TERMS OF SERVICE

PLEASE READ THESE ONLINE TERMS OF SERVICE CAREFULLY AS THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, REMEDIES AND OBLIGATIONS. THESE INCLUDE VARIOUS LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS, AND A DISPUTE RESOLUTION CLAUSE THAT GOVERNS HOW DISPUTES WILL BE RESOLVED.

You Agree To The Following Code of Conduct In Using The Service And/Or Site:

• You agree to be a good citizen, and not to make postings that are mean or obscene. This includes postings that someone might find to be offensive, that include swear words, or that are racist, threatening, or untrue. You also agree not to make postings about other people that contain lies, or that are illegal, or that encourage someone else to break the law. You also agree not to use a member name that we decide is inappropriate or offensive. If you fail to be a good citizen, we reserve the right to block you from using the Service.
• You agree to provide information that is true, complete, up-to-date, and accurate. If you break this promise, we may immediately cancel your membership to the Service. You must keep your account information secret, and you agree to tell us if you know someone has used your membership, or if you think someone has.
• You agree not to post any content to the Service that contains personal information about any individual or violates anyone else's privacy. You also agree not to post any plagiarisms, unauthorized copies of other people's works, and not to pretend to be someone else when you are online, or to pretend that someone else supports or endorses the things you do or the things you say. You agree to report any user that posts plagiarisms and/or unauthorized copies of copyrighted content via our contact page.
• You agree not to post any content that contains viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may harm this Service or make it operate poorly, or that would do the same to a third-party computer or any other specific feature of the Service.
• You agree to post only under categories, sub-portals, and forum threads that are directly related to their topics.

In Addition, You Agree Not To Use The Service To:

• Harvest or collect email addresses or other contact information of other users from the Service by electronic or other means for the purposes of sending unsolicited emails or other unsolicited communications;
• Use automated scripts to collect information from or otherwise interact with the Service;
• Upload, post, transmit, share or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, solicitations, promotional materials, "junk mail", "spam", "chain letters", "pyramid schemes", or any other form of solicitation;
• Solicit personal information from anyone under 18 or solicit passwords or personally identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes; or
• Upload, post, transmit, share or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses 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.

Copyright

The Site and the Content are protected by U.S. and/or foreign copyright laws, and belong to ReadOz or its partners, affiliates, contributors or third parties. The copyrights in the Content are owned by ReadOz or other copyright owners who have authorized their use on the Site. You may download and reprint Content for non-commercial, non-public, personal use only.

Trademarks

You are prohibited from using any of the marks or logos appearing throughout the Site without permission from the trademark owner, except as permitted by applicable law.

Links to Third-Party Web Sites

Links on the Site to third party web sites or information are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave the Site. Such links do not constitute or imply an endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation by ReadOz of the third party, the third-party web site, or the information contained therein. ReadOz is not responsible for the availability of any such web sites. ReadOz is not responsible or liable for any such web site or the content thereon. If you use the links to the web sites of ReadOz affiliates or service providers, you will leave the Site, and will be subject to the terms of use and privacy policy applicable to those web sites.

Downloading Files

ReadOz cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading through the Site will be free of infection by software viruses or other harmful computer code, files or programs.

Software

Any software available for download via the Site is the copyrighted work of ReadOz and/or its licensors. Use of such software is governed by the terms of the end user license agreement that accompanies or is included with the software. Downloading, installing, and/or using any such software indicates your acceptance of the terms of the end user license agreement.

Indemnification

You understand and agree that you are personally responsible for your behavior on the Site. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless ReadOz, its parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliated companies, joint venturers, business partners, licensors, employees, agents, and any third-party information providers to the Service from and against all claims, losses, expenses, damages and costs (including, but not limited to, direct, incidental, consequential, exemplary and indirect damages), and reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from or arising out of your use, misuse, or inability to use the Site, the Service, or the Content, or any violation by you of this Agreement.

User Conduct

You agree to use the Site only for lawful purposes. You agree not to take any action that might compromise the security of the Site, render the Site inaccessible to others or otherwise cause damage to the Site or the Content. You agree not to add to, subtract from, or otherwise modify the Content, or to attempt to access any Content that is not intended for you. You represent, warrant and agree that no materials of any kind submitted through your account or otherwise posted, transmitted, or shared by you on or through the Service will violate or infringe upon the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or other personal or proprietary rights; or contain libelous, defamatory or otherwise unlawful material.

Unsolicited Idea Submission Policy.

ReadOz or any of its employees do not accept or consider unsolicited ideas, including ideas for new advertising campaigns, marketing strategies, new or improved products, technologies, services, processes, materials, or new product names. We have found this policy necessary in order to avoid misunderstandings should ReadOz's business activities bear coincidental similarities with one or more of the thousands of unsolicited ideas offered to us. Please do not send your unsolicited ideas to ReadOz or anyone at ReadOz. If, in spite of our request that you not send us your ideas, you still send them, then regardless of what your posting, email, letter, or other transmission may say, (1) your idea will automatically become the property of ReadOz, without any compensation to you; (2) ReadOz will have no obligation to return your idea to you or respond to you in any way; (3) ReadOz will have no obligation to keep your idea confidential; and (4) ReadOz may use your idea for any purpose whatsoever, including giving your idea to others.

However, ReadOz does welcome feedback regarding many areas of ReadOz's existing businesses that will help satisfy customer's needs, and feedback can be provided through the many listed contact areas on the Site. Any feedback you provide shall be deemed a Submission under the terms in the User Supplied Information section above.

User Supplied Information

ReadOz does not want to receive confidential or proprietary information from you via the Site. You agree that any material, information, or data you transmit to us or post to the Site (each a "Submission or collectively "Submissions") will be considered non confidential and non proprietary. For all Submissions, (1) you guarantee to us that you have the legal right to post the Submission and that it will not violate any law or the rights of any person or entity, and (2) you give ReadOz the royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right to use, distribute, display and create derivative works from the Submission, in any and all media, in any manner, in whole or in part, without any restriction or responsibilities to you.

Password Security

If you register to become a readoz.com member, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your member identification and password information, and for restricting access to your computer. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your member identification and password.

Disputes

If there is any dispute about or involving the Website and/or the Service, by using the Website, you agree that the dispute will be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You agree to personal jurisdiction by and venue in the state and federal courts of the State of Illinois.

General Provisions

A. Entire Agreement/No Waiver. These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. No waiver by ReadOz of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default.
B. Correction of Errors and Inaccuracies. The Content may contain typographical errors or other errors or inaccuracies and may not be complete or current. ReadOz therefore reserves the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions and to change or update the Content at any time without prior notice. ReadOz does not, however, guarantee that any errors, inaccuracies or omissions will be corrected.
C. Enforcement/ Choice of Law/ Choice of Forum. If any part of this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, it will not impact any other provision of this Agreement, all of which will remain in full force and effect. Any and all disputes relating to this Agreement, ReadOz's Privacy Policy, your use of the Site, any other ReadOz web site, the Service, or the Content are governed by, and will be interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of ILLINOIS, without regard to any conflict of laws provisions.
D. Claims of Copyright Infringement. Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to Service Provider's Designated Agent. See our contact page.