Terms & Conditions

AddyChat.com Terms of Use Agreement
 
Welcome to AddyChat.com, the service for business and social networkers "Connecting Real People, in Real Places, in Real Time". AddyChat provides you the power for Your Voices and Opinions to be heard on People Places and Things, bringing each other together online and/or in Real Public Places, for both social and business networking. Owned and operated by AddyChat.com L.L.C. ("AddyChat.com"). AddyChat.com service provides means to bring people together on the same platform. AddyChat.com OWNS the LOBBIES which are CREATED by entering an AREA CODE and PHONE NUMBER. These PHONE NUMBER LOBBIES are VIRTUAL ENVIROMENTS which have NO LEGAL ASSOCIATION to a REAL PERSON, PLACE (ORGANIZATION) or THING. AddyChat OWNS the VIRTUAL LOBBY which is CREATED by entering a PHONE NUMBER or by using the PRE-DETERMINED LOBBY CREATION FEATURE on (CRUISESHIP-AIRLINE-ACID Numbers, etc).    Patents Pending
 
These are VIRTUAL Lobbies which are based on Real World Places for the purpose of connecting people on the same virtual platform and to provide users the means to comment on people places or things. By using the AddyChat.com Website, (the "Website") you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use (this "Agreement"), whether or not you register as a member of AddyChat.com ("Member"). If you wish to become a Registered Member and/or a non-registered member, make use of the AddyChat.com service (the "Service"), please read and agree to these Terms of Use. If you object to anything in this Agreement or the AddyChat.com Privacy Policy, do not use the Website or the Service. The Terms of Use are subject to change by AddyChat.com at any time, effective upon logging onto the AddyChat.com website, and your use of the Service after logging onto AddyChat, will constitute acceptance by you of such changes.
 
AddyChat may provide the user community means to Tag messages that they (user community) feel are inappropriate or in violation of AddyChat.com Terms and conditions. Tagged messages may be alerted for review by AddyChat.com, LLC and may or may not be removed from the Public Message History. If messages are Tagged a pre-determined amount of times the system may automatically remove it from public view. This is necessary due to the potential millions of daily messages. Although, it is not the goal of AddyChat to censor opinions and / or comments made by the user community regardless of their nature as long as they are lawful and comply with the Terms and conditions set forth. These are virtual lobbies created by the user community to bring people together on the same virtual platform for social and business networking purposes. Comments and / or opinions regarding People Places or Things (including products and or services) in these virtual lobbies are the sole opinions of the user and not the opinions of AddyChat.com, LLC.
 
1. Acceptance of Terms of Use Agreement.
 
a. Electronic Agreement. This Agreement is an electronic contract that sets out the legally binding terms of your use of the Website and your membership in the Service. This Agreement may be modified by AddyChat.com from time to time, such modifications to be effective upon posting by AddyChat.com on the Website. This Agreement includes AddyChat.com Acceptable Use Policy for Content Posted on the Website, AddyChat.com Privacy Policy, AddyChat.com Registration policies and any notices regarding the Website. By accessing the Website or becoming a Member, you accept this Agreement and agree to the terms, conditions and notices contained or referenced herein.
 
b. Electronic Form. By accessing the Website or becoming a Member, you consent to have this Agreement provided to you in electronic form.
 
2. Eligibility.
 
You must be at least eighteen (18) years of age to register as a member of AddyChat.com or use the Website. In order to register as a member of AddyChat.com or use the Website for the purpose of social networking dating, you must be single or separated from your spouse. Membership in the Service is void where prohibited. By using the Website, you represent and warrant that you have the right, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to abide by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
 
3. Fees/Termination:
 
AddyChat.com and/or AddyChat LLC usage and/or paid subscription fees and duration of services are available to users in Advertise in Rooms and may change from time to time upon electronic notice to you. AddyChat LLC; reserves the right to terminate your paid subscription and or access to the Site for any reason or no reason. AddyChat.com and/or AddyChat LLC may terminate your membership upon sending notice to you at the email address you provide in your application for membership or such other email address as you may later provide to us. If AddyChat.com and/or AddyChat LLC. Terminates your paid subscription access or membership in the AddyChat.com service because you have breached this Agreement, you will not be entitled to any refund of any unused subscription fees. Even after this agreement is terminated by us, certain provisions will remain in effect including Terms of Use and others as per AddyChat Terms of Use. You, the buyer, may cancel this agreement, without any penalty or obligation, at any time prior to midnight of the original seller’s contract third business day following the date of this contract, excluding Sundays and holidays. To cancel this agreement, mail or deliver a signed and dated notice, or send a email which states that you, the buyer, are canceling this agreement, or words of similar effect. This notice shall be sent to: AddyChat LLC, Customer Service – Cancellations, [address on contract-state specific] or to; Support@addychat.com if emailed you must receive proof of verification receipt.
 
