Termsyoubloom Terms and Conditionsyoubloom.com is provided by youbloom plc., 29/31 Glasthule Road Co. Dublin, Ireland and its corporate affiliates and/or subsidiaries (collectively 'We', 'Us', 'Our', 'youbloom', or 'the Company'). The Services offered by youbloom plc. include youbloom.com ("Website"), the youbloom Music Awards, the youbloom Music Awards LIVE program, and youbloom A&R, and any other features, content, or applications and software offered, from time to time, in connection with that Website, including, but not limited to chat rooms, classifieds, designs, graphics, information, journals and weblogs (blogs), message boards, music, pictures, public forums, points affiliation and accumulation, sound and video (collectively, the "Services").
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This is provided to answer some immediate questions you may have, but you must still read the Terms and Conditions to fully understand what you are bound by and accepting to use youbloom.com.
The youbloom Music AwardsAgreeing to this set of Terms and Conditions, by reference, includes the rules for the youbloom Music Awards. Please refer to the complete youbloom Music Awards Rules as posted on youbloom.com for each year of the Awards. However, regardless of the particular Awards year, the following shall apply:
Terms of ServiceBy accessing and using the youbloom.com website or the mobile version thereof ("Services"), you (the "User") signify that you accept and agree to be legally bound by the following terms and conditions ("Agreement") and by all applicable local, national and international laws and regulations. This legally binding Agreement applies to a "Member" (meaning that you have registered with youbloom) or a "Visitor"(meaning that you have not yet registered). Both "Member" and "Visitor" are collectively referred to by the term "User". Please read this document carefully and save it as it contains important information with respect to your legal rights, remedies and obligations which incorporate limitations and exclusions together with a dispute resolution clause outlining how disputes will be resolved.
MembershipIn order to make use of the Services, become a Member, connect and communicate with other Members, you must initially read this Agreement and register your acceptance. Visitors are also bound by the terms of this Agreement through their use of the site, even though they have not registered to become Members. Use of the Website, Services, and Membership, are also subject to our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into this Agreement, by reference. In order to participate in certain Services, it may be that you are required to download software or content and/or agree to additional terms and conditions for which you may be notified. Should you choose to participate in those Services and unless otherwise provided to the contrary those additional terms and conditions are considered incorporated into this Agreement.
ModificationsWe may make modifications to this Agreement from time to time which shall be effective when we have them posted on the youbloom website. If any modification is unacceptable to you, stop using youbloom Services. Your continued use of the youbloom Services after youbloom posts a revised Agreement signifies your acceptance of the revised Agreement. It is therefore important that you review this Agreement regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes.
Registration and EligibilityYou must be at least 14 years of age to use our Services. Care should be taken in choosing the information you post on the Website and also that which you choose to make available to other Users. In order to make use of the Services, become a Member, connect and interact with other Members, you must initially read this Agreement and register your acceptance at the end of this document. By registering for our Services you represent and warrant that you are 14 years of age or older and that you have the capacity to understand, agree to and comply with these Terms and Conditions. You should provide true, accurate and complete registration information to be a youbloom member ("Member"). As part of the registration process, you will be asked to select a username and password and you will be responsible for all activities occurring under your username and keeping your password secure. You are solely responsible for any and all use of your account. Your youbloom Account may be deleted and your Membership may be terminated without warning, if we believe that you are less than 14 years of age, if we believe that you are under 18 years of age and you represent yourself as 18 or older, or if we believe you are over 18 and represent yourself as under 18.
