TERMS OF USE
This page inform you of the terms of use on which you may make use of the website http://FurryMate.com (the 'Site'). Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use the Site. You must be at least 18 years of age to use the Site. By using the Site, you indicate that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these terms of use or you are under 18 years of age, please do not use the Site.
WE DO NOT CONDUCT ANY BACKGROUND CHECKS, CRIMINAL CHECKS OR IDENTITY CHECKS ON ANY OF THE SITE’S USERS. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF YOUR INTERACTION WITH OTHER USERS AND YOU SHOULD READ MORE ABOUT ONLINE DATING SAFETY AT THE FOOTER LINK "SAFETY TIPS" .
When you see "It's FREE to join NOW!" this means that
you can sign up to the Services free of charge, however you will have
limited access to features and areas of the Service. Full access will
require a Full Membership.
These terms of use will become effective from the point at which you use the Site or the Services (or where you expressly accept these terms of use by registering with FurryMate) and will remain in full force and effect unless terminated hereunder.
SERVICES
FurryMate provides on line services and associated services through the Site that enables you to contact and engage in conversation with other members hosted on the Site (the 'Services').
FurryMate creates user profiles for use by our customer support representatives for the
support, marketing and improvement of the Services. FurryMate's customer
support representatives are encouraged to speak to members and also stimulate
conversation between members by making introductions and recommendations.Some
profiles are created for entertainment purposes only.
Members will also receive communications from computer generated virtual profiles for entertainment purposes only.
They may, from time to time, send electronic communications to ask how their members are using certain aspects of the Services.
FurryMate may offer additional services or revise the scope of the Services at its discretion and with or without notice, and these terms of use will apply to all additional or revised Services. FurryMate also reserves the right to stop offering the Services.
YOUR ACCESS
You can access the Site in the following ways:
(i) By visiting the Site as a guest;
(ii) By registering through the Site as a member; or
(iii) By registering through the Site as a member and purchasing a subscription package.
There is no fee payable to access the Site as a guest or as a registered member. However, please note that accessing the Site as a guest or registered member will only give you limited access to features and areas of the Site. If you would like full access to all the features and areas of the Site and access to all the Services then you must purchase one of FurryMate's subscription packages.
The fees payable for each of FurryMate's subscription packages are set out on the “Upgrade” page of the Site.
USE OF THE SITE PERSONAL USE
Your account is for your personal use only. You may not authorise others to use your account or attempt to use another member's account without first obtaining their consent. You must not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity.
Information YOU SUBMIT
If you register with the Site, you warrant that you will:
• Provide all the information required to complete the registration forms on the Site;
• Ensure the information you provide is accurate and up to date;
• Update and maintain the accuracy of the information you provide;
• Only post information and content that is relevant to the members of the Site (please see below under 'Restrictions on your use of the Site' for further details of the restrictions on the type of information and content you can post);
• Be fully responsible for all use of your account and for any actions that take place using your account; and
• Only post genuine ratings of and comments on other members' profiles and other content based on your personal experience. Please note that any comments you make, if false, could be defamatory and could lead to legal proceedings being taken against you.
RESTRICTIONS OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE
You agree that you will not post any content on the Site, transmit any content to others, communicate any content, provide links to any content, or otherwise engage in any activity on the Site or through the Services that:
• Impersonates or otherwise misrepresents affiliation, connection or association with, any person or entity;
• Posting of email addresses, messenger usernames, external website links, or phone numbers in your profile or personal messages.
• Discloses any personal or confidential information of any person or organisation without first obtaining their consent or solicits another person's personal information for commercial or unlawful purposes;
• Solicits or requests personal information from anyone under the age of 18 or solicit passwords for unlawful purposes;
• Contains any material which is technically harmful (including, without limitation, computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, harmful components, corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful data);
• Promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm against any group or individual;
• Promotes or enables illegal or unlawful activities;
• Is intended to harass, annoy, threaten or intimidate any other members or other people or organizations;
• Is defamatory, inaccurate, obscene, indecent, seditious, offensive, , abusive, liable to incite racial hatred, discriminatory, inflammatory, blasphemous, in breach of confidence, in breach of privacy or which may cause annoyance or inconvenience;
• Is deliberately misleading or fraudulent;
• Contains copyrighted content (such as music, videos, photographs, images etc) without first obtaining their owners consent;
• Uses the Site or Services for chain letters, junk mail or spam e-mails;
• Advertises or solicits any member to buy or sell any products or services;
• Interferes or disrupts networks connected to the Site or attempts to interfere with the proper functioning of the Site (including imposing an unreasonable load on the technical infrastructure used to operate the Site); or
• Contains any material which may infringe or
violate any third party's rights.
