Terms of Use

Last Updated: January 4^th, 2024

Welcome to the Connecting Singles, Inc. (“ConnectingSingles” or “we”, “us” or “our” as applicable) website hosted at www.ConnectingSingles.com (“Site”). Please read these Terms of Service (the “Terms”), the Paid Subscription Terms, located at https://www.connectingsingles.com/paidterms.aspx , and our privacy policy, located at https://www.connectingsingles.com/privacy.aspx (“Privacy Policy”) carefully because they govern your use of our Site and our content and services accessible therein (the foregoing, collectively, the “Services”), which is incorporated by reference and included in the Terms. For additional information pertaining to use of the Services, please also see the relevant policies of our advertising partners, located at www.monumetric.com and www.adpushup.com, the terms of which are hereby incorporated into these Terms by reference.

YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT CONNECTINGSINGLES DOES NOT CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS ON ITS USERS OR OTHERWISE INQUIRE INTO THE BACKGROUND OF ITS MEMBERS. CONNECTINGSINGLES MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO ANY ATTRIBUTES, AGE, CONDUCT OR COMPATIBILITY OF MEMBERS. CONNECTINGSINGLES RESERVES THE RIGHT, BUT ASSUMES NO OBLIGATION, TO CONDUCT – AND YOU AUTHORIZE CONNECTINGSINGLES TO CONDUCT – ANY CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK OR OTHER SCREENINGS (SUCH AS SEX OFFENDER REGISTER SEARCHES) AT ANY TIME USING AVAILABLE PUBLIC RECORDS OBTAINED BY IT OR WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY, AND YOU AGREE THAT ANY INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING ARBITRATION AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER: WHEN YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS YOU ARE AGREEING (WITH LIMITED EXCEPTION) TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN YOU AND US THROUGH BINDING, INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION RATHER THAN IN COURT. PLEASE REVIEW CAREFULLY THE SECTION TITLED “DISPUTE RESOLUTION” BELOW FOR DETAILS REGARDING ARBITRATION. HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF A JURISDICTION WHERE APPLICABLE LAW PROHIBITS ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES, THE AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE WILL NOT APPLY TO YOU BUT THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECTION ‎TITLED “GOVERNING LAW AND FORUM CHOICE” WILL APPLY INSTEAD.

Agreement to Terms. If you don’t agree to be bound by these Terms, do not use the Services. By clicking “I Agree”, you represent and warrant that you are over 18 (or older if the lawful age of majority in your state, nation, or locality is higher than 18), that you have read and understood the Terms and agree to be bound by these Terms, and you further represent and warrant that:

• You can form a binding contract with ConnectingSingles,

• You are not a person who is barred from using the Services under the laws of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction (for example, you do not appear on the U.S. Treasury Department’s list of Specially Designated Nationals or face any other similar prohibition),

• You will comply with these Terms and all applicable local, state, national and international laws, rules and regulations, including without limitation, privacy laws, intellectual property laws, anti-spam laws, and regulatory requirements,

• You have not committed, been convicted of, or pled no contest to a felony, a sex crime, or any crime involving violence or a threat of violence, unless you have received clemency for a non-violent crime and we have determined that you are not likely to pose a threat to other users of our Services, and that you are not required to register as a sex offender with any state, federal or local sex offender registry,

• You will use the latest version of the Services,

• You do not have more than one account on the Services, and

• You have not previously been removed from the Services by us, unless you have our express written permission to create a new account.

Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy. Please refer to our Privacy Policy located at https://www.connectingsingles.com/privacy.aspx for information on how we collect, use and share your information. Additionally, please refer to our Cookies Policy, available at https://www.connectingsingles.com/cookies.aspx for information on how we use cookies and similar technologies like pixels, session replay, and local storage. You acknowledge, understand, and agree that your use of the Services is subject to our Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy and the practices described therein.

Changes to these Terms or the Services. We may update these Terms from time to time at our sole discretion. If we do, we’ll let you know by posting the updated Terms on the Site and may also send other communications and require you to consent to continue using the Services. It’s important that you review these Terms whenever we update them, or you use the Services. If you don’t agree to be bound by the changes, you may not use the Services. You may delete your account at any time by contacting us via the app messaging while logged in to the account you wish to delete. Because our Services are evolving over time we may change or discontinue all or any part of the Services, at any time and without notice, at our sole discretion. We may add, remove, suspend or alter access to any content available through or on the Services at any time and make no guarantee as to the availability or minimum amount of specific content.

Who May Use the Services?

Eligibility. THE SERVICES ARE INTENDED FOR SINGLE ADULTS. TO USE THE SERVICES, YOU MUST BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE (OR OLDER IF THE LAWFUL AGE OF MAJORITY IN YOUR STATE, NATION, OR LOCALITY IS HIGHER THAN 18) AND NOT OTHERWISE BARRED FROM USING THE SERVICES UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. ACCESS OR USE OF THE SERVICES BY ANY PERSON WHO DOES NOT MEET THE FOREGOING AGE REQUIREMENTS IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
By agreeing to these terms, you represent and warrant that you meet the foregoing eligibility requirements and (i) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a terrorist-supporting country; and (ii) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
We cannot guarantee that each individual using the Services is at least 18 (or older if the lawful age of majority in the user’s state, nation, or locality is higher than 18), nor do we accept responsibility or liability for any content, communication or other use or access of the Services by persons under the age of 18 (or older if the lawful age of majority in the member's state, nation, or locality, is higher than 18) in violation of these Terms. By using the Services, you agree to not take any actions or engage in any conduct that, if applied to, directed at, or undertaken in connection with or in proximity to a minor person, would constitute a crime or cause injury or harm to such minor person.
Registration and Your Information. If you want to use certain features of the Services, you’ll have to create an account (“Account”) via the Services. You may terminate your Account at any time, for any reason by contacting us via the app messaging while logged in to the account you wish to delete. We may terminate your access to the Services or may terminate your Account for any reason or no reason, effective with or without notice. Even after your Account or use of the Services is terminated, the provisions in these Terms will remain in effect.