Member Conduct and ContentYou may not use our Services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. Regardless of location, all users agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable content including laws regulating the exportation of data from your country of residence. Your profile on youbloom.com may not include items such as the following: street addresses, telephone numbers, and/or any photographs containing nudity, sexually explicit, lewd, obscene, harassing, excessively violent or otherwise objectionable subject matter. You may not choose a User name or Profile name that is defamatory, the name of a celebrity or a trademark and/or copyright. However, despite these prohibitions, it may be that information provided by other Members, such as their profile, may contain inaccurate, inappropriate, obscene, offensive, and/or sexually explicit material, products and/or services, and We assume no responsibility or liability for any such content ("Materials") On being made aware of any misuse of the services, please contact youbloom at abuse@youbloom.com or click Contact us at the bottom of any youbloom page. We reserve the discretionary right, without liability, to reject, refuse to post, or remove any Materials and any posting to include email by you and/or to restrict, suspend, terminate your access to all or any portion of the Services at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice.
Member DisputesYou are solely responsible for your interactions with other youbloom Members. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to intervene in any way in disputes between you and other Members.
Term and TerminationThis Agreement shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Services or are a Member. You may terminate your Membership at any time, for any reason, which will remove your profile and other personal information from view. We may terminate your Membership at any time, without warning. After your Membership is terminated, this Agreement will remain in effect. Where possible, youbloom will use reasonable efforts to give Members fair notice of termination or suspension of their access to the Services. You agree that We shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination or suspension of access, or modification, to our Services. Furthermore, youbloom reserves the right to delete a User's account that has been inactive for a period of 6 months. Should an account be deleted, any funds due to the User at time of deletion will be refunded by youbloom to the User. Any funds due to youbloom at time of deletion will be invoiced to the User and User may be subject to collection should the invoice not be paid within 30 days of billing. If we terminate your Membership because you have breached the Agreement, you shall not be entitled to the refund of any unused portion of any fees.
AssignmentYou shall not assign this Agreement, in whole or in part, or assign any rights or delegate any obligations hereunder, in whole or in part, whether voluntarily or by operation of law, without our prior written consent. Any such purported assignment or delegation will be null and void and of no force or effect.
FeesYou acknowledge that youbloom reserves the right to charge for the Services and to change its fees from time to time in its discretion [and such revised fees will be posted on the youbloom.com website]. If we terminate your Membership because you have breached the Agreement, you shall not be entitled to the refund of any unused portion of any fees.
Non-Commercial Use by MembersThe Services are for the personal use of Members only and may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by youbloom. Illegal and/or unauthorized use of the Services, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of Members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email or unauthorized framing of or linking to the Website is prohibited. Commercial advertisements, affiliate links, and other forms of solicitation may be removed from Member profiles without notice and may result in termination of Membership. Appropriate legal action will be taken for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Services.
OwnershipAs between you and Us, and except as subject to any rights and licenses you grant to Us (whether pre-existing or under this Agreement or any other applicable agreement), all right, title, and interest in and to the Submitted Content shall remain your property, provided that under no circumstances shall we have any lesser rights than we would have as a member of the general public. If you believe that material in which you hold an ownership interest has been posted on the Website or otherwise submitted to Us without your permission, you must, and hereby agree to, notify our Copyright Agent immediately via copyrightagent@youbloom.com
Proprietary Rights in Content on youbloomContent from Users By displaying or publishing ("posting") any messages, text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, music, profiles, works of authorship, or any other materials (collectively, "Content") on or through the Services, you hereby grant to Us, a non-exclusive, fully-paid and royalty-free, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense through unlimited levels of sublicensees) to use, copy, modify, adapt, translate, publicly perform, publicly display, store, reproduce, transmit, and distribute such Content on and through the Services. This license will terminate at the time you remove such Content from the Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a back-up or residual copy of the Content posted by you may remain on our servers or those of sublicensees after you have removed the Content from the Services, and We retain nonexclusive rights to those copies. You represent and warrant that: (i) you own the Content posted by you on or through the Services or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth in this section, and (ii) the posting of your Content on or through the Services does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights of any person. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing any person by reason of any Content posted by you to or through the Services. youbloom plc. Photo, Video and Film ReleaseIn consideration of youbloom accepting Contestants/Participants in the youbloom Music Awards and/or youbloom LIVE events and/or any youbloom events of any kind and any other good and valuable considerations, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Contestant/Participant, being of legal age, hereby gives youbloom plc., their licensees, successors, legal representatives, and assigns the absolute and irrevocable right and permission to use Contestant’s/Participant’s name and to use, reproduce, edit, exhibit, project, display, copyright, publish and/or resell photography images and/or moving pictures and/or videotaped images of Contestant/Participant with or without Contestant’s/Participant’s voice, or in which Contestant/Participant may be included in whole or in part, photographed, taped, videotaped, and/or recorded during the youbloom Music Awards and/or youbloom LIVE events and thereafter, and to circulate the same in all forms and media for art, advertising, trade, competition of every description and/or any other lawful purpose whatsoever. Contestants/Participants also consent to the use of any printed matter in conjunction therewith. Contestant/Participant hereby waives any right (including moral rights where applicable) that Contestant/Participant may have to inspect and/or approve the finished product or products or the editorial, advertising, or printed copy or soundtrack that may be used in connection therewith and any right that Contestant/Participant may have to control the use to which said product, products, copy and/or soundtrack may be applied. Contestant/Participant hereby releases, discharges and agrees to save youbloom plc., their licensees, successors, legal representatives and assigns from any liability by virtue of any blurring, distortion, alteration, optical illusion or use in composite form whether intentional or otherwise that may occur or be produced in the making, processing, duplication, projecting or displaying of said picture or images, and from liability for violation of any personal or proprietary right that Contestant/Participant may have in conjunction with said pictures or images and with the use thereof.
youbloom's Services ContentThe Services contain Our Content ("youbloom" Content"). Our Content is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other laws. We own the rights and retain all rights in the youbloom Content and the Services. We hereby grant you a limited, revocable, nonsublicensable license to reproduce and display youbloom Content (excluding any software code) solely for your personal use in connection with viewing the Website and using the Services. The Services also contain Content of Users and other licensors. Except for Content posted by you, you may not copy, modify, translate, publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any Content appearing on or through the Site. youbloom shall have the right and license to use, and license others to use, your Materials for the purpose of promoting our products and services, and to use all names, likenesses, biographical materials, logos, marks or trade names of you and all individuals performing on or otherwise represented in your Materials without any payment to you or any other Persons, entities, groups or associations, in accordance with the provisions of this section. All rights and licenses you grant to youbloom pursuant to this Section shall terminate when, in accordance with this Agreement, you exercise your right to request removal of any or all Materials.
Content PostedWe may delete any Content that in the sole judgment of youbloom violates this Agreement or which may be offensive, illegal or violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of any person. However, We assume no responsibility for monitoring the Services for inappropriate Content or conduct. If at any time youbloom chooses, in its sole discretion, to monitor the Services, youbloom nonetheless assumes no responsibility for the Content, no obligation to modify or remove any inappropriate Content, and no responsibility for the conduct of the User submitting any such Content. You are solely responsible for the Content that you post on or through any of the Services, and any material or information that you transmit to other Users and for your interactions with other Users. We do not endorse and have no control over the Content. Content is not necessarily reviewed by youbloom prior to posting and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of youbloom. youbloom makes no warranties, express or implied, as to the Content or to the accuracy and reliability of the Content or any material or information that you transmit to other Members.
Content/Activity ProhibitedThe following is a partial list of the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited to post on or through the Services. We reserve the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in the sole discretion of youbloom, violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the Services and terminating the Membership of such violators. Prohibited Content includes, but is not limited to, Content that, in the sole discretion of youbloom:
Copyright PolicyWe respect the intellectual property rights of others. You may not post, modify, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information belonging to others without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. It is the policy of youbloom to terminate the Membership of any Member who repeatedly infringes the copyright rights of others upon receipt of prompt notification to youbloom by the copyright owner or the copyright owner's legal agent. Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the Services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our Copyright Agent with the following information: (i) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; (ii) a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; (iii) a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Website; (iv) your address, telephone number, and email address; (v) a written statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; (vi) a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf. Our Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement can be reached as follows: youbloom plc., 29/31 Glasthule Road Co. Dublin, Ireland and email: copyrightagent@youbloom.com
RevenueYou agree not to attempt to use automated means to generate revenue from the Website or Services.
