Privacy Policy

Divorcedclub.com provides users with access to online resources, including, communication, online forums, entertainment, shopping services, professional services, and branded programming through its network. Any new features that augment or enhance the current service, including the release of new Divorcedclub.com properties, shall be subject to the Terms set forth herein. You understand and agree that the service provided is "AS-IS" and that Divorcedclub.com assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user communications or personalization settings.
 

Submission of info and / or Donations

Divorced Club is not responsible for copyright infringements or content of chat rooms or poetry. All poetry is to be original content and once submitted becomes the property of Divorced Club. Any person making a voluntary donation to this web site does so at his / her own discretion, without coercion and in good faith. All donations are non-refundable.
 

Privacy Policy

Our privacy practices apply to all services under the domain name of www.Divorcedclub.com. By using this web site you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this privacy policy. If you do not agree please do not use or access our site. By accessing this Web Site, you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Policy is effective upon acceptance in registration for new registering users, and is otherwise effective on August 20th 2004 for all new users. This Privacy Policy covers treatment of personal identifiable information and other information that Divorced Club collects when you use Divorced Club services. Divorced Club collects personal identifiable information when you register for Divorcedclub.com, Chat Rooms, Soap Box, Poetry Corner, News Letter, Freelance Writers, and when you order products from Divorcedclub.com or contact Professional Advertisers. At Divorced Club we are committed to providing the finest service and products. Information is fundamental to our ability to do this, and we fully recognize the importance of keeping our visitors personal and account information secure and private. Divorced Club will not sell, rent or share your personal identifiable information to anyone, unless we believe that your actions on our web site violate any law, ordinance or our own policy.
 

Changes to the Privacy Policy

Divorced Club may amend this policy from time to time. If we make any substantial changes in the way we use your personal information we will notify you by posting a prominent announcement on our web site.
 

Security

Your Divorced Club user account information is password protected for your privacy and security, in certain areas Divorced Club uses industry standard SSL encryption to protect data transmissions, however, no server, computer network or system, or data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100 % secure. We strive to protect user information, but we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us from our Web site and providing such information to us and is at your own risk. Once we receive a transmission from you, we will endeavor to maintain the security on our ISP's systems. Because of unanticipated changes in governing statues and case law relating to the application of the information contained on this web site (Divorcedclub.com), the authors and creators and any and all persons or entities involved in any way in preparation of the web site or advertisements on the web site disclaim all responsibility for the legal effects or consequences of the interpretation of the information provided. Individuals seeking legal information should seek advice from family law professionals and experts. This web site was not created and made available with the intention that it be used to procure aid in any legal matters in any jurisdiction. It is a support site only. Divorcedclub.com is provided to you free of charge, "As-Is". Divorcedclub.com uses its best efforts to manage the web site, but is not responsible for the results of any defects that may be found to exist or of lost profits or other consequential damages that may result from such defects. Do not assume Divorcedclub.com is error free. Divorcedclub.com produces search links to sites located throughout the worldwide web and internet.Divorcedclub.com makes no guarantees as to such sites and information including the accuracy, content, or quality of material, statements or information. Divorcedclub.com is not responsible for the content of any advertisements or poetry, or any infringement of any trademark, copyright or other rights of any party contained in the Web Site or any violation of any applicable laws, orders, rulings or regulations arising anywhere in the world from where the Web Site can be accessed.
 

Trademark and Copyright Notices

The information on this Web Site is protected by U.S. copyright, Copyright (C) 2004 Divorcedclub. The trademarks and logos displayed on this Web Site are registered and unregistered trademarks of divorced club unless otherwise noted. Nothing on this Web Site grants, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark, without Divorceclub's authorization and written permission. The name and trademarks of Divorcedclub, including in advertising or publicity pertaining to this Web Site may not be used without Divorceclub's prior written permission. You are not authorized to use any Divorcedclub logos as a hyperlink to this Web Site unless you obtain Divorceclub's written permission in advance.
 

Limitations on Use

If Divorcedclub determines, in its sole discretion, that you are violating use limitations, Divorcedclub may immediately suspend and terminate access to this Web Site, without liability to Divorcedclub and without notice to you. This Web Site is intended for use by persons of age 18 and older and is not for children. Children under the age of 18 may use this site only with the supervision / consent of a parent or guardian. You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of this Web Site including, accessing data not intended for you or logging in to a server or account which you are not authorized to access; attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security measures without proper authorization; attempting to interfere with use by or service to any user, visitor, host, or network, including submitting a virus or other harmful code or software to this site, by overloading, "Flooding", "Spamming", "Mail bombing" or "Crashing". Sending unsolicited e-mail including promotions and / or advertising of products or services, or creating any forged, false or misleading information, including header, origin, or routing information, in any e-mail, upload or posting.
 