You may not authorize others to use your Account, and you may not assign or otherwise transfer your Account to any other person or entity. You are responsible for the confidentiality and use of your username and password and agree not to assign, transfer, bequeath, or resell your use of or access to the Services to any third party. If you have reason to believe that your Account is no longer secure, you must promptly change your password by clicking on the "Edit Signup Info" link on the "Edit My Profile" page.

Accuracy of Account Information. It’s important that you provide us with accurate, complete and current information for your Account and you agree to keep this information up-to-date. If you don’t, we might have to suspend or terminate your Account. You agree that you won’t disclose your Account password to anyone, and you’ll notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your Account. You’re responsible for all activities that occur under your Account, including, without limitation, the posting of User Content (as defined below), and any communications or other contact you have with other users of the Services, whether or not you know about them. We may take actions we deem reasonably necessary to prevent fraud and abuse, including placing restrictions on user accounts or on the amount of content that can be accessed from the Services at any one time.

Services Options. The Services are generally provided free of charge. A paid subscription, ad-free Services option (the “Paid Subscription”) is available. The terms for the Paid Subscription (the “Paid Subscription Terms”) are available here: https://www.connectingsingles.com/paidterms.aspx.

Feedback. We welcome feedback, comments and suggestions for improvements to the Services (“Feedback”). You can submit Feedback by contacting us using the form here: https://www.connectingsingles.com/contactus.aspx. You grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, fully-paid, royalty-free license, with the right to sublicense, under any and all intellectual property rights that you own or control, to use, copy, modify, create derivative works based upon and otherwise exploit the Feedback for any purpose.

Content Ownership, Responsibility and Removal.

Definitions. For purposes of these Terms: (i) “Content” means text, graphics, images, music, software, audio, video, works of authorship of any kind, and information or other materials that are posted, generated, provided or otherwise made available through the Services; and (ii) “User Content” means any Content that Account holders (including you) provide or make available through the Services. User Content also includes, without limitation, any communications or content that you share with another user of the Services such as comments on other users’ User Content or information you provide or make available through the Services. Content includes, without limitation, User Content.
Our Content Ownership. Except for any licensed rights granted under these Terms, ConnectingSingles does not claim any ownership rights in any User Content and nothing in these Terms will be deemed to restrict any rights that you may have to use and exploit your User Content. Subject to the foregoing, ConnectingSingles and its licensors exclusively own all right, title and interest in and to the Services and Content, including all associated intellectual property rights and all features, trademarks, trade names, service marks, trade dress, and the look and feel of the Services. You acknowledge that the Services and Content are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of the United States and foreign countries. You agree not to remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying the Services or Content.
Rights in Content Granted by ConnectingSingles. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, ConnectingSingles grants to you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license, with no right to sublicense, to download, view, copy, display and print the Content solely in connection with your permitted use of the Services and solely for your personal and non-commercial purposes. Other than the right to use the Services as explicitly described in these Terms for your personal, limited use, no other rights are granted to you under these Terms.
Rights in User Content Granted by You to Us. By making any User Content available through the Services, you hereby grant to ConnectingSingles and its subsidiaries, affiliates, licensees, successors, and assigns (the “ConnectingSingles Parties”) an irrevocable, non-exclusive, perpetual, transferable, worldwide, royalty-free license, with the right to sublicense (through multiple tiers of sub-licensing), to use, copy, modify, adapt, crop, edit, creative derivative works, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform and otherwise exploit in any media now known or hereafter devised, your User Content, in whole or in part, in connection with (i) providing the Services and Content to you and to others; (ii) promoting and marketing ConnectingSingles and our Services, including without limitation through ConnectingSingles’ owned, operated, and/or branded channels. For example, ConnectingSingles may create compilations of Content made available by Account holders (including your User Content), and/or use User Content or such compilations to promote the Services through ConnectingSingles’ operated, and/or branded channels, without further payment or consideration by ConnectingSingles.

User Content, profiles, forums, public chat, and blogs (and all public areas of the Site) are non-confidential, public postings, publicly viewed, and may be spidered and indexed by search engines. ConnectingSingles.com is not responsible for search engine listings. Account holders must protect their anonymity and not enter personal or business information in their username, headline, narratives, postings etc. which are for public viewing.

You agree that you are solely responsible for your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of your posting.