Paid Advertisements may be eliminated from individual rooms if the entire lot of Ad Space is reserved or purchased by a marketer. This could occur even though an Ad is currently in a specific Lobby/Room. The paid advertisements will still run in all other lobby rooms. A refund would only apply if the removed ad was eliminated from all rooms in a specific lobby. In the case of a refund the refund would be prorated.
 
 
4. Proprietary Rights of Content on AddyChat.com:
 
AddyChat LLC. Owns and retains other proprietary rights in the AddyChat LLC and/or AddyChat.com site and the AddyChat LLC and/or AddyChat.com service. The site contains the copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information of Addychat.com, LLC and its licensors. Except for that information which is in the public domain or for which you have been given permission, you may not copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any such proprietary information. AddyChat.com service provides means to bring people together on the same platform. AddyChat.com OWNS the LOBBIES which are CREATED by entering an AREA CODE and PHONE NUMBER. These PHONE NUMBER LOBBIES are VIRTUAL ENVIROMENTS which have NO LEGAL ASSOCIATION to a REAL PERSON, PLACE or THING. ADDYCHAT OWNS the VIRTUAL LOBBY which is CREATED by entering a PHONE NUMBER or by using the PRE-DETERMINED LOBBY CREATION FEATURE (CRUISESHIP-AIRLINE-ACID Numbers, etc). These are VIRTUAL Lobbies which are based on Real world Places for the purpose of connecting people on the same virtual platform. 
 
5. Content Posted on the Site/CDA:-
 
A) AddyChat LLC and/or AddyChat.com, claims immunity from liability to the fullest extent under the law and as provided under the Communications Decency Act for Content provided by third parties and members and nothing in this Agreement is intended to waive, remove, or usurp such immunity. You understand and agree that AddyChat LLC and/or AddyChat.com may delete any content, messages, photos or profiles (collectively, "Content") that in the sole judgment AddyChat LLC and/or AddyChat.com. violates the Terms of Use or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of AddyChat LLC and/or AddyChat.com and/or its members.
 
B) You are solely responsible for the content that you publish or display (hereinafter, "post") on the AddyChat.com site, or transmit to other AddyChat.com Members or non members.
 
C) By posting content to any public area of AddyChat.com site, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to AddyChat LLC and/or AddyChat.com. and its members, an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display, and distribute such information, rights of publicity, and content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works and other media, such information and content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. For privacy terms, please refer to our Privacy Policy.
 
D) AddyChat LLC and/or AddyChat.com may investigate and take appropriate legal action in its sole discretion against anyone who violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the site or service and terminating the membership of such violators. The following is a partial list of the kind of content that is illegal or prohibited on the site - it includes content that: is patently offensive to the online community, such as content that promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual; harasses or advocates harassment of another person or invades their privacy; involves the transmission of "junk mail", "chain letters," or unsolicited commercial e-mail or "spamming" promotes information that you know is false, misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous, promotes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another persons copyrighted work, such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacture-installed copy-protect devices, or providing pirated music or links to pirated music files; contains restricted or password only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page); inappropriately displays pornographic or sexually explicit material of any kind; provides material that exploits people under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner, or solicits personal information from anyone under 18; provides content that involves cursing, swearing, incest, falsifying gender, violence, necrophilia, impersonating another member, threat of suicide or harm to oneself or others, drug paraphernalia, or bestiality; provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone’s privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses; solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users; sending advertisements in chat or instant messaging messages; and engages in commercial activities and/or sales without our prior written consent such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, and pyramid schemes.
 
E) You must use the AddyChat LLC and/or AddyChat.com service in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.
F) You agree that you will not use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy our web pages or the content contained herein without our prior expressed written permission. You agree that you will not use any device, software or routine to bypass or to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the AddyChat Web Site. You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure. Much of the information on our site is updated on a real time basis and is proprietary or is licensed to AddyChat LLC and/or AddyChat.com. by our users or third parties.
 
G) You will not transmit any chain letters or junk email to other AddyChat LLC and/or AddyChat.com members. Although AddyChat LLC and/or AddyChat.com. cannot monitor the conduct of its members off the AddyChat LLC and/or AddyChat.com site, it is also a violation of these rules to use any information obtained from the service in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person.     
 
H) Your profile (and its contents) may be searchable by, and you may be able to search for the profiles (and their contents) of, members registered to other AddyChat LLC and/or AddyChat.com Network operated and "powered by" websites, e.g. co-branded, privately labeled, etc. This feature may allow you to interact with additional members of AddyChat LLC and/or AddyChat.com Network websites.
I) Your profile (and the contents thereof) may be searchable by third-party publicly available search engines and other users.
 
