bizzly Terms of Service & Privacy
Welcome to the bizzly sponsored site (the'Site'). We hope you like the site and find it useful. By using the Site you signify that you have read, understand and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and the accompanying Privacy Policy. bizzly reserves the right to change, modify and delete provisions of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy at any time. If we do so, we will post the changes on this page or email you a notice, in each case indicating the effective date. Your continued use of the Site after such notice constitutes your acceptance of the modified Terms of Use or Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to abide by these or any future Terms of Use, you are not permitted to use or access the Site. This Site is intended solely for users who are thirteen (13) years of age or older. Any registration by, use of or access to the Site by anyone under 13 is unauthorized and in violation of these Terms of Use.
Rules of Conduct
You agree that you will not do or permit to be done through your bizzly account any of the following:
- violate or infringe the copyrights, rights of privacy or publicity, or any other rights of any person
- post or submit libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene, harassing or otherwise actionable or objectionable material;
- use automated scripts, spiders, bots or similar means to publish content;
- use the Site in a manner that could damage, disable or overburden the Site or violate the law;
- upload or transmit software viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other computer code or files designed to disable, destroy or interfere with any software or equipment.
You agree that bizzly may refuse your registration, define what types of functionality you may access, or terminate your access and account for violating these Terms of Use, for any behavior that is inconsistent with the Terms of Service entirely in bizzlymedia or bizzly's discretion.
Site Content
You acknowledge that bizzly and its licensors own all rights, title and interest in all content on the Site , including but not limited to the Site's design, text, graphics and files, and their selection and arrangement (the'Content'), and you agree not to modify, copy, distribute, frame, republish, display, post, transmit, or sell the Content, except as may be expressly permitted by bizzly. You may download and print reasonable portions of the Content, solely for your personal, non-commercial use, provided that you leave intact all copyright notices and identifying information appearing on the original. You may not republish Site Content on any other website or business network or incorporate the information into any database or compilation. Any use of the Content not authorized by bizzly is prohibited. All trademarks, logos, trade dress and service marks on Site are trademarks of bizzly or its licensors and may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without written permission.
Copyright Policy
It is bizzly's policy to respond promptly to claims of copyright infringement, and to remove, or disable access to, infringing material. If you believe that any of the Content or materials appearing on this Site contains infringing materials or infringing property, please send a notice to bizzly or bizzlymedia at support@bizzlymedia.com Your notice should contain the following: a physical or electronic signature of a person (i.e., claimant) authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner; identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed; identification of the content or material claimed to be infringing; a reference or link to the infringing material or activity, or the subject of the infringing activity, including information to enable us to locate that material or reference; the address, telephone number or email address of the claimant; a statement that the claimant has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and a statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the claimant is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Links and References
This Site may contains links to websites operated by unrelated parties. These links are provided for your convenience and reference only. bizzly does not control these sites and is not responsible for their contents. Our inclusion of these links does not imply any association with these sites or any endorsement or approval of the services, merchandise, materials or contents available from or on these sites. This Site may also contain descriptions of or references to products, services, and firms. These references do not imply our endorsement of those products, services or entities. Under no circumstances shall any of our providers be liable for any loss or damage caused by a user's reliance on or exposure to information obtained from or contained on the Site. Rather, you are responsible to evaluate the information, advice, and other content available through the Site, and any products, services or firms referenced here. If you decide to leave the Site and access these third-party sites, you do so at your own risk. In particular, you should review the terms of use and privacy policies of these sites, as they may differ from ours. Again, we do not control or review the usage terms or privacy practices of linked sites.
Disclaimers
bizzly is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate Content posted on the Site regardless of the cause or source, or for the conduct, online or offline, of any member or other user of the Site. Without limiting the above, bizzly assumes no responsibility for:
- any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay, communications failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, user or Member postings or communications;
- the accuracy, integrity, completeness, or quality of any information, outputs or Content available from or through the Site; rather, responsibility for verification resides with the user of the information, output or Content.