Name, Likeness, Other Personal Rights. By submitting User Content in which you may appear, including without limitation your photograph, you hereby grant to (i) ConnectingSingles and the ConnectingSingles Parties and (ii) other Account holders, an irrevocable, non-exclusive, perpetual, transferable, worldwide, royalty-free, unlimited license to use your name, image, likeness, or other information or materials supplied by you, including any third party materials as they appear in such User Content, consistent with the rights granted by you in these Terms.
Your Responsibility for User Content. You are solely responsible for all of your User Content. You represent and warrant that your User Content is original, that you own your User Content, or you have all rights that are necessary to grant us and the ConnectingSingles Parties the license rights in your User Content under these Terms. This includes the rights to the name, likeness or other publicity rights of any other party appearing in your User Content. You also represent and warrant that neither your User Content, nor your use and provision of your User Content to be made available through the Services, nor any exercise of any rights granted by you in such User Content will (i) conflict with any rights or commitments granted by you to any other party; (ii) infringe, misappropriate or violate a third party’s intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, or (iii) result in the violation of any applicable law or regulation. You represent and warrant that all of your User Content and your activities in connection with the Services will, at all times, comply with (i) these Terms; (ii) all applicable laws, rules, and regulations; and (iii) any other guidelines or requirements that we may make available to you from time to time.
Removal of User Content. We have the right, in our sole discretion, to remove any User Content. You can remove your User Content by specifically deleting it. However, in certain instances, some of your User Content (such as posts or comments you make) may not be completely removed and copies of your User Content may continue to exist on the Services. We are not responsible or liable for the removal or deletion of (or the failure to remove or delete) any of your User Content. Except as expressly stated herein, you acknowledge and agree that we have no obligation to provide, monitor, edit, upload, or remove any of your User Content, although we have the right to do so.

Respecting Others’ User Content. Subject to our rights under these Terms, you acknowledge that all User Content and any content related thereto are the property of the respective user that makes the User Content available through the Services or, if made explicit on the Services, ConnectingSingles. You acknowledge and agree that ConnectingSingles is not responsible or liable for your User Content or any direct message through the Services between any user of the Services and another user of the Services (“Communications”), including you.

General Prohibitions and ConnectingSingles’ Enforcement Rights. You agree not to do any of the following:

Post, upload, publish, submit or transmit any content that: (i) infringes, misappropriates or violates a third party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy; or (ii) violates any applicable law or regulation or would give rise to civil liability;
Use, display, mirror or frame the Services, ConnectingSingles’ name, any ConnectingSingles trademark, logo or other proprietary information, without ConnectingSingles’ express written consent;
Access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Services;
Attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of any ConnectingSingles system or network or breach any security or authentication measures without reporting such vulnerability or breach to connectingsingles@gmail.com, except as part of community testing initiatives authorized by ConnectingSingles;
Avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair, descramble or otherwise circumvent any technological measure implemented by ConnectingSingles or any of ConnectingSingles providers or any other third party (including another user) to protect the Services, including any service protection or usage limits;
Attempt to access or search the Services or download content from the Services using any engine, software, tool, agent, device or mechanism (including spiders, robots, crawlers, data mining tools or the like) that imposes unreasonable burdens on the Services or that we otherwise deem abusive or harmful;
Send any junk mail or spam;
Use any meta tags or other hidden text or metadata utilizing a ConnectingSingles trademark, logo URL or product name without ConnectingSingles’ express written consent;
Use the Services, or any portion thereof, in any manner not permitted by these Terms;
Interfere with, or attempt to interfere with, the access of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, or mail-bombing the Services;
Collect or store any personally identifiable information from the Services from other users of the Services without their express permission;
Impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity, claim a false affiliation, or misrepresent the source or identity of content used through the Services;
Provide any information that is intended to misinform, misdirect, mislead, or otherwise deceive any users of the Services or any other third party;
Violate any applicable law or regulation;
Commercialize any User Content not in accordance with these Terms; or
Directly or indirectly induce others to do any of the above.

ConnectingSingles is not obligated to monitor access to or use of the Services or to review or edit any content. However, we have the right to do so for the purpose of operating the Services, to ensure compliance with these Terms and to comply with applicable law or other legal requirements. We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to remove or disable access to any content, including User Content, at any time and without notice, including, but not limited to, if we, at our sole discretion, consider it objectionable or in violation of these Terms. We have the right to investigate violations of these Terms or conduct that affects the Services. We may also consult and cooperate with law enforcement authorities to prosecute users who violate the law.

Personal Information. ConnectingSingles.com may use the information it obtains relating to you, including your IP address, email address and use of the Website, for its internal business and marketing purposes. See our Privacy Statement for more information. ConnectingSingles.com reserves the right to release member information when necessary to cooperate with legal authorities.

For security reasons, Google's Invisible reCAPTCHA is used on the login page of this site. It works by collecting hardware and software information such as device and application data and the results of integrity checks are analyzed by Google to allow access here. Your use of the login page captcha is subject to the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Use and Privacy Policy of this site.

Software Licenses. All software that is made available for downloading from the Site is protected by copyright and may be protected by other rights. The use of such software is governed by the terms of the applicable software license agreement. The downloading and use of such software does not grant the user a license for use of the software and is conditioned on your agreement to be bound by the terms of the applicable license agreement.

Export Control. The United States controls the export of products and information. You agree to comply with such restrictions and not to export or re-export any materials (including software) to countries or persons prohibited under the export control laws. By downloading the any materials through the Services (including software), you are agreeing that you are not in a country where such export is prohibited or are a person or entity which such export if prohibited. You are responsible for compliance with the laws of your local jurisdiction regarding the import, export, or re-export of any materials you obtained through the Services.

