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Terms of Service
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In General
Your
use of AMRAY WEB DIRECTORY 2000 - 2024 Internet Web Directory and
Search Engine Site (the "Site"), and all information, products
and services on the Site, including our search, specialty
services (collectively, the "Services") are subject to the
binding legal terms set forth below ("Terms"). We may update
these Terms from time to time without giving you any notice.
Unless we let you know by giving you a notice, any new features
or updated Services that we put on the Site will be subject
to these Terms. BY USING THE SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO EACH
OF THE TERMS SET FORTH BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY
TERM OR CONDITION SET FORTH BELOW, YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED
TO USE THE SERVICES FOR ANY PURPOSE.
AMRAY is pleased to give you access to this Site free of
charge. However, in order to access the Site, you will need
to establish an account with an Internet service provider.
You will also need equipment to access the Site, including
a computer, modem or other communication device. You agree
to pay for all hardware and services costs needed to access
the Site and use the Services. AMRAY is not responsible
for any of these costs.
Some parts of the Site contain mature or adult content intended
for people who are at least 18 years old. If you view this
adult content, we understand that you are telling us that
you are at least 18 years old and that the material you
are viewing is acceptable to you. If you do not want to
view this content, you can select the Family Filter set
forth below, to exclude the adult content.
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How You Can Use the Services
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You may use the Services on the Site for your personal use.
You may make a single copy of the individual screens you
see when you use the Services, but only for your personal
use. You cannot distribute or transfer the copies to others
in exchange for money or other consideration. You may not-and
agree not to-modify, reformat, copy, display, distribute,
transmit, publish, license, create derivative works from,
transfer or sell any information, products or services obtained
from the Services, except as set forth below. This means
that you may not mirror the home page or results pages of
the Site on your own Web site or Web page.
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No License Granted
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Except
for allowing you to use the Site for your personal use as
set forth in the paragraph above, when you use the Site, you
are not receiving a license or any other rights from us, including
intellectual property or other proprietary rights of AMRAY
or other companies with which we are affiliated. YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS TO THE SERVICES OR ANY OTHER AMRAY
PROPERTY EXCEPT AS WE INDICATE IN THESE TERMS.
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Conduct of Visitors
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believe that all visitors benefit from basic rules regarding
conduct while using the Services so that everyone feels free
to share opinions and ideas. The free flow of ideas is jeopardized
when a few individuals act irresponsibly. To help everyone
have a positive experience, we ask-and you agree-to follow
the following basic rules of conduct when using the AMRAY
Site:
1. You will follow these Terms and all applicable laws;
2. You will not harass, threaten or abuse other people when
using the Site in any manner;
3. You will not interfere with others' use of the Site,
including by interrupting other users' sessions, scrolling
down (automatically or manually) to make it difficult for
them, or otherwise act in a way that negatively affects
other users' enjoyment of the Services;
4. You will not post any content that is obscene or may
be hateful or offensive on racial, ethnic or any other grounds;
is harmful, vulgar or distasteful; or is defamatory, libelous,
or invades another person's privacy or proprietary rights;
5. You will not attempt to harvest any screen names of e-mail
addresses for any commercial use;
6. You will not collect or store personal information about
any other individual on the Site, or otherwise stalk, repeatedly
contact or harass another user;
7. You will not impersonate any other person or misrepresent
a relationship with any person or entity, including misrepresenting
a relationship with AMRAY; similarly, you will not adopt
a false identity if the purpose of doing so is to deceive
or defraud another;
8. You will not use the Services to harm minors in any way,
or encourage interactions with minors of a sexual nature;
9. You will not manipulate the Services so as to hide your
identity or participation in Services on the Site (by using
another person's identity, changing headers, or otherwise
modifying any other possible identifier);
10. You will not send any bulk unsolicited advertising,
promotional information, e-mail or other solicitation (including
without limitation junk mail, "spam," chain letters or pyramid
schemes of any sort) to any person through the use of the
Services;
If you violate any of the guidelines set forth above, or
any other aspect of these Terms, we reserve the right to
suspend or terminate your rights to use the Services without
giving you any notice.
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Disclosure of Your Identity
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time to time we receive requests to disclose the identities
of our users. We do not disclose the identities of ours users
unless we are legally required to do so.
If a governmental agency sends us a subpoena, we will comply
with it. If we receive a subpoena by a third party that
is not a governmental agency (for example, a subpoena in
connection with civil litigation), we will contact the user
whose identity has been requested. We will wait 15 days
after notifying the user before complying with the subpoena,
unless the subpoena requires us to disclose this information
before then. If we can not wait 15 days because of the deadline
in the subpoena, we will let the user know the deadline
included in the subpoena when we provide notice that we
received it.