Content Monitoring STATEMENT
By joining the website all members the site all members agree that they are 18 years and older. All content uploaded must be belong to the member and depict only themselves. All content is reviewed by a team of moderators prior to appearing on the website to ensure that it is not illegal and does not otherwise violate our standards. In addition, all profiles are subject to regular monitoring to assure compliance to our Terms. Any content posted to the website the member can remove at any time by deleting it themselves or using the Contact Us form found in the footer of the website. Any complaints or issues regarding content posted on the site should be sent via the Contact Us form appearing in the footer of the site.
FurryMate reserves the right, to monitor the information or content you
submit to the Site or post in the public areas of the Site. FurryMate
has the right to remove any such information or content: (i) that
in FurryMate's sole discretion violates, or may violate, any applicable
law, or these terms of use; (ii) or upon the request of any third party.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
You are
solely responsible for, and assume all liability regarding,
(i) the information
and content you post on the Site;
(ii) the information and content you post,
transmit, publish, or otherwise make available through the Site; and
(iii) your
interactions with other members through the Site.
COMPLAINTS POLICY
FurryMate also permits the reporting of content from
you the user that may be illegal or otherwise violates standards are set
out in the this policy including content where consent was not given or
is void under applicable law. Content can be reported by submitting a
request using the Contact Us form found in the footer of each page. You
may also report content by clicking the report button found on each
user’s profile and message.
To assure appropriate action is take as soon as possible, please include the following:
1. Your name, email address, or other contact information.2. Identification of the material that is the subject of the complaint (A link the the materials that are the subject of the complaint.
3. Identification of the material and information reasonably sufficient to permit FurryMate to locate the material on our website or services;
The
content will be reviewed and the issue resolved within seven business
days of the the request. Further questions or detail may be requested
from you if insufficient information is provided.
FurryMate’s response to complaints may include the removal of the content
as well as account suspension. If content is found to be illegal it
will be reported to appropriate authorities.
Should you disagree
with the decision, you may file an appeal. To do so, please use contact
us form found at the footer of the site and providing additional
details. FurryMate will render a decision within seven business days
regarding the appeal. Should there be a disagreement regarding the
appeal, FurryMate will allow a mutually agreed neutral body to reassess
the complaint.
For copyright removal process, and counter claim process please review the content removal policy, found below.
CONTENT REMOVAL POLICY
To submit a notice of claimed copyright infringement, you will need to provide us with the following information:
1.
A physical or electronic signature (typing your full name will suffice)
of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf;
2.
Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed
(e.g., a link to your original work or clear description of the
materials allegedly being infringed upon);
3. Identification of the
infringing material and information reasonably sufficient to permit X to
locate the material on our website or services;
4. Your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and an email address;
5.
A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the
material in the manner asserted is not authorized by the copyright
owner, its agent, or the law; and
6. A statement that the information
in the complaint is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you
are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
If you believe that the materials reported in the copyright complaints were misidentified or removed in error, you may contact the complainant and request a retraction or send us a counter-notice. To submit a counter-notice to a copyright claim, you will need to provide us with the following information:
1. A physical or electronic signature (typing your full name will suffice);
2. Your full name, address (including country), telephone number, and for verification purposes, your FurryMate username and associated email;
3. Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled, and the location at which the material appeared before that removal or disabling (the description from the copyright notice will suffice);
4. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; and
5. One of the following jurisdictional consent statements:
(If your address is in the United States)
“I consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which my address is located and I’ll accept service of process from the person who provided notice under 17 U.S.C. 512 (c)(1)(C) or an agent of such person.”
OR
(If your address is outside of the United States)
"I consent to any judicial district in which FurryMate may be found, and I’ll accept service of process from the person who provided notice under 17 U.S.C. 512 (c)(1)(C) or an agent of such person."
To submit a counter-notice, please provide all of the above information using the contact us form found at the footer of the site.
Upon receipt of a valid counter-notice, we will promptly forward a copy to the person who filed the original notice. This means that the contact information that is submitted in your counter-notice will be shared to the person who filed the original notice.
If the copyright owner disagrees that the content was removed in error, they may pursue legal action against you. If we do not receive notice within 10 business days that the original reporter is seeking a court order to prevent further infringement of the material at issue, we may replace or cease disabling access to the material that was removed.
We cannot offer any legal advice. Should you have questions, please consult an attorney.
SECURITY
You agree that you are responsible for keeping your screen name and password for your account secret. You acknowledge that FurryMate is not responsible for third party access to your account that results from sharing by you or the theft or misappropriation of your screen name and password. FurryMate reserves the right to suspend your access to the Site or terminate your account if FurryMate suspects an unauthorized person is attempting to access it.