DisclaimersWe are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate Content posted on the Website or in connection with the Services provided, whether caused by Users of the Services or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Services. If a profile created and posted by a Member on youbloom links to other websites, We are not responsible for the Content, accuracy or opinions expressed on that website, and such websites are in no way investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy or completeness by Us. Inclusion of any links to other websites on the Website or in the Services does not imply approval or endorsement of the linked website by youbloom. When you access these third-party sites, you do so at your own risk. We take no responsibility for third party advertisements that are posted on this Website or through the Services, nor take any responsibility for the goods or services provided by its advertisers. We are not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any User of the Services. The Website or Services may permit you to purchase goods and services from various online or offline merchants, retailers, vendors, suppliers, services, or individuals (collectively, "Merchants"). The Web pages from which you conduct such transactions may bear the logos, names, trademarks or service marks, or brand identity of youbloom. We, nonetheless, have no responsibility for any of your transactions with any such Merchants, and make no guarantees, representations or warranties regarding any of them. We shall not be responsible for any loss or damage you or anyone else incurs as a result of such transactions or Merchants. We assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, any User or Member communication. We are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or players due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or on any of the Services or combination thereof, including any injury or damage to Users or to any person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading materials in connection with the Services. The Website and Services may permit you to send or receive communications (such as email, chat, newsgroups and the like) and to store information, files and personalized settings for various options. We are not responsible for any delay, deletion, alteration, misdelivery or failure to deliver or store any such communications, information, files and settings. We shall not be responsible, under any circumstances, for any loss or damage, including personal injury or death, resulting from use of the Services, attendance at any event, from any Content posted on or through the Services, or from the conduct of any Users of the Services, whether online or offline. The Website and Services are provided "AS-IS" and as available and youbloom expressly disclaims warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title or non-infringement. We cannot guarantee and do not promise any specific results from use of the Services.
Limitation of LiabilityIN NO EVENT SHALL YOUBLOOM, ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AND AFFILIATES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS, OFFICERS, MANAGERS, MEMBERS, AGENTS, AND EMPLOYEES BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, OUR LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO YOUBLOOM FOR THE SERVICES DURING THE TERM OF MEMBERSHIP.
Disputes and Governing LawAny dispute about or involving the Website or Services or arising out of or under or in connection with this Agreement shall first be attempted to be resolved by the parties through mediation, administered by a recognised mediator in Ireland selected by youbloom. If settlement is not reached within 60 days after service of a written demand for mediation, any unresolved dispute shall] be settled by arbitration in Dublin, Ireland using an arbitrator nominated by youbloom plc. or in the event of any disagreement notified to youbloom plc. within 10 days of such arbitrator being selected, using an arbitrator selected by the President for the time being of the Law Society of Ireland. The Irish Arbitration Acts, 1954-2010 as same may be amended, replaced or restated from time to time shall apply to such arbitration. The number of arbitrators shall be one and the language of the arbitration shall be English. THIS AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATION CONSTITUTES A WAIVER OF YOUR RIGHT TO TAKE CIVIL LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. This Agreement shall be governed by Irish law, without regard to conflict of law provisions. Subject to the preceding arbitration provision, you and youbloom agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of and venue of the courts of Ireland and agree that these are convenient forums.
