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Terms & conditions
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PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY.
The heartbeat.com.hk web site (the "Web Site") is provided
by Connections Unlimited and/or its affiliates and subsidiaries for your and
others' personal, non-commercial enjoyment, subject to the terms of these
terms and conditions of use and all modifications thereto ("Terms and
Conditions"), and the rules that may be published from time to time by
heartbeat. By using this site, you are deemed to have agreed to these terms
and conditions of use. heartbeat may change the Terms and Conditions from
time to time and at any time, and without actual notice to you. All such
changes to these Terms and Conditions will appear on heartbeat. By using
this site after we post any changes, you agree to accept those changes,
whether or not you have reviewed them. If at any time you choose not to
accept these Terms and Conditions of use, please do not use this site.
User Conduct
This Web Site and any communications service, including the
capability to contribute material through the contribution form (each such
submission, a "Contribution"), chat room, message board, newsgroup, or other
interactive service that may be available to you on or through this site
(collectively, the "Services") are provided to you solely for entertainment
purposes. By using the Web Site and Services you agree: (a) to provide true,
accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the
subscription form, contribution form and any registration form. If any
information provided by you is untrue, inaccurate, not current or
incomplete, heartbeat reserves the right to terminate your subscription and
refuse any and all current or future use of the Services.
Without limitation of the foregoing, you agree to not use
the Web Site or Services to:
Upload, post, publish, e-mail, reproduce, distribute or
otherwise transmit any information, data, text, music, sound, photographs,
graphics, video, messages or other materials, including any Contribution,
(collectively, "Content"), that is unlawful, harmful, threatening,
embarrassing, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene,
libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, contains explicit or graphic descriptions
or accounts of sexual acts, invasive of another's privacy, or hateful;
"Stalk" another;
Upload, post, publish, e-mail, reproduce, distribute or
otherwise transmit any Content that victimizes, harasses, degrades, or
intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion,
gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
Harm minors in any way;
Impersonate any person or entity, including, but not
limited to, a heartbeat official, 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 to or through the Web
Site;
Upload, post, publish, e-mail, reproduce, distribute or
otherwise transmit any Content that you do not have a right to transmit
under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as
inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or
disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure
agreements);
Upload, post, publish, e-mail, reproduce, distribute or
otherwise transmit any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade
secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party;
Upload, post, publish, e-mail, reproduce, distribute or
otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional
materials, "junk mail," "Spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any
other form of solicitation;
Upload, post, publish, e-mail, reproduce, distribute or
otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses, Trojan
horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, 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 or any other
similarly destructive activity, or surreptitiously intercept or expropriate
any system, data or personal information;
Act in a manner that negatively affects other users'
ability to engage in the Web Site or Services;
Engage in any activity that is contrary to or which would
adversely affect the purpose or intention of the Web Site or Services,
including but not limited to, actually or attempting to manipulate, corrupt
or otherwise affect the outcome of the Services, in whole or part, by, among
other methods, subscribing another party without their authorization or
registering multiple subscriptions under the same or different names;
Interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or
networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures,
policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service; or
Intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable
local, state, national or international law.
You also agree that you will not harvest, collect or store
information about the users of this Web Site or the Content posted by others
on this Web Site or use such information for any purpose inconsistent with
the purpose of this Web Site or for the purpose of transmitting or
facilitating transmission of unsolicited bulk electronic mail or
communications.
You acknowledge that heartbeat is not responsible for
material submitted to heartbeat or posted to the Web Site by users.
heartbeat does not pre-screen, monitor, review or edit the Content posted by
users. However, heartbeat and its designees have the right (but not the
obligation) at their sole discretion to refuse or remove any Content, in
whole or part, that, in heartbeat's judgment, does not comply with these
Terms and Conditions or is otherwise undesirable, inappropriate or
inaccurate. heartbeat is not responsible for any failure, non-failure or
delay in removing such Content. You will remain responsible for the
accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, decency, or any other aspect of
such submitted material, including any Contribution or part thereof, or
other communication to heartbeat. You agree to immediately notify heartbeat
of any unauthorized use of the Service or any other breach of security known
or suspected by you.
You acknowledge and agree that heartbeat may preserve
Content and may also disclose Content if required to do so by law or in the
good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably
necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce these Terms and
Conditions; (c) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of
third-parties; or (d) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of
heartbeat, its users or the public.
You understand that the technical processing and
transmission of the Web Site, including your Content, may involve (a)
transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to
technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. heartbeat assumes
no responsibility for the deletion or failure to store postings,
Contributions or other information submitted by you or other users to
heartbeat.
Any or all Content on the Web Site may be purged
periodically in heartbeat's sole discretion. You acknowledge and agree that
Content you view, submit or post is at your own discretion and risk,
including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such
Content. You acknowledge that you may not rely on any information, data,
text, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other
materials created by heartbeat or submitted to heartbeat, including Content.
You further acknowledge and agree that the views expressed on the Web Site
do not necessarily reflect the views of heartbeat, and heartbeat does not
support or endorse Content (including any Contribution, whether or not
edited by heartbeat or its designee or presented on the Web Site edited or
unedited, in whole or in part, or alone or with other content) posted or
submitted by you or any User.
Restrictions On Use of Material
The content on this Web Site is intended for entertainment
purposes only. Except as expressly permitted, you agree not to use the Web
Site for sale, trade or other commercial purposes, and, you may not modify,
copy, publish, display, transmit, adapt or in any way exploit the content of
the Web Site. Only if you obtain prior written consent from us -- and from
all other entities with an interest in the relevant intellectual property --
may you publish, display or commercially exploit any material from the Web
Site. To seek our permission, you may write to us at our address provided
below. If permission is granted by us and by all other entities with an
interest in the relevant intellectual property, you may not change or delete
any author attribution, trademark, legend or copyright notice.
