Terms of Service

Thank you for visiting DeafWorld.com! We look forward to your involvement with our site which will help you expand your connections with friends and business leaders in the deaf and hard of hearing community.  Your use of our site tells us you have read and agreed to these Terms of Service and to our Privacy Policy. Please be sure to review both these documents carefully before you become an active user. These terms are an agreement between you and DeafWorld.com LLC.  It is important that you understand the benefits and limitations of our services.  If you find that you do not agree with any of these terms, please terminate your use of our services.  We reserve the right to terminate Membership and deny access to the site to any person who violates this Terms of Service.

Throughout this site, the terms "we", "us", "our", "this site", "DeafWorld" and "DeafWorld.com" refer to DeafWorld.com LLC and any of its affiliated companies as appropriate in the context.

Copyright: All information, content, services and software displayed on, transmitted through, or used in connection with this site, including for example news articles, reviews, directories, guides, text, photographs, images, illustrations, audio clips, video, html, source and object code, trademarks, logos, and the like (collectively, the "Content"), as well as its selection and arrangement, is owned and licensed by us. You are permitted to browse this site solely for your personal, non-commercial use (including your own business or professional requirements). If you operate a Web site and wish to link to this site, you may do so provided you agree to cease such link upon request from us. No other use is permitted without prior written permission of ours. The permitted use described in this Paragraph is contingent on your compliance at all times with these Terms of Service.

You may not, for example, republish any portion of the Content on any Internet, Intranet or extranet site or incorporate the Content in any database, compilation, archive or cache. You may not distribute any Content to others, whether or not for payment or other consideration, and you may not modify, copy, frame, cache, reproduce, sell, publish, transmit, display or otherwise use any portion of the Content. You may not scrape or otherwise copy our Content without permission. You agree not to decompile, reverse engineer or disassemble any software or other products or processes accessible through this site, not to insert any code or product or manipulate the content of this site in any way that affects the user's experience, and not to use any data mining, data gathering or extraction method.

Copyright Complaints: We respect the intellectual property of others. If you believe your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement or are aware of any infringing material on this site, please contact us.

Membership and Registration: If you become a Member of this site, you accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password, and agree not to sell, transfer or assign your Membership or any Membership rights. We reserve the right to terminate your Membership if individuals from more than one household access this site using any single user name or password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and for restricting access to your computer so others may not access this site using your name in whole or in part without our permission. If you believe someone has accessed this site using your user name and password without your authorization, contact us immediately.

User-Provided Information and Content: By providing information to, communicating with, and/or placing material on, this site, including for example communication during registration, posting any personal information or other content, entering any sweepstakes, etc., you represent and warrant: (1) you own or otherwise have all necessary rights to the content you provide and the rights to use it as provided in this Terms of Service; (2) all information you provide is true, accurate, current and complete, and does not violate these Terms of Service; and, (3) the content will not cause injury to any person or entity. Using a name other than your own legal name is prohibited (except in those specific areas of this site that specifically ask for unique, fictitious names).

For all such information and material, you grant us, its affiliates and related entities, including this site and its affiliated partner, a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, copy, modify, display, archive, store, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works from such information, in any form, media, software or technology of any kind now existing or developed in the future. Without limiting the generality of the previous sentence, you authorize us to share the information across all of our affiliated Web sites, to include the information in a searchable format accessible by users of this site, and to use your name and any other information in connection with its use of the material you provide. You also grant us the right to use any material, information, ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in any communication you send to us for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information. All rights in this paragraph are granted without the need for additional compensation of any sort to you.

Please note we do not accept unsolicited materials or ideas for use, and is not responsible for the similarity of any of its content or programming in any media to materials or ideas transmitted to us. Should you send any unsolicited materials or ideas, you do so with the understanding no additional consideration of any sort will be provided to you, and you are waiving any claim against us and our affiliates regarding the use of such materials and ideas, even if material or an idea is used that is substantially similar to the idea you sent.

