This terms of service agreement (hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement") sets
forth the contractual agreement between iFreelanZ, part of the Vital Acts Inc.
(referred to herein collectively as "iFreelanZ," "iFreelanZ.com," "we," "us,"
"our") and you (referred to herein collectively as "company," "you," "your", "customer",
"user" and/or "registered user") who agrees to the terms of this agreement by clicking
the "I AGREE" checkbox on the User Registration form.
The following are the terms and conditions for use of the iFreelanZ services (including
but not limited to, use of this website and any other related services). The terms
and conditions also apply to any new services which may be offered by iFreelanZ
in the future.
Your use of our services indicates your agreement to abide by our most recent Terms
of Service Agreement as displayed on this website.
The iFreelanZ service and all related services offered through this website are
offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without any modification to the terms
and conditions contained in this Agreement.
If you do not accept the terms and conditions contained in the Agreement in their
entirety, you are not authorized to use this website.
1. PROTECTION OF COPYRIGHTS AND TRADEMARKS
The Website contains trademarks and other material furnished by iFreelanZ, its
licensors, and other users. You should assume that everything you see or read in
publicly viewable areas of the Website that was not furnished or received by you
(such as images, photographs, illustrations, text and other materials) ("Website
Content") is copyrighted unless otherwise noted. You may not sell, reproduce, distribute,
modify, display, publicly perform, prepare derivative works based on, repost or
otherwise use any of the Website Content in any way for any public or commercial
purpose without prior written consent of iFreelanZ or the rights holder. You may
not use the Website Content on any other website or in a networked computer environment
for any purpose except your own personal viewing. In order to protect iFreelanZ
and its Licensor's trade secrets, you agree that you will not 'reverse engineer'
any Website Content consisting of downloadable software, unless specifically authorized
by the trade secret owner or otherwise permitted by law.
2. RELATIONSHIP OF PARTIES
Your relationship and correspondence with users on iFreelanZ site, including the
development and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions,
warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between
you and such user. You agree not to hold iFreelanZ liable for any loss or damage
of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the
presence of such users of the website. By accepting this agreement, you acknowledge
that iFreelanZ does not provide any development tools or delivery mechanisms for
any project deliverables between users.
3. OWNERSHIP
The website and all intellectual property rights related to the website, including
but not limited to copyrights, trademarks, service marks and any feedback left by
users on the website, are owned or licensed by iFreelanZ, and all right, title
and interest in the website and the related intellectual property rights remain
the property of iFreelanZ. You may not reproduce, reverse engineer, decompile,
disassemble, modify or create derivative works with respect to the website or any
related intellectual property, including any services provided via the iFreelanZ
website.
4. MODIFICATION OF SERVICE
iFreelanZ reserves the right to modify, add, or remove all services and
features of the website at any time.
5. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree that you shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless iFreelanZ and its
officers, directors, employees, agents, owners and shareholders from and against
any costs, expenses (including, among other expenses, reasonable attorneys' fees
and expenses), losses, damages (specifically including, but not limited to, incidental,
consequential, exemplary, special, indirect or punitive damages), suits, claims
or liabilities incurred and arising from or relating to your use of iFreelanZ services.
6. TERMINATION OF SERVICE
iFreelanZ has the right to instantly cancel, delete, or otherwise disable your
account or portions of your account, with or without warning.
7. ASSIGNMENT
You shall not sell, transfer, or assign this Agreement without the prior
written consent of iFreelanZ. Any unauthorized transfer or assignment shall be
null and void; provided, however, that any such assignment shall not relieve user
of its obligations under this Agreement. iFreelanZ has the right to transfer or
assign this Agreement to any other person or entity without your consent.
8. MODIFICATION
This Agreement may be modified by iFreelanZ at any time. It is your responsibility
to periodically review any updates to this agreement to determine if any modifications
affect you or your business.
9. GOVERNING LAW
Interpretation and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal
laws of the state of California. You consent to jurisdiction in the federal and
state courts sitting in the central district of California and the city of Los Angeles,
respectively for any action arising out of or relating to your use of iFreelanZ
services. The federal and state courts of Los Angeles County shall have exclusive
jurisdiction over all such actions. If any provision of this Agreement shall be
held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part for any reason, such provision
shall be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without
in any manner affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the remaining provisions
of this Agreement.
10. ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS
If any action is brought by you against iFreelanZ under this Agreement, and iFreelanZ
prevails, iFreelanZ shall be entitled to recover from you its actual costs and
reasonable attorney fees and all other litigation costs, including expert witness
fees, and all actual attorney fees and litigation costs incurred in connection with
the enforcement of a judgment arising from such action or proceeding. The provisions
of the preceding sentence shall be severable from the provisions of this Agreement
and shall survive the entry of any such judgment.
11. TERMINATION FOR IMPROPER USE
Infractions of this Agreement or the acceptable use policies set forth in this Agreement
by you can result in immediate termination of your accounts without reimbursement.
iFreelanZ may make exceptions in the case of individual abusive users. This decision
is left entirely to the discretion of iFreelanZ.
12. ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
As consideration for use of the iFreelanZ website pursuant to this Agreement, you
agree to the following stipulations relating to acceptable use of the iFreelanZ
website. You agree not to use the iFreelanZ website to:
A. Intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state,
national or international law, including, but not limited to, any regulations having
the force of law.
B. Impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to,
a iFreelanZ official or employee or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your
affiliation with a person or entity;
C. Employ misleading e-mail addresses or falsify information in the
header, footer, return path or any part of any communication, including e-mails,
transmitted through the iFreelanZ website;
D. Upload, post, e-mail, otherwise transmit or post links to any content
that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or regulation or under contractual
or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, or proprietary and confidential
information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure
agreements);
E. Upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit or post links to any content
that facilitates hacking;
F. Upload, post, e-mail, otherwise transmit or post links to any content
that infringes any patent, trademark, service mark, trade secret, copyright or other
proprietary rights of any party or contributing to inducing or facilitating such
infringement.
G. Upload, post, e-mail, otherwise transmit or post links to any unsolicited
or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain
letters," "pyramid schemes" or any other form of solicitation, except in those areas
that are designated for such purposes;
H. Upload, post, e-mail, otherwise transmit or post links to any material
that contains software viruses, worms, trojan horses, time bombs, trap doors or
any other computer code, files or programs or repetitive requests for information
designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software
or hardware or telecommunications equipment or to diminish the quality of, interfere
with the performance of, or impair the functionality of the iFreelanZ website;
I. Upload, post, e-mail, otherwise transmit or post links to any content,
or select any member or user name or e-mail address, that is unlawful, harmful,
threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, pornographic,
libelous, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, hateful or racially, sexually,
ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
J. Upload, post, e-mail, otherwise transmit or post links to any content that
promotes illegal activity, including without limitation the provision of instructions
for illegal activity;
K. Collect or store personally identifying information about other users for
commercial or unlawful purposes;
L. Upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit or post links to any material,
or act in any manner that is offensive to these stipulations of acceptable use.
13. PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY
A. Your use of the website and the services provided therein is governed
by the terms of this Agreement and the iFreelanZ Privacy Policy, which is incorporated
in its entirety by reference into this Agreement. The Privacy Policy is posted on
the website and may be updated or revised from time to time. If at any time you
are not in compliance with the Privacy Policy, we have the right to terminate your
rights of use and access to the website and to terminate this Agreement. We may
be required by law to disclose information to government authorities, law enforcement
agencies or third parties, upon subpoena, and you authorize us to disclose information
as we believe, in our sole discretion, is necessary or appropriate.
B. Any Login Identification (Login Name) and password, and any authorization
codes or similar verification identifiers should be maintained by you as confidential
and should not be disclosed to third parties. It is your responsibility to change
your Login Name and password and/or authorization codes, if it becomes necessary,
through the "My Account" section of the website.
14. MEMBERSHIP FEES
A. iFreelanZ users may have a single BUYER profile and multiple SERVICE PROVIDER
(PROVIDER) profiles. BUYER profiles are FREE and as such have no membership fee.
iFreelanZ charges membership fees for each active PROVIDER profile. PROVIDER membership
fees are renewed according to the User's selected renewal options, unless deactivated
by the subscribing User. If automatic membership renewal is requested by the User,
iFreelanZ will automatically charge the membership fee to the User's designated
payment method and you authorize us to charge such payment method for the appropriate
membership fees and amounts stated. iFreelanZ reserves the right to increase membership
fees or to institute new fees at any time, upon reasonable notice posted in advance
on this Website.
B. Downgrades to a less expensive membership or cancellation of any membership
will not result in any refund or credit of fees already paid. Membership fees are
charged up-front and no refunds or credits will be given upon cancellation or downgrades.
The cancellation of a membership will go into effect at the end of your current
billing cycle.