REPORTING
You agree to tell FurryMate immediately about: (i) any violation of these terms of use by others (including but not limited to other members) of which you become aware; and (ii) any known or suspected unauthorized access to your account.
Risks of using the Site & Services
You assume all risk when using the Site and the Services, including but not limited to, all of the risks associated with any online or offline interactions with others, including dating. You understand that FurryMate is unable to guarantee the accuracy or completeness of information provided to you by or about other members, and that FurryMate is unable to confirm that any member is who he or she claims to be. FurryMate does not warrant and is not responsible for ensuring that other members are in compliance with these terms of use. You agree to take all necessary precautions when communicating with or meeting individuals through the Site. You understand that FurryMate makes no guarantees or warranties, either express or implied, regarding your ultimate compatibility with individuals you meet through the Site or as to the conduct of such individuals. You further understand that FurryMate makes no guarantees or warranties as to the number or frequency of matches made available to you through the Site.
FurryMate's proprietary rights
You acknowledge and agree that the copyright and other intellectual property rights in the Site and the content provided as part of the Services belongs to FurryMate. No rights in respect of the Site or the content provided as part of the Services are granted to you other than those expressly set out in these terms of use.
Licence to your posted content
By posting information or content to your profile pages or any public area of the Site, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant to FurryMate an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty free, worldwide license to use, copy, publish, display, reformat, translate and distribute such information or content and to grant and authorize sub-licences of the same. You further waive any moral rights you may have in any such information or content.
Disclaimer of warranties
This section will apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
FurryMate will provide the Services with reasonable skill and care, and except as expressly provided in these terms of use, does not make or grant (and hereby excludes) any warranties, representations, conditions or terms of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise with respect to the Services or the Site (including all information contained therein), including but not limited to any implied warranties of merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement.
FurryMate does not warrant that your use of the Site will be secure, uninterrupted, always available, error-free or will meet your requirements, or that any defects in the Site will be corrected. FurryMate disclaims liability for, and no warranty, representation, condition or other term is made with respect to, the connectivity and availability of the Site.
Opinions, advice, statements, offers, or other information or content made available through the Services, but not directly by FurryMate, are those of their respective authors, and should not necessarily be relied upon. Such authors are solely responsible for such content. FurryMate does not: (i) warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information provided on the Site or the Services, or (ii) adopt, endorse or accept responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice, or statement made by any party other than FurryMate. Under no circumstances will FurryMate be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from anyone's reliance on information or other content posted on the Site, provided through the Services, or transmitted to or by any members.
Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, in no event will FurryMate be liable for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage arising out of or relating, directly or indirectly, to the use or inability to use the Site or Services, including, without limitation, loss of income or revenue, loss of corruption of data or programs, loss of goodwill and loss of anticipated savings, even if FurryMate knows or has been advised of the possibility of such loss arising.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event will FurryMate be liable for any claims, losses or damages whatsoever, whether direct, indirect, general, special, compensatory, consequential, and/or incidental, arising out of or relating to the conduct of you or anyone else in connection with the use of the Site or Services, including without limitation, bodily injury, emotional distress, and/or any other claims, losses or damages resulting from communications or meetings with other users of the Site. This includes any claims, losses or damages arising from the conduct of members who have registered under false pretenses or who attempt to defraud or harm you.
FurryMate's total liability to you in connection with these terms of use or the use of the Services or the Site shall be to the fees paid by you to FurryMate for use of the Services.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify FurryMate, its officers, directors, employees, agents and third parties for any claims, causes of action, debts, losses, costs, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) relating to or arising, directly or indirectly, out of: (i) your use of or inability to use the Site or Services, (ii) any content or information posted by you, (iii) your violation of these terms of use or your violation of any rights of a third party, or (iv) your violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations.
FurryMate reserves the right, at its own cost, to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you. You agree to proviFurryMate with full co-operation if FurryMate chooses to exercise this right.
Information about you and your visits to the Site
FurryMate processes information about you in accordance with FurryMate's privacy policy. By using the Site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.
Links to other sites
Where the Site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. FurryMate has no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accepts no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
Term and termination
These terms of use will become effective from the point at which you use the Site or the Services (or where you expressly accept these terms of use by registering with FurryMate) and will remain in full force and effect unless terminated hereunder.