WARNING. It is possible that other persons, including users (including unauthorized users, or "hackers"), may post or transmit offensive or obscene materials on the Services and that you may be involuntarily exposed to such offensive and obscene materials. It also is possible for others to obtain personal information about you due to your use of the Services, and that such person may use such information to harass or injure you. ConnectingSingles is not responsible for the use of any personal information that you may choose to disclose on the Services. Please carefully select the type of information that you post on the Services or release to others.

DMCA/Copyright Policy. Reporting Claims of Copyright Infringement: We take claims of copyright infringement seriously. We will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable law. If you believe any materials accessible on or from this Site infringe your copyright, you may request removal of those materials (or access to them) from the Site by submitting written notification to our copyright agent designated below. In accordance with the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) ("DMCA"), the written notice (the "DMCA Notice") must include substantially the following:

Your physical or electronic signature.
Identification of the copyrighted work you believe to have been infringed or, if the claim involves multiple works on the Site, a representative list of such works.
Identification of the material you believe to be infringing in a sufficiently precise manner to allow us to locate that material.
Adequate information by which we can contact you (including your name, postal address, telephone number, and, if available, email address).
A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
A statement that the information in the written notice is accurate.
A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Our designated copyright agent to receive DMCA Notices is:

ConnectingSingles Copyright Agent

Vigorous Ventures Inc.,

Company Address: 1321 Upland Dr. #7123, Houston TX 77043

Email: connectingsingles@gmail.com

If you fail to comply with all of the requirements of Section 512(c)(3) of the DMCA, your DMCA Notice may not be effective.

Please be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that material or activity on the Site is infringing your copyright, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.

Counter Notification Procedures. If you believe that material you posted on the Site was removed or access to it was disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter notification with us (a "Counter Notice") by submitting written notification to our copyright agent designated above. Pursuant to the DMCA, the Counter Notice must include substantially the following:

Your physical or electronic signature.
An identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access disabled.
Adequate information by which we can contact you (including your name, postal address, telephone number, and, if available, email address).
A statement under penalty of perjury by you that you have a good faith belief that the material identified above was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.
A statement that you will consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or if you reside outside the United States for any judicial district in which the Site may be found) and that you will accept service from the person (or an agent of that person) who provided the Website with the complaint at issue.

The DMCA allows us to restore the removed content if the party filing the original DMCA Notice does not file a court action against you within ten business days of receiving the copy of your Counter Notice.

Please be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that material or activity on the Site was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.

Repeat Infringers. It is our policy in appropriate circumstances to disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who are repeat infringers.

Links to Third Party Websites or Resources. The Services (including the Site), may allow you to access third-party websites or other resources. To the extent provided by us, we provide access only as a convenience and are not responsible for the content, products or services on or available from those resources or links displayed on such websites. Users of the Services may provide access through User Content to third-party websites or other resources. To the extent provided by you, you hereby acknowledge and agree that, as between you and ConnectingSingles, you bear full responsibility and liability in connection with such access by users of the Services. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from, your use of any third-party resources. You further acknowledge that we have no responsibility to remove, add, modify, or monitor User Content, including any access to third-party websites or other resources contained in User Content.

Termination. We may terminate or suspend, in whole or in part, your access to and use of the Services, including suspending access to or terminating your account, at our sole discretion, at any time and without notice to you. You may delete your account using the self-service option within your user settings. Upon any termination, discontinuation or cancellation of the Services or your account, the sections of these terms which, by their nature, are intended to survive termination shall survive.

Warranty Disclaimers. THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE EXPLICITLY DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR BE AVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE BASIS. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY REGARDING THE QUALITY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, TRUTHFULNESS, COMPLETENESS OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OR CONTENT ON THE SERVICES. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR USER CONTENT, OR ANY COMMUNICATIONS, AND WE MAKE NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND IN REGARD TO USER CONTENT. CONNECTINGSINGLES ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY USER’S OR THIRD PARTY’S FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ANY APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS. WE EXPLICITLY DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY ACT OR OMISSION OF ANY USER OR OTHER THIRD PARTY. WE DO NOT AND CANNOT CONTROL YOUR INTERACTION WITH ANY USER OR OTHER THIRD PARTY, AND WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY LIABILITY ARISING FROM SUCH INTERACTION.

Indemnity. You will indemnify and hold harmless ConnectingSingles and its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any claims, disputes, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, and costs and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees arising out of or in any way connected with (a) your access to or use of the Services, (b) your User Content, or (c) your violation of these Terms.

Member Disputes. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other users on the Services. ConnectingSingles reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other users.

Limitation of Liability.

For the purposes of this section, “ConnectingSingles”, “we”, or “us” shall include ConnectingSingles, its subsidiaries, affiliates, investors, agents, and successors and assigns.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NEITHER CONNECTINGSINGLES NOR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THE SERVICES WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUES, LOST SAVINGS, LOST BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, LOSS OF DATA OR GOODWILL, SERVICE INTERRUPTION, COMPUTER DAMAGE OR SYSTEM FAILURE OR THE COST OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OR FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES OR FOR ANY ERROR OR DEFECT IN THE SERVICES, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT CONNECTINGSINGLES OR ANY OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE, EVEN IF A LIMITED REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CONNECTINGSINGLES SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR CONTENT OR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY OR ANY THIRD PARTY’S CONTENT (INCLUDING ANY USER CONTENT), WHETHER OR NOT SUCH CONTENT IS ACCESSED THROUGH THE SERVICES, AND THAT ANY RISK OF HARM OR DAMAGE FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL CONNECTINGSINGLES’ TOTAL LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OR FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) TWENTY DOLLARS ($20); OR THE SUBSCRIPTION FEES YOU PAID TO US DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF YOUR CLAIM.
THE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF DAMAGES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN CONNECTINGSINGLES AND YOU.