15. WARRANTIES
A. While iFreelanZ makes reasonable efforts to provide its services without
errors or inaccuracies on our website, we make no representations as to the accuracy,
completeness, error free nature of services/material on the website, or timeliness
of those materials/services, and you should not rely upon it.
B. The services provided by iFreelanZ are "AS IS," "WHERE IS." iFreelanZ
DOES NOT MAKE ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
FOR THE SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY iFreelanZ UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
C. IN ADDITION, iFreelanZ MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND
AS TO THE RELIABILITY, IDENTITY, OR QUALITY OF ANY USER OR THIRD PARTY YOU MAY ENCOUNTER
ON OUR WEBSITE, NOR DOES iFreelanZ MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO
THE ACCURACY OF ANY POSTINGS MADE ON THE WEBSITE BY ANY USER.
D. Each party represents and warrants that it has the right and/or full corporate
power and authority to enter into this Agreement.
16. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU AGREE TO USE THIS WEBSITE, ANY OR ALL OF OUR SERVICES PROVIDED ON IT, OR LINKS
FROM OUR WEBSITE AT YOUR OWN RISK. iFreelanZ is not responsible or liable for any
LOSS WHATSOEVER that you may incur by using our services or any material from our
website.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, SHALL IFREELANZ OR ANYONE ELSE INVOLVED IN ADMINISTERING,
DISTRIBUTING OR PROVIDING IFREELANZ SERVICES, BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF REVENUES
OR LOST PROFITS OR DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE IFREELANZ
SERVICES, MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES OR E-MAIL ERRORS,
DEFECTS, VIRUSES, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, THEFT,
DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO IFREELANZ RECORDS, PROGRAMS OR SERVICES,
OR LOSSES OR DAMAGES INCURRED BY YOU FROM VISITING THIRD PARTY WEBSITES THAT YOU
ACCESS THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, EVEN IF IFREELANZ HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH LOSSES.
BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL
OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES, IFREELANZ LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE GREATEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. IN NO EVENT SHALL IFREELANZ LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED THE
AGGREGATE AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU TO IFREELANZ FOR ITS SERVICES DURING THE PREVIOUS
SIX MONTHS.
17. INFORMATION POSTED ON THE IFREELANZ WEBSITE
A. You are solely responsible for information that you post on the iFreelanZ
website, including but not limited to any posting or listing in any public message
area or through email. You grant iFreelanZ a non-exclusive, full, royalty free,
irrevocable right to exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to
information you post on the iFreelanZ website. iFreelanZ does not endorse any
information posted by users and we are not liable for any information posted by
users on our website, including but not limited to any information posted about
you. iFreelanZ reserves the right to take any action with respect to information
posted on our website which we believe is appropriate in our sole discretion with
respect to such information, including but not limited to termination of this Agreement.
However, iFreelanZ cannot, and we do not, control the information provided by you
or other users or other content providers that is made available through our website
and services. Other users' information may be offensive, harmful, inaccurate, or
in some cases may be mislabeled or deceptively labeled. In addition, Information
on the iFreelanZ website is provided "AS IS" "WHERE IS," and may contain errors.
B. The iFreelanZ website provides links to other websites as part of the
services and content on this website. The links include those submitted by the users
of this website. These links will allow you to leave this website. Any non-iFreelanZ
website is independent from iFreelanZ and iFreelanZ has no control over the content
of any such sites. iFreelanZ is NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE for any content on or
any changes to these external websites. iFreelanZ makes no representations whatsoever
about any other website that you may access through the iFreelanZ website.
C. You understand and agree that by providing a link to a non iFreelanZ
(any website outside the iFreelanZ.com domain) website, iFreelanZ DOES NOT ENDORSE
OR ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY for the content, or the use of such sites. You also
understand that it is solely your responsibility to make sure that any non-iFreelanZ
website you may access through the iFreelanZ website or services is free from any
content of destructive nature including but not limited to robots, viruses, trojan
horses, time bombs, trapdoors and worms. iFreelanZ is not responsible or liable
for any material or transmission that you may receive (both electronic and non-electronic)
from any of these other websites. iFreelanZ WILL IN NO EVENT BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR USE OF ANY
HYPER LINKED WEBSITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF ANY DATA OR OTHER PROGRAMS,
ANY LOST PROFITS, ANY LOST BUSINESS OR LOSS OF ANY OTHER NATURE WHATESOEVER, EVEN
IF WE ARE EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGES.
18. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
The parties acknowledge that this agreement, and any modifications to this
agreement, constitute the complete agreement regarding this subject and supersedes
any prior oral or written communications relating to this subject.
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