J) CONDUCT Includes:
 
You agree not to post, email, or otherwise make available Content that is/or;
 
unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, or is harmful to minors in any way; that harasses, degrades, intimidates or is hateful toward an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability; that violates federal, state, or local laws of any kind; that impersonates any person or entity, or falsely states or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity (this provision does not apply to Content that constitutes lawful non-deceptive parody and/or opinions of People Places or Things, including but not limited to products and or services within the virtual lobbies.);that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party, or Content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships; that advertises any illegal service or the sale of any items the sale of which is prohibited or restricted by any applicable law; Additionally, you agree not to "stalk" or otherwise harass anyone;
 
 
6. Copyright Policy/DMCA Notice:
 
You may not post, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights or otherwise have a valid basis under the law, including "fair use". Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the AddyChat LLC and/or AddyChat.com site/service in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide AddyChat LLC and/or AddyChat.com our Copyright Agent with the following information consistent with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA):an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the our site including the URLs of web pages and/or hyperlinks; your address, telephone number, and email address; 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; 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 owners behalf. AddyChat LLC and/or AddyChat.com Copyright Agent for Notice of claims of copyright infringement or those under the DMCA can be reached as follows:
 
General Counsel, AddyChat LLC and/or AddyChat.com
Include Detailed Information and Contact Information
support@AddyChat.com
It is the intention of AddyChat LLC and/or AddyChat.com to fully comply with the DMCA, including the Notice and "take down" provisions and to benefit from the safe harbors immunizing it from liability to the fullest extent provided by law, and to the extent the Notice and "take down" requirements above deviate from the requirements under the DMCA then the Notice requirements as provided by the DMCA shall control and are herein incorporated by reference.
 
7. YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER MEMBERS.
 
YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER MEMBERS, NON-MEMBERS, USERS AND NON-USERS OF ADDYCHAT.COM. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ADDYCHAT.COM DOES NOT IN ANY WAY SCREEN ITS MEMBERS/USERS, NOR DOES ADDYCHAT.COM INQUIRE INTO THE BACKGROUNDS OF ITS MEMBERS OR ATTEMPT TO VERIFY THE STATEMENTS OF ITS MEMBERS/USERS. ADDYCHAT.COM MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE CONDUCT OF MEMBERS/USERS OR THEIR COMPATIBILITY WITH ANY CURRENT OR FUTURE MEMBERS/USERS. IN NO EVENT SHALL ADDYCHAT.COM BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, GENERAL, SPECIAL, COMPENSATORY, CONSEQUENTIAL, AND/OR INCIDENTAL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF YOU OR ANYONE ELSE IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE SERVICE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, BODILY INJURY, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, AND/OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES RESULTING FROM COMMUNICATIONS OR MEETINGS WITH OTHER REGISTERED OR NON-REGISTERED USERS OF THIS SERVICE OR PERSONS YOU MEET THROUGH THIS SERVICE. YOU AGREE TO TAKE REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS IN ALL INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SERVICE, PARTICULARLY IF YOU DECIDE TO MEET OFFLINE AND/OR IN PERSON. IN ADDITION, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ADDYCHAT.COM MAKES NO GUARANTEES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING YOUR ULTIMATE COMPATIBILITY WITH INDIVIDUALS YOU MEET THROUGH THE SERVICE. YOU SHOULD NOT PROVIDE YOUR PERSONAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION (FOR EXAMPLE, YOUR CREDIT CARD OR BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION) TO OTHER MEMBERS/USERS.
 
8. Limited-commercial Use by Members.
 
The Website is for the personal and Limited Commercial use of individual Members only and may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors other than the ADDYCHAT.COM specified uses that include means for registered members to provide links through AddyChat to promote their profiles and or associated services for Business Networking, also includes the use of advertising through ADDYCHAT banners and other ADDYCHAT promoting services that may change from time to time; the services may be provided free of charge and/or paid for by individual members and /or organizations. Organizations, companies, and/or businesses may become Members and may use the Service or the Website for only ADDYCHAT specified and intended purpose. Illegal and/or unauthorized uses of the Website, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email and unauthorized framing of or linking to the Website may be investigated, and appropriate legal action will be taken, including without limitation, civil, criminal, and injunctive redress. Use of the Website is with the permission of ADDYCHAT LLC and/or ADDYCHAT.com, which may be revoked at any time, for any reason, in ADDYCHAT LLC and/or ADDYCHAT.com sole discretion.
 
9. PRIVACY:
 
USE OF THE ADDYCHAT.COMS SITE AND/OR ITS SERVICE IS GOVERNED BY OUR PRIVACY POLICY, WHICH MAY CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME UPON ELECTRONIC NOTICE TO YOU.
 
