The terms Humonline and Humonline.com used in this document (or Agreement) refer to the Web site itself and to VRI Software Pvt. Ltd., the company which owns and operates the URL www.humonline.com.
Humonline is a cyber community that connects its members with various individuals and companies for their personal & professional benefit. This document details the terms & conditions under which these services are provided and the privacy policy of the site.
The registered members of Humonline and the unregistered visitors who make use of any services provided by the site by default abide by these terms & conditions and the privacy policy defined herein. Also, these terms & conditions apply automatically to any new services or features introduced on Humonline.
In case you do not agree with any of the terms & conditions or with the privacy policy of Humonline, you are NOT granted rights to use Humonline services and MUST NOT register as a member of Humonline or use any of its services.
Humonline reserves the right to update the terms, conditions and notices of this agreement without any prior or latter notice to you. It is your responsibility to periodically review the most current version of this Agreement as your continued use of Humonline signifies your acceptance of any changed terms.
This document constitutes the entire agreement between you and Humonline and governs your use of the Humonline Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and Humonline.
Humonline is entitled to assign this agreement, and all rights & obligations hereunder, to a successor to all or any of its assets, whether by sale, merger or otherwise. These terms shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective representatives, heirs, administrators, successors and permitted assigns except as otherwise provided herein.
Terms of Service
We disclaim the responsibility, accuracy, authenticity or legality of the goods or services advertised along with the advertiser at Humonline.com. In case the user opts to trade, deal or in any other form whatsoever gets linked up with the advertiser, it is solely at one’s own discretion. With this document, you hereby accept that Humonline is not responsible for any losses or profit, monetary or otherwise generated through such transaction. You may find other users' information or advertisements posted to be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or deceptive. The views expressed on the website are not those of Humonline.com, and any errors or omissions in them belong to the respective contributors / copyright holders. Through the use of this site, you agree to hold harmless Humonline and its sponsors, owners, shareholders or employees against any and all claims related to the opinions expressed by others.
It is your responsibility to make sure you read and understand this document before using any Humonline services. Please do not contribute to Humonline in any manner unless you have carefully read and agree with all of these terms.
Accessing and Transmitting Humonline Content
All the content available for public access on Humonline is protected by copyright. Your use of this material must adhere to the following terms, unless you are the original contributor of the content to Humonline:
- You may download and print a single copy of any content item for your personal and strictly non-commercial use. Content items include, but are not restricted to, articles, columns, photographs and reader comments on articles.
- You may not modify any content you download or print from Humonline. You must retain all copyright notices and logos on any content item you download or print.
- You may not make any content item originating from Humonline available for public access by any means whatsoever without obtaining prior written permission from Humonline.
- You may forward Internet URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) to third parties for private, non-commercial use, along with brief extracts that do not violate Fair Use guidelines.
- You may post, or otherwise make publicly available, excerpts from Humonline content items, in any publicly accessible forum, so long as they follow standard Fair Use guidelines and Humonline is cited alongside the excerpt as the original source with a link back to Humonline.
Humonline provides a variety of forums for its members to express themselves in the form of articles, columns, opinions, comments, reviews, art and photographs. In case you are the copywriter of the material published at Humonline that is you have, at your own will posted any information or article for Humonline.com, you are entitled for the following privileges:
- Humonline only ensures you to provide value in the form of making your work available to a global audience.
- The contributors must not expect any monetary returns for the same.
The terms in this section apply to all the content contributed to Humonline in any of its various services and forums.
- You truthfully assert that the content being contributed is your creation and that you own the copyright to the content. (Unless you have deliberately assigned the copyright to someone else, you automatically own the copyright to all of your original creations.)
- You truthfully assert you have not infringed on anybody else's copyright in the creation of this article.
- Humonline will not be held responsible or liable for loss if visitors to the site violate your copyright and distribute your copyrighted content without your permission.
- You grant us exclusive unlimited Internet distribution rights & electronic distribution rights, and non-exclusive, unlimited print publication and distribution rights either through Humonline's own or through other media. This includes Web publishing, syndication on other web sites, syndication with print publishers, publishing as part of a collection of articles, publishing as a book, email, FTP, telnet and other Internet-based information transfer protocols.
- You may publish the content you contribute to Humonline, on your personal, non-commercial Web site if you possess one.
- In case the contributions are digital images of artwork in traditional media such as canvas, that is available for sale, you can only publish
the digital images of your artwork on commercial Web sites that sell art online for the purpose of sale.
- Once granted and your content is published, the distribution rights cannot
be revoked. Once your contribution is published on Humonline.com, it automatically becomes a permanent part of the publicly accessible Humonline archives. You may, however, subject to our approval, update or revise your contributions on Humonline.
- You grant us the right to organize, categorize, collate, remove or edit your contributed content and present it on the website in any manner we see fit, solely at Humonline’s discretion without having to secure your permission for the same.
- We generally do not object to our contributors posting their Humonline contributions on other, freely accessible non-commercial Internet locations, so long as Humonline is clearly cited as the original publisher, and a link to www.Humonline.com is provided. You, however, agree to secure our permission first before such re-publication on other Internet sites happens.
- You agree to state Humonline.com as the previous publisher prominently
in case you print your article in an offline magazine.
Ethical Code of Conduct of the Users
To keep a check on the ethical code of conduct by the users you must abide by the following. While you are on the site and engaged in any form of communication on any of the forums, you agree not to:
- Upload or post or otherwise make available any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, promotes violence, is invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
- Impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Humonline official, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
- Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any content transmitted;
- Upload or post otherwise make available any content that you do not have a right to make available, under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside, proprietary or confidential information, learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
- Upload or post or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of business solicitation.
