Terms of Service - HandyPeoples.com


HandyPeoples.com Terms of Service

Last Modified - February 21, 2011

Welcome to HandyPeoples.com ("HandyPeoples", "us", "we"). Please read over the Terms of Service ("Terms") in this agreement carefully. This agreement governs your use of the HandyPeoples.com website.

  1. Acceptance of These Terms

    By using the HandyPeoples.com website you accept these Terms.

    We may change these Terms from time to time and we encourage you to review these Terms periodically. By using this Website after any change of these Terms is posted, you agree to the new Terms. The current and most up-to-date Terms of Service is available at http://handypeoples.com/terms.php.

  2. HandyPeoples.com Privacy Policy

    All registration data and other information we collect about you is subject to our Privacy Policy. You understand and consent that the information collected about you is used solely as permitted by our Privay Policy.

  3. Passwords and Security

    By registering on HandyPeoples.com, you are responsible for providing an email and creating a password for your account. You understand that you are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of that password. You also accept that you are responsible for all activities that occur under your account.

    You agree to notify HandyPeoples.com immediately of any unauthorized use of your account. You are expected to exit from your account at the end of your session. We will not be liable for any loss or damages from your failure to comply with this Section 3.

  4. Ownership and Permitted Use of the Website

    The Website (including all content, page headers and footers, graphics, icons, and scripts, as well as the presentation, arrangement, coordination, enhancement, and selection of such and other information in text and graphical forms, images, icons, software, designs, applications, data, and other elements available on or through our Website) is the property of HandyPeoples and others, and is protected by Canadian and international copyright, trademark and other laws. Your use of this Website does not transfer to you any ownership or other rights in the Website or its content. This Website is made available to you for your personal, lawful use only. You may use the Website only in the manner described expressly in this Agreement and subject to all applicable laws. Using the Website for any other purpose or in any other manner is strictly prohibited.

    You may print Website pages provided that you do not modify any of the pages and you do not remove or alter any visible or non-visible identification, marks, notices, or disclaimers. The Website and its content may not be copied, imitated, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, modified, indexed, catalogued, mirrored, or distributed in any way, in whole or in part, without the express prior written consent of HandyPeoples. You may not sell or resell any part of the Website or access to the Website. You may not use any of the software that is used in the operation or provision of the Website except while you are using the Website in accordance with these Terms.

    We may authorize you to distribute certain content for personal, non-commercial use. Such content (such as individual skill pages) and will provide or describe ways in which it may be distributed (such as by e-mail or blog posts).

  5. Your Information

    All information you provide through the Website, including registration information, skill page descriptions, and images must be true, accurate, current and complete. We will rely on the information you provide. You will be solely responsible and liable for any and all loss, damage, and additional costs that you, HandyPeoples or any other person may incur as a result of your submission of any false, incorrect or incomplete information or your failure to update your registration information within 30 days of any change.

  6. User Submissions

    HandyPeoples allows you to submit User Submissions (content in skill pages, text, and images) to the Website.

    When you provide User Submissions, you grant to HandyPeoples.com a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully sublicenseable license to use, distribute, edit, display, archive, publish, sublicense, perform, reproduce, make available, transmit, broadcast, sell, translate, and create derivative works of those User Submissions, and your name, voice, likeness and other identifying information where part of a User Submission, in any form, media, software, or technology of any kind now known or developed in the future, including, without limitation, for developing, manufacturing, and marketing products. You hereby waive any moral rights you may have in your User Submissions. HandyPeoples reserves the right to recategorize any User Submissions that are deemed miscategorized.

    You acknowledge that User Submissions submitted by you are your own personal property or have explicit written permission to submit them to the Website.

  7. Acceptable Use

    This Website is available for personal use by anyone, anywhere, providing it is lawful to do so in the jurisdiction where you access this Website.

    You may not use the Website if you live in a jurisdiction where access to or use of the Website or any part of it may be illegal or prohibited. It is solely your responsibility to determine whether your use of the Website is lawful in your jurisdiction, and you must comply with all applicable laws.