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Disclaimer of Warranties
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| SEARCH
RESULTS: THE WEB CHANGES CONSTANTLY AND NO SEARCHING OR INDEXING
TECHNIQUES CAN POSSIBLY INCLUDE ALL PAGES ACCESSIBLE ON THE
WEB IN ITS INDEX OF SITES (THE "INDEX"). AS A RESULT, AMRAY
DOES NOT AND CAN NOT GUARANTEE THAT YOUR SEARCH RESULTS WILL
BE COMPLETE OR ACCURATE OR THAT THE LINKS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE INDEX WILL BE COMPLETE OR ACCURATE OR ACTIVE AT THE TIME
OF YOUR SEARCH. THE WEB SITES INCLUDED IN THE INDEX ARE DEVELOPED
BY PEOPLE WE DO NOT CONTROL. WE ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE CONTENT OF ANY SITE INCLUDED IN THE INDEX, AND ARE NOT
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS CONTAINED IN THE SITE
(OR ANY SITE YOU MAY LINK TO FROM THE SITE), OR ANY OFFENSIVE
OR OTHERWISE OBJECTIONABLE CONTENT CONTAINED IN THE SITE (OR
ANY SITE YOU MAY LINK TO FROM THE SITE).
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES (INCLUDING
ANY DOWNLOAD FROM THE SERVICES AND ANY LOSS OF DATA OR OTHER
DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM YOU EXPERIENCE FROM USING
THE SERVICES) IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT
THE SERVICES, INDEX AND ALL INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND OTHER
CONTENT (INCLUDING THIRD PARTY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND
CONTENT) INCLUDED IN OR ACCESSIBLE FROM THE SITE, ARE PROVIDED
ON AN "AS IS" "WHERE-IS" AND "WHERE AVAILABLE" BASIS, AND
ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AMRAY MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICES
WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE. YOU
UNDERSTAND THAT AMRAY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE RESULTS
OBTAINED FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
ACCESS TO THE WEB SITE OR UNAVAILABLE DUE TO MAINTENANCE
OR UPGRADE PROCEDURES. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER
ORAL OR WRITTEN, CAN MODIFY THE TERMS OF THE DISCLAIMER
SET FORTH IN THIS DOCUMENT.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, AMRAY DISCLAIMS
ALL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND
(EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, DURABILITY
AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUALITY, SATISFACTORY
QUALITY, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS)
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, IN REFERENCE TO THE SERVICES,
INDEX AND ALL INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND OTHER CONTENT (INCLUDING
THIRD PARTY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND CONTENT) INCLUDED
IN OR ACCESSIBLE FROM THE SITE.
AMRAY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY ENDORSEMENT. RECOMMENDATION,
GUARANTEE, REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR CONDITION (WHETHER
EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE) IN RESPECT OF,
OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ACTION OR INACTION OF ANY PARTY
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ADVERTISERS, PARTNERS, PARTICIPATING
MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS OR SUPPLIERS OR ANY PRODUCTS OR
SERVICES SUPPLIED BY SUCH PARTIES.
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Limitation of Liability
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THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT
WILL AMRAY, ITS PARENT OR SUBSIDIARIES, ANY OF THE COMPANIES
IT IS AFFILIATED WITH, OR ANY OF ITS CONTENT PROVIDERS BE
LIABLE TO YOU (OR ANY THIRD PARTY MAKING CLAIMS THROUGH YOU)
FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE
OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, PROFITS,
DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLES, OR THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE
GOODS OR SERVICES, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO AND TAMPERING WITH
YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION OR TRANSMISSIONS, ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATED TO THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, UNAUTHORIZED USE,
PERFORMANCE OR NON-PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE, ANY AMRAY SITE,
THE SERVICES OR THE INDEX, ANY COMPUTER-RELATED DAMAGES DUE
TO DOWNLOADING MATERIALS, TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS AND/OR OMISSIONS.
SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY
FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES; THEREFORE THE ABOVE
LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND DISCLAIMERS HEREIN SHALL
APPLY REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
WARRANTY, STRICT LIABILITY, NEGLIGENCE, OR OTHER TORT AND
SHALL SURVIVE A FUNDAMENTAL BREACH OR BREACHES OF CONTRACT
OR THE FAILURE OF THE ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT
OR OF AN EXCLUSIVE REMEDY.
- AMRAY
is not responsible for the accuracy of associated companies'
information including any changes in or discontinuance
of services and/or products, nor any intellectual property
infringement made by any party. AMRAY is not responsible
for changes in the services and/or products offered by
affiliated companies.