Visitor/Member Account, Password and Security

You will receive a password and account designation upon completing a registration form. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. You agree to immediately notify Divorcedclub.com of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. Divorcedclub.com will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this section, whether known or unknown, anticipated or not.
 

Registration Obligations

You agree and warrant that you will not use (or plan, encourage or help others to use) this Web Site for any purpose or in any matter that is prohibited by these terms and conditions, or any other law or ordinance of the United States. It is your responsibility to ensure that your use of this Web Site complies with these terms and conditions. You specifically agree not to do any of the following:

(1) Post any incomplete, false, outdated, illegal or inaccurate information about yourself or your organization.

(2) Upload, post, transmit, retransmit, distribute or store any material or content that is abusive, obscene, indecent, profane, pornographic, threatening or harassing, libelous, defamatory, invasive of another's privacy, tortuous, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, including material that restricts a civil liberty.

(3) Any action, which restricts or inhibits any use or enjoyment of the services or products of this
Web Site.

(4) Utilize this Web Site or its services to harm minors in any way.

(5) Violate rights protected by copyright, trade secret, patent, or other intellectual property, of laws or regulations, including but not limited to, the installation or distribution of "pirated" or other software products that are not appropriately licensed for use.

(6) Violate export control laws.

(7) Upload, post, transmit, retransmit, distribute or store any false data, including but not limited to data on enrollment, on-line applications, contracts including fraudulent use of credit card numbers, social security numbers or other personal identification, or store any material or content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law, contract or fiduciary relationship (such as inside information or proprietary and confidential information)

(8) Falsely misrepresent an identity or affiliation, falsify data directly or indirectly, in order to disguise or misrepresent the origin or identity of any content or transmission.

(9) Upload, post, transmit, retransmit, distribute or store any material or content that contains any unsolicited, unregistered or unauthorized advertising, chain letters, illegal contest, junk mail, promotional materials, pyramid schemes, business opportunities, club memberships, spam or any other form of solicitation.

(10) Upload, post, transmit, retransmit, distribute or store any material that contains software viruses, computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, modify or limit the functionality of another computer software, hardware telecommunications equipment or support services.

(11) Disrupt the normal flow of dialogue to, or otherwise act in a matter that negatively affects other user's ability to use the services of this Web Site. Interfere with or disrupt the operations of this Web Site, including the support provided by any linked sites, or fail to follow any of the requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to this Web Site.

(12) Attempt to use multiple log-ins or circumvent time charges accounting or login protections, consume excessive resources, including CPU time, memory, storage space resources, or fail to safeguard or to share passwords or accounts with others in any way which disrupts or negatively affects the services of this Web Site.

(13) Post content, transmit e-mail or link other sites for the marketing, sales, or distribution of any product or service in violation of any law or personal rights that if displayed or sold on a Web Site, would cause this Web Site to violate any law, statute or regulation.

(14) Collect information about third parties, or other users of this Web Site, including e-mail addresses, without their express and verified consent.

(15) Attempting to breach the security of this Web Site or other services used in conjunction with this Web Site, including but not limited to, hacking, cracking, port scans or flood pings.

(16) Misusing e-mail or posting capabilities, sending unsolicited e-mail or bulk mailing of commercial advertising and information announcements, harassing recipients through language, frequency, or size of messages, sending e-mail chain letters or pyramid schemes, sending e-mail with false or misleading statements, claims or representations, and canceling or superseding posts, data or content other than the user's own.

(17) Using or attempting to use any engine, software tool, agent, or other device or mechanism (including without limitation browsers, spider, robots, avatars or other intelligent agents) to navigate or search this Web Site, other than the search engine and search agents available from Divorcedclub.com on this Web Site and other than generally available third party Web browsers (e.g. Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer, etc.) or attempting to link directly to locations embedded within this Web Site.

(18) Attempting to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up part of this Web Site or other service providers or links to this Web Site.

(19) Create a border environment, frame or replicate the content of this Web Site through another
Web Site.

(20) Imply or represent, directly or indirectly, by linking or otherwise, that Divorcedclub.com or this Web Site is affiliated with, endorses, or has any relationship with any other entity or Web Site, without the prior written permission of Divorcedclub.com.
 

Termination

You agree that Divorcedclub.com, in its sole discretion, may terminate your use of the site, and remove and discard any content within the site, for any reason, including lack of use or if Divorcedclub.com believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of these terms and conditions. Divorcedclub.com may also in its sole discretion and at any time discontinue providing the service, or any part thereof, with or without notice. Further, you agree that Divorcedclub.com shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to the site.
 

