Advertology.com - Terms & Conditions of Use

Please read these Terms & Conditions of Use before using Advertology.com or any features of this site. By using Advertology.com you have accepted these Terms & Conditions of Use.

Contents

1. Introduction. 2

1a. Consent of Use. 2

2. Information on the Website. 2

3. Trademarks. 3

4. Copyrights. 3

4a. Special Use of Article and Reference Material 3

4b. Copyright Question. 3

5. External Links. 4

5a. Framing. 4

5b. Links to Advertology.com.. 4

6. Public Information and User Submissions. 4

7. Specific Use. 5

8. Warranties. 6

9. DISCLAIMER. 6

10. LIMITAION OF LIABLILITY. 6

11. Use of Advertology.com.. 7

12. General 7

12a. Entire Agreement. 7

12b. Alteration. 7

12c. Conflict. 7

12d. Waiver. 7

12e. Cession. 7

12f. Severability. 8

12g. Applicable Laws. 8

12h. International 8

13. Service Policy. 8

13a. Service Providers. 8

13b. Cancellation Policy. 9

13c. Registered Clients. 9

13d. Non-Registered Users. 10

14. Final 10

15. Questions or Comments. 10

 

1. Introduction

Advertology, LLC. including subsidiaries and affiliates provides the information contained on this website or any of the pages comprising the website (Advertology.com) to users and visitors are subject to the terms and conditions set out in these website Terms & Conditions of Use, the Privacy Notice, and any other relevant terms and conditions, policies and notices which may be applicable to a specific section or module of this website.

1a. Consent of Use

By using Advertology.com, you agree to be bound by these terms of use. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please exit the site. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to modify, add or delete portions of these terms at any time by posting updated terms of use on Advertology.com. Please check these terms frequently for updates. Any modifications, additions or deletions to these terms shall be effective immediately upon posting of updated terms of use. Your continued use of Advertology.com following the posting of updated terms of use will mean that you agree to those changes.

2. Information on the Website

While every effort is made to update the information contained on this website, neither  Advertology, LLC  nor any third party or data or content provider make any representations or warranties, whether express, implied in law or residual, as to the sequence , accuracy, completeness or reliability of information, opinions, any pricing information, research information, data and/or content contained on the website  (including but not limited to any information which may be provided by any third party or data or content providers) and shall not be bound in any manner by any information contained on the website. Advertology, LLC reserves the right at any time to change or discontinue without notice, any aspect or feature of this website. Advertology, LLC is not liable for use or misuse of the information, data, or articles of this site. You and your company rely on the information contained on this website at your own risk. If you find an error or omission at this site, please email us at support@advertology.com

3. Trademarks

The trademarks, names, logos and service marks (collectively “trademarks”) displayed on this website are registered and unregistered trademarks of the Advertology, LLC. All rights reserved. Nothing contained on this website should be construed as granting any license or right to use any trademark without prior written permission of Advertology, LLC.

4. Copyrights

The contents of Advertology.com are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. You may not reproduce, distribute, transmit, display, or prepare derivative works, except as provided below. You may copy and print a limited amount of content for your personal and non-commercial use only, provided that you include all copyright and other notices contained in the content and that you do not modify the content. Any other use of Advertology content requires prior written permission from Advertology, LLC. For permission requests, send an email to contact@advertology.com

4a. Special Use of Article and Reference Material

Articles listed in the Advertology.com’s Article Center, Reference Center, and Terminology Center is available for public use.  Reproducing these articles are permitted, but only if the copyright notice (listed below the article), complete and modified text, and hyperlink (link and or address) are included. Changes to the wording of any texts are strictly prohibited. Articles from Advertology.com shall not be made available for resale by another party.

4b. Copyright Question

Advertology, LLC respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide the following information in writing to Advertology, LLC: to contact@advertology.com

Include:

-  Description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed.

-  Description of the material that you claim to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information sufficient to permit us to locate the material.

- Contact information:  address, telephone number and e-mail address.

- Statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of a copyright that is allegedly infringed.

- Proof of identity, ownership, and or agency of legal copyright owner.

5. External Links

External links may be provided for your convenience, but they are beyond the control of Advertology, LLC and no representation is made as to their content. This includes links generated by member clients and providers. Use or reliance on any external links and the content therein is provided at your own risk. When visiting external links you must refer to that external websites terms and conditions of use. Advertology, LLC shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, products or services available on or through such sites.

5a. Framing

Framing is explicitly not permitted. Advertology.com reserves the right to block any site which engages in framing of Advertology content.

5b. Links to Advertology.com
Advertology.com encourages and permits links to content on Advertology.com. However, Advertology.com is an organization committed to the highest ethics and standards. Therefore, the linking should not (a) suggest that Advertology.com promotes or endorses any third party's causes, ideas, web sites, products or services, or (b) use Advertology.com content for inappropriate commercial purposes. We reserve the right to withdraw permission for any link.