- problems with telephone lines, computer systems, third party providers, or any technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or any website;
- injury or damage to users', members' or other persons' computers or networks resulting from participating or downloading materials in connection with the Site;
Under no circumstances will bizzly be responsible for any loss or damage incurred or resulting from anyone's use, including your use, of the Site, any Content posted on the Site or communicated to members, or any interactions between users of the Site, online or offline. The site and content are provided "as-is" and bizzly disclaims any and all warranties, whether express or implied, including without limitation implied warranties of title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Some states limit or prohibit the disclaimers of warranties in certain cases, so this disclaimer may not apply to you.
Limitation on Liability
In no event will bizzly be liable to you or any other person for any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, special or punitive damages (including lost profits and lost data), or for any damages in excess of the greater of (i) $5,000 or (ii) the membership fees paid by you to bizzly arising from your use of the site, regardless of the cause (including negligence) and even if bizzly was aware that such damages might occur. Some states limit or prohibit the limitation of liability in certain cases, so this limitation may not apply to you.
Governing Law and Venue
If there is any dispute about or involving the Site, you agree that the dispute will be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, as they apply to residents situated within the state. You also agree to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts of the state and federal courts of Delaware, and waive all defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction or that the forum is not convenient, except that bizzly may bring suit against you in any court that has jurisdiction over your person or property. Any cause of action by you with respect to the Site must be instituted within one (1) year after the cause of action arose or be forever waived and barred.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold bizzly and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, partners and employees harmless from any damage, liability, claim, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or in connection with your use of the Site, your violation of these Terms of Use, or your violation of the rights of a third party or any law.
Miscellaneous
These Terms of Use, and the accompanying Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and bizzly regarding the use of the Site and supersede any prior agreements between us on the same subject. bizzly's failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms of Use is held invalid, the remaining terms shall continue in full force and effect.
Privacy Policy
bizzly ("bizzly") and bizzlymedia ("bizzlymedia") take the private nature of your personal information very seriously. This Privacy Policy (which we adapted from a policy originally provided by Automattic (WordPress.com)) describes how we treat the information we collect when you visit and use any website available from bizzlymedia and bizzly. and is made available under the Creative Commons Sharealike license. Please read this notice very carefully. It is bizzlymedia and bizzly's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, bizzly collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. bizzly purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how bizzly visitors use its website. From time to time, bizzly may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website. Like all websites, bizzly also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. bizzly does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below. Please be aware that bizzly cannot be responsible for the privacy practices of other sites, including those to which we link or whose products or services we reference. We encourage you to read the terms of use and privacy statements of each Web site you visit.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to bizzly websites choose to interact with bizzly in ways that require bizzly to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that bizzly gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for an account at bizzly to provide an email address and basic geographic location information. Those who engage in transactions with bizzly are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, bizzly collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with bizzly. bizzly does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
bizzly may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, bizzly may monitor the most popular links on the site. bizzly may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, bizzly does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
bizzly discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on bizzly's behalf or to provide services available at bizzly. websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using bizzly websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. bizzly will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, bizzly discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when bizzly believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of bizzly, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of a bizzly. website and have supplied your email address, bizzly may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what's going on with bizzly. and our products and services, provided you have opted-in to receive such updates. bizzly users may unsubscribe from these updates at any time, and any bizzly communication will always include a one-click link to unsubscribe easily from such updates. We primarily use our various product blogs to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in a general, non-personally identifying format in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. bizzly takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information. However, if bizzly or any of its products is sold to a new owner, whether by merger, stock sale, asset sale or other means, we retain the right to transfer your profile, Site Data and all other content, data and information to this new owner, provided the owner agrees to respect the Privacy Policy in effect with respect to this personal data.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. bizzly may use cookies to help bizzly identify and track visitors, their usage of bizzly websites, and their website access preferences. bizzly visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using bizzlymedia or bizzly's websites, with the drawback that certain features of bizzlymedia or bizzly may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, bizzly may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in bizzly's sole discretion. bizzly encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
