Terms and Conditions

Terms of service


Thanks for checking out VOXOMETER.COM, the Universal Suggestion Box. Your visit here is subject to our terms of service ("TOS"). Our TOS may be updated from time to time but the most current will always be posted here for your review. By using VOXOMETER.COM, you accept and agree to be bound by the terms and provision of the TOS.

VOXOMETER.COM (”VOXOMETER”, “VOXOMETER, LLC”, “we” or “us”) internet web site terms of use: The terms and conditions set forth below (the “terms”) govern your use of this site on the World Wide Web. These terms are a legal contract between you and VOXOMETER.COM and govern your access to, and use of, the VOXOMETER.COM website. If you do not agree with any of these terms, do not access or otherwise use this site or any information contained on this site. Your use of this site shall be deemed to be your agreement to abide by each of the terms set forth below. VOXOMETER.COM can change these terms at any time by posting updated terms of use on this. If any modification is unacceptable to you, you shall cease using this site. If you do not cease using this site, you will be conclusively deemed to have accepted the change.


Description of VOXOMETER.COM

VOXOMETER.COM is a public forum intended to resolve problems in our everyday lives. As a public forum, you understand that there may be content that you find objectionable. You also understand and agree that VOXOMETER.COM may include advertisements and that these advertisements are necessary for VOXOMETER.COM to provide this forum. You also understand and agree to certain communications from VOXOMETER.COM, such as service announcements, administrative messages and the VOXOMETER.COM newsletter, and that these communications are considered part of VOXOMETER.COM membership and you will not be able to opt out of receiving them. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the current VOXOMETER.COM services, including the release of new VOXOMETER.COM properties, shall be subject to the TOS. You understand and agree that the VOXOMETER.COM services is provided “as-is” and that VOXOMETER.COM assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user communications or personalization settings. You are responsible for obtaining access to the VOXOMETER.COM services, and that access may involve third-party fees (such as internet service provider or airtime charges). You are responsible for those fees, including those fees associated with the display or delivery of advertisements. In addition, you must provide and are responsible for all equipment necessary to access VOXOMETER.COM.


General use restrictions

VOXOMETER.COM provides content and services through this site. Certain information, documents, products and services provided on and through this site, including content, logos, graphics and images (together, the “materials”) that are not submissions (as defined below) are provided to you by VOXOMETER.COM and are the copyrighted and/or trademarked work of VOXOMETER.COM or VOXOMETER.COM’s contributors.


Password restricted areas of this site.

You must register for a password to login to this site and to use certain functions and areas within this site. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account, and agree to notify VOXOMETER.COM if your password is lost, stolen, or disclosed to an unauthorized third party, or otherwise may have been compromised. You are responsible for all activities that occur under your account. You agree to immediately notify VOXOMETER.COM of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security in relation to this site known to you.


Privacy policy

your use of this site is governed by the VOXOMETER.COM privacy policy, which is available here (the “privacy policy”).


Third party content

certain information and other content that are not submissions may be provided by third party licensors and suppliers to VOXOMETER.COM (”third party content”). The third party content is, in each case, the copyrighted and/or trademarked work of the creator/licensor. You agree to only display the third party content on your personal computer solely for your personal use. You acknowledge and agree that you have no right to download, cache, reproduce, modify, display (except as set forth in this paragraph), edit, alter or enhance any of the third party content in any manner unless you have permission from the owner of the third party content. VOXOMETER.COM disclaims all express, implied and statutory warranties and conditions with regard to third party content, including, but not limited to, all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.


Links to third party sites

this site may be linked to other sites that are not VOXOMETER.COM sites. VOXOMETER.COM is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and VOXOMETER.COM is not responsible for such linked sites, including, without limitation, the content or links displayed on such sites.