Transactions and e-commerce on our site: During your visit to our site you may elect to engage in a transaction involving the purchase of a product such as an advertisement or other services. To serve you most efficiently, credit card transactions and order fulfillment are often handled by a third party processing agent, bank or distribution institution. While in most cases transactions are completed without difficulty, there is no such thing as "perfect security" on the Internet or offline. If you're concerned about online credit card safety, you can contact us. We cannot take responsibility for the success or security of transactions undertaken or processed by third parties.

On occasion, a product or service may not be available at the time or the price as it appears in an advertisement. In such event, or in the event a product is listed at an incorrect price or with incorrect information due to typographical error, technology effort, error in the date or length of publication, or error in pricing or product information received from our advertisers or suppliers, you agree that we are not responsible for such errors or discrepancies.

Other Specifics About Interactive Areas (automated posting of listings or other advertising, etc.): Given the nature of this site and the volume of postings, we cannot and do not monitor all of the material posted or transmitted by users and third party information providers. If you make such disclosures through postings on the listings or in the events, you do so fully understanding the consequences of such disclosures and with a knowing consent that such information could be used to identify you. We reserve the right to delete, move or edit any information at any time, for any reason or in our discretion, but has no obligation to review or remove any such content.

Posting Rules: You are participating in a community that is intended for all our users. Therefore, we reserve the right to remove any content posted on our site at any time for any reason. Decisions as to whether content violates any Posting Rule will be made by us in our discretion after we have actual notice of such posting. Without limiting our right to remove content, we have attempted to provide guidelines to those posting content on our site. When using this site, please do not post material that:

• contains vulgar, profane, abusive, racist or hateful language or expressions, epithets or slurs, text, photographs or illustrations in poor taste, inflammatory attacks of a personal, racial or religious nature.
• is defamatory, threatening, disparaging, grossly inflammatory, false, misleading, fraudulent, inaccurate, unfair, contains gross exaggeration or unsubstantiated claims, violates the privacy rights of any third party, is unreasonably harmful or offensive to any individual or community.
• violates any right of ours or any third party.
• discriminates on the grounds of race, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation or disability, or refers to such matters in any manner prohibited by law.
• violates or inappropriately encourages the violation of any municipal, state, federal or international law, rule, regulation or ordinance.
• unfairly interferes with any third party's uninterrupted use of this site.
• advertises, promotes or offers to trade any goods or services, except in areas specifically designated for such purpose.
• uploads copyrighted or other proprietary material of any kind on this site without the express permission of the owner of that material.
• uses or attempt to use another's account, password, service or system except as expressly permitted by the Terms of Service.
• uploads or transmits viruses or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files.
• disrupts, interferes with, or otherwise harms or violates the security of this site, or any services, system resources, accounts, passwords, servers or networks connected to or accessible through this site or affiliated or linked sites.
• "flames" any individual or entity (e.g., sends repeated messages related to another user and/or makes derogatory or offensive comments about another individual), or repeats prior posting of the same message under multiple threads or subjects.

WARNING: A VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING GUIDELINES MAY BE REFERRED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

Communications with Third Parties Through DeafWorld.com: Your dealings or communications with any party other than this site are solely between you and that third party. For example, certain areas of this site link you to other site and may allow you to conduct transactions or purchase goods or services. Under no circumstances will we be liable for any goods, services, resources or content available through such third party dealings or communications, or for any harm related thereto. Please review carefully that third party's policies and practices and make sure you are comfortable with them before you engage in any transaction. Complaints, concerns or questions relating to materials provided by third parties should be forwarded directly to the third party.

When using this site, you may sometimes be linked to other web sites. These web sites are not operated by us. The links are provided in good faith and we cannot be held responsible for web sites that you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions in order to access information or services from these web sites. We highly recommend that you make yourself aware of and carefully read the legal and privacy notices of all other websites that you visit.

