| Introduction
Welcome to Adoption Share! The following Terms and Conditions govern your use of the Adoption Share website. By using, visiting, or browsing the Adoption Share website, you accept and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, you should not use the Adoption Share website.
Changes to Terms and Conditions
Adoption Share reserves the right, from time to time, with or without notice to you, to change these Terms and Conditions in our sole discretion. The most current version of these Terms and Conditions can be reviewed by visiting this page. The most current version of the Terms and Conditions will supercede all previous versions. Your use of the Adoption Share website after changes are made means that you agree to be bound by such changes.
Privacy
Any information submitted on the Adoption Share website is subject to our Privacy Policy, the terms of which are incorporated herein. Please review our Privacy Statement to understand our practices.
Membership and Billing
Puchase and billing for your Adoption Share website is handled through PayPal. You can find the specific information regarding your membership with Adoption Share at anytime by signing into your PayPal account (www.paypal.com).
Billing
As a subscriber to Adoption Share, you agree that we are permitted to charge you via PayPal a monthly subscription fee and any other charges you may incur in connection with your use of Adoption Share. The subscription fee will be billed at the end of your 2-week set-up period and on each monthly renewal thereafter unless and until you cancel. All fees and charges are nonrefundable. We may change the fees and charges in effect, or add new fees and charges from time to time, but we will give you advance notice of these changes by e-mail. If you want to use a different credit card or payment method, or if there is a change in your credit card validity or expiration date, you may edit this information by logging in to your PayPal account (www.paypal.com).
Automatic Renewals
Your Adoption Share subscription will be automatically renewed on a monthly basis through PayPal. Your membership will automatically renew for successive monthly subscriptions, without prior notice to you, unless and until you cancel your membership or we terminate it. You must cancel your membership before it renews in order to avoid billing of subscription fees to your PayPal account.
Cancellation
As noted above, you may cancel your subscription to Adoption Share at anytime. To cancel, log in to your PayPal account (www.paypal.com), click the "Details" hyperlink of your Adoption Share subscription, then click the "Cancel Subscription" button on the bottom of the page. We do not provide refunds or credits for any partial monthly subscription periods. You will also be given 10 days to update PayPal account information when your account for whatever reason is no longer able to accept recurrent billing for the agreed service of the site. Upon cancellation, your website will become "inactive", thus not accessible via the Internet. Your account information, including your digital photos, will remain on our system for a period of 90 days after cancellation. Adoption Share is not responsible for the return of, or establishing access to your data, by any means, after cancellation.
Personal Domain Names
All Adoption Share website URLs use the format: http://www.adoptionshare/websitename. For Premium Packages, Adoption Share can incorporate the use of a personal domain name. Purchase, renewal, and set up of your personal domain name are your responsibility, though we are happy to assist you upon request.
Disclaimers of Warranties and Limitations on Liability
The Adoption Share website and its contents are provided "as is" and we make no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to the Adoption Share website or its contents, including third-party software providers. We assume no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of the Adoption Share website, any failures, delays, or interruptions in the electronic transmission or shipment of photos, delivery of any content contained on the Adoption Share website, any losses or damages arising from the use of the content provided on the Adoption Share website, or any conduct by users of the Adoption Share website. We disclaim all representations and warranties, including, for example, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. In addition, we do not represent or warrant that the information accessible via our site is accurate, complete or current.
You, the user, understand and agree that the submission of film or any digital image to the Adoption Share website, and the download or upload of any material through Adoption Share service is done at your own risk, and you will be solely responsible for any loss or damage to your film or image and your computer system or loss of data that my result in the download or upload of any material.
In no event shall Adoption Share, its shareholders, directors, officers, or employees be liable (jointly or severally) to you for any special, incidental, indirect or consequential damages of any kind, or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether or not advised of the possibility of damage, and on any theory of liability, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of this information. If any applicable authority holds any portion of this section to be unenforceable, then liability will be limited to the fullest possible extent permitted by applicable law.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold us harmless, and our officers, employees, agents, licensors and third-party information providers to the service, from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from any violation of these terms or any activity related to your account by you or any other person accessing the service using your account.
Intellectual Property
Copyright
You may not post, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information owned or controlled by someone else without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights.
All content included on the Adoption Share website, including text, graphics, logos, designs, photographs, button icons, images, audio/video clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of Adoption Share or its suppliers and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of Adoption Share and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. They should not be reproduced or used without express written permission from Adoption Share.