6. Public Information and User Submissions

Advertology, LLC is not responsible for any material submitted to the public areas by you (which include bulletin boards, hosted pages, profiles, job/projects, quotes, comments, or any other public area found on the website. Any material (whether submitted by you or any other user) is not endorsed, reviewed or approved by the Advertology, LLC. Advertology, LLC reserves the right to remove any material submitted or posted by you in the public areas, without notice to you, if it becomes aware and determines, in its sole and absolute discretion that you are or there is the likelihood that you may, including but not limited to –

6.1 Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the rights of other users or any third parties;

6.2 Publish, post, distribute or disseminate any defamatory, obscene, indecent or unlawful material or information;

6.3 Post or upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of the Advertology.com and/or a third party's computer system and/or network;

6.4 Violate any copyright, trade mark, other applicable United States of America or international laws or intellectual property rights of Advertology, LLC or any other third party

6.5 Submit contents containing marketing or promotional material which is intended to solicit business other than the permissible activities specifically granted for this site.

7. Specific Use

You further agree not to use Advertology.com to send or post any message or material that is unlawful, harassing, defamatory, abusive, indecent, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene, sexually orientated, racially offensive, profane, pornographic or violates any applicable law and you hereby indemnify the Advertology, LLC against any loss, liability, damage or expense of whatever nature which Advertology, LLC or any third party may suffer which is caused by or attributable to, whether directly or indirectly, your use of the website to send or post any such message or material.

7.1 You may not post, upload or transmit any messages or materials anonymously or under a false name or a false e-mail address.

7.2 You may only post, upload or transmit materials for which you have the copyright or other permission to distribute electronically. You may not violate, plagiarize, or infringe on the rights of third parties, including copyright, trademark, trade secret, privacy, personal, publicity, moral or proprietary rights. You promise and represent that any posted, uploaded, included or transmitted materials will be owned by you or in the public domain.

7.3 You may not use Advertology.com to distribute chain letters, mass mailings or "spam" or to gather e-mail addresses for the purpose of sending "spam" to other users of the site.

7.4 Persons under the age of eighteen (18) MUST obtain parental permission before registering for the client or provider memberships or posting, uploading or transmitting material on or through the site. Children under the age of thirteen (13) are not eligible to participate in any Advertology.com service or otherwise post, upload or transmit material on or through the site.

7.5 You are solely responsible for any content posted, uploaded or transmitted using your account and or the web site. Advertology.com does not and cannot review all information posted by you and is not responsible for any materials posted by others any part of the site. However, Advertology.com has the right (but not the obligation) to delete, edit or move any material that it deems, in its sole discretion, to be in violation of the Terms & Conditions of Use, or which it otherwise, in its sole discretion, considers to be objectionable.

7.6 Advertology, LLC is not responsible or liable for any materials posted on Advertology.com, uploaded or transmitted on or through the site. Advertology, LLC cannot verify the accuracy of statements that users place on Advertology.com, and does not guarantee that any material has been posted, uploaded or transmitted with the permission of the copyright or proprietary owner or is otherwise in compliance with these Terms & Conditions of Use.

7.7 By using Advertology.com, you agree to abide by these rules. You acknowledge that Advertology, LLC has the right to delete, edit or move material that it deems, in its sole discretion, to be in violation of these Terms & Conditions of Use, or which it otherwise, in its sole discretion, considers to be objectionable. You further acknowledge that Advertology.com has the right to limit or terminate access any and all services for any reason, including violation of the these Terms & Conditions of Use.

7.8 You agree that you will indemnify and hold harmless Advertology, LLC and its directors, officers, employees, members and licensees from any and all claims, liabilities, costs or expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from (1) your breach of any of the above representations and warranties, (2) your use of the Service, (3) the materials you have posted, uploaded or transmitted into the Advertology.com site, or (4) Advertology, LLC ‘s publication, distribution or use of such materials.

8. Warranties

Advertology, LLC makes no warranties, representations, statements or guarantees (whether express, implied in law or residual) regarding Advertology.com, the information contained on Advertology.com, you or your company's personal information or material and information transmitted over our system.

9. DISCLAIMER

THE SERVICE AND ANY PRODUCTS SOLD ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICE ARE AVAILABLE ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ADVERTOLOGY, LLC DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. NOR DOES ADVERTOLOGY, LLC MAKE ANY WARRANTIES AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SERVICE OR ENDORSE, RECOMMEND, OR MAKE ANY WARRANTIES AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF, ANY INFORMATION, SERVICE, PRODUCTS, OPINIONS, OR STATEMENTS AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICE OR THROUGH LINKS ON THE SERVICE. USE OF THIS SERVICE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

ADVERTOLOGY, LLC CONTENT IS NOT INTENDED TO SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL ADVICE OF ANY KIND. IN PARTICULAR, NOTHING CONTAINED ON ADVERTOLOGY, LLC IS OR SHOULD BE CONSIDERED, OR USED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR, PROFESSIONAL ADVICE.

