Agreement between the User and Vegans Connect.com

This is a legal agreement between you and VegansConnect.com with respect to your access and use of the VegansConnect.com Service, which may also include .com content VegansConnect.com and related documentation and information (collectively, the "Service"). You must accept without modification all of the terms, conditions, and notices contained in these Terms of Use in order to access and/or use the Service (collectively, the "Terms of Use" or "Agreement"). If you do not accept these Terms of Use in their entirety, you may not access or use the Service.

Portions of the Service may be governed by posted guidelines, rules, or other terms and conditions. All such guidelines, rules, terms and conditions are hereby incorporated by reference into these Terms of Use. In the event of a conflict between such other guidelines, rules, terms and conditions and these Terms of Use, the Terms of Use shall control, except that the VegansConnect.com  Service Privacy Policy, referenced elsewhere, supersedes any conflicting language in these Terms of Use and/or any other guidelines, rules, terms and conditions published in connection with the Service with respect to the subject matter covered by such privacy policy.  

MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS OF USE; UPDATES 

VegansConnect.com may change the Terms of Use at any time and such changes shall be effective immediately. You are responsible for regularly reviewing the Terms of Use. Your continued use of the Service affirms your agreement to the Terms of Use and any changes.

VegansConnect.com is not obligated to provide updates or improvements to the Service. However, if  VegansConnect.com, in its sole discretion, updates or improves the Service, these Terms of Use shall apply to such updates and improvements unless expressly noted otherwise .  

NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE; RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACCOUNT 

As a condition of your use of the Service, you will not use the Service for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use. You may not use the Service in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Service or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of it. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any account, computer systems or networks associated with the Service or to otherwise interfere with or disrupt any accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Service. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Service. You may not use access to the Service to obtain information necessary for you to design, develop or update unauthorized software that you use or provide to others to use to access the Service. You may not charge others to use the Service either directly or indirectly without the express written agreement of VegansConnect.com. Subject to these Terms of Use, you may use the Service within your commercial organization, and you may use the Service to advertise or offer to buy or sell any goods or services, or to run a business or commercial entity.  

You and/or your business entity retain ownership of all information, data, intellectual property, photographs and videos that you post on this website. This information posted by you will not be used by any other person or business, including   VegansConnect.com without your consent subject to the following:

Members and  VegansConnect.com can, of course, make reference to your content and quote minor parts of your content without consent as long as members reference the source of the information and by including a link to the referenced material.

You agree to use the Service only to send, receive, and transfer appropriate messages and material. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using the Service, you will not:  

• Use the Service in connection with surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk email, spamming or any duplicative, bulk or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise). 
• Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.  
• Create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others. 
• Publish, transfer, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information. 
• Transfer, stream, or otherwise make available, files or other material that contain images, photographs, software or other material protected by intellectual property laws, including, by way of example, and not as limitation, copyright or trademark laws (or by rights of privacy or publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents to do the same. 
• Use any material or information, including images or photographs, which is made available through the Service in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other proprietary right of any party. 
• Usernames created by users should be names or tradenames, or brand names owned by the user. Shaklee distributors, for example, cannot use “Shaklee” in their user name, nor can they use it for a group name . 
• Transfer, stream or otherwise make available, files or other material that contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancel bots, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer or property of another. 
• Download any file or other material transferred by another user of the Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner. 
• Use, download or otherwise copy, or provide (whether or not for a fee) to a person or entity any directory of users of the Service or other user or usage information or any portion thereof. 
• Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is transferred. 
• Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable to the Service. 
• Use any portion of the Service to harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses.  

VegansConnect.com  reserves the right at all times to monitor communications on the Service and disclose any information  VegansConnect.com deems necessary to (i) ensure your compliance with this Agreement; (ii) satisfy any applicable law, regulation or legal process; or (iii) protect the rights, property, and interests of  VegansConnect.com, its  employees or the public.
Always use caution when giving out any personally identifiable information about yourself or your children in the Service.VegansConnect.com  does not control or endorse the content, messages or information exchanged by means of the Service and, therefore. VegansConnect.com specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Service and any actions resulting from your participation in the Service.