Trademarks
Adoption Share is a registered trademark of Adoption Share and other marks indicated on our site are trademarks of Adoption Share. All Adoption Share graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts and service names are trademarks or trade dress of Adoption Share. Adoption Share's trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not Adoption Share's, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits Adoption Share. All other trademarks not owned by Adoption Share that appear on the Adoption Share website are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by Adoption Share. Any images of persons or personalities contained on the Adoption Share website shall not be an indication of endorsement of any particular product or our service unless otherwise specifically indicated.
Website Content
The Adoption Share website allows you and other third parties to post comments concerning the websites provided by us. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information that constitutes part of the content expressed or made available by third parties on the Adoption Share website are those of the respective authors or producers and not of Adoption Share or its shareholders, directors, officers, or employees. Under no circumstances shall Adoption Share or its shareholders, directors, officers, directors, or employees be held liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information obtained through the Adoption Share website. It is your responsibility to evaluate the information, opinion, advice, or other content available through the Adoption Share website.
We permit you to post comments on Adoption Share websites provided that the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory or otherwise objectionable to us. In posting such content, you agree not to use a false e-mail address or otherwise mislead us or others regarding the origin of such content. We do not regularly review the content posted on the Adoption Share website; however, we reserve the right to remove or edit such content at anytime without notice.
Your are solely responsible for any data, text, software, music sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, files or other materials ("Content") which is transmitted, posted, or distributed by you through our Service, including but not limited to the contents of your e-mail communications, information, photos or images posted to your website. All Content posted by you, is your sole responsibility. Adoption Share does not control the Content posted by users such as yourself via our services and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. By using Adoption Share you understand and agree that you may be exposed to Content posted by other users that may be offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will Adoption Share be liable in any way for any Content posted by any user or third party, including, but not limited to, liability for any errors or omissions in any Content or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, e-mailed or otherwise transmitted via our services.
Use of Information Submitted
Adoption Share is free to use any comments, information, ideas, concepts, reviews, or techniques contained in any communication you may send to the Adoption Share website without further compensation, acknowledgement or payment to you for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products and creating, modifying or improving the Adoption Share website or other websites.
WE RESPECT THE PRIVACY OF OUR CUSTOMERS AND WILL NOT USE ANY COMMENTS, INFORMATION, DIGITAL OR PRINTED PHOTOS, IDEAS OR CONCEPTS THAT ARE SUBMITTED BY OUR CUSTOMERS WITHOUT THE EXPRESSED CONSENT OF THE CUSTOMER.
Your Conduct on the Adoption Share Website
Unacceptable actions and content as determined by us in our discretion, will constitute grounds of blocking your access to our service, removal of posted material and non-fulfillment of your order. As condition of your use of this service, you may NOT
(a) Upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any Content that is unlawful, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, invasive of another's privacy or rights of publicity, hateful, or otherwise objectionable in our estimation;
(b) Upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any Content that you do not have a legal right to transmit (such as a proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements) any content that infringes any patent trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party;
(c) Harm minors in any way;
(d) Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any content transmitted through this site;
(e) Interfere with our disrupt (or attempt to interfere with or disrupt) this site or servers or networks connected to this site, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to this site;
(f) Exhibit expressions of abuse, offensive language and imagery, obscenity, or pornography, including but not limited to child abuse, child pornography or depictions of minors engaged in sexual conduct.
(g) Impersonate any other person while using the Adoption Share website, conduct yourself in a vulgar or offensive manner while using our service, or use the Adoption Share website for any unlawful purpose.
(h) Transmit any material sent from an anonymous or false address.
Limitations on Use
You must be 18 years of age or older to use the Adoption Share service. Unless otherwise specified, the content on the Adoption Share website is for your personal and non-commercial use and we grant you a limited license to access the Adoption Share website for that purpose. You may not download (other than through page caching necessary for personal use), modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, duplicate, publish, license, create derivative works from, or offer for sale any information contained on, or obtained from, the Adoption Share website without our express written consent. Any unauthorized use of the Adoption Share website or its contents will terminate the limited license granted by us.
Right to Terminate
We reserve the right to terminate or restrict your use of our service, without notice, for any or no reason whatsoever.
Links
Some of the hyperlinks on the Adoption Share website may lead to other websites that are not controlled by, or affiliated with, Adoption Share In addition, other websites may link to the Adoption Share website. Adoption Share has not reviewed these websites and is not responsible for the content or privacy policies of these websites' service.
General Terms
All legal issues arising from or related to the use of this service shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio. Any action hereunder must be brought, if at all, within one (1) year from the accrual of the cause of action. These terms of service constitute the entire agreement between you and Adoption Share with respect to the use of this service. Adoption Share's failure to enforce any right or provision in these terms of service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision or of any other rights or provisions in these terms of service. |