- Repeated postings of a promotional nature is considered as an abuse of the forums. Businesses or individuals wishing to advertise on the Humonline website should contact us at info@humonline.com
- Upload or post or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
- Disrupt the normal flow of dialogue by repeatedly posting the same or similar material, or otherwise acting in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in exchanges;
- ‘Stalk’ or otherwise harass another user; collect or store personal data about other users either manually or by means of automated software tools; Promote illegal activities; Inhibit other users from using and enjoying the unedited forums.
- Post classifieds advertisements that contain untruthful representations, deceptive practices, inducements to commit any illegal activity.
Using Humonline Services
While using various Humonline services, including, but not limited to, link forwarding services, event information, and any information available on Humonline, made available publicly, you agree that:
- Humonline may electronically block or otherwise deny access to the Humonline website, to any user deemed to be in violation of any of the terms in this document.
- Humonline is not obliged to ensure that the website is available to all users at all times. While we make all attempts to deny access only to those individuals who violate Humonline regulations, we are occasionally forced to use access denial methods that cause a disruption in access for other users.
- Humonline is not responsible for a loss of access to Humonline services due to failure of networks connected to the Internet, or any other temporary hardware or software failure.
- Humonline reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice.
- A possibility exists that the Site could include inaccuracies or errors or unauthorized additions, deletions and alterations made by third parties to the Site. Although Humonline attempts to ensure the integrity and the accuracy of the Site, it makes no guarantees whatsoever as to the correctness or accuracy of the Site. In such an event, please inform Humonline through an email to info@humonline.com
- This Site may contain links to other Web sites operated by third parties ("Linked Sites"). You acknowledge that, when you click on a link to visit a Linked Site, a frame may appear that contains the Humonline logo, advertisements and/or other content selected by Humonline. You acknowledge that Humonline and its sponsors neither endorse nor are affiliated with the Linked Site and are not responsible for any content that appears on the Linked Site. You also acknowledge that the owner of the Linked Site neither endorses nor is affiliated with Humonline and its sponsors.
Member Registration
When you register as a Humonline member, you accept the following terms & conditions:
- You agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information as required in the registration form.
- You agree to maintain and promptly update the registration data.
- In case, investigations lead to a reasonable ground to suspect that any user's information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Humonline may suspend or terminate that user's account and prohibit any and all current or future use of the Humonline Sites (or any portion thereof) by that user other than as expressly provided herein.
- Each user is wholly responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of account login and password information and for all activities occurring there under. Humonline cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from a user's failure to comply with this Section 4, including any loss or damage arising from any user's failure to: 1. immediately notify Humonline of any unauthorized use of his/her password or account or any other breach of security; 2. ensure that he/she signs out properly from his or her account at the end of each session.
- You agree that Humonline reserves the right to publish any and all information provided as part of Humonline registration, except email address and password to authenticate the user, to facilitate social networking among its members.
Disclaimer of Warranties and Indemnity
Your use of Humonline is at your own risk. This website is provided by VRI Software Pvt. Ltd. On an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the full extent permissible by applicable law, websites disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchatability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
You acknowledge that any warranty that is provided in connection with any of the products or services made available on or through Humonline is provided solely by the owner, advertiser or manufacturer of that product and/or service and not by VRI Software Pvt. Ltd.
VRI Software Pvt. Ltd. makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of the website or the information, content, materials, or products on the website, including that
- Humonline and its services will meet your requirements.
- Humonline will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error free.
- The quality of any products, services, information or other material purchased or obtained by you though Humonline will meet your expectations, be reliable or accurate.
- Errors in the software will be corrected.
Your sole remedy for dissatisfaction with Humonline, site-related services and/or content or information contained within the site is to stop using the site and/or its services.
Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of Humonline is done at your own discretion & risk and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the do.
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold VRI Software Pvt. Ltd. harmless from all claims, damages and expenses (including attorney's fees) made by any third party arising out of your content, your use of Humonline, your connection to Humonline, your violation of this Agreement, our Terms of Use or our Privacy Policy, and the development, operation, maintenance, use and contents of your website.
Limitation of Liability
In no event shall VRI Software PVT. Ltd. Be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive, consequential damages, or any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data, or other intangible losses resulting from
- The use or the inability to use our services or access content.
- The cost of procurement of substitute goods & services resulting from transactions entered into through or from Humonline.
- The unauthorized access to or alterations of your transmissions or data.
- Statements or conduct of any third party on the service.
- Any other matter relating to the service, even if vri software pvt. Ltd. Has been advised of the possibility of damages.
Financial Transactions and Taxes
If you make any financial transactions on Humonline, including paying for network services fees, advertising banners, product placements, products or services, you may be asked for credit card or other payment information. You agree that all information you provide is accurate, complete and current and that you will pay all charges owed, including any applicable taxes. You agree that you are solely responsible for any personal income reporting and tax payments required of you by applicable government authorities.
Termination
VRI Software Pvt. Ltd. reserves the right to discontinue in whole or in part any portion of Humonline services or programs with or without notice.
Additional Notices
All pages within this Internet site are the property of VRI Software Pvt. Ltd. permission (which may be revoked at any time) is granted to download the material in this Site without alterations and for private and non-commercial use only so long as the following copyright notice is included: © …(year)……………. VRI Software Pvt. Ltd.
All rights to the Humonline Material not expressly granted herein are reserved.
Independent Investigation
You acknowledge that you have read this agreement and agree to all its terms & conditions. You understand that we may at any time (directly or indirectly) solicit member referrals on terms that may differ from those contained in this user agreement. You have independently evaluated the desirability of participating in Humonline or its programs and are not relying on any representation, guarantee or statements other than as set forth in this agreement.
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