Submissions

You acknowledge that you are responsible for the information, documents, messages, comments, photos, videos, graphics, sounds and other content or material that you submit, upload, post or otherwise make available on or through the site (each a “submission”) through the services available in connection with this site, and that you, and not VOXOMETER.COM, have full responsibility for each such submission you make, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, and trademark and copyright ownership. Unless otherwise explicitly stated herein or in the VOXOMETER.COM privacy policy, you agree that (a) any submission that is a document provided by you in connection with this site is provided pursuant to the specific creative commons license that you select when you upload or post your submission and (b) any submission that is not a document provided by you in connection with this site is provided on a non-proprietary and non-confidential basis and you agree that VOXOMETER.COM is free to use such submission for the purpose of providing you with the associated services and you grant VOXOMETER.COM a sub licensable, nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to (in any media, whether now known or not currently known or invented) link to, utilize, use, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, distribute, modify and prepare derivative works of the submission.

You further agree that you will not upload, post or otherwise make available on this site any material protected by copyright, trade secret, trademark, or any other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner of such copyright, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary right owned by a third party, and the burden of determining whether any material is protected by any such right is on you. You shall be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, trademarks, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from any submission that you make.

You represent and warrant that: (i) you own all submissions posted by you on or through this site or otherwise have the right to grant the licenses to VOXOMETER.COM set forth in this section, and (ii) the posting of your submissions on or through this site does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, trademark rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights of any person or entity. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, damages and any other monies owing any person by reason of any submissions posted by you to or through this site.

When submitting submissions to or otherwise using this site and/or the services, you agree not to, without limitation:


  • defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten, or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
  • use racially, ethnically, or otherwise offensive language.
  • discuss or incite illegal activity.
  • use explicit/obscene language or solicit/post sexually explicit images (actual or simulated).
  • post anything that exploits children or minors or that depicts cruelty to animals.
  • post any copyrighted or trademarked materials without the express permission from the owner.
  • disseminate any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, ‘junk mail’, ’spam’, ‘chain letters’, ‘pyramid schemes’, or any other form of such solicitation.
  • use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the site, except for accessing rss feeds.
  • take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure.
  • artificially inflate or alter the ratings available on this site or alter any comments posted by others on this site.

These prohibitions do not require VOXOMETER.COM to monitor, police or remove any submissions or other information submitted by you or any other user.


Unauthorized activities

submissions and unauthorized use of any materials or third party content contained on this site may violate certain laws and regulations. You agree to indemnify and hold VOXOMETER.COM and its officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents, licensors, and business partners harmless from and against any and all costs, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and costs of defense) VOXOMETER.COM or any other indemnified party suffers in relation to, arising from, or for the purpose of avoiding, any claim or demand from a third party that your use of this site or the use of this site by any person using your user name and/or password (including without limitation, your participation in the posting areas or, your submissions) violates any applicable law or regulation, or the copyrights, trademark rights or other rights of any third party.


Proprietary rights

VOXOMETER.COM is a trademark of VOXOMETER.COM in the United States. Other trademarks, names and logos on this site are the property of their respective owners.

Unless otherwise specified in these terms, all information and screens appearing on this site, including documents, services, site design, text, graphics, logos, images and icons, as well as the arrangement thereof, are the sole property of VOXOMETER.COM, copyright © 2008 VOXOMETER.COM. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. Except as otherwise required or limited by applicable law, any reproduction, distribution, modification, retransmission, or publication of any copyrighted material is strictly prohibited without the express written consent of the copyright owner or license.


Copyright and trademark infringements

Notification:

VOXOMETER.COM respects the intellectual property rights of others, and we ask you to do the same. VOXOMETER.COM may, in appropriate circumstances and at our discretion, terminate service and/or access to this site for users who infringe the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your work is the subject of copyright infringement and/or trademark infringement and appears on our site, please provide VOXOMETER.COM’s designated agent the following information:



  • a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
  • identification of the copyrighted and/or trademarked work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.
  • identification of the material that is claimed 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 at the site, and information reasonably sufficient to permit VOXOMETER.COM to locate the material.
  • information reasonably sufficient to permit VOXOMETER.COM to contact you as the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which you may be contacted.
  • a statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright and/or trademark owner, its agent, or the law.
  • a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

VOXOMETER.COM’s agent for notice of claims of copyright or trademark infringement on this site can be reached as follows:
info@VOXOMETER.COM
Please also note that for copyright infringements under section 512(f) of the copyright act, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to liability.