Governing Law and Forum Choice. These Terms and any action related thereto will be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, federal arbitration law, and the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the section titled “Dispute Resolution,” the exclusive jurisdiction for all Disputes (defined below) that you and ConnectingSingles are not required to arbitrate will be the state and federal courts located in Delaware, and you and ConnectingSingles each waive any objection to jurisdiction and venue in such courts.

Dispute Resolution.

Mandatory Arbitration of Disputes. We each agree that any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof or the use of the Services (collectively, “Disputes”) will be resolved solely by binding, individual arbitration and not in a class, representative or consolidated action or proceeding. You and ConnectingSingles agree that the U.S. Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of these Terms, and that you and ConnectingSingles are each waiving the right to a trial by jury or to participate in a class action. To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree that any damages awarded in arbitration may not exceed the maximum damages permitted under these terms, as set forth in the Section titled “Limitation of Liability” above. This arbitration provision shall survive termination of these Terms.
Exceptions. As limited exceptions to the section titled “Mandatory Arbitration of Disputes” above: (i) we both may seek to resolve a Dispute in small claims court if it qualifies; and (ii) we each retain the right to seek injunctive or other equitable relief from a court to prevent (or enjoin) the infringement or misappropriation of our intellectual property rights.
Conducting Arbitration and Arbitration Rules. The arbitration will be conducted by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules (the “AAA Rules”) then in effect, except as modified by these Terms. The AAA Rules are available at www.adr.org or by calling 1-800-778-7879. A party who wishes to start arbitration must submit a written Demand for Arbitration to AAA and give notice to the other party as specified in the AAA Rules. The AAA provides a form Demand for Arbitration at www.adr.org. Any arbitration hearings will take place in King County, unless we both agree to a different location. The parties agree that the arbitrator shall have exclusive authority to decide all issues relating to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability and scope of this arbitration agreement.
Arbitration Costs. Payment of all filing, administration and arbitrator fees will be governed by the AAA Rules. If we prevail in arbitration, we’ll be entitled to entitled to an award of attorneys’ fees and expenses to the extent provided under applicable law. If you prevail in arbitration, you will be entitled to an award of attorneys’ fees and expenses to the extent provided under applicable law.
Injunctive and Declaratory Relief. Except as provided above, the arbitrator shall determine all issues of liability on the merits of any claim asserted by either party and may award declaratory or injunctive relief only in favor of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by that party’s individual claim. To the extent that you or we prevail on a claim and seek public injunctive relief (that is, injunctive relief that has the primary purpose and effect of prohibiting unlawful acts that threaten future injury to the public), the entitlement to and extent of such relief must be litigated in a civil court of competent jurisdiction and not in arbitration. The parties agree that litigation of any issues of public injunctive relief shall be stayed pending the outcome of the merits of any individual claims in arbitration.
Class Action Waiver. YOU AND CONNECTINGSINGLES AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. Further, if the parties’ Dispute is resolved through arbitration, the arbitrator may not consolidate another person’s claims with your claims and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding.
Severability. If an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction decides that any part of these Terms is invalid or unenforceable, the other parts of these Terms will still apply.

General Terms.

Entire Agreement. These Terms constitute the entire and exclusive understanding and agreement between ConnectingSingles and you regarding the Services and Content, and these Terms supersede and replace all prior oral or written understandings or agreements between ConnectingSingles and you regarding the Services and Content. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable by an arbitrator or a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and the other provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect. You may not assign or transfer these Terms, by operation of law or otherwise, without ConnectingSingles’ prior written consent. Any attempt by you to assign or transfer these Terms, without such consent, will be null. ConnectingSingles may freely assign or transfer these Terms without restriction. Subject to the foregoing, these Terms will bind and inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.
Notices. Any notices or other communications provided by ConnectingSingles under these Terms will be given: (i) via email; or (ii) by posting to the Services. For notices made by email, the date of receipt will be deemed the date on which such notice is transmitted.
Waiver of Rights. ConnectingSingles’ failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of such right or provision. The waiver of any such right or provision will be effective only if in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of ConnectingSingles. Except as expressly set forth in these Terms, the exercise by either party of any of its remedies under these Terms will be without prejudice to its other remedies under these Terms or otherwise.

Contact Information. If you have any questions about these Terms or the Services, please contact ConnectingSingles at: connectingsingles@gmail.com

Upon our request, you agree to sign a non-electronic version of this Agreement.

CONNECTINGSINGLES.COM IS FOR UNMARRIED ADULTS. YOU MUST BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD AND UNMARRIED TO USE THE CONNECTINGSINGLES.COM WEBSITE. ACCESS OR USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR ITS CONTENTS BY ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 18 IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. THE WEBSITE IS DESIGNED AND INTENDED SOLELY FOR CONSENTING ADULTS - PEOPLE WHO ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD AND WHO ARE LEGALLY CAPABLE OF BEING BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. BY BECOMING A MEMBER, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD (OR OLDER IF THE LAWFUL AGE IN YOUR STATE, NATION, OR LOCALITY, IS HIGHER THAN 18) AND OTHERWISE MEET THE REQUIREMENTS STATED.