10. LIMITAION OF LIABLILITY

ADVERTOLOGY, LLC SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS, LIABILITY, DAMAGE (WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL), PERSONAL INJURY OR EXPENSE OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER WHICH MAY BE SUFFERED BY YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY (INCLUDING YOUR COMPANY), AS A RESULT OF OR WHICH MAY BE ATTRIBUTABLE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO YOUR ACCESS AND USE OF ADVERTOLOGY.COM, ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED ON ADVERTOLOGY.COM, YOU OR YOUR COMPANY'S PERSONAL INFORMATION OR MATERIAL AND INFORMATION TRANSMITTED OVER OUR SYSTEM. IN PARTICULAR, NEITHER THE ADVERTOLOGY, LLC NOR ANY THIRD PARTY OR DATA OR CONTENT PROVIDER SHALL BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION WHATSOEVER FOR ANY LOSS, LIABILITY, DAMAGE (WHETHER DIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL), PERSONAL INJURY OR EXPENSE OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER ARISING FROM ANY DELAYS, INACCURACIES, ERRORS IN, OR OMISSION OF ANY SHARE PRICE INFORMATION OR THE TRANSMISSION THEREOF, OR FOR ANY ACTIONS TAKEN IN RELIANCE THEREON OR OCCASIONED THEREBY OR BY REASON OF NON-PERFORMANCE OR INTERRUPTION, OR TERMINATION THEREOF.

11. Use of Advertology.com

Advertology, LLC does not make any warranty or representation that information on Advertology.com is appropriate for use in any jurisdiction (other than United States of America). By accessing the website, you warrant and represent to Advertology, LLC that you are legally entitled to do so and to make use of information made available via Advertology.com.

12. General

12a. Entire Agreement

These Terms & Conditions constitute the sole record of the agreement between you and the Advertology, LLC in relation to your use of Advertology.com. Neither you nor the Advertology, LLC shall be bound by any express tacit or implied representation, warranty, promise or the like not recorded herein. Unless otherwise specifically stated these website terms and conditions supersede and replace all prior commitments, undertakings or representations, whether written or oral, between you and Advertology, LLC in respect of your use of the website.

12b. Alteration

Advertology, LLC may at any time modify any relevant terms and conditions, policies or notices. You acknowledge that by visiting Advertology.com from time to time, you shall become bound to the current version of the relevant terms and conditions (the "current version") and, unless stated in the current version, all previous versions shall be superseded by the current version. You shall be responsible for reviewing the then current version each time you visit Advertology.com.

12c. Conflict

Where any conflict or contradiction appears between the provisions of these website Terms & Conditions and any other relevant terms and conditions, policies or notices, the other relevant terms and conditions, policies or notices which relate specifically to a particular section or module of Advertology.com shall prevail in respect of your use of the relevant section or module of Advertology.com.

12d. Waiver

No indulgence or extension of time which either you or Advertology, LLC may grant to the other will constitute a waiver of or, whether by estoppels or otherwise, limit any of the existing or future rights of the grantor in terms hereof, save in the event or to the extent that the grantor has signed a written document expressly waiving or limiting such rights.

12e. Cession

Advertology, LLC shall be entitled to cede, assign and delegate all or any of its rights and obligations in terms of any relevant terms and conditions, policies and notices to any third party.

12f. Severability

All provisions of any relevant terms and conditions, policies and notices are, notwithstanding the manner in which they have been grouped together or linked grammatically, severable from each other. Any provision of any relevant terms and conditions, policies and notices, which is or becomes unenforceable in any jurisdiction, whether due to void, invalidity, illegality, unlawfulness or for any reason whatever, shall, in such jurisdiction only and only to the extent that it is so unenforceable, be treated as pro non scripto and the remaining provisions of any relevant terms and conditions, policies and notices shall remain in full force and effect.

12g. Applicable Laws

Any relevant terms and conditions, policies and notices shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States of America without giving effect to any principles of conflict of law. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States of America in respect of any disputes arising in connection with the website, or any relevant terms and conditions, policies and notices or any matter related to or in connection therewith.

12h. International

Advertology.com and its services are controlled and operated within the United States of America. Advertology, LLC makes no representation that content, materials or products available on or through the site are appropriate or available for use outside of the United States of America. If you access the Service from a location outside the United States of America, you are responsible for compliance with applicable laws, including local laws regarding online conduct and content and U.S. export laws and regulations.