IndemnityYou agree to indemnify and hold youbloom, its Parents, all subsidiaries, and affiliates, and their respective officers, agents, partners and employees, harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Services in violation of this Agreement and/or arising from a breach of this Agreement and/or any breach of your representations and warranties set forth above and/or if any Content that you post on the Website or through the Services causes liability to another. YOUBLOOM RESERVES THE RIGHT, AT ANY TIME, TO CHANGE ITS BILLING METHODS, INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF SUPPLEMENTAL FEES OR SEPARATE CHARGES FOR CONTENT OR SERVICES PROVIDED BY YOUBLOOM, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON POSTING NOTICE OF SUCH CHANGES ON THE SITE. IF ANY SUCH CHANGE IS UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU, YOU MAY CANCEL YOUR USE OF YOUBLOOM AS PROVIDED ABOVE. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF YOUBLOOM FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF A CHANGE TO SUCH FEES AND BILLING METHODS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH CHANGE. We are not liable for any loss of money, goodwill, or reputation, or any special, indirect, or consequential damages arising out of your use of youbloom. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of warranties or exclusion of damages, so such disclaimers and exclusions may not apply to you. Regardless of the previous paragraph, if we are found to be liable, our liability to you or to any third party will at all times be limited to the amount paid, if any, by you to youbloom for the services during the term of membership. If you have a dispute with one or more users, you release us (and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures and employees) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes. If you are a California, United States resident, you waive California Civil Code 1542, which says: "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor."
Notices for International UseWe make no representation that products or services available on or through youbloom or any Service are appropriate or available in all locations. Those who choose to access the Site or any Service from their location do so on their own initiative and at their own risk, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. youbloom and Artists as Data ControllersThe EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC (DPD) defines a "data controller" broadly to refer to the 'natural or legal person, public authority, agency or any other body which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of processing are determined by national or Community laws or regulations, the controller or the specific criteria for his nomination may be designated by national or Community law.' Note: The Country in which you live and work may classify you as a Data Controller. If you are so classified, you may need to pay a fee and register as a Data Controller. youbloom suggests that you become familiar with this issue in your Country and take appropriate action based on your Country's laws and regulations. youbloom will not register any of its users as Data Controllers as this is your individual responsibility. There is usually only one official Data Registrar in each Country, so make sure you are registering with the official agency for your Country. Assuming that the DPD applies to youbloom and Artists using youbloom, youbloom and Artists can be considered joint Data Controllers. youbloom controls data it receives and stores from Users. Likewise, Artists are Data Controllers in that they receive and have control over data received from Friends and/or Users through their use of youbloom's services. Artists retain ownership of their Data on youbloom, but youbloom and the Artist jointly control Data for youbloom services, email, advertising etc. youbloom has made significant efforts to safeguard the data and privacy of all Users of youbloom and to require the safeguarding of data by Users including the following: Individual User data is protected and never released without the User's authorization. youbloom's Terms and Conditions require that Users agree to the following: " You represent and warrant that: (i) you own the Content posted by you on or through the services or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth in this section, and (ii) the posting of your Content on or through the services does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights of any person. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing any person by reason of any Content posted by you to or through the services. You further represent and warrant that: You have obtained and hold all rights, approvals, consents, licenses and/or permissions, in proper legal form, necessary to submit Materials on the terms provided herein and to grant Us the nonexclusive licenses set forth herein. No other rights, approvals, consents, licenses and/or permissions are required from any other person or entity to submit your Materials on the terms provided herein or to grant Us the nonexclusive licenses set forth herein Your Materials are original; that your Materials were either created solely by you or, by written assignment, you have acquired all worldwide intellectual property rights in and to your Materials; that if your Materials contain any new arrangements in cover versions of "samples" or excerpts from copyrightable work the rights to which are owned in whole or in part by any person or entity other than you, that you have obtained and hold all rights, approvals, consents, licenses and/or permissions, in proper legal form, necessary to use and include such work in your Materials. Your Materials do not otherwise infringe on the intellectual property rights of any person or entity. Neither your Materials nor any comments or reviews you post on the Site violate any common law or statutory