BY YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND BY REGISTERING AND ACCESSING THE CONTENTS OF THIS WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE PRIVACY STATEMENT.

ALL CONTENT ENTERED ON THIS WEBSITE BECOMES THE PROPERTY OF CONNECTING SINGLES, INC.

This page states the Terms and Conditions of Use (the "Agreement") under which you may use the service (the "Service") provided by Connecting Singles, Inc. through the ConnectingSingles.com Website (the "Website"). This is a legal agreement between you and Connecting Singles, Inc. By registering with ConnectingSingles.com, you become a member of the Service (a "Member"), and you agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions of this Agreement (the "Terms and Conditions"), both as long as you continue to be a member and after your registration is terminated. Please read this page carefully. If you do not accept the Terms and Conditions stated here, do not register for ConnectingSingles.com Service or otherwise access or use the Website. ConnectingSingles.com may revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by updating this posting, with or without notice to you. You should visit this page periodically to review the Terms and Conditions, because they are binding on you.

ConnectingSingles.com reserves the right to immediately terminate or suspend your access to the ConnectingSingles.com Website with or without notice, upon any breach of this agreement by you that is brought to its attention.

ConnectingSingles.com is the website for Connecting Singles, Inc. Throughout this agreement, ConnectingSingles.com and Connecting Singles, Inc. are interchangeable.

ConnectingSingles is a trademark of Connecting Singles, Inc.

Section 1. Eligibility.

You must be 18 years of age or over and of legal capacity to be bound by the terms of this Agreement to register as a member of ConnectingSingles.com or use this Website. Membership in the Service is void where prohibited. By using this Website, 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.

We cannot guarantee that each Member is at least 18 (or older if the lawful age in the member's state, nation, or locality, is higher than 18), nor do we accept responsibility or liability for any content, communication or other use or access of the Website by persons under the age of 18 (or older if the lawful age in the member's state, nation, or locality, is higher than 18) in violation of these Terms and Conditions.

ConnectingSingles.com is for personal, noncommercial use only. Non-natural persons, such as organizations, trusts, companies, and/or businesses, may not become members of ConnectingSingles.com and should not use ConnectingSingles.com.

Membership at ConnectingSingles.com is limited to the following countries:
Afghanistan, Argentina, Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, British Ocean Territory, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, Estonia, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Guyana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Laos, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Maldives, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, North Korea, Northern Ireland, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Serbia and Montenegro, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Suriname, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, USA, UK, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wales, Yemen
If you are from a country other than the countries listed here, your profile will be deleted.
Incarcerated individuals may not be members.

Section 2. Term.

This Agreement will remain in full force and effect while you use the Website and/or are a Member of ConnectingSingles.com and after you terminate service. You may terminate your membership at any time, for any reason by using our cancel page. ConnectingSingles.com may terminate your access to the Website or may terminate your membership for any reason effective with or without notice. Even after your membership or use of the Website is terminated, the provisions in this Agreement will remain in effect.

Section 3. Changes.

Changes are periodically made to the Website and may be made at any time with or without notice, (including, but not limited to, eliminating or discontinuing any content on or feature of the Website).

CONNECTINGSINGLES.COM IS CURRENTLY PROVIDED AS A FREE SERVICE TO USERS WHO AGREE TO ABIDE BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. CONNECTINGSINGLES.COM RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE NATURE OF THIS RELATIONSHIP (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CHANGING ANY FEES OR CHARGES FOR USING THE WEBSITE) AT ANY TIME.

Section 4. Use of Material.

ConnectingSingles.com authorizes you to view and download a single copy of the material on this Website solely for your personal, noncommercial uses which are exclusively related to the nature and purpose of ConnectingSingles.com and do not violate any other provisions of this Agreement or incorporated Privacy Policy. Special rules may apply to the use of certain software and other items provided on the Website. The contents of the Website, such as text, graphics, images, and other material ("Material"), are the property of ConnectingSingles.com and are protected by federal trademark and copyright laws of the United States and foreign laws. Unauthorized use of the Material may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. You must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original Material on any copy you make of the Material. You may not sell or modify the Material or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the Material in any way for any public or commercial purpose. The use of the Material on any other website or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited.

If you violate any of these Terms, your permission to use the Material automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of the Material.

Section 5. ConnectingSingles.com Liability.

The Material may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. ConnectingSingles.com makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the Material or about the results to be obtained from using the Website and the Material. The use of the Website and the Material is at your own risk. Changes are periodically made to the Website and may be made at any time, (including, but not limited to, eliminating or discontinuing any content on or feature of the Website).

WARRANTY STATEMENT
CONNECTINGSINGLES.COM DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR THAT THIS WEBSITE AND ITS SERVER ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES AND OTHER HARMFUL GOODS. IF YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR THE MATERIAL RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA, CONNECTINGSINGLES.COM IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS.

THE WEBSITE AND MATERIAL ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS-IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. CONNECTINGSINGLES.COM AND ITS SUPPLIERS, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES RIGHTS, AND THE WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CONNECTINGSINGLES.COM AND ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, USEFULNESS, COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS OF THE MATERIAL, SERVICES, SOFTWARE TEXT, GRAPHICS, AND LINKS.