10. MEMBER DISPUTES.
 
YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER ADDYCHAT.COM MEMBERS/USERS. ADDYCHAT.COM RESERVES THE RIGHT, BUT HAS NO OBLIGATION, TO MONITOR DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER MEMBERS.
 
11. DISCLAIMERS:
 
ADDYCHAT LLC AND/OR ADDYCHAT.COM., INCLUDING ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, SUBSIDIARIES AND EMPLOYEES IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INCORRECT OR INACCURATE CONTENT POSTED ON THE ADDYCHAT.COM SITE OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADDYCHAT LLC AND/OR ADDYCHAT.COM SERVICE, WHETHER CAUSED BY USERS, MEMBERS OR BY ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT OR PROGRAMMING ASSOCIATED WITH OR UTILIZED IN THE SERVICE, NOR FOR THE CONDUCT OF ANY USER AND/OR MEMBER OF THE ADDYCHAT SERVICE WHETHER ONLINE OR OFFLINE. ADDYCHAT AND/OR ADDYCHAT LLC, ASSUMES 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, USER AND/OR MEMBER COMMUNICATIONS. ADDYCHAT.COM LLC, AND/OR ADDYCHAT.COM, IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PROBLEMS OR TECHNICAL MALFUNCTION OF ANY TELEPHONE NETWORK OR LINES,COMPUTER ON-LINE-SYSTEMS, SERVERS OR PROVIDERS, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE, FAILURE OF EMAIL OR PLAYERS ON ACCOUNT OF TECHNICAL PROBLEMS OR TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON THE INTERNET OR AT ANY WEBSITE OR COMBINATION THEREOF, INCLUDING INJURY OR DAMAGE TO USERS AND/OR MEMBERS OR TO ANY OTHER PERSONS COMPUTER RELATED TO OR RESULTING FROM PARTICIPATING OR DOWNLOADING MATERIALS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADDYCHAT LLC AND/OR ADDYCHAT.COM AND/OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADDYCHAT LLC AND/OR ADDYCHAT.COM SERVICE. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ADDYCHAT LLC AND/OR ADDYCHAT.COM, BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM ANYONES USE OF THE SITE OR THE SERVICE AND/OR ANY CONTENT POSTED ON THE ADDYCHAT.COM SITE OR TRANSMITTED TO ADDYCHAT LLC AND/OR ADDYCHAT.COM MEMBERS. THE SITE AND THE SERVICE ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND ADDYCHAT LLC AND/OR ADDYCHAT.COM. EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. ADDYCHAT LLC AND/OR ADDYCHAT.COM CANNOT GUARANTEE AND DOES NOT PROMISE ANY SPECIFIC RESULTS FROM USE OF THE SITE AND/OR THE ADDYCHAT LLC AND/OR ADDYCHAT.COM SERVICE.
 
12. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY:
 
 EXCEPT IN JURISDICTIONS WHERE SUCH PROVISIONS ARE RESTRICTED (AND IN THAT EVENT LIABILITY IS DISCLAIMED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW), IN NO EVENT WILL ADDYCHAT LLC AND/OR ADDYCHAT.COM. BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING ALSO LOST PROFITS ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR THE ADDYCHAT LLC AND/OR ADDYCHAT.COM SERVICE, EVEN IF ADDYCHAT LLC AND/OR ADDYCHAT.COM, HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOU FURTHER AGREE TO HOLD ADDYCHAT LLC AND/OR ADDYCHAT.COM, INCLUDING ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, SUBSIDIARIES AND EMPLOYEES HARMLESS FOR CLAIMS ARISING IN THE EVENT THAT OTHER USERS PROFILE ULTIMATELY PROVES TO BE OFFENSIVE, HARMFUL, INACCURATE AND/OR DECEPTIVE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, ADDYCHAT LLC AND/OR ADDYCHAT.COM 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 ADDYCHAT LLC AND/OR ADDYCHAT.COM FOR THE SERVICE DURING THE TERM OF MEMBERSHIP.
 
13. INDEMNITY BY YOU.
 
YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD ADDYCHAT.COM, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, AGENTS, AND OTHER 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 SERVICE 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.
 
14. U.S. EXPORT CONTROLS:
 
SOFTWARE FROM THIS SITE IS FURTHER SUBJECT TO UNITED STATES EXPORT CONTROLS. NO SOFTWARE FROM THIS SITE 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 DEPARTMENTS LIST OF SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS OR THE U.S. COMMERCE DEPARTMENTS TABLE OF DENY ORDERS. BY DOWNLOADING OR USING THE SOFTWARE, 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.
I HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED ABOVE.