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Introduction
1. You are visiting beLondoner, a networking service operated by beLondoner and
its affiliates.
2. This agreement describes the terms and conditions for the use of beLondoner (which
represents several top-level domains, including but not limited to beLondoner.com). Membership
in beLondoner confirms that you have read and accept these terms of use, and that you agree to
be bound by them.
3. We reserve the right to modify and amend these terms of use from time to time, for any
reason, and without prior notice; use of the website as a member indicates your acceptance of
any changes. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these terms of use.
4. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate, at our discretion, a member's account for
violations of our rules, guidelines, or terms of use.
Membership conditions
1. By having a membership account in beLondoner, you acknowledge that you meet our
requirements for membership. As a member, you may not have more than one membership account, nor
may you open an alternative account if your membership is suspended, shifted outside of
beLondoner, or terminated for any reason. You may not sell, trade, or transfer a membership
account to another person, nor accept or use an account that was not originally yours. If an
account violates these conditions, the account will be terminated immediately.
2. Your participation in beLondoner is based upon the assumption that all information you
provide regarding yourself is truthful and accurate. Misleading or false information is
sufficient reason for us to terminate your account.
3. You may not use a pseudonym or alias.
4. We reserve the right to change or adjust membership criteria and to make changes in the
existing membership at any time and without prior notice.
Conditions of use and service
1. Your use of beLondoner is in accordance with these terms of use, and beLondoner may deny
service or membership without prior notice if you fail to comply with them.
2. beLondoner is made available for personal and individual use. Businesses and other legal
entities may not use beLondoner for any purpose without our express consent.
3. We provide a platform and environment for networking and sharing information. If members
enter into agreements with other members through beLondoner, we are not a contracting party to
these agreements and cannot be held liable or accountable regarding these agreements.
4. We reserve the right to remove any content posted by you or other members at our sole
discretion, for reasons including but not limited to that it is unlawful, threatening, libelous,
defamatory, fraudulent, obscene or otherwise objectionable, or because it may infringe or
violate any party's intellectual property or privacy.
5. While we do our best to monitor the content of the website, you understand and agree that
you may encounter material with which you disagree or find objectionable, and that you use the
website with this understanding and acceptance, and do not hold beLondoner liable.
6. We do not endorse, support, or ensure the accuracy, truthfulness, or reliability of any
content posted in the websites forum or elsewhere, nor does beLondoner endorse opinions
expressed in the forum or elsewhere.
7. beLondoner reserves the right to make changes to the website or our service without prior
notice, and to charge for the our services or for particular features, and to modify any fees or
services without prior notice.
8. By posting or submitting content or information on the website, you automatically grant
beLondoner a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right to display
such content on our website.
Membership responsibilities
1. We wish to have a friendly, intimate and secure community for our members. This is a private
website where members have the expectation of privacy and confidentiality. Your use of beLondoner
confirms that you understand and accept these rules, and will follow them.
2. Please do not use the beLondoner name or logo for any purpose, event or promotion without
our express consent.
3. Trust and confidence are overriding within beLondoner. Falsely misrepresenting your
identity, including the use of a pseudonym or alias, or your profile information will result in
your member account being suspended or terminated.
4. You may not monitor, data-mine, or copy our web pages or any content within the site, nor
collect, archive, trade or sell any personal data or communications about other members.
5. The use of any robot, spider, site search or retrieval application, or any other device to
copy, retrieve, archive or index any portion of beLondoner, is not permitted.
6. You may not distribute, display or publish in any form, electronic or print, any content
from the website or the names of any members without our express consent, nor can you share,
transmit or sell any content on the website with anyone who is not a member of beLondoner, for
whatever reason.
7. We want to keep beLondoner free from intrusions. You will not send or distribute
unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, chain letters, spam,
pyramid schemes, or any other type of solicitation to other members, nor will you stalk, harass
or unreasonably disturb any other member.
8. You alone are responsible for the confidentiality and security of your accounts username,
password and usage. You are also accountable for all activities regarding your account, with or
without your knowledge or permission. If you knowingly provide your log-in information to
another person, your membership may be suspended temporarily or terminated. beLondoner assumes
no liability for activities of your account accessed through your password and username.
9. You may not use beLondoner for any illegal purpose in any country or jurisdiction.
10. You cannot post content or initiate any communications that we consider libelous,
scandalous, abusive, obscene, discriminatory, unlawful, or otherwise objectionable.
11. It is not permitted to make available any content or initiate communication that infringes
upon the patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights or other proprietary rights of third
parties, whether personal, corporate or governmental.
Data protection
1. beLondoner is based upon trust and privacy. All personal information provided to
beLondoner is treated with the utmost confidence and care.