Section 6. Disclaimer of Consequential Damages.

IN NO EVENT SHALL CONNECTINGSINGLES.COM, ITS SUPPLIERS, OR ANY THIRD PARTIES MENTIONED AT THIS WEBSITE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, DEATH, OR LOSS OF WORK) RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE AND THE MATERIAL, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT CONNECTINGSINGLES.COM IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Section 7. Registration.

You agree that you are providing accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by our registration form, and to maintain and update your information to keep it accurate, current and complete. You agree that we may rely on your Registration Data as accurate, current and complete. You acknowledge that if your Registration Data is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete in any respect, we reserve the right to terminate this Agreement and your use of the Website.

You may not authorize others to use your membership, and you may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. You are responsible for the confidentiality and use of your username and password and agree not to assign, transfer, bequeath, or resell your use of or access to the Website to any third party. If you have reason to believe that your account is no longer secure, you must promptly change your password by clicking on the "Edit Signup Info" link on the "Edit My Profile" page.

Section 8. User Submissions.

Generally, any communication which you post to the ConnectingSingles.com Website is considered to be non-confidential. By posting Content to any area of ConnectingSingles.com, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to ConnectingSingles.com and other ConnectingSingles.com Members, a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully-paid, worldwide license which ConnectingSingles.com may use, reproduce, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display such information alone or as part of other works in any form, media, or technology whether now known or hereafter developed, and to sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of sublicensees without any notice given to you.

Profiles, forums, public chat, and blogs (and all public areas of the site) are public postings, publicly viewed, and may be spidered and indexed by search engines. ConnectingSingles.com is not responsible for search engine listings. Members must protect their anonymity and not enter personal or business information in their username, headline, narratives, postings etc. which are for public viewing.

As a User, you agree that you are solely responsible for your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of your posting.

You understand and agree that ConnectingSingles.com may delete any content, including but not limited to, your username, messages, blog, chat, forum entries, polls, videos, eCards, photos, or profiles, (collectively, "Content") that in the sole judgment of ConnectingSingles.com violates this Agreement or which may be offensive, illegal, or that may violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of ConnectingSingles.com or its members.

You agree not to:

Post or transmit material that you do not possess legal ownership of.
Post or transmit material that reveals trade secrets of another.
Post or transmit material that infringes on any other intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others.
Post or transmit material that is obscene, vulgar, defamatory, inaccurate, tasteless, profane, libelous, threatening, harassing, illegal, offensive, sexually oriented, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing to another User or any other person or entity.
Post or transmit material that expresses bigotry, racism, hatred, harassment, abuse, or threats of harm to any group or individual.
Post in your profile any direct contact information such as telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, URLs, or email addresses.
Post a photo that does not include you or reflect your true appearance. By uploading a photo to ConnectingSingles.com you affirm that the photo is a likeness of you.
"Stalk" other users of ConnectingSingles.com. We reserve the right to release information to the proper authorities in the event of a reported stalking or other serious or unlawful act if the information is subpoenaed or if we deem it necessary and/or appropriate.
Post or transmit pornographic or sexually explicit material of any kind.
Post or transmit advertisements or solicitations of any kind.
Post or transmit advertisements or solicitations of business or engage in advertising to, or solicitation of, other users to buy or sell any products or services from any person, business, or website through ConnectingSingles.com.
Post or transmit chain letters, junk Email, pyramid schemes, or unsolicited mass mailing or "spamming".
Post or transmit or use computer programs in connection with your use of ConnectingSingles.com that contain destructive or investigative features, such as viruses, worms, Trojan Horses, etc. We also do not allow any bots or scripts on the server, whether they are benign or destructive in intent.
Impersonate another person.
Express or imply that any statements you make are endorsed by us, without our specific prior written consent.
Harvest or collect personal information about other Members whether or not for commercial purposes, without their express consent.
Use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other manual or automatic device or process to retrieve, index, "data mine", or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Website or its contents.
Interfere with or disrupt the Service or the Website or the servers or networks connected to the Service or Website.
Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any information transmitted through the Service.
You will not "frame" or "mirror" any part of the Website. You also shall not use metatags or code or other devices containing any reference to ConnectingSingles.com or the Service or the Website in order to direct any person to any other Website for any purpose.
Modify, adapt, sublicense, translate, sell, reverse engineer, decipher, decompile, or otherwise disassemble any portion of the Website or any software used on or for the Website or cause others to do so.
Use this Website for any purpose in violation of local, state, or national laws of any country.

Although ConnectingSingles.com cannot monitor the conduct of its Members off the ConnectingSingles.com Website, it is also a violation of these rules to use any information obtained from the Website 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.

ConnectingSingles.com does not represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any of the communications posted by other Users nor does it endorse any opinions expressed by Users. ConnectingSingles.com does not do background checks on Users. You acknowledge that any reliance on material posted by other Users will be at your own risk.

ConnectingSingles.com reserves the right to post reports of scam or deception received about those who have violated this Agreement or the law or misused this Website or other dating services for illegal or unethical purpose or monetary gain.

ConnectingSingles.com reserves the right, but has no obligation to monitor the materials posted in any area of the Service. ConnectingSingles.com shall have the right to remove any such material that violates, or is alleged to violate, the law or this agreement. ConnectingSingles.com has no liability or responsibility to Users for performance or nonperformance of such activities. ConnectingSingles.com reserves the right to expel Users and prevent their further access to the Website for violating this Agreement or the law and the right to remove communications which are abusive, illegal, or disruptive.