patent, copyright, privacy, publicity, trademark or trade secret rights of any person or entity and are not libelous, defamatory, obscene or otherwise actionable at law or equity. You have neither intentionally nor with gross negligence submitted any Materials containing or producing any virus or other harmful code or other information that could damage or otherwise interfere with our computer systems or data and/or that of our customers. You agree to sign and deliver to youbloom any additional documents that may be requested to confirm youbloom's rights and your warranties and representations under this Agreement. Moreover, you acknowledge that youbloom is relying upon the representations, warranties and covenants you have made herein. You agree to and hereby do indemnify youbloom, its licensees, assigns and customers against, and hold them harmless from, any loss, expense (including reasonable attorney fees and expenses), or damage occasioned by any claim, demand, suit, recovery, or settlement arising out of any breach or alleged breach of any of the representations, warranties or covenants made herein or arising out of any failure by you to fulfill any of the representations, warranties, or covenants you have made herein. All representations, warranties or covenants made herein by you shall survive termination of this Agreement. All warranties and representations made by you herein are made for the benefit of youbloom and its sub-licensees and may be enforced separately by youbloom and/or by any contractually designated sub-licensee of youbloom." youbloom email services are controlled to require that email recipients must "Opt-In" to join email lists or to receive email from Artists. youbloom further has stringent Anti-Spam policies in place. Any release of Data by youbloom or Artists is governed by User decision and requires User agreement for such release. youbloom takes the safeguarding of User data very seriously and makes every attempt to comply with all laws and regulations regarding the safeguarding of data. We likewise encourage Artists to take the safeguarding of Friend's data seriously and to exercise every available caution to protect the confidentiality of such data. In the United States Products, including software, made available through the Site or any Service are further subject to United States export controls. You agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside. No such products may be downloaded or otherwise exported or re-exported (i) into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba, Iraq, Libya North Korea, Iran, Syria or any other country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods; or (ii) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Deny Orders. By downloading any product available through youbloom or any Service, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list. We reserve the right to limit the availability of the Site and/or any Service or product described thereon to any person, geographic area or jurisdiction, at any time and in our sole discretion, and to limit the quantities of any such Service or product that we provide. U.S. Export Controls Software available in connection with the Services (the "Software") is further subject to United States export controls. No Software may be downloaded from the Services or otherwise exported or re-exported in violation of U.S. export laws. By downloading or using the Software, you represent and warrant that such download or use is not in violation of any such law.
youbloom Email Guidelines and Policiesyoubloom encourages the free flow of creative ideas between all users of youbloom as long as all users comply with the following follow the following requirements: youbloom Spam Policy What is Spam? What constitutes a Preexisting business relationship? What constitutes consent? Isn't there a law against sending spam in the United States? How to protect yourself from spam: Take the Spam Test
If you have answered YES to ANY of the above questions you will likely be labeled a SPAMMER. For more information visit The Coalition Against Unsolicited Email (www.cauce.org) or contact youbloom support via support@youbloom.com
MiscellaneousThis Agreement is accepted upon your use of the Website or any of the services and is further affirmed by you becoming a Registered User. This Agreement does not create any partnership, joint venture or agency relationship, or any fiduciary or confidential relationship between you and youbloom. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and youbloom regarding the use of the Services. Only youbloom may modify this Agreement; such modification must be in writing (for this purpose writing shall be deemed to include posting on the youbloom.com website) and is deemed accepted by you by your use (after the modification) of the Website or any of the Services or continued Membership after the modification. The failure of youbloom to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. If any provision of this Agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision is deemed severable from this Agreement and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. |
