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Welcome to AziaCity.com, a lifestyle information portal cum online social networking community that connects people through common networks of friends and interests. The AziaCity service is operated by Asia City Online Limited ("Asia City"). By using the AziaCity web site (the "Web site") you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service (this "Agreement"). If you wish to become a Member and communicate with other Members and make use of AziaCity services (the "Service"), read these Terms of Service and indicate your acceptance of them by following the instructions in the Sign Up page.This Agreement sets out the legally binding terms of your use of the Web site and your membership in the Service and may be modified by Asia City at any time and without prior notice, such modifications to be effective upon posting by Asia City on the Web site. This Agreement includes Asia City's acceptable use policy for content posted on the web site, Asia City's Privacy Policy, and any notices regarding the Web site.
1. Eligibility. You must be eighteen or over to register as a member of Asia City or use the Web site. Membership in the Service is void where prohibited. By using the Web site, you represent and warrant that you have the right, authority, and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to abide by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
2. Term. This Agreement will remain in full force and effect while you use the Web site and/or are a Member. You may terminate your membership at any time by emailing at help@aziacity.com. Asia City may also terminate your membership for any reason, at any time. If Asia City terminates your membership in the Service because you have breached the Agreement, you will not be entitled to any refund of unused fees you may have paid to AziaCity. Even after membership is terminated, this Agreement will remain in effect.
Some of the Services may be subject to additional posted conditions. Your use of those Services is subject to those conditions, which are incorporated into these Terms by reference. In the event of an inconsistency between these Terms and any additional posted conditions, the provisions of the additional conditions shall control.
We have the right, but not the obligation, to take any of the following actions in our sole discretion at any time and for any reason without giving you any prior notice:
i. Restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or any part of our Services;
ii. Change, suspend, or discontinue all or any part of our Services;
iii. Refuse, move, or remove any material that you submit to our Web sites for any reason;
iv. Refuse, move, or remove any content that is available on our Web sites;
v. Deactivate or delete your accounts and all related information and files in your account;
vi. Establish general practices and limits concerning use of our Web sites.
You agree that we will not be liable to you or any third party for taking any of these actions.
You understand and agree that our Services may include communications such as service announcements and administrative messages from us or from our partners and that these communications are considered part of the Services. You will not be able to opt out of receiving these messages. You also understand that our Services may include advertisements.
3. Non Commercial Use by Members. The Web site is for the personal use of individual Members only and may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors. Organizations, companies, and/or businesses may not become Members and should not use the Service or the Web site for any purpose. Passwords and compiled names, photos, links, and Web site content are not to be transferred or copied from the Web site for use with any other product or service. Illegal and/or unauthorized uses of the Web site, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email and unauthorized framing of or linking to the Web site will be investigated, and appropriate legal action will be taken, including without limitation, civil, criminal, and injunctive redress.
4. Proprietary Rights in Content on Asia City. Asia City owns and retains all proprietary rights in the Web site and the Service. The Web site contains the copyrighted material, including links and compilations of individual data, trademarks, and other proprietary information of Asia City, and its licensors. All materials published on our sites, including, but not limited to, written content, photographs, graphics, images, illustrations, marks, logos, sound or video clips, and Flash animation, are protected by our copyrights or trademarks or those of our partners. Except for that information which is in the public domain or for which you have been given written permission, you may not copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any such proprietary information.
If you would like to request permission to use any of the content on our sites, please contact us at marketing@asia-city.com.
5. Content Posted on the Site.
a. You understand and agree that Asia City may review and delete any content, messages, photos or profiles (collectively, "Content") that in the sole judgment of Asia City violate this Agreement or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of Members.
b. Your profile must describe you, an individual person. Examples of inappropriate profiles include, but are not limited to, profiles that purport to represent an animal, place, inanimate object, fictional character, or real individual who is not you.
c. You are solely responsible for the Content that you publish or display (hereinafter, "post") on the Service, or transmit to other Members.
d. By posting Content to any public area of Asia City, you certify that you own all intellectual property rights in Your Content and you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to Asia City, our affiliates, and our partners an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, 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.
e. The following is a partial list of the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited on the Web site. Asia City reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action in its sole discretion against anyone who violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the Service and terminating the membership of such violators. It includes Content that:
· is patently offensive to the online community, such as Content that promotes racism, bigotry , hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
· harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
· involves the transmission of "junk mail", "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing or "spamming";
· promotes information that you know is false, misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
· promotes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person's copyrighted work, such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacture-installed copy-protect devices, or providing pirated music or links to pirated music files;
· contains restricted or password only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page) ;
· displays pornographic or sexually explicit material of any kind;
· provides material that exploits people under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner, or solicits personal information from anyone under 18;
· provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone's privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;
· solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users; and
· engages in commercial activities and/or sales without our prior written consent such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, and pyramid schemes;
· solicits people you don't know to add you or accept you as a friend on Asia City.
Even though all of this is strictly prohibited, there is a small chance that You might become exposed to such items and You further waive Your right to any damages (from any party) related to such exposure. Our site contains content that we create as well as content provided by third parties. This content may include, among other things, advertorials, promotions, weather information, blogs etc. It also includes information about products and services offered by parties other than Asia City, such as product descriptions, specifications, pricing, availability, and performance. We do not guarantee the accuracy, the integrity, or the quality of the content on our sites, and you may not rely on any of this content. Without limitation, we are not responsible for postings by users in the user opinion, message board, or feedback sections of our sites.