During your visit to this site you may link to, or view as part of a frame, certain content that is actually created or hosted by a third party. You may be introduced to, or be able to access, information, Web sites, advertisements, features, contests or sweepstakes offered by other parties. We are not responsible for the actions or policies of such third parties. You should check the applicable terms of service and privacy policies of those third parties when providing information on such a feature or page.

General Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability: This site is provided to you on an "As Is" and "As Available" basis and, consequently, we give no warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise (including the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose) including warranties or representations that material on this site will be complete, accurate, reliable, timely, non-infringing to third parties; that access to this site will be un-interrupted or error-free; that this site will be secure; that any advice or opinion obtained from us through this site is accurate or to be relied upon and any representations or warranties thereto are expressly disclaimed.

This site contains facts, statements and information of third party individuals and organizations. We do not represent or endorse the accuracy, currentness or reliability of any advice, statement or other information displayed, uploaded or distributed through this site. Any reliance upon any such facts, statement or information is at your sole risk.

We nor any other party involved in the creating, producing or delivering this site on our behalf shall have no liability or any responsibility whatsoever for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages, costs, losses or liabilities whatsoever arising out of your access to, use, inability to use, change in content of this site or arising from any other website you access through a link from this site or from any actions we take or fail to take as a result of any electronic mail messages you send us.

DeafWorld.com nor any other party involved in the creating, producing or delivering this site shall have no responsibility to maintain the material and services made available on this site or to supply any corrections, updates, or releases in connection therewith. Any material on this site is subject to change without notice.

Further, we shall have no liability or any responsibility whatsoever for any loss suffered caused by viruses that may infect your computer equipment or other property by reason of your use of, access to or downloading of any material from this website. If you choose to download material from this website you do so at your own risk.

Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow exclusions of implied warranties, so some of these exclusions may not apply to you. Please check your local laws.

Indemnity: You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless DeafWorld.com and any of its employees from and against any and all third party claims and all liabilities, assessments, losses, costs or damages resulting from or arising out of or related to (i) any breach by you of any term or condition of this Agreement or (ii) your engagement in any transactions on or use of our web site including, without limitation, any disputes between you and another user or any other party and any other claims arising out of or in any way connected with any transactions conducted via our web site. If any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party, they shall notify you in writing and you shall assume and control the defense and settlement of each such action, including the employment of counsel and payment of all expenses. Any indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense, at their own cost unless otherwise agreed to by you.

International Users. This site is controlled, operated and administered by DeafWorld.com from its offices within the United States. We make no representation that materials or Content available through this site are appropriate or available for use outside the United States and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. You may not use this site or export the Content in violation of U.S. export laws and regulations. If you access this site from a location outside the United States, you are responsible for compliance with all applicable laws.

Miscellaneous: We reserve the right to change these Terms of Service at any time in its discretion and to notify users of any such changes solely by changing this Terms of Service. Your continued use of this site after the posting of any amended Terms of Service shall constitute your agreement to be bound by any such changes. Your use of this site prior to the time this Terms of Service was posted will be governed according to the Terms of Service that applied at the time of your use.

We may modify, suspend, discontinue or restrict the use of any portion of this site, including the availability of any portion of the Content at any time, without notice or liability. We may deny access to any person or user at any time for any reason. In addition, we may at any time transfer rights and obligations under this Agreement to any affiliated partners, or any entity that acquires DeafWorld.com or any of their assets.

This Agreement shall be governed and interpreted pursuant to the laws of the State of Maryland, United States of America, notwithstanding any principles of conflicts of law. If you take legal action relating to these terms, you agree that the state and/or federal courts located in the State of Maryland, County of Montgomery shall have the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of such action. If any part of this Agreement is deemed unlawful, void or unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of remaining provisions.

Contact Us: Questions or problems regarding use of our web site may be directed to us using our Contact Page. You agree that conversation must be written in English and that DeafWorld.com may keep records of the conversations that DeafWorld.com employees have with you in order to monitor the quality of DeafWorld.com's service and to ensure that the information needed is received. However, DeafWorld.com's customer service employees are not authorized to waive any provision of this Agreement.

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