Dealings with Advertisers

Your contact, correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of any advertisers found on or through the site, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and the advertiser. You agree that Divorcedclub.com shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the site, whether anticipated or unanticipated losses.

DISCLAIMER

You expressly understand and agree that:
A. Your use of the service is at your sole risk, the service is provided on an "AS-IS" and "AS Available" Basis.Divorcedclub.com expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether expressly or implied, including, but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
B. Divorcedclub.com makes no warranty that (1) the service will meet your requirements,
(2) The service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, (3) the results that may be obtained from the use of the service will be accurate or reliable, (4) the quality of any products, services, information, or other material purchased or obtained by you through the service will meet your expectations, and (5) any errors in the software will be corrected.
C. Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the service is done at your own discretion and for any damage or risk and that you will be solely responsible to your computer system or loss of data that results from the download of any such material.
D. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from Divorcedclub.com or through or from the service shall create any warranty not expressly stated in the T.O.S.
 

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

You expressly understand and agree that Divorcedclub.com shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, foreseen or unforeseen, incidental, special, consequential, or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of time or loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses (even if divorcedclub.com or its service providers have been advised of the possibility of such damages and however arising, including negligence), resulting from or in connection with (1) the use or inability to use Divorcedclub.com services through this web site, (2) the provision of or failure to provide services through this web site, (3) any claims, including the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services, resulting from any goods, data, information, software, graphics or services purchased or obtained or messages received or transactions entered into, through or from the service, (4) unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data, (5) statements or conduct of any third party or other entity on the internet encountered through this web site or its services, or (6) any other matter relating to the service. In no event will the liability of Divorcedclub.com be in excess of the amount you have paid to Divorcedclub.com during the previous six months or $500.00 in U.S. dollars, whichever is less. Because some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages, Divorcedclub.com's liability in those jurisdictions shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by law. However, if you are not satisfied with these limitations, you must discontinue using this web site and its services.
 

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Divorcedclub.com, its officers, directors, employees, affiliates, partners, subsidiaries and agents, third parties and service providers acting on
Divorcedclubs.com's behalf ("Indemnified Parties") from and against any and all claims, actions, losses, demands and liability costs and expenses (Including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees), arising from: (1) your use of this web site or its services or content, (2) your breach of this web site's Terms and conditions of use and or Privacy policy as posted on this site and as modified from time to time, (3) any information submitted, posted, or otherwise provided by you through this web site, (4) any dispute or litigation between an indemnified party and a third party caused by your actions, and (5) your negligence or violation or alleged violations of any rights of another, based on your use of this web site, its services or content. Divorcedclub.com, at your expense and Divorcedclub.com's discretion, may provide notice to you of Divorcedclub.com's election to assist you in defending any such claim, suit or proceeding, but doing so will not excuse you from your indemnity obligations. You agree to pay reasonable attorney and expert witness fees and costs incurred by Divorcedclub.com or its agents or service providers in enforcing this provision.
 

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Any cause of action or claim you may have with respect to the Service must be commenced within one year after the claim or cause of action arises or such claim or cause of action is barred. ALL DISPUTES, CONTROVERSIES OR CLAIMS, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTE, FRAUD, MISREPRESENTATION OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE SERVICE ("DISPUTES") SHALL BE SETTLED BY FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION CONDUCTED IN CALIFORNIA, BY A NEUTRAL ARBITRATOR, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE THEN CURRENT COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION RULES OF THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION. The arbitrator shall also determine the arbitrability of Disputes. Each party shall bear its own expenses, except that the prevailing party may recover the filing costs and the expenses of the arbitrator from the other party. Any award of the arbitrator shall be in writing and shall state the reasons for the award. Judgment upon an award may be entered in any Court having competent jurisdiction. The arbitrator shall not have the power to order pre-hearing discovery of documents or the taking of depositions, but may compel attendance of witnesses and the production of documents at the hearing. The Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. Sections 1 to 14, shall govern the interpretation and enforcement of this paragraph. The parties, their representatives and participants and the arbitrator shall hold the existence, content and result of the arbitration in confidence, except to the limited extent necessary to enforce a final settlement agreement or to obtain or enforce a judgment on an arbitration decision and award. The foregoing notwithstanding, this agreement shall not prevent the parties from seeking and obtaining temporary equitable remedies, including temporary restraining orders, from a court with jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter. A request to a court for interim equitable relief shall not be deemed a waiver of the obligation to arbitrate.