2. We will not disclose any personal data to any third party without being entitled to do so
and with your express permission.
.3. While we make every effort to keep beLondoner a trusted and safe environment, beLondoner
cannot be held liable should content you have posted on the website that is viewable by members
be copied or distributed elsewhere.
4. Access to your private account information is limited to webmasters and management of
beLondoner. No other employees, contractors or third parties will have access to this
information without your express permission.
5. beLondoner may access, preserve, and disclose the contents of your account if required to
do so by law, or in the belief that such actions are reasonably necessary to comply with legal
requirements or to protect the rights and property of beLondoner.
Termination of your account
1. You may terminate your account at any time without cause, penalty or explanation. Doing so
will remove all profile information about you from view or access on the website. It will also
remove from view all threads you have created, postings you have made on threads, or personal
messages that you have sent.
2. beLondoner may, at our discretion and with or without cause, immediately terminate your
member account and all access to the website without prior notice. Any account termination by us
may take into account the business interests of beLondoner and the interests of the community
as a whole.
3. Our proprietary rights, disclaimer of warranties, indemnities, limitations of liability and
other provisions of these terms and conditions continue after termination of your membership. We
will not be liable to you or any third-party for the termination of your member account. If your
account is terminated, you may not reenter beLondoner without our express permission.
Disclaimers and limitations
1. Disclaimer of Warranties: beLondoner and its affiliates, licensors, partners,
suppliers, consultants and agents ("beLondoner") disclaim any and all responsibility or
liability for the accuracy, content, completeness, legality, reliability, or operability, or
availability of information or materials displayed on any of our websites. beLondoner disclaims
any and all responsibility and liability for the conduct of any member. The beLondoner service,
and all materials, information (including, without limitation, any information or materials
obtained or accessed through the beLondoner websites), products and services included therein
are provided "as is," with no warranties whatsoever. beLondoner expressly disclaims to the
fullest extent permitted by law all express, implied, and statutory warranties, including,
without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and
non-infringement of proprietary rights. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or
limitation of implied warranties, so the above disclaimers and exclusions may not apply to you.
You agree that your use of the beLondoner is entirely at your own risk. You agree to hold
harmless and indemnify beLondoner from and against any third-party claim arising from or in any
way related to your use of our services and website, including any liability or expense arising
from all claims, losses, damages (actual and consequential), suits, judgments, litigation costs
and attorneys' fees, of every kind and nature.
2. Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will beLondoner be liable to you for any
indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages arising out of or in
connection with your use of beLondoner, whether or not beLondoner has been advised of the
possibility of such damages. Such limitation of liability shall apply (i) whether the damages
arise from use or misuse of and reliance on the beLondoner service, from inability to use
beLondoner, or from the interruption, suspension, or termination of the beLondoner website
(including such damages incurred by third parties), and (ii) notwithstanding any failure of
essential purpose of any limited remedy and to the fullest extent permitted by law. Some
jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages,
so the above limitation and exclusions may not apply to you.
3. Miscellaneous Provisions: These terms and conditions will be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of England, without giving effect to its conflict of laws provisions or
your actual state or country of residence. The parties agree to submit to the personal and
exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in England, United Kingdom. If for any reason a
court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision or portion of these terms and conditions to
be unenforceable, the remainder of the terms and conditions will continue in full force and
effect. You shall not assign these terms and conditions or assign any rights or delegate any
obligations hereunder, in whole or in part, whether voluntarily or by operation of law, without
our prior written consent. Any such purported assignment or delegation will be null and void and
of no force or effect. Without limiting the foregoing, under no circumstances shall beLondoner
be held liable for any delay or failure in performance resulting directly or indirectly from
acts of nature, forces, or causes beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation,
Internet failures, computer equipment failures, software failures, telecommunication equipment
failures, other equipment failures, electrical power failures, strikes, labor disputes, riots,
insurrections, civil disturbances, shortages of labor or materials, fires, floods, storms,
explosions, acts of God, war, governmental actions, orders of domestic or foreign courts or
tribunals, non-performance of third parties, or loss of or fluctuations in heat, light, or air
conditioning. These terms of use constitute the entire agreement between you and beLondoner
with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede and replace all prior or contemporaneous
understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject matter. Any waiver of any
provision of the terms and conditions by a party will be effective only if in writing and signed
by a party.
4. Copyright and Trademarks: beLondoner and its affiliates and licensors own and retain
all rights in the beLondoner website and service, which contain proprietary and confidential
information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. "beLondoner"
is trademark of beLondoner . All content on beLondoner is
copyright 2007 by beLondoner .
Last update: 10 June 2007
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