You must abide by all additional copyright notices or other
restrictions contained on the Web Site.
Unsolicited Materials
In operating this site, heartbeat does not solicit nor does
it wish to receive any confidential, secret or proprietary information or
other material from you through the Web Site or heartbeat mail and e-mail
addresses, or in any other way. Any information or material submitted or
sent to heartbeat, will be deemed not to be confidential or secret. By
submitting or sending information or other material to heartbeat you
represent and warrant that the information is original to you and that no
other party has any rights to the material.
User's Grant Of Limited License
By communicating with heartbeat, including submitting or
sending Content, a Contribution or other information or material to
heartbeat, you grant heartbeat the royalty-free, unrestricted, world-wide,
perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully sub-licensable right and
license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create
derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such Content (in
whole or part), including any information, suggestions, ideas, drawings or
concepts contained in such Content, worldwide and/or to incorporate it in
other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed.
Such license includes incorporating a Contribution, in whole or in part,
into a heartbeat feature. You will remain responsible for the accuracy,
copyright compliance, legality, decency, or any other aspect of such
submitted material, including any Contribution or part thereof, or other
communication to heartbeat.
You also warrant that any "moral rights" in posted
materials have been waived.
Linked Sites
You may be able to link to third parties' Web Sites
("Linked Sites") from the heartbeat Web Site. Linked Sites 0are not,
however, reviewed, controlled, or examined by heartbeat in any way and
heartbeat is not responsible for the content, availability, advertising,
products or other materials of any such Linked Sites, or any additional
links contained therein. These links do not imply heartbeat's endorsement of
or association with the Linked Sites. It is your sole responsibility to
comply with the appropriate terms of service of the Linked Sites as well as
with any other obligation under copyright, secrecy, defamation, decency,
privacy, security and export laws related to the use of such Linked Sites
and any content contained thereon. In no event shall heartbeat be liable,
directly or indirectly, to anyone for any loss or damage arising from or
occasioned by the creation or use of the Linked Sites or the information or
material accessed-through these Linked Sites. You should direct any concerns
to that site's administrator or webmaster. heartbeat reserves the exclusive
right, at its sole discretion, to add, change, decline or remove, without
notice, any feature or link to any of the Linked Sites from the Web Site
and/or introduce different features or links to different users.
Permission must be granted by us for any type of link to
heartbeat. To seek our permission, you may write to heartbeat. We reserve
the right, however, to rescind any permission granted by us to link through
any type of link, and to require termination of any such link to the Web
Site, at our discretion at any time.
Contests, Promotions, Simulations or Games
From time to time, heartbeat may offer as part of the
Services, either on or through the Web Site, contests, promotions,
simulations or games (collectively, "Games"). To participate in Games,
players may be required to complete a registration form. Upon submission,
all registrations become the exclusive property of heartbeat. Registered
users (each, a "Registered User") are permitted only one account. Registered
Users with more than one account are subject to immediate disqualification
from any Game, unless the description of the Game expressly invites a user
to register multiple times. heartbeat, at its sole discretion, may suspend
or revoke the registration of any Registered User.
Registered Users agree to release heartbeat and its agents,
advertisers, sponsors or promotional partners, from all liability arising
from participation in any of Game located on, or accessed through, the Web
Site. heartbeat is not responsible for technical, hardware or software
failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed,
incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions which may limit any
Registered User's ability to participate in any Game.
Each Registered User agrees to be bound by the rules of any
Game and by the rules of fair play and consideration of fellow Registered
User. A Registered User who violates any of the rules or guidelines for
behavior published on the Web Site, or the site where the Game is conducted,
are subject to immediate disqualification and revocation of their
registration. heartbeat is under no obligation to award any prize to any
Registered User who violates a published rule or guideline.
Some Games may offer prizes to Registered Users. All prizes
are subject to the official game or contest rules published with that Game.
heartbeat reserves the right to cancel, terminate or alter
any Game or the rules thereof at any time without prior notification.
Intellectual Property Rights
All materials contained in this Web Site are the
copyrighted property of heartbeat and its affiliates or licensors. As
between heartbeat and you, heartbeat is the sole owner of all content on the
Web Site, including without limitation, all applicable copyrights, patents,
trademarks, and trade secrets, and other intellectual property rights
thereto. Except as otherwise specifically provided in these Terms and
Conditions, you may not download or save a copy of the Web Site or any
portion thereof, for any purpose. You may, however, print a copy of
individual screens appearing as part of the Web Site solely for your
personal, non-commercial use or records, provided that any marks, logos or
other legends that appear on the copied screens remain on, and are not
removed from the printed or stored images of such screens. All title and
intellectual property rights in and to the content of the Linked Sites is
the property of the respective content owner and may be protected by
applicable copyright or other intellectual property laws and treaties.
Privacy Policy
We are committed to protecting your privacy and security
and have explained in detail the steps we take to do so. We urge you to read
our privacy policy.
Provisions unenforceable or invalid
If any part of this agreement is held invalid or
unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with
applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of
the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and
effect.
Assignment
You shall not transfer, assign, sublicense nor pledge in
any manner whatsoever, any of your rights or obligations under this
Agreement. heartbeat may transfer, assign sublicense or pledge in any manner
whatsoever, any of its rights and obligations under this agreement to a
subsidiary, affiliate, or successor thereof or to any third party
whatsoever, without notifying you or receiving your consent.
If you have any questions about this policy or our site in
general, please contact us.
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