue or inconvenient forum objections. In the event that there is a
dispute between us with respect to any of our services, relevant
portions of our system logs will be made available to you for
review. We will certify as to the accuracy of the relevant portion
of the system log upon request. The system logs shall represent
sufficient evidence of each of our own actions with respect to the
online portion of our service.
12. Force
Majeur: Our delay in or failure to perform any of the services under
this Agreement shall be excused if such delay or failure is caused
by strike, fire, flood, earthquake, acts of nature, governmental
action, failure of suppliers, communications lines failures, power
failures, or for any other cause or event beyond our reasonable
control. In such instances, we agree to resume performance of the
services as soon as commercially feasible.
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