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no event shall AMRAY's liability, either jointly or severally,
exceed $1.
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| Inclusion of Web Sites |
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AMRAY
offers conditional free inclusion on first come first serve
bases. AMRAY also offers a fee-based service that allows you
to pay for Premium placing and for expedited review of your
web site for possible inclusion in AMRAY Directory Index.
Inclusion in the Directory is subject to acceptable criteria
prescribed in Submission Guidelines that must be followed
or your web site inclusion in AMRAY Directory Index will be
rejected. Your payment guaranteed only promise to review your
request for inclusion in the Directory on an expedited basis.
The current fee for Premium and Regular Reviews for inclusion
consideration in the Directory is a NON-REFUNDABLE fee of
USD $29.99 for Premium listing and review for period of 1
Year and $39.99 Premium permanent inclusion and review fees
and $9.95 USD for Regular Review permanent inclusion applicable
for each web site submitted.
Nothing in this agreement obligates AMRAY to accept, to list,
link to or otherwise host your web site in the directory.
In addition, if your site is accepted, nothing in this agreement
obligates AMRAY to place your site within a specific category
or sub-category of the directory and using suggested by web
site owner Title and Description, Addresses, Images etc. or
to provide any special privileges with the listing of web
site.
AMRAY reserves the right to decide whether, where, and how
a site is listed in the Directory and in order to maintain
quality of Directory it has sole discretion, to add or to
remove web site from the Directory, move the listing to a
different category or sub-category, and to make any changes
to listing at any time, for any reason without web site owner's
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Removal or Editing of
Indexed Sites
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We
are sometimes asked to edit or to remove links from our search
results pages. We are addressing these requests on a case-by-case
basis and in general, follow the conditions below:
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Site owner or administrator have rights to request site
removal and must be the one who have submitted site and
have access to email address which must to match domain
name. No removal will be granted to SEO promotional services
or Webmasters without access to admin email address.
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is additional cost to edit or to remove your site from
AMRAY Web Directory based on submitted preferences which
must be paid before any changes will be made at paypal.me/AMRAYnetwork.
If an AMRAY user comes across Web pages that contain private
personal, professional or financial information that is
not available to the public and/or may have been illegally
obtained, or contain child abuse, racist and hateful materials,
he or she can report to abuse @ AMRAY to request that the
offending URL be removed from AMRAY's index. Please note
that removing said URL from AMRAY's index does not remove
the URL from the public Internet or the indexes of other
search engines.
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Manipulation of Search
Results
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We
are committed to provide our users the most relevant search
results presented in the order of greatest relevance. We rank
search results automatically according to established ranking
criteria (which may change from time to time). We do not guarantee
any ranking results for any Web page. We also reserve the
right in our sole discretion to adjust the ranking of search
results for any Web page and to remove listings of Web pages
if we believe people are abusing our Site. If you believe
that our search results have been manipulated, we will evaluate
your claims but we reserve the right to take action or not.
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Access Restrictions;
Termination
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We
reserve the right to accept or reject URLs submitted to our
index at any time and terminate your access to the Site without
given any reason or explanation.
We can also change these Terms at any time, without notice,
and your continued use of the Services after any change we
make will mean that you agreed with the changes. IN THE EVENT
THAT YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ANY CHANGE, PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS
OR USE THE SERVICES IN ANY MANNER FOR ANY PURPOSE.
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Miscellaneous
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This contract shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of Canada without regard to conflict
of laws principles. These Terms as amended from time to time,
set forth the entire understanding between you and AMRAY and
supersede any and all prior or contemporaneous agreements
or understandings between you and AMRAY, whether oral or written,
as to the subject matter of these Terms. If any provision
of these Terms or the application thereof to any person or
circumstances shall to any extent be held to be invalid or
unenforceable, the remainder of these Terms, or the application
of such provisions to persons or circumstances as to which
it is not held to be invalid or unenforceable, shall not be
affected thereby, and each provision shall be valid and be
enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law. Although
you acknowledge that we will have the ability to enforce our
rights in any court of competent jurisdiction, you hereby
consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts
in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada., regarding any and all disputes
relating to these Terms, your use of the AMRAY Site, the Services.
No waiver of these Terms will be valid, except in the event
that the waiver is in writing and signed by an officer of
AMRAY. If the performance by AMRAY of the Terms or any obligation
thereunder is prevented, restricted or interfered with by
any act or condition whatsoever beyond the reasonable control
of AMRAY, you shall excuse, without further action or notice,
AMRAY's performance to the extent of such prevention, restriction
or interference.
You can direct any questions concerning these Terms here
Last
updated February 16, 2003.
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