We have the right, but not the obligation, to remove any content that may, in our sole discretion, violate these Terms or that is otherwise objectionable.
f. You must use the Service in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.
g. If we request registration information from you, you will provide us with true, accurate, current, and complete information. You will promptly update your registration to keep it accurate, current, and complete. If we issue you a password or promotional code, you may not reveal it to anyone else. You may not use anyone else's password or promotional code. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your accounts, passwords and promotional codes. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your passwords or accounts or any other breach of security. You also agree to exit from your accounts at the end of each session. We will not be responsible for any loss or damage that may result if you fail to comply with these requirements.
h. You may not include in your Member profile any telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, URLs or email addresses.
i. You may not engage in advertising to, or solicitation of, other Members to buy or sell any products or services through the Service. You may not transmit any chain letters or junk email to other Members. Although Asia City cannot monitor the conduct of its Members off the Web site, it is also a violation of these rules to use any information obtained from the Service in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person, or in order to contact, advertise to, solicit, or sell to any Member without their prior explicit consent. In order to protect our Members from such advertising or solicitation, Asia City reserves the right to restrict the number of emails which a Member may send to other Members in any 24-hour period to a number which Asia City deems appropriate in its sole discretion.
6. Copyright Policy. You may not post, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the Service in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our Copyright Agent with the following information: an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Web site; your address, telephone number, and email address; a written statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf. Asia City's Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement can be reached as follows: Asia City Publishing Limited, 301 Hollywood Center, 233 Hollywood Road, Hong Kong, tel +852-2850-5065 fax +852-2543-1880.
7. Member Disputes. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Asia City Members. Asia City reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Members. You may use the ignore function to stop another user from contacting you at any time.
8. Privacy. Use of the Web site and/or the Service is also governed by our Privacy Policy.
9. Disclaimers. Asia City is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate Content posted on the Web site or in connection with the Service, whether caused by users of the Web site, Members or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Service. Asia City is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any user of the Web site or Member of the Service. Asia City assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, user or Member communications. Asia City is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of email or players on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or combination thereof, including injury or damage to users and/or Members or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in connection with the Web and/or in connection with the Service. Under no circumstances will Asia City be responsible for any loss or damage, including personal injury or death, resulting from anyone's use of the Web site or the Service, any Content posted on the Web site or transmitted to Members, or any interactions between users of the Web site, whether online or offline. The Web site and the Service are provided "AS-IS" and Asia City expressly disclaims any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. Asia City cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of the Web site and/or the Service. The service may be temporarily unavailable from time to time for maintenance or other reasons. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by user from Asia City or through or from the service shall create any warranty not expressly stated herein.
10. Third-party sites, products, and Services. Our sites may contain links to other Internet sites owned by third parties. Your use of each of those sites is subject to the conditions, if any, that each of those sites has posted. We have no control over sites that are not ours, and we are not responsible for any changes to or content on them. Our inclusion on our sites of any third-party content or a link to a third-party site is not an endorsement of that content or third-party site.
We do not sell, resell, or license any of the products or the services that we review, list, or advertise on our sites, and we disclaim any responsibility for or liability related to them. Your correspondence or related activities with third parties, including payment transactions and goods-delivery transactions, are solely between you and that third party. You agree that we will not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any of your transactions with third parties. Any questions, complaints, or claims related to any product or service should be directed to the appropriate vendor.
11. Asia City fee-based services. Some of the Services require you to pay a fee, as described in the specific conditions included where those Services are offered. You agree to pay all fees and charges that you incur. Unless otherwise noted, all currency references are in U.S. dollars. We may, upon notice if required by applicable laws, at any time change the amount of, or basis for determining, any fee or charge, or institute new fees or charges. All fees and charges are payable in accordance with payment terms in effect at the time the fee or the charge becomes payable.
12. Limitation on Liability. Except in jurisdictions where such provisions are restricted, in no event will Asia City be liable to you or any third person for any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, special or punitive damages, including also lost profits arising from your use of the Web site or the Service, even if Asia City has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Asia City's 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 to Asia City for the Service during the term of membership.
13. Disputes. If there is any dispute about or involving the Web site and/or the Service, by using the Web site, you agree that the dispute will be governed by the laws of Hong Kong, SAR without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You agree to personal jurisdiction by and venue in the state and federal courts of Hong Kong, SAR.
14. Indemnity. You agree to indemnify and hold Asia City, its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, and other partners and employees, harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorney's fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Service in violation of this Agreement and/or arising from a breach of this Agreement and/or any breach of your representations and warranties set forth above. If You are a Hong Kong resident, You waive Hong Kong Civil Code, which says "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which, if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor."
15. No Agency. There is no agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchisor-franchisee relationship between Asia City and any User of the Service.
16. Other. This Agreement, accepted upon use of the Web site and further affirmed by becoming a Member of the Service, contains the entire agreement between you and Asia City regarding the use of the Web site and/or the Service. The failure of Asia City to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. The section titles in these Terms of Service are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
Please contact us with any questions regarding this agreement.
Asia City is a service mark of Asia City Publishing Limited.
I HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED ABOVE.
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