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Welcome to weeklydatinginsider.com (together with its subdomains, Content and Marks, the “Website”).
Please read the following Terms of Use carefully before using this
Website so that you are aware of your legal rights and obligations with
respect to Spark Networks Services GmbH (“Spark Networks”, “we”, “our”
or “us”). By accessing or using the Website, you are deemed to have
accepted these Terms of Use, together with the Privacy Policy (the
“Terms”). The Terms are applicable which can be accessed by the user of
the Website at the time of the specific visit of the Website. If you do
not agree to any part of these User Terms you should stop accessing this
Website and navigate away from it.
1. Ability to Accept Terms
The Website is only intended for individuals aged eighteen (18) years or
older. If you are under 18 years please do not visit or use the
Website.
2. Website Access
During the period in which these Terms are in effect, we hereby grant
you permission to visit and use the Website, provided that you comply
with these Terms and applicable law. Spark Networks reserves the right
to change or discontinue at any time any service or feature of the
Website
3. Intellectual Property Rights
a. All intellectual property rights in and in relation to copyright,
patents, trade-marks, service marks, trade names and/or designs
(including the “look and feel” and other visual or non-literal elements)
(whether registered or unregistered) in:
i. The Website;
ii. Subject to clause 3.d., information content on the Website; and
iii. All the Website design, text and graphics, software, photos,
videos, music, sounds, and their selection and arrangement, and all
software compilations, underlying source code and software (including
applets and scripts),are owned by or licensed to Spark Networks. You
shall not, and shall not attempt to, obtain any title to any such
intellectual property rights. All rights are reserved.
b. None of the material listed in clause 3.a. may be reproduced or redistributed or copied, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means, sold, rented or sub-licensed, used to create derivative works, or in any way exploited without the prior express written permission of Spark Networks. You may, however, retrieve and display the content of the Website on a computer screen (including any tablet or smart phone device), store such content in electronic form on disk (but not on any server or other storage device connected to a network) or print one copy of such content for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided you keep intact all and any copyright and proprietary notices. You may not otherwise reproduce, modify, copy or distribute or use for commercial purposes any of the materials or content on the Website without the express prior written permission of Spark Networks.
c. All rights (including goodwill and, where relevant, trade-marks) in the name Spark Networks are owned by or licensed to Spark Networks. Other product and company names mentioned on the Website are the trademarks or registered trademarks of third parties.
d. Title, ownership rights and intellectual property rights in and to content accessed using the Website is the property of the applicable content owner or supplier and may be protected by applicable copyright or other law. Subject to the limited rights described in clause 3.b, this Agreement gives you no rights to such content.
4. Restrictions
You shall not:
a. disrupt servers or networks connected to the Website;
b. use or launch any automated system (including without limitation, “robots” and “spiders”) to access the Website; and/or
c. circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related
features of the Website or features that prevent or restrict use or
copying of any Content or that enforce limitations on use of the
Website.
5. Links; Third Party Sources and Content.
The Website may contain links to third party websites and to their
services that are not owned or controlled by Spark Networks. Spark
Networks has no control over, does not accept and assumes no
responsibility for the content or products or services of other sites
and does not accept any responsibility for any loss or damage that may
arise from your use of them. If you choose to access other websites, you
do so at your own risk and on the terms and conditions and in
accordance with the privacy policy (if applicable) of the other
websites. We are not responsible for, and we expressly disclaim all
warranties regarding, the accuracy, appropriateness, usefulness, safety,
or Intellectual Property Rights (defined above) of, or relating to, any
third party content (third party website and services and our partners
and customers). You expressly release Spark Networks from any and all
liability arising from your use of any third party website.
6. Privacy
For information about the handling of personal information within the Website’s service please see the Privacy Policy.
7. Information Description; Warranty Disclaimer
We attempt to be as accurate as possible. HOWEVER, WE CANNOT AND DO NOT
WARRANT THAT THE CONTENT AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE IS ACCURATE,
COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT, OR ERROR-FREE. We reserve the right to make
changes in or to the content, or any part thereof, in our sole
discretion, without the requirement of giving any notice prior to or
after making such changes to the content. Your use of the content, or
any part thereof, is made solely at your own risk and accountability.
