ChineseSavvy.com Terms of Use
Acceptance of Terms of Use
Chinese Savvy and ChineseSavvy.com (also referred to as "the Site") provide this web site to you, subject to these Terms of Use. The Terms of Use may be updated by Chinese Savvy from time to time without notice to you. You acknowledge that Chinese Savvy reserves the right in its sole discretion to refuse or terminate access to the Site by you at any time. You acknowledge you have read and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. You further agree to comply with all local laws, regulations and rules regarding online conduct and acceptable Content. You represent you have the legal authority to accept these Terms of Use on behalf of yourself or any party you represent. If you do not agree to these terms, do not use the site.
Restrictions on Use of Content
©Copyright 2006 - 2008 Chinese Savvy. All Rights Reserved. The unauthorized copying, displaying or other use of any Content from this site is a violation of the law. You acknowledge having been advised by Chinese Savvy that the Content is protected internationally by a variety of laws, including but not limited to, copyright laws and treaty provisions, trademark laws, patent laws and other proprietary rights laws (collectively, "Rights"). In addition to Chinese Savvy's Rights in individual elements of the Content, Chinese Savvy or its licensors own a copyright in the selection, coordination and arrangement of the Content. You are hereby granted permission to access the Content from the Site in whole or in part, solely for your personal, non-commercial use of viewing and browsing through the Site or ordering products or services from the Site. This permission terminates automatically if you break any of the web site Terms of Use. If pursuant to an authorization from Chinese Savvy, you download software from the Site, the software, including all code, files, images, contained in or generated by the software, and accompanying data, are deemed to be licensed to you by Chinese Savvy. Neither title nor intellectual property rights are transferred to you, but remain with Chinese Savvy, who owns full and complete title. You may not resell, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise convert the Software to a perceivable form. Chinese Savvy does not grant you any permission to use the Content other than the permission expressly stated in these Terms of Use. All other use of Content from the Site, including, but not limited to uploading, downloading, modification, publication, transmission, participation in the transfer or sale of, copying, reproduction, republishing, creation of derivative works from, distribution, performance, display, incorporation into another web site, reproducing the Site (whether by linking, framing or any other method) or in any other way exploiting any of the Content, in whole or in part, or downloading and using software repeatedly for uses other than those expressly permitted may not be made without Chinese Savvy's prior express written consent. All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Copyrights, Trademarks and International Property Rights
Copyright © 2006 – 2008 Chinese Savvy. All Rights Reserved. All text, formatting (including without limitation the selection, coordination and arrangement of materials on the Site, and the "look and feel" of the Site), images, graphics, animation, videos, music, sounds, articles, copy, creative, trademarks, logos, and subsidiary, parent or affiliate company names and other materials on this Site are subject to the intellectual property rights of Chinese Savvy. These materials may not be copied for commercial use, reverse engineered, decompiled or disassembled, nor may these materials be modified, re-posted to other web sites, framed, deep linked to or otherwise redistributed in any form without the express written consent of Chinese Savvy. Nothing contained on the Site shall be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to make commercial use of any Chinese Savvy trademark, intellectual property right or copyrighted material without Chinese Savvy’s prior written permission. Any unauthorized commercial use of these materials will violate Chinese Savvy’s intellectual property rights and will be subject to Chinese Savvy’s full legal rights and remedies. Any third-party technology available on our website has been purchased or downloaded legally and is subject to the relevant company’s copyrights, trademarks and international property rights.
Submission of Information
Although Chinese Savvy provides certain encryption in an effort to protect the electronic transmission of credit card numbers or social security numbers ("Financial Information") that you submit to Chinese Savvy and ChineseSavvy.com through the Site, Chinese Savvy does not guarantee the security of any information transmitted to or from the Site. You understand and agree to assume the security risk for any information you provide using the Site.
Other than the Financial Information, do not send any confidential or proprietary information to Chinese Savvy through the Site. Except for the Financial Information or personally identifiable information relative to you, any information you do send to Chinese Savvy through the Site will be deemed NOT to be confidential ("Non-Confidential Information"). For any Non-Confidential Information you do send, post or submit you hereby grant Chinese Savvy an unrestricted, royalty-free, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit and distribute the Non-Confidential Information, and agree that Chinese Savvy is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you send Chinese Savvy for any purpose whatsoever without compensation to you or any other person sending the Non-Confidential Information, and you represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the Non-Confidential Information and that public posting and use of your content by Chinese Savvy will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party. Your personally identifiable information you submit to us shall be treated in accordance with the provisions laid out in our Privacy Statement below.
You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from the Site any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material, or any other material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under the law.
Payment Agreement and Responsibility for Payment
ChineseSavvy.com features content that is available only to paying customers. By purchasing content from our website, you agree to abide by these Terms of Use. You also agree to ensure that the money(s) you agree to pay to Chinese Savvy will be transferred to us within a reasonable time frame. You agree not to purchase for pay content with credit cards, debit cards or PayPal accounts with insufficient funds. In the event you purchase content and we do not receive payment and we are fined due to your inability to pay us for the use of said content, you will be held financially responsible for any fines to which Chinese Savvy is subject, in addition to the initial agreed-upon price of the paid content. Failure to comply with this agreement may result in your account being terminated at the discretion of Chinese Savvy.
All paid content is subject to the restrictions outlines above under Copyrights, Trademarks and International Property Rights and Restrictions on Use of Content. By purchasing content from Chinese Savvy and ChineseSavvy.com, you agree to abide by this agreement. Failure to do so will violate Chinese Savvy’s intellectual property rights and will be subject to Chinese Savvy’s full legal rights and remedies and thus subject to legal action.
Use of Forums and Registration
To post messages on the ChineseSavvy.com forum, you must register as a member. This registration is free of charge. By registering, you agree to abide the Terms of Membership.