PrivacyIntroductionThese are the Privacy Policies of youbloom.com, provided by youbloom plc., 29/31 Glasthule Road Co. Dublin, Ireland and its corporate affiliates and/or subsidiaries (collectively "We", "Us," "Our" or "the Company") where you can create unique personal profiles to communicate, connect, interact, and stay in touch with old and new friends. The Services offered by youbloom plc. include youbloom.com ("Website"), and any other features, content, or applications and software offered, from time to time, in connection with that Website, including, but not limited to chat rooms, classifieds, designs, graphics, information, journals and weblogs (blogs), message boards, music, pictures, public forums, points affiliation and accumulation, sound and video (collectively, the "Services"). youbloom plc.'s subsidiary in the United States of America is youbloom (US) Inc., a California Corporation, 479 Rustic Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90065, USA. Our Commitment to YouYour privacy is very important to us and we take it very seriously. To enrich our members' experience, we request and display some personal information to other members and visitors, which allows our users to identify each other and expand their network of friends. youbloom members can change their profile information at any time and can control how other members and the Service communicate with you. This Privacy Notice is incorporated by reference into and is subject to the youbloom Terms and Conditions Agreement. Your use of the website and any other personal information you provide on the youbloom website remains subject to the terms of this Privacy Notice and our Terms of Use Please note that any image, video, or other content posted at the direction of Users onto the youbloom Website(s) becomes published content and is not considered personally identifiable information subject to this Privacy Notice. If you have any questions concerning this privacy policy, please email us at privacy@youbloom.com. Effective DateThis privacy policy statement is effective as of 30 August 2007. Collection and Use of InformationWhen you register to become a member of youbloom.com you submit information such as name, email address, and age which enables us to send notifications about the youbloom service and authenticate the user. You may choose to submit additional information and content including but not limited to: personal interests, gender, age, education and occupation in order to assist in finding and communicating with other users. According to the preferences you set in your account, we will display your personal information on your profile in order to facilitate user interaction in the youbloom social networking community. Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new friends to join youbloom, to add users to members' friends' networks, and to send notifications related to the service. Users' full names are never directly revealed to other members. To facilitate searching and finding friends and acquaintances on the service, youbloom allows users to search for other members using first and last name, email address, and schools and/or companies where users may have attended or worked. youbloom may use non-personally-identifiable information including IP address, profile information, aggregate user data, and browser type, from users and visitors to the site. The resulting information is used to manage the website, track usage, improve the website services and better understand and serve our users. This non-personally-identifiable information may be shared with third-parties to provide more relevant services and advertisements to Users. User IP addresses are recorded for security and monitoring purposes. In order to participate in promotions, points accumulation and redemption, sweepstakes, contests, or the Music Awards, Users may be asked, from time to time, to provide personal information including name, email address or home address or to answer questions. Also, should you explicitly request information from our ad partners, such request may also authorize the release of your personal information to such partners. It will be clear at the point of collection who is collecting the personal information and whose privacy statement will apply. ChildrenProtecting the privacy of young children is especially important. We do not knowingly collect or maintain personally identifiable information or non-personally identifiable information on our Website(s) from persons under fourteen years of age. Persons under the age of fourteen (14) are not eligible to use our services and must not submit any personal information to us. If youbloom learns that personally identifiable information of persons under 14 years of age has been collected on Our website(s) without verified parental consent, then youbloom will take appropriate steps to delete this information. Internet Awareness and Links to Other SitesWhenever you voluntarily post personal information in public areas such as Journals, WebLogs, Message Boards, Classifieds or any other Public Forums, please be aware that this information can be accessed by the public and can in turn be used to send you unsolicited communications. Please exercise discretion in deciding what information you disclose. youbloom contains links to other sites. youbloom is not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking to another site a user should read the privacy policy stated on that site. Our privacy policy only governs information collected on youbloom. Communications and Invitations to Non-membersyoubloom members can invite friends to join the service by sending invitation emails via our automated invitation system. youbloom stores the email addresses that members provide so that the respondents may be added to the friend's list of the member sending the invitations, and also to send reminders of the invitations youbloom does not sell these email addresses or use them to send any other communication besides invitations, invitation reminders (up to three (3) per email address). Recipients of invitations from youbloom may contact youbloom to request the removal of their information from our database. youbloom members may also store email addresses of people they know in their internal youbloom address book and may also choose to send invitations and other communications to those addresses. You may prevent youbloom email invitations and other messages from being sent to any email address you control by sending a single email with the subject "BLOCK" to privacy@youbloom.com. Please note that the email must come from the account you wish to block. Use of CookiesCookies are a standard Internet technology and web sites use them to provide useful features to their members. We use cookies to store visitors' preferences and to record session information, for purposes including ensuring that visitors are not repeatedly offered the same advertisements and to customize newsletter, advertising, and Web page content based on browser type and user profile information. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our site. You may be able to configure your browser to accept or reject all or some cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences. However, you must enable cookies from youbloom in order to use most functions on the site. Please note that youbloom allows 3rd party advertisers that are presenting advertisements on some of our pages to set and access their cookies on your computer. Advertisers' use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not the youbloom Privacy Policy. Third Party AdvertisingAds appearing on this Web site may be delivered to users by youbloom or one of our Web advertising partners. Our Web advertising partners may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement. In this way, ad servers may compile information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and determine which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by youbloom. Advertisers' use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not the youbloom Privacy Policy. You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers or ad networks for more information on their practices and for instructions on how to opt-out of certain practices. youbloom's Privacy Policy does not apply to and we cannot control the activities of such other advertisers or web sites. Profile Change/Review/Cancellation of MembershipYou may update, modify, or remove your personal profile information and to whom you may grant access at any time by logging into your account and accessing features such as Edit profile and Account Info. You always have the option to cancel your membership at any time. Furthermore, youbloom reserves the right to delete a User's account that has been inactive for a period of 6 months. Email Choice/Opt-outYou may update or correct your email preferences at any time and you can limit who can view certain personal information, such as email addresses and phone numbers. You can choose to make your profile visible to non-members of youbloom by editing your profile and opting in to "accessible profile". SecurityTo protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable precautions, such as requesting a unique member-created password, to verify your identity before granting you profile access or making corrections and to insure that member account information is kept private. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times. We use commercially reasonable physical, managerial and technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information. We cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to youbloom and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission of information, youbloom makes commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the security of our systems. However, We cannot guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards. Moreover, We restrict access to member information to those employees needing access to perform their job functions, such as our customer service personnel and technical staff. However, we cannot guarantee the security of member account information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of member information at any time. If youbloom learns of a security systems breach then we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing. For any additional information about the security measures we use on youbloom, and should you wish to receive a written notice of a security breach (or withdraw your consent from receiving electronic notice) please contact us at privacy@youbloom.com. Disclosure and Sharing of InformationExcept as otherwise described in this privacy statement, youbloom will not disclose personal information to any third party unless we believe that disclosure is necessary: (1) to conform to legal requirements or to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other legal process received by youbloom, whether or not a response is required by applicable law, local, national or international law; (2) to enforce the youbloom Terms of Use Agreement or to protect our rights; or (3) to protect the safety of members of the public and users of the service. Merger, Acquisition, Sale, or BankruptcyIn the event that youbloom is acquired by or merged with a third part entity, we reserve the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer or assign the information we have collected from our Users as part of such merger, acquisition, sale, or other change of control. In the unlikely event of our bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganisation, receivership, or assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the application of laws or equitable principles affecting creditors rights generally, we may not be able to control how your personal information is treated, transferred, or used. Changes in Our Privacy PolicyThis Privacy Notice may be revised periodically and in doing so we will post any changes on our site to make users aware of what the changes are so users will always be aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and when we may disclose it. You should visit this page periodically to review any such changes in the Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this Website or our services and/or continued provision of personally identifiable information to us will be subject to the terms of the then current Privacy Policy. A User is bound by any minor changes to the policy when she or he uses the site after those changes have been posted. If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify by posting a notice on our Web site for 30 days. |
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