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Homestayglobal service terms These terms and conditions of use constitute a legal agreement between you and HOMESTAYGLOBAL("WE" OR "OUR"). Please read this agreement in its entirety before you continue to use this website. By using this website, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree, do not click the accept box during registration to decline this agreement, and discontinue using the site. All elements of HOMESTAYGLOBAL website, including, but not limited to, the general design and the content, are protected by trade dress, copyright, moral rights, trademark and other laws relating to intellectual property rights. Acceptance of terms These terms and conditions may be updated from time to time, without notification. You are responsible for ensuring you are familiar with the latest terms and conditions. All services provided by HOMESTAYGLOBAL are provided "as it is". HOMESTAYGLOBAL assumes no responsibility for the timeliness of communications, the mis-delivery of information, the availability of the service, or the misconduct of any of its members. No responsibility is assumed by HOMESTAYGLOBAL for the content of any of the data held by HOMESTAYGLOBAL. Members are responsible for ensuring that the information that is entered does not breech any copyright, intellectual property, obscenity or other laws relating to the written word in printed or electronic form. HOMESTAYGLOBAL reserves the right to deny access, remove a host's profile and any other information entered by the members. HOMESTAYGLOBAL takes no responsibility for any lack of system availability, and no responsibility is assumed by HOMESTAYGLOBAL for the corruption of any of the data held by HOMESTAYGLOBAL. Your obligations as a member As a member of HOMESTAYGLOBAL, you agree to the terms and conditions set out in this document. Your obligations as a user and member of HOMESTAYGLOBAL are: 1) You will provide complete and accurate personal information when registering to use the service. 2) You shall not attempt to damage or harm the HOMESTAYGLOBAL site or services. 3) You shall not enter obscene, objectionable and illegal material on the HOMESTAYGLOBAL website. This includes messages, images, the information in your profile or any other form of information that can be entered on the website. HOMESTAYGLOBAL will be the sole judge or what is considered obscene or objectionable. 4) Unless agreed by the HOMESTAYGLOBAL website nobody shall use this website to advertise or promote products or services. HOMESTAYGLOBAL may remove the member from, and deny access to the website. In the event of a member being banned or removed from the website, any unused subscription time or referral money earned will not be refunded to the member. 5) The member has to be over 18 years old. If you are under 18 years old , your parents or guardian will need to agree to these terms & conditions on your behalf and if you go overseas you must have a guardian who will take care of you there. Disclaimer You expressly understand and agree that: a) Your use of HOMESTAYGLOBAL is at your sole risk. HOMESTAYGLOBAL expressly disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, any warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. b) HOMESTAYGLOBAL makes no warranty that i) the services provided will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error free, ii) that the information provided on the site is error-free or reliable, iii) the quality of the products or services obtained through HOMESTAYGLOBAL will meet your requirements. c) No advice or information that is obtained by you from HOMESTAYGLOBAL or otherwise shall create any warranty not expressly stated in the Terms and Conditions. Limitation of liability You expressly understand and agree that: a) HOMESTAYGLOBAL shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profit, goodwill, use, data, or other intangible losses that result from the service, or the inability to access the service. b) HOMESTAYGLOBAL shall not be liable for any loss, damage or misadventure you may suffer in the host family house, or elsewhere. c) HOMESTAYGLOBAL shall not be liable for the cost of procurement of substitute goods or services resulting from services provided by HOMESTAYGLOBAL. d) HOMESTAYGLOBAL shall not be liable for the conduct or statements of other third parties to the service. *These terms and conditions were effective on 1st September 2009 . Homestayglobal privacy policy This Privacy Policy describes how we handle your personal information for our services on the websites. What This Privacy Policy Covers (1)This policy covers how HSG treats personal information that HSG collects and receives, including information related to your past use of HSG products and services. Personal information is information about you which are personally identified like your name, address, email address, or phone number, and that is not otherwise publicly available. (2)This policy does not apply to the practices of companies or organizations that HSG does not own or control, or to people that HSG does not employ or manage. Information Collection and Useage (1) When you register we ask for information such as your name, email address, gender, zip code, occupation, industry, and personal interests, etc. For some financial products and services we may also ask for your address,credit card nmuber. Once you register with HSG and sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us. (2) HSG collects information about your transactions with us and with some of our business partners, including information about services that we offer. (3) HSG automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, HSG cookie information, and the page you request. (4) HSG uses information for the following general purposes: to customize the advertising , fulfill your requests for products and services, improve our services, contact you and so on. HSG strives to offer its visitors the many advantages of Internet technology and to provide an interactive experience. We may use Personally Identifiable Information (your name, e-mail address, street address, telephone number) subject to the terms of this privacy policy. Please note this policy applies only to information collected by HSG online and does not impact information collected or used by HSG or its affiliates through other means. How we gather information from users. How we collect and manage the information depends on the page you are visiting, the activities in which you elect to participate and the services provided. You can visit many pages on our site without providing any information. Other pages may prompt you to provide information, such as when you register for access to portions of our site, sign up for membership, or make a purchase. Like most Web sites, HSG also collects information automatically and through the use of electronic tools that may be transparent to our visitors. For example, we may log the name of your Internet Service Provider or use "cookie" technology. Among other things, the cookie may store your user name and password, sparing you from having to re-enter that information each time you visit, or may control the number of times you encounter a particular advertisement while visiting our site. As we adopt additional technology, we may also gather information through other means. In certain cases, you can choose not to provide us with information, for example by setting your browser to refuse to accept cookies, but doing so may limit your ability to re-enter your user name and password. Additionally we may not be able to customize the site's features according to your preferences. What will we do with the information we collect? We will use your information only as permitted by law. Aggregated Information (information that does not personally identify you) may be used in many ways. As one example, we may combine information about your usage patterns with similar information obtained from other users to learn which pages are visited most or what features are most attractive. Aggregated Information may occasionally be shared with our advertisers and business partners, but cannot be used to contact you individually. We also collect information to enhance your visit and deliver more individualized content and advertising. For example, we may use Personally Identifiable Information collected on HSG to communicate with you regarding our Terms of Service and privacy policy, products and services offered by HSG , processing e-commerce transactions and other topics we think you might find of interest. We reserve the right to share this information ,including for example our entities in which Our Company has an ownership interest. This policy does not apply to any Affiliate's use of such information. Personally Identifiable Information collected by HSG may also be used for other purposes including but not limited to site administration and troubleshooting. Certain third parties who provide technical support for the operation of our site (our Web hosting service, for example) may access such information. Affiliated sites,Cookies, linked sites and advertisements. HSG expects its partners, advertisers and third-party affiliates to respect the privacy of our users. However, third parties, including our partners, advertisers, affiliates and other content providers accessible through our site, may have their own privacy and data collection policies and practices. For example, during your visit to our site you may link to, or view as part of a frame on a HSG page, certain content that is actually created or hosted by a third party. Also, through HSG you may be introduced to, or be able to access, information, Web sites, advertisements, features, contests or sweepstakes offered by other parties. HSG is not responsible for the actions or policies of such third parties. You should check the applicable privacy policies of those third parties when providing information on a feature or page operated by a third party. While on our site, our advertisers or other third parties may use cookies or other technology to attempt to identify some of your preferences or retrieve information about you. For example, some of our advertising is served by third parties and may include cookies that enable the advertiser to determine whether you have seen a particular advertisement before. Through features available on our site, third parties may use cookies or other technology to gather information. HSG does not control the use of this technology or the resulting information and is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties. Please be careful and responsible whenever you are online. Should you choose to voluntarily disclose Personally Identifiable Information on our site, such as in message book, visitor’s review or in advertising or requests you post, that information can be viewed publicly and can be collected and used by third parties without our knowledge and may result in unsolicited messages from other individuals or third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of HSG and this policy. Changes to this policy. HSG reserves the right to change and edit this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of our website following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes. Information collected prior to the time any change is posted will be used according to the rules and laws that applied at the time the information was collected. In case of a conflict between these terms and Terms of Service, Terms of Service control. CopyRight ? 2009 Homestayglobal All rights reserved. |