Disclaimer of warranties

Your use of this site and/or the services is at your own risk. Neither the materials, submissions nor the third party content have been verified or authenticated in whole or in part by VOXOMETER.COM, and they may include inaccuracies or typographical or other errors. VOXOMETER.COM does not warrant the accuracy of timeliness of the materials, submissions or the third party content contained on this site. VOXOMETER.COM has no liability for any errors or omissions in the materials, submissions and/or the third party content, whether provided by VOXOMETER.COM or our licensors. This site and VOXOMETER.COM do not provide legal advice. The materials, submissions and the third party content on this site are for informational purposes only. The materials, submissions and third party content are not intended to be a substitute for legal, financial or other professional advice. Always seek the advice of a qualified attorney or appropriate professional with any questions you may have regarding a legal or financial issue.

VOXOMETER.COM does not recommend or endorse any specific documents, materials, submissions, third party content, opinions, or other information available on or through this site.

VOXOMETER.COM, for itself and its licensors, makes no express, implied or statutory representations, warranties, or guarantees in connection with this site, the services, any materials, submissions or third party content, relating to the quality, suitability, truth, accuracy or completeness of any information or material contained or presented on this site, including without limitation the materials, the third party content and the submissions of other users of this site. Unless otherwise explicitly stated, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, this site, the services, materials, third party content, submissions, and any information or material contained or presented on this site is provided to you on an “as is,” “as available” and “where-is” basis with no warranty of implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of third party rights. VOXOMETER.COM does not provide any warranties against viruses, spyware or malware that may be installed on your computer.


Limitation of liability

VOXOMETER.COM shall not be liable to you for any damages resulting from your displaying, copying, or downloading any materials, third party content or submissions to or from this site. In no event shall VOXOMETER.COM be liable to you for any indirect, extraordinary, exemplary, punitive, special, incidental, or consequential damages (including loss of data, revenue, profits, use or other economic advantage) however arising, even if VOXOMETER.COM knows there is a possibility of such damage.


Local laws; export control.

VOXOMETER.COM controls and operates this site from its headquarters in the United States of America and the materials, submissions and/or third party content may not be appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you use this site outside the United States of America, you are responsible for following applicable local laws.


General

If you violate these terms, VOXOMETER.COM may terminate and/or suspend your access to this site without notice. VOXOMETER.COM prefers to advise you of your inappropriate behavior and to recommend any necessary corrective action. However, certain violations of these terms, as determined by VOXOMETER.COM, may result in immediate termination of your access to this site. If VOXOMETER.COM terminates your access to the site, VOXOMETER.COM may delete your user profile but will not be obligated to delete any submissions that you have provided in connection with the site. VOXOMETER.COM has the right to terminate any password-restricted account for any reason. Illinois law and controlling U.S. federal law, without regard to the choice or conflicts of law provisions, will govern these terms. Any disputes relating to these terms or this site will be heard in the courts located in Illinois. If any of these terms is found to be inconsistent with applicable law, then such term shall be interpreted to reflect the intentions of the parties, and no other terms will be modified. VOXOMETER. COM’s failure to enforce any of these terms is not a waiver of such term. These terms are the entire agreement between you and VOXOMETER.COM and supersede all prior or contemporaneous negotiations, discussions or agreements between you and VOXOMETER.COM about this site. The proprietary rights, disclaimer of warranties, representations made by you, indemnities, limitations of liability and general provisions shall survive any termination of these terms