    Without limiting any other provision in these Terms, you may not use the Website or its services to do the following or to assist others to do the following:

    • Threaten, defame, stalk, abuse, or harass other persons or engage in illegal activities;
    • Link to the Services from a site or transmit any material that is inappropriate, profane, vulgar, offensive, false, disparaging, defamatory, obscene, illegal, sexually explicit, racist, that promotes violence, racial hatred, or terrorism, or that we deem, in our sole discretion, to be otherwise objectionable;
    • Frame the Services, display the Services in connection with an unauthorized logo or mark, or do anything that could falsely suggest a relationship between HandyPeoples.com and any third party or potentially deprive us of revenue (including, without limitation, revenue from advertising, branding, or promotional activities);
    • Violate any person's or entity's legal rights (including, without limitation, intellectual property, privacy, and publicity rights), transmit material that violates or circumvents such rights, or remove or alter intellectual property or other legal notices;
    • Transmit files that contain viruses, spyware, adware, or other harmful code;
    • Promote or provide links to any websites that are known scams, are pyramid schemes, make unsupported claims, or engage in other fraudulent activities (including multi-level marketing schemes, get rich quick schemes, and ponzi scemes);
    • Interfere with others using the Services or otherwise disrupt the Services;
    • Transmit, collect, or access personally identifiable information about other users without the consent of those users and HandyPeoples.com;
    • Engage in unauthorized spidering, “scraping,” or harvesting Content, contact or other personal information, or use any other unauthorized automated means to compile information;
    • Impersonate any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation or the origin of materials you transmit; or
    • Defeat any access controls, access any portion of the Services that we have not authorized you to access (including password-protected areas), link to password-protected areas, attempt to access or use another user’s account or information, or allow anyone else to use your account or access credentials.

  8. Disclaimers, Liability Exclusions/Limitations and Indemnity

    DISCLAIMERS

    YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF OR RELATING TO ACCURACY, ACCESSIBILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, PERFORMANCE OR DURABILITY, ALL OF WHICH ARE DISCLAIMED BY HANDYPEOPLES.COM TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

    THE FOLLOWING CLAUSE IS INAPPLICABLE IN QUEBEC:

    LIABILITY EXCLUSIONS

    HANDYPEOPLES.COM AND ITS PROVIDERS WILL NEVER BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING FROM, CONNECTED WITH, OR RELATING TO THE WEBSITE OR THIS AGREEMENT INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA, BUSINESS, MARKETS, SAVINGS, INCOME, PROFITS, USE, PRODUCTION, REPUTATION OR GOODWILL, ANTICIPATED OR OTHERWISE, OR ECONOMIC LOSS, UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER THEORY OR LAW OR EQUITY), REGARDLESS OF ANY NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER FAULT OR WRONGDOING (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION GROSS NEGLIGENCE AND FUNDAMENTAL BREACH) BY HANDYPEOPLES.COM OR ANY PERSON FOR WHOM HANDYPEOPLES.COM IS RESPONSIBLE, AND EVEN IF HANDYPEOPLES.COM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE BEING INCURRED.

    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND EXCLUSION BY STATUTE IN CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS

    THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES AND THE LIMITATION OF CERTAIN LIABILITIES IS PROHIBITED IN SOME JURISDICTIONS. THESE STATUTORY PROHIBITIONS MAY APPLY TO YOU.

  9. Other Sites/Resources

    This Website may include links or references to other Internet sites or resources and businesses operated by other persons (collectively "Other Sites"). Other Sites are independent from HandyPeoples, and we have no responsibility or liability for or control over Other Sites, their business, goods, services, or content. We do not sponsor or endorse Other Sites or their business, goods, services, or content, unless expressly indicated in writing. Your use of Other Sites and your dealings with the owners or operators of Other Sites is at your own risk, and you will not make any claim against us arising from, connected with, or relating to your use of Other Sites or your dealings with the owners or operators of Other Sites. As between you and HandyPeoples.com, these Terms, with all necessary modifications, applies to your access and use of any Other Sites and their business, goods, services and content.

  10. Site Access; Account Deletion

    We may take any of the following actions at our sole discretion at any time and for any reason without giving you prior notice: (a) Restrict or terminate your access to the Services; (b) Change or discontinue the services provided by the Website; (c) Deactivate your accounts and delete all related information and files in your accounts; (d) Provide information concerning you and your activities to comply with applicable laws or respond to court order, subpoenas, or other lawful requests, or if we believe doing so would protect your safety or that of another person or protect the security of the Services, or as otherwise described in our Privacy Policy. We will not be liable to you or any third party for taking any of the described actions and we will not be limited to the remedies above if you violate these Terms.

  11. Miscellaneous

    Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision in these Terms will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. These Terms, including all additional terms, conditions, and policies on the Services, constitute the entire agreement between you and us and supersede all prior agreements with respect to the subject matter hereof. If any part of these Terms is determined to be invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, that provision will be removed, and the remainder of the Terms will continue to be valid and enforceable.