Section 9. Warning.

WARNING - It is possible that other persons, including Members or users (including unauthorized users, or "hackers"), may post or transmit offensive or obscene materials on the Service and that you may be involuntarily exposed to such offensive and obscene materials. It also is possible for others to obtain personal information about you due to your use of the Service, and that the recipient may use such information to harass or injure you. ConnectingSingles.com is not responsible for the use of any personal information that you may choose to disclose on the Service. Please carefully select the type of information that you post on the Service or release to others.

Section 10. Links and Advertisements

The Website may contain links and advertisements to third party websites, companies and products. These links and advertisements are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by ConnectingSingles.com of the contents, value, quality, safety, products, or accuracy on such third-party websites. ConnectingSingles.com is not responsible for the content, value, quality, safety, products or accuracy of linked third-party websites, companies and products; and does not make any representations regarding the content, value, quality, safety, products, accuracy of materials on such third party websites. If you decide to access, use, or purchase from linked third-party websites, companies or products, you do so at your own risk.

Section 11. Software Licenses.

All software that is made available for downloading from the Website ("Software") is protected by copyright and may be protected by other rights. The use of such software is governed by the terms of the software license agreement. The downloading and use of such software does not grant the Member a license for use of the software and is conditioned on your agreement to be bound by the terms of the License Agreement.

Section 12. Limitation of Liability.

In no event will ConnectingSingles.com be liable to you or any third person for any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, special or punitive damages, including, but not limited to, personal injury, pain and suffering, death, loss of work, damages for loss of data, loss of programs, or loss of profits arising from your use of the Website or the ConnectingSingles.com service or any content posted by its Members, even if ConnectingSingles.com has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, ConnectingSingles.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 ConnectingSingles.com for the use of the Website during the term of membership as the sole remedy for any liability ConnectingSingles.com may be found responsible for by a legal authority in lawful jurisdiction of these matters.

In addition, ConnectingSingles.com disclaims all liability, regardless of the form of action, for the act or omissions of other Members or users (including unauthorized users, or "hackers") of the Service.

Section 13. Indemnity.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless ConnectingSingles.com, its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, alleging or resulting from your use of the Material (including Software) or your breach of the terms of this Agreement. ConnectingSingles.com shall provide notice to you promptly of any such claim, suit, or proceeding and shall assist you, at your expense, in defending any such claim, suit or proceeding.

Section 14. Member Disputes.

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

Section 15. Export Control.

The United States controls the export of products and information. You agree to comply with such restrictions and not to export or re-export the Materials (including Software) to countries or persons prohibited under the export control laws. By downloading the Materials (including Software), you are agreeing that you are not in a country where such export is prohibited or are a person or entity which such export if prohibited. You are responsible for compliance with the laws of your local jurisdiction regarding the import, export, or re-export of the Product.

Section 16. User Information.

ConnectingSingles.com may use the information it obtains relating to you, including your IP address, email address and use of the Website, for its internal business and marketing purposes. See our Privacy Statement for more information. ConnectingSingles.com reserves the right to release member information when necessary to cooperate with legal authorities.

Section 17. Digital Millennium Copyright Act

ConnectingSingles.com respects the intellectual property rights of others. Per the DMCA, ConnectingSingles.com will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement on the Site if submitted to ConnectingSingles.com's Copyright Manager as described below. Upon receipt of a notice alleging copyright infringement, ConnectingSingles.com will take whatever action it deems appropriate within its sole discretion, including removal of the allegedly infringing materials and termination of access for repeat infringers of copyright protected content.

If you believe that your intellectual property rights have been violated by ConnectingSingles.com or by a third party who has uploaded materials to our website, please provide the following information to the designated Copyright Manager listed below:

A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site; (include the URL of the page, title of the page, and specific location on the page).
Specific nature of the copyright infringement you believe is occurring. Details of your claim to the material, or your relationship to the material copyright holder.
Provide your full name, address, and telephone number should we need to clarify your claim. Provide a working email address where we, or the alleged infringing party, can contact you to confirm your claim.
Include this statement:
"I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described above on the allegedly infringing web pages is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law."
Include this statement:
"I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner to make this complaint."
Your electronic or physical signature.

ConnectingSingles.com may request additional information before removing any allegedly infringing material. In the event ConnectingSingles.com removes the allegedly infringing materials ConnectingSingles.com will, when possible, notify the person responsible for posting such materials that ConnectingSingles.com removed the materials. ConnectingSingles.com may also provide the responsible person with your email address so that the person may respond to your allegations.

Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 512(c). ConnectingSingles.com designated DMCA Agent is:

Section 18. General.

This Agreement is entered into in St. Paul, Minnesota where Connecting Singles, Inc. is based. ConnectingSingles.com makes no claims the Materials are appropriate or may be downloaded outside of the United States. You agree that any dispute must be venued in Ramsey County, Minnesota. Access to the Materials (including Software) may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Website from outside of the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction. This Agreement is governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of Minnesota, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of this Agreement shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term. Unless otherwise explicitly stated, the Terms and Conditions will survive termination of your registration to the Service. This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement between you and ConnectingSingles.com with respect to the use of the Website including the Privacy Statement. In the event of any conflict between the Privacy Statement and this Agreement, this Agreement shall control.