All Advertology.com paid services are restricted to persons or companies residing within the United States of America. All other services and including paid services are not designed for international usage and makes no claim that it is.

13. Service Policy

13.1. All members and non-members must abide by the terms and conditions set forth in these Terms & Conditions as well as the Privacy Notice.

13.2. A Service Provider may also sign up as a registered client; however the same email username will only be permitted 1 time in the system. You must create a new account with a separate email username.

13a. Service Providers

13a.1 A Service Provider is defined as a proprietor of professional and non-professional services. A provider can be any single person, sole proprietor, incorporated company or any other organizational type.

13a.2 Service Providers are required to pay a membership fee. The cost can be but is not limited to be derived from the professional category, location of service, and promotional offers.

13a.3 All Payments are to be conducted through PayPal, Advertology, LLC’s authorized secure online payment service unless otherwise agreed upon. You are required to sign-up for a free PayPal account or use your current account PayPal account to process your membership subscription.  Please consult PayPal’s User Agreement as well as their Privacy Notice.

13a.4 Payment will be automatically withdrawn on a monthly basis from the account listed in your PayPal subscription membership to Advertology.com unless otherwise specified.

13a.5 Advertology.com does not in any way make a guarantee that you or your company will have increased business from listing on this site. Advertology.com is an advanced directory listing service only.

13b. Cancellation Policy

13b.1. Failure to make payment, insufficient funds, or any other missed payment reason will result in an account deactivation and finally account termination.

13b.2. You are entitled to cancel your membership subscription at any time during your membership.

13b.3. Cancel your account from either your PayPal subscription account (see PayPal.com for instructions) or locate the cancel account button from your home account screen.

13b.4. Advertology.com will only grant a refund within the first 15 days of paid membership. Afterward you will be responsible for the cost of each current month. Refunds will not be pro-rated. Cancellation at any time before your scheduled payment will cancel the next and subsequent payment withdrawals. Cancellation at any time after your scheduled monthly payment will not refund that payment even though your account will be immediately deactivated. The next payment will be cancelled. For any questions please email support@advertology.com.

13b.5. Once cancelled your account will be deactivated and you will receive emails confirming deactivation, cancellation, and finally end of term (when the final month’s payment runs out).

13b.6. Your closed account will remain in the system up to 1 year after cancellation. If you wish to reactivate this account at any time please email support@advertology.com. You will not be able to reuse the same email address for your user name unless you contact Advertology first.

13b.7. Advertology.com has the right to cancel your account for any reason at any time. Upon termination of account, Advertology.com will not refund your current month’s payment.

13c. Registered Clients

13c.1. A registered client is defined as a user of Advertology.com who has registered their contact information and crated their own account at Advertology.com

13c.2. Client registration is a free service. Advertology.com makes not claims or guarantees of its service providers. Service Providers listed in the Advertology.com directory operate in dependently of Advertology.com. Advertology.com does not make any pricing or any other claims about it Service Providers. Contact and use Service Providers at your own risk.

13c.3. Your account may be terminated at any time for any reason. Once terminated you will not be able to access you account.

13d. Non-Registered Users

13d.1. Non-Registered Users must comply with these Terms & Conditions, the Privacy Notice, and any other notices or requirements.

13d.2. Non-Registered Users will have access to the Reference Center, Article Center, Terminology Center, and the directory of service providers.  Without registration, these users are not entitled to any services beyond these listed in section 13d.2.

13e. Advertology.com reserves the right to block your access from Advertology.com for any reason it deems fit.

13f. Advertology.com will not tolerate any misuse or negative actions as listed in these Terms & Conditions or as it sees applicable. Advertology, LLC will take full legal measures to ensure proper use and conduct of behavior on its site Advertology.com

14. Final

These Terms & Conditions of Use, together with the Privacy Notice, represent the entire understanding of the parties regarding the use of Advertology.com and supersede any previous documents, correspondence, conversations, or other oral or written understanding related to these terms of use. These terms of use shall be governed by and construed under District of Columbia law without regard to its choice of law rules, and, where applicable, the laws of the United States of America. To the extent permissible by law, any disputes under these terms of use or relating to the site shall be litigated in the local or Federal courts located, and you hereby consent to personal jurisdiction and venue, in the District of Columbia. A modification or waiver of a part of these terms of use shall not constitute a waiver or modification of any other portion of the terms of use. If for any reason any provision of these terms of use is found unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and the remainder of the terms of use will continue in full force and effect.

15. Questions or Comments

If you have any questions, comments or concerns arising from Advertology.com, the Terms & Conditions of Use, the privacy policy or any other relevant policies and notices or the way in which we are handling your personal information please contact us at contact@advertology.com.

Last updated : 1/11/2007 5:21 PM