Your subscription will be automatically extended for successive renewal
period of the same duration as the subscription term originally
selected, at the then current non-promotional subscription rate. Please
note that you must terminate your subscription prior to the end of the
subscription period for which you have paid to avoid being charged for
the next subscription period. To change or terminate your subscription
at any time, please choose one of the procedures detailed in the FAQ
section of the website or us the contact us
link found at the footer of the site. Either FurryMate or you may
terminate your user account at any time and for any reason by sending
notice to the other. FurryMate reserves the right to suspend immediately
or terminate your access to any of the Services, without notice, for
any reason. FurryMate also reserves the right to remove your account
information or data from the Site and any other records at any time at FurryMate's sole discretion. If your access to any of the Services is
suspended due to the breach of these terms of use, you agree that all
fees then paid to FurryMate by you will be non-refundable and all
outstanding or pending payments will immediately be due. Following any
termination of your use of the Services, FurryMate reserves the right to
send a notice explaining such termination to other members you have
contacted through the Site.
We operate an automatic renewal billing policy for all trial and 3 month plans.
This means that once your initial membership period has expired, for
your convenience, your membership will automatically be renewed at the
same rate that you signed up for using the original payment method. For
example if you pay by card, we will continue to debit this same credit
card as each subscription period expires.
We will only debit these repeat payments when your current payment
period expires and not before.
Please be aware when you subscribe to a trial period package, or 3 month
package, you will become liable for automatic rebilling. THIS MEANS
THAT THE MINIMUM DURATION OF YOUR CONTRACT WILL BE FOR THE INTIAL PERIOD
YOU SELECT, AND THIS WILL AUTOMATICALLY RENEWS UNTIL YOU CANCEL YOUR
SERVICE.
Please note that 6 month packages are one time payments and will not
renew.
Company is not responsible for Membership cancellation requests that are
not properly completed. Cancellations requests submitted through email
using the
contact us
form will be handled during normal business hours in the order they are
received. It is Your sole responsibility to submit cancellation requests
properly and with enough time to ensure that Your request for
cancellation may be processed prior to the subsequent rebilling period.
Receipts for subscriptions and confirmations of cancellation will be
sent to You via email. It is Your sole responsibility to provide a
correct email address
upon registering for the Service in order to obtain such receipts and
confirmations.
Your rights of cancellation Cancellation at any time
You may cancel your paid subscription at any time by following the instructions in our FAQ section “How do I cancel my subscription?”. If you cancel your subscription before the end of the trial period, you will not be rebilled. You will lose your access to paid features at the end of the trial period and you will be returned to free member account. When you cancel a paid subscription, you will remain a paid member with access to all paid Features until the end of your already-paid billing cycle. At the end of said billing cycle, your access to paid features will be terminated.
Notice of Copyright infringement
The
Company respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you
believe that your work is being used on our Web site in a manner that
constitutes copyright infringement, please notify us using our contact us
link found in the footer of the site or at hello {at} FurryMate.com. We will, upon
receiving effective written notification of such a claim, promptly
remove or disable access to material on this site that is claimed to be
infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity. To be effective,
the notification must include the following information:
1. Identification of each copyrighted work that you claim to have been infringed.
2.
Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to
be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or
access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient
to enable us to locate the material.
3. Your mailing and e-mail addresses and your telephone and fax numbers, so that we can contact you.
4.
A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that use of the
material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright
owner, the copyright owner's agent, or the law.
5. A statement by you
that the information in the notification is accurate, and that, under
penalty of perjury, you either are the copyright owner or are authorized
to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly
infringed.
The notification must include the physical signature of
the copyright owner or of a person authorized to act on behalf of the
copyright owner. Anyone who knowingly misrepresents that material is
infringing is liable for any damages incurred as of result of our
relying on such misrepresentation in removing or blocking the material.
Entire agreement
These terms of use, and the pages on the Site to which these terms refer, constitute a contract that governs the relationship between you and FurryMate. They cancel and replace any conditions that may have been agreed to in the past, even if not directly withdrawn or amended, and constitute the entirety of the rights and obligations in place between you and FurryMate.
Changes to these terms of use
FurryMate may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes FurryMate makes, as they are binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in these terms of use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on the Site.
Class Action waiver
IN ANY DISPUTE, NEITHER YOU NOR ANY OTHER PERSON SHALL BE
ENTITLED TO JOIN OR CONSOLIDATE CLAIMS BY OR AGAINST OTHER AFFILIATES
OR PERSONS, OR ARBITRATE ANY CLAIM AS A REPRESENTATIVE OR CLASS ACTION
OR IN A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL CAPACITY. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE
GIVING UP YOUR RIGHTS TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION OR REPRESENTATIVE
ACTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH CLAIM.
Jurisdiction and applicable law
These terms of use and the documents referred to in them shall be governed and construed in accordance with the governing law of the United Kingdom. Any disputes relating to these terms of use, the documents referred to in them or the Site or the Services will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.