8. Warranty Disclaimers
a. THE WEBSITE IS MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU ON AN ‘AS IS’ AND AS ‘AVAILABLE’
BASIS. Spark Networks GIVES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: WARRANTIES OF TITLE,
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR
NON-INFRINGEMENT, IN RELATION TO THE WEBSITE OR THE MATERIAL. Spark
Networks DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE WEBSITE WILL BE FREE OF BUGS,
SECURITY BREACHES, OR VIRUS ATTACKS. THE WEBSITE MAY OCCASIONALLY BE
UNAVAILABLE FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, UPGRADING, OR OTHER REASONS. YOU
AGREE THAT Spark Networks WILL NOT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANY
CONSEQUENCES TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY THAT MAY RESULT FROM TECHNICAL
PROBLEMS OF THE INTERNET, SLOW CONNECTIONS, TRAFFIC CONGESTION OR
OVERLOAD OF OUR OR OTHER SERVERS. WE DO NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE OR
GUARANTEE ANY CONTENT, PRODUCT, OR SERVICE THAT IS FEATURED OR
ADVERTISED ON THE WEBSITE BY A THIRD PARTY.
b. The Website is a free comparison site. To provide our service free of charge, we maintain partnerships with some of the websites we list in our rankings. WE MAY CHARGE A PLACEMENT FEE TO THOSE THIRD PARTIES THAT ARE FEATURED ON OUR WEBSITE, AND WE MAY RECEIVE FEES EACH TIME A USER CLICKS THROUGH TO ONE OR MORE SUCH PARTIES AND/OR ACTUALLY PURCHASES PRODUCTS/SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED BY ANY OF THEM.
9. Limitation of Liability
A. Spark Networks DOES NOT LIMIT ITS LIABILITY FOR (I) DEATH OR PERSONAL
INJURY TO THE EXTENT ONLY THAT IT ARISES AS A RESULT OF THE NEGLIGENCE
OR INTENT OF Spark Networks, ITS EMPLOYEES, LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES OR
Spark Networks CONTRACTORS (II) DAMAGES THAT ARISE AS A RESULT OF THE
INTENT AND GROSS NEGLIGENCE OF Spark Networks, ITS EMPLOYEES, LEGAL
REPRESENTATIVES OR Spark Networks CONTRACTORS AND (III) ANY OTHER
LIABILITY THAT WE ARE NOT PERMITTED TO LIMIT OR EXCLUDE UNDER APPLICABLE
LAW. THE REMAINDER OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO SUCH LIABILITY.
B. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, Spark Networks SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY ECONOMIC LOSS, (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF REVENUE, BUSINESS, CONTRACTS, PROFITS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS); ANY LOSS OF GOODWILL OR REPUTATION; ANY LOSS OF DATA; OR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS THAT MAY RESULT TO YOU OR A THIRD PARTY ARISING FROM YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE OF THE WEBSITE (UNLESS EXPRESSLY SET OUT OTHERWISE IN THESE USER TERMS). Spark Networks DOES NOT ACCEPT ANY LIABILITY FOR LINKS ON THE WEBSITE TO THIRD PARTY SITES. IF YOU DECIDE TO ACCESS LINKED THIRD PARTY SITES YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK.
C. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF Spark Networks FOR ANY AND ALL DAMAGES ARISING UNDER THESE TERMS OR OUT OF YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF US $1,000.
10. Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Spark Networks and our
affiliates, and our respective officers, directors, employees and
agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations,
losses, liabilities, costs and expenses (including but not limited to
reasonable attorney’s fees) arising from: (i) your use of, or inability
to use, the Website; (ii) your violation of these Terms.
11. Assignment
These Terms, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be
transferred or assigned by you but may be assigned by Spark Networks
without restriction or notification to you.
12. General
a. German law applies to the exclusion of the UN Sales Convention. The
regulations which are more favorable to the consumer and which cannot be
excluded by means of a choice of law clause, according to the law of
the country where the consumer has his habitual residence, shall remain
unaffected.
b. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change these Terms at any time. Such change will be effective immediately, and your continued use of the Website thereafter means that you accept those changes.
c. If any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of this Agreement or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction.
d. This agreement supersedes all previous agreements in respect of its subject matter and embodies the entire agreement between the parties.
e. No waiver of any term of these Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term. No failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any rights, remedy, power or privilege arising from this Agreement operates or may be construed as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder precludes any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.
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