You are responsible for all activities that occur in your Service account. You agree to notify  VegansConnect.com immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or breach in security known to you related to the Service.

TERMS OF USE FOR SERVICE-ENABLED PROPERTIES 

For the terms and conditions governing your use of any  VegansConnect.com or authorized third party Web site or service that enables you to use the Service other than the Service itself ("Service-Enabled Properties"), please refer to the applicable Terms of Use for such Service-Enabled Properties.  

SOFTWARE AND CONTENT AVAILABLE ON THE SERVICE 

All of  VegansConnect.com content and software (if any) that is made available to view and/or download in connection with the Service ("Software") is owned by and is the copyrighted work of   and/or its suppliers and is licensed, not sold. Your use of the Software is governed by the terms of the license agreement, if any, which accompanies or is included with the Software ("License Agreement").

Your license to use the Software with the Service terminates when you terminate your use of the Service. Your license to use the Software with the Service may also terminate if ,VegansConnect.com, in its sole discretion, modifies the Service to no longer support such Software.  

NO WARRANTIES; LIABILITY DISCLAIMER; EXCLUSIVE REMEDY 

VEGANSCONNECT.COM  PROVIDES THE SERVICE AND THE SOFTWARE "AS IS," "WITH ALL FAULTS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," AND THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY, AND EFFORT IS WITH YOU  VEGANSCONNECT.COM , ITS AFFILIATES, ITS RESELLERS, DISTRIBUTORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND/OR SUPPLIERS (COLLECTIVELY, THE "   VEGANSCONNECT.COM  PARTIES") MAKE NO WARRANTIES.   VEGANSCONNECT.COM PARTIES DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, STATUTORY AND IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION (1) WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WORKMANLIKE EFFORT, ACCURACY, TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, NO ENCUMBRANCES, NO LIENS AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, (2) WARRANTIES ARISING THROUGH COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE, AND (3) WARRANTIES THAT ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES THAT EXTEND BEYOND THE FACE OF THIS AGREEMENT.  VEGANSCONNECT.COM  MAY CHANGE THE SERVICE OR THE FEATURES IN ANY WAY, AND AT ANY TIME AND FOR ANY REASON.

IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY OF   VEGANSCONNECT.COM  PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF, BASED ON, OR RESULTING FROM THIS AGREEMENT OR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SERVICE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF    VEGANSCONNECT.COM OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SERVICE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SERVICE.  

INDEMNITY 

You agree to indemnify and hold VegansConnect.com, its officers, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Services, the violation of these Terms of Use by you, or the infringement by you, or other user of the Services using your computer or identity, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity.  

CUSTOMER SUPPORT 

VegansConnect.com, may, but is not required to, provide you with customer support ("Support"). Unless you have entered into a separate written support agreement with with  ,VegansConnect.com respect to the Service.  VegansConnect.com,may terminate any Support it provides at any time in its sole discretion. Authorized third-party software that uses the Service is not supported by . ,VegansConnect.com and you should contact the provider of such software for support, if any.  

TERMINATION/ACCESS RESTRICTION 

Unless you, or a third party on your behalf, have entered into a separate written agreement with VegansConnect.com, that modifies these Terms of Use, VegansConnect.com, reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to and use of the Service or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. Also, unless you or a third party on your behalf have entered into a separate agreement with VegansConnect.com,  ,VegansConnect.com may terminate or suspend your access to the Service for inactivity, which is defined as failing to log onto the Service for an extended period of time, as determined by VegansConnect.com.

ELECTRONIC NOTICES 

You consent to  VegansConnect.com providing you any information regarding the Service in electronic form. VegansConnect.com,may provide such information to you via e-mail at the e-mail address you specified when you registered for the Service or by access to a   VegansConnect.com web site. As long as you access and use the Service, you will have the necessary software and hardware to receive such notices. If you do not consent to receive any notices electronically, you must discontinue your use of the Service.