TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE.  Please read these terms and conditions of use carefully before using this site.  By using this site, you signify your assent to these terms and conditions of use.  If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use this site. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these terms and conditions at any time.  Please check these terms and conditions periodically for changes.

This site is owned and operated by Internet Friends aka InternetFriends.com.  No material from this site or any other site owned, operated or controlled by InternetFriends.com may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, without our permission.  Modification of the materials or use of the materials for any other purpose is a violation of InternetFriends.com's copyright and other proprietary rights.  For purposes of these terms, the use of any such material on any other site or networked computer environment is prohibited.  All trademarks, service marks, and trade names are proprietary to InternetFriends.com.

All users shall remain solely responsible for their actions.  By posting materials in any form or submitting any materials to us, you automatically grant (or warrant that the owner of such rights has expressly granted) us a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and distribute such materials or incorporate such materials into any form, medium, or technology now known or later developed throughout the universe.  In addition, you warrant that all so-called "moral rights" in those materials have been waived. You agree to indemnify InternetFriends.com for any and all claims, damages, losses, and causes of action arising as a result of your actions.

All content and graphics on this site are protected by Canadian copyright and international treaties.  Therefore, it may not be copied without the express permission of InternetFriends.com, which reserves all rights.  Re-use of any of InternetFriends.com's content and graphics online for any purpose is strictly prohibited.  The materials from InternetFriends.com's site(s) are available for informational uses only, provided the content and/or graphics are not modified in any way.  The style of this site such as the "look" and "feel" of InternetFriends.com are trademarks.  This includes InternetFriends.com's design, layout, codes, text, graphics, color combinations, plus all other audio and visual elements.  All copyright and other notices on any copy are retained, and permission is granted by InternetFriends.com.  Please do not copy or adapt any code that belongs to InternetFriends.com. It also is covered by InternetFriends.com's copyright.

TRADEMARKS.  Among the trademarks owned by InternetFriends.com are Internet Friends, InternetFriends.com, InternetFriends.com, and InternetFriends.com and the text, audio, and visual content of all the site(s).  InternetFriends.com's specific site logos may be available for you to put on your site as a link.  Any other use of InternetFriends.com's trademarks requires InternetFriends.com's permission.

Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.  The names of companies, products, people, characters and/or data mentioned herein are fictitious and are in no way intended to represent any real individual, company, product or event, unless otherwise noted.  Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

SOFTWARE.  You might get third-party software that InternetFriends.com indexes.  However, remember that InternetFriends.com might not create, endorse, or sponsor that software. If you download any third-party materials that InternetFriends.com indexes, you do so completely at your own risk. If you plan to download any software, please be sure to read the copyright and licensing information first.  This site may contain other proprietary notices and copyright information.  The terms of which must be observed and followed.  Information on this site is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and/or non-infringement.

Any communication or material you submit to InternetFriends.com is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary.  By sending InternetFriends.com any information or material, you grant InternetFriends.com an unrestricted, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit and distribute those materials or information, and you also agree that InternetFriends.com is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you send us for any purpose.  You agree that InternetFriends.com or any of its affiliates may use your communication as material for any purpose, including reproduction, modification, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting.  Please do not send or submit any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense or violate any law.

Information on this site may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Information may be changed or updated without notice.  InternetFriends.com may also make improvements and/or changes in the products and/or the programs described in this information at any time without notice.  Information InternetFriends.com publishes may contain references or cross references to InternetFriends.com products, programs and services that are not announced or available in your country.  Such references do not imply that InternetFriends.com intends to announce such products, programs or services in your country.

InternetFriends.com makes no representations whatsoever about any other site which you may access through this one.  When you access a non-InternetFriends.com site, please understand that it is independent from InternetFriends.com, and that InternetFriends.com has no control over the content on that site.  In addition, a link to a non-InternetFriends.com site does not mean that InternetFriends.com endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content, or the use, of such site. It is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever you select for your use is free of such items as viruses, worms, trojans, and other items of a destructive nature.

Linked sites are not under the control of InternetFriends.com and InternetFriends.com is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site, or any changes or updates to such sites.  InternetFriends.com is providing these links only as a convenience and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by InternetFriends.com.

Except as specifically stated on this site, neither InternetFriends.com nor any of its directors, employees, or other representatives will be liable for damages arising out of or in connection with the use of this site.  This is a comprehensive limitation of liability that applies to all damages of any kind, including (without limitation) compensatory, direct, indirect or consequential damages, loss of data, loss of time, income or profit, loss of or damage to property and claims of third parties.

This Agreement includes InternetFriends.com's Privacy Policy and any notices regarding the web site.

1. Eligibility. You must be eighteen or over to register as a member of InternetFriends.com 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 or upon receipt by InternetFriends.com of your written or email notice of termination. InternetFriends.com may terminate your membership for any reason, effective upon sending notice to you at the email address you provide in your application for membership, or such other email address as you may later provide to InternetFriends.com. If InternetFriends.com terminates your membership in the Service because you have breached the Agreement, you will not be entitled to any refund of unused fees. Even after membership is terminated, this Agreement will remain in effect. Even after this Agreement is terminated, certain provisions will remain in effect.

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. 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 InternetFriends.com. InternetFriends.com owns and retains all proprietary rights in the web site and the Service. The web site contains the copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information of InternetFriends.com, and its licensors. 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. 

5. Content Posted on the Site:

A.  You understand and agree that InternetFriends.com may review and delete any content, messages, InternetFriends.com Messenger messages, photos or profiles (collectively, "Content") that in the sole judgment of InternetFriends.com violate this Agreement or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of Members.

B.  You are solely responsible for the Content that you publish or display (hereinafter, "post") on the Service, or transmit to other Members.

C.  By posting Content to any public area of InternetFriends.com, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to InternetFriends.com 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.

D.  The following is a partial list of the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited on the web site. InternetFriends.com 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); 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. 

E. You must use the Service in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.

F. You may not include in your public ad any telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, web site links or email addresses.

G. 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 InternetFriends.com 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, InternetFriends.com 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 InternetFriends.com 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.

7. Member Disputes. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other InternetFriends.com Members. InternetFriends.com reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Members.

9. Privacy. Use of the web site and/or the Service is also governed by our Privacy Policy.

10. Disclaimers. InternetFriends.com 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. InternetFriends.com is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any user of the web site or Member of the Service. InternetFriends.com 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. InternetFriends.com 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 InternetFriends.com 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 InternetFriends.com expressly disclaims any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. InternetFriends.com cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of the web site and/or the Service. 

11. Limitation on Liability. Except in jurisdictions where such provisions are restricted, in no event will InternetFriends.com 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 InternetFriends.com has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, InternetFriends.com’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 InternetFriends.com for the Service during the term of membership. 

12. Indemnity. You agree to indemnify and hold InternetFriends.com, 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. 

13. 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 InternetFriends.com regarding the use of the web site and/or the Service. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. 


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