When you register, you must choose a unique user name or "handle" and you must provide a unique, valid email address. Duplicate user names and email addresses are not allowed, so if the name or address you enter is already in use, you will be prompted to choose another. To prevent any member from using another's handle, each member's account is password protected. These forums, at its own discretion, may bar registration from any specific email service or ISP.
Any message posted on our forums expresses only the views of the author of the message and does not necessarily reflect the views of ChineseSavvy.com or any person or entity associated with them. ChineseSavvy.com forums use moderators and administrators to monitor the content and appearance of messages posted in the forums. However, considering the real time nature of the bulletin board, it is impossible for aforementioned moderators and administrators to monitor or review every message. Therefore, you agree that neither ChineseSavvy.com, nor any person or entity associated with them, will be held responsible for the content, accuracy, completeness, or validity of any information posted on the forums.
You agree that you will not use the forums on Chinesesavvy.com to post any material or links to any material, which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law.
You agree that you will not post any copyrighted material without the express permission of the copyright holder. SPAM advertising, chain letters, pyramid schemes and solicitations are also inappropriate on the ChineseSavvy.com forums and will be removed and your account terminated per the discretion of Chinese Savvy.
We have the ability to edit and/or remove objectionable messages. Any user who believes that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email at admin at chinesesavvy dot net. Upon receipt of such notification, ChineseSavvy.com will make every effort to take such action as deemed necessary within a reasonable period of time. Since this is a manual process, you are advised that ChineseSavvy.com may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately.
ChineseSavvy.com forums reserve the right to edit or delete any message for any reason whatsoever, at our sole discretion. You agree that you are solely responsible for the content of your messages, and that you will indemnify and hold harmless ChineseSavvy.com and their agents and employees with respect to any claim based upon the appearance and/or transmission of your message(s).
In the event of any complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you, ChineseSavvy.com reserves the right to reveal your identity and/or any additional information in our possession with relation to the claim in question.
Privacy Statement
As a user you consent to storage of information you have entered during the registration process in a database. This information and all personal and financial information you sent to Chinese Savvy through the site will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent. The ChineseSavvy.com server uses cookies to store information on your local computer. These cookies do not contain any of the information you have entered above.
Links to Third-Party Websites
This Site may provide links to other third-party World Wide web sites or resources. Chinese Savvy makes no representations whatsoever about any other web site which you may access through this Site. Because Chinese Savvy has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that Chinese Savvy is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products, services or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. 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, trojan horses and other items of a destructive nature. References on this Site to any names, marks, products or services of any third parties or hypertext links to third party sites or information are provided solely as a convenience to you and do not constitute or imply an endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation of or affiliation with the third party or its products and services. Chinese Savvy makes no representation or warranty as to any third party Content, products or services and you agree that Chinese Savvy shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such third-party Content, products or services available on or through any such site or resource.
Notices
Notices to you may be made via either email or regular mail. Chinese Savvy may also provide notices of changes to the Terms of Use or other matters by displaying notices or links to notices to you generally on the Site.
Disclaimer of Warranty
CHINESE SAVVY DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY, USE, TIMELINESS, SECURITY, VALIDITY, ACCURACY, OR RELIABILITY OF, OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF, OR OTHERWISE RESPECTING, THE CONTENT OF THE SITE OR ANY OTHER WEB SITES LINKED TO OR FROM THE SITE. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL, OR USE OF THIS SITE. THE CONTENT OF THE SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ON AN "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, CHINESE SAVVY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR OTHER VIOLATION OF RIGHTS. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM CHINESE SAVVY SHALL BE DEEMED TO ALTER THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY, OR TO CREATE ANY WARRANTY.
Limitation of Liability
CHINESE SAVVY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE, ITS CONTENT OR LINKS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES CAUSED BY OR RELATED TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DEFECTS, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, LINE FAILURE AND ALL OTHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES EVEN IF CHINESE SAVVY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, CHINESE SAVVY’S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL LOSSES, DAMAGES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THIS SITE, ITS CONTENT OR LINKS, SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO ACCESS THIS SITE.
Revisions
Chinese Savvy and ChineseSavvy.com provide this web site to you, subject to these Terms of Use. The Terms of Use may be updated by Chinese Savvy from time to time without notice to you. You acknowledge that Chinese Savvy reserves the right in its sole discretion to refuse or terminate access to the Site by you at any time.
Termination
You agree that Chinese Savvy, in its sole discretion, may terminate or restrict your use or access to this Site (or any part thereof) for any reason, including, without limitation, that Chinese Savvy believes you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of these Terms of Service, or the terms, conditions, or rules of a sweepstakes, contest, or other promotion contained within the Site. You also warrant that you will not use our message service to send spam or any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening or otherwise illegal to any of our registered users. Failure to comply with these rules may resort to your account’s termination at the discretion of Chinese Savvy.
General Information
The Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and Chinese Savvy and govern your use of the Site, superseding any prior agreements between you and Chinese Savvy relating to your use of this site. You may also be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use purchase products or services, participate in a sweepstakes, contest or other promotion or use or download software. If any provision of these web site Terms of Use is held to be invalid by any law, rule, order or regulation of any government or by the final determination of any People’s Court, such invalidity shall not affect the enforceability of any other provision of the Terms of Use. The failure of Chinese Savvy to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. By accessing the Site you agree that the statutes and laws of the People’s Republic of China without regard to conflicts of laws principles, will apply to all matters relating to use of the site, and you agree that any litigation shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of People’s Republic of China. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Site, or the Terms of Use must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. The section titles in the Terms of Service are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
Violations
Report any violations via e-mail to admin at chinesesavvy dot net.
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